Tricked (Montenegro Series #1)

Chapter 10

Chapter 10

Guilt

Travis wore his mocking smirk while walking towards on his seat. Samantalang ako, nakatanga at hindi ko alam kung ano'ng isipin.

Damn it! What is his plan by this time?!

"So..."

My trail of thoughts cut off as our professor spoke.

"I know you're wondering why Mister Garcia's here, knowing the fact that he's a Business Administration student..."

Nanliit ang mga mata ko sa aming guro.

"According to him, he was finding a hard time to look for a schedule that will fit in his schedule. So, when he found out that the schedule we have for this subject is Friday, he had chosen this class."

Allowed ba iyon? I smirked in myself. Oo nga pala, kaibigan nito si Danger, eh, kaya malamang, gumawa siya ng paraan upang makuha ang slot na kapareho ko. And to think that he has a copy of my schedule, alam niya na sa National Service Training Program kami may parehong subject na puwedeng pagsamahan. Bukod pa ro'n, okay lang kahit na mayroon kaming kaklase na taga-ibang section. Flexible kasi ang subject namin na 'to.

Fuck! Mga galawan mo, Travis! Alam na alam ko na!

I could hear the eerie murmurs and gasped of my classmates. And it only hit me that Aya's here, also. For sure, she will get mad at me, again!

Baliw na Travis!

"Now, before we proceed with our subject proper, I'd like to change your seating arrangement."

Magkakasunod na magkakaibang reaksyon agad ang aking narinig. Bigla akong kinutuban. I hope, hindi sana iyong iniisip ko.

"...you will be arranged according to your surnames alphabetically," tuwang-tuwang anunsiyo ng aming propesorang babae.

In a fleeting moment, my body stopped functioning. Fucking shit!

"'Uy!"

Napakurap na lang ako sa pagtapik ni Edna. Napansin kong nakasukbit na ang kaniyang bag.

"Move out na raw." madrama siyang napabuntong-hininga. "Nakakainis naman! Hindi na tayo magkatabi."

Aburido akong napatayo. My attention caught when I saw at the corner of my eyes a familiar annoying grin behind me. Nagngingitngit ako nang masilip ko ang pagtaas-baba ng kilay ni Travis.

The manipulative Travis is always darn manipulative!

We were arranged, as expected, by our surnames alphabetically. Magkatabi si Hayley at Aya, dahil magkasunod ang apelyedo nila, habang si Edna ay nasa likod ko. And of course, I was sat beside my boyfriend.

"Tell me," I whispered while raising a brow to Travis. The moron was very, very happy, while looking around at his new seat. Letse, parang bata lang. "sinadya mo 'to, ano?"

"Huh?" nawala ang ngisi niyang nakakaloko. "Ano'ng sinasabi mo, prinsesa?" pa-inosente na niyang tanong.

Ay, buwisit! Tatanggi pa ang kumag, letse! Letseng talaga!

Napapadyak na lang ako sa inis. Samantalang ginagawa ko iyon, humahalakhak naman siya sa aking tabi. Sarap lang hambalusin ng mga librong nasa desk ko!

After some introductions to our course subject, the classes ended, then. We walked together while our hands are firmly intertwined. Kahit na gusto kong punahin ang pag-iinit ng aking mukha sa hindi malamang dahilan, malinaw ko pa rin talagang naalala ang nangyari kanina.