11.

Zeus' POV

I almost throw my phone in frustration. Bakit 'ko ba napindot ang send button? But to clear things up, I dialled Gab. After three rings sumagot naman agad siya.

"What?!" Iritable niyang sagot. I became nervous.

"Sorry. I just accidentally pressed the send button. Hindi lang dapat 'okay' yun. I was actually trying to say--"

"Why are you explaining anyway?"

I stopped and realized what I'm doing. Seriously, Zeus?

"A-am I? Bye." Then I ended the call.

Napatulala ako sa kisame and I seriously want to punch myself! Why am I being like this?

××

Pumasok na 'ko sa classroom namin and my eyes searched for Gab which I saw in the corner. I flashed my most handsome smile but she just looked at me like she was pissed off. Damn it. She's so hot.

Dumiretso na ako sa likod ng room, yung pwesto ko at nandun na si Aldrich na naka-headset at si Chris na busy sa pag-ce-cellphone.

Napatingin naman sila sakin kaya tinanguan ko sila. Bro's greeting.

Kinuha 'ko ang phone ko sa bag at nag-tweet.

Frustration sucks!

After a few minutes, 10 na ang favorites. Iba talaga kapag gwapo. Tsk.

"Zeus, ba't ka frustrate?"

Napalingon ako kay Chris and I raised my brow at him. Pinakita naman niya yung phone niya at nandun yung tweet ko. Humarap ako sa phone ko.

"Girls sucks." I told him without looking. I heard him chuckled.

"Si Gabriella ba?"

I looked at him at sa pwesto ni Gab. I just shrugged. Tumawa ulit siya. Bangasan ko to e!

"Why not si Avah?"

I looked at him again. Kumunot ang noo 'ko sa kanya dahil sa sinabi niya. Huh? Avah?

"What about Avah?" Singit naman ni Aldrich.

Nagkatinginan kami ni Chris at biglang tumawa. Aldrich glared at us.

"Masyado kang napaghahalataan Bradeh! Kala ko ba hanggang flirt ka lang?" - Chris

"Yah. Flirt lang."

Napailing na lang ako kay Aldrich. G*go talaga to, baka umasa yung isa. Napakapaasa kasi ng putek.

Yanna's POV

My day goes as usual. Like, discussion, recess, discussion, lunch, discussion. I told you. And the day ended. Usual things. Duh.

Uwian na pala ngayon at may meeting ang varsities ng volleyball. Yep, I'm a volleyball varsity. Kung nagtataka kayo kung bakit hindi na ko nagpalista nung Opening of Clubs, its just that I'm a Varsity since I was a Grade 9 student kaya automatic na yun.

Nasa gymnasium nga pala ako with my co-varsity.

"Liana!"

I look at Cynna, co-varsity.

"Hmmm?"

"Alam mo ba kung bakit may boys do'n sa kabila. As far as I know, ayaw ni coach ng may boys sa gym kapag nandito tayo eh, diba?"

Napatingin ako sa kabilang side ng Gym at nakita ko nga yung mga kumpulan ng boys. I wonder why?

"Sorry, I don't know din."

She just nod and went back to her business. Wala kasi ako sa mood ngayon eh.

After a few moments, dumating na si Coach Ice at in-announce na starting Next week may training na kami para sa darating na League.

After that, pinauwi na kami but I find myself craving for strawberry shake so I went to the cafeteria.

"Strawberry shake po, large."

Pinrepare na ni ate yung shake ko. But she's so bagal kaya umupo ako sa malapit na bench dito.

"Hi."

Even though, hindi ako yung kinakausap napalingon ako. Tch. People's instinct. I saw Chris, yung nagbuhat daw sakin but I looked away again, hindu naman kami close kaya baka hindi ako ang kausap niya.

"Ang snob mo naman, Liana!" He said then laughed.

So, ako talaga ang kausap niya? Tch. Ang saya niya ah? Feeling close? I raised my brow at him at lumapit na kay ate dahil tapos na niyang i-prepare ang shake ko. Kinuha ko na 'yun at tumalikod na while sipping it. Strawberry is my happiness.

"Hindi ka pa rin nagbabago Liana."

I stopped, hindi naman ako gano'n kalapit sa kanya but it's enough to hear what he had just said.

- - -

"Hindi ka pa rin nagbabago, Lia. Come here. Sumandal ka muna sakin, alam kong pagod ka."

He smiled at me and so I do. Tumabi naman ako sa kanya atsaka ako sumandal sa balikat niya and whispered the word "Thank you."

- - -

Napahawak ako sa ulo 'ko. Here we go again, those fcking blurred images that gives me a fcking headache.

Napapikit ako ng madiin, at nagpatuloy sa paglalakad. Ipapahinga ko na lang to.

××

"Bonding tayo."

Napatigil ako sa pagkopya ng assignment at napalingon kay Shan na nagsalita.

"Sleepover tayo!" - Kyla

"Sige! Tapos kila Nika tayo!" - Avah

"Wow! Maka-aya ah? Sa'yong bahay? Sa'yo?" Nika answered.

Natawa naman kami sa sagot ni Nika.

"Game! I'm really excited. I will buy some foods after class." Avril added completely ignoring Nika.

"Teka! Ang pagkakaalam ko hindi pa ako pumapayag ah?" - Nika

"Ako na bahala sa chocolates." - Gab

"Hoy! Wala pa ngang--" - Nika

"Ako bahala sa movie." I said not also bothering Nika. Hahaha! Poor Nika.

"Ganon? Hangin lang ako? Amp" - Nika

We all laughed and looked at each other.

"Mamaya sa bahay ni Nika. 7:00 pm sharp. Mahuli may punishment. Nika ha? Ha?" - Shan

Nika glared at Shan then rolled her eyes.

"Tsk. May magagawa pa ba ako?" She answered.

Again, we all laughed. Naka-pokerface na kasi si Nika.

The classes ended again at umuwi na kami agad para makapaghanda at pumunta sa bahay nila Nika. Nagdala ako ng maraming cds and usb and hard drives na may mga movie na laman since ako ang naka-assign do'n. Pagdating 'ko sa bahay nila Nika, nakita 'ko na yung iba.

"Hi guys!" I greeted them.

"Yo Yans!" - Kyla

"Hmm." Shan greeted with a nod.

Napansin 'ko na apat pa lang kami; Including me, Shannie, Kyla and Nika. I sat to the couch near Shannie.

"Gabriella Cruz~"

"Shut up Avah."

Napalingon kami sa pinto then saw Gab at Avah na nag-aasaran. May dala-dala silang bags of foods. I smiled at them and they smiled back. Si Avril na lang.

"Huli si Avril!" - Kyla

"Sira! Nandito na ko!"

Napalingon ulit kami sa pintuan and saw Avril there. Umupo na din siya sa couch sa tapat namin.

Avril sighed then looked at Nika. "By the way Nika! Musta husband mo?"

"Anong husband? Hindi ko husband yun no!" - Nika

Napailing ako habang natatawa sa reaction ni Nika. She's so defensive.

"Defensive." - Gab

"Che! Tara na nga't kumain. Gutom na ko." - Nika

We just followed her to the kitchen. Gutom na rin naman ako kaya go lang.

"Sayang walang may punishment." - Kyla

"Gusto mo ikaw?" - Shan

"Eh! Ayoko! Grabe ka kaya!" - Kyla

Natawa ako kay Kyla. Lagi talaga akong natatawa kapag kasama ko sila.

We went to the dining room at may naka-prepare ng foods. So we started to eat while talking to each other.

"By the way, hoy Kyla! What's between you and Jirayu?" - Shan

We all looked at Kyla na biglang humagikgik. Napa-facepalm ako. Wala na talagang pag-asa si Kyla. TSK.

"Nililigawan niya 'ko." - Kyla

"What?" - I blurted.

"Assuming!" - Nika

"Unbelievable." - Avah

"Seriously?" - Gab

"Ginayuma mo?" - Avril

"Naka-drugs ka ba? Sagutin mo ko ng maayos Kyla Reyes." - Shan

I laughed a little when I realized what they said. Yah. Kyla was in her assuming dreams again and the barkada with their reactions, laptrip.

"Hoy! Seryoso ako no! Tsaka kiniss pa nga niya ko sa cheeks eh." Sabay turo niya sa cheeks niya at harap sa'min.

Nagkatinginan kami sabay tawa ng malakas.

"Imbento pa more." - Gab

And we continued laughing. Hahahaha! Kyla glared at us.

"Jannika ba't ang inga--- WHAT THE?!"

Napalingon kami sa sumisigaw at nakita si Bryan na kakapasok lang sa dining area. Lumapit siya kay Nika.

"Anong ginagawa ng mga kaibigan mo dito?" Bryan said ALMOST whispering. Rinig nga namin eh.

"Can't you just state the obvious, Bryan?" - Nika

"HOY BRYAN BUKSAN MO TO!"

"WAG KANG MAINGAY G*GO!"

And we heard some laughs.

Nagkatinginan kaming magbabarkada dahil sa ingay na 'yun. Nakita naman naming lumabas si Bryan at naiwan si Nika sa'min na mukhang wala na sa mood.

Tumayo naman kami at pumunta sa sala para makiusyoso.

"Wooh! Hindi na 'ko mapag-antay mana.. lo?"

Zeus? And then followed by his friends. We all became shocked, why are they here?! I became uneasy, hindi kasi talaga ako sanay sa mga lalaki. Pili lang ang kinakaibigan 'ko.

"Bryan!" Nika shouted.

Uh-oh. Lumapit naman si Nika at hinila si Bryan sa sulok, but all eyes are on them.

"Bakit sila nandito?" Nika asked.

"Well, obviously. But why didn't you tell me that your friends are coming?"  Bryan

"You also didn't tell me that they're coming!" Nika

"Uggh. But you need to inform me, Nika." Bryan

"Ganun din naman ako Bryan!" - Nika

Nung napansin ko na ipagpapatuloy na nila sumigaw ako.

"Let's eat guys!"

Then I went to the dining area at sumunod sila sakin.

"Hindi pa tayo tapos." Rinig kong bulong ni Nika.

They are really cute. They look like mag-asawa na sila.

"Yown! Tsibog na!" - Zeus

Teka? Napatingin naman ako at napansin na pati boys pumunta dito sa dining. Anong ginagawa nila dito?

"Kainan na!" - Gerald

Kukuha na sana sila ng bawalan sila ni Nika.

"Hep! Hep! Hep! Hep! Sa girls to. Dun kayo kay Bryan. Chupi!"

××

"May backyard ba kayo?" Shan asked.

Tapos na nga pala kaming kumain at nasa kwarto kami ni Nika, temporarily enjoying ourselves. Busog pa kasi kami.

"Yep. Bakit?" Nika

"Let's play. May naisip ako." Shan

We all looked at Shan and followed her. Kumuha kami ng mga pagkain at pumunta na sa backyard.

We formed a circle base sa instructions ni Shan.

"Let's play Spin the Bottle pero may twist."

May nilabas siyang containers na may label na Truth at Dare.

"You will picked here ok? But ang minimum time niyo ay 10 seconds. Kapag hindi niyo nagawa. Kami ang magpapahirap sa inyo. Kami ang mag-iisip ng gagawin mo."

We all agreed. Shannie was about to spin the bottle but we stopped when someone shouted.

"Maglalaro kayo? SALI!"

We looked at the entrance of the backyard. We saw Zeus, Aldrich and Chris there but before we answer naupo na sila. Napatahimik naman kami sa gulat.

"MGA PARE! ADAM TANDA, GERALD, BRYAN, JI! SALI KAYO DITO." - Zeus

I glared at Zeus. He's so noisy.

"Ano 'yan? Ay sige game!"

And with just a snap the boys are here. Napatingin naman ako sa katabi 'ko dahil hindi na talaga ako komportable.

"Let's start?" - Shan

"Game." We answered in unison.

Shannie spinned the bottle and it stopped infront of . .

Me? What the hell?!