Ara's POV
"Here's Ara Galang serving for the 3 peat!!!"
Kaya mo toh Ara. 1 more nalang at champions na ulit kayo.
Throw
Jump
Hit
"What a service ace!! And Ara Galang gives La Salle the '3 peat champions' title!!!"
"And our MVP of this UAAP season 75 women's volleyball tournament... from De La Salle University, Ara Galang!!!!!"
***
5 weeks later...
"Ara, alam mo dapat mag celebrate tayo." Mika said
"Celebrate nanaman?"
"Syempre, we have to celebrate na WAFS lang, diba?" Kim said.
"Chicken??" I asked while grinning.
"Yes!!!!!" Kim and Mika shouted.
I ordered 3 buckets of chicken and 4 1.5 bottles of soft drinks for me, Mika and Kim.
What??? Celebrate daw eh.
After 10 mins, our food finally arrived. I can see that the girls are really hungry.
"Ito na yung food!!!!" I shouted.
Both of them ran towards me and immediately got a piece of chicken.
"Thank you Ms. MVP!!!" Mika shouted.
"Cheers!!" Kim shouted and we cheered with our chicken legs. Hahaha
***
5:30 am
"Ara! Gising na. May pasok ka."
"May pasok? Champions tayo diba? We shouldn't have classes." I said groggily.
"Bakla, di porket champions tayo, eh wala ng pasok. Kaya nga tayo papasok para makabawi dun sa mga classes na namiss natin nung season and hello! It's been 5 weeks na kaya."
"Oo na, Carol. Ito na nga oh." I said then stood up and went inside the bathroom.
I can never handle Carol if she becomes serious. It's just really weird. Haha.
After preparing for 25 minutes, I went down and bid goodbye to my other teammates.
They told me to eat breakfast with them first but I told them that I'll be eating at school.
I was on my way to school when..
"Ahhhh!!!!!!"
I fell down and hit my butt really hard on the ground.
I stood up and brushed the dirt off before going to the person who almost ran over me.
I knocked on this person's window until he opened it.
"What?!" He annoyingly asked.
Wow! Sya pa may ganang magalit!
"At ikaw pa talaga ang may ganang magalit ah!"
"What do you want ba?! I'm late for school."
"You want to know what I want? Hmmm... Gusto ko ng... SORRY! SIRA ULO KA! ALAM MO BANG MUNTIK MO NA AKO MABANGGA! BUTI NALANG NAKAIWAS AKO."
"You're wasting my time." He said then started closing the windows.
I knocked again but he started to move already.
"Hoy gago ka!! Wala ka man lang konsensya!!" I said while kicking the back of his car.
He moved a little bit faster until I didn't get to catch up with him already.
What a way to ruin my day!!
***
"Oh Daks, bakit parang bad trip na bad trip ka ata ngayon?" Mika asked.
"Eh kasi naman! Umagang umaga may nakaaway ako."
"Nakaaway?! Sino?!" Kim asked.
"There's this guy kasi na muntik na ako mabangga. It looks like, wala syang guilt sa katawan dahil hindi man lang nag sorry." I said then rolled my eyes when I remembered what happened awhile ago.
"Kilala mo?" Mika asked.
"Obviously, hindi. Basta he's chinito and yung built ng katawan nya ay pang athlete."
"Sya ba?" Kim asked while pointing the person who's walking towards our way.
Sya nga... demon attitude activated.
"Si Thomas?!" Mika asked.
I walked towards the guy and stopped him from walking.
"Ikaw!" I shouted.
"Hey, its you."
"Yes! It's me, you heartless freak!!" I was about to hit him when Mika and Kim held my hands.
"What the fuck?!?" This guy asked.
"I'm really going to kill you, you heartless person!!" I said then tried to be free from Mika and Kim.
"Ara! Ano ba! Nakakahiya oh." Mika said.
"Nakakahiya?! Eh muntik na ako mabangga ng lalaking yan tapos hindi man lang nag sorry!! Sinarahan pa akong ng bintana at iniwanan!!" I said.
Everyone gasped and looked at the guy with judging eyes.
"Tara na, Ara." Kim said.
"What?! Hahayaan nyo nalang sya?!"
"Ara, tara na. We'll explain later." Mika said then started to pull me.
***
"What the hell was that, Ara?! Kilala mo ba kung sino yun?! Ha?!"
"Oo. Sya yung muntik ng makabangga sakin."
"Ara, mali ka ng sinanggi. Anak yun ng one of the owners of La Salle." Mika said.
"And so?"
"And so?! Ara, pinahiya mo sya sa maraming tao kanina. He can kick you out of this school, you know."
"I don't care kung ipatanggal nya ako dito. He deserved that, anyway."
*knock* *knock*
"I'll get it." Kim said then opened the door.
"Saan si Ara?"
"Yes po, Ate Aby?"
"Pinapatawag ka ni Coach Ramil. Punta ka nalang sa office nya." Ate Aby said then left.
Mika looked at me worriedly.
"I'll say goodbye in advance na. Goodbye guys." I said.
"Ang nega mo!" Mika shouted.
"Uy!! Di ako negra! Si Kim lang yun."
"Gaga! NE-GA hindi NE-GRA. Ako nanaman nakita mo." Kim said then rolled her eyes.
"Hahahaha! Sige na nga. I'll get going na." I said then left.
***
"Ara..."
"I'm sorry, coach. Alam ko pong matatanggal na ako sa team at sa school na toh. Sorry po talaga sa attitude ko."
"Ara, anong pinagsasabi mo?" Coach Ramil asked while chuckling.
"Di po ba, itatanggal nyo na ako sa team." I said.
"At bakit ko naman gagawin yun?"
"Kasi po inaway ko yung anak nung isa sa mga owners ng La Salle."
"Speaking of that, gusto kang makausap nung father nya."
"Ano po?!"
"Mr. Torres.."
A guy, who I think is 40+ years old, went inside the office. He's wearing a formal suit.
Sya ata yung tatay... Lagot ka Ara! Huhuhu
"Mr. Torres, this is Ara Galang." Coach Ramil said. I stood up and bowed.
"Nice to meet you, Ms. Galang." He said then sat. I sat as well too.
"I will leave you alone po muna." Coach Ramil said then left me with Mr. Torres.
"Ms. Galang.."
"I'm so sorry po. Sorry po sa nagawa ko sa anak nyo. Please, wag nyo po akong ipatalsik sa team at sa school." I said then kneeled in front of him.
"Hija, I won't remove you sa team nor sa school. In fact, I am very happy that someone actually stood up to my son." Mr. Torres said.
I sat down with a confused face.
"You know, my son is a little bit spoiled and most of the students are afraid of him because, he is my son and I'm sure you know that I'm one of the owners of this school. I told him to never use that power against anyone, but he wouldn't listen. That's why I'm glad that you stood up to my son."
"Well, I'm glad to hear that po. Hehe." I said awkwardly.
"Hija, can I ask a favor?" Mr. Torres asked.
"Huh? Ano po yun?"
"Can you please watch my son for me? You'll report to me all the things that he's doing. Don't worry, I'll pay you and you can boss him around. Basta don't let him know na pinagawa ko toh sayo... if it's okay with you?"
Ara think. Makakatulong toh kayla Mama pag inaccept mo toh. And besides, you can boss him around.
"Okay po, Mr. Torres. You can count on me." I said then smiled.
"Maraming salamat, Ms. Galang. Okay, I'll get going na. You can ask your coach for my number." Mr. Torres said then left.
You can do this, Ara. What can go wrong?
To be continued...