The Taste of Trouble of Skinny Dipping

Chapter Two

Stop putting words on my mouth woman!

Just like what James said to us back in the court, he will treat us dinner, so here we are in an Italian restaurant.

Ayaw na sana namin sumama ni Marie kasi nakakahiya and ayaw kong makasama ang lalaking yun, but decided to join them because Mila insisted that we should come and besides James invited us, might as well we gave him a little courtesy.

We ordered already and we are just waiting for it to serve. Marie and I are sitting beside each other, on my left side, Tobias is sitting. Yes, he came with us because James invited him too. Galante siguro ang lalaking to!, and beside Tobias is Chandler and beside him is James and beside him is Mila. We are in a round table, we are facing each other.

Chandler is seating comfortably on his seat while taking glances at me. What is his problem? kanina pa siya pasulyap-sulyap. I might think that he has a crush on me. Wow huh Rula! Coming from you, who dislikes him so much!

I cringe.

"How's the preparation for the inter league James?" Marie asks the team captain.

"We are training very hard, especially we are aiming for the championship again" he confidently answered.

Kapag maririnig mong magsalita si James about basketball and winning the game, you would think that he is boastful, but it's the exact opposite. May ibubuga kasi ang team namin and we are champion for consecutive years now; that's why it is okay to boast about it a little.

Napatingin ako kay Toby ng biglang inabot niya sa akin ang isang basong tubig. I gladly accepted it and smile back to him. How thoughtful of him to do that. On the other side of vision, I saw him smirk at me. Balie ata tong pinsan ni James, kanina pa nakangisi wala naman dapat ikangisi.

"How was the first day of class Ru?" Toby suddenly ask me.

"typical first day of glass, puro intros" I shrugged my shoulder.

Tumango siya." Are you free tomorrow night?" nahihiya niyang tanong ulit.

Bigla naman akong siniko ni Marie. Gaga to!

"I still don't know--"

"Wala, hanggang 5 pm lang kami bukas" Marie cut me off, which earn a small chuckles from our friends.

I turn my head and glare at her. I didn't know that I have a spokesperson now.

"It depends, baka kasi biglang mag-aya sila Dee sa akin, but just like my spokesperson said, our class is until 5pm only" I smile at Toby and slightly rolled my eyes to Marie.

"Great then, can we have dinner together tomorrow night?" he said.

"Sure, no problem, just text me if you're done with your training" I answered back.

"No, I'll pick you up in your classroom" he insisted.

I nodded my head to him. Dati ko pa naman alam na may gusto sa akin si Toby. He is a good looking guy and he has good biceps too, but I don't know, I don't see any brightness in him. Kung baga wala akong nararamdamang spark, pero who am I to decline Tobias Manuel Salazar diba?. He is second best to James.

After some moments, our foods arrived. We immediately dig in. Time to time, nakikita ko sa peripheral vision ko ang pagsulyap-sulyap ni Chandler sa akin sa tuwing may inaabot sakin si Toby, such as tissue or kinakausap ako ni Toby. Masaya din namang nag-uusap ang mga katabi namin. Si Chandler naman magsasalita lang kapag kinakausap, maybe he is still getting along with us.

Why do I care about his welfare that much?!

"Buti nagtransfer ka dito sa Philippines Chandler?" Marie popped out a question after munching her pasta.