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"Clary wake up! You have art class today! And what's with this mess? Clary! Wake the hell up! It's 9:30 already! Wake your damn ass up!"

Oh dear lord. That voice. Hearing a rooster's voice is so much better than Lola's voice. I'm pretty sure na amazona 'to when she was younger. 

"I'm up! I'm up! I started unpacking the rest nung friday! Mom told me to unpack! Kinulit nya ako!" I yelled back. Nasa kabilang kwarto kasi eh. I groggily sat in my bed scratching my head. Eww. Wala naman akong kuto. I swear. If meron man, I'm shaving my hair. IMMEDIATELY.

I went to my turntable and put on a classic vinyl. A Star Wars classic, Star Wars theme song to be exact. 

Anyway, I fixed my bed and yung mga kalat na nasa sahig bago magligo at pumasok sa art class. Yun lang naman yung klase ko. I'm not yet enrolled pa sa uni na papasukan ko. I'm planning to take fine arts kaya I want more experience and gain more knowledge. Yung talent and skills ko I know kulang yun when I'm already in college.

-x-

"Clary! Kirsten's here!" Lola said from downstairs. "Be there in a few!" I yelled back. Damn. Sabay nga pala kaming dalawa ngayon pumasok. I run downstairs and found Kirsten sitting on the couch while she's on her phone. 

"Hey." I greeted. She looked up and went back to her phone "You ready? I've been sitting here for 15 minutes, man. Let's go." She said tapos tumayo and kinuha nya yung bag nya. 

"Lola alis na kami! I'll be back before 5! Bye!" I said and closed the door. I looked at Kirsten and saw her car. "Whoa. You can drive?" I asked. 

"Yeah. Ano akala mo sa akin? Ang layo kaya nun!" She whined.

"It's like... 2 blocks away. You're just a lazy bum." I said as we walked to the car and went inside. 

"Oh c'mon. You're hitching a ride with me and all you do is grumble, you grumbling dwarf." She said as she started the ignition.

As soon as we get to our class, we noticed that our easel were arranged in a rectangular order (Is that the best way to describe it? Because I really don't know how to describe it) and there's a small podium for the model to pose in the middle. I guess may activity na naman. 

 "Okay. There will be an activity for today where you're going to draw the model in nude" Our instructor stated. I blushed at the word nude. Jeez. Of all things, why does it have to be that way? I should be getting used to these kind of things.

"Sir! 'Draw me like one of your French girls' ba? Ganun ba?" Everybody laughed at Kirsten's question, including me. 

"Yes, Kirsten. Pero walang sex na magaganap habang nangyayare ito." Sagot naman ng instructor namin at tumawa ulit lahat. I know where this conversation is going so I cleared my throat. 

"Everyone, ihand niyo na yung materials ninyo. Ready everything. Ito ang magiging trabaho niyo for the rest of the week. Turn your drawings into paintings." Our instructor added.

"Hello?" May biglang kumatok sa pintuan and everyone else (yes, including me) looked at the handsome guy at the door. 

"Is this the 10AM Art class of Mr. Ruiz?" The guy added while looking at the paper. "Are you, perhaps, Mr. Lucas?" Sir Ruiz asked. 

"Yes." He said. Lucas. Cute name. I stared at him at parang biglang tumigil ang mundo nung nakita kong tumingin rin sya sa akin. He just literally took my breath away.

Oh god. Breathe, Clary. Breathe!!

I felt Kirsten's nudge and I immediately snapped out of it and stopped staring at this glorious guy that's in front of me. 

"Dude, you might want to breathe a little." Kirsten said as she giggled and fixed her seat. 

"Mr. Lucas, you know what to do. Girls, behave yourselves." Mr. Ruiz said as he stepped out of the room and Lucas just took his clothes off.

Holy shit. This activity is for real. He's naked. Those abs. Those fine muscles. Holy shit! Holy—

"Clary. Dude. Get started na." Thank god for making Kirsten. She's keeping me sane. I'm going to deal with this for a week. I can do this, right? You can do this, Clary.

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. Focus, Clary. Focus!

As soon as I opened my eyes, I looked at Mr. Lucas and he's looking back at me. Was he looking at me the whole time?! Shit. My composure was gone when he took off his clothes. I looked away and started sketching his whole body before defining everything and turning it into a painting. But the painting can wait. Malaki laki din yung canvas na gagamitin naming pag magp-paint na. Buti na lang drawing muna. Clary, again, focus!

-x-

Kakauwi ko lang. Nakahinga rin ako ng maluwag. Jeez. "Clary, how's art class?" Mama asked while we're eating dinner. Hurrah for chicken adobo!

"Oh, well, it was fun." Nope it wasn't. I hope mama will drop the subject. Please drop the subject about art class. Please. 

"Really? Well that's good. Rina," Phew. The odds are with me at this hour. "Oh?" Rina answered. "Naligo ka ba kanina?" I snickered at Mom's question. Knowing my little sister sa loob ng 2 months, halos kabisado ko na galaw niya. Tamad sya. 

"Yep." She answered after drinking water. "Pero hindi nya binasa yung buhok nya kanina. Puro na lang kasi animation ginagawa nya." Sabat naman ni Lola 

"Uy binasa ko kaya!" Rina fired back. "Oy oy, nag shower naman pala eh. Bukas maligo ka na ha. Buong katawan dapat." Sabi ko tapos tumahimik naman yung dalawa.

After dinner, I went upstairs to take a shower and went to bed while listening to music. Then my thoughts brought me back to the scenario at the art class earlier. I swear to God I can feel him staring at me the whole time. Everything felt like a blur. 

Why naman ganon ang unang activity namin?