Exchange of hearts - Hambebe AU

Chapter 45

Third Person's POV:

Gwen decided to take a sip of that cup of noodles soup. She needed that heat as she wanted to completely release the alcoholic feels from her body.

She wants to be all eyes and all ears to her bestfriend cause she knows, kahit kalog ang BFF niya, she sure knows how to spit wise words when needed.

Stacey: Okay. Dun muna tayo sa part ni Ate Colet.. First of all, we all had fairshare of heartbreaks in life. Uhm let's say, mas painful yung sayo. S-sorry for bringing it up, I have no intention to compare Dhaibhie.

Gwen tappped Stacey's hand, assuring her that it's totally okay to talk about it.

Stacey: So ayun. then you know din naman I had a crush before na hindi rin ako ncrush back, which I'm sure nag sisisi na yon cause like boy, look kung anong sinayang mo? Kidding aside. Sa part naman ni Jho, well hindi man yan nag oopen up pero I'm sure hirap din yan sa set-up namin because of her job and because of the country we lived in. Kay Sheena at ate maloi, I have no idea. And now, if hindi ako nagkakamali, this is Ate Cole's first ever heart break.

Gwen: Sadly yeah.

Malungkot na namang boses ni Gwen.

Stacey: As you can see, all of us will go through different kind of heartbreaks in life. Yung iba sa friendship naman, other sa family, some people with their careers etc. Nobody reached happiness agad agad. Well kung sino man nakakuha nun at first try, edi congrats. But yeah, sometimes, being hurt and hurting people UNINTENTIONALLY is inevitable. Like you can't control kung ano man ang magiging emosyon at reaction ng ibang tao.
Wait subo muna ako konting noodles nakakagutom dumada haha.

Stacey took two bites of noodles and sip some soup too befor continuing to speak.

Gwen was still seriously listening to her BFF.

Stacey: Ehem so ayun nga, don't blame yourself for not reciprocating other's feelings for you. Hindi mo fault na minahal ka niya. It was her choice. At mukhang sa confession niya tonight sayo, ni-ready na rin naman na siguro niya ang sarili niya sa yes or no na sagot mula sayo. I know you feel guilty because after all she is your friend. Pero just give her sometime. Hindi makakatulong na makita or kahit marinig man lang niya ang pangalan mo. She will eventually recover. I know it. I just feel it.

May laman ang sinabi ni Stacey pero hindi naman gets ni Gwen yung last part na sinabi niya.

Stacey: Kaya dhaibhie. She's right.. let her heal first. Pag okay na ang lahat.. unti unting mag re-resume ang friendship niyo. Sobrang bait niyan ni ate Colet kahit sabihin mong mukha siang masungit and all. I just know that she just needs to love herself din muna to accept these things.

Gwen took some time to process it. Before she took a bite of the noodles, drank another glass of water then replied to Stacey.

Gwen: Thank you. I felt some relief from that. But sana talaga we can still save our friendship. She's the only treasure that Lily had left me na natitira at sobrang thankful ako sakanya, sa inyong tatlo nila Jho for helping me heal.

Stacey gave Gwen a quick hug.

Stacey: Ready ka na ba dun sa second point ko? Dun sa other concern mo?

Gwen: Go ahead dhaibhie.

Stacey took a deep breath for the second part of her advice.

Stacey: Are you aware na I believe in love at first sight? Like yeah marupok na kung marupok, pero I just know that my heart knows what it wants. Regardless if ma-like back man ako or not. Ganito lang kami ni Jho, pero I knew from the very moment I saw her.. laid my eyes on her, alam kong siya na bet ko. Siguro I just got lucky na nagustuhan niya rin talaga ako cause like sino ba naman hindi? Hello?! ahaha. Kidding aside. I too, do not believe in wasting time. I mean I respect other people about valuing yung panahon in getting to know muna, especially if online mo lang nakilala like hello? Kakatakot din. But yeah, just like you said. Hindi nagdalawang isip si Sheena na sagipin ka that night. Like what could go wrong, kahit swimmer siya, paano kung pinulikat siya while trying to save you? Eh di dalawa na kayong shing shang.