Cold Heartbreaker (Heartbreakers Series #4)

Chapter 25

Chapter 25

I clutched on the school newspaper tightly as I read what's written on it. Interview kay Uriah Penalver. He was asked about his relationship with me. Napasimangot ako habang tinititigan ang nakasulat doon.

Serah's friend.

That's what was written on it. Hindi ba s'ya updated? Serah and I are not friends anymore.

Then Uriah was asked about his relationship with Yara na lalo ko lang ikinasimangot at ikina-sama ng loob.

She's my friend.

Ah, really? Sa akin, ni hindi man lang akong pumasang kaibigan? Talaga, Uriah?

Feeling offended with the newspaper, I stashed it on a near trash bin, ignoring the pain I was feeling inside my chest.

For the next few days of that month, I tried to calm myself down. Tuwing gabi na lang kasi, bago matulog, Hindi ko mapigilang maiyak sa lahat ng nangyari. Especially when I analyze all of it. I always try to find where I went wrong but I couldn't seem to find it. What exactly did I do wrong?

Kaya nang magkaro'n ng isang linggong break nang matapos ang October at simula ng November, I really tried to move on from everything. October was full of stress that I didn't want to think about it anymore. Pati kay Serah, hindi ko maiwasang magtanim ng sama ng loob.

For the rest of the year, tiniis ko ang Torrero University. Sa tuwing uwian, sa Clermont University ako pumupunta at sumasama kay Lyndon. We would always hang out and spend time together.

He was mad at both Serah and Uriah. He was mad at me too for letting it happen. He was mad at me for chasing after Uriah.

"Bumalik ka na sa Clermont!" Naaawang sabi sa akin ni Lyndon isang hapon nang sa Clermont University ulit ako dumiretso pagkatapos ng uwian.

Nasa cafe kami sa tabi ng university kung saan kami madalas na magpalipas ng oras noon. Hinihintay ko si Kuya Abdiel. Sa kan'ya kasi ako sasabay pauwi.

Isa pa ang mga kapatid ko. Nagtataka na sila na palagi akong nasa Clermont University at hindi tulad ng dati, medyo late na ako kung pumasok.

"Gusto ko," I mumbled to Lyndon.

Gusto kong bumalik sa Clermont University. Kapag iniisip ko ang Clermont, pakiramdam ko, ang lahat ng ala-ala ko ro'n ay matitingkad na kulay. With Torrero University, it's just pure black and white.

I hate Torrero University. Nagsisisi akong lumipat ako. I hated the students in it. I hated everything. I hate it. Kung puwede lang akong lumipat na! But I'm sure that my Mom wouldn't allow me to cut the academic year. Kung sasabihin kong nabu-bully ako, she'd transfer me right away but she'll make a big deal out of it. Ayoko nang gumawa ng ingay. I was done will all the issues and drama. 

How funny that I was excited with Torrero before. Pero ngayon, halos isuka ko na dahil sa nararamdaman ko.

"Tell her what happened and maybe she'd reconsider," sabi ni Lyndon, tinutukoy si Mommy, at tiningnan ko s'ya.

That's what I did, hindi ko nga lang sinabi ang tunay na dahilan. I just cried in front of my mother, sinabi kong nahihirapan ako sa Torrero University at nami-miss ko ang Clermont. Sa huli, hindi s'ya pumayag na lumipat ako kaagad.

I knew she'd agree to my bidding. I'm her favorite after all. Mahigpit s'ya sa akin pero kapag nakikita n'yang nahihirapan ako, she would give in and give me what I want.

Kunsumidong napasapo si Mommy sa noo n'ya at napapapikit sa stress. Nakahiga na s'ya sa malaking kama nila ni Dad, may kumot na at handa nang matulog pero kinukulit ko pa. Si Daddy, nagbabasa ng libro at nang magpaalam ako, sinabing kay Mommy ko raw sabihin.