Davidson Academy: School of Chambers

EPISODE 15

CHAPTER 15 - WASTE YOUR TIME WISELY

Samantha's POV*

I glanced at the calendar at my phone and marked the date today with X. I sighed saka tinignan kung ano na ang date ngayon.

October 01.

Malapit na ang birthday ko. Several weeks had passed and everything went smooth. Pero di pa rin nagbago ang pananaw ng mga estudyante sa akin. I am still the murderer. The one who stained my family's name. There's still someone who wants to mess with me again and again and I think di na magbabago 'yon.

"Oh, the culprit is here."

Yes, that someone who wants to play with me is Sophie Davidson.

"And the attention-seeker is here too," walang ganang sabi ko. Nakapikit ang mga mata ko habang nakahiga sa damuhan. Nakapatong ang ulo ko sa braso ko.

"W-What? I am not an attention-seeker! I'm naturally famous btch," she replied, at kahit nakapikit ako alam kong salubong ang kilay niya at asar na asar.

"Then why do you always want my attention? Don't tell me you have feelings for me?" pang-aasar ko ulit.

"Ugh! I hate you!" sigaw niya and walked away. Hindi ko na lang siya pinansin.

Nag-bell na at hudyat iyon na tapos na ang 15-minute break namin. Agad akong tumayo and started walking towards our classroom after kong pinagpag ang skirt kong may mga d**o.

Pagkarating ko sa room ay sakto namang pagpasok ng lecturer. Agad kong tinago ang phone ko and listened.

"Good morning class," bati niya. Inilapag niya ang dalang record book and a netbook.

"Good morning ma'am!"

"Okay, please take your seats,"

"Thank you ma'am!"

"Okay class, are you familiar with conditional sentences?" tanong niya. Sobrang mahina ang boses nito and my classmates can barely hear her.

"A-Ano po yun ma'am?" tanong ng kaklase kong naglakas-loob na magtanong.

"Are you familiar with conditional sentences?" pag-uulit ni Joules na nakangiti sa mga kaklase namin. Halata namang kinikilig sila dahil sa ngiting 'yon.

"Damn it, why are you so gwapo kasi?" nakangusong bulong ni Natasha. Nakaupo siya sa tabi ko, bale nasa gitna ako nina Math at Natasha. Hindi naman dapat kami magkatabi eh, at mas lalong hindi dapat kami magkaklase, pero what the b***h wants, the b***h gets.

She got transferred to our section with the help of his dad, Tito Dave. Malakas ang impluwensiya ni tito lalo na at abogado siya. The perks of being the daughter of a Cortez lawyer.

"Who would answer?" tanong ni ma'am. Nagpataas ng kamay si Joules.

"Conditional sentences are sentences that are conditional," sagot ni Joules. Tumawa naman ang mga kaklase ko and I chuckled a bit.

"Basic," Math murmured.

Nang dahil sa sinabi niyang iyon, bigla kong naalala ang email na natanggap ko. I immediately felt nervous and a tingling sensation at the back of my neck.

I don't know its meaning and the thing that is creeping me out is the fact that the one who sent it to me is untraceable. I tried hacking the account but it ended my phone's life dahil biglang nagka-virus ang phone ko. So I decided to buy a new phone pero nakakalungkot isipin na nawala na ang pictures ko doon and several files.

"Do you know someone who's good in hacking?" tanong ko kay Nata-chan. Napaisip naman siya.

"Si Tito Grey, why?" tanong niya. Napaisip naman ako. Si Tito Grey? As far as I know he is living in a condominium unit near our subdivision.

"Nothing," I answered. Di ko namalayang I was tapping my finger on the table, buti na lang at di napansin ni Natasha 'yon.

"Get one-fourth sheet of paper," sabi ni ma'am. Agad namang nanlaki ang mga mata ko dahil hindi ako nakinig. Damn that code, it's ruining my future!

Patay, anong isasagot ko?

"Hingi ako ng wamport bilis!" sabi ni nasa likod ko nung pinalabas ko ang one-fourth paper ko. Di ako nag-atubiling bigyan siya.

"Ako rin!"

"Ako rin Sam!"

"Me too Sam!"

"Give me paper Sam!"

"Bigyan mo ko Sam prends tayo hihi!"

Halos lahat ng nasa klase ay humingi ng paper ko. Napanguso ako nang kalahati na lang ng pad ang natira.

"Wala ba kayong pera pambili? My Sama-chan is so kawawa na oh," nakangusong sabi ni Nata-chan.

"Meron naman pero nakakapagod bumili!" sagot ng kaklase kong si Wendy and all agreed.

"Wow ha nahiya naman ako sayo 'no? Nanghingi ka rin," pang-aasar ko kay Natasha. Ngumisi naman siya.

"Dapat lang na mahiya ka," nakangising sabi niya. I rolled my eyes.

"Number 1 to 3! Give the 3 types of conditional sentences," sabi ni ma'am. Siniko ko si Math so he secretly gave me his paper. Ibinalik ko naman iyon agad. So this is the perks of having him as my seatmate.

Ma'am gave us 25 questions and later passed it on the front. I got a perfect score, kaming tatlo nilang Natasha and Math. I got legit answers from Math so expected talaga na ganun ang score ko.

"Nice score class, goodbye!"

"Goodbye and thank you ma'am," we said and watched our lecturer getting out from our room. Later on kinuha na rin namin ang mga bag namin at lumabas ng classroom.

"Sama-chan, let's go to the canteen together," nakangiting sabi ni Nata-chan sa akin. Isinukbit ko ang backpack ko sa likuran ko and faced her.

"Sure," sagot ko and I was about to walk with her when someone suddenly grabbed my left arm. I rolled my eyes when I saw Math.

"No, you are coming with me," sabi ni Math. Kumunot ang noo ko.

"I am fvking hungry Math, mamaya na okay?" sabi ko. Sinubukan kong bawiin ang braso ko but he is strong. Damnit.

"My dad packed a lunch for me. We can share marami 'yon," he answered. I can't hide the sparkle in my eyes when he said his dad cooked for him. I can't wait to taste his dad's cook.

"But wait, your dad? How about your mom?" takang tanong ko. Usually mothers do those things to a son or a daughter.

"She will just burn the kitchen," he answered. I chuckled.

"Paano na 'yan, Nata-chan? Mas bet ko ang food from Tito Renzo," I said to Natasha. She pouted.

"It's okay, masosolo ko si Joules Senpai," nakangising bulong sa akin ni Natasha. I rolled my eyes.

"Do whatever you want Nata-chan," I answered. Nagpaalam ako once again at sumama kay Math.

"What do you want?" seryosong tanong ko habang sumusunod sa kanya. Where does he want to take his lunch anyway?

"We can talk later Sam, just follow me," sabi niya kaya tinikom ko na lang ang bibig ko. Tahimik kaming naglakad papunta sa paroroonan.

Hindi na ako nasurpresa when he went to the rooftop. We silently sat on the old bench there and I looked at him habang kinukuha niya ang lunchpack niya.

Marami ang kanin at kahit malakas akong kumain, alam kong kasya sa amin 'yon. Ang ulam ay adobong manok at may dalawang apple siyang dala.

"I did not have my breakfast kaya marami 'to," he said. Kumunot ang noo ko when I found out that there's only a spoon and a fork.

"Are you sure we'll going to share? Parang kulang sayo eh," I said. Kasi parang nakokonsensiya naman ako, for breakfast and lunch na 'yan eh.

"We do this all the time," sabi niya at natigilan ako. Ilang beses akong napalunok at hindi nakasagot dahil parang may bumabara sa lalamunan ko.

"We used to hate the canteen's foods that's why we bring our own lunch and eat here. But now I eat here alone and I'm kinda used to it now," sabi niya. Parang biglang kumirot ang puso ko when I saw his sad smile.

"I-I'm sorry," nakayuko kong sabi. Bigla akong nagulat nang bigla niya akong niyakap.

"I miss you Sam," bulong niya at hinagod ang buhok ko. Ilang beses akong napalunok. I can smell his scent. But why the hell is he acting so weird today?

"Are you really sure you are Mathew Alberts?" tanong ko. He shrugged his shoulders off.

"I'm not really sure about who the hell I am," sagot niya. I chuckled.

Several minutes had passed nang humiwalay siya sa yakap. He smiled at me and I felt like it's the most warming smile I received from him.

"Let's eat, you will use the spoon, I'll use the fork," sabi niya. I smiled at kinuha ang kutsara mula sa kanya.

"I heard you asking Natasha about Tito Grey. What's your problem?" seryosong tanong niya.

"A-Ah, I want to hack an account," sabi ko. Tumango naman siya.

"Is it that usernotfound?" tanong niya. Nagulat ako 'don.

"How did you know?" tanong ko. He grinned at me.

"While hugging you, I took the chance to steal your phone and look at the message. I am observing the movement of your hand everytime you open your phone that's why I know your password," sagot niya, at napanganga naman ako.

"You tricked me! How dare you!" nakangusong sabi ko. It made my heart ache a bit when he said he missed me. Did he really mean it?

"No one would be fooled if nobody is a fool," nakangising sabi niya. I gave him my sweetest glare.

"No one would be fooled if no one wants to fool around," sabi ko.

"Same thing though," sagot niya. I rolled my eyes in annoyance. I want to argue that it's not the same but that means we'll have a very long argument dahil ayaw magpatalo ni Math and that also means that I can't eat lunch. Gutom na gutom na ako.

"What are you going to do then? Do you even know what the message means?" taas-kilay kong tanong. Tumango naman siya and smirked at me.

"That was easy, I solved it while hugging you," sagot niya. Napangiwi naman ako.

"What's the meaning?" seryosong tanong ko.

"No need to know, it was nonsense," sagot niya. I glared at him.

"If it's something that doesn't matter then sabihin mo na lang," inis na sabi ko. Hindi naman siguro niya ililihim sa akin if it wasn't a big deal.

"Decode it yourself, prove to me you aren't dumb," nakangising sabi niya. I sighed.

"Sabihin mo na lang kasi para matapos na!"

"Then it would be boring, no fun," sagot niya. Errr, he's annoying like seriously I wanna kill him.

"Okay fine!" inis na sabi ko. I'll spend another sleepless nights to decode this message. It's not a problem, I swear. Hindi talaga. Hindi siya problema. Di naman talaga. Fvck.

"Are you coming later at Tito Grey's apartment?" tanong niya. Tumango naman ako. "I'm coming with you."

"No, you can't co--"

"I'm not asking your permission," sagot niya, which made me glare at him.

"Jerk!"

"..."

"Stubborn brat!"

"..."

"Ogag!"

"Ogag?" tanong niya. Nginisian ko siya.

"Yeah, ogag ka," I said while flashing my mischievous smile. Kumunot ang noo niya.

"What does that even mean?"

"Alamin mo, prove to me you aren't dumb," nakangising sabi ko. Hah! Akala niya siya lang ang marunong mambara? May talent rin ako 'no!

"You know I'm not someone who loves wasting time," sagot niya.

"Know its meaning, if you would, I'll do a thing you want me to do," seryosong sabi ko. Matagal siyang nakasagot kaya dinugtungan ko. "You won't be wasting your time because it's worth spending for."

"Sure," sagot niya. Ngumisi ako.

"Deal?"

"Deal."

(end of chapter)