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TWENTY SIX
ASHANTI
"May basketball game sina Dane mamaya, sama ka?" I asked Celeste who is busy highlighting her notes.
Taka siyang tumingin sa akin. "Wala ka bang kasamang pumunta?"
I nodded. "Hindi makakapanood si Clio dahil may practice siya tapos busy naman si Kelly sa fitting ng damit niya since may lalabanan siyang pageant mext week."
"Well, kung wala kang kasama, then I'll go with you," she answered.
Napangiti naman ako. "Mag-ready ka na kapag three o'clock na, okay?"
I rose up from my seat on the couch to go to the kitchen. "Tawagin mo na lamang ako kapag paalis na," she ordered.
"Noted!"
Agad naman akong nagtimpla ng kape at dumiretso sa kama ko. I sat there and typed my notes. I don't like taking notes on notebooks like Celeste. I prefer digital notetaking.
Hindi pa man nagtatagal ang pagt-type ko nang tum
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Pinakabagong kabanata
- Aim for Rank Five (Tagalog) SPECIAL CHAPTER: Celeste & Markus
- Aim for Rank Five (Tagalog) SPECIAL CHAPTER: Ashanti & Dane
- Aim for Rank Five (Tagalog) SPECIAL CHAPTER: Kelly & Zev
- Aim for Rank Five (Tagalog) SPECIAL CHAPTER: Clio & Jarvis
- Aim for Rank Five (Tagalog) EPILOGUE
- Aim for Rank Five (Tagalog) THIRTY FIVE
- Aim for Rank Five (Tagalog) THIRTY FOUR
- Aim for Rank Five (Tagalog) THIRTY THREE
- Aim for Rank Five (Tagalog) THIRTY TWO
