"Are you looking at it?!" I yelled at Drake. I yelled, but in truth, I was scared.
He looks scary, promise!!
"Tss," he smirked and covered his face with a book. I think the autistic one is going to sleep again!!
"Hey, Drake! I'm your girlfriend in front of Sheen and Kei. Just in front of them! If you feel like I'm your type, I'm sorry—"
I stopped talking because Drake removed the book from his face.
Oh noes!
I think he's angry about what I said!
He looked at me from head to toe, then smirked. The nerve!!
"Asa ka. You're ugly," he said, then covered his face with the book again.
Mommy! Daddy!! He's fighting your princess! Am I ugly?! Which side are you on?! Mommy always says I'm beautiful! I'm a Perez! All Perezes are beautiful and handsome!
He's really autistic!!
I left the tree because ayyyy!! I was disgusted! If someone looked at you from head to toe and insulted you, would you be happy?! I feel like my whole personality just crumbled!
That's really bad!
"Today!!"
"Aaahhh!! There it is! Why are you surprising me?!" I said to Aya, clutching my chest. I think I'll die from heart disease because of all these surprises!
"Hey! What are you freaking out about?! I've been calling you for a while now, but you were ignoring me. What happened? I was just gone for a bit—it's your turn to talk to Sheen."
Oh, right. I was with Aya earlier. Hmm. Where are Sheen and Kei? What happened between them? Yay!! I don't want to think!! Can they get back together?!
Oh noes! I'm jealous!!
"Ah, nothing. Leave me alone for now. I'm too lazy to talk," I said while walking away. I don't want to tell her. She will just end up laughing!
"It's alright! What's—" she didn't finish because the bell had already rung.
I glared at her.
"We're not done yet, Alys Zyril Perez! I'll interrogate you after dismissal!"
Then we both ran back to the room. We might be late! I don't want to get detained again! Well, unless Sheen, my love, would be there with me!
While we were in class, Drake suddenly showed up. Good thing he woke up!!
"Mr. Palma, why are you late?" the teacher asked.
Drake just looked at her, walked straight to his chair, and fell asleep again. Why is that?! Drake doesn't have to answer teachers' questions??! Is it because he's a transferee? Can I transfer too? Will they let me lie down and sleep?! Come on!! One day, I'm really going to complain to the principal!! Where's the equality?!
While we were having our lesson, Ma'am suddenly announced a quiz.
Oh noes! I'm not prepared.
"Okay, class, get one whole sheet of paper! It's a 30-item quiz."
We got our paper, and Ma'am wrote a problem on the board. Miracle! Drake woke up and took the quiz too!!
'Sheet. It's hard! Aish! I need to finish early so I can go home!' I said to myself.
Why is math necessary in life? All I need is simple arithmetic!! Why do we need radicals and rational expressions?!
As I struggled to answer, Drake stood up and passed his paper??!! It had only been ten minutes since Ma'am gave the problem??!
Ma'am suddenly said, "If all of you were like Mr. Palma, we'd all be happy. Even if he sleeps or comes in late, there's no problem—as long as he meets the requirements."
Aish! Sweetie! He's not a genius anymore!!
After a few more minutes...
"Thank you! You're the last one to finish, Alys! Wow! You really are a record holder!" Aya said. Who's the gossip who waited for me??
"I'm really sorry! Why did you wait for me?!"
"I want to ask what happened!" Look at her! She's still mad!
She teased me as we walked out of campus. Then we saw Sheen carrying Kei's stuff! I'm jealous!! But that's better than crying.
Haaaaaay. My poor love life.
"Don't bother with Sheen. That's dead to Kei, he won't notice you. Besides, he doesn't like boploks like you," she said. I looked at her evilly. "What?? I'm just telling the truth! That's how real friends are—they insult each other!"
Hahaha. I'll grow old before the people around me!
"So, what's up??"
And because I was annoyed with Aya, I told her everything that happened earlier. And guess what, as I mentioned before—she laughed, so hard!
"Hahaha!" she laughed breathlessly. "Wait! Hahaha! I'm dying! He really said that? Wow! Drake is so bold!"
"What's so funny about that? He insulted your best friend!!"
"I'm sorry," she said, wiping her tears, still laughing. "Well, Drake only spoke once and it was to roast you. That's epic!"
"Of course! If that's all he's going to say, then he should stay quiet! It's annoying!!"
"Oh, don't get high blood, Besh."
"Sorry, Besh. I'm just really pissed off! He said I'm ugly!! Me? A Perez? Ugly??!! Drake is really—"
I stopped talking because someone approached me.
"Alys!!" he said with a smile.
"Uncle Steve?" I asked in surprise. What is he doing here??
"Ah, we're having a family dinner. I saw you, so I came over. Drake doesn't want to come down. That kid, really..."
I looked at the car. Drake and Aunt Katrina were there, talking. Hmm. What are they talking about, that beautiful girl and him??
"Ah, is that so? It's okay, that's just how Drake is. Hehe," I said, scratching the back of my neck. Gotta stay in good graces! Hahaha. "By the way, Uncle Steve, this is my best friend Aya. Aya, this is Tito Steve, Drake's dad." Aya greeted him.
"Oh, do you want to join us for dinner?"
"Oh hin—"
"Yes!!" Aya said.
Seriously, Aya?! Just because you heard 'food'?!
"Alright, come on. Don't worry, we'll drop you off before 8. Okay?"
We got into the car. Luckily, it was roomy enough—we fit!!
Aunt Katrina was probably in the front seat. Then Drake, Aya, and I were in the back. Drake had an iPod. I was just there. Doing nothing. It was quiet. Annoying! Why did I come?? Was I that desperate for a dinner buddy?!
Because of Aya!!
*bzzzt bzzzt*
Suddenly, my phone vibrated.
From: Aya Luka
I looked at Drake and Aunt Katrina through the mirror.
Hmmm, Fishy!
I looked again. Come on! They're staring at each other!!
Suspicious!!
We arrived at the restaurant and ordered. Aya, of course, ordered extra. Good thing Uncle Steve is kind! Next time, I won't bring this one—she acts like she's starving!!
Nothing major happened.
We just talked as usual. I found out Uncle Steve and Aunt Katrina are getting married in October. OK! I get to be a bridesmaid again!
Hoo! I love gowns!
Hehehe.
Then we went home. Uncle Steve thanked us. It's been a tiring day! I was about to sleep after getting cleaned up when suddenly Aya texted me.
📩
From: Aya Luka
Message: Besh!! When I dropped my fork earlier, I saw Tita Katrina and your Drakey Baby holding hands. And then in the other hand—Tito Steve was holding it too!! Something's really fishy! He's a fishy fish!!!
I didn't sleep well because of her text.