Your Song

Chapter 30

KAYLE

"Why are you so late, Mr. Aragon?" tanong ng guro namin. "We are already having our last performance."

"I'm their groupmate, ma'am."

I heard some of our classmates laughed.

"Silence!" she said. "Get in here," she told Cal.

Lumapit siya kay Wade na nasa harapan.

They were discussing things and I saw Wade playfully punched Cal's arms.

"Ma'am kumpleto po 'yung presentation ng group namin," Wade suddenly said.

What?

"Huh?" I asked. I don't think Cal managed to do the project in less than 24 hours.

Cal looked at me and winked.

A confused expression flashed in my face.

"Alright then, go. We can't afford such a waste of time," ma'am said, looking at her wrist watch.

Wade walked over us and gave Cal the floor.

"Anong ginagawa niya?!" mahina kong sigaw kay Wade.

He just shrugged and gave me a sly smile.

Hindi ko maintindihan pero kinakabahan ako dito sa kinauupuan ko. Whatever he may be doing, I know it will surprise me a lot.

Everyone was quiet. Cal cleared his throat.

We all waited on what he's going to do.

"It's good to be back," he said and smiled.

Most of our girl classmates shrieked while the rest laughed.

I rolled my eyes and mouthed when our eyes met, "What are you doing?"

He just smiled at me and continued. "No, not physically back," he says. "But being back as Calibre Terrence Aragon."

"But, this is not about me. This is about that girl," he points at me.

Biglang tumingin sa akin lahat at nakita ko ang pagpigil-tawa ng mga kaibigan namin.

"Kayle Zennesis Cortez," banggit niya. "The girl who stood by me all this time. We've know each other since God knows when."

I can't help but slowly smile.

He looks at my classmates as he speaks, "Hindi ko na kailangan pang gawan ng video kung paano ko siya nakilala sa time span na binigay ni ma'am. I know all her favorites, her hobbies, the things she hates. I even know what her favorite pajamas are."

That gained laughter inside the room.

"To be technically fair, sige sasabihin ko na," he said. "Her passion is music, she loves to compose songs, she loves bands. She loves staying up late at night to watch the night sky. She sings really good. She loves pasta, burgers, steak, fries, ice cream specially chocolate flavor. She loves Toothless of How to Train Your Dragon so much," he laughed. "Naalala ko pa dati, hindi niya binibitawan t-shirt ko hanggang hindi ko binibili 'yung toothles stuff toy sa SM."

Lumakas ang tawa ng mga classmates namin. Tiningnan ko siya ng masama. Naalala niya na pala talaga lahat, at ngayon inaasar niya na ako.

He cleared his throat at sumeryoso na naman, "I really don't know how to say all the things about her. Ayokong maging corny," he shrugged. "But anything for her."

"We go to school together, from pre school until now. We always sleep together back then until some things happened that made a gap between us. At ngayong okay na ang lahat, sana makatabi ko ulit siyang matulog, palagi," he said and winked.