Chapter 5

Open-practice

The first thing I did as my alarm woke me up is put it down on silent as I put myself back into sleep for five more minutes but the thing that wakes me up and hurriedly stand up from lying in bed was I couldn't get to do my homework. I panicked because I forget about it last night thinking so much about how getting Reddy step in our home and that blew my brain regards on my homework and I'm freaking out!

I get to take a shower for just five minutes and wear clothes for just another five minutes but I think I'm preparing so slow that the time were catching up on me and the school were coming soon but I'm still not done yet and I honestly think I prepared myself for thirty minutes. I picked up my things and headed to kitchen for my breakfast.

I give my parents some papers that needed their signature and I reminded them not to read it anymore because it was just some school's policy we need to follow. When I got sit up on chair, I heard a honk.

"Oh, that's early!" I grunted, "I didn't even get to have my breakfast!"

"Oh, you can bring some sandwich while on the way." Mom said.

I shook my head, "no, Mom, I think I'll get something there at school. It's free anyway."

"Okay." Mom said. "Just a reminder that you don't need to prepped yourself for an hour, okay?"

I nodded thinking that, "okay... will do!" I wave at them and leave the house and headed to the school bus. I sit at front row and while we're on the way, that's when I remember that I forget to get the papers I have my parents to signed up! I asked the driver if we could spin back but he couldn't because he's on a schedule and he doesn't want to do a violation for that. I also said that he could dropped me off but he didn't 'cause he said so. I leaned my back on the seat and took a deep sighed because on the second day, I feel so waste and hopeless.

When the school bus reached Savvy, and the perks of seating in the front seat get to exit first off of the bus. I met pee shooter while heading towards the entrance and he obviously notice my mood and I don't even like to talked about but he's persistent that when we get to our room, he's still asking what happened on me.

"No, nothing, there were never so much going on right now. I can tell you that."

"You can tell that, but I can see what you can't tell." Aniya pa. "So, spill it out. No one's gonna be interested listening to your morning story but me, okay."

I glared at him but he's smirking on me and I don't like it. "There's nothing to tell." I said, keep ignoring his presence.

"You can't ignore me all day, Abby." He said, "so its' either you tell me or you will, if any case of it, I can help."

When he said it, I looked at with a brightest idea I've come in my brain. "Would you?"

"Helping you?" he nodded, "yeah, ofcourse, but murdering someone isn't something I couldn't do."

I chuckles, "that's not it, pee shooter. I'm gonna tell you later."

Ilang saglit lang din naman ay dumating na ang professor namin and I get so afraid that they will make the papers passed 'cause I don't have them. I thought everything is gonna be okay because the professor seems to forget that we needed to pass something but there's a kill joy student who get to raised his hands and talked about it. The professor remembered it and told to passed the papers to him and I couldn't be more comfortable because I'm doing nothing.

Pee shooter asked for my paper but I couldn't give any papers and when he asked, I just told him that I forget to bring it because I give to my parents for them to sign it. So I thought he's gonna be quiet and kept that thing in secret between us but he raised his hands getting our professor's attention.

"Yes, you have any question?" Professor asked him.

He nodded, "not me but her," he pointed at me. "I think Audrey got say something."

I glared at him for making me do that but he's just cheering me up to do the right thing. I sighed standing up.

"Sir, I forgot to bring my papers because my parents signed it up and so I forget to get it back and put it on my bag and then I—"

He interrupted me from telling my reason, "I think I get that, and you can actually bring it tomorrow."

Natuwa naman ako sa sinabi niya, "really, thank you sir..." and before I get back on my seat, "by the way, it's Alex sir." I said and look at pee shooter for telling again a stranger's name.

He nodded. "Okay, I'll keep that in my mind!"

"Brain..." I whispered.

"Yes, Alex, anything to add up?" Professor said.

I shook my head and didn't say anything again.

Though I get a relief from that but my brain's still flying to the thought of how I'm gonna approach Reddy to get on my house and have a normal conversation like what normal persons so, I know that. And also, I think it is so weird that I will come up to him saying that he needed to come at house and sat with my parents at dinner and talk about me. How's that? He doesn't even know me. We didn't like each other, rephrase that, I like him but he didn't like me so that's go on.

We get to meet Bella after class because the signing up for the clubs are open after lunch break and the classes are gonna give way, so we can choose freely to what club are we gonna into. But Pee shooter and Bella already are in the drama club, so I was the only one whose gonna sign up and they actually block mail me because if I'm not going to join the drama club, they're not gonna stick around with me anymore but that doesn't scared 'cause I think I'll ended up the same as them.

"I'm so hungry... why can't we cut the line and straight up there?" I said.

"That's cheating." Pee shooter said. "And why didn't you had breakfast, is that why you're so slummy on looks."

Naningkit naman ang mata ko sa sinabi niya, "what does that mean?"

"He means," Bella said. "You look so dramatic... and that's why you're gonna end up in the drama club, right?"

Napatango na lang din naman ako, "yeah... that would be it."

"But still you're not telling me something, Aly."

"Is that short for Alex?" I asked.

He shook his head, "no, why would it be?"

I rolled my eyes and sighed, "your loving screwing up my name right."

He nodded, "they do the same on mine, so I don't care."

When we get our foods, we walked on our table and eat my brunch. I'm just keeping it quiet and not to talk about it because I don't want them to see that my parents are so desperate to see me going home with a guy—not what have sexual brains thinking—but seeing with having a romantic relationship and I think I get that desperation from my parents and I still don't admit being like that 'cause really I'm not.

"Where are the varsity players?" Bella asked.

"I heard that they're preparing for some open-practice where students who wanted to join can see them playing and actually hurting themselves by it." Pee shooter explained.

"I know that gay." Bella said. "It just don't look okay without their presence here."

"Missing them so much?" I asked that's why they look at me.

Bella shook her head, "no, nothing natural they do. Why?" she questioned back.

I immediately shook my head, "nothing, I just asked."

After lunch break, everyone headed to their clubs and recruit new students who would like to join them and they were on the open ground with their booths but the football team are on the open field starting up to their open practice.

While we're roaming around and listening to Pee shooter's mean words to the other clubs who he said doesn't have much of a budget just like what drama club had. When we reach the booth for the drama club, because they were already a member they also get to recruit students who were just walking by and forced to sign up but still refused to do it.

"You could just sign me up, you know..." I said to pee shooter.

"I can do that but it'll need your signature, so yeah, you gotta wait on the line."

I noticed that they were busy and the lines were long to get me on the front and seeing a lot of students going to the open field to see the football team on an open practice. There's no thinking off when I leave my line to go straight in the open field and follow some students getting into the bleachers but I get to bump with Reddy heading up the bleachers.

He's holding both of my shoulders, might be shock seeing me in here on the open field.

"I thought you don't like football?" he started.

I stand out with pride, "yes, I don't but I needed to talk to you."

He scratch off his head, "can it be wait?"

"Yes..." I nodded.

He patted my shoulder, "okay, after practice we'll talk."

"No! Wait!" I called out for him again but he just waved back at me.

Napabagsak na lang din naman ang balikat ko dahil sa nangyari. And I guess, I don't have any choice but to watch him play with the football team. Hating football is just a reason come out on my brain, so I did really like it but not that much but because this jerk is on it, I'm gonna learn to love it. And atleast, he's the one who get to approached me and this time he isn't a jerk on me.

I got to the bleachers and watch them as they started up. There were students who were watching and I think would join the team. While my eyes are going around the crowd, I found the brunette on the lower part and she's just video-ing what's happening and I don't know why would she do that. To be the best girlfriend? Don't think so. They aren't compatible. A blonde and ginger is.

So its like, I've waited for four hours of their open practice just to have some talk with him but he ended up going out with their new recruits. I still have more minutes before the bus left and I think waiting here for hours is enough and I think it is impossible to get him what my parents would like to do.

I leave the bleachers and headed up in the school bus but when I'm almost there, someone hold me on the arms and it's like I stoned there for a minute because I recognize that grip of hands and when I turned back, I'm correct that it is reddy.

"So you're just gonna leave after you waited for four hours?" he said.

Napakibit balikat na lang din naman ako, "I thought you don't like talking to me..."

"But I did promised to talk with you after open-practice but I didn't know that it will lasts for four hours, so I'm sorry..." he said, "so, what are you gonna tell me?"

Then I heard the bus going off and when I look back at Reddy, I'm torn to do what I have to but I just watched the bus left and Reddy is left with me.

"The bus left." I said to him.

"I can drop you off, where you live?"

"You don't have to do that." Sabi ko sa kanya. "Not now, ofcourse but because the bus left, I think you should..."

He laughed, "okay... so tell me, what you're into?"

I took a deep breath, getting some courage to say it. "I know this will be weird for you, 'cause it is, but my parents would like to meet you. Not in the romantic way, but just to know you—like why we ended up in a guidance office—that's it, right, that's it."

He nodded, laugh a little, "that's too much to ask but why not?"

Napataas naman ako ng kilay sa sinabi niya, "what does that mean?"

"I'm in even though we hated each other, right?"

Tumango naman ako sa kanya, "yeah, yeah, I know—I hate you like really, but I need you to have dinner with my parents so that they stopped."

Agad naman niya akong inakbayan, "okay... when this will be happen?"

Habang naglalakad kami papunta sa sasakyan niya ay hindi ko naman alam kung anong gagawin ko dahil ang weird nang nakapatong ang braso niya sa akin at kahit amoy pawis siya at galing practice, he smells so good. I would like to live there, permanently if he will.

"You would want me to join with you on your Ferrari—but that's crazy!"

He laughed, "it is but it's your only choice."

"Oh, whatever it is, I'm still going."

Agad agad naman akong sumakay sa loob ng sasakyan niya at it feels so elegant dahil hindi pa ako nakakasakay sa ganitong sasakyan. Nang pumasok naman siya sa loob, he looks at me at hindi ko alam kung bakit at ilang saglit lang din ay bigla siyang lumapit sa akin. Napapikit naman ako dahil hindi ko alam kung anong pabigla bigla ang gagawin niya sa akin but he happens to get the seatbelt for me. Natawa naman siyang bumalik sa pagkakaupo niya.

"You should see your face." He smirked.

"You think you can easily kiss me, huh?"

"I didn't," he said. "So, where do you live?"

So sinabi ko naman sa kanya kung saan ako nakatira. Tinanong niya rin sa akin kung kailan namin gagawin 'yong dinner pero dahil hindi ko naman sure na mangyayari 'yon ay hindi ko pa alam ang isasagot sa kanya and he ended up giving me his number. He's the one put his number on my phone and named it Ginger but I changed it and add something, Ginger Jerk.

When we reached my house, agad agad ko namang binuksan ang pintuan, lalabas na sana ako ng sasakyan nang bigla akong hilain pabalaik ng upuan dahil sa suot kong seat belt. Natatawa namang tinanggal ni Reddy ang seat belt at dali dali akong bumaba ng sasakyan niya. Muli naman niya akong tinawag bago ako tuluyang lumayo.

"I didn't get your name?!"

"Maybe next time, I'll tell you!" sigaw ko naman sa kanya pabalik.

Nagulat naman ako ng biglang lumabas mula sa pinto ang parents ko na gulat na gulat.

"The school bus didn't dropped you off." Father said.

"She gets home by a Ferrari." Mom said. "What was that? Alex?"

I smiled at him, "that's the guy, I get him and he's okay with this... and yeah, he's rich." Sabi ko naman saka tuluyang pumasok sa loob ng dumiretsyo sa loob ng kwarto ko. Napahiga na lang din naman ako sa kama ko hanggat sa maalala ko ang isang bagay.

Naiwan ko sa sasakyan ni Reddy ang bag ko.