Author's Note:
I just saw this story on our School's Journal. I'm giving the credits to the real owner of this story. I just wanted to post it here kasi nagandahan ako sa story. I also changed the title and the names of the protagonists.
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There's No Happy Ending
Ako si Mara Villalobos, at ang buhay ko? Walang kwenta. Bata pa lang ako nang iwan kami ni Mama ng Papa ko. Kung anong dahilan? Babae. I can still remember what he've said the day he left us.
"I never loved you! I don't want to see you again! I found someone better!"
Those words have really broke my mother's heart.. My heart. Simula nang iwan nya kami, my mother started destroying her life. Sigarilyo doon, alak dito, drugs doon, hanggang sa hindi na nakayanan ng katawan nya at nagkaroon sya ng malalang sakit. Wala akong ibang magawa kundi ang panoorin lang sya habang nagdudusa. Lumaki ako sa sarili kong sikap. No rules, no regulations, no commands. Lahat ako ang magdedesisyon. Me, myself and I alone.
College student na ako ngayon and I'm taking-up Engineering course in a well-known School. Lahat ito ay galing sa pagsisikap ko. May naiipon din akong pera, sapat para sa mga gamot na kailangan ni Mama. Wala akong kaibigan. May ibang sumubok na makipag-usap sakin pero wala din sila napala. Yung mga lalaking sinubukang i-date ako, walang nagawa, at lahat nang ito ay dahil sa Papa ko. I've been allergic to men and I see them all as hella jerks. Isipin ko pa lang sila nanginginig na ako sa galit.
Isang araw, naglalakad ako sa hallway ng School and it's not new to me to see my schoolmates chattering about this freshman student who acts like a witch that's happened to be me, the one and only Mara Villalobos. Sino nga ba naman ang hindi makakapansin sa isang katulad ko? I always wear black shirt with my very thick eyeliner. Isa akong loner sa lugar na ito. Nothing to be with and nothing to have pero wala akong pakialam. I live my own life.
I was busy ignoring my non-sense schoolmates who love to talk about such filthy things instead of minding their own life when I felt like I've stepped onto something. Hindi naman ako interesadong kunin at tingnan pa kung ano yun, but there's something that tells me to look and pick-up that thing, kaya kinuha ko yun. It was an ID. Joseph Samonte.. He's the owner of it. Kilala ko sya, he's the Captain of the basketball team. Gwapo, matalino, sweet, ayon sa nakararami and to sum it up, isa syang Mr. Perfect. I stared at his picture on the ID and I was shocked when I realized that I was staring stupidly at his face. Stop it Mara! You hate men remember?
Napagdesisyunan ko na ibalik kaagad sa may-ari yung ID, good thing may vacant class ako. Pumunta ako sa gym dahil may practice nang araw na yun mga members ng basketball team, lahat ng tao nakatingin na naman sakin as I walked inside the gym but I don't give a damn. Hindi ako yayaman sa mga tingin nila. Lumapit ako dun sa mga nagpapractice.
"Pede ko bang maka-usap si Mr. Joseph Samonte?" I asked one of the members of the team.
Kitang-kita ko yung gulat sa mga mata nya nang makita nya ako or should I say, nung kausapin ko sya or both though his reactions didn't shock me, mas magugulat pa ako kung sya ay hindi magugulat.
