(Nung unag sabado after mabuo ang bagong Paradox, pumunta sila sa bahay ni Shey para maipractice na ang kanta gamit ang isang bagong arrangement na inihandan para sa kanila lalo pa't ngayo'y may nadagdag sa grupo, pagkatpos ng polishing na inabot ng halos kalahating araw dumeretso na sila sa isang studio para mairecord na ang kanta gamit ang kanilang mga boses bilang mangaawit. Sa susunod na Sabado naman ihahanda na nila ang mga kakailanganin para full MV na ipapasa sa Christmas party nila.)
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(Kinabukasan pag pasok nila sa school may ilang mga bus na nakaparada sa may parking lot nila, dilaw, berde, asul at maroon.)
Ghie: what are those???
(tanong ni Ghie habang papaupo sya sa sahig ng lobby sa tabi ni Cha at Arwin)
Arw: oh, haven't you heard?
Ghie: about what???
Arw: the Big 4's gonna check our facilities here, some joint project whatsoever.
Ghie: ooh, I never heard of that, any cute guys lately???
(tanong ni Ghie kay Cha.)
Cha: a few, from La Salle I think.
Ghie: where are they now???
Arw: New Gym..
Ghie: Gym??? oh what a shame,
Arw: haha.
(maya-maya pa dumating ang YLC ng 4th year at pinaakyat na sila sa loob ng classroom.)
Ghie: where's Eigh???
(tanong ni Ghie kay Shey na kinukuha ang bag mula sa sahig.)
Shey: I only saw Cha and Jop having their CAT training, I don't know about Eigh.
Ghie: oh...
...
(sa may field naman ng school napansin ni Eigh ang ilang nyang schoolmates na paakyat na ng kanya-kanyang building kaya't naglakad na rin sya dala ang kanyang bag na nakasabit sa kaliwa nyang balikat at isang libro na yakap-yakap nya, napansin nya ang isang dahon na nakaipit sa pagitan ng mga pahina ng mga libro, kaya't kinuha nya ito, maya-maya'y nabangga sya sa isang lalaking nakasemi-formal, nalaglag ang hawak nyang libro.)
Wyatt: oh... sorry.
Eigh: sorry...
(lumuhod si Eigh para pulutin ang kanyang libro, ngunit mabilis itong napulot ng lalaki at naiabot kay Eigh.)
Eigh: thanks..
(tiningnan ni Eigh ang lalaki, may mahabang buhok na nakaipit sa likod may bigote at balbas sarado.)
Wyatt: oh... Wyatt...
(inextend ni Wyatt ang kanyang kamay)
Eigh: oh, Eigh...
(nagshake hands silang dalawa maya-maya pa'y bumitaw si Eigh.)
Wyatt: you go here???
Eigh: ep... I haven't seen you before,
Wyatt: oh the visiting agreement, I'm from Ateneo.
Eigh: oh really???
(tumingin si Eigh sa kanyang relo.)
Eigh: oh such a shame, but I have to go.
Wyatt: oh sure... sure... sorry I kept you out of your sched.
Eigh: no big deal...
(naglakad si Eigh.)
Wyatt: so uhm, see you around???
(tanong ni Wyat nang makalagpas si Eigh ng konti, lumingon naman si Eigh.)
Eigh: sure... bye!
Wyatt: bye,
(bumalik si Eigh sa paglalakad.)
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(pag-akyat sa classroom, sumali si Eigh sa grupo nila Arwin wala pa kasi ang mga teacher sapagkat nagmemeeting sila kasama ang faculty ng mga bumisitang schools.)
Arw: so Eigh, we were just talking about our activity on Sunday,
Eigh: oh sorry...
Emily: I am not used to your straight hair anymore...
Eigh: ssssh!
(sabi ni Eigh kay Emily.)
Arw: so Eigh, may you ask your parents if you can stay over at Cha's crib this friday???
Eigh: oh why???
Arw: our first scene would be with the fog or mist or whatever around Cha's place.
Eigh: oh sure, I think they won't mind. So what do I have to bring???
Arw: just clothes... Shey will drop by your house after class so she can help you to choose what you're gonna bring.
Eigh: today???
Shey: no on Thursday.
Eigh: sure.
(maya-maya pa'y pumasok ang isang CAT Officer sa loob, tumayo si Emily para salubungin ang officer.)
Emily: Santos, you have paper and pen???
Kenneth: yes ma'am.
Emily: okay take your post.
(lumapit si Emily pabalik kina Arwin at pinaupo na ang mga ito. Bumalik sya kay Sanots at nakitang nakatingin ito kay Eigh.)
Emily: who are you looking at???
(bumalik ang tingin ni Santos sa kanya)
Kenneth: no one ma'am...
Emily: sure?
Kenneth: yes ma'am.
Emily: okay, I'm going out for a while, I'll be back in a bit.
(lumabas si Emily at naupo si Kenneth sa upuan sa teacher's table. Naupo naman si Eigh sa kanyang proper seat sa tabi ni Grace at Manel.)
Grace: Eigh, you're so quiet.
Eigh: huh??/ me? oh no, I'm not in the mood.
Grace: to talk???
Eigh: not really...
Grace: trivias for the day???
Eigh: oh, I don't have...
Grace: sure you are not in the mood.
(humarap si Eigh kay Grace at papilit na ngumiti. Napatingin si Eigh kay Kenneth na nasa harap ng room, ngumiti si Kenneth sa kanya, ngunit yumuko si Eigh.)
Grace: you did not smile back???
(nanlaki ang mata ni Eigh.)
Eigh: what???
Grace: Kenneth just smiled at you....
Eigh: no he did not...
Grace: whatever....
....
(nung lunch nila,)
Jop: 3 subjects more.
Ghie: no one went in...
Cha: yah...
Ghie: still on posts???
Cha: no, but I'll be going back after an hour, lunch break.
Ghie: how about you Jop???
Jop: like Cha.
Ghie: where's Emily???
Jop: on the office together with her senior officer.
Arw: hey guys, so you're back...
Cha: we'll be going back after an hour.
Arw: oh, we don't have any meetings to have by this time anyway, so free time.
(sa library naghahanap si Eigh ng libro na mababasa nakapatong sa shelf ang kanyang libro at dun sya sa mas mataas na shelf naghahap ng libro, may nakita syang libro medyo manipis ito ngunit ilang beses na nya itong nababasa, binuksan nya ang libro at sinimulan ang pagiiscan.)
Wyatt: The Little Prince, Saint- Exupery... it's a good story,
Eigh: ep, I've been through its pages several times before.
Wyatt: oh.
Eigh: just going back on it.
(napatingin si Eigh sa lalaking naghahanap din ng libro sa tabi nya.)
Eigh: oh it's you,
Wyatt: yah it's me.
Eigh: Wyatt, right???
Wyatt: yah, Eigh, right????
Eigh: ep....
Wyatt: so you do love reading???
Eigh: yah... and I see that you also love reading as well,
Wyatt: just a few.
(may kinuhang libro mula sa shelf si Wyatt, medyo makapal ito, binuklat ito ni Wyatt napatingin si Eigh.)
Eigh: Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontee.... nice choice.
Wyatt: haha, I have read this one before.
Eigh: oh, you love classics???
Wyatt: yah. How about you???
Eigh: a chosen few, I am more into contemporary...
Wyatt: ah ok...
(wala na sila napag-usapan pero patuloy sila sa paghahanap ng libro sa iisang shelf.)
Wyatt: so are you not scared of me???
Eigh: nonsense... so silly, why should I???
Wyatt: ladies got scared at me too often,
(tumingin si eigh sa mata ni Wyatt,)
Eigh: haha.
Wyatt: what's the matter???
Eigh: you just have some doubts on yourself,
Wyatt: how is that???
Eigh: the eyes say everything,
Wyatt: you mean my eyes?
Eigh: ep. You just have to overcome those doubts and you'd be a better man.
Wyatt: haha,
Eigh: Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.
Wyatt: Khalil Gibran???
Eigh: you know him???
Wyatt: just went over the same quotation.
Eigh: haha, small world huh, so are you not scared of me???
Wyatt: haha, no why should I???
Eigh: I'm one the weirdest people inside this campus,
Wyatt: I am weird,
Eigh: haha, so we're birds of the same feather huh.
(tumingin si Eigh sa relo nya.)
Eigh: I have to go,
(kinuha ni Eigh ang libro nya)
Eigh: see you around.
(nakalagpas na si Eigh ng konti kay Wyatt.)
Wyatt: Eigh,
(lumingon si Eigh.)
Eigh: ep???
Wyatt: may i get your digits??
Eigh: oh sure,
(lumapit si Wyatt kay Eigh at ibinigay ni Eigh ang number nya kay Wyatt.)
Wyatt: so thanks...
Eigh: anytime.
...
(nung Huwebes naman pagkauiw nila dumeretso si Shey sa bahay ni Eigh para tumulong sa pagpili ng damit na isusuot sa MV. Nahirapan si Shey sapagkat karamihan dito ay mga bistida, may isang skinny jean kaya pinili na kagad ito ni Shey, may isang pares ng high trim shoes si Eigh pinili rin ito ni Shey, ang iba naman ay ang mga kakaibang bistida ni Shey, at sabi ni Shey papahiramin nya nah lang si Eigh ng isang pares pa ng sapatos na pwedeng pangsayaw na hindi sya mahihirapan.)
Eigh: thanks Shey,
Shey: no problem, don't forget to brin all of that tomorrow huh.
Eigh: sure,
Shey: so I have to go,
Eigh: are you not having dinner here???
Shey: oh no thanks,
Eigh: oh ok, so take care. Bye!
(umalis na si Shey, bumalik si Eigh sa kanyang kwarto at inon nya ang computer, binuksan ang messenger at isang chat window bumukas sabay BUZZ kay Eigh.)
***Kenneth: Hi Eigh!
***Eigh: hi there...
...
...
(Kinabukasan pag pasok nila sa school may ilang mga bus na nakaparada sa may parking lot nila, dilaw, berde, asul at maroon.)
Ghie: what are those???
(tanong ni Ghie habang papaupo sya sa sahig ng lobby sa tabi ni Cha at Arwin)
Arw: oh, haven't you heard?
Ghie: about what???
Arw: the Big 4's gonna check our facilities here, some joint project whatsoever.
Ghie: ooh, I never heard of that, any cute guys lately???
(tanong ni Ghie kay Cha.)
Cha: a few, from La Salle I think.
Ghie: where are they now???
Arw: New Gym..
Ghie: Gym??? oh what a shame,
Arw: haha.
(maya-maya pa dumating ang YLC ng 4th year at pinaakyat na sila sa loob ng classroom.)
Ghie: where's Eigh???
(tanong ni Ghie kay Shey na kinukuha ang bag mula sa sahig.)
Shey: I only saw Cha and Jop having their CAT training, I don't know about Eigh.
Ghie: oh...
...
(sa may field naman ng school napansin ni Eigh ang ilang nyang schoolmates na paakyat na ng kanya-kanyang building kaya't naglakad na rin sya dala ang kanyang bag na nakasabit sa kaliwa nyang balikat at isang libro na yakap-yakap nya, napansin nya ang isang dahon na nakaipit sa pagitan ng mga pahina ng mga libro, kaya't kinuha nya ito, maya-maya'y nabangga sya sa isang lalaking nakasemi-formal, nalaglag ang hawak nyang libro.)
Wyatt: oh... sorry.
Eigh: sorry...
(lumuhod si Eigh para pulutin ang kanyang libro, ngunit mabilis itong napulot ng lalaki at naiabot kay Eigh.)
Eigh: thanks..
(tiningnan ni Eigh ang lalaki, may mahabang buhok na nakaipit sa likod may bigote at balbas sarado.)
Wyatt: oh... Wyatt...
(inextend ni Wyatt ang kanyang kamay)
Eigh: oh, Eigh...
(nagshake hands silang dalawa maya-maya pa'y bumitaw si Eigh.)
Wyatt: you go here???
Eigh: ep... I haven't seen you before,
Wyatt: oh the visiting agreement, I'm from Ateneo.
Eigh: oh really???
(tumingin si Eigh sa kanyang relo.)
Eigh: oh such a shame, but I have to go.
Wyatt: oh sure... sure... sorry I kept you out of your sched.
Eigh: no big deal...
(naglakad si Eigh.)
Wyatt: so uhm, see you around???
(tanong ni Wyat nang makalagpas si Eigh ng konti, lumingon naman si Eigh.)
Eigh: sure... bye!
Wyatt: bye,
(bumalik si Eigh sa paglalakad.)
...
(pag-akyat sa classroom, sumali si Eigh sa grupo nila Arwin wala pa kasi ang mga teacher sapagkat nagmemeeting sila kasama ang faculty ng mga bumisitang schools.)
Arw: so Eigh, we were just talking about our activity on Sunday,
Eigh: oh sorry...
Emily: I am not used to your straight hair anymore...
Eigh: ssssh!
(sabi ni Eigh kay Emily.)
Arw: so Eigh, may you ask your parents if you can stay over at Cha's crib this friday???
Eigh: oh why???
Arw: our first scene would be with the fog or mist or whatever around Cha's place.
Eigh: oh sure, I think they won't mind. So what do I have to bring???
Arw: just clothes... Shey will drop by your house after class so she can help you to choose what you're gonna bring.
Eigh: today???
Shey: no on Thursday.
Eigh: sure.
(maya-maya pa'y pumasok ang isang CAT Officer sa loob, tumayo si Emily para salubungin ang officer.)
Emily: Santos, you have paper and pen???
Kenneth: yes ma'am.
Emily: okay take your post.
(lumapit si Emily pabalik kina Arwin at pinaupo na ang mga ito. Bumalik sya kay Sanots at nakitang nakatingin ito kay Eigh.)
Emily: who are you looking at???
(bumalik ang tingin ni Santos sa kanya)
Kenneth: no one ma'am...
Emily: sure?
Kenneth: yes ma'am.
Emily: okay, I'm going out for a while, I'll be back in a bit.
(lumabas si Emily at naupo si Kenneth sa upuan sa teacher's table. Naupo naman si Eigh sa kanyang proper seat sa tabi ni Grace at Manel.)
Grace: Eigh, you're so quiet.
Eigh: huh??/ me? oh no, I'm not in the mood.
Grace: to talk???
Eigh: not really...
Grace: trivias for the day???
Eigh: oh, I don't have...
Grace: sure you are not in the mood.
(humarap si Eigh kay Grace at papilit na ngumiti. Napatingin si Eigh kay Kenneth na nasa harap ng room, ngumiti si Kenneth sa kanya, ngunit yumuko si Eigh.)
Grace: you did not smile back???
(nanlaki ang mata ni Eigh.)
Eigh: what???
Grace: Kenneth just smiled at you....
Eigh: no he did not...
Grace: whatever....
....
(nung lunch nila,)
Jop: 3 subjects more.
Ghie: no one went in...
Cha: yah...
Ghie: still on posts???
Cha: no, but I'll be going back after an hour, lunch break.
Ghie: how about you Jop???
Jop: like Cha.
Ghie: where's Emily???
Jop: on the office together with her senior officer.
Arw: hey guys, so you're back...
Cha: we'll be going back after an hour.
Arw: oh, we don't have any meetings to have by this time anyway, so free time.
(sa library naghahanap si Eigh ng libro na mababasa nakapatong sa shelf ang kanyang libro at dun sya sa mas mataas na shelf naghahap ng libro, may nakita syang libro medyo manipis ito ngunit ilang beses na nya itong nababasa, binuksan nya ang libro at sinimulan ang pagiiscan.)
Wyatt: The Little Prince, Saint- Exupery... it's a good story,
Eigh: ep, I've been through its pages several times before.
Wyatt: oh.
Eigh: just going back on it.
(napatingin si Eigh sa lalaking naghahanap din ng libro sa tabi nya.)
Eigh: oh it's you,
Wyatt: yah it's me.
Eigh: Wyatt, right???
Wyatt: yah, Eigh, right????
Eigh: ep....
Wyatt: so you do love reading???
Eigh: yah... and I see that you also love reading as well,
Wyatt: just a few.
(may kinuhang libro mula sa shelf si Wyatt, medyo makapal ito, binuklat ito ni Wyatt napatingin si Eigh.)
Eigh: Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontee.... nice choice.
Wyatt: haha, I have read this one before.
Eigh: oh, you love classics???
Wyatt: yah. How about you???
Eigh: a chosen few, I am more into contemporary...
Wyatt: ah ok...
(wala na sila napag-usapan pero patuloy sila sa paghahanap ng libro sa iisang shelf.)
Wyatt: so are you not scared of me???
Eigh: nonsense... so silly, why should I???
Wyatt: ladies got scared at me too often,
(tumingin si eigh sa mata ni Wyatt,)
Eigh: haha.
Wyatt: what's the matter???
Eigh: you just have some doubts on yourself,
Wyatt: how is that???
Eigh: the eyes say everything,
Wyatt: you mean my eyes?
Eigh: ep. You just have to overcome those doubts and you'd be a better man.
Wyatt: haha,
Eigh: Beauty is not in the face; beauty is a light in the heart.
Wyatt: Khalil Gibran???
Eigh: you know him???
Wyatt: just went over the same quotation.
Eigh: haha, small world huh, so are you not scared of me???
Wyatt: haha, no why should I???
Eigh: I'm one the weirdest people inside this campus,
Wyatt: I am weird,
Eigh: haha, so we're birds of the same feather huh.
(tumingin si Eigh sa relo nya.)
Eigh: I have to go,
(kinuha ni Eigh ang libro nya)
Eigh: see you around.
(nakalagpas na si Eigh ng konti kay Wyatt.)
Wyatt: Eigh,
(lumingon si Eigh.)
Eigh: ep???
Wyatt: may i get your digits??
Eigh: oh sure,
(lumapit si Wyatt kay Eigh at ibinigay ni Eigh ang number nya kay Wyatt.)
Wyatt: so thanks...
Eigh: anytime.
...
(nung Huwebes naman pagkauiw nila dumeretso si Shey sa bahay ni Eigh para tumulong sa pagpili ng damit na isusuot sa MV. Nahirapan si Shey sapagkat karamihan dito ay mga bistida, may isang skinny jean kaya pinili na kagad ito ni Shey, may isang pares ng high trim shoes si Eigh pinili rin ito ni Shey, ang iba naman ay ang mga kakaibang bistida ni Shey, at sabi ni Shey papahiramin nya nah lang si Eigh ng isang pares pa ng sapatos na pwedeng pangsayaw na hindi sya mahihirapan.)
Eigh: thanks Shey,
Shey: no problem, don't forget to brin all of that tomorrow huh.
Eigh: sure,
Shey: so I have to go,
Eigh: are you not having dinner here???
Shey: oh no thanks,
Eigh: oh ok, so take care. Bye!
(umalis na si Shey, bumalik si Eigh sa kanyang kwarto at inon nya ang computer, binuksan ang messenger at isang chat window bumukas sabay BUZZ kay Eigh.)
***Kenneth: Hi Eigh!
***Eigh: hi there...
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