WAITING FOR SUMMER (High School Series 1)
Some summers are meant to heal you. Others will break you before they do.
Samarra "Summer" Merranda is a senior high school student who learned early that home is not always a safe place. Abandoned by her biological father at seven and raised by a mother trapped in a cycle of abusive relationships, Summer grows up guarded, sarcastic, and emotionally distant. School becomes her refuge-the only place where she feels free, seen, and alive.
There, she has a 'special friend' Philipp "Pip" Alfonzo, a working student who balances school, part-time jobs, and family responsibilities with humor and quiet resilience. Unlike Summer, Pip hides his struggles behind jokes and warmth. Their relationship begins with playful banter, shared early mornings, and small acts of kindness-until those small moments start to feel dangerously important.
May mga pangyayaring hindi kayang takasan, gaano man natin gustong umiwas.
Upang kalimutan ang lahat at ilayo ang sarili sa bangungot na dulot ng kanyang stepfather, iniwan ni Summer ang tanging taong nagbibigay-liwanag sa madilim niyang mundo-si Pip.
Pinili niyang mabuhay.
Pinili niyang umalis.
Ngunit sa pagbabalik niya pagkaraan ng ilang taon, ibang tao na ang kanyang nadatnan. Mas malamig. Mas tahimik. Mas malayo.
May pag-asa pa kayang buuin ang pusong siya mismo ang dumurog?
O ang pagbabalik niya ang tuluyang sisira sa lahat?
