The Start of an End

Chapter 1

" End of discussion"

I hate endings, but every time I heard those sweet little words from my teacher after 2 hours of lecture, nagigising ang pagkatao ko.

" Dorothy, ayan ba yun bagong labas ng Dior na bag? Nakita ko sa post ni Jisoo! Grabe meron ka na agad?" Cherrie, my classmate asked.

" Ah hindi ko alam eh, binigay lang sa akin ni Mom." It was the truth, I was never a fan of fashion or anything trendy nowadays, basta kung ano ang una kong makuha or mahagilap na gamit ay ayun ang ginagamit ko, my mom is my complete opposite mas updated pa siya kaysa sa akin.

" Pwede pahiram? Mag picture lang ako." Cherrie said and grabbed the Dior bag from me.

" Mag-Cr lang ako Cherrie" I said even though she is busy taking pictures, at mukhang di naman ako napansin, it seems like she is modeling the bag by the way she pose in front of the camera.

The hallway is empty, 6pm na rin kase, most of the highschool students ay nakauwi na, kadalasan ay college students lang ang may night class. It was actually my first 2 weeks of being a freshman medical technology student. Pagkalabas ko ng Cr ay may makakasalubong sana akong lalaki na naka all white uniform, a junior student siguro. I smiled at him, because it was a tip from my mom na I should be approachable and nice to the people around me especially to those people na nasa field ko rin, because they might be my colleagues in the future.

The junior student was holding a cup of coffee, baka siguro may break sila. But when he noticed na magkakasalubong kami, bigla siyang tumalikod at nagiba ng way. Did he just avoid me? Or am I just assuming things?

I looked at my back at wala naman ng ibang tao. Baka siguro may nakalimutan siya.

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Kinabukasan.

" Una na ko sa room." Cherrie she said at diretso ng lumabas sa sasakyan. Sabay kami madalas pumasok

" Thank you po Sir Gardo. Ingat po pabalik" pahabol kong sabi I also waited na mawala sa paningin ko ang sasakyan bago umalis. Sa classroom ay kaunti palang ang nandoon. Cherrie is busy putting powder on her face.

" Hindi ka pupunta sa gymnasium?" I asked her

" Bat naman?"

" Magpaparegister as volunteers sa Red Cross Youth" I said

" I'm not interested." I just nodded at her and went by myself sa gym.

Ngayon kase ang pag join ng freshmen sa mga orgs, I specifically choose sa RCY, I wanna be a volunteer. As expected, madami ang tao sa gymnasium, different students from different programs. Mabuti na lang ay madaling hanapin ang booth ng RCY dahil sila ang bukod tangi na pula ang theme color.

" Hi, I'm Demirose, pero Demi nalang. I'm the Secretary of the RCY" bati sa akin ng isang babae na maputi at mayroong short hair. She smiled at me and I smiled at her too. I feel that her aura screams positivity.

" Anong name, section at year mo?" Demi asked with still a smile on her lips

" Uh, Mary Dorothy Ilarez, I'm a freshman from the Medical Laboratory Science Department, and sa Dash 1 ako. "

" Ay wow! MLS din ako freshman din kaso sa dash 2" Demi said as she write my information in the log sheet.

" Pasulat nalang ng Contact number mo dito Dorothy."

" Ayan okay na, punta ka don sa naka pula din na polo shirt tapos may baseball cap na puti. Ayon yung president. Hingi ka sa kanya nung membership card, Siya na rin magsabi ng iba pang details. Welcome sa RCY, Dorothy, See you around din sa MLS dept." Demi said and I nodded and smiled at her.