Our Song

Chapter Twenty-five (Wesley's POV)

Chapter Twenty-five

Choice

Wesley

We were young when I first met the girl Aryanne. They just moved to the house beside us back then. I saw her struggling to pull the quite heavy luggage inside their new home when my young self decided to help the struggling girl. That's how our friendship started...

My first impression of her was that Aryanne was a quiet girl. She won't say anything unless she's asked of something or if only she feel there's a need for her to talk. At hindi nga ako nagkamali dahil ganoon nga siya. Tahimik, simple, pero mabait naman. And she's pretty, too.

Our mothers became close to each other as how their kids were. Simula noon ay palagi na kaming magkasama ni Aryanne sa halos lahat ng bagay. Our childhood days were the most happiest part...

Aryanne Cruz was my best friend and my first love.

People grow up and have their own dreams. I have mine, too. And that was to pursue my music. It wasn't easy because I didn't have all the means. But my father does.

I grew up not knowing about my father. I didn't even know his face. When I tried asking my mother about it as a child she would rather go quiet or she would cry. I didn't quite understand... But I thought that maybe my father had hurt her or he left us. That conclusion in my head created hatred towards my father. So I contented myself with just my mother and I for a long time.

Until I saw some hidden information about my father in my mother's things. That's how I was able to contact him. And my father recognized me right away after hearing of my mother.

I came to England through my father's help. I also learned that he was into music in his younger years. Kaya lang ay may business ang family nila and my father's parents weren't really supportive of his music. Wala siyang nagawa kung 'di sundin ang mga ito dahil bata pa siya noon.

Dahil minsan din niyang napabayaan ang kaniyang studies dahil sa music kaya bumaba noon ang grades niya sa school. My father told me that he was finishing high school back then when he first met my mother who was then a young teacher in her early twenties. He said my mother caught his eyes in that instant pero suplada pa raw si Mama sa kaniya noong una. Until she gave up and accepted his love... And they had me. But unknowing to my father that his parents already found out about him and my mother and they took action without my father's knowledge. Hindi niya alam na tinakot pala ng parents niya si Mama at bumalik ng Pilipinas si mama noon na buntis na sa akin. My father didn't know. He tried to reach out to my mother but it was hard when he didn't know that much about my mother's life in the Philippines. At si mama rin na mismong ginusto nalang kalimutan si papa dahil din sa mga pinagdaanan niya. And my father was young...

Choices... Both my parents made their own decisions in the past that lead to the future we're all in now. Si mama na natakot at piniling iwan nalang noon si papa at putulin ang namagitan sa kanila. Si papa na natakot din dahil bata pa siya noon.

Our fears can also lead us to the decisions we make...

We were at the time when I got scared for my future with Aryanne, too. Iyon iyong mga panahon na nag-uumpisa nang maging mahirap ang buhay para sa amin. Her mother just died and my mother was also struggling to send both me and Aryanne to college. Kahit pa sinasabi ni mama na ayos lang at kaya pa naman niya. I knew that the time was near na mas lalo lang kaming mahihirapan. So when I saw an opportunity through the help of my father not only in pursuing my dreams but at the same time I knew that I can also give Aryanne and my mother a better life. I left my mother and Aryanne kahit alam ko ang pagtutol nila lalo na si Aryanne. But I had to do it for us...