Kumakain lang kami ng tahimik sa gilid nang matapos na kami ay naisipan na naming lumabas pero nakita namin ang nga kaklase namin na papunta rito sa court.
"Shiela, bakit anong meron?" Pagtatanong ko sa kaibigan ko.
"Te, mag lalaro lang daw tayo ngayon sabi ni sir himala bumait siya" sabi naman niya.
"Ay shala Wednesday pala ngayon" sabi ko pagkacheck ko sa date ng cellphone ko. Tuwing Wednesday activities kami madalas.
"Okay everybody Attention please." Mariing sabi ni sir.
"So for today's activity maglalaro tayo ng stick - o game so familiar naman siguro don diba? Sa mga hindi pa nakaka alam don here's how." Sabi ni sir
"First you'll be needing a partner ako ang mamimili ng partner niyo para fair I prepared stick - o here so paramihan kayo ng makakain ng stick - o for 2 minutes the winning partner will recieve a price and that is free starbucks voucher worth 500 pesos" sabi ni sir dahilan para mabuhayan kami ng loob.
Nagtawag na si sir ng magkakapartner.
Shemay sana partner kami ni Shiela pero kasi shutakells taga ibang section pinang papartner samin.
"Shiela and Angelo are partners" hala wala na.
"Nikki and uhm" hala ako sir please charot.
"Nikki and Faith are partners" Oh my holy gulay true ba itoooooo..
"Hi gab" natatawa niyang saad.
"Don't call me Gab please faith nalang or faithy " sabi ko
"I want to call you as Gab, it sounds ethereal" Sabi ni Nikki.
"Ikaw bahala" sabi ko at nagpigil ng ngiti ehe ethereal daw.
"Okay so please form one straight line 5 pairs first" sabi ni sir at nauna na kami nila Shiela para tapos na mamaya.
"Bilisan mo kumain ha salitan nalang tayo para mabilis" sabi ko kay Nikki.
"Okay, I'll go first" sabi niya at sumang ayon nalang ako.
"Timer starts now" Signal ni sir at binilisan namin kumuha ng stick -o
Kanina dito kanin doon lunok dito lunok doon.
Last 10 seconds sabi ni sir kaya mas binilisan pa namin pero tumigil ang ikot ng mundo ng marinig kong maghiyawan ang mga tao sa Court.
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Omyghaddddddd magkalapit ang mukha namin ni Nikki at shemay lips niya ba 'to.
Parehas kaming nagulat at mabilis na lumayo sa isa't isa.
Naririnig ko pa rin ang hiyawan ng mga tao
Asar sila nang asar.
"Omg besh mission success" Sabi ni Shiela
"Ha, huy bruha tinulak mo siya no?" Sabi ko
"Ha hindi ah natalisod ako ayon natulak ko si Nikki hindi ko naman sadya pero hihi ang cute niyo " sabi ni Shiela. Kaya hinila ko ang buhok niya.
Wait. Kinikilig ako pero oh my holy gulay paano na ito.
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Me and Gab are focusing on the game, even though the price is just a voucher. Still it's starbucks.
We both almost choked because we we're eating hurriedly so that we will be able to win and drink a coffee on that goddamn starbucks.
"Last 10 seconds" The teacher said so we did our best to eat more
But little did we know, someone pushed my back and the next thing i knew, is that My lips are attached to Gab's lips.
Her lips was so soft and felt like a slice of heaven. I heard the crowd cheering upon us.
We moved away from each other, I don't know how to talk to her. That's my first kiss so i don't know how to react.
I look at her and she's blushing and her best friend keeps on teasing her.
"Okay everyone that's enough, the winner for the first game is our love birds here i mean Nikki and Gab" our teacher said teasing both of us. Me and Gab just laughed to hide our embarrassment.
I sat on the bench together with my classmates.
"Pre, congrats so how does it feel?" One of my classmate ask, obviously teasing me.
"Please stop" i said.
"Why are you blushing pre? Wala na hindi kana maangas niyan" he said.
I drink my water and ignored them.
At the end no one beats our score which is 17/25 stick - o plus i got a bonus kiss from her-- okay that's enough.
We took a photo with the voucher and our classmates teases us again.
"You may now go back to your respective classrooms and i hope you enjoy our activity for today and we all witness the sweet kiss shared by Nikki and Gab, kidding aside see you next time Stemians and thank you for today." Our teacher said and we go back to our classroom.
"Hey, Gab wait" i said.
"Ah bakit?" She asked.
"When--" i was about to ask her out but someone interrupt me oh it's our teacher.
"May i interrupt that sweet time of yours but the principal wants to meet you asap." Our teacher said.
"Okay, sir." I politely answered.
"Ano yung sasabihin mo?" She said in a low voice probably shy.
"I'll see you later" i said.
I hurriedly go to the principal's office.
"Good Morning Sir." I greeted the principal.
"Good morning too have a sit." He responded.
"I wanted to see you because your entry caught my attention" The principal said.
"Thank you sir" i thanked him.
"I have decided that you'll be one of our school repsentative to National Writing Competition to be held next month, it's a great exposure for a great writer like you" He said that left me in a shock state.
"Are you serious sir?" I asked still in shock.
"Yes, so do you want to accept my offer?" The principal asked once again.
"Yes sir, it'll be my pleasure" I answered.
"That's good, continue to creat a draft and pass it to me, if you can, you can upto minimum of 2 drafts pero week. This will serve as your training before the competition " the principal said.
"Yes Sir, Thank you again" i politely said and made my way out of the room
As I walk I thought of one of my greatest inspiration.
Gabriella Faith Reyes i'll dedicate every bit of my poems for you.