Chapter Forty Three
I don’t want to get up. But I have to. Today is the first day of enrollment. Kukunin muna namin ang grades namin bago kami makapag-enroll.
Ayaw ko sanang mag-enroll ngayon. Ngayon din kasi kukuha ng grades sina Tamara. For sure, nandoon na naman si Samantha. And where Samantha is, nandoon din si Benjamin.
I can’t see him yet. I don’t want to see him yet. Hindi ko pa kaya. Ayaw ko pa siyang makita. At kung pwede lang, ayoko na siyang makita kahit kalian. But I know it is inevitable. We have the same circle of friends now.
I don’t know what to do.
My phone rang. Napaupo ako sa kama at inabot ang cellphone kong nasa bedside table. I saw Jasmine’s name. I swiped my phone to answer her call.
“Celie, hello?” sabi niya sa kabilang linya.
“Hey,” I c
