The Badass Teacher

23

Cleo

Pota, ito ata ang balak niya.
Ang hulihin ako, aish wala ata sa vocabulary nila ang salitang 'mind your own fuckin' business'

"Oh? Bat ka napapasigaw? May masakit ba sayo?" Bat ba ang bait neto sa labas ng skwelahan? Eh kung sa labas na lang kaya kami magklase?
Lintek naman oh, ang sakit ng balikat koooo! Kailan ba ako titigilan neto?

Knowing he is a student here, in Black Section, he just don't know when to give up and that makes me annoyed.

"Yah you got me, I was the girl last night." I rolled my eyes at agad siyang tinulak palayo sa akin. It's pointless, baka nga mapunta pa sa bandang huhubaran na ako neto makita lang ang sugat ko.

Nabigla naman ako ng biglaan siyang sumigaw. "YES I WAS RIGHT!" but how come na nalaman niyang aki iyon? Without having an eye contact, it would be difficult, unless may nakita siyang palatandaan sa akin. What might that be?

"It was your tattoo." Fuck?!! He noticed it?! But this is just too small!
He sure has a keen eyes. -_-

Yah, I won't deny it. I have a minimalist tattoo at the side of my middle finger in my left hand. Matagal na din to. I was 16 when I got this. You see I am a fan of tattoos, but I don't want to have one, but then life is really a roller coaster, sometimes you're above and sometimes you're way down. I was hopeful that's why I got this one. :)

"You have a tattoo?!" Sigaw nilang lahat. Yeah, they were pretty shocked ayt?

"Kinda, here." and I raised my middle finger at them. They were taken aback by my action. Who wouldn't? HAHAHAHA.

"H-hey! Anong ginagawa mo?! Kahit na ikaw ang guro dito, mas matanda pa rin kami sayo ng isang taon!" Tama nga ako ng hinala, mga ulol talaga pinapakita ko lang naman ang tattoo ko. Tss.

"Silly, she's showing you her tattoo." Saad ni Andrew habang tumatawa. Lumapit naman si Sky sa daliri ko at hinawakan ang kamay ko.

"No need to raise it like that, you could just do it just like this." At dahan dahang pinaghiwalay ang aking mga daliri.

"Pasensya naman, sir." Agad namang may kumuha ng kamay ko at nilapit niya ang mukha niya dito.

"Malapit ng maging kamay ang mukha mo, Elijah." Near sighted ata tong batang to eh.

"Yeah, she got a semicolon tattoo."
Napangiti ako dahil nakita ko ang reaksyon ni Cameron. He knew.

"Cool! You're really something Cleo." Napapailing na saad ni Yosef.

"Tss, tattoo lang ba hanap niyo? Eto meron din kaya ako!" Aba't inggitero din tong si Trevor ah. Akmang maghuhubad na siya ng pinigilan siya ni Pierce.

"Wag na dude, hindi ka naman namin tinanong tungkol diyan." HAHAHA. Lakas rin mang-asar ah.

"Cleo. Why did you took that bullet." Agad namang nag-iba ang atmosphere ng silid-aralan. Ang bilis ha, kanina nagtatawanan sila ngayon ang seryoso na naman nila.

"Just as what I've said, ayokong nasasaktan ang aking mga studyante." I smiled at them, ngunit hindi pa rin nag-iba ang kanilang reaksyon.

"You don't have to! Pag nasa kapahamakan kami, lagi mo na lamang kaming nililigtas." Bakas sa mata ni Xavier ang galit. Huh? Why is he getting mad?

"Oo nga, nahuhulog tuloy na may utang na loob kami sa iyo." Nakayukong saad ni Leo. Teka. Paulit ulit na lang ba? Parang alam ko na saan na naman to patungo.

"You don't have to gain our trust Cleo." Tiningnan ko sa mga mata si Jeremiah. Fuck. Tagos dre.

"Our intention is to know more about you, because you seems kinda unusual for a teacher, and we're correct about that. You got lots of secrets under your sleeves. Maybe you also have a skeleton in your closet." Max, what is really your problem?

Bakit ganon? I thought okay na kami. Akala ko nag-aadjust na sila, akala ko magkaibigan na kami, akala ko.. akala ko lang pala ang lahat. Tangina. Hahaha. Iba ka din Cleo eh, ang assuming mo.

All I wanted is to be accepted. Gusto ko lang naman tanggapin ako ng mga tao kung sino talaga ako.

"Ako dapat ang tatamaan ng bala, Cleo. Pero bakit mo sinalo." Bakas sa mukha ni Andrew ang lungkot.

"Hindi ka dapat nakiki-alam sa buhay namin. Dahil hind rin naman magtatagal ang pagiging guro mo sa amin. Ilang buwan na lamang at aalis na din kami." Xavier said while glaring at me.

"Sa susunod, wag kang maki-alam ng buhay ng iba." Agad na lumabas si Max sa classroom, sinundan din ng iba. I saw Sky balled his fist while eyeing the floor.

Natira si Austin, Gavin, Andrew, Sky at Pierce. Nakatingin lang sila sa akin.
Bakas sa mata nila ang galit, hindi sa akin kundi sa kanilang mga kaklase.
Ayokong magkaroon ng away sa pagitan nila, anong gagawin ko?

"Haaaaay nakoo! Ano ba kayo? Don't mind them, I'm okay as I'll ever be!" Saad ko upang mabawasan naman kahit konti ang nasa isip nila.

"I'm sorry, Cleo." Nakita ko ang pagtulo ng luha sa mga mata ni Andrew. Teka, bakit siya umiiyak?

"I n-never meant it to be like this.. All I wanted to know is if y-you're that g-girl... I was so thankful last night. I didn't knew o-others would think that w-way, especially k-kuya... when y-you're the one who s-saved him..." naawa ako bigla kay Andrew. Agad ko siyang nilapitan at niyakap. Hindi naman niya kasalanan eh. I tapped his back gently telling him that it's alright.

Narinig ko ang pagbuntong hininga ni Austin. Lumapit naman si Gavin kay Sky at tila pinapakalma ito.

Hindi ko na alam kung anong gagawin sa mga studyante ko. Parang pinapalala ko pa ata ang sitwasyon.
Mas humigpit ang yakap sa akin ni Andrew, bata pa nga siya. Kaya hindi ko hahayaang masaktan siya.

I've been through alot and pain is an old friend of mine. Even though we have our own problems hindi ko naman kayang makitang masaktan ang mga studyante ko.

And upon seeing their faces earlier, they were mad but I could see inside them that they are hurt too. As I've said, ayokong nasasaktan ang aking mga studyante. Siguro it is better to distance myself. Totoo naman ang sinabi ni Xavier, ilang buwan na lang. It's now December.

I'll just do my best then, but I won't stop protecting them. I'll be... always there for them. :)

"Andrew, it's okay, besides you can't please other people." I wipe his tears with my hand.

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