SNIPPET OF A FAIRYTALE

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She sighed before she spoke.

"You're sick and tired of hearing this Zo..." She started.

Tumingin muna sya sakin, nakikiramdam siguro kung interesado ba talaga ko pakinggan sya o hindi. Tumango lang ako at hinintay ko yung sunod nyang sasabihin.

"But I'm thinking about graduation and college stuffs." she added

"Pibs-"

"Yeah I know Zoey. We need this. Kaso lang, ang hirap talaga eh... FUCK THIS GRADUATION GOGGLES! UGH! 😭 Alam mo yon? Nathan walking away from me..." she shook her head as if putting away sad thoughts.

"Nanuod kami ng OTWOL ni Chino kagabi." I said with as-a-matter-of-fact tone.

Pibi's eyes grew wide in surprise, the she laughed.

"Thought you hate Pinoy seryes?! Hahaha!"

I rolled my eyes at her."I do. Kaso si Chino eh. Hanep ang addiction don kay Ysabel Ortega."

"Hahaha! Really?! Can't even picture that one out." Pibi

"So as I was saying..." Biglang nagseryoso ulit ang mukha ni Pibi. "Sabi dun sa OTWOL, ang tunay na nagmamahal raw nagtitiwala..."

"Alam ko na san papunta ang usapan na to." Pibi

"Kaya nga Pibi kelangan mong magtiwala na makakaya nyo."

"Zoey, I trust Nathan more anyone in this world, okay? Yung situation ang kinaiinisan ko. Pano pag nalungkot ako? Pano pag may problema ako sa school? Pwede ko ba sya puntahan anytime? Unlike you and Arci, ilang oras lang ang distance nyo. Pero yung samin? Once a year Zo, imagine that."

Natigilan naman ako sa sinabi ni Pibi. She's right, ang hirap nga non.

"And Nathan is just one thing, friendship is another." She said

"What do you mean?" Naguguluhan na tanong ko.

"In highschool we seat inside the same room, eat in one table, do the same assignment, complete the same tasks on a daily basis. Pero sa college? We will pursue different paths and careers Zoey, I doubt kung magkita kita pa tayo ng madalas. I'm just afraid that we will also lose our friendship." Sobrang lungkot ng tono ni Pibi na parang naiiyak na sya.

"Pibi that will never happen ano ka ba." Hindi tayo ganon kababaw, hindi ganon lang ang pagkakaibigan natin. Oo baka nga magkaroon tayo ng iba-ibang kakilala sa college, pero hindi ibig sabihin non kakalimutan natin ang isat-isa. College may change us, but it will never take away what is truly important to us.Parang ang bigat sa loob pag barkada talaga ang pinag-uusapan.

"Sorry Zoey if I'm telling these things to you right now. Napaparanoid lang siguro ako. 😢 Ayoko lang talaga mawala lahat sakin pagdating ng college. I gave up the band, and Nathan gave up being with me, all for studies. And I can't bear to think na pati barkada mamawala." she looked down.

"They say college is a concrete jungle, at excited na akong makilala natin ang inner survivors sa sarili natin Pibi. And I promise you, you won't be alone in that jungle. To reassure that promise, give me that magic ball." inabot nya naman sakin yung hawak nya.