Chapter 2

(DIVINA POV)

We waited for a few minutes until Sofia arrived. Even though his friends called him, he still didn't leave me. after a while, Sofia also came, when she saw me, she immediately greeted me with a hugged.

"Since she's already here, I need to leave you both for a moment. I also need to talk to others. Excuse me ladies." before he turned his back he showed me his charming smile, kaya mabilis niyang nakukuha ang mga babae dahil sa ngiti niyang iyon.

"Grabe, ang gwapo ni Vince! And before I forgot, thank you for inviting me tonight." ibinaling ko ang aking paningin kay Sofia Natalie na mabilis akong niyakap.

"And thank you for coming." I smiled at her, inikot niya ang kanyang tingin sa buong venue at makikita sa mukha niya ang pagkamangha.

"Ang ganda ng venue, ang daming tao. Teka, it's that Jacob?" Gulat na tanong niya, sinundan ko ang kanyang tingin at nakita ko rin si Jacob na nakikipag-usap sa ibang guess. I just nodded at her as my respond.

Jacob Carter Castillo, he looks so lovely and so elegant tonight. His irresistible golden eye make you want to stare longer, his tall dainty nose and his heavy upper lips suits his fine perfectly attractive face. It makes everyone to keep there eyes in him. Plus, his lean and hard jawline and his natural light brown hair color makes him look more desirables.

"This is one of the reasons why he is one of hottest and sexiest in our school. Aside from being good in martial arts, being one of the top students in the school, his face really brings him into it and keep his own fire burning." Sofia said while staring at Jacob. His gaze wandered in my direction which surprised me and I didn't expect him to smile at me but he immediately turned his gaze to the man who had called him.

"Oh, it's that Ethan? Wait girl siya nga." masaya at hindi makapaniwalang nitong sambit na siyang ikinatawa ko nang mahina.

"Walang duda kung bakit siya ang binansagang the first hottest and sexiest in our school. From being the mysterious type guy and being one of the well-known swimmers, like your Kuya Jonas, his body is really admirable plus his well-favoured face make him the number one." napatingin ako kay Sofia habang nagsasalita siya ay nakapangalumbabang nakatitig kay Ethan.

Tama nga naman si Sofia sa mga binanggit niya about kay Ethan Maximus Santos. Siya ang tinaguriang una sa hottest and sexiest, dahil sa may magandang katawan at mukha nito. When you look at him, his fetching green eyes will surely captivate you and your eyes will be glued to his tall refined nose down to his red lips. Also, his asymmetrical haircut style makes him more impressive and it is a perfect style to his oval shape of his face.

Kung napansin ninyo ang binanggit ni Sofia kanina that Ethan is a mysterious guys tama ulit siya doon. Wala ka kasing gaanong makuhang information about sa kanya including simple informations about him are really hard to find. As a matter of fact, only those close family and friends knows him better. There's a time that Kuya Jonas told me once about Ethan. Kuya said that Ethan has the ability to read you mind by looking you straight to your eyes. I don't know if it's that true but Kuya and Ethan are close anyway.

"Maiba ako, nakita mo na ba si Kuya Jonas? Ayon siya kasama ni Clarence." sinundan ko ang tingin ni Sofia at hindi ako nabigong makita si kuya, kagaya ng sabi ni Sofia kasama niya si Clarence at may tatlong lalaki silang kausap. Siguro lalapitan ko nalang si Kuya kapag natapos na siyang makipag-usap sa tatlong lalaki.

"Iba rin talaga 'to si Clarence ‘no, girl. Bukod sa pagiging kilala rin sa school natin ay talagang makikita sa kanya ang dedication of his action, very hard-working. Serious type, smart person, friendly and girl makikita ang pagiging matured niya sa kilos at sa pananalita. Ang hindi ko lang maintindihan, bakit hindi siya kasama sa hottest and sexiest guy in our school? Look at his face may laban din naman, ang gwapo kaya niya. He is a head turner, girl kahit ayaw mong lumingon mapapalingon ka talaga sa kanya." sa tono ng pananalita ni Sofia ay mababatid mo ang pagka-disappoint nito. Hindi na ako nagsalita at nagpatuloy pa rin kami sa pag-tingin sa gawi nila.

Look at his brown and ideal almond shape of eyes, his perfect pointed nose, Tapos tignan mo naman ang soft red lips niya, idagdag mo pa ang natural dark brown hair na perfect na perfect sa kaniyang malaoval shaped na kaniyang mukha. Clarence is a good person and a good friend of mine at madalas nakakatulong talaga sa akin ang mga advice niya. Anyway, Clarence Drake Villanueva is also a good friend of Kuya Jonas and Vince.

"Kaya bakit? Sabihin mo sa akin kung bakit hindi siya kasama." hinawakan ni Sofia ang aking kanang kamay at niyugyog niya ito ng kaunti. I laughed at her because she was like a child when she spoke without giving what she wanted.

"Simply because he doesn't want to be included." I will not deny the fact that Clarence is one of the most popular in our school and no doubt kasama talaga siya sa hottest and sexiest in our school. But because he didn't want exposure, he removed his name from the list including Vince, Henry and Jerry. Nang dahil doon ay nabuo ang The Five Famous of Prairie University.

"Grabi, iba talaga ang presence na mayroon si JayEm. Yung tipong mapapansin mo kaagad ang presensya niya pagdating na pagdating palang niya." hindi ko alam kung bakit nasabi iyon ni Sofia, siguro dahil sa cold nitong aura pero maangas.

Isa kasi si JayEm Kyle Cruz sa hottest and sexiest na kinabibilangan ng The Five Famous. When you look at him, his color blue and close-set eyes will snatch your full attention. Isama mo pa ang kaniyang napakatangos na ilong and his red heavy lower lips. You will also notice his mocha brown hair is really suit to his invented triangle shape of his face.

Siya ang tinaguriang 'the cold one', when you look at him, he is very emotionless at kapag tinitigan kanya, it will freeze you. Hindi ka talaga makakagalaw para kang nanlalamig na hindi mo maipaliwanag kung bakit at mabibilang mo ang bawat salita niya kapag kausap mo siya. Pero matured din kung mag-isip, seryoso at matalino lalo na sa math.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, may we have your attention please." panimula ni Tito Carlo na nasa mailiit na stage kasama sina Tito Jayson, Tito Vincent at si Kuya Jonas.

"I would like to thanked everyone for being here tonight." sambit naman ni Tito Vincent at itinaas niya ang isang glass of wine na hawak niya. Habang ang mga nagse-serve ay mabilisang binibigyan ng tig-iisang glass of wine ang mga bisita.

"I want you to know that we are celebrating with one of the best mans in the world." saad naman ni Tito Jayson that he referring to each person here and he also raised his glass of wine in his hand.

"This party will open up more opportunities in this business to dominate our first market." dagdag naman ni Kuya Jonas at kagaya ang ginawa nina tito Vince at Tito Jayson itinaas rin ni Kuya ang hawak niyang glass of wine. Kung buhay lang sana si dad, siya sana ang nasa stage at nasa tabi ko naman si Kuya habang pinapanood namin sila.

"We would like to propose a toast for the beginning of VCJJ and Company, for the success!" sigaw ni Tito Clarence at itinaas niya ang kaniyang glass of wine na hawak kasabay nito ang lahat ng bisita at inulit ang mga salitang "FOR THE SUCCESS!" at saka sabay sabay na nagtoast ang lahat.

Hindi na kami umalis ni Sofia sa pwesto namin habang ang mga bisita ay umiikot at kinakausap ang lahat. Hindi kasi ako sanay makipag mingle sa ibang tao lalo na kung hindi ko kilala at hindi ko kaclose and this is the reason why I asked my dad before to include Sofia in the list. But before I asked dad, I already asked Sofia about it and luckily, she agreed na samahan ako.

"Look at Leona Catherine Corpuz ang ganda niya hindi ba. Noong una hindi talaga ako makapaniwala na siya ang roommate ko. Mabait, sexy, matalino, galante, medyo may pagka maarte pero girl solid maganda talaga siya at mahilig din sa party, happy go lucky ba." bulong ni Sofia, malaki talaga ang pasasalamat ko at nandito si Sofia. Dahil kung wala siya for sure burong-buro na ako dito.

"Ah, sino ba ang tinutukoy mo?" tanong ko, hindi ko kasi kilala.

"Ayun oh, 'yung naka long red gown na tube, siya si Leona Catherine Ibarra." sambit nito at mabilis ko naman nakita kung sino ang tinutukoy niya.

Look at her, I can say that Leona is really pretty. In fact, her brown upturned eyes, straight nose, round face and her pink thin lips makes her more beautiful plus her top hourglass shape of his body make her attractive.

Nang makita ni Leona si Sofia, nagwave ito sa gawi namin nagwave back naman si Sofia at nginitian ko naman siya. It looks like Leona said goodbye to the person she was talking to and walked over to where we were.

"Hello, Sofia. I'm so surprised to see you here." nakangiti nitong pagbati the she turned her gaze to me.

"And you must be Divina, I am right?" nakangiti nitong tanong at inabot ang isang kamay.

"Yeah, you're right. I'm Divina Clare Reyes." nakangiti ko namang tugon at inabot ko rin ang aking isang kamay nag nagshake hand kami. Shocks I'm not really use to this, ang awkward sa feeling, napaka formal. I don't really like to socialize with other people.

"I am Leona Catherine Ibarra, nice meeting you." tinignan niya ako daretso sa aking mga mata kaya naman ganoon na rin ang aking ginawa.

"Gladly to meet you." hindi ko alam kung tama ba ang ginagawa kong pakikipag socialize. I told you guys I'm not really onto this.

"Oh, nandito pala sina Henry and Jerry." Hindi makapaniwalang sambit ni Leona.

"If I'm not mistaken, their father is one of the board of directors." saad ko naman, pero mukhang hindi na nila ako narinig dahil napukaw na ang kanilang attention sa dalawang kambal na nasa harapan lang ng aming mesa.

"Sofia alam mo bang hanggang ngayon hindi ako makapaniwala na hindi sila nasali sa hottest and sexiest." panimula ni Leona, naku po mukhang hindi matatapos ang topic namin kung sino ba ang mga dapat pumasok sa hottest and sexiest guy in our school. Kanina ko pa naririnig kay Sofia ang topic na iyon e, medyo nagsasawa na ako.

"Look at them, they both have muscular body, they have same monolid eyes. Henry got a brown eye while Jerry got a hazel color of eyes. Kaya kahit na magkamukhang- magkamukha sila, once you look at them onto their eyes, you will automatically be recognized who is you talking with. Sofia, pay attention to their eyes, they are perfectly fascinating, they both have a straight nose that can drag you onto their thin but hot red lips. Their lips, noses, eyes, are very suit though their round face that makes them, more appealing." litanya ni Leona, habang pinag-aaralan kung ano ang pagkakapareho at pagkakaiba ng dalawa.

Since, Henry and Jerry are friends of Vince, may konti akong nalalaman about sa kanila. Aside from being smart person, they both love doing and playing basketball, pero malaking pagkakaiba nila.

Let's start with Jerry Aziel Faustino, he is an introvert type of person. Medyo magkasundo kami dahil pareho kaming introvert, we both understand each other. We feel more comfortable focusing in our inner thoughts and ideas and we more enjoying to spend our time with our own or sometimes good to spend time with two or three people rather than a large of group. We feel like being surrounded by many people drain our energy. Most of the time people describe us quiet and they find it difficult to get us know. He enjoying playing video games and reading different kind books. I think we both have self awareness and we are both observant.

While Henry Asher Faustino, is opposite to Jerry, Henry is an extrovert type person. He is more talkative than Jerry, a sociable one, sometimes he is easy to distract, he is an easy-going person, he really having fun dating pretty and sexy girls, in fact he really love to play around.

Maya-maya pa at nag serve na sila ng makakain, magkakasama kaming kumain nina Sofia, Leona at ako. Gustong- gusto kong lapitan si Kuya Jonas. Pero wala akong lakas ng loob dahil mapapasabak ako sa pakikipag socialize at iyon ang kahinaan ko, hindi kasi talaga ako mahilig mag salita o makipag-usap sa ibang tao. Okay pa sana kung sina Vince, Clarence, Henry and Jerry ang mga kasama ni Kuya Jonas kaya ko pang makisama.

Mabilis lang din kaming natapos sa pagkain at nagsimula na naman ang mga tao sa pag-iikot upang makausap ang ibang bisita. Habang kami nina Sofia, Leona at ako ay nanatili sa kinalalagyan namin.

"You know what guys, my parents always tells me to talks and makes friends with other so that I can make some alliance in the future. But I'm not ready for that, I'm still young and I just wanna enjoy my youth." walang ganang sabi ni Leona, pinagmasdan lang namin ni Sofia ang malungkot nitong mukha. Para bang pagod na siya sa party na 'to, looks like she doesn't have any energy to go around.

"Oh wait, it's that Danny?" biglang umaliwalas ang kanyang mukha at bigla ring gumuhit ang napakalaking ngiti sa kanyang pisngi.

"Why didn't anyone tell me that Danny was here too?" ang kaninang walang gana ay bigla nalang sumigla. Hinawakan niya ang isang kamay ni Sofia na parang sinasabi nito na uy makinig ka.

"Can you see his adorable gray hooded eyes? How about his bumpy nose that makes me more attracted to him? And can you see his lower heavy pinkish lips that makes me want to kiss him." hindi naman masyadong halata na may gusto siya kay Danny, hindi ba?

Danny Joe Santos, he is the cousins of Ethan Maximos Santos they are a good friend of Kuya Jonas. Danny is a very talkative person, napaka daldal niyan kung alam niyo lang. A friendly person, easy going. Hindi naman maikakaila ang pagiging popular niya dahil isa siya sa mga tinaguriang hottest and sexiest in our school.

Umayos naman ng upo si Leona ng makita niyang naglalakad patungo sa direksyon namin si Danny. Tumigil ng panandalian si Danny sa aking harapan at tinignan niya ako ng naka ngiti. Walang gana ko naman siyang tinignan, hinila niya ang upuan sa aking tabi at umupo pero nakatingin pa rin sa akin, habang ako ay pinagmamasdan laman ang kanyang mga ikinilos.

"You look so boring." saad nito na may pang-aasar na tono. I just role my eyes para makaiwas ng tingin sa kaniya.

"Gusto ko na ngang umuwi." tugon ko naman, sa tulong peripheral eyes ko nakikita ko pa rin si Danny na katingin sa akin.

"Nakausap mo na ba si Kuya Jonas?" tanong niya at parehas naman kaming tumingin sa gawi ni Kuya Jonas.

"Hindi pa nga e." malungkot kong tugon, nabaling ulit ang tingin ko sa kanya ng siya ay tumayo.

"Don't worry I will tell him na puntahan ka dito. I should go now. Bye Divina, bye Sofia, bye sweetheart." pagpapaalam niya at mabilis na naglakad palayo, medyo nanlaki ng kaunti ang mga mata ni Leona. You can see the excitement in her eyes and she also starting to blush.

"Don't get too thrilled, he just doesn't know you or he doesn't remember your name. That's why he called you sweetheart. That's it." napatingin kaming tatlo ng biglang may nasalita mula sa aming likuran. Bago pa nakapagsalita si Leona ay mabilis naman itong naglakad patungo sa direksyon ni Danny.

"Aist? Panira talaga itong si Zach!" naiinis at may pagtitimping sambit ni Leona para maiwasan ang kanyang pag-sigaw. Tumayo si Leona at naiinis na naglakad palayo. Ibinalin ko naman ang tingin ko kay Sofia na namumula ang mga pisngi.

"Girl pulang-pula ah, kumapal bigla ang blush on natin, daretso hanggang ilong girl. Kalma lang si Zach lang naman 'yon." mas lalong siyang namula ng narinig niya ang pangalan ni Zach.

Sofia is my best friend at alam ko na matagal na siyang may gusto kay Zach Maxwell Infante. Gwapo naman itong si Zach. Once you look at him, you will immediately notice his mesmerizing green, almond eyes. His perfectly straight nose will captivate you and his lovable lip are really suit on his rectangular face and to his black hair.

Nang una naming makita si Zach he is playing basketball, kasi isa rin siya sa mga basketball player ng Prairie University. Sobrang galing niya bilang isang point guard, hindi lang basketball magaling si Zach magaling din siyang mag volleyball at matalino rin siya. Madaldal, friendly at hindi lang natatapos doon, isa rin siya sa nga hottest and sexiest sa school. Isa sa mga tagahanga niya si Sofia, isang masungid ngunit tahimik na tagahanga.