Chapter 1 : Meeting Him was Unexpected

I am Ler, a 9th grade student from Llanera National High School . I'm currently studying in this school to improve my abilities when writing novels and stories.

I take my first step on the school gates and the scent of petrichor hits my face, something about it awakens some sort of excitement in me.

I continue to stroll past the gates, breathing in its air once again — it's the same yet completely different. Just how much has been changed ever since I've left? And it all comes back to me, the reason why I left school.

I don't want someone to mess with me again. I don't want fights, gangs but I compete with anyone else regarding on making scrapbooks, novels and being a Gay-ass b*tch.

I grasped tightly to my bag, my nails sinking in. Is that too much to ask for? I can't possibly want the same things as everyone else!

I make my way to the classroom. I see a tall tree , greenery shrubs with thorny roses. The smell of roses are out of this world like the past where I went here walking with a frightened face but despite that...

I looked back to the classrooms feeling agitated, stunned and remembering the things all over again. I don't want to enter, my senses are tingling me. What if they bully me again? What if they makes me feel ashamed and be a shame? Maybe I should go home.

I start to go upstairs with a cold presence, my fear rises up in my throat felt like I'm stuck in the middle of the snowstorm. Should I run away? I don't feel that I belong here.

Ler enters to the room where the frigid air from the fan meets his cheeks. Then finds everyone acting normal. Well , it's expected due its the First day of school like no one could cause trouble at the first day of school right? Like who the f*ck would do that? A Moron?

Then one of his classmates shouted,

"Ler is that you" his one Classmate shouted

His classmates surrounded him and asking Alot of questions

How are you?

How's your life doing?

Are you feeling well?

Do you want to be with us?

Ler lets play online games

Do you like to read books?

Hey you came back? I miss you.

I could only stare back as my response. He couldn't say anything as everyone was overlapping each other.

In this midst of the chattering, one classmate slipped past them and gave me an apologetic smile ,

"Sorry about them. If there's something bothering you, just come to us."

"This is unexpected" Ler said it quietly."Well at least they're not bullying me." he added.

The teacher walked to the room and her footsteps signaled everyone to return back to their seats.

Everyone turned to her and then they see her. Her face appeared to seems to be in a hurry

There's a transferee student, please introduce yourself.

"Hello everyone, My Name is Ler Rei L. Montelfalco, I'm 15 years old, I live in Brgy. Bagumbayan, Llanera, Nueva Ecija. I like to make scrapbooks, journals , novels and I'm a introverted person."

Her name is Lyca , she's 16 years old and likes to annoy her classmates most of the time.

Another person named Elena , she's a b*tch and doesn't hesitate to say what's on her mind.

I began to lose focus and couldn't pay attention to what everyone else is saying.

When the class ended, Let and his friends went to find clubs that interest them.

One oh his friends Elena "I want to join at the art club because painting is been my hobby and...." Her voice started to drift away from my mind as I continued to walk, thinking about the club I should join.

It was then I saw someone running swiftly on the hallway with flyers resting on his arms.

What with this guy? Everybody knows they could get in to trouble for running in the hallway.

Elena nudged Ler's arm bringing him back to senses. "Ler? are you even listening?" I was about to answer until that guy ran past Elena. Catching his face has left me dumbfounded. "Yeah..."

My eyes followed , with his earthy dark-brown eyes, his cedar-colored hair, he's tall , his face is perfect like a carved sculpture. His lips is flushed pink like a cherry blossom. His nose is so sharp and his presence is so overwhelming but in a good way.

My friends and I went separately to go in our specific clubs. I went to Literature club while Lyca went to Dance club because she's good at dancing.

4:00 pm in the afternoon where the sun starts to sink to the west,where the rays of the sun strikes to my face, the bell rung, then the students are leaving then he saw Ruun playing volleyball with his friends. Ruun swung his arm to serve the ball then the libero didn't catch the ball due to its strong force from the ball.

Ler went walking then threw a coin in the well because he believe that if you wish to the well your dreams will come true.

"I hope for a normal highschool life"

Ler leaves with a smile of his face, walking through front gates filled with acacia trees blooming with red-orange-yellow flowers and takes in the air. It smelled like damp moss, the scent after the rain, wet tree trunks, flowers, and needle-covered path. It smells like a tree stump that is already creating new life.

Ler walking on the streets where I heard the loud noises of the vehicles, the smell of carbon, din noise of the gossipers around the houses talking about someone. Then I ran quickly so I can write it down to my diary about the good memories that happened to me this day.

I arrived at home, I opened my door and my mom greeted me and then she asked, "How is your day?"

"It went well." I said.

"Is that so"? My mom added.

"YES, also I already have friends." I added.

"Wow, that's great!" she said.

After with a wonderful conversation, we went at the kitchen because my mom is cooking a Chicken Adobo and the kitchen smells like a mixture of spices and the aroma is so good that make you hungry in a instant.

After eating dinner , I went to my room to write my journal regarding on what happened recently

Chapter 1 : New

"My first day of school was marvelous"

"They're welcoming and I like them already"

"His warmth presence"

"He noticed me, He Smiled"

" I chose Literature Club because it's so quiet and calm"

                              "The End"

The sunset falls at the edge of the horizon, the moon rises and the dark skies filled with stars twinkling at the sky.

I'm tired , I'm going to sleep so I can go to the school to attend early classes.

At this hour, Ler is sleeping, what his dreams might be?

"Romeo, save me! I don't want to die.I want to live long." Julian is screaming

"I'm coming, my love." Just wait, okay? Romeo shouted

"You're a freaking bitch"Julian Said it aggressively

" I'm literally holding tightly to a branch at the edge of the cliff. I regret jumping just to forget everything; our memories, the time that I've answered you as my lover, what you did when I saw someone kissing you, and I don't know what to feel. I felt ashamed, disappointed, and disgusted. "

"What an idiot." You're jumping off a cliff because said that you're being dramatic and overthinking it most of the time. I mean, I'm just joking about it."

"The Audacity?" You're so mean, I literally saw it with my two eyes. So am I dramatic now? Romeo! What the fuck? The branch is going to break. You're a freaking asshole. "Faster, oh my god."

"I'm Here!" Hold my hand tightly. I don't want to let you go. I love you. I want to apologize for being so mean to you, Julian. I promise I won't do it again."

Romeo carried Julian off the cliff. Then they talk about their personal problems and also about how they fixed their conflicts, and after a while, Romeo and Julian are lovers again.Then, hours later, as Romeo and Julian walked down the street, Julian felt unwell and collapsed in the middle of the road. Romeo felt that where Julian was exhausted and worried about what he did yesterday with someone.

"Should kiss his lips? But I didn't kiss him. If I do this, this will be the first time I But I'm scared. But I really love him anyway. I kiss him and he awakes. Then Julian kissed him back tightly while hugging him."

                               The End

"Oh my freaking God! I am dreaming about someone I really want to be mine again. My dreams are so delightful, like living in a castle with a prince. Well, only because I consider him to be my prince!"

                        "Two Years Ago"

There was one time like when I was on my 7th Grade, I admired this person for a long time now. His name is Ruun.

He's charming and my face and cheeks went red whenever I saw his brown eyes, his dark brown hair, his tall height, warmth smile, handsome and most attractive person I've ever seen, my face always turned like into a freaking tomato because I always blushed most of the time when I saw him.

I often saw him running like almost everyday because he's a varsity athlete and also he's my crush. His name is Ruun. I want you to know everything about him.

You know, I have a crush on this guy named Ruun. He's a varsity athlete at this school and he's in 9th grade. Most girls really like him".

He's so tall and good-looking, like his traits are everything in one. I don't really understand why I have a crush on him. There's a time when my heart beats so fast like a sound speaker because it's too loud, Whenever I saw him running in the hallway.

I suppose he's going through their training... sort of.

Fuck! I forgot that he's a varsity player. That's why he's always running in the hallway for their training. What the hell is going on with me? I think I'm going crazy right now.

He's a extroverted person, the complete opposite of "me". Everyone adores him. When I was observing him during those times, his aura is so bright that every person near him stops in their tracks and stares at him.

I'm not really sure if he's lonely or alone or something, because every time I see him buying a snack from the school canteen, he's always alone. And when you're seeing his face, it's almost like there's a mask that he has to keep up.

Then, sometime later, when I was entering the school, there was a time when Ruun was talking to someone else. It's obvious that it's a girl with her slim figure and long hair. I didn't even talk to him and yet I felt so distraught, which makes me think...

Do I have feelings for him? Is there a spark? Are we connected? All these thoughts are rumbling into my mind. I don't even talk to him, so I don't think he knows me.

As I was walking down the hall, my mind was racing from what I'd just witnessed. My emotions are jumbled, as if I'm in a good mood and not in a good mood at the same time. After a while, what I saw really ruined my mood.

When I got to the school canteen, I was standing in line for my food, and I saw Ruun with this girl named Ashley. I only recently learned about her because she's a cheerleader. Talking all over again, flirting right behind me.

I felt my face scrunching up from the cringe. Then someone pushed me while I was getting my food, which was spaghetti with meatballs and orange juice, and I spilled all of it on Ruun's clothes. Ruun gawked at me and I felt the whole world stop as his eyes glued on mine. I lowered my gaze to his clothes, my mouth dropping.

"Oh my... God..." It only came out as a faint whisper.

When that incident occurred, I felt so humiliated that everybody started to stare at me as if I were a famous painting of shame, and they got really mad at me. I'm literally speechless, stunned and panicked at the same time and I don't know what to do, like I just wanted to disappear or to teleport to somewhere else.

I apologized to him and ran away, crying as if it were my fault. Ruun is yelling my name. Why is he calling my name? How does he know my name? I'm not sure. But I ignored him because I felt too ashamed, and my pounding mind and racing heart drew me to the classroom, where I cried my soul out.

Ruun attempted to chase me but he didn't catch up because I ran swiftly like a windy breeze. I looked back for a second and caught a glimpse of his face — I couldn't make much of it as tears formed at the corner of my eyes.

Here I go again, running away as my thoughts start to swirl up a storm in my head.

That time, I avoided Ruun like a disease. I saw him running at the hallway, and my eyes pretended that I thought he had never existed in my life. Even though Ruun always called my name whenever we met most of the time, like in school gates, hallways, classrooms, canteen, and even school events, I ignored him all the time due to the incident I had 2 years ago.