Only Exception (UNDER REVISION)

5

I took my laptop and searched his name, but found nothing. Actually, I could have just hacked their computer or his phone. But like a typical and normal teenager having a crush, 'stalking' is the thing. They just stalk their crush on social media.

Tsk, I have a crush on him! Actually, I like him more than my other crushes. I admit that.

But, Jessi, really a typical and normal teen? Not so 'me'. I checked my Kuya's account, and we weren't even friends with each other in the social media. I don't know the reason why.

I searched for him again, but nothing came up, so I decided to just scroll through my newsfeed. That's when I remembered that I saw him together with Kaye in a picture I had just seen when I opened Facebook the last time.

It was a memory that Kaye shared from the page of our SK. Maybe I was there, but I'm not sure though.

I decided to open Kaye's profile. Then there it was. He was tagged in that picture. It had almost 500 likes, 200 comments, and 100 shares. He must have been pretty famous at the time. If that so? Bakit hindi ko siya kilala?

I clicked his profile, and boom! Siya talaga to. Hindi naman na ako nagulat nang makitang hindi kami FB friends. I scrolled through his timeline, but I just saw nothing except for those things—things like people tagging and mentioning him. I also noticed he really liked sharing posts—not memes, but quotes for life, basketball, and even lovelife.

Me? I don't like sharing things, simply because I don't usually opened Facebook. I remember the first time I used it; I was so dumb back then. I feel so stupid that time. Yeah, you're stupid as always, Maria Jessi.

I only started using Facebook when I was in Grade six or five; I don't really remember. I just knew about it because my friend came to me one day saying why I had blocked her.

And me being a kid, I told her I don't know because I didn't even know what she was talking about. When I asked her what it was, she said to me that I had blocked her on my Facebook account.

So I told her I'm not using Facebook; I don't even know how to use it. But when I learned about that thing, I realized why Mom blocked her: She knew her last name was the same as my father's, which she hated the most.

Then sinabihan niya pa akong iblock ang mga friends ko dahil daw bad influence sila sa akin. Left with no choice, I blocked them. Pero after a month I unblocked them naman.

Yun rin yung time na natuto akong manghack kasi nagpaturo ako kay Kj. Thankfully he's patient with me naman and madali lang naman akong natuto kaya ngayon ay mas maalam pa ako kesa sa kaniya pagdating sa hacking.

I refreshed his account and there I saw his new profile update. It's a pic of him on a basketball court. Base sa picture ay mukhang nagshoot siya. Three points yun eh.

Halata ang pawis nitong tumatagaktak pababa sa kaniyang katawan. Kahit pawis na pawis parang ang bango bango niya pa rin ah. I wonder if sinong nagtake ng picture na to.

Bigla kong nasara ang laptop ko nang marinig na bumukas ang pintuan ng kwarto ko. Gulat naman akong napatingin sa pinto at ngayon ko lang ulit siya nakita. It was-

"Mom" I muttered under my breath when I saw her.

"Anak!" mabilis akong bumaba ng kama at lumapit sa kaniya tsaka niyakap siya. I'll admit hindi kami malapit sa isa't isa but she's still my mother.

Mas close nga kami ni Nanay because she's also the who raised me rin. While mom worked in other places. Palipat lipat naman kasi siya ng lugar kaya hindi namin alam kung kailan siya makaka-uwi at kung saan man siya nakatira kapag wala siya rito sa bahay.