Saturday Squad

Chapter 5: Tea Spill Debate🍵

  Medyo late akong nagising, kaya naman nagmadali akong nagbasta at nag tricycle na papuntang school. Pagkadating sa school, nakita kong tapos na ang flag ceremony at nag papasukan na ang mga iba sa classroom nila. Nagmadali na akong naglakad sa classroom namin at medyo kinakabahan ako dahil Ekonomiks ang first subject namin, si Ma'am Gutierrez ang teacher namin don at hindi siya nag papapasok ng mga late! Omg I can't be a standing outside the window bitch today! Lalo na't kakalike lang ni Doja Cat ng IG post ko, this could ruin my reputation!

  Sumilip ako sa pintuan ng room namin, at naginhawaan ako dahil wala pa si Ma'am Gutierrez. "Omg the celebrity is here!" Sigaw ni Abbigail sa buong klase ng makita niya akong nakatayo sa pintuan. Naghiyawan at nagpalakpakan naman ang mga kaklase ko habang naglalakad ako papasok ng classroom, hayysss main character vibes. "Ni like ni Doja Cat yung post niya sa Instagram" Narinig kong sinasabi ng kaklase ko sa katabi niya habang nilalapag ko yung bag ko sa upuan ko. Well I'm just glad that everyone knows the reason why everyone in the classroom is praising me right now! Umupo na nga ako sa upuan ko, at nakita kong wala pa rin si Quinn na katabi ko, absent siya ngayon.

  Lumapit sa'kin sila Serenity, Kayla, Abbigail at Dylan. At pagkalapit nila sakin, I saw Serenity's confused face "Ano meron? Anong ganap kay Jeff?" She asked.

  Wow, I really thought everyone is aware of the popularity that I gained, but unfortunately, Serenity has no idea.

"What do you mean anong ganap? Ni like lang naman ni Doja Cat yung picture niya sa IG!" Sagot ni Abbigail kay Serenity.

And then Kayla also added, "At hindi lang nilike, may pag comment pa si Doja na 'i lowkey want this to be my album cover' grabe ang lakas!!!"

And then Serenity responded with a very boring and monotonous voice "oh wow really?"

"Yes really!!!" Kayla said in the most joyful way.

"good for you." Serenity said to me, pagkatapos ay bumalik na kaagad siya sa upuan niya.

Kinausap naman ako ni Dylan; "Wag mo kaming kakalimutan Jeff ah"

"Guys ano ba kayo, ako lang toh!" I jokingly responded.

  Bumalik na sila sa mga upuan nila. Binuksan ko naman ang bag ko at kinuha ang ekonomiks notebook ko. I'm gonna review my notes, baka kasi biglang mag pa quiz si ma'am. Habang kinukuha ko ang notebook ko, may naramdaman akong umupo sa katabi kong upuan.

   "Quinn akala ko naman aabsent ka ngayon" Sabi ko habang nilalapag ang notebook ko sa table ko. Pero pagkalingon ko sa katabi ko, hindi ito si Quinn, kundi si Noah. "Ay, akala ko naman si Quinn" Sabi ko sa kanya, he then smirked.
   "Congrats!" He once again said it to me with a sarcastic voice.
   "On what?" I asked.
   "On the Doja Cat liked your post thing" He explained.
   "Oh, thank you!" I said happily.
   And then suddenly, I saw Noah started laughing softly, I was very confused "What is it? Why are you laughing?" I ask him.
   "Hindi, wala lang" Sagot naman niya.
   I started to get very annoyed with him, "Ano ngaaa, are you trying to make fun of me?" I asked with a slight anger.
   He then responded quickly, "No, no" he protested.
   I gave him a mock glare, "Then why do you always do this thing with me?"
   He frowned his face and looked around "What thing?" He cluelessly asked.
   I then mimicked him "Congrats!" And then gave him a questionable look. "I remember you also said that to me nung araw na magiging part na ako ng Saturday Squad. Pati rin yung araw na biglang tumaas yung number of likes ng dp ko. You say the word 'congrats' with full on sarcasm, and then after that, you proceed on doing this laugh or smirk or whatever the thing that you do." I explained.
   "I just find it funny okay" He answered.
   I asked, "Find what funny?"
   He then explained; "You know... when people gained a little bit of attention, or when their 'popularity rank' increases, whatever the hell that means—they act like it's one of the greatest achievements of their life. I mean... isn't that fucking funny, or might I say... stupid."
    "Oh now I get it..." I strikingly said, "...kino-congratulate mo ako everytime that my 'popularity rank' increases—but the thing is—you don't meant it in a good way... and in fact you meant it in a very bad way, because you find the concept of popularity very funny."
    Noah nodded and he totally agreed on what I said. "Exactly! Nakuha mo" He proudly said to me.
    I rolled my eyes and said; "Throughout this time I thought you were actually being genuine with those 'congratulations', but—you were actually mocking me... you were shaming me on being happy on the attention that I'm finally gaining–"
    Agad naman na dumipensa si Noah, "–Hindi naman sa ganon, hindi ko naman sinusubukang husgahan yung mga bagay na ikinakasaya mo."
    "Well you actually are!..." Pagalit kong isinagot pabalik, "...That's literally what you're doing. You're judging my happiness and at the same time you're finding it stupid. Well let me tell you this Mr. Noah..." Humarap ako sa kanya and I gave him a striking look, "...I've been a loner my whole entire life. Dati, hindi ako pinapansin ng mga tao dito sa school unless kung may kailangan sila sa'kin. Mas malala pa nga ata ako sa wallflower eh. So I'm sorry kung naeenjoy ko yung atensyon na natatanggap ko ngayon. I'm sorry na sa simpleng rami ng likes sumasaya na ako. I'm sorry hindi ako katulad mo na may maraming subscribers na nagmamahal at sumusuporta sa kanya. I am sorry that for once in my life, I finally felt like I really am living."