What If (Part 1)

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"Suschmitha, you are going to meet your fiancé tonight."

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"But I'm only thirteen!"

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"You'll just going to meet him. But you'll get marry on the right time.  His name is Anthony."


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Both families were excited to gather on a dinner at Sweet Restaurant Paradise, until my father got heart attack and died.

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My name is Suschmitha Neille Gueneva. Pero tawag nilang lahat sa'kin ay Sweet. Mahirap kasi bigkasin ang pangalan ko. Eh ayaw ko naman'g tawagin'g Neille. What's about me? Well, saksakan ng yaman ang pamilya namin NOON. Pero nung pumanaw na ang ama ko, lubog din kaming lahat sa utang hanggang sa wala na talagang natira sa'min. Nag-iisa lang akong anak. Boring. But I have my friends who are my extended family. Family friend namin ang may-ari ng pinapasukan kong paaralan ngayon na School of Media University (SMU). At dahil nga wala kaming ka-pera-pera, ay nag-apply ako bilang isang scholar sa SMU at pinalad na nakuha.




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"Sweet, I texted you but you never answer it." Tss...



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"I lost my phone." I'd flip my hair and walk away.


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"Ang ganda mo naman te... Hiyang-hiya ako. Balang araw makakahanap ka rin ng katapat mo." pakialamerang sabi ni Leeyah.


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"Katapat? Tsss... YOU WISHED!"


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I do stupid and crazy things. Lahat na ata ng kalokohan sa paaralan ay nagawa ko na with my buddies of course. Lovelife? TSS *rolling eyes* That's pathetic. I don't do textmates, chatmates, phonepal, o ano pa yan. I don't do ROMANCE. Just a waste of time.



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"Last stop po ako, kuya." sabi ko sa driver. Nasa may edge ako ngayon ng jeep nakaupo pauwi sa bahay.




Unti-unti na ring napupuno ang jeep. Tae naman ito si kuya driver! Alam niyang masikip na nga dito oh, kung makapasakay ng pasahero akala niya maluwag pa dito!



"SM." may isang lalaking bagong sumakay at pumwesto sa harap ko. Feel ko mayaman. Pero bakit nagje-jeep? Trip lang o social climber? Branded kasi yung mga damit niya. Yung pang-class talaga na brand. Alam kong Levi's yung jeans niya pero hindi yung ordinaryong Levi's na naghahalaga ng dalawang libong piso lang. Mga around five thousand ata. I can tell. I've been wearing that kind of cloth before. MAYAMAN AKO DATI diba?




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