Heyah Guys! I'm so sorry for the late update. Here's Chapter 3. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ [spoiler][b] CHAPTER 3: THE DRAMA QUEEN RETURNS [/b] [b][AT HOME, 5:30 A.M.][/b] "Wendy, wake up! You're going to be late." "Yeah, I'm coming!" "Well, hearing you say that won't be enough. Just come down!" "Yeah, yeah. I'm coming! You want me to go down there in my jammies?" "Just hurry up already! I have an appoinment with Mr. Gurza and mom said I can't leave you here alone." "Who the heck is Mr. Gurza?!" "He's the owner of that fancy restaurant across the street and my NEW boss." "Finally! My brother has a [b]job[/b]. I think I've waited a good 2 years for this moment. " "It's none of your business, brat. Now get your butt down here!" "OK!" Sheesh. As if I'll be late. It's like, 5 in the morning and classes won't start 'til 7! My brother's just being his paranoid self. Better leave him like that. "Yum! This bacon tastes so good. Mom, you're the best! " "Oh, I'm not the one who cooked that, sweety." "Then who did?" "I did." "Kuya Youske? My Kuya, Youske Heradez? The one 'who always leaves his underwear in the living room couch' Youske? Actually cooked? And even worse, it tasted good, too? Who are you and what have you done to my brother?" "Wendy, your brother is an amazing cook. He might have mentioned that he's now working in that restaurant that has frills on its title." "Yup. He did. But I thought he was working as a waiter or a janitor or something. I didn't know he was already a chef!" "I took Culinary School back in the US." "And you didn't tell me?!" "Because I know you'd think I was kidding. Now if you'll excuse me, I have some [i]fancy cooking[/i] to do." "And I think you should get going too, young lady. You're gonna be late." "OK, mom. Bye. Love you. " "OK, bye sweety. Take care." ____________________________________________________________________________________________ [b][OUTSIDE HOUSE, 6:30 A.M][/b] Gosh. Late na ako... "CHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRVVVAAAA!!!" "Danica!!! Musta na?" "Fine, as ever. You? Musta na?" "OK lang naman. Akala ko di ka na babalik from Japan." "Kaya ko bang iwan ang best friend ko?" "Well, may point ka. Hehe. " "Hay naku, sis. Chorvas tayo forever. Kaya kahit san man sulok ng mundo, babalik at babalik ako. " "Promise yan ha. " "Of course. " "Hehe... " "Ay, alam mo ba, may nakilala ako, *Japinoy, ang cute grabe, to the highest level na talaga!" "Ops, keep calm lang ha. Wag maging malandicious. Pag nalaman ng parents mo na bading ka, no chance ka na talaga kay *Japinoy. " "I wouldn't say, 'bading'. I'd refer to be called, 'sexually liberated'. Ano, meron ka non?" "Naks. English na pala tayo ngayon ah." "That is life. Full of surprises. " "OK, I get it. BTW, I need to go na. I'm late for school na kasi. Bye chorva!" "Bye!" ____________________________________________________________________________________________ [b][AT SCHOOL, 6:50 A.M.][/b] "Whew, I made it. 10 minutes before class. I was almost late." "Hey Wendz! Bakit ang tagal mo? "Well, Sir Youske there got a job as a cook in a restaurant, and he kept jabbering about it. It slowed me down. " "Wait, akala ko ba may agreement tayo? Taglish, Wendy. Taglish." "Ah, oo nga pala. Hehe, sorry." "OK lang. Ano ba yung sinasabi mo kanina?" "Si Kuya Youske, nagka-trabaho na din. And get this, sa restaurant pa! Kanina pa siya dakdak ng dakdak. Ayon, tuloy, na-late ako." "Haha. I know what you mean. Ate Mikki is a chatter-box too." "Mikki? Ibig mong sabihin, si Ate Mikki ang kapatid mo?" "Yup. Nagtatrabaho din siya sa isang restaurant. You know that fancy one that has frills on its title?" "Yeah. That's where my brother is working!" "So? What's the big deal?" "Well, my mom said that Kuya Youske was excited to go home here in the Philippines because he can't wait to see his childhood friend, Mikki." "Come to think of it, Mikki has been talking about Youske too. Oh, who am I kidding. He talks about your brother almost everyday. Sa tingin mo, sinasadya kaya niya yun? " "Well, duh. It's so obvious! He likes your sister!" "And she likes your brother, so, they're a perfect couple. Ang hirap makahanap ng taong mamahalin ka nang totoo, you know? "Yeah...." "Hey Wendz, OK ka lang ba?" "Yup. We better get to class." "Sigurado ka?" "Oo. Let's go na." [quote]Ang hirap makahanap ng taong mamahalin ka nang totoo...[/quote] Those words keep on echoing in my head. Is it really that hard? I haven't experienced falling in love this deeply, so I guess I have a lot of things to learn. You might be thinking why I'm not listening to Sir Gary's lecture. I didn't bother listening. English is my best subject, so why listen? Besides, he's just doing a recap about clauses. No biggie. "Ms. Heradez, I expect you to listen to me, not daydream! Now hurry up and get your book and turn to page 153." "Yes, sir..." ____________________________________________________________________________________________ [b][AFTER 4 HOURS, SCHOOL HALLWAY][/b] "Hi Wendy. What's up?" "Oh, hi Jeremy." "Why the long face, partner?" "Nothing." "You can tell me anything. That's what friends are for." Ouch. Just friends? I'm not sure if I should tell him how I feel. After all, Mari said he still likes Kim. But Jeremy said he didn't like her anymore. Was he lying? I hope not. He's everything I ever dreamed of. So if I want to make that dream a reality, I should really tell him. But would he feel the same? I can't take any chances. I need to tell him. "Jeremy, there's something you should know. I---" "Jeremy!" "Kim?" So that's Kim. She's very pretty. I don't stand a chance against her. Jeremy's eyes widened. He turned to me and gave me a stern look. I guess that was my cue to go. "Meet me later at the school park, OK?" "OK." "Girls, can you leave me and Jeremy alone for a while?" "Sure, Kim! Bye!" "Yeah, yeah... Bye." "What are you doing here? I thought you were in Baguio or something?" "I was, but I came back for you, babe!" "I guess you came back all the way here for nothing... I don't... I don't love you anymore." "Pero mahal pa rin kita, Jeremy! Napilitan lang ako kay Kyle. I was so stressed out na I decided to leave town for a few months. Pero mahal na mahal kita. Hanggang ngayon... I still love you..." "You're too late. I'm sorry." "But you can't possibly forget me that easily. Remember when you first asked me out? I was thrilled. All those times we spent together. How can you possibly forget all of those? How can you possibly forget ME??" "Because..." "Because what?!!" "I found somebody else!" "And who would she be?? You can't find any other girl that special than me." "But I have. And she's way better than you." "Then, who is she?" "She's.... "Go on. Who is she?!!!" "She's Wendy Heradez! And I love her. She's kind and more considerate than you." "But babe! I can change if that's what you want. Take me back, please!" "I'm sorry, but it was [b]LONG OVER.[/b]" ____________________________________________________________________________________________ [b][MEANWHILE, IN THE SCHOOL PARK][/b] What's taking Jeremy so long? I hope nothing bad happened. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ [b][JEREMY'S POV][/b] Did I just say what I just said? That I love Wendy? That couldn't be right. Could it? Sino pa ba ang binibiro ko? Mahal ko nga si Wendy. Ewan ko lang kung mahal niya ako. What's not to love? She's smart, she's pretty, she has a great sense of humor, and most of all, she's kind, a trait I haven't seen in Kim when we were together. I guess that's why I fell for her. Speaking of kind, I was supposed to meet Wendy at the school park! I better get going. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ [b][IN THE SCHOOL PARK, 11:35 A.M.][/b] "Jeremy, there you are!" "Hi, Wendy." "So, what happened? What did you talk about? "It's nothing." "You can tell me anything. That's what friends are for. " Dejavu much? "Well, she said she still loves me..." "And?" I was expecting an, 'I love her too' kind of ironic thing. I was ready to swallow the hurt. But I was wrong. "I told her I loved somebody else..." Wow. A big shock, huh? "Then, who is she?" "Who what?" "The girl you love. Don't tell me it's a guy. " "Haha, very funny. But I'm definitely sure she's a girl. A smart, pretty, funny and kind girl. "OK, stop with the riddles. I wanna know who she is so I can be your **wingman, I mean, ***wingwoman. " "Someday, I'll tell you. Right now, we better get going. Lunch break's almost over." "Oh yeah. Hehe. I forgot. Promise me you'll tell me who she is?" "Yeah. I promise. " It's obvious it's not me. "BTW, what's your favorite shape, food, color and number?" "Why do you need to know?" "Well, we are partners right? We should get to know more about each other." "In that case, 'star, strawberry icecream, light blue and 13', respectively. And you?" "Circle, sinigang, red and 23. " "Why circle?" "I dunno. I guess it's just so unique 'coz there are no sides on it. Just one big curve." "Haha... " "I guess that's enough info for a day. Besides, we got a whole week to know more about each other." "Yeah, you're right." "We're so dead. It's past 12 and we're not back in class. I guess I better go now. Bye Wendy." "Bye Jeremy." ____________________________________________________________________________________________ [b][JEREMY'S POV][/b] Will I really tell her? Deep inside, I really want to let her know. I know, I'm crazy. We've met for about 5 days and I already fell for her. What was I thinking? I'm not sure if I could tell her. But I promised. So... I will tell her, but not right now. Would she feel the same? Paano pag, may gusto siyang iba? Ang sakit... I've been hurt before, and I don't wanna get hurt again. So, what do I do??? I'm still working on it. Come on, Jeremy, think! Should I tell Wendy that I love her? Or not? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ [b] Glossary [/b] * Japinoy - Japanese + Pinoy ** Wingman - Isang taong nagsasabi ng maganda tungkol sa isang kaibigan o kapamilya sa taong gusto niya. (Filipino) - A person that says good things about a friend or a relative to a person that the friend or realtive likes. (English) Example: Kaibigan ni George si Jason. May gusto si George kay Emily. Sinabihan niya si Jason na maging [i]wingman[/i] niya at sabihin kay Emily lahat ng magagandang bagay tungkol kay George. (Filipino) Jason is a friend of George. George likes a girl named Emily. So George asked Jason to be his [i]wingman[/i] and tell Emily all the great things about Jason. *** Wingwoman - this is pretty self-explanatory. [/spoiler] ____________________________________________________________________________________________ [b]END OF CHAPTER 3[/b] Was that worth the wait?