Mafia Lady : Layla Dominiq

Bullying I really love light colors.  I smile and gently touch the letter I made for Ali Hendrich. He is my mom's inaanak. At this young age I already know admiration and attraction and that's what I feel for him. Lahat naman ata ng girls gusto siya.  He's handsome and very snobish.  "Obri, why are you staring at my brother? Do you like him?" Si Selene Hendrich na kasing edad ko din, she's Ali's sister. Her features gives the mataray aura and she’s so bratty.  “I think yes.” I answer directly. I admire him so much. So I think we can consider it as like, right? I don’t know. I’m too young to make its definition complicated.  “I like you for my brother too! I want to play with ‘till we get old and call each other a best friend. That’s best friend forever right?” Magiliw nitong ngiti and I nodded. How old are we again? “Come on, Selene! Pwede naman ako ang forever ni Obri! Kuya is way older than us. It’s not pwede.” Nagmamaktol naman ang kambal ni Selene na si Rion.  I shake my head.  “Let me buy you both a milk in bottle, okay?” Agad naman silang tumango at bumalik sa upuan. We are in art class today. Nang makarating ako sa cafeteria namin ay bumili ako ng milk para sa dalawa. Napatigil ako ng makita si Ali na nasa table kasama ang mga classmate. Nanlaki ang mata ko ng bigla siyang hinalikan sa pisngi ng babae.  They’re too young for that! Kinantyawan sila ng mga friends nila at suplado pa rin ang mukha ni Ali. He look irritated. I shake my head. That girl. Kinabisado ko ang mukha niya at bumalik sa room. Excited na tumayo si Selene at napakunot ang mukha nito ng makita ang expression ko. I’m not smilling anymore. “W-why, Obri? D-did someone---” “I saw someone kissing your brother, Selene.” Deretsa kong sabi at mukhang nagets nito.  What I like about Selene is she knows me too well. “Maybe it’s his girlfriend! Ang cool! E- kiss mo din ako ‘pag malaki na tayo Obri ha.” Si Rion na nakangisi.  Agad na lumapit si Alison at Elisha. They are my friends too.  I open the bathroom and smiled when I saw the girl earlier shaking. “S-someone lock me in the comfort room for hours.” Sumbong nito sa akin. “Ano ba ‘yan why am I being scared at sa isang bata ko pa talaga sinabi.” She rolled her eyes and stood up.  Bago ito lumabas ay nanunuya itong ngumisi sa akin at itinulak ako. Natumba ako lalo na at medyo slippery ang floor ng cr. “Opss!” Tawa nit. “Stop putting cringe letters in my boyfriend’s locker room, kid. He won’t like you so quit it!” She kick me before she got out we a smile. I remain calm. I don’t know why I am not impulsive but she should not take advantage of it. Tumayo ako. Pinagpagan ko ang cute skirt ko. It’s pink. This is pink day.  Light mood day. “Oh Selene! Are getting inside? Ingat ka sa stalker diyan sa loob ha baka malock ka rin.” May tawa sa babala nito. I open the water behind me. “S-selene…” “Get inside crazy b***h! How dare you say those word to my sister in law!” I can hear Selene’s loud voice outside the comfort room. Nagtataka at mukhang naguguluhan ang babae ngunit umatras ito papasok ng comfort room. I didn’t smile or what. I didn’t feel anything. Hinawakan ito sa magkabilang braso ni Alison at Elisha at hinarap sa akin. Pilit itong pumalag but my friends are way stronger than her.  “What are you doing kiddos?!” Sigaw nito at pilit kumawala.  Selene lock the door and smirk. Itinaas ko ang scissor na hawak ko. “Your hair needs to cutted.” Matamis kong ngiti at hinawakan ang mahaba niyang buhok pilit nitong nilalayo ang sarili sa akin. Mabilis kong ginunting ang buhok niya mula bewang na ngayon hanggang shoulder niya nalang.  “You crazy kid!” Sigaw nito na masakit sa eardrums ko. Nawala ang ngiti ko at mabilis ginunting ang hair niya kahit hindi pantay. She’s provoking my tempre by shouting. I hate loud noise!  Lumuha ito at nakita ko ang pilik mata niyang mahaba. “Your eyelashes are too long.” Kunot noo kong sabi at akmang ilalapit ang scissors sa kaniya ng pigilan ni Selene ang kamay ko. “Not that, Layla Dominiq.” Anito na seryoso kaya I lower down my scissor ngunit nabigla ako ng bigla nitong kinuha ang scissor sa kamay ko at ginupit ang uniform ng babae. Pilit na kumawala at tumili ang babae ngunit wala itong magawa. Tila inabuso ang mukha nito. Nakita kong napuno na ang tubig sa lababo kay matamis akong napangiti at inabot ang buhok niya. Even though she’s 3 years older than us hindi din naglalayo ang height namin. Mabilis kong nilublob ito sa tubig at I can hear her whimper. She’s shaking and resisting. “Is it worth it kissing Ali?” I ask in a sweet tone at inangat ang ulo niya para makahinga. “p-pl- please…” iyak nito at pulang pula ang ilong. Agad ko itong nilubog at unti-unti itong nanghina. I was about to stop it when someone forcely open the door. Agad siyang inagaw sa akin at nahimatay ito bigla sa kamay ni Mr. Benson. My bodyguard. NAsa likod nito si Rion na hindi makapaniwala sa nakita. Agad na sinugod sa clinic ang babae. I stop smiling.  Nakatingin sa akin si Selene, Alison at Elisha. Biglang naluha si Alison kaya nawala din ang maangas na mukha ni Selene at Elisha. “What if my mom will hate me?” Si Alison. Innocent and fragile. Umiling si Selene. “No,” Sagot ko at napatitig silang tatlo sa akin, “She won’t.” “H-how?” Tanong nito at pinahid ang luha. Buo ang desisyon ko at sinabing, “You were not with me. I did it alone.”  Umiling si Elisha at Selene. So tough. Alam ko persistent sila. “We can told them we saw her here and open the door kasi lock. We’ll pin what happened to somebody else.” Si Selene na inilingan at hinawakan ko ang kamay niya. I take a deep breath. I feel nothing. That’s the truth. “Listen Selene Alijandra. You were not with me. No one is with me. And you saw nothing.” May diin kong pahayag at labag man sa loob ay tumango sila. No one saw us.  There’s no evidence. I did nothing wrong.