Chapter 19-I
I teared down the newspapers from the bulletin board one by one. They are using the same old new to drag my name in the mud again! They're blaming me for saying thesomebody else's expulsion. Lumipat ulit ako ng isa pang hallway para lang maalis ang mga flyers na nagkalat sa buong campus kasama si Ellie.
At si Acierto. He's should be responsible for this.
"I'm helping you, are you happy now? Hindi ang org ko ang may gawa neto. Kahit sino pwede mag-photocopy neto at ipaskil sa buong campus." Acierto pointed at the paper's publication date." You even got Kiera mad at me. That damn wanna-be activist bitch. Pinullback to. Afterall the adults say you're innocent and all, remember?"
"May mga nakuha ng copies.All because you wrote it in the first place."Ellie stepped in, she's just 5'4 the guy is also taller than me." I could been helping Sheena put poster for her exhibit or theater not this."
"You add fuel to the fire. Take responsibility for it."
"Why don't you say that to yourself, Ms. Cervates? Have you ever thought that this must be retribution for what you have done? What these paper have are straight facts. Dapat hindi to pinaalis samin, hindi to gawa-gawa."
Napakuyom ang kamao ko." I thought you side with the truth, Acierto."
Even Ellie was seething in anger, she's teary eyed as she tear the papers on the wall."Ang dali sayo magsalita kasi wala ka sa lugar niya. Ang twenty na estudyante na yun...Wala na sila dito dahil sa sariling mga desisyun nila."
Napailing na lang si Acierto." Sige, magkampihan kayo."
Nakapigsuktan ng tingin si Ellie." Why do you hate Sheena so much?!"
I sighed, I held her by her shoulders." Hayaan mo na siya---alisin na lang natin 'to."
"Playing nice again, Sheena. Ikaw ang tumulong at kumumbinsi sa mga expelled students sirain ang reputation ng bully nila." Acierto explained a tragedy with so much eunthusiasm. At nakuha niya pa talagang magkalat dahil binabato niya ang mga punit na papel kay Ellie. " I doubt you wanted to be a hero. If you had separate your taste in fictional morality and the real one, nandito pa sana sila."
"W-what if they were just too h-hurt so they lie to hurt me too?" Tanong ko 'kay Acierto dahil sa label na binibigay niya sa akin." I wanted to help them, but how I can do that when they have change? Naging mandaraya sila, nagkamali ba ako na may pinagsabihan sa alam ko?"
He just laugh." There you again with that narra----"
Ellie squeeze my hands." Shin shouldn't be seen in the lies created by others. Please help also make your staffers help. Ipapasa na lang ba natin to sa utility ang result ng misbehaviour ng-----isa sa inyo?"
"Mang-aabala pa tayo, El." Napaluhod na lang din ako sa hallway para pulitin ang mga maliliit at punit na papel na tinapon ni Acierto." Hahayaan ko na lang 'to."
"Just what hell do you two want me to do then?" Asik ni Acierto.
I glared at him, kitang-kita ko ang diri sa mata niya habang nililinis ko ang pinagkalatan niya." Ayaw mo naman tumulong...Kahit ang gusto ko lang matapos ng paninira sakin."
Ellie started picking up the papers too." Tulungan na kita, Shin."
"I'm asking you what you want me to do! Bingi ka ba? Bwisit. Tumayo kayo jan. May maglilinis nyan." Acierto cross his arms as he look at us with disgust. "At ipapaalis ko sa orgmates ko lahat ng nakapaskil na article mo. Kami din ang malalagot pag nakita yun ng faculty."
"What's even better is...This is something you could do as a journalist at atleast..." I notice how their eyes look as I spoeak. Awa ang nasa mata ni Ellie. Galit ang na kay Acierto."...Could you make article that would clean up my name?To counter this lies?"
"Shin, why would you trust him for somethi------"
"If this is too much for you, just go kill yourself."
Those student scholar in the past, maybe they weren't really my friend, maybe they were just really my acquaintance. I was just there when they were bullied and was on the sidelines when they had their revenge. Perhaps we are not each other friend afterall. We expose each other.
Seems like we can neither held on to truth or lies...