Nagising ako ng maaga, two hours before mag start ang klase. Hindi ko alam kung bakit pero may nararamdaman akong kakaiba na para bang kinakabahan ako. 

Inignore ko ang nararamdaman ko and went on to do my daily routine. Today is Valentine's day, napaisip ako na maybe, just this one time, I will put on some make up.

And so nag lagay ako ng make up. I didn't do an extravagant one, simple lang ang ginawa ko. Since inallow nila na pwedeng mag civillant ngayon, I wore my red dress did curled my hair. Tinignan ko ang sarili ko sa salamin at nagulat nalang ako ng hindi ko ma-recognize ang sarili ko.

"Ang ganda ko oala pag nag ayos ako. Tama nga sabi nila..." 

"Cass!" Nagulat nalang ako ng biglang binuksan ni kuya ang pintuan at nagulat din siya sa aken. "Sino ka! Anong ginawa mo sa kapatid ko!"

"Kuya ako toh! Tyaka di ka ba marunong kumatok! Paano kung nag bibihis ako!" Binato ko ang unan sa kanya at tumama sa mukha nya.

"Cass? Ikaw bayan? Aba nag dalaga kana ah!" Kuya commented at umirap ako.

"Dami mong alam kuya."

Anyways, pumunta na ako sa bahay ni Daff at nagulat din sya ng makita nya ako.

"Cass? Ikaw bayan? Aba naging dalaga kana!" Sabi nya and I sighed.

Siguro mas mabuti pang hindi nalang ako nag ayos noh?

Pumunta na kami sa school at ang daming mga studyanteng nakatingin sa aken. Pinag sisisihan ko tuloy na nag ayos ako ngayon. Although, within the crowds, nakita ko si Simon na naka tuxedo at may hawak ng bouquet of flowers.

Nang makita nya ako, kumaway sya kaagad. Para bang nag slow mo ang mundo ko when he started walking towards me. 

Ang pogi nya sobra sa tux- teka teka, kalma lang Cass! Kakagaling mo lang sa break up diba?! Pero... three months is enough diba?

Pero paano ko hindi maiisip yun kung nakaayos ng sobra sobra si Simon? Bigla na lamang humarang si Demonia and she put her hair behind her ear.

"Simon baby, para saaken bayan?" Tinignan ako ni Demonia with a proud smile. "If I become your girlfriend, mas lalo kang sisikat dito sa school and I could help you with college sponsorship."

And to think na para sa aken ang flowers only happens in my dream. Sino ba naman ako kumpara kay Demonia? What Simon did next shocked me though. He signaled his friends to come to take Demonia away.

"I don't care about sponsorships and for the record, I've never liked you. Haven't I made myself clear na si Cassandra De Guzman ang nag-mamay ari ng puso ko!" Sigaw nya at nag tinginan lahat ng tao sa aken.

I felt myself blushing and it took all in me to kept myself composed. 

Relax lang Cass, relax lang!

Nakarating na si Simon sa harapan ko at kinailangan kong lakasan ang loob ko. He gave me the flowers and I slowly took it.

"For you, my future girlfriend. Happy Valentine's Day, you look so beautiful with or without make up." Sabi nya at medyo napaubo ako.

"S-salamat." Was all I could say.

"Shall we?"

Iba't iba ang mga reaction ng mga taong nanonood. Madaming kinikilig, madaming naiinis, madaming nang huhusga at higit sa lahat, madaming nag seselos.

I felt so special today, Simon was a gentleman. He escorted me to my seat and surprised me with my favorite chocolates. Hindi lang yun, binigyan nyadin ako ng malaking teddy bear with the name Simon printed on the feet.

"Para pag ma miss mo ako, pwede mong yakapin si Simon teddy. And he will protect you as well." Sabi nya and I playfully rolled my eyes.

"Corny mo."

Never in my life had experienced something like this. Not even sa mga exes ko. Simon made me feel extra special, which made my feelings towards him harder to control. 

At lunch time, he even brought special lunches for everyone. Pero mas special ang sa aken because he personally cooked burger steak.

"I hope it's better than Jollibee, this food is cooked specially by me. Yung food na nareceive ng iba are made by my chef. I want to make you extra special today." Sabi nya na ikina-bilis ng tibok ng puso ko.

Anobayan, if he does more special things baka bumigay na ang puso ko.

"Oh and I know I said I'm willing to wait but it's been three months after your break up with Hans, past the golden rule of breaking up." He knelt down in front of me and his friends appeared by the background holding a banner.

They raised the banner with the words 'Will you be my girlfriend?'

"Will you make me the happiest man alive and be my girlfriend?" Tanong nya.

Nag isip ako ng mabuti dahil ayoko ng matulad sa dati na nasaktan ako. Simon did prove his love to me, whenever I have insecurities and doubts, he would wash those away. Every steps of the way he was always there for me, to help me, to guide me and to love me. 

They always say that I'm unlucky when it comes to love kasi palagi nalang akong napag lalaruan, but Simon is different and he'd proven that to me. Besides, he was also the one who saved me when I was about to kill myself.

I deserve another chance in love naman diba? I deserved to be happy too so, why not?

"Yes!" I answered at para bang natulala si Simon.

"Yes? As in yes yes?" Tanong nya and I nodded.

"Yes!"

"Oh my- thank you so much!" He immediately hugged me and spun me around. "You've made me the happiest man alive! I thought you would say no kasi ang tagal mong sumagot. Thank you."

And with that, we kissed! Yes, we kissed in front of everyone! I saw Demonia giving me a glare pero hindi konasya pinansin dahil si Simon ang focus ko.

Did I ever mention na sya ang first kiss ko? Oo nga noh, not once did my exes tried to kiss me. Now I know why, kasi hindi naman talaga ako yung totoong mahal nila but I don't care about that anymore. 

What matters is what's in front of me and that's Simon! He made me the most happiest girl! He made me special in every way to the point where I didn't know that I could be treated that way.

Ngunit madaling natapos ang kaligayahan ng bigla kaming nakarinig ng sigaw. Tinignan namin ang source at nakita namin si John na duguan, mata nyay puti at para bang isa syang... zombie? Bigla nyang kinagat ang pinaka malapit sa kanya at nag sigawan ang lahat.

"Let's get out of here!" Sigaw ni Simon habang hinila ako.

"Daff!" Tawag ko kay Daff and it seemed like she broke out of her trance. "Bilis!"

"Juan! Yvonne! Follow us!" Tawag ni Simon at lahat kami ay tumakbo sa pinaka malapit na classroom which was the laboratory.

Pag-kapasok namin ay nakita namin si Marj at Keith na... nag-hahalikan! Nagulat sila sa amin pero they brushed it off like walang nangyare.

"Sup guys, nung ginagawa nyo dito?" Tanong ni Marj at ng makita nya jang mga kalagayan namin, her face changed into worried. "Anong nangyare?"

"M-may zombie sa labas..." Daff said while trying to catch her breath.

"Ano!" 

"We don't know how it happened but John turned into a zombie and bit someone." Paliwanag ni Simon habang nilock ang pintuan.

"Wait! Let us in!" May kumatok sa labas at madaliang binuksan ni Simon ang pintuan.

Ang mga pumasok ay sina David, Rose, Maurum, Demonia, Jessica at Fatima. Mabilisang sinara ni Simon ang pintuan and not even a seconds later, biglang nag drama si Demonia.

"Simon baby, protect me! Hindi ko alam ang gagawin ko against those monster!" Hinawakan nya ang kamay ni Simon na mabilisan namang binitawan ng jowa ko.

"Someone else calm her down."

"I'll do it." Offer ni David.

"Ew, get away from me!" 

"Can I kill her?" Sabay na sinabi ni Marj at Keith at nag ngitian silang dalawa ng marealize nilang sabay sila.

"This is no time for joking! People are dying alive!" Demonia stated.

"May point naman sya." Komento ni Juan.

"Okay guys enough, let's focus on the situation here. We need to gather weapons, find something you can use!" Saad ni Simon at nag hanap ang lahat. "Baby."

Tinawag ako ni Simon at bigla nya akong inakap while kissing on the forehead.

"I promise I will protect you, just stay behind me all the time okay?" Sabi nya at ang nod ako.

Habang nag hahanap ako ng magagamit na weapon, bigla na lamang sumigaw si Demonia. Nag tinginan ang lahat sa kanya, her face shows horror at ng makita namin ang tinitignan nya, si David ay nanginginig sa lapag at may dugong lumalabas sa bunganga nya.

Doon nareveal ang kagat sa kanyang paa. Tumayo si David ng puti ang mata at tumakbo sya papalapit towards me.