Trent Allsen
Hi
Trent Allsen
Good afternoon
Trent Allsen
Take your lunch :))
"Who are you?" I hissed under my breath. Two months simula nang magsend siya ng request sa akin, he kept bugging me with some cryptic messages of him.
Trent? I don't know anyone named Trent around school. Yes, UW is big ass university but every building has scandals that some of its students ay kilala ng iba.
Being friend with Nale, I knew some scandals about the others pero wala naman akong kilalang Trent kahit sa anong building.
I know I should've put him in ignore messages because he's bothering me, not that much but at least, I won't see his messages!
It's creepy!
Right before I could even long press his name, Nale called me and told me to rush whatever I'm doing.
Tinatawag na ako sa loob at mag-uumpisa na ang orientation para sa lahat ng graduates. Today's schedule is us, LegMa students.
I rushed pressing his name but damn it! My phone lagged and mas lalo lang akong tinawag ni Nale palapit!
Before he could even pull me from him, tinago ko na lang ang phone at sinawalang-bahala ang dapat gawin.
God, who is that guy and why is he bothering my life?
***
"Maganda rin naman if we stay here for College of Law but... nakakasawa na rin." nagsalin ng inumin si Nale pagkatapos sabihin iyon.
"Where do you want then? RST? ICCT?"
"No. Wala pa akong plano. I'll be just like Stefan, take a break, kahit one year bago mag-enroll sa law."
Because he mentioned me, napunta sa akin lahat ng tingin. And the stares says the same thing. "Yeah, that's true."
"Really?"
"Yeah.."
"Bakit?" ani ng isa naming kaklase.
I sighed. "Hindi ko rin alam but that's my plan ever since. I need at least take a break from studying, but I promised na while in the middle of it, magre ready ako for Law."
Senior high pa lang ako years years ago, plano ko na iyon. And I'm so close sa ending ng LegMa journey ko, natutupad na rin lahat.
Pinanood ko na umawang ang labi nilang lahat. "Hindi ko gets,"
"Same, paano ka magtatake ng break kung nagreready ka rin sa Law?"
Tumawa ako, "Oh, come on, twelve months ang meron sa one year. It's up on me what I should do, pinasok ko 'to, e."
I grabbed a food and ate it while laughing. Nawala sa akin ang spotlight at bumalik sa best Law schools na gusto nilang pasukan.
They are clashing if they will stay in UW, since the university has College of Law. One thing they are considering is the Bar exams passers.
Iniisip nila kung anong school ang mas maraming pumasok sa top 10 ng Bar Exams. Tumatawa lang ako dahil hindi naman doon nababase if the school is good enough to enroll.
Nasa tao na 'yun kung gusto niyang makapasok sa top ten ng Bar. Hindi sa school, puwede rin sa Professor.
The night is getting old kaya tumigil na ako sa pag-inom. My face starting to feel hot and I can feel na it's all red. I need to stop or I'll give my Mama a heart attack.
"Inom pa!" tulak nila ng isang shot nang mapansin na hindi na ako umiinom.
"Can't," tumawa ako. "I still need to go home at least half-okay,"
Thank God I'm the only sober from our table. Hindi na rin sila nagpilit na uminom ako. Nale is laughing about something he saw from afar.
"Let's dance!" I can't dodge their offer kasi nahila na nila ako paalis sa table namin.
The next thing I knew, we're all laughing, shouting, having a good time dancing in the sea of people.
Someone is stepping on my shoe but I can't think about it anymore! This will be the last party of us, na still studying! Because it's all sure na the next party we'll attend, we're all graduate already!
The music blasts the sound more higher that I feel like ripping my ears off. There's no space to rant, I'll just think about the pain tomorrow morning!
We're all shouting the lyrics of the song blasting in the speakers when I felt an unfamiliar warm around my waist.
Unfamiliar because I know if it's just Nale or our classmates, and fuck, it's not a woman's palm, it's from a man!
"You're also a party-goer, huh?" he whispered so close to my ears that made my knees tremble.
So hard.
I danced more, I swayed my waist more, hoping that my body will adapt the strong sound around us so it can remove his hands on my waist.
But hell, he's not letting me go!
When I blinked my eyes, wala na ang mga kasamahan ko. The arm is still there and I immediately looked for my friends until I saw whoever the one holding me.
"Fuck.." I cursed under my breath, trying to process the face of the man in front of me.
Malamig ang buong paligid, thanks to gigantic aircons around us but his warm mint breath crossing my nose now, nawala ang lamig ng katawan ko.
"Hi.." he murmured.
Hindi ko alam kung ilang segundo pero mabilis kong inalis ang kamay niya sa bewang ko sabay takbo kahit na gitgitan ang dance floor.
Malakas pa rin ang tugtog but I heard a faint call of my name, it wasn't from any of my classmates or Nale, it was from somebody else.
When I finally made out of the dance hell floor, habol-habol ko na pala ang hininga ko.
Mabilis akong humingi ng tubig sa kalapit na bar stool. Mabilis ko ring inubos iyon at hinilamos ang palad sa mukha at buhok ko.
My heart is beating erratically inside my chest. This isn't feel right! Why do I feel like it was the first time that somebody touches me?
For fuck's sake, I've been partying ever since second year but I didn't get enticed by this by a stranger!
And who is that guy?! Is he the one who also shouts my name?
Fuck. I shouldn't be thinking about this.
"Stressed? Want smoke?" umangat ang tingin ko sa lalaking nagserve sa akin ng tubig kanina.
I managed to shake my head, "No, thanks,"
"Sure," he said and left me there.
But ten seconds, I heard he's talking to somebody else. To the one beside me, and he's offering a smoke to... the same guy from the dance floor!
"You can't smoke with mask on, sir." The server laughed.
"I know." he laughs. Fuck. Dapat tumakbo na ako kanina pa!
He might found me staring at him so he stared at me back! Even with mask on, I know it's the same guy!
Same hair cut and... shit.. eyes!
"Give me a half pack, I prefer to smoke outside na lang," nawala ang tingin niya sa akin dahil kumuha siya ng pera sa wallet niya.
I gulped upon seeing his veined arms. He's wearing a black sweatshirt, here at the party, wow.
"Sure!" the server whined and that seems like a call for me to stand up.
My steps are quiet fast, basta makalayo lang ako kung saan ako huling umupo. That guy is a creep! Hindi ko nga siya kilala!
I have no idea what happened but when I was about to go up, the same guy stood up in between the stairs!
"Hi.." he said with mask on.
Napaatras ako sa nakita. "E-excuse me.."
Wow, Stefan, you stumbled through your words?
"Hi.." ulit niya sa sinabi.
I sighed, "Sorry but not interested to anyone."
If he's trying to hit me up... gah... I don't know what to do! I have no idea about that!
He laughed, a sexy one. God. I was surrounded by so many good looking students of my school but.. bakit parang bago sa akin na makakita ngayon?!
"But I am... I am interested in you.."
I blinked. Not sure if I'm hearing right words right now.
"I... don't know you.." mahina kong sambit.
"You can know me if you'll reply to my messages, Stefan."
Fuck.
Fuck. This isn't feel right! He knew my name and how the hell did he know about it?!
"Please, let me cross the stair." Gustong-gusto ko siyang itulak pero ayoko siyang bigyan ng kung anong malisya kapag nahawakan ko siya.
He touched me already and I don't want to do the same thing!
Walang nagsalita sa aming dalawa, when I looked up, nakababa na ang mask niya and there's a big mischievous smile on his face. God.. he's so...
"Okay..." is his last words because when I already found the others, hindi ko na siya nakita pa.