The Way I Love You. (Forced Marriage Series #2)

01

"Congrats, Cindy!" Lany greeted me cheerfully.

"Thank you, Lany." I smiled at her.

"You've graduated as the top student this year, hindi na ako magugulat kung ganun pa rin next year." She chuckled.

"We don't know, Lany. Besides, It'll be our last year in college na." I sighed at the thought of that.

"So, what's your plan for this school break?" She asked.

"Hmmm... studying?" I said, not sure about my answer.

"Aral nanaman? hindi ka ba napapagod?" Singhal niya.

"Not really, I love learning new things." I said proudly.

"Ikaw ba? what's your plan?" I asked.

"I'm going to Paris." She said.

I nodded slowly.

"That's great, enjoy your vacation." I smiled warmly at her.

"Hintayin mo 'ko ha? two months lang naman ako don. Sabay tayo mag-enroll." She smiled while holding onto my wrist.

"Ofcourse." I answered.

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"Hi mom!" I greeted my mother.

"Summa cum laude po ako." I informed her.

"What's your average?" She asked not looking at me.

She's reading the news paper, with her legs crossed.

"98.8 po." I said.

"Can't you do better?" Saad niya habang naka-taas ang kaliwang kilay.

"I'll do better next year po." I said.

"Ilang taon ko nang naririnig sa'yo yan." She sighed.

With that, i left and went to my room to rest.

Dumiretso ako sa kama ko at humiga.

I sighed heavily while looking at my ceiling.

No matter how high my grades are, it will never be enough for my mother.

Ano bang gusto nila? perfect? 100? that's impossible!

I closed my eyes and drove off to sleep.

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"Hey! I missed you!" Salubong ko kay Lany pag-baba niya ng bus.

Agad niya akong niyakap.

"Tara, baka dumami na yung mga tao." She said while holding my hand.

I followed her.

Where here at our school, we're going to enroll for the next school year.

Mabilis lang ang pag-eenroll namin, pero dahil mainit, we decided to sit at the bench. Sa loob pa rin ng school namin.

"Wait ka lang dito ha, ako na bibili ng food." Lany said before leaving.

I'm now sitting at the bench, watching the other students do their stuff.

While waiting, a guy dropped his I.D infront of me.

Agad akong tumayo sa kina-uupuan ko upang damputin iyon.

"Excuse me kuya? you dropped this po." I said as i handed him his I.D.

"Oh i see, Thank you." He simply said, before taking his I.D.

"Tang ina! why does it have to be her? Malas naman ng school na 'to, sabi ko na dapat 'di ako dito nag-enroll e." I heard him whispered.

Agad na kumunot ang noo ko.