Castille

Chapter Nine

That night, I couldn't put myself to sleep. Patuloy kasing bumabagabag ang mga salitang binitawan ni Castille sa akin. Nakatingin ako sa kisame at nagbilang ng tupa, actually, hindi ko matapos-tapos kasi nga ume-epal ang mukha ni Castille.

"Hayysst! Give a break, psycho!" I muttered as I place a pillow in my face. Kahit ata anong gawin ko ay wala pa ring kawala ang utak ko sa mukha niya. I love myself! Nasabi na lang ng utak ko.
Time check : 2 am

"Eh di gora sa pagka-zombie tomorrow!" I laughed and force myself to sleep.

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"Toryy!" ugh! Umaga na ba? 1 hour pa please??! I lazily place a pillow in my face at nagtuloy sa pagtulog. "Victoria!" mom's voice roared outside my room, napabangon naman ako. She's close to opening the door with force. "Yeah! I'm up!" sigaw ko at nakapikit na nagtungo sa banyo. A few minutes ay natapos na ako, I wore my uniform, ewan ko ba sa school namin, you can wear anything you want, but I'm confortable with just my uniform.

And tumakbo na ako sa kotse ko, dad gave this to me on my sixteenth birthday, halos mag-split pa nga ako sa saya nu'n, he's currently in New York, doon kasi nabase ang business niya. Mukha naman akong nakikipagkarera dahil feel ko ay late na ako. Nang makapark ako ay bilis din akong lumabas at tumakbo patungo sa first subject ko.

Pumasok agad ako nang makitang nakatalikod ang teacher namin. Uupo na sana ako sa favorite chair ko makita kong occupied na ito ni Trisha, the cheerleader. So now they're best friends? Funny! Naghanap na lang ako ng available seat and I found it beside Castille. He look at me, I know he heard my thoughts, nagkibit-balikat ako at naupo sa tabi niya. Ang babaw talaga ni Canary, I don't get her, at wala akong plano, though I have, na kausapin siya. I thought she was the one who would understand me, pero sa pinapakita niya? She seems ssoo mature and oopen minded! Duh!

Natapos naman ang subject na yun ng walga akong naintindihan. Tumayo ako agad at inimis ang mga gamit ko. "I actually don't understand why people talk some stuffs to other then at the end, makikita mo na lang na close na sila!" alam ko, I know she's hitting on me, I'm not that stupid. Dinedma ko na lang siya, I walk pass her, masyafo naman ata niyang feel magpaka-bitch mode? I just don't want some trouble kaya mind as well do the talking in my mind.

Hindi ko naman napansin na mabilis pa lang nakaagapay sa akin si Castille. I did not talk, I just feel him. "You okay?" he started. "Yeah," I coldly replied. "No you're not.." he stated. I stopped and face him. "Oh yeah! Coz you know everything about me." I sarcastically said and I walk pass him. Pagkarating ko naman sa room ng susunod kong subject ay naupo agad ako, doon sa pinaka-likod, para medyo invisible ako sa kanila. Buti na lang ay puro single ang upuan dito, I can choose where I want na malayo rin kung sakaling may gustong tumabi sa akin.

"Hey!" I heard someone pulled a chair and seat on it. Napatingin ako sa kanya and found out it was the mighty Clark Flores. I saw him wearing his famous killer grin. "Hey!" I smile to him, ayoko maging rude, tsaka wala naman siyang kinalaman sa kadramahan ng buhay ko. "I can't believe na magka-klase pala tayo sa subject na ito." he still smiling as he was saying that. "Yeah, ngayon mo lang pala napansin.." nasabi ko lang, nakaramdam man ako ng slight disappointment, I still manage to keep my tone. "Uhuh! And that sucks! Maybe I'm just too busy jerking around that I never had a chance to notice you" nakita ko naman ang paglamlam ng mata niya. My heart sank at the sight, hindi ko alam, para kasing binabasa niya kung ano ang nasa loob-looban ko.

Biglang bumukas ang pinto at pumasok na ang teacher namin na wala kanina, nagsimula na siya by ordering us to get a sheet of paper. Hindi na kami nagkausap at dahil na rin we busied ourselves. Actually, Cas--err--Clark is a handsome guy, I guess he's perfect, pero hindi naman ako nag-aassume nang kung ano, maybe he just wanted to be friends with me. Marami akong naririnig about him, he's famous among the girls or among everyone in the campus. Blame Canary, masyado yung tsismosa kaya't kahit na hindi ko kilala dati ay nakikilala ko na lang.

A few minutes ay natapos na ako sa exam, I pass it to the teacher's table pero hindi pa naman sinabi na pwedeng lumabas so bumalik ako sa upuan ko and stay still.

Tory, my mission is to make you fall in love with yourself and..with a person who doesn't belong to you imaginary world.

Mukhang mahihirapan si Castille sa misyon niya about me, haha. Napatingin ako sa kabilang banda ng room at nakita kong hindi pa tapos si Castille. Seems like he's being a normal person, kasi mukha siyang nahihirapan though I know madali lang sa kanya ang exam. I can't fall easily, Castille. I silently said, hopefully hindi niya marinig ito. But I saw him smirk and he look at me, my heart leaped in a warm way. Now this is new..

'What's new, Tory?' I heard him in my mind.

'You're invading my privacy, Castille!' I screamed in my head. This guy is driving me crazy.

'Haha, I don't, this is just my super powers--'

'Yeah, yeah! You and your super natural ways!' I cut him of.

"You okay, Tory?" nagulat naman ako at napatingin kay Clark. "H-huh?" nakatanga kong tanong. "You were rolling your eyes awhile ago." nakakunot ang noong wika niya.
"Oh! Ha-ha," I laughed awkwardly and continued ",may naalala kasi ako." Tumatango-tango lang siya at ngumiti, I just smiled back to him.

'Seems like my mission wouldn't be that hard, Tory..' then I saw him smirk.