Chapter XXV

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Jennie's POV

"LILI!" I happily walked towards Lisa when I saw her leaning against her car.

Pero napahinto ako sa tapat niya nung nakita kong seryosong nakatingin si Lisa sa lupa.

"Lili?" Tawag ko sa kanya. Hahawakan ko na sana ang balikat niya pero bigla siyang umayos ng tayo.

Deretso niya kong tinignan. She looked so pissed off. What happened?

Naglakad siya papunta sa passenger's side at binuksan ang pinto. "Lili, what's wro—"

"Get in." Seryosong sabi niya.

Hindi na ko kumibo dahil nakakaramdam na ko ng hindi maganda kaya sumakay nalang din ako. Sumakay na rin siya at tahimik na pinaandar ang sasakyan.

After a few minutes nang sobrang tahimik na biyahe, nagsalita na ako.

"Lisa, is there something wrong?" I asked while staring at her. The car stopped because of the traffic, she let go of the steering wheel pero hindi pa rin siya tumitingin sakin.

"I don't know." She said but sounded irritated. I frowned. "What do you mean you don't know?" I asked confused.

Umayos ako ng upo at iniharap sa kanya ang katawan ko. "Why aren't you answering my calls by the way? You didn't even bother to reply to my messages. Do we have a problem, Lisa?" I asked, half irritated.

But instead of answering my questions, hinawakan niya lang ang manibela at pinaandar na ulit ang sasakyan. Ngayon, nagsisimula nang mapuno ng inis ang katawan ko dahil sa cold treatment na binibigay niya sakin.

"Aren't you going to answer me, Lisa?" I asked, maintaining the calmness in my voice kahit na naiinis na rin ako.

"..." pero hindi pa rin niya ko pinapansin.

"So we do really have a problem." I concluded. Wala naman akong maisip na ginawa kong mali para magalit siya.

Tumahimik nalang din ako saka humarap sa bintana. Preventing the tears from falling. I really hate it every time na nagagalit siya sakin. Lalo na kung hindi ko naman alam kung bakit siya nagalit.

"Stay away from him."

Napatingin ako sa kanya nung bigla siyang nagsalita. I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion. "Stay away from who?" I asked.

"The guy you just had lunch with." She irritatedly spoke out. "What?" Hindi makapaniwalang tanong ko.

Si Kevin lang naman ang nakasama namin ni Somi kumain kaninang lunch. So, she's pertaining to him? Pero paano niya nalaman? I never told her that dahil alam kong magagalit siya.

She chuckled sarcastically. "He obviously has a thing on you and you're entertaining him."

"I am not entertaining him! I am just being friendly to him. He's my friend, Lisa." I defended myself.

Hindi ko alam kung paano niya nalaman. Pero maya maya lang, may naalala ako.

Nagtataka at may halong inis na nagtanong ako. "Are you spying on me, Manoban?" I accused her.

Remember when she surprised me? She wasn't allowed to go to our campus pero nagawa niya with the help of her friend. She's popular and I know she has a lot of connections even to our school.

She looked at me in disbelief. "I'm not." And brought her eyes back on the road.

"You're lying." I folded my arms above my chest and leaned my back against the seat.

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