It's Always You

Chapter 23 " Confession "

DJ'S POV

" How's life while you're in the states?"

I knew this time I have to be honest with her. She deserve to know the truth. So I started to tell her my story.

Flashback

Life for me in the states was never easy. I admit I have my parents at first. I leave with them for two years, but when I reach college that's when I decided to moved out. That decision made a big impact into my life.

I was introduced into the world of parties. If there are parties, guess what comes next? Of course alcohol and girls.. I sleep around but I don't do any relationship, I don't want any complications. Mahirap na nga pag sabayin ang school and barkada, babae pa kaya.. And whenever I am with them, I kept on thinking about my Bal. That she's way much better compared to those girls...

I even joined fraternities and I experienced living on a frat house, I had my own room. It was a great experience. Every weekend we'll get to have a party. More alcohols and more girls. I was living the dream. I was one of the popular guy at school. People wanted to be my friend.

Until the day came that I am failing at school. My parents got really mad at me when they found out those extra curricular activities that I am doing. But I still didn't care, I still go on with what I am doing.

One day our professor assigned a student tutor to each and everyone of us who were struggling on our grades. That's when I met her. Cara. She's a Filipino too and with brains. She's still a student in our school and we are on the same year. But I avoided her like plague. Why in the world do I need her as my tutor?! I don't need her! I am not that dumb. I even got  a 4.0 on my GPA before. It's just that this time I am not serious on my studies.

I gave her a hard time. She even wanted to give up on me, but she still stayed because I was assigned to her, I became her obligation.

I let her tutor me but in one condition, she'll attend to one of our frat party. She's the type of person who doesn't go to parties. She's the type of person who will just stay at home especially during weekends and just burry herself on her school works and books. But I was surprised kasi pumayag siya sa condition ko.

We were having a party that night when she came, of course she was out of place, it's not her world. I introduced her to some of my girlfriends but not to the famewhores. After that we became close friends. It was just a mutual friendship. She always go to our party eventually she met new friends. I said to myself, finally she's going out of her shell!..

Little by little, those things are changing her. She's been into alcohol, much worse drugs, which I never even dared to try.

Another party came which I would never forgot......

" Cara you don't have to go there. Just stay out of that place. "

Cara: But I want too!.. You can't stop me Daniel.. "

" Please .. It's getting out of hand Cara. I shouldn't have let you go there in the first place. Look at you, it's not the same Cara that I know! "

She still ended up going to the party. I was there too, From time to time I check on her. Making sure she drink a little and not to use drugs which I already prohibited to bring in the house. I was just out for an hour to buy more booze or drinks and when I get back there was already a commotion in the frat house. There were ambulance and paramedics. Then I saw Cara passed out in the front yard. I found out that she has consumed too much alcohols which resulted to alcohol poison in her body. I just stood and watched as they drag her body in the stretcher. How could I do that to her. It's all my fault. She was a good friend to me, a good person. She just wanted to tutor me and yet I dragged her into this mess. It was never her world! It was just mine that she should have never entered.