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Chapter 1: The Plan

YEAR 2011

Celestine Imperial's POV:

"Celestine Rose Guevara Imperial!"

My full name echoed inside the cafeteria and I immediately halted from my escape.

"Crap." I blurted out as I looked down. She's angry. By the tone of her voice I definitely knew it already. I kind of expected this anyway. My only best friend being furious at me because of my plans. But this reaction of hers is way out of my expectation.

I looked around and I came to realize that I'm not the only one halted. All of my classmates, schoolmates, even the cafeteria staff and Mr. Jose the Janitor that I'm kind of close to are looking at me like I've been accused of stealing some chocolate cake from the cafeteria. Embarrassment flushed in to my face, making me look like a red ripe tomato.

Oh God! I want to stitch Samantha's mouth or smash her with this empty tray I'm holding, my subconscious growls. Lucky her she's my best friend.

I slowly turn looking back at her and when I met her eyes it's frightening, they're ultimately furious at me. If her glare could kill I'd be dead by now, I'm sure of it. I'd be dead over and over and over again. I walk towards her and grab her hand, dragging her out like my own child who's throwing a fit because I didn't bought her a toy.

We placed back our trays without me releasing my grip on her hand and exited the embarrassing place. We're at the hallway when she swung her hands so she could escape my grip and put her hands on my shoulders halting me. Our eyes locked and this time, I'm trapped. Crap.

"Are you really serious?" she asks while looking at me as serious as she could be while slightly shaking me to spill the answer.

I gauge at her, studying her, studying the life and death situation I'm in. Calculating every movement I make and it feels like I'm defusing a bomb. Just one mistake and boom!

If you nod, she'll flip... but if you won't, I know and you know to yourself that you'll still do it and you'll be lying to her. She'll kill you, my subconscious said making it easier for me to understand the whole situation. So I come up to my conclusion and daringly nod at her.

"Are you nuts?!" she growls.

I instantly closed my eyes as I saw her glaring eyes at me. I can't dare to have an eye to eye contact with her. She's frightening.

There you go, you're definitely doomed. I'm outta here. Says my subconscious and exited leaving me behind with the furious Sam.

"Sa pagiging in love mo sa kanya, matatanggap ko pa. But you? Confessing??! I can't Celestine. No,no,no,no."

I peek up at her and she looks worried, and I know where this is coming from. Is telling her I'm about to confess to my longtime crush a mistake?

"I thought...you'd support me." I told her. She's my best friend. "And every best friend supports their best friend even if their decisions could kill them." I made up the saying in my head.

"I am!" she said, unsure.

"Then why are you acting this way?" I asked and she loosen her grip from my shoulder then put her hands down. But I know this isn't a hint of surrender. She's only trying to calm herself. She wouldn't want to murder her best friend because of confessing.