Fall For You

Chapter 001

It was raining hard and I was standing at the waiting shed sa harap ng school gate namin. And as usual, nagbabasa na naman ako ng libro or some kind of loooong novels na ayaw na ayaw basahin ng iba dahil "nakakatamad" raw. So yeah, I'm weird and...geeky.

Nabigla ako ng marinig kong nasa harap ng waiting shed namin si Rhys at ang grupo niya.

"Girl, andun si Rhys o. He's sooo gwapo." A 4th year student whispered kaya naman napatingin ako sandali sa tinuro niyang direksyon.

And there they are. Rhys was like may hinihintay sa kabilang shed at parang may hinahanap siya sa waiting shed namin. Prolly, some gorgeous girls from our school. It couldn't be me. Yeah, dream on Yana.

Oh, before I start blabbing about my life, I'm Juliana Antonio, fondly called Yana. I'm a 4th year student studying at Lourdes College (an exlcusive school for girls).

Then suddenly, napatayo ako ng straight when Rhys and company crossed the street papunta sa waiting shed namin. Everyone started giggling and I'm sure, each of them, rather us, is wishing na sana "ako ang lalapitan ni Rhys". Funny, pero ganyan kalakas ang tama namin sa kanya. As what I've said, he's everything a girl wants for a boy.. and you wouldn't ask for more.

How I wanted to stay and observe him at a closer look, pero dumating na ang sundo ko and I had to go. Bigla naman akong kinilabit ni Vincent sa gilid.

"Yana.. andiyan ka pala. Di ka man lang namamansin." He smiled..and everyone looked at me.

Yung mga babae sa school na nasa gate at ang mga kaibigan niya including Rhys. Bigla naman akong nataranta.

"Ah, sorry. Di kita nakita eh. Sige, una na ako." Sabi ko at ngumiti. Pumasok na kaagad ako sa kotse and I had my last glance on Rhys for that day. He was smirking.

Nung gabi na, since wala namang HWs and quizzes, and since nakapagreview na ako sandali in case na may pop quizzes, I logged on my YM.

lightningdude1218
BUZZ!

OMG. Rhyyyysss? My labs Rhyyyysss? OMG.

lightningdude1218: how are you related to Vincent Yap?
whizgirlame.o: do i know you?
lightningdude1218: ur the only girl who's not familiar with my id
lightningdude1218: wow.

WOW? WOW daw? Dang. He doesn't know alam na alam ko ang lahat tungkol sa kanya.

whizgirlame.o: where'd ya get my id?
lightningdude1218: nvm. how are you related to Vincent yap?
whizgirlame.o: he's a family friend.
whizgirlame.o: how did-

lightningdude1218 has signed out.

Okkaaay? Dinednma ba naman ako. Pero okay lang, he's still cute. And I still like him.

Kinabukasan, syempre, inspired na inspired akong pumasok. Ikaw ba naman i-IM ng crush mo? Di ka pa ba matutuwa?

"Ba't parang ang saya mo ngayon?" tanong sakin ng bestfriend kong si Bea.

"Wala lang." I said and smiled again. Ayoko na munang sabihin sa kanya na inIM ako ni Rhys, baka ano pa ang mabuo sa isip niyan, eh IM lang naman yun, diba?

Then nung hapon na, sabay na kaming lumabas ni Bea. I was surprised to see Rhys sa waiting shed sa harap ng school namin na mag-isa. Come on, mag-isa siya. Ang daming girls na lumalapit sa kanya pero di naman siya namamansin. So naisip namen, baka inaantay niya si Gabby.

(FYI, Gabrielle "Gabby" Altuna is the prettiest and flirtiest girl in the campus. Pero kahit ganun siya, overall, she's nice naman and actually, we're friends. Di lang ganun kaclose pero "friends" kami.)

Dumating naman kaagad yung sundo ni Bea kaya naiwan akong mag-isa doon. And lumabas na finally si Gabby. She smiled at Rhys pero dinedma lang siya. So.. if not Gabby, who?

And then my phone rang.

"Dad?... yeahh... opo... sige po... train?... and then?...okay bus... sige... sige po... thanks...bye.." I closed my phone and tried to figure out myself kung pano makakaabot sa train station since hindi ako
susunduin.

When I decided to cross the street, someone called up to me.

"Hey!"

Napatingin naman ako kasi baka ako yung tinatawag. Rhys?

"Me?" I pointed myself and looked around kasi baka di ako.

"Yeah, you." He smiled and went up to me.

Okay, kinikilig na naman ako. Pero dapat play-hard-to-get ang drama.

"Why?"

"Sabay na ako sa iyo."