Whispered

CHAPTER 3

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Napalingon ako sa kalabog na narinig ko mula sa may likuran ko. Agad kong tiningnan iyon at nakita ko si Syrus na may hawak na hawak na mga kahon at magulo ang buhok. Tiningnan ko sya at agad naman syang nagiwas ng tingin para tumingin sa ibang direksiyon. Nanlaki ang mga mata ko ng nakita ko na nagkalat ang tela sa sahig. He look so guilty for a minute but began to smirk after a few minutes.

He ruffled my hair which made me irritated.

"Seryoso ba, Syrus? Nagugulo yung buhok ko, I even curled my hair and woke up early for this. How could you?"

He mimicked my words and I just glared at him. Parang gago ang puta.. akala naman nya kinagwapo nya yun. Ipinagsawalang bahala ko nalang yun at pumasok na sa dressing room nitong shop. Nagpasama lang ako actually kay Syrus dahil nga gusto kong magsukat ng gowns for prom. I intended to go with Vien but.. she's not really around most of the time. Mukhang iniiwasan parin nya ako and I respect her own decision for wanting a personal space. It's just that I miss that girl.. a lot.

"Hala ka, Lauren. Baka pati mga caterer magkasya na dyan sa gown mo. Baunan mo ako ng lumpiang shanghai kapag magshasharon cuneta ka ah?"

"Sharon Cuneta? I won't sing there"

"Nako, hindi ka pwede sa mga handaan. Hindi mo alam yung Sharon Cuneta"

I look at him looking so confused.

Kailangan talaga may komento syang out of this world tuwing naguusap kami eh. I can never get used to his humor, it's getting older eh like how my Gramps joke about things just to sound so millenial.

PAGKARAAN ay binili ko na yung pink ball gown. I found it pretty kahit pa kung ano anong naiisip ni Syrus na jokes about it. He just won't shut up kahit pa paulit ulit ko syang binabara. Sa huli tuloy ay natatawa nalang ako sa kung ano anong kagaguhan na pinagsasabi nya. Nakuha ko rin what Sharon Cuneta means, he said it is something about takeout. I'm still confused why didn't they just call it a takeout, kailangan pang idawit ang name ng singer. Nabansagan pa akong uncultured ni Syrus at sinermonan ng napakahaba.

NANG dumating ang araw ng promenade aligaga ang mommy na paayusan ako. She even got me the best stylist and make-up artist to keep me freshen up. Even got me a lot of photographers to shoot, I feel like an actress who's doing a photoshoot. My mom really have the knack to make everything extravagant. I holded the side of my gown as I enter the venue of our promenade, it has a sparkling chandelier. My hair was in sleek high ponytail because I don't want it to be ruin when we have to party afterwards.

Agad naman akong inalalayan ng partner ko na si Austin Fuentebella. He looks pretty decent today without his glasses on. I mean he's decent naman dati pa but now he looks extra decent. He's my partner in the promenade because the teachers assigned us. We're almost the same height so I think that is the reason on why we are paired up. Whatever, He's fine naman just like last time in the cinema but he's really quiet up until now. We'll only talk casually and he couldn't look at my eyes straight. He's really weird but he's fine and bearable at least hindi sya katulad nuong mga kabatchmates kong minamanyak yung partners nila.

Natanaw ko naman si Syrus kasama yung partner nyang senior, si Michelle. That girl is a total brat, I mean sa pagkakakita ko palagi syang nakabitch face and iniirapan yung mga tao. Unless, she does something to me or to Syrus she will be bearable for me. Maybe, I'm too quick to judge her anyway. When he saw me, he waved like a gago. I mean he looks so weird while waving at me using his two hands and he even shook his own body. I only rolled my eyes at him and waved at him minimally, I refuse to mimick how he waved at me.

Sayang sa poise, ano.

NANG tumugtog na ang promenade song namin na Perfect ni Ed Sheeran ay agad ko namang binigay ang kamay ko kay Austin. Just like our past practices, he's hesitant and would always be nervous. Ramdam ko dahil sa pamamawis ng kamay nya tuwing magsasayaw kami but maybe he's really pasmado or what. Nung umabot na kami sa step na square dance at hahawakan nya ang bewang ko ay naramdaman ko nanaman ang panginginig nya.