Young Love Series #4: September Elizabeth Ferreira
September Elizabeth Ferreira has always hated life. One moment, everything is falling apart. The next thing she knows, she's being confessed at by someone she cannot even recognize because everythin...
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I wonder if Liam was the only guy who talked to me that night.
Baka naman may iba pa. Maybe he just talked to me to greet me then he called Hiram to inform him he saw me at the bar alone.
Baka nga.
Why? What's wrong if it's Liam?
Well---news flash---I don't like Liam.
"What?" natatawag tanong sa 'kin ni Hiram, nililingon ako habang nakasandal s'ya sa railing.
Nakahawak ako sa railing ng second floor ng St. Agatha University at nakatanaw ako sa grounds kung sa'n ko nakikita ang pinsan n'yang si Liam na mukhang tuwang-tuwa habang kasama ang mga kaibigan n'yang lalaki sa STEM.
"Don't you find your cousin dumb?" I ask Hiram with a flat face, finally giving him my attention. "Like his face, the way he stands, the way he talks, and the way he smiles?"
Nagtataka akong tiningnan ni Hiram at nilingon n'ya sa grounds ang pinsan n'ya.
"Well, yeah." He shrugs.
"Right?" I say to him, looking at Liam again with a scowl on my face.
Why do I hate the idea that Liam likes me?
"He always looks like that so what's new?" ani Hiram at pumikit. Tumingala s'ya at mukhang dinama n'ya ang umihip na hangin, his elbows still on the railings.
May dumaang mga naghahagikgikang mga babae sa amin at nahuli ko ang pagsulyap nila kay Hiram.
"These days, he seems to look dumber in my eyes," medyo iritadong sabi ko.
Agad na napatawa si Hiram.
"What did he even do to you?" natatawang tanong n'ya.
Umirap ako.
"Basta."
Napangiti si Hiram. "But I agree with you."
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"What do you think? Should we eat somewhere?" tanong ni Hiram sa 'kin pagkatapos ng last period pagkalabas namin ng klase.
Sukbit n'ya sa isang balikat ang bag n'ya at inilalahad n'ya ang kamay sa harapan ko na tiningnan ko naman nang may pagtataka.
"What?" nagtatakang tanong ko sa kan'ya.
"Your bag," aniya.
"Why would I give you my bag?" I ask him, looking at him with doubt.
