Chapter 8: Distraction

Mark Fuentes:

I left Ms. Roxanne's classroom because of being so annoyed. April was really smart, she guessed what is running through my mind, she guess that she was the person I was fantasizing about. The way she stare at me, damn. I seem to be melting with intense shame. No one except her who can catch my tickle?

“Aist, what's wrong with me?” I whisper as I let a deep sigh while keep walking.

I walk as if out of self, I think too deeply. If I hadn’t made up an excuse everyone might have known that April was the woman I secretly loved.

That's the secret that I don't want to reveal.

"Hey, watch out!" I came back to reality when I bumped into someone. "I'm sorry!" my cold response without looking back at whom I bumped in. “I didn't mean to hurt you.” my reason to her as I quickly picked up on the ground the book she fell because of me.

"Here's your- You?" My mood suddenly changed it seemed even more bitter when I recognized who the person I bumped into was.

“Look, oh, what a coincident Mr. Moody?” she said boldly without even blinking her eyes as if she was scaring me with the stares she was releasing.

I laughed softly while blowing in the air because my head got even hotter when I encountered a bully on our campus like her. 

"Of all the people I can meet on the road, why a bully queen like you I was  accidentally meet?" I said irritably as I spit on the ground as if disgusted. I saw that she raise an eyebrow signaling that she was not happy with the word I had uttered.

“Why? Is it wrong that I've meet you on the road?” she boldly said.

“Very wrong.” annoyed I said. I heard her faint laughed but full of irritations.

“Don't tell me that someone like me is not allowed to walk to this place?Wait, don't tell me you're taking cutting classes?” she asked as if catching every letter that came out of my mouth whether it was right or not?

"None of your business." annoyed I said once throwing the book at her that I picked up on the ground before I turned my back on her. I was only a few steps away from her when I heard her voice speaking again, at this time Karen and I were the only students in the hallway because everyone was in their respective classrooms but we? I don't know why we stuck on the road like wasn't a coincidental.

"I guess my prediction is correct?" she said teasingly. “I can't believe that a sensible person like you taking cutting classes. Oh my god, is this for real?” he added said obvious teasing me more. I looked up as I exhaled a deep breath to remove the intense irritation that enveloped my entire being now before I faced this evil queen again.

"Can you, don't interfere with my life?" distracted I said as I faced it again.

"Tss." she sighed while she rolled her eyes shameless.

"I don't care about your life." she answer rudely as she hurriedly walked closer to my direction. “If you're not then why did you bother to ask me if I made cutting classes or not?” blank I said that she wonder.

"Stupid questions. Why do I bother to answer you with the same question I asked?” I frowned at what I heard. I saw her eyebrows raised as she rolled her eyes avoiding the resentment.

“I have one question to you so please answer me on a proper way if you don't want me to hit your ugly face.” I don't know how to react at what I heard from her. She's too brave to say those words to me.

“Anyway, I saw you from that classroom!" at the same time she sniffed in the classroom of Ms. Roxanne. I feel my heart beat fasts as I think of whom inside.

"If I'm not mistaken, Ms. President is there, am I right?” I was suddenly swallowed by saliva when I remembered April.

I stared at Karen for a long time, for the first time I stared at the person I hated most because of her bad behavior and courage to fight to anyone most of all for being a bully in the campus.

“Hey man, are you a deaf?” “Hu?” “I said did you see Ms. President in the english room?” I didn't speak, because I actually what would I answer to her questions.

“What the hell is going on. I mean, It's just a simple question I haven't receive an answered yet? Aist, I'm just wasting my saliva talking to a creature like you.” she said before she hurried to walk away but I quickly stopped her

"What?" snob she asked me.

“Why are you looking Ms. President from me? Do I look findinh for the missing person here?” I asked a philosophical question that annoyed her even more.

“Hahaha what a nice joke. Bravo!” she said while giving me a pissed off smile.

“If you don't say anything sensible, can you just stop talking? Silly!” she said angrily then she continued to walk until it completely disappeared from my sight.

I just let out a deep sigh as I made my way into our headquarters. I thought of just staying there first while I waited for the students to come out to move on to the next subject. I feel my earthly body feel lazy and bit tired.

When I entered to the bad burn head quarters, I threw my bag on the wooden chair and then I fell down sitting on the soft couch to drive away the annoyance that still enveloped my whole being. I leaned my head on the head board of the chair then closed my eyes, letting drowsiness engulf me. I don't know how many minutes I've fallen asleep because I was surprise to see the beautiful and innocent image of April earlier when we were face to face. I thought it wasn't a dream, but it was.

I don't know why, it makes me smile to think of her beautiful face and reaction because she annoyed me earlier but I was overflowing with great joy everytime I get closer to her. "Dude, are you crazy?" I was taken aback when I heard loud laughter that enveloped the whole area. It was only then that I noticed that I was with another member of the bad burn inside the HQ without my realizing it.

“Don't show up your ugly faces.” annoyed I said while throwing them a bad look.

“F*ck dude, what happened? Why are you smiling?” Troy asked laughingly. "Wait, let's guess, you had sex with a woman in your dream, am I right?" Bryan asked with a laugh that seemed to be teasing me. 

"Mad people." I stood up annoyed and then I kicked them but I could still hear their laughters.

“Is that true dude? Your having a wet dream the reason why your smiling because lf your day dream?” Troy jokingly said.

“How can I smile when my eyes are close? Stupid jokes.” I added that I was obviously frustrated.

"Haha the epic reaction on your face dude, if you only knew what you looked like before you might fall in love with yourself because of-" I quickly cut off what Bryan was supposed to say by hiting his head. I saw him scratching his head but I just face my fist to him to threatened him because I knew he was just going to tease me.

"All right, you don't want to share your feelings with us, it's ok not to tell. We can find a ways to know what it is." Troy said then once throwing a can of beer on me which he took from his bag.

“Thanks!” ignoring I said as we both open the in can beer and drink it. 

“Hey Troy, have you seen the poster of Ms. President? ” I feel my throat go dry every time  April get involve in the conversation.

"Not yet, why?" Troy's uninterested answer.

"I saw something she post.” Troy calmed his self to concentrate.

“What something?” gossip he ask.

“I heard that she was quiting as a president and Sean will be the new president." I suddenly coughed at what I heard from Bryan's explanation. They both looked at me in astonishment. 

“Dude? Are you okay?" Troy asked blankly. “Why didn't you tell me that this drink was shaken? Don't you know that I can almost vomit?” annoyed I said once throwing a can of beer somewhere that made my friends wonder why my behavior suddenly change.

I don’t know why when it comes to April my heartbeat suddenly speeds up causing me to lose concentration.

What do I care about her life? Why do I need to know every step of that woman’s life?

Who is dhe in my life?

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