In life, one really has to fall in love to find true happiness. Many doesn't believe in this but most people believed that True Love does exist. It's just that 'fate' will not always be in someone's favor.
No matter how someone shows affection to another someone, when fate says that they're not meant for each other, they're really not meant for each other.
Sometimes, happiness comes first before feeling heartbroken and sometimes, someone was embraced by sadness and suffering at first before finally having the true happiness from love.
No matter what kind of ending in life you could have, it's up to you whether you chose to accept it as a happy ending or a sad one. It's the matter of understanding the reasons behind everything you've been through so that you can identify whether you end up in sorrows and regrets or you end up being happy.
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Sheila and Nicko grew up together and they treat each other as best friends. They both shared all of their happy and sad memories. They were classmates since nursery up to highschool, and they even take the same course in college.
When they're in college, they lived in the same apartment. Walang malisya sa kanila na magkasama sila sa iisang apartment kasi para narin silang magkapatid. Hindi naglaon, natutonang mahalin ni Sheila ang best friend niya pero natatakot siyang aminin ang nararamdaman niya.
She never dared to tell him about her feelings, until one moment when she decided to take the courage. When she was about to admit her feelings to him, it's too late. She just found out that her best friend is getting married. All she can do is to give her full support even if there are thousands of regrets in the deepest part of her heart. Since then, ipinagpatuloy nalang niya ang kaniyang pamumuhay while carrying in her heart the regret of the love that she wished to claim but could never have.
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It's been a month mula nung ikinasal si Nicko kay Cassy. Isang buwan na rin mula ng hindi na nakakausap at nakakasama ni Sheila ang kaniyang best friend.
After ng kasal ni Nicko and Cassy, lumipad agad sila papuntang States para doon manirahan. By that time, lumipat na rin ng apartment si Sheila. She can't dare to stay in the place where she learned to fall in love with her best friend. Palagi niya lang ri'ng maaalala... those memories of her with Nicko kung mananatili pa siya sa pag-stay doon.
She found herself living in a not-so-huge apartment located in Daycee Street. It has a peaceful environment and a seaview in a distance from east. A perfect place for her para siya'y makapagnilay-nilay at makapag-isip ng maayos sa tuwing siya'y magsusulat ng nobela. Idagdag pa that there's a famous coffee shop malapit sa kaniyang apartment na maaari niyang maging tambayan if she want to be in a new setting to find an inspiration habang nagsusulat.
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Pumasok sa coffee shop si Sheila. Inilapag niya ang Macbook sa coffee table and then ipinatong niya rin ang kaniyang bag.
"Dee! alam mo na anong gusto ko!" senyas ni Sheila sa barista na naging kaibigan na niya dahil sa kaniyang pagiging regular customer sa shop.
"Aye aye Captain!" sabi ng barista.
Nagbitiw ng mapait na ngiti si Sheila at umupo ito, binuksan ang kaniyang Macbook. Kinuha niya ang kaniyang phone from her bag at tiningnan ang mga emails at messages dito. Nagbabakasakali na sana'y may makita siyang message galing kay Nicko.
"Nahanap mo lang ang love of your life mo, kinalimutan mo na agad ako Nicko!" mahina niyang sabi sa sarili niya.
"Hindi ka na nagpaparamdam sa'kin kahit "kumusta" man lang *sigh...* I hope Cassy will love you more than the love I have for you" she added.
"Here's your coffee Shei" inilapag ni Zedee ang coffee pero hindi ito umalis kaagad.
-Sheila-
I lifted up the cup of coffee to drink it pero hindi ko tinuloy ang pag-inom dahil napansin ko'ng nakatayo pa rin si Zedee sa side ng table. I put back the cup of coffee sa table.
I glared at him with an expression in my face asking if is there anything wrong.
"Oo meron Shei! Malaking-malaki." he said to me with a very serious expression.
Kumunot ang noo ko at tumitig ako sa kaniya. He's not saying anything this time. He just looked at me... straight to my eyes. Hindi ko mahulaan kung pina-prank na naman ba ako nitong tao'ng 'to o baka totoong seryoso talaga siya.
Halos isang minuto na kaming nagtitigan pero wala pa rin siyang imik. Ako na ang naunang magsalita...
"Ano ba talagang binabalak mo Dee? Kung gusto mong magloko, naku 'wag ako! Wala ako sa mood ngayon. Pwera nalang kung may problema ka ba talaga"
"Yun nga kasi Shei, ikaw kasi ang problema ko eh! Pagkapasok mo palang kanina ramdam ko na, na parang pasan mo na naman ang buong mundo. Alam mo ba'ng sinakop mo lahat ng space dito sa loob ng Cornerstone dahil jan sa pasan-pasan mo! ... hahahahahah . .....ARAYYYY!!" napasigaw si Zedee after i threw my two and a half inches thick wallet straight to his face.
"Hindi naman masakit...medyu lang! Heheheh..." he added. Nakatingin lang ako sa kaniya habang nakataas ang mga kilay ko.
"Hindi ka naman mabiro eh, pinapagaan ko lang naman ang loob mo" he said.
Inirapan ko nalang siya at ibinaling ko ulit ang atensiyon ko sa Macbook.
While I am facing towards the screen of the Macbook, scrolling my wireless mouse, as I am about to continue typing for the update of my ongoing novel, I noticed that Zedee picked up my wallet. Hinayaan ko lang siya kasi akala ko isusuli niya sa'kin kaagad, ...
"Paano ka makakamove on kung nandito pa rin to dito." he said in a serious tone with an expressionless face.
Napatigil ako sa ginagawa ko. Nabigla ako sa sinabi niya. I saw him looking at the picture of me and Nicko na nasa wallet ko. I didn't expect na bubuksan niya ang wallet ko!
"SINO KA BA PARA MANGIALAM?" hindi ko napigilan ang sarili ko. Napatayo ako sa kinauupuan ko at naihampas ko pa sa mesa ang dalawa kong kamay. Sinigawan ko siya.
Hindi kami ganun ka-close para pagsabihan niya ako kung paano ko hinahandle ang tungkol sa nangyari sa'kin last month. Hindi ko na napigilan ang galit ko.
"We're here in a coffee shop. Not in a drama set." sabi ng lalaking naka dark blue tuxedo na nakaupo sa katabi ng table na inuupuan ko. Hindi ko makita ang mukha niya kasi ang upuan na inupuan niya ay nakatalikod sa'kin.
"Kung gusto niyong umiksena, would you please choose another place?" he added.
Parang natauhan ako kaya inilibot ko ang mga mata ko sa paligid. I noticed nakatingin na pala sa amin lahat ng customer ng coffee shop. Alam kong nakakaistrubo na kami sa mga customer dito kaya lumapit ako kay Zedee at kinuha ko sa kamay niya ang wallet without saying anything. Mabilis kong niligpit ang gamit ko sa table. Tiningnan ko lahat ng mga customers sa Cornerstone,
" Pasensiya na po! " sabi ko sa kanilang lahat at lumabas na ako kaagad.