Monarch High: War of the Brats

CHAPTER 37

News that writing club is back with the help of sovereigns was the center gossip inside the school, aside from that, Gina and Jason's relationship being confirmed by latter on his social media account, tagging Gina's account was also one of the talks. It is noteworthy that no one, especially Britney, has commented disagreement and surprisingly, even though Jason's past girls were expressing how broken they were, nothing else happened, well at least no one's manifesting hates toward Gina.

Now that our work was done and there's no event coming at least for this week, we went nesting inside the HOS and watched movies on Wynd's laptop since he has many of them, during our vacant time.

Naghahanap din ako ng tamang oras para kausapin si Cal. But to my disappointment, there was always no chance to talk privately to him. Kung hindi sya umiiwas ay umeepal naman si Gina na halatang pinaghihiwalay kaming dalawa. Hindi na din ako umaangal dahil ayokong mapansin din ng iba. Baka kung ganoon nga ay lahat sila paghihiwalayin na kami na ultimo casual talk ay hindi na pwede.

"Mae, anong nangyari dito?"

I stopped watching the movie from Wynd's laptop at tumingin sa palapulsuhan ko na hinahawakan ni Pink. Nakaupo kami sa sofa habang 'yung iba ay nakaupo sa sahig. Hindi narinig ng iba ang tinanong nya dahil sa lakas ng speaker ni Wynd. I stealthily grabbed my wrist from her hold and surreptitiously covered it with a small pillow, giving her a small sly smile.

"Wala..." I replied indistinctly, diverting my eyes on the screen.

She pressed her lips, flashing a slight frown on her face. "Ano nga? Namamaga 'yun, ah?"

"Kinagat ko," sagot ko. My chest hammered when Cal looked in our direction. What Pink has said didn't escape on his notice dahil nakita ko ang pagtingin nya sa nakatago kong kamay sa ilalim ng unan.

I thought Pink would remain suspicious of me. But later on, she laughed lightly. Napatawa na din ako para hindi nya mahalatang nahihirapan akong lusutan iyon.

"Gaga ka! Ba't mo naman kinagat?"

I chuckled, sheepishly, showing the upper set of my teeth that I think it's weird to look at. I closed my mouth and cleared my throat. "Tinry ko lang. Baka kasi bampira ako..."

Lalo syang tumawa kaya napatingin silang lahat sa amin. Pink raised a peace sign. I bit my lip and decided to stand up and leave for a while. Pumasok ako ng kusina at dumiretso kung nasaan ang ref at inilabas ang isang pack ng yakult. Inilagay ko iyon sa mesa bagi kumuha ng isang yakult mula doon. I opened the seal and drank like it was the cure of what I'm feeling right now.

Bumaba ang tingin ko sa palapulsuhan ko na tiningnan ni Pink kanina. These scars on me wrist... these are the stories of my life. I caressed it with my thumb and sighed. It was longed heal. I've done this last year, nasundan lang iyon noong umalis si daddy papuntang ibang bansa. It gave me so many reasons to do this that I immediately regretted dahil matagal syang maghilom. It left noticeable scars, that's why I'm wearing bracelets para kahit kaunti at matabunan. I was too unaware that Pink's already holding my hand. Ang ganda kasi ng movie na pinapanood namin. I was hooked , thus resulting in carelessness.

My eyes widened when someone grabbed my wrist curtly. Cal stared at me dangerously before looking down. He critically checked my scars, and his jaw tightened like it irritated him seeing them on me. I harshly withdrew my hand from him, but he's fast and strong to let my wrist upon his hold. I gasped softly when I felt his rough fingers softly tracing the scarred skin on the part he's holding.

"Why do you have this?" he asked gruffly, struggling a control. His eyes are still on my skin. "I didn't see this before, Mae..."

"Matagal na 'to..." I calmed him down. Dahan-dahan kong binawi ang kamay ko nang lumuwag ang hawak nya.