"If tomorrow comes and I forget about this, and I forget about you, will you still love me?"
Yesterday. Love. Nothing else matters to Lee Gabriel than Odyssey Lee. If love was a manifestation, iyon ay ang pag-ibig ni Lee. At unti-unti rin yong naram...
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June 13, 2011
"Hi!" Masiglang bati ni Lee sa mga ka-klase. It's the first day of classes. Finally! 4th year high school na sila. And finally, after a year of being apart, naka-tuntong na naman si Lee Gabriel sa Pilot section! Hindi niya akalain na kahit may sayad siya ng 3rd grading period, sobrang nag-excel naman siya ng 4th grading— kaya heto, kahit nasa laylayan siya ng Section 1, at least umabot siya.
"Hi! Hi Jekjek! Hi, Cams! Hi, Eli!" Panay bati niya sa mga classmates niyang maaga ring pumasok nang araw na 'yun.
Dahil naka-akyat na rin naman siya sa section 1 noong second year siya, pamilyar na rin naman siya sa mga classmates niya ngayon, kaya gumanti rin ang mga ito sa kanya ng bati sabay lingon sa kinauupuan ni Odyssey na parang automatic na tinatanong niya ito.
Of course. It wasn't really official dahil walang announcement. Walang pagpapalit ng facebook status. Walang pagse-celebrate. But everybody kind of knew that after the prom last school year and all the circumstances after that, the giant ice cube that is Simon Odyssey Lee has finally melted for the other Lee.
Sino pa ba namang makakatanggi pagtapos ng holding hands at ng isang nakaka-eskandalong halikan na nagpa-suspend pa sa dalawa.
And even though the last two months of their junior year went like a blur, walang makakalimot noon. Kahit pa sabihing hindi na naulit ang ganitong klaseng skinship pagtapos nilang bumalik matapos ang suspension, they all knew that Lee's persistence finally paid off.
Of course, there were still people who have raised their eyebrows saying napakabata pa nila para sa relasyon. They were even particularly hard towards Lee dahil ito ang babae. And for being the one who has been chasing a guy— even venerable deity in the academe world like Odyssey, iniisip nilang hihilahin lang nito pababa ang lalaki.
But good thing that the opposite happened. It was Lee who have bounced back to reach to his levels.
Sinundan ng tingin ni Lee kung saan nahahati ang daan papunta sa kung saan nakaupo si Odyssey and she finds him talking to Danielle.
Lee felt something rammed in her heart. Alam niyang sila na. Kahit hindi siya nito niligawan. Kahit siya lang mag-isa ang nag-set ng Feb 16 as the day they became together because that was the very day he kissed her in front of everyone and gave her that shiny necklace that is now proudly hanging around her neck. She just knew he is finally hers.
Kaya kahit nagselos ng kaunti, being the aggressive Lee that she is, she took big imposing steps towards where they are sitting at the corner of the classroom.
"Odyssey." Her pitch was so high, napatingin agad ang dalawa.
"Lee." It was actually Dani who spoke first. She wasn't even surprised to find her there. Siyempre, a few weeks naman bago magpasukan, they've already known their sections. Kaya alam na rin ni Lee na alam ni Danielle na magkikita sila ngayon.
