The Virgin Lies (Published under LIB)

Chapter 4

Isang araw na naman ang kailangan kong itawid. What's happening in my life right now!?

Hindi ko na alam ang gagawin ko. I just wanted everything to be over and back to what it was before. Mahirap ba 'yon?

Who was I kidding?

Of course it was! Ngayon pa't pumasok sa buhay ko si Dylan.

Ugh! That guy! Hindi ko na alam kung anong gagawin ko sa kanya.

"This is good, Chloe." Shiela's laughter pulled me out of m reverie. "Alphabet team? I'm sure na ito na ang magiging brand name nila dahil sa sinulat mo."

"But what you wrote does make sense. Sinula noong nag-transfer si Dylan ay kumpleto na sila. A-J." Kathy commented.

Pinag-uusapan nila ung sinulat ni Chloe tungkol kay Dylan at sa basket ball team. Nasa may likod kami ng school kung saan may mga sementong upuan at lamesa. Turned out, Dylan was the missing letter to ABCDEFGHIJ. The basketball team completed the set. It was just part of the article. Like 8 percent because 90 percent was how Dylan was handsome, perfect, bad boy, good looking guy and all that shit.

She should have written about how jerk he was, not create a subjective story. Dahil dito, nabura na ung Thumb Size issue sa kanya. Geez!

Yan ang purpose ng story niya eh. The subject to be actually him. My mind countered.

"I didn't know the mag-pinsan sila."

"Now you know, Kathy because I'm good in what I do." That's the missing 2 percent. May pinsan siya sa basketball team.

Pinigilan kong mag-react ng di maganda sa sinabi ni Chloe. Pinanood ko siyang pinunasan ang lumagpas na lipstick na nire-apply nito. Good what I do daw.

"Siya nga pala, Iara..." Humarap ako kay Shiela nang may matamis na ngiti. "Okay na ba kayo ni Dylan. Bati na kayo?"

I shrugged. "Bakit?"

"Kasi... I saw you get out of Dylan's car."

"So?" Taas kilay kong tanong.

"Oh talaga, Shiela?" Naman. Bakit niya pa kasi tinanong 'yon. Nasa akin tuloy ang atensyon nila. "Bakit kayo magkasabay, Iara?"

"Anong masama do'n?"

"We just wanna know why, Iara."

I rolled my eyes at Chloe. "Oh please. I know you guys. Ang gusto niyo talagang malaman ay kung anong namamagitan sa'min diba?"

"Of course, Iara." Kathy laughed and also Shiela. Chloe raised her brow.

Ngumiti ako sa kanila bago sumagot. "Nakita niya ko sa sakayan ng jeep. Sinabay niya ko. That's all." Nagkibit balikat ako at nangalumbaba.

That's not what happened.

What happened was that when I was about to go with Kuya Randell, saktong pababa siya ng hagdan.

"I'll take her, Kuya..." He said while he played with his keys.

"Okay lang ba sa'yo, Iara?"

"Okay lang po, Kuya Randell. It's more convenient narin para sa'yo at tsaka nahihiya na kasi ako sa paghantid at sundo mo sa'kin." I sweetly said.

Gusto kong isigaw na ayaw ko. Na hindi ako sasabay sa kanya noong tinanong ako pero iba ang sinabi ko.

"That's fine with me but with Dylan, it will be more convenient for you." Hinarap nito si Dylan. "From now on, ikaw na ang kasabay niya papasok at pauwi. Be careful driving, okay?"