Why Can't it Be?

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"Mom! C'mon. Its just a mall show and its not even far from here! I mean, the mall is so close! 15 minutes including the traffic?! That's so near. I just really don't wanna walk. It's creepy." I stated to my mom. I am going to Jk's mallshow in malate. It's my first time I attempted to see him. My mom never lets me go!

"Elise, you do know it's really dangerous to go to the mall on your own." My mom said in a kind way. She is the kindest person I know. But I don't really know why she won't let me!

"C'mon, mom. Dad's gonna be driving me there." I said confidently and looked back at my dad who is just just laughing at the simple argument me and mom has. My dad is very funny. If not the funniest person I know. But, since Vice Ganda existed, sorry dad.

"And who will be with you when your there?" I thought for a while. Tell mom or not? "I'm gonna be with... Umm... Ari..." My mom doesn't know Ariana yet. She's a facebook friend and we instantly hit it off. We became bestfriends after a while.

"And who is she?" My mom asked as she put her glasses on her nose. "Ariana is a girl I met online. We are bestfriends, mom. She's not a bad person. I swear." My mom eyed me curiously.

"We skyped and ovooed so she is really real, mom. You wanna meet her right now?" Usually my mom would snap a smart comment at me but I guess she wasn't in the mood. "No thanks. As long as as you bring someone else." I nodded. And mouthed 'Nica' she nodded.

I squealed to dad. Dad hugged me. "Finally Dad!" I squealed. My dad laughed at my excitement. "Ano, Elise? Ariel happened to you?" I laughed so hard at Dad. "Ano ba yan. Ang corny niyong dalawa!" My mom stated, snorting unattractively at dad's comment.

I bid my mom goodbye and me and dad hurriedly run to the car. Dad's gonna be late. My dad is a businessman. A CEO, actually. It's his corporation. He says na one day mamanahin ko yun.

I called my cousin Nica. I'm gonna ask her if she wants to go. "Hey." She answered sleepily.

"Hallo. I need help." I answered. "And wait.. Did you just wake up? Its freaking 1pm!" My dad shushed me. He hates shouting.

"Yeah." She answered rather hoarsely. "Hey, wanna come to Jk's mallshow?" I asked, biting my nails.

"Jk? As in Juan Karlos?"

"Mmhm. Yeah.." Please say yes! Please say--

"No." My shoulders drooped. "But don't worry. I'll cover for you. Have fun without me!" I can sense her wink from the other line. But no second later, she hung up. I shrugged.

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We arrived at Robinsons, Malate. I already saw a few people crowding around the stage. Good thing we arrived 2 hours early.

I started searching the crowd for any sight of my bestfriend. Suddenly, I felt a hand on my eye. I turned around..

"ARIIIIII!"

"ELIIIIIISE!" I hugged her. She hugged back and we started jumping around. "Finally! Nagkita na tayo." I smirked and we brofisted. "Anong finally finally jan? Halos araw araw tayo nag chachat at oovoo eh." She rolled her eyes.

"Eheeem. Yung sarcasm." I smirked at her and she rolled her eyes yet again. "Tss. Tara na nga. Lets go there." She pointed to where the stage was beside. They were selling albums, so I bought and that granted me access to the chairs. Since it was two tickets, me and Ari sat down at the very front. I suddenly felt hungry.

Ari and I talked about a few things. Looking back at our convos and stuff. Oh so you might be wondering about me?

Hiiii. Im Cheska Elise G. Rodriguez. I just turned 13 this february 14. Its currently a sunny weather today--

HAHA JOKE. We're not here to talk about the weather. Its about the concert. The one im with right now? None other than my bestfriend, Ariana Lorraine Reyes. She isn't really a JKfan. I guess I forced her. In exchange for it, she asked me to go with her to Darren's concert. I happily agreed.

So here we are, waiting. Even though the show doesn't start till 2 hours from now. "Hey Ari?" She looked up from her iPad. "Hmmm?"

"Grabe, Ari. IG again? Hinihintay mo talaga mag update si D, ano?" I smirked at her. She just glared at me. "Anyway, you want food? Matagal tagal pa 'to." She instantly looked up. "PIZZA PIZZAAA! ELISE DALI NA PIZZAAA." she kept on shaking my arm. "Oo na! Sandali. Punta lang akong yellow cab." She nodded like crazy. I started jogging to yellow cab. I ordered a pepperoni pizza. After at least 30 minutes, my pizza was ready.

I started jogging toward the escalator when I bumped into a hard figure. The force was a bit intense that I almost fell but I got caught. I held onto the figure. Knowing ut might be a guy. Fortunately, fdThe pizza is safe. Thank Goodness.

The hard surface that bumped me turned out to be a guy in shades and a hoodie. Unfortunately, I took off his hoodie by holding on to his neck to refrain from falling.

I studied his appearance as he helped me stand up. His hair was styled in a quiff, neatly done (maybe by a hair stylist). His smirk held deep dimples on the sides of his cheek. I was really tempted to poke them. Good thing I didn't though. He wore a gray hoodie and a pair of raybans. Although I didn't see his eyes, I knew he was handsome. Yet Im loyal to my beloved jk (lol).

"Sorry." I said as I stood up. Thought I was gonna stutter? I never do. "Well, Next time take care. Precious cargo." He said I chuckled and nodded. He took off his sunglasses to wink at me. And I instantly think I know him.

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Published on May 24, 2015