Chapter 9(Hardships)

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I was waiting at the gym kung kailan dadating yung lalaki " Hays tagal sakit ng pwet ko kakaupo dito sa loob ng gym" some one approach me and told me that na mag practice daw ako for martial arts so I told him "yes sir" so he said where's your partner for your training this afternoon? I told him that he will be late and I don't know where he is. So the coach left after he talked to me and here I'm still waiting for that guy "bakit kilala niya si Asheng ?" stalker ba namin to noon kaya may nangyari sa amin sa mall no no Meriana wag kang mag isip ng ganyan we have this vocabulary that "DON'T JUDGE BY THE BOOK IT'S COVER" wait until he revealed his evil plan for me or for my friends but bakit niya ako tinulungan if may balak akong patayin? And my mind is going to boom sa kaka overthink sa lalaki yun and I don't realized that he is here already infront of me at sinabihan ako ng "WHY ARE YOU SITTING HERE WEAK?" kaya na galit ako medyo sa kanya and I ask him "How did you know about Ashley?" baka kilala niya noon or childhood friend niya because Asheng didn't mention any guy kasi I feel she is strict to all boys na lalapit sa kanya or is he interested to my friend?!

He noticed that I'm distracted into things in my mind so he pitched me "Aray! sakit" bakit kaya kinurot ako nito may problema toh ah I was annoyed when I'm with him parang ayaw ko na mag practice ng martial arts mas pipiliin ko nalang yung mamatay so where here para mag practice or training for martial arts so he teach me the basic techniques and I watch concentrated and I can't believed that he can do such a things like that "grabi ang galing mo" so he approached me and told me that he will teach me the basic techniques kaya I got interested about the martial arts kaya medyo napagod it's too hard what I'm expected kaya he teach me how to stretch sa dalawang mga paa ko ang sakit! "Aray aray ang sakit ayoko na!" parang gusto ko ng e give up tong pinag gagawa namin I'm so weak he's telling accurate about me that I'm weak "don't give up because you can't do that basic training just train more until you improve" he told me that.

Kaya maaga kaming naka uwi at nakarating na pala si kuya sa bahay but he's really busy so I didn't disturb him or interact with him kaya nag punta na ako diritso sa room ko and someone texting me he said "hey tommorrow 5:30 pm again" and I'm curious how did he get my number?! Is he going to kill me! Kaya takot na takot na akong pumunta sa gym but I want to learn more about Martial Arts I know this is the hardships of my life that's why I won't give up of my dreams mas mabuti pala itong ginawa ko I'll continue trained until I improved kasi para toh sa future ko rin.

I've been curious about the mall incident kahit matagal na yung nangyayari sa amin and I'm still have a trauma sa nangyari in the past kahit nga mga kaibigan ko agree sila sa akin, it's not as easy to solved that case kahit mga investigator nahihirapan sa pag trace ng location sa mga killers, at hindi pa rin sila tapos sa kanilang mga missions and now dinagdagan pa yung problema especially yung mga taong hindi pa mabigyan ng hustisya so I don't want to be burden sa kuya ko kaya it's a good choice that someone trained me on how to protect myself kaya wala dapat ako tinatakotan dahil lang sa nangyari sa akin noon pati sa mga kaibigan ko and I will teach a lesson sa mga bullies  girls especially Nathalie she's ruin someone's precious life kaya ako na ang tatapos sa kaniyang mga ginagawa. So nag patuloy akong nag insayo para hindi na ako ma aabusohan ng mga kaklase ko, that's why our fellow classmates or schoolmates transfers to other schools so I'm still here continue my training and do my activities sa school diba isa akong multitasker HAHAHAHA.
                        

                            *School Time*

Nandito na ako sa school namin and I'm done sa lahat ng activities ko and I also know how to do martial arts but basic pa and thanks to that guy (Vann) so I was nervous and excited at the same time but bakit? Like it's my first time ako naka feel ng ganto but nevermind if I meet that bullies patutumbahin ko na talaga sila. So I was sitting at my chair and Micha approached me and say "Hi are you done sa activities mo all?" and I say "Yes" I'm done and she begs me to help her to do her activities and malapit na yung time papasok na si ma'am in 20 minutes kaya we do clutch. Around 10 minutes we're done naman and nakarating na si ma'am so she discuss about the world dahil journalist yung kinuha kong course and I'm so excited about it and the same time I feel apprehensive about my future.

Kaya hindi nag tagal it's lunch break time na pala so I decided to meet Vann kasi sabi niya sabay kami kakain so I agree kasi siya yung nag turo sa akin sa martial arts and he's telling something important so I'm curious kaya napunta ako at nag mamadali.

So I'm here nakarating na ako sa canteen and he's waiting for me and I say "hi" to him and he said "hello" grabi deep voice naman ito so I asked him "anong sasabihin mo sa akin?" and he tell me that he was my schoolmate during our senior high school and he tell his complete name and I was shocked to hear he's name like what?! siya si Vann El Pelaez yung the killer genius tawag namin noon and that's why Ashley got nervous because of him and now we're here together and I told him "are you joking right? why would you still hang out with me and I'm not a smart as you ?" he told me "he doesn't care" baka may pakay talaga toh sa akin ah nahihiya lang mag tanong sus alam ko na yan char so we're eating at nilibrihan niya ako kaya busog na busog ako sa mga kinain ko and thanks to Vann the killer genius.

I'm walking peacefully and someone bump into me and push me kaya napapasabi ako ng "aray" and I saw a familiar shoes and I looked at her face si Nathalie! "Oh? kawawa ka naman... wala dito yung prince charming mo na mag tatanggol sayo Meriana she said, I don't need a prince charming to save me I'm here to stop you by myself! I told Nathalie those words so she said "then try if you beat me" so I do first move to attacked her and she dodge it quickly and she kicked me in my feet kaya natumba ako ang lakas ng sipa niya hindi ako basta basta nakatayo, so she's laughing and mocking me "HAHA! may pasabi sabi kapa na tatalunin mo ako? never!" she's laughing evily so I remember Vann's techniques on how to beat someone stronger than me kaya I pretend that I punched her and she dodge it quickly and I do kicked her face and she's fainted kaya natakot yung mga kaibigan niya dahil sa sipa kung malakas at mataas kaya I use Vann's strategy so that's why I take advantage on winning kaya after that day Natahlie got transferred other school and no one's bully here in our school kaya masaya ang iba sa naririnig nilang news about Nathalie napaiyak ang iba kasi no Nathalie will comeback here she's banned in this school and I go to the gym and say thank you for my master Vann and he chuckled at me so I was very thankful talaga sa kanya and we are close friends na.
              

                         ***Time's Skip***
                  
                              5 years later

After the hardships of my life that I experienced I have thought a lesson about not giving up my dreams even though we're tired and got worried about our future, kahit ako malapit na akong mawalan ng pag asa sa pinag dadaanan namin ni kuya but he managed to provide my tuition sa studies ko kaya I'm so thankful that I have my brother kaya it's a good choice na pinili ko tong trabaho ko as a journalist kaya nandito ako now sa harapan ng Organization of the Journalism. Kinabahan ako kunti sana matanggap nila ako dito so I entered their organization and I saw a familiar face ang ganda she's wearing a glasses,a black dress and her body figure ang ganda! She's surprised to see me and tell my name "Hoy! Meriana bakit ka nandito?" she said so I told her that I'm applying here as a journalist of their organization/company kaya I was curious how did she know my name and I don't still don't know her. And she tours me around the area and I'm having fun when she's touring me "Oh I forgot you must've been confused why I know you I'm your past classmate the top 1 of our class" she said and chuckled "Wait what?! Alexa!!" I shouted because I was surprised "yes it's me Meriana" grabi gumaganda siya hindi siya kagaya noon.

We arw having a conversation mo na kasi it's been 5 years hindi kami nag kikita so nag chichika lang "So musta kayo ni Rosie at Asheng?" sabi niya "we keep in touched naman" I told her "well are okay? kasi nong nawala si Sam pati ikaw nawala rin" sabi ko sa kanya she said "I got transferred other school" kaya pala wala na akong balita sa kaniya after yung nangyari kay Sam.

May tumatakbo na katrabaho ko and told Alexa that may new case at kailangan itong e solve mona kailangan sila ng tulong na may mag papanggap bilang maid sa mansion kaya nahihirapan si Alexa na pumili na mag papanggap bilang maid kaya ako yung napili niya sa kakataranta niya "wait what ma'am are you sure siya yung mag papanggap bilang maid? what if ma failed yung mission natin?" sabi ng katrabho ko so Alexa said " i trust Meriana she's smart at this" kaya I feel nervous and here is it my first mission!

To be continued...



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