From Afar

Chapter 7

Celestine POV

While I'm still waiting for Rylee to view my confession letter for him. I'm here on my bed lying down while scrolling through my phone. Until I found something Interesting sa suggested persons ko, Naron ang Facebook account isa sa Friends ni Rylee so I sent a friend request and also an account that who were a mutual friend of him and I stalked it and found out na it was his other account also. After a few minutes, his friend Anthony accepted my friend request, and I received a message from Anthony. He was quite a bit friendly and since he wasn't able to attend sa meeting this last Monday, he asked what we discussed during the meeting the last Monday.

Out of boredom, I posted my day on my NGL link, so they can send me their messages and questions anonymously. I received 5 messages, the messages composed saying "See you next meeting core member" or a question asking if I'm gonna go get a tat, asking who my crush and I is also got a compliment saying how cute I am, and this message made me feel like I have butterflies in my stomach. As usual, I need to reply to those who send these messages by uploading my responses through uploading it into my story.

And syempre ikinuwento ko sya sa barkada how it was obvious kung sino man nag-send nang mga yun.It was Anthony who sent the messages containing "see you next meeting, core member" and maybe also the one who asked who my crush is. since he was the only viewer who has yet to view my story containing my NGL link. Not just that I also shared how I felt when someone sent that compliment, after I got that compliment, I checked who viewed my story once again and there were just 2 new viewers which are Rylee and his other friend Ethan which made me confused Kung sino nag-send nung anonymous message. And I just assumed that maybe it was a compliment from him that made the butterflies in my stomach go crazy.

A few days past at puro mga parinig at pagpapaahalata sa kanya nalang ang halos laman ng my days at timeline ko and i would not stop doing it until he finally notices me.I was currently preparing to go to school since ngayon nila ire-release ang aming APS or Academic Performance Slip for the 1st Semester, and totally mag-aayos ako ng tudo since thier is a great chance of possiblity na we see each other once again since nasa iisang room lang nire-release ang APS ng 1st to 4th year marketing students.

Narito na ako ngayon nakapila para kumuha ng aking grades, kasama ko isa sa guy friends namin nasi James at isa sa classmate namin nasi Peter.Sa dami ng nakapilang estudyante ay di ko rin sya nakita,ang nakita ko lang ay isa sa Kaibigan nito nasi Ethan. Pagkalipas ng ilang minuto ay narito kami ngayon sa third floor kung asan ang holding area bago pa man namin makukuha ang aming grades pina-stay muna kami doon mga ilang minuto bago pinababa sa 1st floor.Batch by batch ang pinapa-akyat sa third floor at batch by batch din ang pinapababa sa 1st floor kaya kailangan talaga namin ng mahabang-habang pasensya para lamang ang aming Grades.Sa wakas and it's our batch turn para bumaba sa papuntang 1st floor at great timing rin kasi meron silang another batch na pina-akyat ng third floor. Nagkasalubong kami ni Rylee sa hagdanan tinignan ako nito and tinignan ko rin ito ng pabalik. And this is me thinking na parang nag eye contact kaming dalawa na parang di naman nag-tagal ng 3 to 5 seconds.Nang pagkakuha namin ng aming grades ay nakita ko muli si Ethan sa isang bench malapit kung san nire-release ang aming grades mukhang hinihintay nito Si Rylee kaya I decided to wait for him secretly also para makita sya for one last time.Sinabihan ko sina James at Peter na kung pwede di muna sila umalis at samahan muna nila ako kahit ilang minuto lang.Alam ni James na naroon sa loob si Rylee para kunin rin ang grades nito at sinabi nalang kay Peter ang dahilan bakit.Nag-uusap kami about tungkol sa Crush ko si Rylee.At I hopefully di yun narining ni Ethan yung pinag-uusapan namin kasi di naman kalayuan kung san kami nakatayo sa kina-uupan ni Ethan.After ng makalabas ni Rylee at masilayan ito ng saglit ay nag-paalam na ako kina James at Peter na mauna na akong umuwi sa kanila dahil magsta-stay pa raw ito sa School.

After kung makauwi galing ng school ay kinuwento ko Kay Vanneza at Lydia ang nangyari kanina sa school, yung nag-karoon kami ng small encounter ni Rylee sa school, sa part na parang feel ko na nag-eye contant kami nito (baka may judge sakin ha? assuming na po kung assuming) hanggang sa pinag-uusapan namin nila James at Peter si Rylee na may possibilty na naring ito ni Ethan.

Habang nag-papahinga ako sa aking kwarto ay nagsco-scroll lang ako sa aking Facebook ay bigla akong na curios kung what if I-search ko ang account nito by sa gamit nito Username sa Facebook out of boredom. Nakita ko ang ibang older post nito at ibang post na naka-tag rin dito.Napanood ko rin ang kanilang Film project sa Art Appreciation where he acts as the male protagonist in this story,Di ko alam kung anong tawag sa reaction ko kinilig ako sa plot while getting cringe some of the parts of it with getting a bit jealousy (may magju-judge na naman at sasabihin check the label muna). I also found his old facebook account and if huhulaan ko kung what age sya based sa profile picture nito mga around nasa Junior HIgh Palang ito. Doon kulang rin nalaman na mag-classmate dati palang sina Ethan at Rylee during thier senior high school days dahil nakita ko ang isa sa post ni Ethan and the photos were compiled in an album called SHS batch 2021-2022, I also saw a post na naka-tag sya rito it looks like it was their Research Defense.And scrolling more further I saw some photos of him where he totally looks adorable, the way he looks now versus he looks in his Junior High school days has a bit difference and I could totally say that his puberty hits him hard since he quite change a lot. Huminto na ako kaka-search sa kanya and closed the facebook app and just listen to music and opened my spotify. After later I watched some videos Tiktok and checked my Instagram.