One Stage At A Time [COMPLETED]

Author's Note and Possible Sequel

Official Playlist

These are the songs I listened to while I was writing the story:

1. Remember When - Avril Lavigne
2. Broken - Secondhand Serenade
3. Love the Way You Lie - Rihanna/Eminem
4. Let It Hurt - Rascal Flatts
5. I'm Moving On - Rascal Flatts
6. Say Something - Boyce Avenue cover
7. Heartless - The Fray cover
8. What the Heart Wants - Selena Gomez
9. Stop Crying Your Heart Out - Oasis
10. Let Her Go - Passenger
11. My Happy Ending - Avril Lavigne

About the Story

The concept of this story is from a Psychology theory that deals with the stages of grief-- the Kubler-Ross model. All the stages mentioned is from that theory.

"The Kübler-Ross model postulates a series of emotional stages experienced by survivors of an intimate's death, wherein the five stages are denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance." (Wikipedia.org)

Author's Note:
Unang-una, salamat sa pagbabasa, sa comments at votes. Alam kong hindi ito kasing ganda ng ibang mga akda rito sa Wattpad kaya malaki ang pasasalamat ko sa mga nag-tiyaga na basahin 'to. I really do hope that you like it.

This story was written within the span of a day, mind you it was not easy. Simple lang naman ang concept nito. But with all the emotions (plus the songs I had to listen to get me going), I was too depressed when I finished it. I was actually literally crying when I was writing some parts of the story. Kaya naman it took a while for me to proofread it. It was draining mentally, physically and most of all, emotionally.

Now, hindi ko ito isinulat para ipakita kung gaano ka-"martyr", ka-"tanga" o kung ano pa man si Meghan. Gusto ko lang ipakita kung ano ang pinagdadaanan ng mga taong naiwan sa mga relasyon. Alam kong hindi ito totoo sa lahat ng tao pero may mga ilan na halos ganito ang naramdaman. Especially when you were still too in love when it ended. So, who are we to judge their story if we were not in their shoes?

Nabuo ang kwento na ito dahil sa interes ko sa Kubler-Ross Model. And yes, I experienced my fair share of loses, kaya may napaghugutan ako ng emosyon. But no, it was not a breakup. It was friendship gone wrong and some other things. Siguro iba yun sa breakups but I believe that the emotions are the same.

Lastly, there's always two sides of the story. So, I was thinking, dapat lang siguro na malaman natin ang side ni Nick, di ba? So, I'm planning to work it out. Medyo hazy pa ang scenes. Gusto ko kasing i-justify yung actions ni Nick (as if that's still possible seeing that most comments are about them hating what Nick did). Hindi ko rin kasi alam kung anong pwedeng maging rason niya. Well, actually, I have something in mind but it's still not final. So before I end this, I'm asking for some more convincing ideas. So, para sa inyo, ano kaya ang naging rason ni Nick para gawin niya yung mga nagawa niya? Leave your ideas sa comment box. ;-)