Pagbalik ko sa table, dala ko ang plate ko. Wala pa rin si Blaise. Pang sampo ang long table na ito at empty ang seat sa tabi ko at sa tabi ni Ate Blaire na nasa harapan ko. The empty seats are making me more conscious. Everyone else was already settled. Kausap ni Marco si Trinity, si Lexie ay tumatawa with Ate Bielle, si Treston naman ay busy sa pagtuhog ng bacon niya.
I kept pretending na chill lang ako. Benj was still beside me, ranting about the "life-changing hashbrown" like it was some spiritual awakening.
Then suddenly... the chaire beside me moved. My entire body froze. And then... I smelled him. Napatingala rin si Benj sa kanya, siguro ay ine-expect nito na sa tabi ni Ate Blaire siya uupo.
"Sorry," he said, taking the seat smoothly. Bumalik naman na sa kanya-kanyang business an
