Escape from Reality (Realto #1: Completed)

Chapter 3

"Bro, usap-usapan yung ginawa mo sa room nina tomboy. Gago ka ba?" Salubong sakin ni Travis. Fuck. I'm doomed now. Bakit ko ba kase sinabi 'yon. Ngayon ay puro kutya na ang natatanggap ko sa mga kaklase ko.

I'm currently doing some papers about my election at campaign. Napakadami naman kasing paperworks kapag highest position ang kinukuha mo. It's breaktime, by the way. I'm drinking yogurt drink and eats some almond chocolates. We are four in the circle table kasama sina Travis, Drake at Matilda and they are talking some shits. Nag-aasaran pa.

"Pare, yung secretary sa group nina Niño. Grabe, sobrang hot," sabat ni Drake, one of my friends. Manyak talaga. He's actually Travis' friend pero nakisama narin sa amin dahil wala rin masyadong kaibigan, pero madaming babae.

Matilda is seating right next to me and sometimes look at my laptop to see what I'm doing. Sometimes, she telling me some ideas and correct my errors. Matalino naman talaga siya may pagkabitch lang. Probably, if I don't know her I might have a crush on her dahil maganda naman siya.

Niño is one of my opponent sa election. In total, we are 4 partylist na naglilibot sa school for campaign. I'm the only one from STE na humabol for representative. Well, I think it's pressure for others dahil I'm known to be an academic athlete ng school and additional pa na STE ako. Exemption lang si Olivia sa mga takot sa akin.

"You know what? Ikaw, napakamanyak mo. That's already catcalling you shit!" Maarte namang sabi ni Matilda kay Drake. Psh. Para silang mga batang nagaaway.

"I'm just admiring here," depensa ni Drake atnakipagsukatan ng tingin kay Matilda.

"No! You're fantasizing her, bastos ka," singhal ni Matilda pabalik. 

"Can you two stop!? Nakakairita," sabi ni Travis. Wow. The guts to call them nakakairita pero isa rin naman siya.

Napailing nalang ako sa kanilang tatlo at tinuloy ang ginagawa. For some minutes ay naging tahimik ako habang nag-uusap sila ng nonsense topics.

Tumayo ako para puntahan ang isa kong kasamahan. I ask him to print the names of our members in the partylist. We only have six days to go para mag-campaign. This is exhausting. My campaign materials are still on-going. Nagpatulong narin ako sa mga kasama ko para sa mga 'yon. Luckily, sinamahan nila ako pero may kapalit.

Habang naglalakad ay nakikita ko ang mga estudyanteng nakikinig sa mga nangangapanya sa kanila. Shifted kase ang campaigns namin kaya hindi nagkakasabay-sabay. I'm also seeing some flyers na nagkalat nalang sa daan. It's funny how some students don't have care for this important matter. Nakasalalay dito ang kapakanan ng school.

Nakita ko rin agad si Yvan at kinuha ang pinagawa ko sa kaniya. Ipapasa ko ito sa office of representatives dahil they need it.

Biglang nahagip ng mata ko ang isang classroom and saw Olivia talking in front of the students, together with her members. Lumapit ako sa classroom para marinig siyang magsalita. I was really curious on how she talks and campaign herself and her members.

"I'm not here to say I'm not like others. I'm here to say that, I am here to make change. I want to say, I am Olivia, and I want equality. Hindi deserve ng isang simpleng estudyante ang hindi pantay na pagtingin. You are who you are and no one must belittle you," she remained still while talking.