My Sweet Love

One.one:The Varsity

Her:

As the student council representative, I was the one who drew the varsity players that would be assigned to the allied department for the year. Since we do not have someone from our college department who is an officer of the student council, I end up being the allied representative. I attend most of the meetings on behalf of our college for different university programs. One of the biggest university events is the university week and, as part of the activities, a sports competition is one of them.

After drawing lots, I’ve got Annamae Gutierrez as the “varsity import” for volleyball girls. Annamae is also from the Allied health department and, though relatively new to the university’s volleyball team, I know she is good.

For the volleyball boys, our “varsity import” is Rogelio Basilio, or Rojie as his alias. Rojie is a handsome man. However, he is a closet gay. I know because we go way back. We are close friends, and I am one of the few people who knows that he is a woman at heart.

For this year, we really wanted to get the overall championship for the university week. The allied health team is always competitive in all aspects and activities of the university week except for the sports part. This is the reason why we had tryouts for all the sports this year. Fortunately, we were a little bit confident with our current line-up. Most of the selected players are really excelling in the sports. However, we are a little bit behind in basketball. Since the allied department mostly consists of the female population, having a group of men who know basketball well is difficult.

Despite having a varsity, our chances are very slim, but despite that we are hopeful.

“I hope we’ll have Cartega or Delleva in our department for this year’s sports competition,” said Jackie from the college of Marine. College of Marine was the overall champion in basketball last year.

“You wish, girl. The Marine department is already strong in terms of the basketball lineup. If you get Cartega or Delleva, we might as well not play anymore” said Poleng from the college of Education. College of Education was the overall U-week champion last year. They excelled in all activities, from academics, group and art performances as well as sports.

“You’re overacting, Poleng. We just got lucky last year.”

“Wow, Jackie ha. You’re very humble” I said jokingly, which gained laughter among our group.

“Well, I wish we'd had Delleva. I know he’ll love it since he will be playing for his girl's team", said Edna. Edna is our student council secretary who is also from the Engineering department.

We started drawing names and, to my surprise, I drew Delleva’s name.

Talking about luck. It’s a long straw, but I hope we'll win this year.

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After drawing the names, the guidelines were discussed, and we left the office to proceed with our classes. Since I do not have class anymore, I went to the university cafeteria to read a novel I am very drawn to.

However, as I sat there, I couldn't concentrate. My mind is flying away from curiosity. I feel like I know this Nico Ivan Delleva. I’m curious about how he looked and how good he is, since all the members of the council really wanted to have him as their “varsity import”.

I got my phone, went to f*******: and typed “Nico Ivan Delleva”. However, no results were found. I then typed Nico Delleva but still nothing. Then on my next try, I typed Ivan Delleva and an account with 48 mutual friends appeared.

I clicked his account and found out that he was the one who was always with Ledesma. Ledesma was our varsity import last year. Delleva is a little smaller than Ledesma but is much better looking. Last year, I actually thought that he was Ledesma. He’s cute and plays really well. He was, after all, the MVP in the last regular season league of the national inter-universities game.

However, I know one thing: he is taken. Taken by her. I know because I saw him around the university with this engineering girl. I see him not because I’m looking for him or because he is good-looking, but because he is not loud like the other varsity players. When I see him, he’s just smiling and does not usually banter. He just silently laughs, and I find him very mysterious. As I browse his profile, I see more pictures of him and Princess Gutierrez. I smiled bitterly. Why do I feel irritated? Why does she always get what she wants?

Haaaay. She’s lucky.

I don’t know why and how, but ever since I saw Nico Ivan last year, I can’t help but get drawn to him. However, again, he is taken and even though he is not, there is no way he’ll notice me. I brushed the thought of him from my mind and I absentmindedly clicked add as friend.

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"Sheena, are you and Mr Delleva, our varsity import, friends already on f*******:?" asked professor Dexter. He is one of our professors in pharmacy and, since he is also the acting coach of the allied department, he was aware that I am in charge of making sure the players are complete and that the schedule is properly coordinated.

“Yes, prof.” I replied. Ivan Delleva accepted my friend request 3 hours after I added him.

"Can you message him to come here later? Around 1pm. I want to discuss with him some strategies that I think will help us this afternoon."

"Okay, prof. Will do”

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Sheena Nicholas: Hi. Good Morning. Prof Dexter asked me to tell you if you could come at around 1PM today for a short game strategy discussion? If you are free? Room 334, Pharmacy Laboratory, Allied Health Building. Thank you :)

Seen...

Woah. He just “seen” me. I was a little bit disappointed. But well, why am I expecting too much? Who am I anyway? I again brushed that thought and placed my phone in front of me and continued what I was doing.

After 30 minutes, my phone beeped with a message for him.

Ivan Delleva: Alright. Will be there.

My heart skipped a beat. With just that. What the heck is happening to me?

As a support to the college, all professors of the allied health department canceled their classes from 2pm onwards to support the Allied department. Attendance is a must for all allied health students.

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Him:

Sheena Nicholas sent you a friend request.

I usually do not pay attention to these kinds of requests since I usually get a lot from playing basketball; however, when I saw the small profile picture, I thought I'd seen this girl before. I opened her profile, and I was able to confirm that she was the allied girl who always laughed so loud that the entire cafeteria could hear her.

I always thought of her as the “cute bubbly chubby girl”.

However, why on earth is she adding me on f*******:?

I clicked "Accept" and saw her posts.

She seems to be really, really charming. She’s plain but also charismatic. She’s chubby, but I can see her sexiness in ways I can’t explain. She got the curves. This is usually not the type of woman I like, but I don’t know why and how, but ever since I’ve heard her laugh so hard in the cafeteria, I seem to always know when she’s around. I was always cautious when she was there. I always throw her a secret glance because I find her personality very warm. Weird. I never knew her name and was really not interested; however, as I checked her profile, I couldn’t help but notice that she is actually very pretty. She just doesn't wear the correct clothes and looks that would fit her, but she could be a lot better if she just wore herself more confidently. I feel like I can hear her mesmerizing eyes talk. She’s also an active leader. She’s part of the student council, which might be the reason why she knows that I am their varsity import. She looks really intelligent when she’s on stage holding a microphone and delivering a speech.

I don’t know, but she has that impact on me. My cute bubbly chubby girl…

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I only have one class today.

That would be around 10am and I have a game with the allied health department at 2PM.

“Son, I’ll drop you off at Uni today, then just please book a Grab or catch a taxi on your way home. Lorenzo used your car to take your brother to school since the MUX is coding today.”

“Oh. " How about the Fortuner, dad?”

“The brakes broke yesterday. I sent Gil to the casa to have it checked.”

“Oh. Alright, dad. Got it!”

This only means one thing: I won’t be able to have a good talk with Cess tonight. I have no issues with commuting. I can even ride “angkas” or a tricycle. I am just thinking about Cess. I want to talk to her and clear things out. I do not know what is happening with her, but she’s not in her right mind today and the past days. Last night, she texted me that she wanted space and that we should break up. I told her to think things through and that we would have a proper conversation today. She agreed and told me to fetch her after the game.

Knowing Cess, she will not go commuting with me. How can we talk?

Frustrated, I messaged her.

To My Princess: Hey, Baby. Good Morning. Sorry something came up. I don’t have a car today. Our driver used it to take Niel to school. Is it okay if we'd just take the Grab later and have dinner and discuss things?

From My Princess: No. Whatever happens, my decision won’t change. I want to end this, Ivan. Please.

To My Princess: Why? We were just fine last week, then you suddenly got cold feet. What did I do? Please. Let’s fix this, Baby.

From My Princess: I’m tired of this.

To My Princess: Stop. You’re not in your right mind now. Tell that to me personally, and maybe I’ll believe you then. For now, please just reconsider things. I’m off to Uni now. I’ll talk to you later. Take care! Love you!

Seen…

I do not know what is happening, and I do not feel like things will be a lot better. When Cess forgave me for sleeping with another girl, I knew that I had to make things right. I might be a pain in the ass, but I love my girl so much. I just did what I did because it is more convenient and less complicated.

Cess always wanted to do it with me. I was always reluctant because I did not want to destroy her future. I did not want to be a hindrance to her dreams, but if sleeping with her would be my only chance to save our relationship, I would gladly do it with her.

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Messenger: Sheena Nicholas messaged you.

I glanced at my phone and was a little bit shocked as to why she messaged me. I opened her message and was a little bit disappointed with her message.

Sheena Nicholas: Hi. Good Morning. Prof Dexter asked me to tell you if you could come at around 1PM today for a short game strategy discussion? If you are free? Room 334, Pharmacy Laboratory, Allied Health Building. Thank you :)

I don’t know how and what to reply. I feel like my brain is in constant chaos as of this moment. Maybe this is because I badly wanted to fix my relationship with Cess as soon as possible. Or maybe, just maybe, I wanted ‘her’ to see me as me.

After several minutes of thinking things through, I replied.

Ivan Delleva: Alright. Will be there.