Chapter-373

Reviewing


Jay-Jay's POV


It's still early! I'm still sleepy. I'm annoyed!
My eyes almost didn't want to open as I prepared the
things to take to Sir Alvin. He also told me to pack some clothes
because we're there until tomorrow.
Why it took so long, I don't know. Kuya
Angelo's trip was different. He probably wanted me to study all the lessons for the whole year.
Hello? I'm often absent.
Maybe he wants me to be Albert Einstein.
It would be good if we had the same IQ or brain power. Because
mine runs backwards, that's why I'm always acting silly.
I turned to the door when I heard the knock and Tita
Gema's voice.
"Jay, eat first."
I answered, but Tita didn't seem to hear me,
because she still opened the door to peek in on me.
"Eat now. Kuya Angelo is eating over there." She told me.
I felt a pang before approaching her. Tita held
my hand as we walked together to the Dining Room.
"Did you stay up late last night? Why are you so sleepy?" she asked me
.
"Yes, I was talking to my classmates last night."
She laughed a little. "Why? Are you excited to go to
Sir Alvin's?"
I hope they were excited, because they weren't that excited in the group chat last night.
They were constantly arguing and looking for lost notes. They said they wouldn't
use anything today. Some even blamed him for not writing anything
in his notes.
Others blamed their laziness.
"No. He just stayed up late," I answered before he let me go
when we got to the dining room.
Brother Angelo was sitting and busy reading on his iPad while holding
a cup of coffee in one hand. Aries was also sitting and
eating.
"Sit down, Jay, and eat." Tita ordered and I followed.
I forced my eyes open. I also slapped
both of my cheeks lightly to wake up.
"Akina, I'll slap you to wake up," Aries said but
I glared at him.
"I'm awake."
He just laughed at me. I started to spoon food to eat.
We were quiet at the table until Kuya finished what
he was reading.
"You don't have to do anything now, come with me, Aries."
We were both stunned by Kuya's words. The coffee must have hit him hard
and he's going to include Aries in the group review with Sir Alvin. Maybe he forgot that my brother's
Horoscope is
in the Top 10 highest . He can guess the answer. The power of Zodiac. "What for? I have the group that helps
me study better." Aries asked in surprise. I was also surprised by Kuya's trip. But at least I woke up completely
rom what he said. I even woke up. Coffee beans were better. "I'm not asking you to study with me. I want you
to help them study ." I winced. The Ulopongs aren't that okay with Aries. I know that because when we're with
him, there are still some of them who think badly of him. The others just get along well. "Do I look like a
teacher? Sir Alvin doesn't need any help from me." My brother quickly countered. I simply looked at Kuya while
I continued to eat the ham. He obviously didn't like my brother's answer. Good, he was angry. "When I say
come, come." Kuya said calmly but I could feel him about to explode with anger. "No, I don't want â€"." He
couldn't finish what he was saying because of the angry look from our cousin Angel Quari. "L-Let me see what
I can do." You thought you could refuse, huh? I wanted to laugh at him out loud. I thought he was strong and
could refuse our cousin. He must have forgotten that Angelo is the law, the one who is against the law. "And
you?" Kuya pointed at me at the same time. "Chew your food, don't swallow it whole." I was chewing my food. I
don't know why I suddenly felt hot . Kuya stood up and left. My brother and I were left exchanging glances. I
couldn't read what he wanted to say, I don't know how to guess. I just let it go and continued eating. After that,
I went back to my room and sorted out my things again. When I made sure that the things Kuya sent me were
complete, I went straight to the bathroom to take a shower and tidy up. It was annoying. We should rest now.
It's the weekend we're going to study for the exam. Is it required to get a high grade? He was okay with my
grades at first even though they weren't that high but they went down with each exam. I worked hard because
I studied hard. After tidying up, I left the room with my school bag and travel bag. Kuya and Aries were both in
the living room, clearly annoyed but unable to complain. "Finally," my cousin said and walked out. Before my
brother could follow, his phone suddenly rang . He stopped to answer it so I passed him. I put my things in the
compartment and got in the car. "Aries, let's go!" Kuya shouted but no Aries came out the door. My cousin
went back into the house because he looked bored and wanted to leave. I was okay with not leaving. But
when they got out, instead of getting into Kuya's car, Aries came over in his own car. I immediately asked my
cousin who looked angry. "Why? He's not coming with us?" "He said Ella had an emergency," he replied before
starting the car. I just looked at Aries' car which was almost right after us. What happened to Ella? I was
annoyed with her but I didn't wish anything bad to happen to her. I just wanted her to feel comfortable in the
middle of a crowd. Then I couldn't hold back. I hoped it wasn't that bad. I took out my cellphone to text my
brother. I knew he wouldn't reply right away but maybe later. I also checked the Ulopongs to find out where
they were. Ulupong GC Me: Sa@n nHa kHyOuh? Ci-N: Huh? Is that a curse? Eren: There he is again! Eman: Jay
really needs eye glasses. Denzel: I don't get it! Edrix: It makes me cry. 😭😭 Rory: You're crying, my friend. 😭 😭 Here they are again. They're insulting my typings again. They should just admit that they're shunga-shunga
and can't read. Keifer: Where are you, Jay said. Felix: HAHAHAHAHA my translator. They should thank the
King of Ulupong. He can even translate for them. The others immediately answered where they were. As
usual, most people would just ride in the car of those who have a car. I told them that I was on my way and
that my brother was with me. Drew: Jay's brother might get angry. Hurry up! Blaster: I'm right around the
corner, follow me. Josh: Just walk. Calix: Don't tease me, or Edy might get roasted. That's stressful right now.
Blaster: Keep shouting! Calix: IT'S STRESS NOW!!! He said don't tease but he was the one teasing. Blaster
looked stressed because he kept swearing. He didn't say why but it might have something to do with his not
coming in yesterday. I didn't reply because most of them were going to be picked up by others so they were
probably on their way. They knew where they were going to Sir Alvin's house. During the trip, I noticed Kuya's
irritation. He kept looking at the rare view and side view mirror. I didn't want to ask because he might suddenly
blow fire at me. I looked out the car window. It seemed like our direction was different . I didn't remember the
way to Sir's but I did remember some familiar buildings or houses. "Jay, fasten your seatbelt please." Kuya
ordered which I did. Come on, Kuya was fast and furious. "Kuya?" "We'll be fine, I just want to make sure of
something," he replied but I couldn't help but get nervous. Kuya changed his route. Turned into a narrow alley.
Changed to another road. I didn't know where we were. I held on to my seatbelt tightly as he sped up. My
nervousness only faded when he thought of entering the underground parking lot. "They're gone," he
whispered, which I still heard. "What was that?" I asked. "No, I thought someone was following us." Thought?
With the speed he was running and the amount of road he covered, he must have thought everyone was
watching. Did my cousin pretend to be an angel have too much coffee? Maybe the coffee he drank was more
bitter than bitter . We continued to our destination. Thank goodness he drove well. It didn't take long for us to
reach Sir's house . Keifer and another Ulopong were already here. "Good morning," Yuri greeted me, who was
the first to greet me. "Good morning," I replied while getting my stuff. Yuri was just about to help me when a
hand grabbed my stuff. "Let me take that," Keifer said and winked at me. It was morning. "Alvin?" Kuya asked
Yuri. "Ma'am Cindy is inside talking." Kuya just nodded and left us. Before entering, he bumped into Keifer who
was blocking the door. Hari did nothing but step aside. I even laughed at his appearance. I yawned before
walking away and Yuri saw that . "You're so awake," he commented before following me. "Yes, how come our
group chat is still active so early in the morning. You don't seem to be opening messenger." "I don't have an
account anymore. I deactivated it." I was stunned. I immediately took out my phone to look for his social
media account. It seemed like I had only recently seen his account active . "Why?" "I'm not doing anything
there. I just deleted it," he replied, smiling at me. "You can still talk to me on my phone number." After all, we
don't chat often either. When I entered the house, my things were already down next to everyone else's things.
Felix, Edrix, and Rory were also there. They greeted me one after the other and I did the same to them. "Have
you eaten yet? There's food in the kitchen," Keifer said and grabbed my hand to pull me into the kitchen. I didn't
refuse and just let him. Of course, would I refuse? That's food. He was right, there was food served on the
table. It looked like Ma'am Cindy had prepared it when we arrived. Hari immediately sat me down and took
care of feeding me. It was as if I hadn't had breakfast yet. "You? Have you eaten yet?" I asked him. "No, let's
eat together." He took a plate but before he could put it down in front of me, someone snatched it from him.
"Thank you. The President of Section E is really sweet," Rory said as she grabbed the plate. She sat down next
to me while smiling broadly. Edrix and Felix followed her, laughing at her. "You idiot, if you're going to eat, you'll
just scratch your face," Edrix said and picked up his own plate. "No, Keifer and I will." He smiled broadly before
greeting the disheveled Keifer with a pout. "Mwuah!" The King of the Snakes just shook his head before
grabbing another plate for us. Felix followed him, who also grabbed one for him. One by one, they all scooped
up their food. I was about to do the same, but the King did it for me. I couldn't help but hesitate because these
three Snakes were just making fun of me. You were about to choke. "Eat up," the King said and smiled. I did so
while simply watching him scoop up his own. When he started, I just focused on my food. "What the hell was
going through your brother's mind and organized a review?" Rory asked, making me choke. Keifer immediately
handed me water. I feel like something has gone into my nose. It hurts! It's really my fault. Kuya got mad at me
so he suddenly started talking to Sir Alvin.How can I say they just got caught? It must have been a curse from
a dead lizard. "That's fine, so you don't copy me anymore." Edrix said angrily to Rory. "Your face is so thick!
You're the one copying me!" the other replied while another was still eating a hotdog. "You're crazy! You even
stabbed me with a ballpoint pen because I couldn't copy you!" "You're so stupid! You were fighting with your
partner because you were demanding an answer!" We all looked at the two arguing while eating. It was like we
were watching a soap opera, a fight between two people who were copying. The two of them were not new to
us. It was only later that they greeted each other again, like a couple who had just met. It's a good thing they
were able to copy. "Good morning!" shouted the naughtiest kid in Section E. Who else? None other than the
little boy. He immediately came over to us and David, Josh, Denzel and Calix followed him. They made a fuss
when they saw the food on the table. There, their spirits were awake. "Food! Food!" They shouted almost
simultaneously. "Please!" Ci shouted and picked up the ham from my plate.
"Hey! That's mine!" I shouted and was about to snatch the Ham but it was
already in his mouth. "Get your plate!"
The chaos increased even more when the others arrived. I
immediately saw Blaster's frowning face. They each took their own
ood. The others didn't use their plates and just grabbed the
hotdog and ham.
It felt like they hadn't eaten in ten days.
"Please! Is there any more?" Mayo asked holding the
plate of fried rice.
"You can give it to me!" Eren said annoyed but ignored him
.
The food for a whole village was gone in an instant.
They even checked the pots and pans on the stove to see if there were any left. I felt like I wanted to be
ashamed of Ma'am Cindy, because they had messed with
everything in the kitchen . "Oh, it's gone." Drew said sadly. "Eman, cook." "Idiot, this is not my house to mess
with," Eman replied. The table was finally cleared. The others almost started fighting because of the food on
their plates. We were only surprised when Kuya Angelo, Sir Alvin and Ma'am Cindy came in. We hadn't even
greeted them good morning yet. "Is that all? I've already cleaned up everything I cooked?" Ma'am Cindy asked.
They all looked away except for David. "Thank you for the breakfast and also, good morning." When we
realized what she had said, we immediately thanked her. It was a good thing that most of them volunteered to
clean up and wash the dishes. Ma'am didn't want to but the Ulopongs didn't agree. I smiled. They used to be
lazy about cleaning up and sometimes they even expected me to, but lately I've noticed that they've started
taking the initiative to clean up. Before, I had to yell at them or threaten to hurt them before they would
comply, but now even without me saying anything, they still do it. While the others were busy, Sir took us to the
back of the house. He had us bring our school bags. There were carpets and throw pillows ready, there was
also a small table and bean bags. The white board was also always there, pushed around by Yuri. It looked
like we were all going to study here. It seemed like it would be better to sleep here than to study. Sir had us
ready. It didn't take long before the other Ulopong followed. Keifer was in front next to Yuri because it looked
like he was also going to be one of the teachers. I thought Ci-N would join them but he sat down next to me
holding a notebook and a ballpoint pen. "Let's go," he said and smiled. "You don't need to review, your brain
can handle it." "Jay, brains dull if they're not used," said Blaster who was just in front of us. "So there you go,
that brain is gone. It hasn't been used in a long time ." He pointed at Ci-N who was clearly not paying attention
to him. When everyone was settled, including Sir and Ma'am, they started teaching. They asked us if there was
a specific lesson we wanted to go over. We both gave the same answer because we weren't listening. At first, I
was able to follow what Sir was saying, because I was still familiar with other lessons, but after a while, my
mind started to wander again. I couldn't help but stare at Keifer. He looked like a professor who was busy
reading his notes and had something else to write down. He was so handsome. He glanced at me for a
moment so our eyes met. I winked at him and he suddenly blushed. He simply hid in his notes so I laughed. I
looked at Mayo who was looking at me. "You're flirting!" I heard him say even in a whisper. I made it difficult
or him and just went back to listening to what Sir was saying but his attention returned to Keifer who was
busy exchanging notes with Yuri. He had something to write down and then asked Yuri. I waited for him to
ace me but he didn't so I frowned. This is the first time I've seen him concentrate like this on his studies.
Since I was in the front and he was sitting at the end. Whenever I look at him, if he's not sleeping, there's
someone to talk to. I thought he didn't have notes in his bag before because it was light when he was holding
it. He proved that he was smart but I never really saw him study properly. I hope everyone is smart. "Jay," Ci
whispered to me. I turned to him and he showed me his drawing. A person in front of a wall or window. I
laughed softly because the person's eyes looked like fish eyes. They were so big and there was only a dot in
the middle. I noticed later that it was Sir Alvin he was drawing, if he hadn't added details to the window, I
wouldn't have known it was a white board. I thought about adding more to his drawing. While we were doing
that, we were laughing so easily. I was just surprised when someone suddenly grabbed Ci-N's notes. Ci
screamed, causing everyone to freeze and look at me. I quickly stood up to face him. "K-Kuya." "What is this?
Are you insulting your Teacher?" His voice was calm but there was a hint of anger in his voice. "N-No. Having
unâ€"." I couldn't finish what I was going to say because he suddenly threw the notes away. I couldn't help but
get scared. "Who told you to have fun? Your review hasn't been long!" "Angelo, It doesn't matterâ€"." Sir tried to
stop him but Sir cut him off . Kuya still couldn't take his angry look at me. "How hard is it for you to listen and
study? That's all you're going to do, study and you still can't do it! Who is this for?" Don't yell at me in front of
them, please. I bit my lower lip. Tears were forming in my eyes. I accepted his sermon but I hope not in front
of my friends. It's not new to me that he scolded me in front of them but now it's different. "You have no other
problem with your studies, we take full responsibility of your school expenses! Not all kids have the same
opportunity like you! You have no other opponent in your studies but yourself, Jay!" "That's enough!" Keifer
said angrily. "Don't interfere in this! You're just another acquiescent!" Keifer was about to approach but Sir
Alvin and Yuri immediately stopped him. I didn't want him to approach either because I didn't want Kuya to
think that I was always asking for his defense. But I hope my cousin would stop. "I arrange this review class
or you to learn, but you're going to do another stupid thing! You even have the audacity to disrespect your
teacher! What are you bragging about!" Kuya continued. "I-I was drawing," Ci said next to me while raising one
hand. Blaster immediately pulled him away from me. My cousin ignored him as well. "You're the one who said
you wanted to fix your life! Prove it! Aren't you ashamed of your classmates?" He tried to confront me but I
resisted. "Look at them! Despite the fact that some of them had no plans for college, they still came here to
study!" "Huh? How did he know that?" I heard Denzel say but he was immediately silenced. "If you can't study
properly just now, what more when you're in college?" He shook his head, clearly disappointed in me. He
sighed deeply before looking at my classmates. He turned and left us. I took the opportunity to wipe my
cheeks and eyes. Keifer and Yuri immediately approached me. "Hey, it's okay. He's just hot-headed," Keifer said
and forced me to face him. I shook his hand and simply looked at the Ulopong who saw how my cousin was
lecturing me. Some of them were worried , others forced a smile to say it was okay, and others looked away
and seemed to not care. I felt ashamed of them. It was embarrassing, even they were caught. "Your brother is
really angry," Ci said. "I didn't greet him." I picked up his notebook and tried to straighten the crumpled pages
before handing it back to him. "Jay. . . " Yuri called me but I ignored them. I just sat down again even though
my tears continued to flow. I tried to calm down but I kept sniffling and sobbing. Sir tried to go back to what he
was doing but his attention was still on me . He was obviously feeling sorry but he just didn't want to
embarrass me any more. Am I really that bad?