[b]Update[/b] [quote][b]CHAPTER 3.2[/b] �Kels!� �Oy Lara, bakit?� �Ano na? Pagtatakpan ba kita mamayang hapon?� �Ha?� �Ano ka ba? Para makapag-usap kayo ni Khalil!� Lara is one of my best friends. Actually, siya din, tulad ni Fatima, unbiased, kaso minsan may tendency siya na mag-spill ng secrets. Hindi naman sa madaldal siya, kaso masyado siyang friendly and hindi siya makapag-sinungaling kapag may nagtanong sa kanya. The last weeks, para maayos �yung sa�min ni Khalil, she�d been covering up for me. Since kakilala siya ni mommy, she would tell my mom na kasama niya ako, gagala gan�on, but actually kasama din namin si Khalil. Konsintidor, oo, pero alam niyang importante �to sa�kin, and kasama ko pa rin naman siya eh, may dumagdag nga lang kaming kasama. �No need,� I said with a half-hearted smile. Right there and then, she knew, and she hugged me. �Oh my gosh, Kels. Ba�t hindi mo sinabi? Hindi ako tulad nila, I wouldn�t judge you. I wouldn�t force you with Khalil. Kilala mo naman ako.� �I know Lara, pero you�ve been helping me a lot, to the extent na nagsisinungaling na tayo tapos feeling ko, masasayang lang �yon kasi bumitaw ako.� �No, �wag mo isipin �yan. Buhay mo �yan, sinusuportahan lang kita. Kung d�yan ka magiging masaya, nandito lang ako.� I was still hugging her. I promised myself na whatever happens, hindi ako iiyak sa school pero hindi ko talaga kaya. Bakit ba �pag si Lara na �yung niyakap ko, umiiyak agad ako? Siguro kaya talaga marami siyang kaibigan, She�s genuinely kind and understanding. At siguro dahil na rin sa fact na patay na ang dad niya and her mom remarried, �yung mga kaibigan na niya ang pamilya niya kaya ginagawa niya talaga �yung lahat for us, for her friends. Sabagay, isn�t that what friendship is all about? �Sige lang, nagpipigil ka lang noh? Okay lang umiyak, Kels. Matapang ka, you can do it, okay?� �I� I�m... I�m really sorry. Nasayang lang �yung effort mo, bumitaw ako.� ��Wag mo isipin �yan. Magiging okay din lahat ha.� That night, I called up Martee and told him what happened with Lara. �Alam mo �yun. �Pag si Lara talaga, nagiging iyakin ako.� �Kasi grade school pa lang magkasama na kayo, tsaka mabait naman kasi talaga siya.� ��Pag iniisip ko talaga ngayon �yung nangyari kay Khalil. Grabe, para akong basura na pinaglaruan, pinaasa�� I didn�t finish my sentence kasi naiyak na ako. �Ano ba naman �yan, naiyak na naman ako. Ang iyakin ko talaga. Sorry ah.� �Okay lang �yan Kels. Nandito lang naman ako eh. Bestest nga �di ba?� I continued crying and then after a few minutes, regained my composure. Nagkwentuhan pa kami nang sandali until I decided to end up. Moving on isn�t going to be easy, but I can do it. I can definitely do it. I need to.[/quote]