Den went to school early for her 7:30 class. She was walking in the hallway when someone called her.
"Uhm, yes po?" She said kasi she doesn't know the guy.
"I'm Jayson from Service Ace PH. Can I have some time to interview you? Just for my column." Sabi nung lalaki.
"Ah, I have a 7:30 class po kasi eh. Sorry po. But if you can wait, we can use my lunch break for this. Mga 11am po, pwede na." Den answered.
"Sure. I'll just wait for you. San pwede?" Jayson asked.
"We can po siguro sa may Multimedia Hall. You'll see it there. Just go straight and makikita niyo na po. I'll just go there later after my class." Den said and smiled.
"Okay. Thanks, Dennise!" He said.
"Sure po. Sorry po talaga ah. I just really have classes po eh." Den apologized.
"No worries, ano ka ba. Basta, maghihintay na lang ako dun." Ngiting sabi ni Jayson.
"Sige po. I have to go na po. See you later!" Den said. Jayson just smiled at her so she left na.
While in that class, Den can't stop thinking of the interview. She hasn't been in one for the past couple of years. After niya kasi mag-UAAP, she went straight to med school and she's never been part of anything volleyball-related. Ngayon lang ulit kaya medyo kinakabahan siya. She's sure it about volleyball. Name pa lang nung newspaper eh. Parang its made just for volleyball talaga. Throughout her morning classes, medyo hindi makapag-focus si Den kasi nga iniisip niya yung interview. She had her break time pero wala naman siyang maisip na tawagan to tell na may interview siya. Yung someone who can just listen and tell her na hindi siya dapat kabahan kasi alam niya naman na ang gagawin sa mga ganitong moments. Someone like Alyssa. Pero wala.
"Gaga ka, wag mong tatawagan si Alyssa." She said to herself nung asa CR siya. She sighed. "Baka, pwede nga? Friends naman kami eh." Kinakausap niya talaga ang sarili niya habang nakasandal sa may sink ng CR.
"Uhm excuse me, ma'am." Sabi nung babae na pumasok para linisin yung CR.
"Ay sorry po." Den said and lumbas na so hindi na niya na-try pang tawagan ang kung sino man.
Kung bakit naman kasi puro lalaki ang naging barkada niya dito sa ASMPH eh. Pag sinabi naman niya sa kanila, sure na aasarin lang siya ng mga yun. Si Phil naman kasi, kahit pusong-babae, parang si Ethan at Ace din. Iba pa rin yung babae ang makakausap niya at makakainitindi sa kanya. In short, iba pa rin talaga pag andito si Alyssa. Yun lang yon. She just walked back to her classroom kasi wala naman siyang magagawa. She let time pass hanggang mag lunch time na. She walked to the Multimedia Hall and saw Jayson there. They went to get food muna para makakain na rin sila while doing the interview. When Den came back, she saw a notification on her laptop. A scheduled email.
Alyssa Valdez sent you an email
Hi, babe! Just wanna remind you that whatever it is that you need to do today, you'll do good! :) Ikaw pa ba? Dra. Lazaro yan eh! I love you. 💓
Den smiled at that pero she really wanna cry. She just stopped herself kasi alangan naman umiyak siya dito, diba.
"Are you okay, Dennise?" Jayson asked.
"Uh, y-yeah. I'm fine. Lets start?" Den answered.
Iba ka talaga, Alyssa Valdez.
The interview started na and Den feels pretty comfident. Bakit hindi? Alyssa emailed her. Lol. Kahit pa hindi na niya talaga dapat natanggap yun, she'll take it.
