Holding Unto You

chapter 5

For weeks naging routine na yung iintayin nya ako sa room ko after class or mauuna ako sa study hall kung di pa sya nakakalabas

Right now I'm here reading books at the library while waiting for him

"Coffee for you" rinig ko sa boses nya kaya nilingon ko sya

He put a cup of coffee beside me and I smiled at him

Nilabas nya din yung mga books nya and studied

Napapatingin ako sa kanya kasi he's really studying and minsan he's asking me about terms baka daw may idea ako

"May sakit ka ba?" I asked him and he looked at me before drinking from his coffee

"Aral na aral ah" biro ko sa kanya and he just smiled a bit

"I have long quiz and recitation tomorrow" simpleng sagot nya bago bumalik ss pagrereview

I tried to look at his notes pero napansin nya ako kaya tinignan ako

"Akala ko ba magaaral ka din?" Tanong nya and I just smiled at him before looking back at my notes

We both looked at my phone nung umilaw yun and the driver is already there

Sabay kaming nagayos ng gamit ni Ash bago lumabas

Hinatid nya pa ako sa parking bago hinanap yung sundo nya

I told my driver that I'll always stay for 1 hour para makapagreview and dad agreed to that as long as I'll stay inside the school

Si Ashton naman iniiwan nalang kay astrid yung Ipad nya para makanood ng movie si Astrid sa Van nila habang nasa study hall kami

Or minsan sumasama din si Astrid sa kanya pero kadalasan nabobored lang sya dito

Si Astrid yung tipo na hindi mo mapapaupo lang sa isang tabi staring at something, she always want to do something and often times she multitask

We made it a hobby to study para din may time ako magtanong sa kanya about some lessons since naaral nya na din to dati

The next day nakasabay ko pa sa pagbaba ng sasakyan sila Astrid at Ashton

Astrid gave me small wave while smiling

"Good morning ate!" Bati nya pa kaya I smiled and do the same

"Ako walang good morning?" Pabirong tanong ni Ash and I chuckled

"Good morning po" I told him kaya natawa na din sya

Sabay sabay na kami naglakad papasok at medyo maaga pa kaya we decided na ihatid muna si Astrid sa room nya

"Did you eat breakfast?" Tanong nya kaya I nod

"Ana nagawa mo na ba yung essay?" Tanong nung isa kong classmate na nadaanan namin

"Anong subject?" I asked her

"Sa Filipino, yung isespeech today" sagot nung isa pa naming classmate

"Di mo nagawa?" Ash asked me and I nod

"Let's go, I'll help you" yaya nya tsaka ako hinila papunta sa grounds

He asked me about lots of stuffs, more on opinion ko sa isang bagay while he's writing

Naguusap lang kami habang sulat sya ng sulat and he wont let me look at it

"Oh! Basahin mo ng paulit ulit para mafamiliarize mo sarili mo sa speech mo" sabi nya tsaka binigay sakin yung papel

"Thank you" I told him tsaka sya tumayo at kinuha yung bag nya

He walked me to my classroom bago dumeretso sa room nya