EZH #1: Asher Ruiz [COMPLETED]

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Girl named Winter

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Days passed by quickly. Halos hindi ko na nga maramdaman. Our professors were all drowning us with school works.

Naglalakad ako sa hallway nang may marinig akong tumawag sa pangalan ko.

"Miggy!" Nilingon ko si Ivana na tumatakbo ng bahagya para maabutan ako.

"Hi."

I greeted her with a smile, which I rarely do considering my personality. Napangiti din naman si Ivana.

"Hi. San ka pupunta? Malapit na magstart next class natin."

"I'll just go check up on him."

"Oh. Sige. I will make an excuse for you na lang kay sir in case na ma-late ka."

Ivana smiled at me as I thanked her. We waved at each other at tumalikod na sya. She started walking back papunta sa room namin na sinadya kong lagpasan.

Naglakad naman ako papunta sa music room. I know I'll find Asher there. The seven of them enjoys music with their hearts. They have musical flairs, if I would be asked. I was just going to check up on him bago ako tumuloy sa sunod na klase ko.

Yep. Yes. I did. I accepted ate Atasha's offer. I've been looking out for Asher for almost two weeks now. He can be a handful at times, lalo na't sobrang mapili nya pala sa pagkain. As I spend more time with him, mas nakikilala ko sya. But not enough for me to know why Asher acted like that from the convenience store way back.

I met up with ate Atasha a day after I witnessed Asher's weird episode.

"Hello Miggy."

"Hi ate. Thank you for agreeing to see me."

"Of course. Anything. So, what can I do for you?"

"It's about Asher ate." I told her what happened. "What was that? May problema po ba si Asher?"

I started bombarding her with questions.

"Miggy, that's a very sore matter for Asher. I think its not something we can talk about."

"So, there's no way for me to know?"

"Accept my offer. Be Asher's personal assistant. Be there for him always. Who knows? He might open up to you. Sa tingin ko naman ay hindi malabong mangyari yon."

Natahimik ako saglit. But I came up with a decision.

"Yes. I will babysit Asher."

"Thank you Miggy."

Ivana always help me. Sumasama sya minsan kapag nagaaya si Asher maggala, with the other six members of pitong puto of course. Medyo nagiging close na nga din sila. Lalo na sila ni Hope. Since Hope Tuason is the nicest of them all, I think, kaya madali silang naging close. They have so much in common they are practically best friends now.

Mas madalas na nga nyang kasama si Hope kesa sa akin. Not that I mind though. Mas gugustuhin ko pang isa sa mga taong pinagkakatiwalaan ko ang maging kaibigan ni Ivana maliban sakin. She's just too perfect for those barbie doll wanna be na schoolmates namin. Kung hindi ko lang alam na in love si Ivana kay Timothy, iisipin kong may something sa kanila ni Hope.