Warm Up*NEW (PLOTS)

Warm Up

Collection of five short stories that take place in the same school, because of the same event, all at the same time frame. Intramurals 2011-2012. Entitled “Warm Up” because of the stories’ connection to sports, and because the stories are all about the beginning of love, where everyone’s hearts are just starting to warm up.

(c) Kevyn, 2011

(A/N- Kung may gusto kayong basahin, mag CTRL+F kayo, tapos itype niyo yung title nung story na gusto mong basahin para hindi niyo na hanapin ng manual. CTRL+F, type the title, and read. )

*Seeing You

(Kia’s POV) Okaaaay. So ganito daw yan.

Ang ayos ayos ng layp ko. Solid ayos. Kaso, the day before Intrams, nagpapractice akong volleyball. At nung pagkaserve ko ng bola, nagpaka-darna yung volleyball at lumipad-lipad pa, at dumiretso pa kay Jay! Not only that, tinamaan pa siya sa mukha, at nagka-nosebleed pa siya!

Worse? I accidentally broke his eyeglasses. And now he’s asking me to be his ”eyes” for the rest of the Intrams.

ARRRRGH. Pano na to? E di kelangan kong bumuntot-buntot with this super sungit at supladang gracon na lalake!? AHHHHHH. Ano nang nangyari sa perfect intrams ko!?

*Somehow Intertwined

(Che’s POV) Ang peaceful peaceful ng buhay ko. Nag-eenjoy ako sa intrams. Tapos pachaman-chaman lang ako sa kung saan-saan diyan.

Pero nung second day ng intrams, biglang nasira yung araw ko.

Why?

CHAIN BOOTH. Yes, nachain ako with someone.

And to make it much, much worse, I was chained with Kyle, na siyang pinakahate kong tao in this whole wide world.

Why is this happening to me, of all people!? I can’t honestly spend my day chained with Kyle! This is World War III!

… Pero why does it feel a little… different…?

*Caught By You

(Angela’s POV) Ano ba yan…? Palaging sumasakto sakin yung conditions nung jail booth. Nakakainis. Pero buti na lang, magaling ako. Kahit na third day na ng intrams, hindi pa rin ako nahuhuli sa jail booth. Ganyan talaga pag magaling e. Haha

Kaso bigla…

Hinila ako ni Kirby. Yeah, hinila niya ko. And he said na hinuhuli daw niya ko para sa Jail Booth. Shoot. Lalo na, crush ko pamo si Kirby. AHHHH.

So all those times, he held onto my hand, para daw hindi ko na itry tumakas. He held my hand… and it felt like he never wanted to let go.

*Not Just Because

(Shierra’s POV) I have poor hand-eye coordination. As in, hindi ko kayang maglaro ng sports, kasi I can never hit the shuttlecock or the ball. Kahit anong mangyari, hindi ko talaga kaya e.

So it was the first day of intrams. And syempre, dahil wala pang event, nagfoo-fool around lang yung mga students. I was playing badminton. Three against one—tapos ako yung nag-iisa, so just imagine kung gaano kaepic fail yung paglalaro ko. Lalo na kasi tatlo tatlo pang mga kolokoy yung kalaban ko. Tapos tawa lang kami ng tawa.

And suddenly, tinabihan ako nung best badminton player ng year namin. He said that he would beat those guys. And he even winked at me!

But mostly… it’s the image of his smiling face that never really left my mind.

*Shooting Star

(Althea’s POV) Noon, I made a wish upon a shooting star. It never came true.

Intrams na. Life so boring. Wala kasi akong event, kaya so bored ako. Nanonood lang noon ako ng basketball, just for the sake na nandun ako. I never really liked basketball. So ayun, nakaupo lang ako dun, sitting pretty all the while, nang biglang nag 3-D yung bola! Dire-diretso yung bola sa ulo ko.

Ayos na sana. Hindi naman ganon kasakit e.

Pero hindi naging “okay lang”… kasi si Zeke yung nakatama sa’kin.

And by “tama,” I mean it in a whole different way.

After all, I was still hoping for my wish to come true.