IV

For some reasons, THE Jane de Guzman's arrival here in the Philippines didn't make the news- fortunately. The rest of our free days, before school, was spent in peace by playing games and sports with Ali. She's a fun companion and she clearly knows how to creep in your heart. Err, just like Four! Yup, like what she did to Four.

In just a couple of days, Four and her are now good buddies. They even play online games together just by themselves. I know, I'm supposed to be happy, but I'm kinda jealous. Of Ali, okay? Because it was Four and I before. Now Ali took my place as his duo.

When Four's by himself playing tournaments and scrimmages with his clan, Ali spent the rest of the day either doing girl stuff with Ate Prim, or playing sports with Third and I. Still don't get it why she won't play online games with me, but at least she plays sports with me. Usually tennis and badminton. Sometimes, one on one basketball, in which she sucks at ball handling. Though I gotta say she knows how to shot some fire three. Still no moves. But we have fun beating Third in a basketball match- 2 against 1.

Ali is a better volleyball player though. She knows her way around the ball. And she hit damn hard. It makes sense, as this is her main team sports, Taekwondo being her personal favorite in one-man sports, or so she said.

She also let me meet a couple of her friends through video calls, back in States. Came to know some of them are bound to come here in the Philippines, soon, and study here with her. Some tight bond, I see.

When the school came, we are closer than ever. We do things together, a lot, after that night on her first day here.

Two weeks might be short, but with us living in the same house, and my activities mainly revolving around what she wants to do, I'm gonna confess- I'm actually catching feelings.

But I won't tell her that, no way.

So maybe, I got jealous of Four, and not of Ali. But I was truly hurt he picks her as his first choice in duo games. He really asks her first if she wants to play with him before asking me.

Okay, why the heck am I being over-dramatic? I'm the sanest person, remember? Get a hold of yourself, Dos.

Back to school, Third and Four, for some reasons, suddenly went to school with us.

Before, back when we're all still in junior high, even though we all go to the same school, these two always complained about how slow we are in preparing for school. To be honest, they're just too fast and quite the early birds. None of us ever came late to school, unless we intentionally did so. Which usually ended up with a long session with Dad in his office, so we rarely do that.

Stuck on a red light towards the school, Three and Four are crowded behind, with Ate Prim, after Ali called for the shotgun, back at the house. We, boys, stayed silent throughout the drive, as both girls sang their lungs out along the lines of One Direction songs.

I can say Ali is not the best singer. However, her voice is soft and alluring enough for a person to want to hear more, and she's not really that tone-deaf. She can go along the notes just well, just not professional level. Plus, her beautiful, cutesy face really makes everything so much better.

Ate Prim, however, is one of the worst. Even with her beautiful face, I can never desire to hear more of her singing. She can just stay dancing, as it is more of her forte.

After a couple more songs, we finally reached the nearest gate of the school, Gate 3. I drove around the fountain before climbing up the uphill road in front of the Ugnayan, the security guard at the foot of the climb even saluted at me and smiled, even though he can't see me through the tint.

Seeing that we arrived, Ali stopped playing the songs and looked around.

Being awarded as the greenest school in the whole Asia, trees are everywhere we look.

"Ate Prim, saan first class mo?" I asked her as she's already on her 12th grade and possibly has classes near Gate 1.

"CBAA," she briefly answered as she started opening her phone, probably chatting or texting her friends.

"Okay, we'll drop you off in front of it. How 'bout you, twins? Want to go down now or you can just wait for us dropping Ate Prim. Sa JHS din first class namin ni Ali," I said as I drive slowly next to other cars that either drop students off in front of the JHS complex and the oval, or drive towards the parking lot between Ugnayan and the oval.

"Drop Ate first," Third answered.

I slowly tapped my fingers on the wheel as I quietly hummed Tonight by FM Static.

After passing by the dropping off point in front of the complex, the drive went smooth until we reached the front part of the CBAA. After dropping Ate off and her making sure that I know what time she finishes her classes, I maneuvered the car around and parked near the complex. We got off and walked through the covered pathway in silence.

Ali is busy looking around, probably appreciating the green scenery as the high trees loomed above us. As we reached the entrance, the twins opened their bag, Ali and I had none and were just holding our own binders, and let the guards check the inside before passing through.

After that, we bid our goodbyes to each other as their rooms are upstairs in this building, while Ali and I go around and walked up the second building that's connected to the covered court that junior high schoolers use.

Taking out my phone from my pocket, I check my schedule that I changed my lock screen into, and saw that we have World Literature as the first subject, at room 235.

I sighed. Third floor is too high.

I sneaked a glance at the girl beside me and noticed how fascinated she is at everything she sees. She looks really good in her uniform, too.

SHS female students' uniforms consist of similar slacks like ours, a blouse that hugs her curves and has a different design than ours, with our school's name cursively knitted on her left chest. She also has a grey coat on as Ate Prim already told her some rooms tend to get too cold compare to other rooms, as we have different rooms for different subjects.

She's also wearing a two-inch high heel black leather shoes that hides her black foot socks that I saw her wearing while walking around this morning.

She looks like a cute but model in her uniform and I can't help but relate to every man that look at her.

The hallways are crowded with people looking for their sections and old classmates (for those who enrolled at the same time or studied here in JHS). However, no matter how crowded a place can be, people can't help but appreciate Ali's beauty.

I know what you feel. You just can't help but smile when you see her, if not losing your mind and gaping. I know, I know damn well.

I sighed with what I was thinking. After walking up a couple flight of stairs, we finally reached the 3rd floor, having to stop a couple of times seeing old faces from JHS. I made sure to introduce Ali to them, so she won't feel out-of-place, or do not belong. As usual, she managed to befriend everyone with her sunshine personality. I can't help but feel a little jealous though, every time she lowkey flirts back with some of the guys.

We managed to reached our room before the class starts and there, she met Nana, short for Nanayuki, my girl best friend and the one Limuel's courting. The girls hit it off, like Ali and Ate Prim did, talking about girl stuff. They even teased me together about how am I at the house, then compared it to me at school. Seriously, these girls...

I sighed. I wish Limuel is also here, but he was in different section than us.

The class started and the teacher required us to create some sort of information card with our name, sections, age, contact number and address on it. We, then, pasted our 1x1 picture on the right side of the paper.

The 1 hour and thirty minutes class passed by like a blast. Well, the subject and the teacher were a blast. She's really good at keeping us entertained with her side comments and fun facts about our topic. For our first day and first subject, she raised the standard high for my high school teachers. I hope the next teachers are as awesome as her, if not better.

By lunch, I stuck with Nana and Ali. I kept being silent and lagging behind as I texted Lemuel where we are. We have an hour and a half for lunch, while Lemuel has 30 minutes that will overlap at our last 30 minutes, as they already had an hour break prior 30 minutes before.

Having a long lunch, the girls decided to eat at the Square. In our school, JHS are not allowed to go out of the complex because they have what they need inside- the chapel, the cafeteria and also a small branch of NBS inside. There's also registrar for their papers and stuff. SHS, on the other hand, are allowed to roam around, but not to go outside. This is because we have classes around the campus, especially 12th graders. College students are the only one allowed to go out and free to eat outside anytime they want.

The Square is one of the biggest eating places in the campus. It is surrounded by stalls of different foods, and it's near the lake. It's also surrounded with trees, like every place in this campus.

"Dos, bilis. Baka punuan na sa Square!" Nana shouted and pulled me to walk faster. I sighed before putting away my phone and walk alongside with them.

"Aren't you a little silent?" I looked at Ali beside me and raised a brow.

"Why? Is it bad?" I asked as Nana ran to occupy a table that a group was just about to leave.

"Not really. I just got used seeing an irritating Seal, "I rolled my eyes when I saw a teasing glint in her eyes.

"Well, don't worry, Love. I'll get back at you at home," I chuckled and smirked, before walking away, when I saw how Ali suddenly tensed and looked at me weirdly. Love, huh?

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