g. Number lang ang nag-aapear kaya hindi niya sinasagot. She doesn't talk to strangers and if it was important, magpapad

sa sunod na subject. Kailangan niyang magmulti-task. With a spoon in her right hand feeding her m

th whatever she was doing. Hindi niya napansin nan

nded at totoong nagulat si Allison na hindi na

ong ang galit na mga mata nito. Halos

?" blangkong

in nito sa cellphone niya na bahagyang natata

ou get my number? Didn't your source inform you that I don't answer calls from unfamiliar number

ill pressed into thin line. Pinapakita talaga nitong

dn't co

me but you didn't

es, it's no brainer to guess that I'm probably

're leaving now?" fru

3:15. I have a clas

nch?" pasumbat na sabi nito habang

ot my p

g ulo ko sa ka

g paglalakad. Pinagtitinginan kasi sila ng mga ibang estudyante. Ewan niya k

ala dito ang mabilis na lakad niya. Paano eh

hy

to make it

n't have tim

you," humarang ito sa pintuan ng c

pass," seryoson

esn't know h

u'll make it up to me tonigh

nce again. "Meet me in

mabagal itong ngumiti. "I'll

bahala

-

ng klase kaya p'wede niya itong sundan kahit magpalipat-lipat

re that she was driving his thoughts into nuts. Even Ethan couldn't believ

son Garcia befo

hindi naman talaga siya tumitingin. Nasanay siya na siya ang nilalapitan. At kung sana nag-spare siya ng ilang minuto para kilalanin ang mga ka

What? He's a guy. It's natural to notice girls who are hot and

a surprise behind her unusual fashion sense. Just like the surprise

ibigan nito. Sina Kattie at Michael na muntik na niyang hindi mapilit na ibigay ang numero ni Ally. Apparently, wala pang tumatanggi kay Ethan Montenegro. Pero hin

t he won't make Allison cry. Well, why would he in the first place?

do you wa

si Allison. A smile curved his lips n

she? Well, mabibigo ito kung inaasa

ilapitan

ll here?" hindi

o mamilog ang mga mata nito. Ethan really hoped she would get rid

o you have a car? What am I saying, of course you have a car! Uhmn, you

g tanong niya, bahagyang

'yong huling klase ko so that means

u?" What? Magtatrabaho pa i

mind," she began wa

Ally.

e late," nagmam

king about it, maybe that was also t

dalaga at hindi niya alam kung

cour

i Ally pero nakita niya ang pagkamangha nito. And again, he felt

g to work?" tanong niya sa da

. So

umiling siya. "So

urs open. Pero hanggang eleven pm lang ang

angan mong

feeling in his chest on

ngalan niya ay nanuot iyon sa kaloob-looban niya. "Dahil-" for a while he thought he saw sadness in her eyes pero mabilis ni

ng your health," his

n remember the last time I got

re are one of

g ni Ally and Ethan was glad na hindi

hrug

ndi masyadong traffic. "P'wede pa tayong kumain. My treat. Pero doon na sa fastfood. Ku

apangiti. Why, she's so cute when she's uncomfortable

nk y

smi

grip,

niya lang ang mga pagkain doon sa mga billboards. But there's

-

hit siguradong wala namang makakarinig sa kanya. It was already twelve o

lid lang. Pagkapasok ng pintuan ay makikita na ang

apatid na magkayakap na natutulog sa isang sulok ng bahay na nilagyan la

a. She needed to undergo a therapy pero hindi pa niya kayang tustusan iyon sa ngayon. Ayaw kasi nitong pumayag na tumigil siya sa pag-aaral. Mahigpit nito

para may umasiste sa kanilang ina. Masakit iyon sa kanya dahil matalinong bata ang kapatid

may maganda ng trabaho,

maka-graduate habang isinasabay ang p

um'westo ng higa s

iyang sabi ni Kyla na humar

, Ky," she

-

ing Al

leta nito si Ethan nang out of nowher

ngin ang suot na relo. Four-thirty pa lamang ng umaga at k

cise," he winked at her

ganito kaaga. In fact hindi ko

magbike ngayon," bumalik

s

his every morning from n

herself smiling kahit hindi pa rin siya makapaniwala na si Ethan

t ng

a loob niya. She pressed her lips in

e movies, may have been

y pumiga sa puso n