Isabelle Dizon was perfect. A straight A business course student, a sensible lady, a responsible daughter any parent would wished for. But she felt something lacking. She often felt she was living to her parents idea of what she should be, and she started to doubt if that was what she really wanted. As her uncertainty and longing continued, she met a group of people from a poorly funded, nearly dissolved, university organization. A group of six university students who taught her the value of friendship, the courage that comes with pursuing her dreams, and the importance of living in the moment and creating Something Spectacular. Something Spectacular written by: april_avery Genre: Teen Fiction

They say love is the most beautiful feeling in the world, but what if the love you feel is the very thing that destroys you? I gave him my everything. My time, my attention, my heart, and my soul. I loved him in ways I didn't know I was capable of loving someone. I stayed up late just to talk to him, I waited patiently even when he was busy, and I loved him silently, hoping that one day, he would finally see me the way I saw him. I built a future in my mind where we were happy, where we were together, and where we belonged to each other. But reality is always crueler than dreams. No matter how hard I tried, no matter how much I gave, I could never win his heart completely. Because deep down, I knew the truth. I knew that his eyes were still looking for someone else. I knew that his heart still belonged to the person who left him a long time ago. I was just the placeholder, the person who was there to fill the emptiness while he waited for her to come back. I was his comfort, his friend, his temporary happiness-but I was never his love. Every "I love you" felt like a lie, and every touch felt borrowed. I was loving a man who could never love me back the way I deserved. I was holding onto someone who was already gone. It was a love that was beautiful, yes, but it was also painful, toxic, and one-sided. In the end, I had to learn the hardest lesson of all: You cannot force someone to love you, no matter how much you sacrifice. And you cannot keep someone who doesn't even want to stay. This is the story of how I loved him with everything I had, only to realize... that this love was never really mine to keep.