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My brows twitched. My number?


"Palaging ginagabihan si Reinziel. She's always with you so I just want to know her whereabouts."


Tumango-tango lang ako before extending my hands, waiting for him to hand over his phone.


What else could go wrong? He looks... nice...


Aziel having my number won't bring me to danger.


Nang ilahad niya ang cellphone niya ay agad kong tinipa ang numero ko.


Haisley Sierra. I saved it.


Ibinalik ko sakanya ang kanyang cellphone. He took a glance at it and it's as if something's funny was there because he smiled, without showing his braces.


"Thank you." aniya


Tumango lang ako bago tinalikuran.


I'm not friends with him... and he's older than me. That's making things more awkward between us. Hindi ko alam kung kakausapin ko siya ng magalang o ano, because knowing me, I'm not really the magalang type of a person.


I don't say po and opo all the times. Palagi ko rin nakakalimutan na mas nakakatanda saakin ang kausap ko kaya nakakausap ko talaga sila ng walang respeto.


"Ate, who's that?" salubong sa'kin ni Vee


"Just a...." friend? hindi naman kami friends. classmates? "a schoolmate, Vee."


Yeah, right. He's a schoolmate.


Nang pasokan na ulit, I was still being greeted with some friends and acquaintances.


I can't believe even acquaintances know my birthday. Samantala yung isa, parang wala namang alam...


"May resectioning tayo pagkatapos ng exam." salubong sa'kin ni Genevieve.


"What for?"


"I don't know... Shuffle ata, not based on the grades."


Tumango lang ako sakanila.


For sure we'll be separated, kaming tatlo. But that doesn't bother me, we can still hang out pa naman while making new friends.


During recess, hindi ako lumabas ng room. That's when the grade 12 boys do hang out. Kung hindi sa labas ng room nina Nevielle ay sa canteen. Still, kung asan man ako pumunta, I will see them.


I can't help but to feel disappointed... The last time we interacted was on our induction party...


He made me feel so special that day... and now he's slapping to my face that he doesn't even remember my birthday.


"'Yung kapatid mo." a classmate told me.


Tumingin ako sa pinto ang Tyler's there, kaya nilapitan ko nalang.


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