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XXII

"And in the end, we were all just humans...drunk on the idea of love, only love, could heal our brokenness."
- F. Scott Fitzgerald.

CHAPTER TWENTY TWO: Flashback Series I.

DEN'S POV.

"The Iconic Story"

Yan ang tawag nina Ella at Bea sa kwento namin ni Alyssa.

And honestly, it's my favorite story ever.

Parang if I had to retell a story over and over again, it would always be our story.

Its not the kind of love story na we always see in the movies or read in books.
Its far from it.

Our story is complicated, but it's true.
It's messy, but it's deep.
It's one of a kind.

We both came out of nowhere. Parang we both caught each other off guarded. Parang bigla nalang namin winindang ang mundo ng isa't isa.

We both were so messed up pa back then. But never have we taught na our messiness pala would be the thing that will makes us perfect for each other. Those cracks in our lives pala are the perfect fit for us.

We never saw each other coming. We got lost pa nga in the middle.

But when we finally found each other.
I felt like we've been waiting for each other for soooo long and we didn't even know.

So let me draw back the curtain on how this iconic story really starts.

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When I was scouted by Coach Roger nung naglalaro palang ako for CSA-Makati to play for Ateneo. I was really half-hearted pa if itatake ko ba yung offer, kasi yung course sana na balak kong itake for college is hindi inooffer sa Ateneo. Kaya i'm really not sure if gusto kong mag-Ateneo at that time.

During my hs years in CSA, the only thing that makes me sane was volleyball. Para bang nandon talaga yung purpose ko, ganun. Everytime i play, pakiramdam ko its the only thing that im good at, and this is really where i belong. Kaya kahit wala talaga don yung gusto ko, tinanggap ko yung offer sa Ateneo. 

I kinda had to give up something from me in order to pursue another thing.

So I took up BS Biology during college, which is by the way, purely against my will. I've never planned on becoming a doctor at all, even though I came from a family of doctors. But since i'mc still staying under the roof of my parents, i feel like I had no choice.

So I pursued medicine in Ateneo even if i feel like my soul is screaming inside my body not to. Laking pasasalamat ko nalang talaga dahil may volleyball sa buhay ko nung mga panahon na yon. Parang naging escape ko na siya while studying medicine and for the life I have.

I made it to the team. I was the Libero of the team which is kind of a challenge at first, because I used to be a spiker back in CSA. But then, i embraced my new position as a libero for Ateneo.

Bea Tan was one of my good friends back in CSA palang. Hanggang sa RP Team, magkasama kami. And don ko nakilala si Ella De Jesus, we became good friends since then. Tapos hanggang sa Ateneo, hindi nila ako iniwan. Luckily, parepareho lang kaming nascout ni Coach Roger kaya sama-sama parin kami hanggang sa Ateneo.

Si Bea and Ella ang naging sandalan ko sa lahat magmula noon. Pero mas lalo na si Bea. Siya kasi kasama ko mula nung nasa CSA pa kami. Kilalang kilala na ako niyan mula ulo hanggang paa. Lalong lalo na yung kwento ng buhay at pamilya ko, kabisadong kabisado na niya. Ewan ko ba kung yun din ba yung dahilan kung bakit hindi niya ako magawang maiwanan. Kahit na minsan pakiramdam ko hirap na hirap na siyang intindihin ako.