They aren't just people anymore... they are MY FRIENDS.

Whew. This day was exhausting and interesting.
Rereading my previous blog post which was dreary, sad and opposite of all hope...this day proved me wrong.
To make an EXTREMELY LONG story short, during chemistry laboratory, I confronted the leader of group 6 [allegedly the ones who copied from our group that lead us to have deduction points from the previous activity, I don't really know the WHOLE story because I wasn't there when Miss Teves decided to deduct points from our group for "seemingly" letting other group(s) copy from our work], Cezar, and asked him upfront about it. He was kinda reluctant at first but I kept pressing him on 'til he finally gave in. [mwahaha, the power of being a year older]
He told me [with almost everyone in the vicinity listening] that it was Satchi that got answers from our group. So I asked him where he supposed Satchi got her answers from [coz she was absent] and he sorta pointed to Clifford.
So with that, I confronted him about it, and he sorta went all crazy and started giving empty threats to us [fellow group members]. I got all irate and plunged back his threat back to him. That's when he went mental on me. I didn't see what really happened coz I sorta walked out on him, turning my back coz I didnt want to hear his rubbish. But later, Ate Kristine told me he was so angry that he was like shaking in fury AT me. damn. I got kinda scared, but was quickly reassured when Buddy and Vani came to my side and asked me what that was all about. I told them bits and pieces of what just happened and they told me they were gonna talk to him.
It wasn't until after Chemistry lecture that I had finally got ALL of Buddy and Vani's side of the story. After they saw that Clifford was going all mental on me, a girl nonetheless; they decided to "talk" to him. They approached him in the boys' cr where Clifford went after ChemLab. Their conversation are as follows:
"Bai, yaw shagit-shagiti amo amiga bai."
"Daghan man gud ko problema sa balay bai, nya pun-an pajud ani."
"Aw, kung naa kay problema sa balay bai, ayaw dad-a sa skwelahan bai. "
"Respeto pud ta ug babaye ba..."
"Mu respeto man ko ug babaye bai...basta respetohon sad ko..."
And then he got all teary-eyed [or so Buddy and Vani says] like he was gonna cry or something. Har-har-har. Serves him right. =]
Anyway, the fact that Buddy and Vani did what I won't normally expect them to do for me really TOUCHED me. I mean, the fact that we aren't even CLOSE was not a factor they considered when they confronted Clifford. They saw that I was being disrespected and they acted on it... even if the only time we ever talk to each other is before an exam in medterms or a quiz in chem or a return-demo in healthcare... still, they felt that they HAD to defend me from Clifford.
You know, before this day I hadn't considered them my "friends". Just acquaintances that I happen to see at school and share classes with. But after today, I look at them at a different light. They aren't people I just share classrooms with; they aren't just two guys constantly poking fun at anything or anyone, never taking their studies seriously; they aren't just classmates that ask me for an extra ballpen or what we are gonna do for the next class... they aren't these characteristics anymore...
Because from now on, I guess they are MY FRIENDS. =D