Their Entangled Lives (On-going)

16. Messed up

It was a busy week for all the students. Prelims week na kasi kaya walang pakalat-kalat na estudyante sa campus. Kung mayroon man ay makikita mong nag-aaral sila.

Isa lang ang exam ko ngayon kaya medyo chill lang ako. I'm just sitting calmly here while Erin's busy scrolling her phone and smiling like an idiot. Tila kinikilig pa ang bruha!

"What are you smiling at?" I peeped into her phone and saw that she's staring at her photo with Stephen.

It was a picture of them at the arcade.

Patay na! Tinamaan 'ata ang bruha.

"Look! aren't we look good together?" Erin looked like a teenager while staring at her phone.

Parang mapupunit ang labi niya sa pagkakangiti. Seriously?

"You look like crazy!" asik ko sa kaniya.

"As if you're not like me when you're with Gab!" I looked around when she suddenly yelled, thankfully our classmates are all busy studying and didn't hear this freak.

Gosh, nakakahiya! Baka sabihin ng mga classmates namin na may crush ako kay Gab!

I looked at her with wide eyes trying to scare her. "Shut up, Erin! I don't remember being like that to Gab!"

"You can't fool me, Selena! I have proof!" She started to scroll her phone again, looking for something.

She then laughed like a villain when she finally found what she's looking for.

Oh, gosh I am not liking this scene! She's up to something!

"Look. Sino kaya 'tong babaeng kung makatingin sa crush niya ay parang baliw?" She releases an evil laugh while showing the picture in her phone.

It was... me looking at Gab with a dreamy eyes. Pinapanood ko siya habang naglalaro sa arcade. Nasa gilid ako nito at parang batang nakatingin sa kaniyang crush. Isang tingin pa lang mahahalata mo na na may gusto ako sa lalaki. Nakakahiya!

"Delete that!" I quickly stood up and tried to grab her phone but she ran away!

Amp! Isip bata!

Naabutan ko siya sa tapat ng pintuan kaya pinihit ko agad siya sa pinto. Dahil mas matangkad ako sa kaniya ay na-corner ko siya. Itinaas niya naman ang kamay at pilit na inilalayo ang cellphone.

I was about to grab the phone when someone effortlessly took it away! I looked at whoever it is but to my surprise it was... Gab.

And now he's looking at Erin's phone! My face turned red as I saw him smiling through the picture.

He then looked at me with a big smile on his face. I stepped back knowing that Erin is behind my back but, to my dismay, she quickly ran out of the scene and now I am cornered. Great!

Hinarang niya ang kamay niya sa magkabila kong gilid para masiguradong hindi ako makakatakas. Hindi naman ako makatingin sa kaniya sa sobrang pula ng mukha ko.

Lupa kainin mo 'ko!

"What is this, huh?" ngingisi-ngisi nitong turan at ipinakita pa sa akin ang picture.

"I-It wasn't what you think it is!" depensa ko agad pinipilit ko pang tanggalin ang kamay niyang nakaharang pero malakas talaga siya not to mention that he's also taller than me!

"Really? But the picture tells the otherwise." Inilapit pa nito ang mukha niya, halos maduling na ako sa sobrang lapit nito.

"I-I don't know w-what y-you're talking about!!" Halos maglapat na rin ang aming mga ilong!