Shanelle walks towards the Board office to confirm her enlistment for the coming New Artists Audition na gaganapin sa susunod na buwan.
It is her wildest dream before to perform on the stage kasama ni Gab, pero nang naghiwalay sila, pinangako niya sa sarili niya that she'll stand on the stage not to be with him anymore but to prove everyone that she can build her own name, not because she's a daughter of a known singer and the Board's Chairman's only girl, but because she has talent and she can be her own whenever she'll perform.
Nang Makita niyang mukhang may kausap pa ang dad niya sa loob umupo muna siya sa bench at kinalikot ang phone niya. Nag txt ang isa niyang kaibigan.
Louie: Sha ang sakit sakit na ng dibdib ko. Hindi na ako makahinga.
Shanelle: Bakit? May ginawa ka bang masama?
Louie: May sakit kasi ako sa puso. Kaya madalas akong ganito. May taning na nga daw ang buhay ko eh.
Napakunot noo si Shanelle. Eto na naman siya. Meet Louie Cabreras, ang lalakeng walang ginawa kundi akuin ang lahat ng sakit sa mundo. Mahilig siyang mangolekta ng sakit para makakuha ng atensyon at kaawaan ng ibang tao. Last month sabi niya na may cancer daw siya ngayon naman sakit sa puso ang sinasabing sakit niya.
Shanelle: Talaga ba? Di ba last month ka lang may cancer?
Louie: Nagamot na cancer ko. Ngayon naman sakit sa puso.
Shanelle: Uminom ka na ng gamot baka mapano ka pa.
Sinasakyan na lang ni Shanelle ang kadramahan ng kaibigan dahil wala naman siyang magagawa kung ganun na talaga siya. Likas kasi itong attention-seeker dahil na rin sa kawalan ng atensyon ng magulang niya sakanya.
Louie: Sha nanlalabo na ang paningin ko.
Umiling-iling nalang si Shanelle saka tinago na ang phone at di na nireplyan si Louie.
"Shan!" tawag sakanya ng classmate na si Mirriam kaya napatayo siya.
"Madaming reporters sa classroom natin hinahanap ka," she said panicking. "Dalian mo lahat ng teachers at mga estudyante ay nandito ngayon para Makita ka!"
"What? But why? Di pa naman ako nag aartista pero sikat na ako?" she asked coldly. She doesn't care whoever she met or whoever wants to talk to her, but speaking of the press, nakaramdam siya ng pagpanic.
They don't usually talk to her. The last time she faced the press was when her mother died of cancer.
"Andun siya! Let's go!" the press together with the teachers and students ran to meet her. Shanelle felt that the spotlight shines upon her as she was surrounded with all the eyes from the whole university.
"Miss Park, arinig namin na hiwalay na kayo ng Touch5 member at leader na si Gabrielle Lee. Ano ang reaksiyon mo sa hiwalayan ninyo?"
Putcha late reaction ata ang press ah. Ngayon lang nag react eh tatlong buwan na kaming hiwalay.
Nanatili lang tahimik si Shanelle sa mga ibinabatong katanungan.
"Totoo bang may third party sa hiwalayan ninyo? Kung meron sino?"
"Totoo bang ginamit ka lang niya para sa pangrap niya?"
"Naka move-on ka na ba? May bago ka na bang boyfriend ngayon?"
Those questions placed Shanelle on a drastic situation. Para na rin siyang nakaupo sa isang deadly chair at mamamatay na lang siya kapag di niya nasagot ang mga tanong ng mga ito. She looked around. She can see people whispering to each other as if they're thinking that she hasn't moved on from Gabrielle Lee still.
And worst parang iniisip nila na di ako makahanap ng mas gwapo at mas astig na boyfriend aside from him.
She wanted to just run away and not come back anymore.
Di niya maintindihan bakit ginawang miserable at complicated ni Gab ang tahimik na buhay niya? The only fault she knows she committed is that she loved him more than anything else.
She gathered her strength and took a deep breath. I will end this. She will not let them overcome her. Di siya pinanganak para lang masaktan at manipulahin ng ibang tao.
It's time to fight. But how? What will I say?
"Miss park mahal mo pa ba si Gabrielle Lee? O naka move on ka na sakanya?" the press started to ask again.
"I..." Shanelle began. "I have a boyfriend already," she managed to say. Kinagat niya ang ibabang labi sa lumabas sa bibig niya.
What am I saying? She wanted to take back her last statement but as she heard the whole crowd looked at each other in confusion, she knew it. There's no turning back now.
"Sinasabi mo bang may boyfriend ka na? ibig sabihin naka move on ka na. Is this guy one of the students here also Miss Park?"
"Ito lang ang masasabi ko. I moved on. I have someone special in mh life now. He's much better, cooler, more handsome, and more deserving for my love. And if you're asking for his name, well, I will answer it. His name is Prince Chihoon Chu. So please don't involve me on Gabrielle Lee's life anymore. Thank you," sambit ni Shanelle then turned her back from the people in the crowd.
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"Ano?! Pano nangyari yun? How it comes that boy friends already you? Bat di ko alam yun?!" pag aalburutong sabi ni Jam pagkarating nila sa classroom nila.
"Di ba sabi ko wag kang mag English pag kausap ako? Mas sumasakit ulo ko sa English mo kesa sa ex kong halimaw eh," sinalpak na lang ni Shanelle ang earphone sa tenga niya para di na mapakinggan ang sasabihin ng kaibigan.
Marahas namang tinanggal ni Jam ang earphone. "Magkukwwento ka o mag E-English ako hanggang matapos ang klase natin?"
"Mahabang kwento nga. Basta ikukwento ko na lang sayo pag nasa mood na ako," she said. Truth be told, ayaw lang niyang magsinungaling sa kaibigan.
I'm sorry Jam. I will tell you the truth until the issue between me and that monster vanish through their senses.
Yes, she decided to lie about this issue until everyone moves on from her love story with her ex.
"Saan mo nakilala itong lalakeng to? Kelan ka nag desisyong mag boyfriend ulit ha?" Jam asks in a loud tone that made everyone in the class looks at her waiting to hear her story. What the hell? What's with my life that everyone is interested to barge in. Grr...
"I met him at..." she thinks of a beautiful place that only her imagination can ponder. "At a garden. Full of beautiful and fragrant flowers," aniya as she rests her palm on her chin at nagsimula siyang mag daydream kasama si Prince Chihoon na alam niyang di naman mangyayari sa totoong buhay.
"Garden? Kelan ka naman nagka interesting magpunta sa garden? Saka ayaw mo nga sa bulaklak kaya ah," ani Jam na tinitignan siya na may pagtataka.
"Dun nga kami nagkakilala. Saka gusto ko na ang bulaklak simula nakilala ko siya noh? Tsk," she smiled at him. "Di ba ang romantic?"
"Sure ka ba na mas gwapo yan kesa kay Gabrielle? I don't think there's more handsome than him in our school," one of her classmates ask.
"Of course! Bakit? Yung Gabrielle na yun lang ba ang gwapo sa mundo? Di naman ah," she rolled her eyes and leaned on her seat.
Gusto pa sana ng kaniyang mga kaklase na magtanong sakanya pero pumasok na ang kanilang guro. Well thank you for saving me this time.
"The faculty decided for the date of the Year's Pro Night. And that will be on February which is 2 months from now at the 14th. Be sure to prepare for your performance for that night because it is the Junior students who will host this year's prom. And of course, choose your date. I know that is what you're most interested with," the teacher said that made the whole class explode into noise.
"Great. Makakapag perform na ako sa stage. Paghahandaan ko yun," Shanelle commented. At least her dream is slowly coming true.
"Dapat dalhin mo siya sa prom ah kundi you deadly meats."
"Baka dead meat," iiling iling na sabi ni Shan at nauna ng maglakad. "Saka busy siya. Di siya makakapunta."
How can I even invite an imaginary person? Geez... Ano ba tong pinasok ko.
"Kailangan mong imbitahin siya. Alalahanin mo nakatingin ang buong university sayo at sa bago mong boyfriend. So you better invite him," Trisha, one of her classmates, or rather hate mate, popped out of nowhere to where she and Jam is standing.
"Syempre naman. Dadalhin niya noh? You all drooling then," Jam snapped back at her.
"Eww your English sucks," Trisha flips her hair at tinalikuran sila.
Napataas ang kilay ni Shanelle saka siya napabuga ng hangin. Yeah, here it is. One mistake equals a more complicated problem.