Stace POV

Emma and I were still sitting at the common room while Sky went out to take her class. She’s actually behind due to failing her subject before so now Sky is still at her 3rd year.

I’m wondering where Chan is right now. The last time I saw him ay iyung pag-alis niya kanina kasama si Tito Elmyer. But before that I saw him taking Maureen to her Class, I saw him smiled to her less than the way he was with me.

Still confident to his promises it lessens my fear of losing him. Maybe his boredom is directly to that girl after all she’s something.

“Pupunta ka bang La Villa piazza mamaya?” Emma asked while her eyes are still at her book. Wala na ngang klase ngunit hindi ibig sabihin na hindi na kami mag-aaral iyun ang sabi ni Headmistress before.

And because were in Class C we intended to thrive harder to step up above or else people will looked down at us. For sure it will also harder to go to college.

Well aside that our families were expecting so much from us. I still remember how I disappointed my mother once knowing that I belong to Class C.

I didn’t expect it too I thought because of my families background I could be at Class A pero dahil sa hindi naman ako matalino lalong hindi maganda ang tingin ng tao sa akin leads me to this worst Class like they said.

People sees me as vile and brat for I am a Valmero and I have friends whom are selfish and terror. Utterly people will judge you as if he or she knows all of you.

Being with my wicked friends sees me that they are more worthy than those innocent little kids out there. They were true and down-to-earth. Being the demon in their eyes are better than being angel who would dissapont them sooner.

At least they don’t expect us to do great things. We were low in their eyes and certainly it’s better than load you with other people interest.

“No, I have a private class later” I said.

“Bakit anong meron sa La Villa piazza?” James sat beside me drinking a mint medley. He looked at me and scowled.

“Ano na naman!?” ika ko sa kanya

“Bakit ang lungkot mo?” aniya, inirapan ko siya at binalewala

“It’s La Villa’s 108th Anniverary, opening mamaya evening at my lantern show.” Paliwanag ni Emma. Her eyes now are at James mint medly. “Saan ka bumili niyan?”

“Sa labas ng ground. Bibili ka samahan mo na rin ng blackberry please” James pouted as if we will find it cute. Inirapan lamang siya ni Emma at tamuyo na rin.

“Mint medley din akin Emma” ika ko. She nodded and went out.

“So bakit nga ang lungkot mo, is it still because of Code white lang ang naibigay  ko kay Maureen? I was busy the whole week kaya hindi ko siya napagtripan maybe on Monday” he said, I grim with what he said.

“Don’t even dare! I was stupid that I even lied to you” I said

“What do you mean?”

“She never slapped me, we don’t even have a conversation”

“But I heared Chandler was mad of you because of her lies” I sternly looked at him.

“Yeah, he was and maybe still but I called that even after all it was me who put her in her worst first day” totoo namang ako talaga ang dahilin kung bakit naging ganun ang first day niya and the thought that she lied and humiliated me in front of Chan wasn’t all her fault.

Kahit hindi niya alam that it was me from the start, I hope she wouldn’t know as I will stop this nonsense of mine. “Kaya stop that Code white of her. I don’t want to owe her anything”

He looked at me badly as if his reading my mind and then he smiled.

“Now I know why Chan fell in your demon” I slapped his right leg which made his tea bounce of from the cup. I laughed at his expression as he glared to me.

“Tsk” tas tumawa ito ng mahina.

“Aren’t you innocent?” he asked without looking at me

“Me” I pointed myself “innocent? Are you dumb?” I barked

“Do you think you’re a good girl after pulling off Maureen’s Code?” he asked. Pabo! Kakasabi ko pa lang kanina na ayaw kung magkaroon ng utang na loob sa babaeng iyon.

I may not be a good person but at least I respect myself and respecting myself can lead to a better decision. Well, that’s only my philosophy.

“I am not. I humiliated her with my nonsense doings and beside hindi lang siya ang nabigyan ko ng Code alam mo iyun. You maybe think that I’m doing this to clean myself then it’s a no I’m doing this because of Chan. I wanted him to see the real me not the person whom people sees as me” and it’s not good. People never see me good.

“You think Chan not knows the real you? You’re doing a lot of changes to yourself because of that guy. You spend your childhood with him so if there is a person who knows you well it’s him” He’s right but this changes are good.

I’m becoming a matured person because of him perhaps I’m just afraid that people thoughts of me will cram his mind, a reason that might change the way he looked at me.

“Yeah you’re right. I must settle this thought of mine after all it was me and even so it’s still me whom he likes” tumango-tango ako habang nakangiti. Hindi na dapat ako mabahala kay Maureen he knows her just a week while I spend my childhood life with him.

He promised me and when he does he will surely make it.

“Don’t let your guard down Stace, you don’t hold his mind, and probably his heart and as what I can see you don’t know a man in spite of everything” James said. Labo naman ng isang ito kanina lang gusto niyang mapanatag ang kalooban ko ngayon naman binabaliktan niya. Ewan ko sayo James, pabo!

“He’s right Stace” Emma entered the common room with our teas.

“Of course I won’t, what are you thinking people?” I'm distraught, I’m not the kind of person who will sit around feeling lost as of now I’ll trust Chandler.

And what!, I don’t know man at all? Maybe I am, maybe I don’t know anything at all but one thing for sure I knew Prince Chandler Geller, the man who promises to love me and only me. 

Emma sat beside me and handed my mint medley. Still upset of what I’ve heared I stood up and leave the room. Is he saying that Chan has a possibility change of heart?

My father said some time ago that when a man found his woman he will never be attached to others. As of me Chan was my first love and so he is.

“Stace! Stace!” Chan panting while he runs to me. I smiled as I run over to him too. “There is a kid at the orphanage whom I wanted to be friend and she said Yes” he said directly when I stop at his front. Hmmp he forgot to hug and call me wifey.

“A girl?” I asked

“Yes, she’s kind and cherry that’s why asked her” he said. I didn’t mind it beside its better to have more friends.

Then another day passes he didn’t come to our hideout for days. It was already Friday when he stood up.

He was bubbly the whole time talking about the kid at the orphanage. He seems to forgot that I am the one his talking.

He never even explained why he only shows up that day. He never says sorry that he doesn’t spend his summer with me like he sheered.

“Well she also had another friend though most of the time her friend stay quiet. “

Again

“You know what, her friend today talks to me”

And again

“Her stories was upseptting but she looks okay despite of those”

And again, and again, and over again.

“Ang ganda ng ngiti niya Stace!”

And since I was a kid I was innocent and purely thinking that it was just because his friendly and charming that’s why other kids want him to be one of their friends.

But then again we were just eleven. However, I knew he was the one for me and he definetly knew too that I am for him.

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