The Forbidden Love

Valentine's Day

Jake Sullivan

Today's Valentine's Day. Today's the day. The day where everything will change. The changes will depend on how she will react to my confession. I thought very hard on how to confess to her but only one thing popped inside my head, the ordinary way.

The way wherein the boy gives the girl a bouquet of flowers and tells her how he really feels. In movies, the girl would eventually tear up and accept his feelings. But, for me, there's a 50% chance of me getting dumped. Well, she only sees me as a friend but, I see her as MORE than a friend or should I say chingu.

On my way to school , I called up my bestfriend , Carl, to drop by the flower shop to buy a bouquet of flowers for Bea. He said okay since he was going there anyway, to buy flowers for Tisha.

I walked to the school grounds and saw a huge commotion going on near the stage. I came closer to see what was happening. When I arrived in front, I saw Callan, a jock, with Bea. He was confessing to her in front of the whole school. But, unfortunately, he got dumped which made me more nervous about my confession. What if I get dumped just like Callan? Ugh. 

During recess, I opened my locker and boy,it was full. Full of presents and letters from the girls in our campus.When I closed my locker door, I saw Amanda, a popular girl. 

"Hi Jake".She said.

"Uhm.Hi?"I said.

"Here." She said handing me a box of heart-shaped chocolates, the expensive kind of chocolate.

"Thanks, but I don't like sweets". I lied.

"Oh, is that so?" 

"Yeah".I answered.

"Oh. Here's a shirt. I made it personally for you". She smiled.

I looked at the shirt and couldn't help but think how stupid this Amanda is. Like, who would give a guy a shirt that says "I ♥ Amanda"? Well, some guys would die for this shirt ... but not me.

"Thanks but no thanks. Sorry, but I like someone else." I bravely said.

"Oh. Okay. Forget what I did. NEVER. Tell anyone about this confession. Or else you're dead.Understand?" She threatened

"Crystal." I answered back.

After classes, I looked for Carl and asked him where the flowers were. He got it and gave it to me. Then, I looked for Bea but I, couldn't find her anywhere. I called her but she wouldn't pick up. 

I looked all over the campus but no sign of Bea. The last place where I didn't go to was the library. That was the place Carl told me not to go to since he was going to confess to Tisha there. I had no other choice but to go there. I ran there as fast as I could and.... found her. But she didn't look happy. In fact, she was crying. I couldn't help but run to her and hug her.

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Bea Rodriguez

It's Valentine's Day. I had no plans on confessing to Carl about how I feel about him. I didn't like him that much like how I did before but I still liked him. I was walking in the hallway when I overheard voices in the library. I could clearly tell that it was Carl's. But I didn't know who owned the other voice. I didn't want to do it but I ended up doing it anyway. I eavesdropped on them. It was TISHA!!! Carl was confessing to Tisha. I couldn't help myself. I promised myself that I wouldn't cry over such childish things but.. I couldn't...I just couldn't. I felt weak. My eyesight was blurry since my eyes were filled with tears.I collapsed but I didn't feel the ground hit my head. I felt someone's arms wrapped around me.

The last words I heard were " Bea, Saranghaeyo"( Bea, I love you.)

Baby don’t cry tonight eodumi geochigo namyeon

Baby don’t cry tonight eobseotdeon iri doel geoya

Mulgeopumi doeneun geoseun nega aniya kkeutnae mollaya haetdeon

So baby don’t cry cry nae sarangi neol jikil teni

(Baby don’t cry tonight after the darkness passes

Baby don’t cry tonight it’ll become as if it never happened

You’re not the one to disappear into foam, something you never should’ve known

So Baby don’t cry cry my love will protect you)