Dear Juan Karlos (A Juan Karlos Labajo fan fiction)

"Her"

Today's a school holiday, feast day. That's why we had the 'fest' yesterday. I'm home alone today, well what I mean with home alone is alone with Ate Yen. Mom's not here. I took a quick check on my wall clock, 8:55 am. It's early for me, but I don't have the need to sleep. I'm not even hungry.

Because of boredom, I decided to grab my journal, Dear Juan Karlos. I have time to laugh now. I flip the pages until I reached the very first entry, the poem. Time flies so damn fast, it was months ago since I did the entry. The classes ended last November. I flipped more pages till I reached the last one, all about JK's first love, Stacy.

Remember when we knew that Stacy studies at the same school where we study, until now, it gave me heart aches, and this fear of Karlos asking her out. Well, I'm also Karlos' best friend, I should be proud of him. But, as his fangirl / lover, I get jealous too. I'm trapped.

My journal gave me an idea of what activity will I do today. I'll just go to the park, maybe all alone, but I could call Karlos too.

I called Karlos.

"Hello Best!" I greeted. "Yaaaah. Why?" He said while making funny Scottish voice. "So, wanna come later, to the park?" I asked. "Su-u-re." He said. "Why?" "I'll ask you later, 10 am sharp, I'll fetch you there." He said and ended the call.

After Karlos ended the call, I went upstairs and took a bath.

***

I check the clock, it was 9:10, Karlos will be here in awhile. I got my clothes. I wore maroon colored pants and a white tee with "arctic monkeys" on it I also wore my black converse.

You can't go out without bringing a bag, girl code. I got my black backpack and got my journal, sketchpad and my pencil case.

I got my phone and I started going downstairs until my phone vibrated.

MISSING KOTSE: Best, I'm neaaar your house get ready!

Me: Why do you need to text, best! 👽

MISSING KOTSE: Why? Masama bang i-inform si Chrissy? 😂 💖

Me: Okay okay okay, sige I'll be downstairs waiting for ya. What's with the heart? 💩

MISSING KOTSE: I love love love my best 👸💩

Me: bye poop! 💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩

MISSING KOTSE: see ya, #taejuan #taechrissy 💩👦💩💁

What's with the poop emojis, crap. I continued walking down the stairs. 9:58 am, wow, 10 am sharp was really a big deal with Karlos.

"Christine, nandito si Karlos, punta daw kayo sa park!" Ate Yen called. 10 am it is. "Okay ate!" I said after I drank water. I opened the gate. "Hi best!" Karlos said while his hand was inside his pocket and he waved his hands. Karlos wore blue pants and a white tee with "Bastille" on it. Maybe we must switch our tees since I'm the fan here. "Wow, we sorta match tees, do we?" I asked. "We're both taes." He joked. "Joke lang, siyempre ako prince, and you're the princess." He laughed. My cheeks began to be red. "Sorry, but I'm a queen." I joked. Princess.

I looked at Karlos' face, he seemed to be nervous. "What happened? You look nervous." I asked. "No, it's nothing." He smiled. But I know, it was a forced one. "Just tell me why." I begged. "I'll tell you later." He said then he placed his arms on my shoulders. "Okay." I said.

***

Karlos and I are almost near the park. We only walked. I plan to buy cotton candy there.

"So, what are we going to do here?" I asked. "A lot." He said. "A lot, a lot of eating." He joked. "What? You brought me here just to eat?" I laughed. "No, picnic and some advice maybe." He said. "What advice?" I asked. "You'll know later. Let's buy food first." He said.

Karlos and I went to the fries and cotton candy stand, of course I bought both fries and cotton candy, and so he did buy the both too.

"So where are we going to eat?" I asked. "The picnic area." He laughed. Both of us walked there and we sat down.

"So about that, why are we here?" I asked. "I needed some advice." He shrugged. "What kind? What happened." I asked. "Did you ever fell inlove with someone so close to you?" He asked. "What, uhm. Why? Uhm, I don't know." I lied obviously. "Okay, but can you give me advice anyway." He asked. "Okay sure. Why, what's the main reason on why do you need my advice." I asked. Karlos looked in my eye.

"I know you have a crush on this someone you sang for in the fest." He said. "Yes, why?" I said, I started to be curious. "It's because I fell inlove with a girl." He said. Karlos, he fell inlove.

My heart beat suddenly stopped. He fell inlove but with who? Stacy? Probably? But no. What. I paused for a while. "Tell me why do you need my advice for this stuff." I asked. "I wanted to know what a girl likes, I want to know how to make her smile." He said. "So you're planning to...date her?" I said. My eyes started to-tear up. "Yes, like that." He smiled. "So could you help me?" He asked. "Sure sure." I said. Karlos smiled at me. "Thanks best."

***

It's almost 5pm, there's school tomorrow. Karlos and I are already walking home. He smiled a lot this day. But I don't know how to feel. I try not to be jealous but I can't help it. Karlos left me at the gate of my house. "Bye best." He waved. "Bye." I started to look away.

Ate Yen opened the gate and I ran up to my room. I locked the door. The day left me pouting all day. I gave advice to my crush who had another crush, and now this leaves me alone.

I brought my journal out and got my pen too. I opened the journal in one neat page and wrote all the things that happened to day especially how I feel until now.

I jumped onto my bed and hugged my pillows tightly while my face was covered with tears. I know, jumping into conclusions aren't good but I feel the beat from my heart to brain that the girl, is not me. It was Stacy.