How To Get Over Him (Short Story)

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by Happenstances

From: KittyClaymentine@yahoo.com 
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2014 11:08 PM
To: DrRandomBlog@hotmail.com
Subject: How to get over him?

Dear Mr. Owner of This Advice Blog,

How do I begin? Hi, I'm Clay. Pero nickname lang po 'yun. Clementine ang full first name 'ko. Sorry if I'm rambling. Hindi kasi ako sanay sa ganito. I mean, no offense pero ang weird nung feeling habang nagsusulat sa inyo. I don't mean it in a bad way and I'm not calling you a weirdo. I'm just saying na ang weird po nung feeling. Ay, I'm talking too much ulit. Habbit ko po 'yun, sorry.

A few days ago, my boyfriend broke up with me and it's been really hard. Limang taon din kami. Wala naman po akong mapagsabihang kaibigan dahil na-realize kong bukod sa boyfriend ko, wala na akong ka-close na mapapagkatiwalaan. Nung naging kami kasi, binuhos ko lahat ng time ko sa kanya. And my old friends ang I just drifted away. So, without him, I became a loner. Wala akong mapagbuntunan ng frustrations ko. Wala akong kakampi. And that's really hard. Imagine going through your first break-up alone. Anak ng chicken lang di ba?

Yesterday, nagdecide akong tumambay sa isang bookstore. Without my boyfriend, nawala 'yung usual routine ko. Kadalasan kasi after dismissal, tumatambay kami sa isang coffee shop at nagkukwentuhan. Actually nung araw na 'yun, dinala ako ng paa ko sa coffee shop... pero hindi ko nagawang pumasok. Kasi nakita ko siya sa window na may kasamang iba. Ouch. Ang galing 'di ba? Pinaltan niya agad ako. (By the way, mas maganda naman po ako dun eh! Mas maputi lang yung bagong babae. That's not love- That's Dove!) Meanwhile, I'm still trying to last five seconds without thinking of him. How nice! I said that very sarcastically by the way. Kaya tumambay na lang po ako sa katapat na bookstore para magala-stalker mode at tingnan kung sino 'yung walang delikadesang pumatol sa ungas na boyfriend ko. 

Habang nandun po ako, narinig ko ang dalawang babaeng nasa kabilang side ng bookshelf na nag-uusap tungkol sa isang sikat na advice blog. This advice blog. And that is why I'm writing to you, kuya. Help me, please. Hindi ko alam ang gagawin ko. I don't have anyone else to turn to. He was my first love and first heartbreak. And sa sobrang tagal ng relationship namin, I forgot what it was like to function all alone. How do I get over him? 

I know you're busy and probably matatabunan lang 'to ng ibang mail mo. But... I'm crossing my fingers and hoping you would reply.

Yours,
Clay

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From:  DrRandomBlog@hotmail.com
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2014 11:55 PM
To: KittyClaymentine@yahoo.com
Subject: How to get over him?

Hey Kitty Clay,

That's a such a cute yahoo adress. And your expressions like 'anak ng chicken' are so funny. Pero nagutom ako 'dun kaya bumaba muna ako at dumaan sa mcdo para bumili ng chicken. Sorry, medyo matagal ako nagreply. 

Anyway, it seems like you had a jerk boyfriend. But you had a really long relationship. I don't know you personally so I can't tell what kind of boyfriend he was. Siguro mabait siya nung una tapos unti-unting nagbago. Siguro gago lang talaga siya at magaling magtago. I'm not sure. Maybe you should tell me the whole story- from how you met up to this point.

Pero I have to ask you to do something. I want you to evaluate yourself first. Tanungin mo ang sarili mo kung handa ka na ba. Are you really ready to move on? Kasi ayokong magbigay ng advice 'kung sa huli, babalik at babalik ka pa rin sa kanya.

Yours,

DR- or The Owner of This Advice Blog

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I really enjoyed "This is What Happy Looks Like" kaya naisip ko 'to hahaha :) short story kasi I only wrote it to pass time. Ang tagal kasi ng bakasyon namin.