American Boy ✔️

Chapter Nineteen

Chapter Nineteen: Madly

"Ms. Miranda." nabalik ang atensyon ko sa teacher sa harap.

"Yes, Ma'am?" I asked, hiding the surprise and nervousness in my voice.

"Any good novel recommendations you recommend?" tanong niya sa'kin sabay ayos sa damit niya.

"What genre, Ma'am?"

"Anything." she shrugged.

I began to think about the books I had read before. I sighed, isa lang talaga ang nasa isip ko at yun din ang nasagot ko.

"Bridgerton, any of them except the first book." I answered.

Tumango naman yung teacher na'min at mukhang nagulat sa sagot ko. Unti-unti siyang naglakad sa direksyon ko at inobserbahan mula sa mukha ko hanggang sa paa ko at balik ulet sa mukha ko.

"Bridgerton... it's my first time hearing about such book..."

"It's a regency-set novel written by Julia Quinn, it's British." I added sabay ngiti nang maliit.

"Huh... so you read British novels. Impressive, this is why...." the volume of her voice increased as she turned her back.

"This is why we need to read more books and not just American ones. It's a good thing to expand our range when it comes to reading and writing, there are many... many... novels that are written in different languages that are now translated solely for us and for the fans but also for readers." she paused, closing the book in front of her, on top of the desk.

"Importante rin na may matutunan ta'yo sa mga libro na 'to, whether it's romance or horror... there's always a moral story in it. You just have to look closely and see from there and express it in your own way... and that's how you start writing. You start writing... by reading." nag-tama ang mga mata na'min at kumindat siya sa'kin.

Ngumiti ako sa direksyon niya. Kaya ko mas gusto 'tong mga ganitong klase, it's kind of a free class when it comes to creative writing.

Nagbabasa kami tapos nagsusulat and I love reading so much, but then at the same time... writing has become another hobby of mine that I fell in love with.

Malapit na ring magrecess at kinakabahan nanaman ako.

Nadistract ako dahil sa teacher na'min pero ngayon balik ang kaba ko at hindi pa rin nagrereply si Alexander kasi mararamdaman ko kung may notification o text kapag nagvibrate yung bulsa ko pero wala... wala akong naramdaman.

Genevieve is still sleeping, as always. Mukhang wala naman din siyang pake sa klase o sa recess, these days puro na lang siyang tulog.

Yan kasi, laro at nood pa more.

These days she's obsessed with Outlander. Sinubukan kong panoorin yun at nagulat ako, sobrang gulat ako especially sa episode 7.

Isinulat ko sa notebook ko yung homework na'min and we're finally done with our class and it's recess time.

Pagkaring ng bell ay nagising si Genevieve at napatingin kami sa isa't-isa.

"May... pupuntahan... ka... ba?" pagod niyang tanong habang nakapikit na ang mga mata niya.

"I just have to talk to someone, don't worry. Mabilis lang, matulog ka muna." I chuckled, tumango siya at ipinagpatuloy ang tulog niya.

I sighed and then I took a deep breath, a really deep one.