Connecting Threads (Book 2 of KOV series #2)

II: Behind A Person's Mask

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Psyche Valentine Collins

Nang lumapag ang eroplano, may nag-hihintay na sasakyan para sunduin at dalhin kami sa mismong pupuntahan namin ngayong araw. I'm really excited! I mean, it's been a while since I went out to travel. Palagi lang kase akong nasa loob ng condo ko o sa school, Cafés and malls are the only places kung saan pwede akong mag-punta kapag mayroon akong free time dahil sa trabaho ko sa DWSI.

Mas mabilis ang naging byahe namin dahil eroplano ang sinakyan namin, and besides? Wala rin naman kase kaming choice dahil masyadong malayo ang pupuntahan namin kapag sasakyan lang ang gamit namin.

Another thing is that, if we only use a few vehicles to travel, mas magiging malaki rin ang babayaran namin dahil hindi lang naman sampung estudyante ang sumama. I think, kailangang mag-rent ng at least ten to thirty vans para maka-sakay ang lahat ng mga estudyanteng sasama sa camping.

Instead of picking that hassle option, we had decided to rent a private airplane, puro estudyante lang na nag-aaral sa St. Valentine lang ang naka-sakay sa eroplano kanina but I don't think anyone had noticed that because all of them are preoccupied by happiness.

I'm glad that they are having fun but since we've already arrived in the camping spot, oras na para mag-banat sila ng mga buto nila. Those tents won't get fixed by itself, mga lalaki lang naman ang mananatili sa mga tent dahil sigurado akong makaka-survive sila sa ganon. While kaming mga babae? No!

So I personally rented some nipa huts for girls, again for GIRLS only!! And no boys allowed because I said so. Ako ang nag-bayad sa mga nipa hut na 'yon, I didn't rent those para sa mga lalaki. I'm well aware of what I said, this is supposed to be a camping but it's not a good idea for the girls to sleep on the sand.

Boys can definitely survive, after all? Hindi naman super sensitive ang mga balat nila kumpara sa mga katulad namin na babae. Lalo na 'yung skin ko! Mabilis akong mairita at kapag nang yari ang bagay na 'yon? Daig ko pa ang nanonood ng isang horror movie!!!

I haven't informed the rest that I actually rented some nipa huts, I'll just tell them later when we get there.

Right now, kasalukuyan pa lang kaming papunta sa Busuanga Dive Camp. As far as I know, we're almost there. Magaganda ang mga tanawin, I feel like staying in this place for at least a month or even a year. Parang ang peaceful sa lugar na ito and honestly speaking, the color of the ocean itself reminds me of Suzyane's favorite color.

There's only the four of us now, Suzyane was no longer around while Janice was still probably feeling mad towards me because of what happened. Skylar didn't took all the blame, I did.

Suzyane's parents thinks that I was the one who convinced their daughter to date Skylar and that I wanted her to suffer in his hands but little did they knew that I stopped Suzy from dating that jerk countless times, we even fought because of it.

I'm not blaming Janice nor anyone but she also played a part. She told me once that If I'm not feeling envious towards their relationship then I should just let them be, I did what she told me. Why? It's simply because I didn't want her nor Suzy to misunderstood my actions.

I did everything to stop Suzy from dating Skylar but she didn't listen to me, she just kept on dating him. As her best friend, I knew that I didn't lack of giving her an advice. I had always reminded her that Skylar was not a good person, he wasn't the same person that I once knew. If he was then I wouldn't stopped them from being happy with each other.