Chapter 3

Stupid, Lauren! Walang quiz na 1 to 1000. I'm gonna do a plan, after this quiz derederetso kanalang nang labas baka mainip iyon at hindi alko mapansin. Oo tama, iyon ang gagawin ko.

lyon na lamang ang ginawa ko.Yumuko na lamang ako at hindi na naghanap ng tao sa paligid.

"Lauren," someone's grabbed my arm. I don't need to see who is it!

"Don't touch me!," I shout and pushed him at tumakbo papunta sa kung saan.

"Lauren," his shout telling me that he'snear me now and hee can just grab me to stop ang bilis niya namang tumakbo! "Please stop! Mag usap tayo,"

"Ito ba ang pag uusapan natin? Ha?" Humikbi ako lalo nang may mapagtanto. Na mabanggit ko ang tungkol sa dapat manligaw muna siya, nagulat siya nun. Maybe he thought that i misunderstood him, then now he wanted to make things clear by saying he has girlfriend and he didn't like me at all.

"You knew that I like you! Even i didn't confess it to you. You should tell me in the first place that you have already a girlfriend, para alam ko kung hanggang saan lang ako," i cried in pain.

"Where did you get that?,"

"Kaya ba gusto mong mag usap tayo ngayon because you want to make things clear up between us?"

"Yes, i want-," my right hand landed on his face for a slap.

"Gago ka! How dare to do this to me!"

"Can you please listen to me first, baby please?"

Inirap ko ang panibagong luha, ano yang endearment na yan ha? Don't tell me you just treated me like your younger sister?!

"Yes, I want to make things clear between

us." nadudurog ang puso habang sinasabi niya yun hindi ko alam pero wala naman kaming relasyon para masaktan ako ng sobra sobra.

"WAG KANA MAGPALIGOY LIGOY, JUST STRAIGHT TO THE POINT!!! YOU DON'T LIKE ME,"

"I like you. I really like you." hindi na nakapagsalita ultimo ang luha ko tumigil sa pag tulo sa narinig sakanya. "I like you very much, Lauren but i shouldn't be."

Kumunot ang noo ko.

"Why ?" Alam niya ba? Hindi niya alam. Parents ko at si Ice lang ang nakakaalam nun.

"After i graduate, Lauren I'll enter a

military training, i passed the entrance exam."

Pinaglapit niya ang mga noo namin

"And i think I don't deserve you. Ultimo text mo hindi ko nga mareplyan diba? Hindi kita mabibigyan ng oras. Maiinis kalang lagi sakin, mainipin kapa naman." Humikbi ako lalo. Hindi ko alam kung bakit mas masakit pa

ito kaysa sa inaakala ko. "Ayoko kitang

saktan, pero gustong gusto kita." Humikbi ako ng humikbi. "Ngayon pa nga lang napapaiyak na kita papaano pa kaya sa-,"

"And this is your plan? To make me understand that we shouldn't be together? Gumamit ka pa ng babae para pag selosin ako-,"

"No, that's my elder sister, Lauren. Hindi ko alam kung saan mo iyan nakuha. And my plan is to ask you, can you wait? Because I'm scared that you might find another guy-,"

"No! Tm not gonna do that."

"Oh! What a reliefl," Tumingala pa siya na tira nagpapasalamat sa narinig.

"And yes. I'm willing to wait as long as

na ako lang."

"Yes, ikaw lang," he whispered to me. Bati na tayo ha?" Tumango ako.

Mabilis lumipas ang mga araw. Im now sophomore and it means Clive is no longer my schoolmates. Namimiss ko na nga iyong pagpunta ko sa engineering building e.

"Make sure that I'm not going to get some news telling that Ms. Williams is having her new boyfriend." banta nito saakin. "Kundi, babalik ako rito,"

He's so handsome wearing his soldier

uniform.

"Aye, Sir!," I pouted. Isinout naman niya

saakin iyong sumbrero niya.

Every three months nag kikita kami. He's too busy right? Kapag nag de date kami, sinusulit ko talaga kasi isang beses lang iyon sa tatlong buwan.

"Can I go to your training ground?," I asked him while eating my 1ce cream.

"NO,"

"Why?," Simangot ko sakanya. "I just want to watch your training. At malay mo maisipan kong pumasok roon-," it was a lie. My parents gonna kill me if they hear this.

"It's a no, Lauren. All boys kami." Seryoso niyang sambit saakin. "I hate someone staring at you just like in your freshman days." he almost whispered that. I pinched his cheeks.

"Seloso," I giggled.

Months passed. Malapit na naman ako mag tapos ng pagiging sophomore. Malapit na rin kami mag anniversary, ano kaya pwedeng iregalo sakanya?

Hmm, I'm gonna shop online.

'Lauren! What is this! ?," Ice came to me in one morning.

"What now, Ice?" Kunot noo kong tanong sakanya, panira naman ang isang 'to.

Ice showed me the picture of Clive wearing a soldier attire.

"He's a soldier! Your boyfriend is a soldier!"

"So whatnow?"

"What now? Wait?! Did you already know that this Senior engineer of mine is now in military? Huh?" napakagat labi siya sa inis.

"Why did you care, Ice? Stop bugging me. I grabbed my bag, para makaalis na roon.

"Did you forget, Lauren? Of what soldier did to your sister"

'So what? Siya ba iyong soldier na iyon?," I lashed out to him.

"Your dad would be furious,"

"I don't care, Ice! I know this is forbidden but i love him-"

"Are you sure you love him? Or are you just challenging yourself because loving him is forbidden,"

"How can you say that? IkaW ba ay ako?"

"Break up with him, Lauren before your dad know this."

"Please , hayaan mo na ko. Hayaan mo

naman ako maging masaya?"

"No! I'll not let you to be happy if that cause you to be hurt so much by that man! God! He's even too old for you!"

"I don't care, I love him. Hindi pa ko nagmahal ng ganto, Ice."

"That's the reason why you need break up with him. That love is dangerous. Are you going to be against to your father? At ano ang magagawa nang Lalaki 'yan sayo? I know you can't fight for this that's why you keep it a secret"

I cried of what Ice told me because he's right. I'm afraid to fight against

my father especially Clive didn't know about this, I want him to continue hisndream. I want him to be a soldier. But in order to do that, I need to break up with him, I don't want that.

I'm... I'm too inlove with him to do that.

"Please, Ice..." I begged.