ALL BY MYSELF

and are best friends. They were best friends since kindergarten. They always hang together. They have the same school and even take the same classes. They even share their secrets to one another. They are very close. 's closeness to made him fall in love with her. But he never showed his feelings for her. He didn't want to know that he loves her more than just a best friend. As days go by, his love for her grew stronger. Summer had gone by and they spent the summer together like what best friends do. Every night they go clubbing and bar hopping, and they're enjoying every minute of it. Summer had flown and now new school year starts.

On the first day of classes, as usual and had the same classes. cannot wait to see her crush . is like the most popular and hottest guy in school. His friends are and , who are by the way good looking too! has a friend in school named . She likes too. They both fancy him. is always jealous whenever approaches to ask for something. liked since she stepped in high school. They are all senior high school and soon they will graduate and attend college. At school, always joins and during lunch break and sits with them. , , and sit with them sometimes that made feel very uncomfortable.

Before the first bell rang, , , and are in the locker room to get their books and they are talking about their plans for tonight when noticed that was staring at her. noticed that was not paying attention to what he was saying. He got jealous and tried to catch 's attention. tapped 's shoulder and said, "Hey , you listening to me?" replied, "I'm sorry. What?" she said while still staring at . asked, "Are you coming tonight at the bar or what?" "Yeah I'll go. Count me in!", answered smiling back at and looked back to . On the other hand, and his mates are talking too. They noticed that is paying no attention to their conversation so they tapped him on the shoulder and said, "Hey , no way you can get her by staring and guess what? That guy is her boyfriend." butts in saying, "Boyfriend? I thought they are best buds?" "No they aren't! Look at him, 's so into her" exclaimed. "No way man, look at the way she stares at , she's so into him. No way she could fall for someone else when she already had one. Unless she's a bitch, which I think she isn't" answered back . looked at and said, "Hey man, why don't you go and talk to her. I think she likes you too. Go get her before her best friend gets in. What are you waiting for? Go get her!" "No I can't" replied back. and pushed to 's direction and still staring at her. As was to approach her, the school bell rang. grabbed 's arm pulling her away from and told , "Let's go the bell just rang. We might be late for our first class." looked at and saw a disappointed face. followed them and so are and his mates.

Lunch came. , , and are in one table and and his mates were on the other end. As they were eating, and his mates approached 's table. It's 's birthday and he's inviting and her friends to his house. At first, they hesitated but afterwards they accepted the invitation. Afterwards, and his mates left them. and planned on how to get there and what to wear while is staring and daydreaming about again. Every time does that, always get jealous. Then, the bell rang and they went to their next class.

In the afternoon, it was then their last subject, and the school bell rang. 's last subject is Physical Education or Gym and they have dancing as their first lesson. , , , , , and were classmates in PE. The teacher told them to pair up. asked to be his partner and she agreed. Then, approached her. was then jealous and tried not to show it. said nervously while smiling to , "Hi ! Do you mind if you would be my partner?" and waited impatiently to 's response. 's face became pale and answered, "I'm sorry but asked me first. Sorry about that. I can't be your partner." 's smile faded upon hearing 's response. approached them and said to happily, " , I don't have a partner. Do you mind?" "No not at all. See you guys!" said shyly while pulling 's hand. is so happy finally noticed her and now he's dancing with her. At that moment, is jealous of dancing with . noticed 's face became cheerless. Then, the teacher taught them their routines. and always glance at each other. and are now envious. At the end of PE, and went to the girls' locker room and the lads to the boys' locker room. In the boys' locker room, approached and asked, "Hi ! Can I talk to you for a second?" responded while taking off his shirt, "Sure, what is it?" answered, "This is some sort of a personal question. It's about ." asked confused, "Okay. What about her?" inquired, nervously and hesitantly, "Are you and lovers?" responded, "No we're best friends actually. Funny. Why do you ask? Do you want her I mean, you like her?" happily answered, "Nothing really but I like her. Do you mind if I ask her out?" "No, not at all! I'm not her boyfriend or something. You don't have to ask me", answered back. said enthusiastically, "Okay. Thanks man! I'll invite her tomorrow night for a date. Thanks and bye!" shouted, "Sure! No problem, man." He is sad and hopeless about liking him. After dressing up, went out of the locker room and waited outside for . Finally, went out. They walked home. On their way, saw the two walking and he stopped the car near them and offered them a ride home. But they refuse the offer and went home and so are and . told about what had said to him and was very jealous whenever she mentioned 's name.

Night came and the party is about to start at 's place. Everyone in school was there. They party all night. was dancing with while with . Then, it was past ten, asked to dance with him and she accepted the offer. and are jealous while and are dancing so close. They danced and danced until midnight. They went home. was talking to about the dance and other stuffs about nonstop while was driving his car to drop home. He never said a word to her until she got home. But didn't notice his silence for she is very happy about and her love and admiration for him.

The next day at school, is always with now. They talked about their lives and their date for tonight. Poor , he was there watching every move she made with jealousy. He hated so much. also saw with , which made her feel more envy. Now, she hated for being so close to . saw and talked to him. She told him everything about her jealousy to , and her feelings for . just sat there while watching and together. He never mentioned a word to about his feelings for .

That night was the night was looking forward to. fetches her in her house and brought her flowers and chocolates. They ride in the car and went to a restaurant. told her all his feelings for her and proposed. said while holding her hand, " , I want to tell you something really important." looked at in the eye, smiled, and asked, "Yes ? What do you want to say?" shyly answered her back with a big grin in his face and said, "For the first time I saw you, I saw love. For the first time I touched you, I felt love. I know you are the one for me and I love you so much and I will do everything for you and I want you to be my girl. Do you want to be my girl?" shockingly answered with smile, "Oh ! I've waited so long to hear that from you and my answer is yes! I want to be your girl and I love you!" hugged excitedly and enthusiastically and whispered in her ear, "I love you!" replied, "I love you too!" kissed her on the lips very short but with passion. They enjoyed their meal and their first date. Two months had passed and they are still together and in love. and kept their silence and never told them their true feelings.

One day, invited to a club. In the club, and were there with their girlfriends. and were there too! Never they expected to see them there. While and are dancing and having fun, can't stand it so he left. saw him left and she smiled. She followed him out of the club. didn't notice had left. said while walking 's direction, " , wait up!" he stopped walking, faced her and said, "Hi ! What do you want?" she answered, "Can I talk to you for a second in private?" he curiously replied, "Sure! Where do you want us to talk?" answered while holding 's hand, "Let's go to my house!" They went to her house. While they are talking at 's house, and are still having fun in the club. Afterwards, they all went home but stayed at 's house.

The next morning, and woke up with a tremendous headache due to overdrinking alcohol. took a shower and went home. At home, she saw seated at her doorsteps. She let him in. invited her to have lunch with him at a restaurant. She accepted and fixed herself and they proceed to the restaurant. There they ate their meal. At that time, a mysterious girl called at 's house and told that his girlfriend is cheating on him. didn't believe it. He curiously went to where the girl in the phone told him so. As he entered the restaurant, right in front of his eyes, he saw kissing . His heart is tormented by what he saw and walked away. glanced at and saw him leave. After had left, slapped in the face for kissing her and told him how much she loves and that she is happy being with him. had no idea that saw them kissed. After lunch, they went on their separate destinations. went home and went to the mall to shop. That afternoon, was so pissed off so he went home and got himself drunk. went to 's house and saw him very drunk. She helped him on his way to his bedroom. On their way to the bedroom, she then pushed to his bed and kissed him. kissed her back and something happened to them and fell asleep.

That same night, came to 's house and went straight to his bedroom to surprise him. As she enters the room, she saw and in bed naked. Her smile faded and her happiness shattered. She quickly went away out of the house but grabbed her arm. cried out loud. said while holding her arm, ", let me explain this. It's not what you think. came and�" butted in unfinished his sentence and said, "Do you think I'm stupid enough to believe you? I've seen enough. Take your hands off me!" replied, "No ! I love you. I love you with all my heart." pulled her arm off and shouted, "No ! I loved you. You never really loved me. You used me! I thought what you said to me and what happened last night was the happiest moment of my life but I was wrong! It's the biggest mistake I ever done my whole life!!!" shouted back, "Don't tell me that crap! I saw you kissing your so-called best friend in that restaurant! And you tell me you love me? You got to be kidding me!" shouted back defending her self, "I didn't kiss him! He kissed me. He told me he had feelings for me but I told him I love you! Now, you tell me you love me when here you are having sex with my so-called friend in your bed!" frowned, looked down and said, "I'm sorry!" walked away crying. kept calling her name but she didn't look back. She went home and cried all night. kept on calling her phone but she didn't pick up. The next morning, went to 's house and tried to comfort her. They both didn't go to school. heard the news of and break up on his way to school. Instead of going to his class, he went to see her. He comforted her. Every now and then tried to contact her on her phone and went to her house often but she never reach the door, instead its . never gave up. felt guilty whenever he looks at and looking so horrible. He can't take it anymore and told her the truth that he set them up. He went to her and said, "Um.. There's something you need to know. Its very important." answered curiously, "Okay. What is it then?" shyly responded, "It's about what is happening to you and ." she inquired curiously, "What is it?" he answered back very slowly, "I know you're gonna be upset upon hearing this but let me just go on will you?" she impatiently said, "Sure. What is it that you want to say?" he shyly said, "It's just that I did something that I want you to know." curiously and impatiently asked, ", please go straight to the point! I'll try to understand every word that you said. What did you do?" He confessed his sin to her, "Its very hard for me to admit this but oh damn it! Me and planned this whole thing up!" was shocked with the words that came out of his mouth. He continued, "I let see us kiss so he would feel what I felt when you're with him. I helped with her plans to break you and apart. You see, I will do everything to have you that's to show how much I love you. But I never meant this thing to happen. I swear I didn't want to hurt you. I thought if hurts you, you will fall in love with me but I was wrong and I regret everything I did. I'm so sorry!" He knelt down on his knees sobbing in front of her who is also crying. shouted, "How could you do this to me? You're my best friend, my best friend! I've trusted you all my life and this is how you repay me? How could you ? How could you?" She ran to her room and lock herself in. ran towards her room and shouted, ", open the door. Please." shouted still crying, "Go away! Leave me alone!" went home and cried in bed all night.

After a week of crying and feeling depressed, was ready to face them. In that morning, she went to see in his house. She talked to him and told him that she's leaving tomorrow to Paris, France. She asked him to go with her to see . They went to 's place. She confronted about what she did and how she used to make her plan work. tried to apologize and she was forgiven and told her she's leaving soon. said, "I'm sorry for hurting you , I was blinded by my love to that's why I made those terrible things. I hope we can still be friends?" hugged her and said, "I already forgiven you! We are friends but things now have changed. I can't look at you the same way again. It looks like I really don't know you that much." was disappointed but she understands why said that. She said with hope, "But if we start all over again, you can get to know me even better. You will learn to trust me again. You are a good friend. Please give me another chance?" happily said, "It's not too late, I'm leaving for Paris for about a month to forget everything that happened but I'll be back soon and we can catch up again if you want." enthusiastically replied, "Of course! Thank you for understanding me and I'm sorry! Have a safe trip." answered back, "Take care of yourself!" and went out of 's house and went to 's house. Upon knocking, felt ashamed. opened the door and was surprised to see and at his doorstep. said surprisingly, "! How are you? Hi ! Come in!" They went in. answered , "Thank you. I'm okay now. Um, I just came to say goodbye, I'm leaving for Paris tomorrow. But I'll be back soon." was surprised by what she said and he said, "I can see you have lightened up. Is he coming with you too?" was shocked by 's question. She answered, "No he is not! There is nothing going on between and me. I just came to say I'm leaving!" said, "Oh I see. I'm sorry I never meant that. You know, that night when you saw me with�" butted in unfinished his sentence and said, "You don't have to tell me the story, I already know. and set us up. told me." was shocked and faced . He shouted to him, "You son of a�" As he was about to punch him, butt in and tried to stop him. said, "I'm sorry . I never meant to hurt you I swear! I'm so sorry!" pleaded. told , "Don't hurt him ! I forgave them already. I talked to her and sort things out." replied, "Oh I see! , I love you!" touched her face and looked down. went away. followed her and too. catch up with her and so is . She told , "I don't wanna talk about it!" and rides the car. nodded and drove the car. He brought her home and packed her things.

The next day, in the morning, drove to the airport. was in the airport too. He talked to and told, "I love you . Don't leave me?" she answered while in tears, "I still love you but I can't look at you the same way anymore. We had shed a lot of tears; we felt so much pain and hatred. , I need more time for this wound to heal. I have to find myself back again. I'll be back as soon as I recovered, please wait for me if you love me. Goodbye for now and I love you." Her flight is about to take off. hugged and so is . She went inside the plane in tears looking back at . She can see from where she seated. She closed her eyes and the plane took off. looked at the plane and into the sky. too looked at the sky and remembered what had said, "If you feel lonely just look at the sky and always remember that I will always be there beside you. The stars in the sky will connect us. As long as the stars still shine he will always be there wherever we are." A tear drops from her eye.

put on the headset and played All By Myself:

When I was young I never needed anyone.
Making love was just for fun, those days are gone.