related (part 2)

It has almost been a month since her mother’s death and to top it all off, it’s almost the beginning of a new school year.
“Hey guys! Are you ready for the orientation?” I asked them as we were walking towards the school auditorium for the orientation for highschool.
“What are you being so excited about? It’s just orientation,” Noel said.
“Yeah, I’m not excited. I’m not even excited about going to highschool,” Ricka said.
“What? This is highschool were talking about. You know? Boys, boys, boys and um… did I already mention that there are going to be a lot of… boys?” I said joking.
“Is that the only reason you’re excited? Boys?” Ricka asked in annoyance.
“No, of course not. I mean there’s a lot of new things that we’re going to discover, new faces to meet, new teachers to tease,” I said still joking.
“Unbelievable!” Ricka said.
“What?” I said.
“Forget her, Ricka. She doesn’t take things seriously. We’ve been together for three years and you’re still not used to her,” Noel said, smiling and taking Ricka’s hand and leaving me behind.
“Hey! Guys wait up!” I shouted.

“I told you there would be lot of guys here!” I said as we were walking inside the auditorium.
“What are you talking about? These are the same guys that we’ve been with for the past years,” Noel said, looking at me with disbelief. I guess I have been acting like a puppy that has just bee released and is walking into a new and unknown world (which is half-true).
“Oh yeah!”
“I told you she was unbelievable,” Noel said.
“Even though the auditorium was only half-filled, it looked crowded because students were scattered everywhere.
We walked down the aisle to look for empty seats. It took us five minutes before we were seated.
We sat beside a group of girls, all giggling, and looking at the boys up front. Now I know what I looked like when I kept mentioning guys. I look stupid… wait, let me rephrase that, I looked stupid and pathetic.
“Next time I act like that again, promise me you’ll give me a slap,” I whispered to them while pointing to the girls who were still giggling
I was excited and seated upright for the first five minutes but then they started talking about rules and regulations. Who’d be interested in rules and regulations?
Not long after, I was beginning to feel sleepy, my eyes were beginning to get heavy, and before I knew it, I was asleep and leaning on my two friends who also fell asleep.

to be continued...