Reyna ng Kamalasan: Zylie (Completed, 2014)

Chapter Sixty Five- Fall for You

BETTINA's POV

Dati, hindi naman ganito. It was just so ordinary seeing him around. Of course I'm completely aware on how attractive he is. I remember saying to myself years back that his only flaw, is his being anti-social.

But despite me placing it under the flaw bar, I can't help but think that it's not a handicap after all. His being introverted is also his greatest feat.

Ang mga tao in general, loves speed and energy and equates it to noise. But I've seen in him that one can be so effective and so efficient without all the brags, the socialization and the parties. He completely rocks being an introvert living in an extroverted axis. The fact that he can do anything, everything.

Pero as days went by, napansin ko rin how this trait grew in me, from a defect, it became the last straw that completed his perfection. Sabi nga ng iba, nakadagdag ng karisma niya ang pagiging suplado. He barely talks, pero once he open his mouth, it's like everything in the planet will be sensible. Exag I know, pero most of the time, ganun talaga. Really part of his charm.

Pero since we're classmates, and I see him, and hear him talk everyday of our lives, hindi ko na lang napapansin. Diba sabi nga diba? If we look into something too close, or too often, it will lose its value. Just like how I pass EDSA everyday, I keep on seeing those billboards that over a few months, I don't notice it anymore. It doesn't have any effect on my anymore than visual pollution.

Just like Jeremy's worth. Hindi ko na talaga napapansin at times dahil palagi naman kaming nagkikita sa classroom. Iba siguro kapag palagi mong kasama. Besides, I've observed he's not that interested with girls. Hindi niya man lang ako tinapunan ng interest before, so I didn't keep my hopes high, and dismissed the thought, na pwede kami. I know he's Mr Perfect, but I didn't think na ma-attract siya akin katulad ng iba.

I've been mocked so many times dahil sabi nila Carly, hindi daw bumenta ang beauty ko sa kanya. Wala naman sa akin yun, kasi ang alam ko wala naman talaga siyang interests sa love life. O kahit sa flirt life. He's an introvert. And I was starting to think that he has this Emotional Deprivation Disorder, someone who's incapable of love.

Pero things happened so fast. Tinanggihan ko lahat ng mga nagyayaya sa akin sa Christmas ball dahil wala naman talaga akong dapat na planong pumunta. I was so busy doing club activities and that scholastic decathlon is completely taking all of my time.

Oh what would they do without me?

It was almost a month ago na when Jeremy asked me to the ball. Well, it's not exactly the sweetest invitation. But it sure gave me an impression. This happened weeks ago...

Masyado akong busy sa pagaayos ng papers sa registration ng Chemistry Club sa scholastic decathlon and as one of the organizers, napakahirap ng ginagawa ko lalo na nung sinabi sa akin ni Homer, na hindi na siya ang delagate ng school sa Chemistry Quiz Bee. What more is, he asked me to sign Jeremy up first because he is not a member of our club yet. Everything was so tedious dahil wala pa naman siyang pinipirmahang registration form.

Nakita ko siya sa gitna ng canteen. Ayaw ko sanang sumingit dahil ang daming nakapaligid na girls as per usual. Pero kailangan ko na talagang makausap siya ng matapos na itong affairs ko sa Chemistry Club.

"Ah Jeremy..."

"Mm?" sumagot naman siya. Pero mukha siyang lost. Hindi ko alam kung sino particularly ang tinititigan niya doon sa mga nakapila na bumibili ng donuts.

"Buti nakita kita! Wala kasi yung sa-" bago ko pa masabi yung tungkol sa interschool quizbee na kinukulit sa akin ni nerdy, pinutol niya yung sinasabi ko.