Angel’s StoryAngeling told me to walk her to the corner so she could catch a jeepney. That was the first time we ever truly talked. I walked her to the corner because I didn’t know what else to do with a girl who said do this, do that and expected these things to be done. I didn’t know why she asked me to walk her. And neither did the others coming out of our classroom. They all became quieter so they could listen. Lucy even stared, but she has no manners. I could feel them watching us as we walked across the basketball courts to the school gate. Lucy was probably already making up stories. They made up a lot of stories and I’m sure I haven’t heard all of them. The first one I heard made me angry, and when I heard the second one, I told Efren’s girlfriend Lotlot that it wasn’t true. But

