Basketball Queen [UNDER EDITING]

Part 50.

Riley's POV.

About what happened yesterday, pinipilit ko iyong kalimutan. Hindi ako masyadong nakatulog, pero pinilit ko talagang magising. At ayon nga, laging nakabuntot sakin si Ace at palihim siyang nag sasabi sakin ng mga pick-up lines at cheesy words na nakakapangilabot.

Hindi ba niya naiisip na nakakasukang tignan? Ang alam ng lahat lalaki ako at talagang pinanindigan niya ang sinabi niya kagabi, kung narito lang siguro si Zirah ay hindi siya makakalapit sa akin ng ganito. Lalo na kay Scary.

"Hey, don't you know that I don't want to see you everyday?" Wala akong pakialam. "Because if I saw you everyday, I can't take my eyes off of you." Para akong masusuka sa sinabi niya, tangama talaga. Nakakasawa na.

Lumayo ulit ako sa kanya at siya namang sunod niya sakin, fuck this man!

"Even if you get away from me, I'm still here, willingly to follow you." Nakangising sabi niya sakin, goddamn it! "Shit! I think I'm insane, Rae." God, take me away from this man right now.

"Could you please shut up?!" Inis na singhal ko sa kanya kaya nag tinginan ang buong team samin.

Napakamot naman sa ulo si Ace sa hiya, and he deserved it! Argh! Ginugulo niya lalo ang utak ko! I don't know what to do and what to react! Kung si Riley ito ay kanina pa ko matatawa sa ka-corny-han niya!

He chuckled ng napatingin siya sakin, and I just wanna slap him to shut his mouth up because it irritates me! What the hell did just happened to this stupid jerk whom hates me?!

"It looks good on you when you get mad or when you got irritated." My lips parted, this stupid jerk really getting into my nerve!

Nag lakad ako palayo sa team, lalo na sa kanya! I want a fucking peace! Napabuga ako ng malakas na hangin, feeling frustrated.

Habang nag lalakad ako ay hindi ko maitatanggi na maraming mata ang nakatingin sakin, and at the same time I feel... guilty.

It's not me, not even my name, and not even my own self. I'm a fake.

I bow down my head, I want to express what I feel, I wanna say what and who I am. I want to apologize for what I've done, it's so frustrating. Nahihirapan ako, but I'm Claire Riley, and for my family Riley can't give up on what she does, Riley is a strong girl that can pass all the tests she will face, she won't give up even though it was difficult to do, even though it's impossible.

And I'm Claire Riley Mendoza, the fifth daughter of Mr. Mendoza, the youngest of them all, one of the triplets of Carl Rae and Jenny Caye. The most cold of them all, the silent type, the mysterious one, the girl doesn't talk if it's not important nor needed too.

And that's what I wanted to do, to introduce myself to everyone, wanting to be free like a bird flying through the sky, wanting to be released through this aching metal cage. But, God knows I can't hide it.

"Riley." Tawag ng isang tinig nang makarating ako sa tambayan ko. "You okay? I can see that your kinda lost?" I bitterly smiled to the both of them.

"Scary, Zirah, I'm tired." I'm tired of everything, pretending is tiring me off, I wanted to be free like how I'm suppose to be.

"You want to eat then?" Nag aalalang tanong ni Zirah sakin.

Tinignan naman ako ng maigi ni Scary, she know. Zirah does too, but she wants to avoid it, for her not to see that I'm in pain.

"Think so?" Sabi ko at naupo sa bench.

"I will buy us some food." Hindi ko na napigilan pa si Zirah dahil agad itong tumakbo pag kasabi noon.