Look At Me

Chapter 33

"Let's go home. You sound like a jealous girlfriend." he teased, grinning. And, at this moment, he's cute but I wanna punch him.

"I am not! Kapal ng mukha nito!" angal ko sa kanya. "Saka, hoy! Anong hindi marunong magsuklay? Basher ka, ah!"

Instead of answering me, he just laughed and went to my back just to hold my shoulder and gently push me.

"Uwi na," he uttered, still chuckling.

"Patatas ka, ZM!" sabi ko bago siya layasan para puntahan sila Llyn. Tatawa-tawa pa rin ang lalaki na nakasunod sa'kin.

The next days, I focused on reviewing. Kapag maingay sa labas ay nag-e-earphone ako para music lang ang marinig ko. Kapag napapagod ang utak ko ay mag-o-online ako saglit para magreklamo kay Xyrill at Zen.

Kuya Bryle made a big fuss about it, he said that I was rude for dismissing them when they're about to ask me, of course, they wouldn't understand my reasons. Instead of explaining my side, I let it slide and shrugged it off.

"Good luck, Cresia Faith." Zen said, smiling. May exam din siya pero parang chill na chill ang bwisit. Hindi man lang yata nakakaramdam ng kaba.

"Yep, good luck to me..." walang ganang sabi ko habang naglalakad papunta sa building ng College of Nursing.

"You'll pass your exams. I believe in you," hindi man nakangiti ang lalaki pero alam kong sincere siya.

Ngumiti ako sa kanya bago umakyat sa building namin. 1:30 pm ang umpisa ng exam namin kaya kailangan ko na pumasok.

"Cres!" tawag ni Dale at Gillene sa'kin na tumatakbo para maabutan ako.

"Dale, pustahan tayo. Si Erich, Cresia, Prince at Ram hindi na uulit ng exam." Gillene is already whining about it.

"Sino mananalo sa'tin, eh, pareho tayo ng pusta?" tawa ng lalaki, hindi ko alam kung nang-aasar lang o totoo ang sinasabi

"'Wag niyo pangunahan, baka mausog." biro ko kahit halos manginig na ang kamay ko sa kaba.

"Sus, sure na 'yan agad. Lagi naman kayong apat ang pasado." Dale shrugged and laugh.

"Kaya nga, paano naman kami ni Dale?" tawa ni Gillene habang nakakapit ang kamay sa braso ko.

"Hindi pa rin ako confident sa review ko." pag-amin ko. That's the truth, I'm not confident and I'm doubting myself.

"Kami confident.." tawa ng dalawa. Nahawa na lang din ako sa pagtawa kaya para kaming siraulo na tawa nang tawa pagpasok namin sa room.

The exam wasn't the usual set up in high school. Dito ay alphabetically arrangement per room. Kaya hinati ang schedule ng mga nursing students para hindi masyadong crowded ang bawat classroom na gagamitin.

Magkakalayo kaming anim, except Gillene, kaya mas tumindi ang kaba ko. Letter A ako at si Gillene, V si Erich, F si Prince, G si Dale at T si Ram. We just messaged each other to our GC to say good luck.

"You already know that you have to retake the exam if you didn't get 60 plus score, right?" the proctor adjusted her eyeglasses that makes her strict even more.

"Yes, Ma'am." we answered in unison.

"Good. Students, I wish you luck. Cheating isn't allowed, please be more responsible student." she smiled but that doesn't lessen the heavy atmosphere.

After getting my test paper I could only sigh. One hundred items is too much for my brain. Binasa kong mabuti ang mga tanong at binabalikan na lang ang ibang tanong na hindi ko alam ang sagot.

"Last 20 minutes." the proctor announced.

I'm already done answering my exam but I'm still double checking it to make sure I won't make mistake. Alam kong may mga mali akong sagot dahil hindi naman lahat ay alam ko pero pakiramdam ko naman ay papasa ako.