Lying Beneath the Stars

Two

02

In the next morning, ganoon lang ulit ang takbo ng buhay ko. And hindi ako nalate ngayon. Maaga akong pumasok. But something is bothering me pa rin. About last night, it's about the unknown number who texted me, my 'secret admirer'.

"Hey, Jian!" tawag ko kay Jian at agad namang bumaling sa akin.

"What?" agad niyang sagot and may pagtataka sa kanyang mukha. I'm not talkative to them. I usually don't share my problems even though they're my most trusted friends. Ewan ko ba, feeling ko makakadagdag lang rin ako sa mga sariling problema nila kung dadagdag pa 'ko.

Agad kong ipinakita sa kaniya 'yung text message na narecieve ko from the unknown number. Gulat ang bumakas sa kanyang mukha at sabay na tumawa.

"Do you know this person? It's weird right?" tanong ko sakanya. Agad namang nakisali sina Andrae.

"Uy! May secret admirer si Natassia," pang aasar ni Andrae sa akin. I rolled my eyes on her. I'm not interested if I have any secret admirer. I have no time about love na 'yan. Bawal pa ako mag boyfriend since I'm only 16 palang.

"Sana all!" Thalia shouted. And they started teasing and laughing in front of me. Bakit parang walang kwenta 'tong mga 'to? Gusto kong malaman kung sino 'to pero parang lumalala lang ata ang iritasyon ko lalo.

"Hey, stop! I'm asking you all if you know this person." pagalit kong sabi sakanila. And then I remember the only person that I know na may gusto sa akin dito sa room ay si Mavi inshort for Maverick.

He used to confess to me but I rejected him. He's not my type. But actually he's good looking, very tall, charming eyes, pointed nose, soft tender lips and even has a broad and masculine body for a senior high student. He's a popular student here, gwapo na matalino pa. He's been good to me, one time on Valentine's Day he used to gave me a bouquet full of roses. Many girls adored him so much, hindi ko alam bakit hindi ko siya magustuhan.

"Baka yung mga taga college na nagkakagusto sa'yo?" Chloe asked at pinagpatuloy ang pagbabasa ng librong kanyang hawak.

Humalukipkip ako. I wanted to find this person. But how? I don't even know him. Pero ipagpapatuloy ko parin. I'm going to find that motorcycle guy again. Medyo malakas ang kutob ko na siya pero how did he get my number? Kung siya man ito.

Tapos na ang 4th subject. Probably it's recess time. 1 hour ang break namin. So may time pa para mahanap yung lalaking 'yon.

I started looking around the school. Hindi ko siya nakita kanina sa may cafeteria. Baka nasa kabilang building or what. I started walking to the other building at agad ko siyang natanaw. Nakaupo sa may bench at may hawak na libro. Siguro nagbabasa 'to or nagrereview.

May kakaiba akong nararamdaman ngayon. It was like my first time seeing him. I'm dead nervous I don't know why. Nagtago muna ako sa may gilid at humugot ng lakas ng loob. Aba bakit ako kinakabahan. Diba naiinis ka sakanya, Natassia! Come on!

Humahakbang na ako papalapit sakanya. As I looked at him from afar, he fixed his hair with his fingers. My heart beats so fast, what the hell? Am I crushing on him? No way, I hate that guy! But for real, he's even so good looking kahit naka uniporme lang siya na pampasok, para bang sobrang lakas ng appeal. He's very tall as I remember standing infront of him. He's probably a six footer. His dark brown eyes were taming and intimidating. He have a perfectly molded and sculptured figure of body. He's so close by a bodybuilder. Siguro nag g-gym 'to hmm?