The Taboo (Completed)

The Taboo: It starts with 'T'

Everyone has its secrets, and now my secret will be known to all.

I'm Gel Franches, 15 years old. I have a bit of a very perfect family, but I'm not as perfect as what you think I am.

It was my first day in Junior high and everyone was so glad to see their friends in school. Just like everyone, I was excited too.
New school year, but same old me. When the new school year came, there was always something new too. New schoolmates,  classmates and teachers. The same old thing that happen every school year.

"Good Morning class!" It was Miss Joe. She was a bright woman, with a tied up curvy black hair. She has brown eyes and a tanned skin. I can tell her height was beyond 4'8 but not more than 5'0. Her body isn't that jowly, and neither too thin. 

"This school year, I will be your new adviser." We already know her because she was our local history teacher when we we're still freshmen.

"Good Morning Miss Joe!" we all greeted. "Well, isn't this wonderful? New school year for everyone!" She sounded so cheerful and happy.
"I have a beautiful suggestion for this class. Because as what I have read in your expectations. You want this class to be united and good news! We will gonna make it happen." The things that you have heard from her, are all true.

You can't expect us to be more closer to each other because we have differences. You see we were all girls and our class was made up of groups, different horde with different characteristics.
One was the Trendy, they're the biggest group in the class. They were the group that was always in to fashion and relationship. No wonder why they always have to gossip about boys.

Another one was the Friendlies, they have the same thing in common with the Trendies, but they knew each other very well because they came from the same grade school.

The third one was the Cuties they just love cute stuffs. Then this group called Nerds, they just love to read.

I really don't like to be in a group, but in order for you to be accepted, you have to join at least one group. In my case, I joined the less important one: the Simplest.

In the group I was the last one who joined and it was not easy because you see, I'm not a socially inclined person but they expect something more from me.

Let me introduce you the members: first was Iriane, she's the leader, and the smartest in the group. Second was Ledane, she's the funniest person in the group and she always laugh, her only problem was that she's really into gossip, and that's why I don't really talk a lot when I'm with her.

The other one is Andrey, nah, you don't want to know her. She's super untidy.

Anyway, there's Jessie, she's the shortest in the group, and what I mean with shortest, is the height. She looks wimpy but she's tough in academics, just like Iriane.

Let's go back to my teacher, Miss Joe might be cheerful and happy on the outside, but she seemed sad on the inside.

Everyone of us expects her to be a better than the past advisers. But I never thought she'll be one of the reasons why this school year is a miserable one for us.

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It was an ordinary day for us Juniors, the typical boring day. Our science teacher was absent that's why we're in the classroom doing a very long seat work. Adette, from the Trendy opened a topic about relationship. Again!

I don't know what has happened to the youth today. Is having a relationship on an early age a priority?

Well don't mind that question, let's continue my story.

Now where was I? Yes. Yes, an ordinary day indeed. I don't know why she's bragging  about how many ex-boyfriends she had, and her friends on the other hand would say "Wow that's cool Adette!" or "Wow you're amazing!" and I would say "Oh really? How amusing..." Just being sarcastic.

No they didn't hear that! I would kill myself if they did.

After that it's Yanie's turn to brag, and the topic? About ex-boyfriends again! By the way, Yanie is Adette's cousin. Adette is older than Yanie but Adette only wants to be beside Yanie all the time and that is why they were on the same school, the same room, and on the same seating arrangement (Adette is beside Yanie, and Yanie is beside Adette). 

Adette wasn't really talkative, unlike Yanie. Adette's story was boring because she's not good in story-telling. Yanie on the other hand was different. She tells the same topic but will make you imagine what happened. When Yanie is talking it's like you can also feel what she is trying to let you feel and see what she trying to make you see.

"So you see, he's my first boyfriend..." she began "and as what the saying goes, 'first love never dies...' The reason why I opened this topic is because we accidently met at the jeepney while I was on my way home last monday and-I.." she didn't finish because Adette broke in "Hey we went home together last monday!" Adette almost shouted.

No. no, she's not mad, that's just the way they talk sometimes. "Shut up Adette! I'm not yet done with my talking here... Did you forget? we didn't go home together last monday because you told me you are going to meet with Jake!"

Adette blushed because she was a bit embarrased. "Oh sorry..." she told Yanie, and then Yanie continued.

"So as I was saying, It was a little awkward at first, but then, a little while after we talked and talked... I realized that I miss him so much and that I want to be with him for the rest of the day! He told me about his ex-gilfriend who dumped him because she found out that he is still in love with me? Oh isn't it romantic?"

She glanced for a minute at their faces and see if they have been listening to her. Everyone noticed her stare and so they started nodding. "And then, what made me happy on that time was when he told me he missed me." her eyes sparkled and she clasped her hands then made her eyes twinkle.

That was the time I remembered that kind of feeling, the feeling that made me reminisce about my ex-boyfriend: Paul. He's a very nice guy. He makes me laugh and smile, and he's proud of having me, but I didn't treat him like a special person. I didn't give him enough time and I have taken him for granted.

Paul is my very first boyfriend in my sophomore year. The Trendies have started this "Boyfriend Era" where no single is allowed (But it's up to you).

I was one of those who don't have, because one, I know my parents would disagree, and second it's not really my kind of thing. But the thought of having one, came up to me. What if I should have a boyfriend? What if I try to have one?

One day, saturday evening, I was at home doing an assignment. I signed in my yahoo messanger and went online.

After I finished with my homework, I came to chat my friends in Yahoo Messenger. I asked my classmate Maly to share her contacts with me and she gave me a lot (that's the nicest thing in yahoo messanger to have an unknown contacts) I asked also Sen Chels' sister and my classmate to share her contacts to me and she did.

I was glad to see my contacts so full. Then a minute later, chatboxes were popping on my desktop. They're my unknown contacts saying 'hi' and by that time I was really glad. So many chatmates! I thought. This is gonna be fun!

As time goes by I noticed my desktop clock. It's already 11:15 on that evening. I was checking again for contacts and I noticed one contact that is still available. So I opened that chatbox.

"Hi!" I greeted. "Hey!" It replied! I got excited. I thought that contact is a friend of mine who just changed its username. "Aren't you not going to sleep?" I asked.

"No not yet, I'm still doing something" it replied. "Who are you by the way?" it asked. "Oh I thought we already know each other?" I replied "I'm Gel Franches by the way. I'm from Help Academy." I added. "Really? I came from that school too!" It told me.

"Im Paul. I'm in Science International School now" reading it. I got excited! This meams he's just nearby "Here's my Friendster account." he gave me the link and I opened it. When I saw his account, I flipped.

TO BE CONTINUED...