ALYANNA'S POV:
"I don't really want to eat!" pagrereklamo ko dito sa babaeng humahatak sakin
"Hey! Can you stop dragging me, Miss?" naiinis na sabi ko kay Jessica pero di pa rin siya sumasagot at patuloy lang siy sa pag hatak sakin
"Even if you drag me to that damn cafeteria, I still won't eat" sabi ko ulit sa kanya pero umiling lang siya
"No! You need to eat because we have a long quiz later. You need to recharge your energy by eating. I know your energy was drained earlier because the class is boring" seryosong sabi niya habang hatak hatak pa rin ako papunta sa may cafeteria
"Didn't I already tell you the reason why I really don't want to go there?" naiinis na sabi ko ulit tsaka siya tumigil sa paglalakad
"Don't worry! Those guys are still not there because it's too early for them to have lunch" sabi niya pero nakasimangot pa rin talaga ako
"Mamaya pa sila tatambay sa cafeteria! Kaya kung ayaw mo silang maabutan dapat bilisan na nating gumalaw bago pa man magkaroon ulit ng fan meeting sa cafeteria" sabi niya ulit
"Fan meeting?" curious na tanong ko
"Yes! Fan meeting! Yung akala mo artista yung pinagkakagulugan nung mga linta girls dahil sa lakas ng sigawan sa buong cafeteria" sabi niya kaya tumawa lang ako
I love spending time with this girl.
It's only been a week since I started attending this school, but I already feel so close to her.
"Come on! We need to move faster before they arrive" sabi niya tsaka niya ulit ako hinatak
She's Jessica Jung, my first ever girl friend, or shall I say my future girl best friend? Well, nasanay kasi akong lalaki lang best friend ko and he is now living in London with his family.
She's very kind and smart, but sometimes she's also weird and crazy. She keeps on talking about nonsense and useless things, which is so hard for me to understand the meaning of those words, and she calls that 'street smart'.
Even though she's weird and crazy, I still can't help but laugh at every word she says, and I think some of her weirdness has already passed on to me.
"Why are you still standing there? Come on! I'm starving!" sabi niya sakin habang naka tayo ako dito sa gilid tapos bigla siyang lumapit sakin tsaka niya ako hinatak palapit doon sa may line tapos inabot niya sakin yung tray na kung saan ilalagay yung mga food namin
Di ko kasi namalayang nasa cafeteria na pala kaming dalawa since nawala kasi ako sa focus dahil sa kakaisip sa mga bagay tungkol dito sa babaeng kasama ko ngayon.
"Kahit kailan talaga napaka kupad mong gumalaw" sarcastic na sabi niya sakin sabay lagay ng food dito sa hawak kong tray
This school is quite similar to those in America. Pag kakain, ikaw na mismo dadampot nung gusto mong pagkain. You don't need to order anymore. And also, we don't need to pay since kasama na lahat sa tuition fee namin.
Well, this is an international school, so everything in here is almost the same as in schools abroad.
"Why are you still standing there? Come on! You can continue your imagination later, after we finish eating" sabi niya sakin tsaka na siya naglakad papunta dun sa isang vacant na table kaya sumunod nalang rin ako sa kanya
"We need to be quick. As in, yung para tayong si 'The Flash' para hindi talaga natin sila maabutan" sabi ni Jessica habang naka upo na kami kaya tumango nalang ako
Habang kumakain kami, may biglang pumasok na grupo ng mga babae dito sa cafeteria.
And first time ko silang makita na magkakasama, yung talagang as a group. Wala kasi akong idea na friends pala sila. Nakikita ko sila minsan around the school pero individually lang, as in never ko silang nakitang magkakasama.
"Who are those girls?" tanong ko kay Jess tapos tinignan nya rin yung mga tinititigan ko
"They are the Mean Girls, in short MG" sagot niya habang patuloy lang na kumakain tapos ako eto naka tingin pa rin dun sa mga babae
I don't understand why they get my attention. Maybe because, from one glance, I can already tell that they don't have a nice personality.
"Who is that girl? The one standing in the middle" tanong ko ulit kay Jessica tsaka naman siya tumingin doon sa tinutukoy ko
"That's Ashley Alcantara, she's my cousin" sabi nitong nasa tabi ko habang busy na kumakain
"She's your what?" di makapaniwalang tanong ko sa kanya tapos ngumiti lang siya
"Gulat na gulat?" tanong niya sakin kaya umiling lang ako
"If she's your cousin, then why are you not talking to her?" tanong ko sa kanya habang patuloy lang siya sa ginagawa niya
"Why would I bother? Kung umarte nga siya dito sa school parang hindi niya ako kilala" seryosong sagot niya sabay kagat dun sa apple na hawak-hawak niya
"In fact, she's the reason why I don't talk to people here at school because I really hate being compared to her. They always compare us because we have lots in common. Especially in our family, all of them are in favor of her, and they do really like her, which means she's the favorite one, and that's what I hate the most. Well, I admit it bothers me when my family doesn't even pay attention to me, and yes, it kind of hurts my pride since they don't even bother checking what I'm capable of. They always choose her, here at school and even in our family" sabi niya habang seryosong naka titig lang doon sa MG
Actually, ngayon lang niya sasabihin sakin yung tunay na rason kung bakit wala talaga siyang kaibigan dito sa school. At ngayon, gets ko na kung bakit mag isa lang siya dito sa school.
"Pero di naman ako nalulungkot dahil sa wala akong kaibigan!" sabi niya sakin habang naka ngiti
"I should be thankful to her because no one's paying attention to me, and maybe that's the reason why no one tried to bully me, and I don't feel bored sometimes because the members of F4 talk to me" sagot niya habang patuloy niyang kinakain yung hawak niyang apple
I don't know why I can't stop looking at them. Maybe because there is something in their aura, or maybe I'm just scared.
Habang naka tingin ako sa kanila biglang may baklang tumakbo papasok dito sa cafeteria.
"PARATING NA SILA!" malakas na sigaw nung bakla kaya naman biglang nagsigawan yung mga students dito sa loob ng cafeteria
"We need to go" biglang sabi ko dito sa katabi tsaka na ako tumayo mula dito sa upuan ko
"There you are, my dear cousin" biglang sabi nung Ashley kay Jessica pero hindi siya nito sinagot
"What's with the attitude?" sarcastic na tanong ni Ashley nung mapansin niyang naka simangot si Jessica na kasalukuyang naka upo pa rin
"Hi, Ashley!" napipilitang bati ni Jessica tsaka na siya tuluyang tumayo
"Pasensya na ha pero kailangan na naming umalis!" sabi ulit ni Jessica dun sa pinsan niya tapos akmang aalis na sana pero biglang humarang yung Ashley sa harapan naming dalawa tsaka siya tumingin sakin
"Are you new here? Because I think this is my first time seeing you here in school" sabi sakin nung Ashley pero hindi ako sumagot kundi ngumiti lang ako
Kinakabahan kasi ako lalo't pinagtitinginan na naman kami dito.
"Which class do you belong to?" tanong niya ulit sakin
"Sorry, but are you asking about my section or something else?" nagtatakang tanong ko sa kanya tapos bigla nalang siyang tumawa pati rin yung mga friends niya
"You're cute, my dear!" natatawang sabi nung Ashley tapos biglang lumapit yung isa niyang friend sa kanya
"She's the older sister of the twins" sabi nung friend niyang lumapit sa kanya
"So you're the one they're talking about!" sabi niya sabay ngiti kaya pilit nalang rin akong tumango with matching fake smile
"I've heard lots of things about you! It's only been a week since you came to this school, but you're already famous" sabi niya sakin kaya pilit na ngumiti lang ako
"Do you want to know why?" tanong niya sakin pero hindi nalang ako sumagot at nanatili nalang akong naka ngiti
"Well, if you don't want to know, then I won't bother telling you" seryosong sabi niya kaya ngumiti nalang ulit ako
"By the way, I'm Ashley, her cousin" sabi niya ulit sakin sabay abot nung kamay niya para makipag shake hands kaya inabot ko rin ito
"I'm Alyanna Ysabel" sagot ko naman tapos ngumiti lang siya
"These are my friends, by the way" sabi niya ulit sabay turo dun sa tatlong girls na kasama niya
"She's Emmanuel Lexi Cruz, but you can call her Lexi" sabi niya sabay turo dun sa girl na naka full bangs na nasa bandang kaliwa nya
"And that's Samantha Manansala, but you can call her Sam, and she's your brother's ex-girlfriend" sabi niya sakin sabay turo dun sa girl na mukhang barbie na nasa bandang kanan naman niya
"And lastly, this is Beryll Anne Jimenez, but you can call her Beryll" sabi ulit niya dun sa girl na lumapit sa kanya kanina na nag sabi na ako yung kapatid nung kambal
"Alyanna, do you want to join our group?" out of nowhere na tanong nung Lexi ba yun sakin na siyang ikinagulat naming dalawa ni Jessica
"Your group?" gulat na tanong ko sa kanila kaya naman tumango lang sila
"Perhaps now you might stop spending time with insipid wallflowers and refine your circle of friends" sabi naman nung Sam habang naka tingin kay Jessica tsaka sila nag tawanan
"We're glad to accept you into our group" sabi naman nung Lexi sakin
"Girl, you don't need to decide now. We can wait!" sabi naman nung Beryll sakin kaya ngumiti lang ako tsaka ako tumingin sa kanila
"You don't need to wait for my answer because I've already made my decision" sabi ko sa kanilang apat kaya naman sila ngumiti
"I'm sorry, but I don't want to join your group" seryosong sabi ko sa kanila na siyang ikinagulat nila kaya nawala yung ngiti sa mga kukha nilang lahat
"Well, all I really want is to graduate high school quietly. I don't really want to be the center of attention, and becoming popular is not my thing. I'm content with her being my friend" sabi ko ulit sabay turo kay Jessica tapos bigla nalang tumawa yung Ashley
Akmang magsasalita sana yung Ashley pero biglang nag sigawan yung mga tao dito sa loob ng cafeteria and that's the sign na papasok na yung apat na kupal dito sa school cafeteria.
Di ko alam pero bwisit na bwisit na rin ako kay Yvan dahil sa grupo na yan!
Paanong di ako mabwibwisit sa kanila, hindi ako makapag focus sa pag aaral kasi palaging maingay sa paligid dahil sa sigawan nung mga linta girls.