ZOMBREAK

Epilogue

"I TOLD you, I'm gonna prove you wrong."

"You!" Akala ko ay magagalit siya pero ngumiti siya sa akin at tinapik ang balikat ko. "Congratulations!"

"Thank you, Papa. I can't believe that I'm gonna be a father." Hindi ko na napigilan ang mapaiyak. I do believe in sex after marriage pero wala na akong nagawa noong reypin ako ni Alesia. Yes, she did that. What else could I say? She's too unpredictable. Just like when I first saw her.

"You guys heard the news? There's a girl daw na ginagawang playground ang school." Dana stated while walking and clinging her arms to Mich's. We're going to the cafeteria dahil lunch break na.

"Walang magta-tanghalian hangga't walang nakakasagot ng tanong ko!" rinig kong sigaw sa classroom na madadaanan namin.

"Oh boses ni gurang 'yon a!" natatawang saad ni Andrei. "Sino naman kaya ang malas na section na 'to?"

Palihim na silang sumilip ni Angelo. Napailing na lang ako. Nasa tapat na ako ng pintuan nila ng mahagip ng tingin ko ang babaeng may hawak na ballpen. She looks like she's targeting something. The next thing she did made my conclusion right. Ibinato lang naman niya sa board ang ballpen! Napatigil ang teacher sa pagsusulat at hinarap ang klase.

"Sino ang nagbato ng ballpen na 'to?!"

"Ako po, miss!" I can't believe that she will say it proudly! Nakataas pa ang kanang kamay na animo'y nasa recitation siya.

"At bakit naman---"

"Binibini, ikalawang tanong mo na 'yan kung sakali." At nagawa pa niyang tumingin sa wrist watch niya! "You told us that whoever answer your question will make the whole class go for the break. Nasagot ko na po ang tanong n'yo. Hindi lang isa, kundi dalawa pa." Isinukbit niya ang bag sa balikat. "It's 12:06 in the afternoon, miss. English is allowed. Goodbye, Miss!"

"Miss Montes!"

Hindi niya pinansin ang guro nila at naglakad palabas. Pakiramdam ko ay bumagal ang lahat ng magtama ang paningin namin. My heart skipped a beat when I saw her face wearing a smirk. Bumalik lang sa dati ang lahat ng daanan niya ako.

"Damn, that was epic." Angelo stated.

"Tayo ang pag-iinitan niyan mamaya." Andrei chuckled and shrugged his head. "Who's that girl anyway?"

She got me with that scene of hers. Madalas din siyang pag-usapan ng grupo kapag nakikita nila siya. Yes, only them. Because after that scene in her classroom, hindi ko na siya nakita pa ulit.

I was sleeping peacefully at the school garden when I dreamt of something 'bout my past.

"Why are you doing this?!" I heard my mother shouting angrily, as usual, to my dad. Nasa kusina lang silang dalawa kaya rinig na rinig ang kanilang sigawan. This wasn't new to me. They can shout to each other whole day but hurting my mother is a different story.

Pagod akong naupo sa sofa. Kagagaling ko lang sa eskwelahan. Hindi pa man ako natatagalan ay tumayo na rin ako nang makita si Archie. Kahit kailan ay hindi kami magkasundo. It was always him and his father against me and my mother. Step-father ko ang tatay niya and it does make him as my step-brother. I'm from a broken family. The relationship of my biological parents ended when I was seven years old. They split because there's no spark anymore, they both fell out of love. And that's when I promised to myself to do everything that I can for the woman that I will love.

I was 10 years old when they died in a car accident. Nawalan daw ng preno ang kotseng minaneho ng step-dad ko. Dead on the spot siya samantalang dead on arrival naman si Archie. A year after that, my father came back to us. Nagkabalikan ulit sila ni Mommy at hindi na naghiwalay pa.