Si Torpe at Si Feeling

Chapter 7~ Oh the Horror

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Chapter 7: Oh the Horror

July has come to an end and Graciello High and not much has happened. Besides sa nutrition month celebration at more band practices since malapit na ang battle of the bands.

May mga food exhibits ang TLE department this week sa quadrangle kaya maraming free taste ng malunggay cookies, low fat cupcakes and all the healthy stuff. My classmates and I were planning to go there after lunch but naunahan kami ng terror teacher namin. Ugh I hate Statistics.

Mr. Luigi Gurangot is our Statistics teacher. He just started teaching us at the first day of July because he was on study leave. He is very spontaneous in teacher I must say. But everyone grew to hate him because ang daming homeworks from him at he barely teaches us anything. Maybe he believes in self-education, but since we're all new to this branch of math eh nangangamote kami.

Man, I thought he's gonna be a great teacher dahil sa first day tinuruan niya kaming kumanta ng isang nursery rhyme in German, but boy was I wrong.

You see, bakla si sir. Yup, you heard it right. Bakla siya. May mga moments na he'll caress the boys' arms, he even hugged his male co-teacher by the waist. Naaawa na nga ako sa mga boys namin, kokonti na nga lang ang populasyon nila ay minomolestya pa niya. And there are only 6 boys in each two sections of the SSC. The amount of eye raping moments between him and the boys are unforgivable.

I classed him as 'the gay pedo teacher' and call him 'gaylord' during conversations with my friends and classmates and he never knows. Now, I know that was rude of me, but given the fact na peste siya sa buhay namin, I can't help myself.

Right now, we're trying to solve some summation notation and we have no clue how or what are we even doing.

"Toof... Shouden... What the eff am I even doing?" I silently whine, crossing out my equation for number five. I forget things so easily when it comes to school.

"Pass your works now." Sabi ng Gurangot. Well fudge, sana tama ang ginawa ko. "Goodbye class!"

Hinintay siya naming lumabas at lumagpas sa bintana ng classroom bago kami nagkaguluhan.

"Holy siomai, ang hirap ng pinagawa ni Gaylord!" sabi ko habang nag-uunat.

"Noona!! He touched my arm!" pambungad sakin ni Gab. Parang nakababatang kapatid ko siya sa school."Ang kadiri niya talaga."

Tumawa ako ng mahina. "Ikaw naman ang nabiktima.. Poor you, at least hindi ka na-rape, ha?"

"Grabe ka, noona!" reklamo ni Gab.

"Kamusta na kaya si Jared sa ibabaw... Kawawa naman sila time nila kay Gurangot eh.." I sigh, looking over the distance with a smile.

"Inlababo na ang ate ko.." Pangungulit niya pa sakin.

"Eh, kamusta naman kayo ni Kariel?" Pangontra ko sa kanya, kaya ayun umalis. Ayaw niya pag-usapan ang crush niyang si Kariel, wala siyang pag-asa eh. "Szanelle, pumunta na tayo sa quad!"

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Hindi ako nakakuha ng cupcake sa quad kasi naubusan kami. Thanks Gurangot, ang epal mo talaga. 

Worse, Nandito si Bryce, guitarist ng kalaban naming band na The Boyz at ultimate casanova ng school along with his band. Palaging nananalo ang band nila at we always end up 3rd place next to this other band na FrostBites. But maybe this year we have a chance since this year all members of FrostBites had graduated last year.

Anyway, Enough about the other band. There are four members sa The Boyz, Bryce James na guitarist, Anthony Kyle na drummer, Caleb Troye na bassist at Joseph Brad na lead vocals nila. Everybody knows that Joseph, Joe for short, is the leader, pero si Bryce parin yung parang leader sa kagaguhan ng banda. And the people say he's the most attractive. I agree, and also the most stupid. Everyone in my section hates him. Dati ko yang crush, pero ngayon nayayamot na ako sa kanya. Why? Read his description. Also, I think next target niya kami sa pagiging playboy niya.

Ugh.

He was staring at me with a shy smile and I nod, walking past him.

"Hey, Clare..?" tawag niya sakin.

Anong kailangan niya? Bibili pa ako ng milk tea  na may kasamang lason para sa kanya eh! "What do you need, Bryce?" I sweetly ask him.

"Can I have your number, babe?" He winks and muntik na akong mapasuka. Not again.

"Sure.. 09123..."

"Huwag mo akong biruin, Clare naman!"

"Hindi ka cute, umalis ka dito peste." Tinapakan ko ang paa niya at pumasok sa loob ng classroom, na saktong lumabas si Jared.

And in an instant, namula ang cheeks ko dahil nagkatama kami ng tingin.

"Hi Avery." ganon? Two weeks na siyang hindi kumakausap sakin ever since nahulog kami sa lagoon at hi lang?! Ano bang problema niya?

"Hi Jared." sagot ko naman. Hindi na ako umangal dahil nakita kong sobrang saya niyang makita ako, at the same time, reluctant siya dahil nasa loob lang si Tris. Hala baka may gusto nga siya sakin.

Bigla kong naalala ang pagiging wingwoman ko noong last year sa kanya at Tris. Alam naming kaya maging aggressive ni Tris para makuha ang gusto niya, kahit saktan niya pa ang mga kaibigan niya kaya hindi na ako gaanong pinansin ni Jared. Kung alam ko lang sana na magugustuhan ko rin pala siya ay hindi ko na ginawan ng loveteam si Tristine at Jared. Stupid talaga ako.

Baka nga gusto niya nga ako.

Pinasak ko ang earphones ko sa tenga ko at umupo malapit sa bintana, kung saan ko nakitang nag-uusap si Jared at Bryce. Oh gosh, anong pinag-uusapan nila? Don't tell me magkaibigan din sila...

I decided na hindi muna makinig ng music at mag-eavesdrop sa conversation nila since malapit lang sila sa bintana. Now, I know that's bad, but I can't help it. Besides, makakalimutan ko rin iyan kasi out of focus ako madalas...

"Lubayan mo na si Avery, Bryce." Sabi ni Jared sa kanya. "Kita mo namang hindi ka niya gusto."

"Bakit? Girlfriend mo ba siya?" sagot ni Bryce.

"Umm.. Hindi.. Pero, lubayan mo na siya. Sa akin lang siya."

"Let's see then, mate. May the best man win." They shook hands at umalis na.

Oh goodness. Pinaglalabanan nila ako. I need to tell my bandmates. Binuksan ko ang phone ko minutes later and I saw a group message from Louisse from a while ago.

"From: Pinkypie Louisse

Ate AJ, Jeanna, Clare and Szane, I hope you don't mind.. but, BRYCE JAMES JUST ASKED ME OUT ON A DATE JUST NOW AND I SAID YES! >.

Oh the horror.

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