Cen's POV:
"Shall we start?" tanong ko sa kanya.
Umattend ako sa afternoon classes ko, para pag sinundo ako ni JM, hindi siya maghinala na umabsent ako ng morning classes ko.
Andito ako sa condo niya. Yup, may condo siya. Sobrang laki for a person. Ni hindi mo mapapansin na siya lang mag-isa.
"Yeah sure." Sana lang fast learner siya. Mainitin pa naman ang ulo ko. -_-
"Lesson 1, Filipino alphabet." sabi ko. Feel na feel kong pagiging teacher. Haha! May hand gestures pang kasama!
"In Filipino alphabet, we eliminate C, F, J, Q, V, X and Z from the English alphabet. Then, we add the Ñ ang NG."
Para siyang kindergarten kung makinig at makatingin sakin.
"Hey stop staring! I know I'm handsome darling!"
"Psh, conceited jerk." bulong ko.
"I heard that!" Di nalang ako sumagot. Pinagpatuloy ko na lang yung pagdidiscuss. Sinabi ko yung pronunciation ng bawat letter, nahirapan lang siya sa "NG" sound.
"Ok, lemme hear it again. Recite the alphabets." utos ko! Eherm, I'm starting to like this job! Hahaha!
"Ugh, bah, kah, duh, ey, leh, ma-na, nya, nga..."
Hahaha! Pinipigilan kong tawa ko ngayon! Sh*t! Ang bakla nya magsalita! Hahahaha!
"Ow, pah, rah, sah, tha, uw, wa, ya?" sabi nya na parang nagtatanong kung tama ba sya.
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"Hahahahahahahahaha! Pfffttt! Hahaha!"
"Hey! Why are you laughing?! Nothing's funny, crazy girl!"
"You--haha--sound like--pffft--a gay! Hahahaha! Sh*t! Hahaha!" ang sakit ng tyan ko grabe!
Napapout sya! Ang cute shete!
Err. Anong sabi ko? Wala di ba? Di ba? Good!
"Whatever snotty girl! Practice makes perfect!" sabi niya. Nag tongue out pa ha? Gay act! Hahaha!
"Ok. I'll stop. *ehem* That's our lesson for the whole week. You need to pronounce that in a correct way, not in...pfftt...never mind. Practice that for a week. After my classes, I'll go here and check if you're doing great or whatever. You agree?" Nagthumbs up naman sya at nagsalita.
"Want something to eat? It's getting late, we should have our dinner." I smiled to him. He's not bad after all. Panget lang talaga meet up namin.
Now, I'm starting to accept his different sides.
Nang dumating na yung inorder namin pizza, pizza lang inorder namin kasi gabi na rin naman, kumain na kami, malamang.
"You know what Cendria, I'm really amazed to you." Muntik na akong mabilaukan sa sinabi nya. Napaubo nga ako eh. Buti di natuluyan na mabilaukan ako! Pyeew!
"You ok?" tanong nya
"Uh-huh!"
"As I was saying, I was amazed to you." Napatingin ako sa kanya, siya sa pizza lang nakatingin.
"Coz you know how to speak english fluently even though you don't have any relatives from an English country. Who taught you anyway?"
"Silly, since I enter preschool, english had been taught to us."
"Cool! How could you do that?!" amazed na amazed talaga siya! Ang babaw naman nito!
"JM, all of diligent Filipino students at my age are fluent in speaking in English. Usually, it's the elite or business tycoons who always converse in English..Ordinary people just speak in Tagalog."
"You Filipinos are awesome! Actually, my mom was begging me to learn Tagalog since I enter the music industry but I--Sh*T! Did I just pronounce Tagalog?! Sh*t! Sh*t! I did it again! Tagalog. Hear that Cendria?!"
"Hahaha! Yeah, I heard that! Good for you JM! You're improving!" I winked at him! Ang laki ng ngiti nya, sobra! Haha! Tuwang-tuwa siya na napronounce niya yung Tagalog!
JM's POV:
I can't believe it! I've said it, correctly!
"Tagalog!" I said it again!
Oh lord! Call me names or whatever! I'm overwhelmed at this moment! Hahaha! Thanks to Cendria.
"Hahaha, you're funny JM! Anyways, I have to go. It's 8pm already."
"I'll usher you." She smiled to me again. She's adorable when she did that.
"Thanks JM." she said and unbuckled her seatbelts. We've just arrived at her house.
"No Cendria, thanks to you. You've made me happy...and overwhelmed. Now I'm determined to finish this journey." I smiled to her. Killer smile as always.
"My pleasure Idol!" she winked at me for the second time.
"Take care." she said and went out of the car. She enters the gate.
"You really are something Cendria, I just can't figure it out." I muttered as I leave her place.