The Spaces In Between

[42] The One With The OTP

I immediately clicked the e-mail at binuksan ang file sa Google Docs. Knowing my prof's reputation, swerte na ako kapag nakakuha ako ng 75 pts for this paper. Ganoon kasi siya kastrict!

Inisa-isa ko pa yung comments niya sa paper ko. Good point! Wish you expounded this more. Exactly! Good reference, very informative. At ang pinakanatawa ako? Nagcomment siya ng LOL dun sa part na dinescribe ko ang Bridget Jones Diary. May sense of humor din pala siya!

Pigil-hininga ako nang marating ko ang last page. Nandoon kasi ang grade ko. Mukha namang nag-enjoy siya sa paper ko.

Eyes closed, I scrolled down.

Huh.

OH MY GOD.

Mali lang ba siya ng lagay or...

OH MY GOD.

TRIPLE SHIT. I GOT 100%.

AAAHHH!!

Para akong tanga na nagsisisigaw at nagtatatalon sa sala nina Ms. Marisse. Oh my god first time kong makakuha ng perfect score sa isang paper EVER. Worth it ang pagpupuyat ko! Ang saya-saya! Malaki ang chance na makakuha ako ng uno dito! Aahh!

Masyado akong pre-occupied sa victory dance and scream ko na hindi ko napansing bumukas ang front door nina Ms. Marisse. Feel na feel ko pa ang pagsayaw ko ha, kahit upper body (well, my head) lang ang gumagalaw. I always do that embarrassing dance whenever I'm extremely happy. I know, parang tanga lang pero sobrang saya ko kasi.

"Zades, what the hell?"

I froze. Looking over my shoulder, I saw a smirking Andreau Cortez staring at me.

If this incident happened on a normal day, malamang matutunaw ako sa sobrang hiya. Pero hindi eh, I'm extremely happy. At kapag sobrang saya ko, wala akong pakialam sa ibang tao.

"Oh my god Andreau!" I ran towards him and hugged him tightly, much to his surprise. Okay, tackled would be the appropriate word to use kasi napasandal siya sa pintuan. Baka nga nauntog pa siya eh. "Oh my god! Oh my god!" For some reason I buried my face onto his neck. Wala lang, sobrang bango lang talaga niya!

"Z-zades? W-what's happening?"

I faced him, and boy, he's blushing. Or maybe nasasakal ko na siya? Don't care. "I got a perfect score! Dun sa paper! Oh my god pwede akong magka-uno this sem! I'm so happy!"

He looked back at me, smiling widely. "Really? How did you k--"

"Binalik niya na sa 'min thru e-mail yung papers! Oh my god thank you so much for helping me!! Hindi ko talaga magagawa 'yon without your help! Thank you so much!" Niyakap ko ulit siya, much tighter this time. "Gosh, I love you," I added.

I felt him tense, causing me to break my hug. Seryoso, hindi na siya makahinga because of that? "Uy, bak—" I stopped. Andreau's face.. Bakit siya gulat na gulat? "Hey, are you okay?"

Andreau just blinked in shock at me for awhile. "You.. love me?"

Hah. Ano raw?

"What?" I was in shock, too. Yung pagkasabi kasi ni Andreau.. para bang hindi siya makapaniwala na sinabi ko 'yon. And.. did I really say I love you to him? "I didn--"

"You love me?" he repeated, with much conviction this time.

There's something in his reaction that scared me. I've never seen it before but.. damn. He was so.. nervous. Na parang kahit anong isagot ko masasaktan ko siya.

I couldn't lie to him. Well, I did, couple of times already. Pero ngayon.. natakot ako na saktan siya. So I told him the truth.

"Of course, I love you, Andreau. Ano ka ba!" I said softly, smiling up at him. His eyes grew bigger this time. "Ilang beses ko nang sinabi sa 'yo before, 'di ba? I love you. I don't say those words often pero.. yeah, I do. I love you just as much I love Kesh. Don't be cocky pero.. I.. you're one of my best friends." My god did I just say that? Magyayabang na naman 'to!