Under The Twilight Sky (KOV #3)

Nightfall

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Aviery Louisse Cortez

Three days later, hindi pa rin tumitigil si Jared sa panunuyo niya sa'kin. He'll still inform me about everything like he always does, nag rereply ako minsan but I rarely do. Abala rin kami dahil malapit na ang exam, kapag bumagsak ako ay hindi ako makaka pasa at masasayang lahat ng pinag hirapan ko. I can't be too depress about this matter, it's literally settled yet but I don't know.

Hinahayaan ko na lang muna ang lahat sa ngayon, I just wanted some peace of mind. Kasalukuyan kaming nasa second subject ngayon, medyo nakaka antok ang topic namin dahil hindi naman ito major subjects. Cece seems fine, mabuti pa sila ni West. Tahimik lang, walang gulo unlike me? Everything is a mess. Ako, ang relasyon namin ni Jared at ang pamilya ko pati na mga kaibigan.

Mino and Ryuu knew about it, is there any chance na alam din pala nina Arc, Rylan, Mirella, Blanche, atsaka Ash ang tungkol doon? I mean, hindi naman yon malabo. Kung na-curious sila, money can take them anywhere. Same goes for secrets, it can buy a lot of things including people. If they wanted to hire someone to investigate, it'll be a piece of cake for them. I'm not suspecting, it's just my hunch.

"Paging Ms. Aviery Cortez please proceed to the guidance office, I repeat please proceed to the guidance office. Thank you". We all heard Avi's voice. Lahat tuloy sila napatingin sa'kin, I stared at our professor but didn't utter a word. Sumenyas lamang siya sa'kin na maaari na akong umalis kaya tumayo muna ako upang mag punta don, Cece looked worried but stayed silent until I walked out of our classroom.

Habang nag lalakad ako patungong guidance office, naka salubong ko ang mga senior namin. Yung lalaking naka number nine na jersey ang pinaka sikat, minsan ibang number ang gamit niya pero most of the time? Nine talaga ang suot niya. Kakilala ata siya nina Eros? Ang alam ko narinig ko na rin ang pangalan niya. Teka? Siya yung? Naalala ko na!

Siya si Skylar! They announced that he and Psyche are engaged but the wedding didn't happened dahil masyadong maraming naganap. That was two years ago, mukhang okay lang naman siya ngayon but how can he be alright? I mean, he doesn't have the rights to do so. I can't blame him for everything, besides wala akong alam sa nang yayari. Wala rin ako sa lugar para manisi ng tao, I shouldn't mind him anyways.

Ang pag daan nila ay parang kalamidad, nag kakagulo ang mga babaeng nandito sa likuran ko. Sabay-sabay silang lumapit kay Skylar pati na sa mga kasama nito, nag titilian sila na akala mo binubunutan ng clit or what. Nakakairita pa dahil naka harang sila sa dinaraanan ko, akala tuloy siguro ng ibang kasama ni Skylar ay kasama ako sa gustong kumuha ng signature nila.

"Uh miss? Excuse me but do you have a pen?". Skylar asked. Sinong kinakausap niya? Ako ba? Itinuro ko ang sarili and I was surprised that he nodded and smiled genuinely to me, nakita niya siguro ang pinaka paborito kong pen. It's a fountain pen na galing kay Cece, she bought it for me as a birthday gift.

"I have a sign pen, here". Mabuti na lamang at dalawang pen ang dala-dala ko. Of course I won't let him touch my special pen specially knowing that he's Skylar, hindi ako masama o judgemental na tao pero mas makaka buti kung iiwasan ko rin siya. I'm related to Jared, I'll be involved in a greater mess if he found out that he and I talked or even bumped into each other.

I didn't know why I waited, maybe dahil paborito ko rin ang ballpen na iyon? Halos sampung babae ang nang hingi ng signature niya. They all looked so happy and blinded by his physical appearance, gwapo naman kase talaga si Skylar and I can't blame them kung agad silang nahuhulog pero iba kase ako eh. Looks doesn't really matter for me, not at all. Nagka taon lamang na gwapo at napaka gifted ni Jared, hindi ko kasalanan na napunta siya sa'kin.