First subject in the morning ended, I looked everywhere but Khash is nowhere to be found pero andiyan naman ang kaniyang bag. Nakakapag taka. Lagi namang nauuna sa akin 'yon.
Someone tapped my shoulder. It was Raven. He looked so worried.
"Hey, have you seen Khashmee? Never pa naman 'yon nag cutting. Nakakapagtaka lang." He said while massaging his temples.
"I don't know either." I said while shrugging my shoulders.
"Let's wait until the recess. Pag hindi pa natin siya nakita, let's roam around the campus to find her. Okay?" he said in a worried tone.
Nagaalala rin ako lalo pa't naging malapit na sa akin si Khash.
"We'll find her soon. Okay?" sabi ko with an assuring smile.
"Now, bumalik ka na sa upuan mo dahil andiyan na si Ma'am." I said referring to our terror teacher in Math.
Hope we'll find her as soon as possible.
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Recess na at hindi pa rin namin siya nakita. Raven looked so worried right now. Para siyang nawalan ng pinaka importanteng diyamante. Alam ko namang beki siya but I wonder kung ano nga ba ang tingin niya kay Khash.
"Hey Raven, have you tried calling her?" I asked.
"Uhm alam mo kasi Hindi talaga ako--."
"What? Hindi ka nag loload?" i cut him off. I rolled my eyes while crossing my arms.
"Give me Khashmee's number para matawagan natin siya." I said.
He hurriedly browsed on his contacts.
"09551939726" he said.
I typed it on my phone. Hindi naman busy ang line o naka off ang phone niya, hindi niya lang talaga sinasagot. Not until I heard a faint noise or should I say Ringtone?
I opened Khashmee's bag, and to my surprise I saw Khashmee's phone. At doon nanggagaling ang Ringtone.
Kinuha ko ang kaniyang telepeno. It has a sticky note on it.
"--- .-.. -.. / ..-. .- -.-. ..- .-.. - -.--" iyan ang naka sulat sa sticky note. What the heck is this?
"What's with the dash and dots? Geez. Nakakalerki!" hiyaw ni Raven.
While I was thinking deeper someone tapped my shoulder.
"Yah! Why do you always tap my should---" i turned around to see who the heck is tapping my shoulder and to my surprise I was taken aback by our position. Sobrang lapit ng mukha naming dalawa.
"A-ano b-ba ang k-kailangan mo?" i was stuttering. What the? Why am i stuterring?!
"Morse Code." sabi niya.
He removed the sticky note from the phone. Kumuha rin siya ng ballpen at scratch paper.
"Hey, do you know how to decipher it?" tanong ko.
"May copy ako ng Morse Code sa Notebook of Codes ko." he said then he winked at me.
Tsk. Umupo muna ako dahil kanina pa ako nakatayo. I stared at Jake. Hindi maipagkakaila na pogi ang lalaking ito.
"Uy friend. Lagkit ng titig mo kay fafa Jake ah. May gusto ka sa kaniya noh?" sabi ni Raven sabay sundot sa tagiliran ko.
Tiningnan ko lang siya ng masama.
"Done!" sabay kaming tumingin kay Jake.
Dali-dali kaming lumabas. Hila ako ni Raven at Jake kasi hindi ko naman alam ang daan patungo roon.
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