Miss Victoria

14 - Training

NARRATOR

SAMANTHA COULDN'T BELIEVE with what she saw after she suddenly entered at Irene's office. She just wanted to say a simple 'good morning' to Irene because of the good vibes she feels this morning.

But instead of being happy, she was shocked. Her heart was pierced several times when she unexpectedly saw that Darlyne and Irene were about to kiss.

Her heart had admitted that she liked Irene, so it was inevitable to feel pain and sorrow at the same time.

Lahat ng 'yon ay hindi ko inaasahan.

Tuluyan nang nasira ang umaga niyang itinayo mula kagabi para magsaya. Idagdag pa ang pasa sa braso niya dahil lang sa paghagis ni Darlyne ng libro sa kanya kanina sa opisina ni Irene.

Isang masakit na umagang tatatak na naman sa isip ko.

Good thing that Dawn is by her side 24/7 to cheer her up, somehow she forgot for a moment what she saw that made her feelings shock. And her friend, Savi and Francine in the classroom put ointment on her bruise, to lessen the pain and not make a permanent mark.

"Ayan kasi! Sinasabi ko sa'yo, pumunta-punta ka pa doon." Savi scolded her like a naughty toddler while gently dabbing the ointment on the bruise on Samantha's arm.

"Alam mo naman ang takbo ng isip nung aso na 'yon, parang timang!" Nakatingin si Francine sa kaibigan niyang naging nurse ng wala sa oras at ang isa naman ay pasyente.

"Gusto ko lang namang batiin siya eh, malay ko bang maghahalikan sila." She sadly reasoned out. Nakatanggap naman siya ng batok kay Savi dahil hindi na mapigilan ng babaeng 'to ang katangahan ng kaibigan niya pagdating kay Irene.

They are aware that Samantha likes Irene, but sometimes they don't really like the way Samantha act when it comes to Irene. Lalo na ang pagiging bulag ni Samantha sa kulay pulang halos ibandera na ni Irene.

"Aray naman, eh!"

"Deserve mo 'yan, gaga! Tatanga-tanga ka kasi kaya ayan na papala mo."

Patuloy pa rin si Savi sa pagdudot-dot sa braso ni Samantha na may care naman kahit papaano, samantalang si Francine naman ay kilig na kilig sa kausap niya sa cellphone.

She even got to laughing out loud banging the table with so much joy and excitement that she feels for the person she's talking to. Hindi naman nakatakas sa mga kaibigan niya ang kinikilos niya, kaya tinignan siya ni Savi at Samantha na may pagtataka.

"Ayos ka lang beh? Para kang sinapian diyan," Savi jested, dinagdagan naman iyon ni Samantha ng may mahinahon na boses.

"Baka gusto mong dalhin ka namin sa mental, sabihin mo lang." Tinarayan naman sila ni Francine dahil sa pagiging pakielemera at baduy mag-isip.

"Si Kiefer kasi! Chinat ako, sabi niya 'let's have a dinner date kaya?' Ayan oh, kinikilig ako!" Paglahad niya pa ng phone niya upang makita ang message ni Kiefer

"Asus! Pang-ilan na 'yan si Kiefer, Francine?" Savi sneered teasingly, "Kung ako sa'yo i-reto mo na lang 'yan kay Samantha para hindi 'to nasasaktan sa taong hindi naman siya pinapakiramdaman."

Samantha looked at her with a mixture of anger and annoyance in her eyes, because of Savi's unrestrained mouth.

"Pasmado bibig mo huh! 'Yung totoo kaibigan pa ba kita?"

Nag-peace sign naman si Savi sa kan'ya at humingi ng tawad.

"Hehe, sorry na babe. Ito naman hindi mabiro, syempre kaibigan mo 'ko 'no!"