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Part 3

"VENISSE LAURIE GUEVERRA!! GUMISING KA NAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

Napatayo ako bigla at... Wew. Nakita ko si mama na nakatayo sa may kama ko. And thank God everything was just a dream. That was the scariest nightmare I ever had.

I instantly stood from my bed. "Mamaaaaa!" I hugged her. Hay.. I feel so relieved.

"Aba eh, bakit? Anong nakain mo?"

Natawa na lang ako. "Ma naman eh! I just had a nightmare!"

"Oh I see. Sige na, anong oras na oh? May nag-text nga pala sa'yo kaya ginising kita." Kumalas na sa'kin si mama. "Sige na, i-check mo na. Baka si Aiel 'yan."

At oo, legal kami. ^_____________^ Ang nakakainis lang, eh ang tawag ni mama sakanya eh 'AIEL.' Ayaw na ayaw ko siyang tinatawag na Aiel. Gusto ko Kid. I find his second name more cute than his first name. -__________-

So I checked my phone and saw a text from him that definitely made me smile.

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FROM: KID <3

MESSAGE: Good morning! :) Let's meet at the UST Lover's Lane. See you.

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I always receive a message like this whenever I wake up. Sa UST Lover's Lane (A/N: 'Yung UST Lover's Lane nasa gilid. --> Picture not mine. Credits to Iane Velasco) kasi kami lagi nagkikita tuwing umaga. We usually spend our mornings there. Nagkwe-kwentuhan lang at nakatingin lang sa skies. It always reminds us of our relationship. Na kahit lumubog man ang araw, na kahit walang stars or moon, andiyan pa din. Magkasama. At hindi nagkakahiwalay.

Teka, tama na nga salita. Pupuntahan ko pa siya sa UST eh.

@UST Lover's Lane

Standing at the very front, I looked around. Hinahanap ko si Kid. And someone suddenly held my hand from behind. I turned around and...

"Kid!" Yinakap ko siya. "Akala ko kung nasaan ka eh." I smiled.

He pushed me away. "Bakit?" Wala naman akong naalala na nag-away kami ah?

"Kasi..." He pulled someone from behind him. "Siya."

I saw a pretty and tall girl standing in front of me, holding his hand tightly.

Tears began to fall rapidly on my cheeks. "A-anong ibig sabihin nito?" I bursted out crying. Gusto kong maupo pero hindi ko magawa. It's like I'm frozen and glued to where I'm standing right now.

"Hindi na kita mahal." He said in a very tough voice.

I just cried... and cried... until I realized I'm already sitting at the ground. Pouring my heart out with every tear.

“Sorry, pero, ayoko na.” He said then he turned his back against me and left with another girl.

Tears were still falling down my cheeks. I'm not weak. I'm in pain. But still I tried to stand up. “Ayaw mo na?! So ganun na lang ‘yun?! Ha?!” I shouted at him but nothing happened. He walked away with his new girl as if he didn’t hear me. As if, nothing happened. As if… I was a stranger who was calling someone else.

I never thought that this would happen.

I thought everything was just a dream.

But my nightmare... has come to life.

And now I can't escape.

I can't pinch myself as if I'm going to wake up from a dream or a very long sleep.

My fairytale's done.

This is... the end.