Bottle of Stories (38)
"Ma, I think you are going too far in helping Jayson," Annie said to her mother.
She doesn't know why but she is getting annoyed.
"Huh? Why?" her mother asked.
"We already let him stay here and now you'll let him go to school?" She asked.
"How about the money my father worked so hard fo-"
"NO, NO you've got that wrong. W-wha..."
"She is not the one who let me study in school. Ma'am Trish did."
Annie is speechless after hearing what Jayson said. She knows that she is wrong because she assumed and not only that, Jayson heard what she have said. She is so embarrassed that she wants to fly straight to the sky.
"Ah, so that's what really happened. I'm glad that you and my daughter will be classmates." and she let out a big sigh.
Hic... Hic...
And Annie let out her tears. She goes to the second floor of their house so they won't be able to see her crying face. When she reached the second floor, the mother immediately followed her to her room.
Annie lies down on her bed and covers his face with her pillow. While her mother closed the door so no one will hear them.
"Don't cry... I'm not mad."
"It's not that... It's not... the reason on w-why I'm crying..."
*Silence
"S-so, what is the reason?"
Annie didn't answer. The mother just let her and wait for her to finish crying.
"I don't want Jayson to be my classmate."
"Why? Did he do something bad to you? Is he teasing you? Does he hurt you?"
"No..."
"So why? Tell me."
"B-because when Jayson become my classmate. We are going to share Rey. Rey will not talk to me. They'll understand each other because they are both guys. I will lose my friend."
"You can be friends with Jayson and Rey at the same time."
"Huh?"
"Rey is not the only person in this world. There's a lot more. You can be friends with them."
"I can't leave without Rey. He's my only friend."
"What if one day Rey and you part ways? You need to let go because he wants to do something new. You need to make more friends. So, when that day comes, you have friends to get along with just like Rey."
"I can't."
"You can. You can start with Jayson. Apologize to him. Make friends."
"I don't want to."
And the mother did not speak anymore. "Even now, I still can't do my duty as a mother. Maybe my words are not powerful enough to help my eldest child." The words that entered the mother's mind.
Then she left the room.
***
In school...
Rey, Annie, and Jayson enter the room together when their childish teacher welcomes them. Her name is ma'am Elizza.
"GOOD MORNING!!!" she greeted.
"Woah!" Annie was surprised.
"You're early," Rey said.
"..." Jayson's emotionless reaction doesn't have any idea what is happening.
"Okay, you may sit down so your new classmate can start introducing now."
Annie and Rey proceed to their respective seats in the middle on the back. They noticed that all of their classmates are almost present but they only let them be because all of their classmates' attention are on
their new classmate.
"Stand in the middle." then signal her hand to the middle.
He walks towards the middle and faces his classmates.
The room was quiet. Then he speaks.
"My name is Jayson"
"That's all?" said the guy at the back of the room.
"Umm... Jayson, your surname?" the teacher asked.
"I don't have a surname," Jayson answered.
"Wow nice hair color!" the guy at the front complimented.
"How old are you," asked the girl sitting on the front.
"Thirteen years old," Jayson answered.
"Stand in the middle." then signal her hand to the middle.
He walks towards the middle and faces his classmates.
The room was quiet. Then he speaks.
"My name is Jayson"
"That's all?" said the guy at the back of the room.
"Umm... Jayson, your surname?" the teacher asked.
"I don't have a surname," Jayson answered.
"Wow nice hair color!" the guy at the front complimented.
"How old are you," asked the girl sitting on the front.
"Thirteen years old," Jayson answered.
Jayson received several reactions and questions.
"You speak our language fluently." (Tagalog)
"How much did you pay for your hair color?" asked the guy who complimented him a while ago.
The quiet classroom becomes noisy. Jayson is annoyed.
"ONE BY ONE ONLY EVERYONE, THE ENEMY IS WEAK." the teacher shouted.
"I'm not an enemy. But if you want. I will prove to you that I'm not a weak enemy." Jayson said to everyone.
"Umm... that's not what I mean." and the teacher tries to explain.
"What?" said the boy at the back.
"The voice was weak I can't hear it too." said the girl beside him.
While everyone is talking simultaneously, Rey brought his face near to Annie's ear and whispered "Imagine Jayson wearing a girl's uniform."
AND... They really imagined it. They can't stop laughing.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA"
It caught everyone's attention. Jayson's eyes become half-opened meaning he's annoyed by these two people laughing.
"Stop Rey, I'm starting to remember it again," Annie said who is almost crying because of too much laughing.
"WHAT'S FUNNY?" the teacher said trying to raise her voice so she can be heard at the back.
"Just let them be ma'am Elizza." Jayson said.
The teacher only looked at Jayson.
"Only idiots can laugh without a reason."
Jayson sits on the seat near the window because no one sits there.
He only listened to what ma'am Elizza is discussing. The Filipino subject. It becomes very easy for him to understand but when the teacher asked him to read a paragraph, he did nothing because he can't understand what is written in the book. The teacher let him pass. That's what also happened to the other teachers. He can't understand Computer, next is Social Studies that he slightly understand and the Science that made him mindblown too much because it answered how things happened in this world.
Break time...
Annie comes close to where Jayson was sitting.
He only looks at her.
"S-sorry" (English)
"Sorry? What sorry?"
"Sorry." (Tagalog)
"If you are sorry because you and Rey laughed, I don't really care. But, if it's because of what happened yesterday, I'm not the one you should be apologizing for."
"But, I have many reasons why I want to say sorry!"
....
"I have an idea. I will teach you how to read."
This makes Jayson surprised. He didn't refuse her offer.
Annie writes the syllable she tells so Jayson will be able to see the letters.
"ahh... ehh... ee... ohh... oooh... Say it too so you'll remember it."
"ahh... ehh... ee... ohh... oooh..." then point to the letters that he said.
Rey enters the room carrying foods.
"Hey! What are you doing? Let me join too!"
"You're so noisy," Jayson said seriously.
"What a waste, I bought a snack for the three of us," Rey said.
"Let's eat now." Annie invited him.
"Whatever," said Jayson.
"Join us eat!" Rey said happily.
***
Author's note...
You may notice that there is a Tagalog version. I did that because I think I can write faster in Tagalog but don't worry, I won't post the Tagalog version unless the English are not finished. The Tagalog version will be posted first so the English will be on the top of the list. And for now, I'm thinking of the characters' full names so any resemblance to a real person is just a coincidence. So sorry for posting on Saturdays instead of Fridays. Next week, I will try to not be late on posting. That's all.
UPDATE: 4/8/2018
The Tagalog version is down for a moment. I might convert it into a page instead of a post to prevent an explosion (exaggeration XD) or duplication of the same post. So when you look at the feed, it will be clean.
UPDATE: 7/17/2020
"Umm... that's not what I mean." and the teacher tries to explain.
"What?" said the boy at the back.
"The voice was weak I can't hear it too." said the girl beside him.
While everyone is talking simultaneously, Rey brought his face near to Annie's ear and whispered "Imagine Jayson wearing a girl's uniform."
AND... They really imagined it. They can't stop laughing.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA"
It caught everyone's attention. Jayson's eyes become half-opened meaning he's annoyed by these two people laughing.
"Stop Rey, I'm starting to remember it again," Annie said who is almost crying because of too much laughing.
"WHAT'S FUNNY?" the teacher said trying to raise her voice so she can be heard at the back.
"Just let them be ma'am Elizza." Jayson said.
The teacher only looked at Jayson.
"Only idiots can laugh without a reason."
Jayson sits on the seat near the window because no one sits there.
He only listened to what ma'am Elizza is discussing. The Filipino subject. It becomes very easy for him to understand but when the teacher asked him to read a paragraph, he did nothing because he can't understand what is written in the book. The teacher let him pass. That's what also happened to the other teachers. He can't understand Computer, next is Social Studies that he slightly understand and the Science that made him mindblown too much because it answered how things happened in this world.
Break time...
Annie comes close to where Jayson was sitting.
He only looks at her.
"S-sorry" (English)
"Sorry? What sorry?"
"Sorry." (Tagalog)
"If you are sorry because you and Rey laughed, I don't really care. But, if it's because of what happened yesterday, I'm not the one you should be apologizing for."
"But, I have many reasons why I want to say sorry!"
....
"I have an idea. I will teach you how to read."
This makes Jayson surprised. He didn't refuse her offer.
Annie writes the syllable she tells so Jayson will be able to see the letters.
"ahh... ehh... ee... ohh... oooh... Say it too so you'll remember it."
"ahh... ehh... ee... ohh... oooh..." then point to the letters that he said.
Rey enters the room carrying foods.
"Hey! What are you doing? Let me join too!"
"You're so noisy," Jayson said seriously.
"What a waste, I bought a snack for the three of us," Rey said.
"Let's eat now." Annie invited him.
"Whatever," said Jayson.
"Join us eat!" Rey said happily.
***
Author's note...
You may notice that there is a Tagalog version. I did that because I think I can write faster in Tagalog but don't worry, I won't post the Tagalog version unless the English are not finished. The Tagalog version will be posted first so the English will be on the top of the list. And for now, I'm thinking of the characters' full names so any resemblance to a real person is just a coincidence. So sorry for posting on Saturdays instead of Fridays. Next week, I will try to not be late on posting. That's all.
UPDATE: 4/8/2018
The Tagalog version is down for a moment. I might convert it into a page instead of a post to prevent an explosion (exaggeration XD) or duplication of the same post. So when you look at the feed, it will be clean.
UPDATE: 7/17/2020
The Tagalog version can now be found on Wattpad. Check the Bottle of Story post for more info.
UPDATE: 8/13/2021
Tagalog version is unpublished altogether because Bottle of Stories will be rewritten both in Filipino and English language.
~~~*List of Chapters*~~~
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