Crystal Snow (ELYU SERIES #1)

Chapter 12

Chapter 12

Hug

Like all of this is kind of twisted dream.

What happened during weekend was ended so quickly and now I'm sitting in my usual seat at the classroom with Gia beside me and Apollo talking in front of the class introducing himself.

"My name is Apollo Elysian Lee. Nice meeting y'all." walang ganang pagpapakilala nito.

Grabe, what a change of mood we got here. Why bother entering our school kung introducing yourself pa lang wala na itong gana?

I keep my poker face expression while listening our teacher making conversation with Apollo by asking basic and usual questions na tinatanong sa mga transferee, like where you came from, your past school, your expectations  to the school, to the teachers, classmates, subjects, and so on for the sake of general knowledge of your classmates about you. We've done this before during the first day but with the use of a game, something like getting to know other classmates.

Kinda sucks nga lang kasi mag-isa si Apollo na sasagot sa mga tanong. I rolled my eyes heavenward again for I don't know many times already. My classmates are keep on asking random questions about Apollo who he answer in laconic way, expressing much in few words.

But what really got me is his full name.

Weird.

"Okay class, that's all for today's interview for Apollo. Leave it for the break time period. Now for your seat, let's see." pigil ni Ma'am Kath sa mga kaklase kong tanong ng tanong kay Apollo.

We already used 30 minutes of the class hour which I bet sinadya ng mga ito. They hate first period classes.

"Bakit parang may kakaiba kay Apollo ngayon?" bulong sa akin ni Gia. I glance at her with question.

"Anong kakaiba?" balik kong tanong sa kanya.

"Diko alam eh, pero parang may something eh. Parang lalong naging mas gwapo." ngiting-ngiti nitong sagot sa akin. I let a frustrated sigh and mentally face palm myself. I knew it.

"You are just seeing things." maikling pambabara ko sa kanya. She just glare at me and go back at staring Apollo in front.

Wala naman talaga kaming proper seat plan, sa mga terror lang na teachers gaya sa Filipino subject namin na all boys na yung maiingay at makukulit ay nasa harapan. The only vacant seat that is available right now is the chair kung saan nakaupo yung isang classmate namin na panay absent which is katabi ni Gia.

There is a rule kasi na in every classroom wala dapat vacant seats to prevent students switching places and chairs. Each students are entitled to have a single armchair for the entire duration of the school term and each students are task to take care of it. We have our printed names taped at the front of our armchair para na rin walang agawan or magkawalaan.

"Can I sit here?" tanong ni Apollo kay Gia nung nakalapit ito sa aming tabi. Tinutukoy nito na gusto nitong upuan ay yung pwesto ni Gia.

"Of course-"

"Not." putol ko sa pag-sagot ni Gia while glaring at her. May binigay na ngang upuan dito nakikiagaw pa ng iba.

"Beshyyy." reklamong bulong ni Gia sa akin. Bahala ka sa buhay mo.

Inirapan ko ito bago ko binaling ang tingin sa may kurtina namin. I hope they would change our curtain's color, I prefer blue than green. But they say pleasing to the eyes daw ang green at nakakatulong daw sa pag-iisip.

Apollo settled himself beside me and ma'am Kath began discussing our previous lesson. Sumeryoso na din ang iba naming mga kaklase at nagsimula nang makinig kay ma'am. Meron nga lang ibang patuloy pa rin sa pagsulyap kay Apollo. There is nothing interesting about him people. Tss.