Chapter 72

I recognized that voice, but I'm not sure where I first heard it. I was nervous, and I wanted to know who that voice was. Why did she say it to me? Who is she to say such things? As Aly was the only girl next to me, I couldn't figure out where that voice came from. Is it conceivable that I was only hearing my own hallucination? But why do I feel so real if it's only a hallucination? It makes my entire body quiver and my forehead sweat.
I looked at Ivan's three friends, but they weren't doing anything weird while Aly is was just quiet next to me. Maybe she felt my stare at her so she looked in my direction. She smiled at me and I smiled too so she wouldn"t notice my uneasiness.
"Did you say anything earlier, Aly?" I inquired. I knew that voice wasn't coming from her, but I couldn't help myself and had to ask. I wanted to find out where that voice came from and speak with her. She chuckled and said it was as if I was to blame for her misfortune and she wanted vengeance.
Aly tilted her head while her eyebrow frowned. "Why? Did you hear a word from me? I said nothing, El. I don't speak," she responded. I just nodded as I heard her response and I averted my eyes from her. "Why, El? What did you hear?" she inquired. I bit my lower lip before I turned my glance at her.
"Isn't there a woman who went by here behind me?" I questioned, rather than addressing her query. I'm not going to tell what I heard because it might make her nervous.
Aly shook her head in a slow-motion in response. "I didn't notice anyone passing by, El," she stated before averting her gaze at me and looking at Teren, Carew, and Raf. They seemed to be listening to us so they responded immediately. They also shook their head that cause me to gulp.
"Why, El? Do you notice anything weird around us?" Carew asked.
"El, you're sweating on your forehead." Do you have a problem? " Teren inquired, handing me a handkerchief. I gently took the handkerchief he handed me because he was sitting directly next to me. I didn't think twice about picking up the handkerchief because I had forgotten to carry one with me. I bowed slightly in thanks, and he responded with a nod. They were all staring at me, expecting me to answer Carew and Teren's queries.
I gulped before I shook my head. "I have no problems. I just heard something earlier, but don"t worry because maybe it"s just my hallucination," I responded, forcing myself to smile at them.
"But you look tense. What did you hear?" It was the first time that Raf talked to me and I can"t help not to gulp. He was looking at me expressionless so I felt a little scared that he might be reading what I was thinking.
I shook my head as I smile at him. "I'm not as tense as you think. Let's just forget about that," I stated. "We are here for the party so let"s just enjoy," I added. They nodded spontaneously except for Raf when they heard what I said. I also forced myself to forget that thing and I also tried to change our topic. "Isn't Baki coming here?" I asked.
"El, don't waste your time waiting for that girl to arrive. She will never come to the party, even if the president of the country asks her," Teren said as they chuckled. "If Raf is weird, Baki is worse," Teren continued, making Raf frown. "Raf, why are you staring at me like that? Isn't it true what I said? Both of you have a strange demeanor." While looking at Raf, he said, "The words that come out of your lips are quite valuable."
Before crossing his arm across his chest, Raf bit his bottom lip. He just said, "We just don't want to talk crap."
"You can't fool me, Raf. For me, you and Baki are aliens. I don"t even know why I made you friends, especially with that lesbian," Teren said. He just said that Baki is a lesbian and that causes me to wonder.
"What do you mean lesbian?" I asked. Didn't he watch the interview with Baki?
Teren sighed before responding. "Don't you think why she doesn't want to party?" he asked and I shook my head as a response. "She doesn't want to party because she doesn't want to wear a gown or dress. She doesn"t like make-over and she wants her style to always be cool. She entered the soccer team and she is still the best even though she is a girl. Look at the style of her clothes, isn't that a man's style? But even so, I still love Baki." My eyes opened wider as I heard his last word and he was immediately shaken. "What are you thinking and you have that kind of expression? I mean, even though she is a weird person, I still love her as a friend," he explained.
"Didn't you watch Baki's interview?" Carew asked Teren.
"Why? What is her interview all about?" he asked.
Carew gave him a fake smile as he take a deep breath before he responded. "You dare to say that Baki is a lesbian, but you didn't watch her interview."
"Why? What is in the interview? Tell me directly, Carew," Teren stated.
It"s like we have our world at our table because we don"t care what"s going on around us. I am comfortable being with them and I am still thankful that they are here at Aly and I's table so we don't look outcast.
"Baki clarified that she is not a lesbian. Believe it or not, she's a straight woman, bro. Our princess looks in love if you watch the video," Carew stated that make me gulp. "What's in your newsfeed and you can't see the issue about Baki? It"s now trending on social media which man she is referring to, but you don"t know it? What kind of friend are you, Teren?" he stated as he shook his head.
Teren couldn't seem to believe what he heard because he didn't immediately respond to what Carew said. "Is he telling the truth?" he asked while looking at me, Aly and Raf. Aly and I nodded in response while Raf just shrugged.
Teren bit his lower lip as he put down his fist at the table. "Why don"t I know? And who is the lucky man that our princess liked?" he asked and no one answered that question.
I thought about his question and that's when I realized that the man Baki likes is really lucky. In other words, Jas is lucky because a Baki Canglor wants him. She is the campus princess who is talented, athletic, smart, beautiful, and cool so who else is not curious about the person she likes?
I could no longer hear what Teren and Carew were talking about because my mind was filled with different things until I heard a voice coming from the speaker of the venue.
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen?" Ivan"s mom or also called the dean of our campus greeted.