"Natalie is a strong girl. Even though she's gone through a number of dramatic breakups, she still manages to be happy!" Hannah said, seeming quite amused.
"Yeah, right. We should actually learn this from her. I mean, if we ignore the fact that she's fallen for the craziest boys in existence, she's handled herself pretty well," Leah said, walking beside Hannah.
They were walking to the bus stop after a tiring day at classes.
"At least she doesn't go wailing about her break-ups, quite unlike our great Helen!" Hannah said, shrugging her shoulders.
Leah smiled and looked down at Hannah with eyes overflowing with approval.
"Anyways, Leah, you aren't less. Even you've been through tough situations. All you experiences with guys and then this stuff will Mango-Jay, you've kept your calm. You're an adorable example for a strong girl," Hannah said, now turning towards Leah.
"Hmm" was all Leah could force out of her mouth.
A few steps later, they reached the bus stop and soon enough, Hannah's bus arrived.
"Bye, Li!" Hannah said hastily as she dashed towards the bus.
As Leah watched the little figure forcing her legs clumsily up the steps of the bus, she smiled. "She's so cute!" Leah thought, her eyes following Hannah as she boarded the bus.
All the way back home, Leah thought about what Hannah had said. It was true that Leah kept telling herself that she was strong, but she herself doubted it sometimes. Yet, it was the best way to keep herself from breaking down in tough times. So, she never gave up on herself.
Exactly 5 hours later, Leah picked up her cell phone, humming to herself as usual. There were three texts - two were friendship day forwards and one was from Penny:
Hey I met Mango-J & Arthur 2day. It seems Mango-J & Daphne r quite gud frnds since dey r in d same class. I was thinkin abt u all the tym!
Leah closed the text. Arthur Black was one of those extremely few guys whom Leah found trustworthy. Arthur was more of a naive person, too innocent to be bad. He was Jordan's good friend and they often met up. Even though Arthur supported Leah (he actually said Jordan was the one who was undeserving, not Leah) he kept good relations with Jordan. They were school friends, after all!
"It seems Mango-J & Daphne are quite good friends...." Leah repeated in her head. Why was she getting bothered by these stupid words? The words pricked Leah, over and over again in the same spot. It seemed as if they were trying to dig out long lost memories, memories which Leah had decided to bury deep down...
And then she started feeling anxious - something she felt when she had lost something very dear to her. Leah was very well aware of the fact that Daphne and Mango-Jay shared a brother-sister type of a relationship, "Just like me and Peter!" she reminded herself. Penny's words still clawed at her. But there wasn't any way she was going to have Jordan back, neither did she WANT him back!
Yet the question lingered - WHY?
Leah was standing on a predicament, where she kept swaying between two ironically different choices - Jordan is her life; Jordan is nothing.
While one part of her heart wanted him back so desperately, the other half hated him with the fire of thousand suns. Flooding her mind with memories and thoughts, Leah stood by the window and gazed at the dark sky. There was no moon that night.
"Isn't it funny how we're so far apart yet we are looking at the same moon?" Mango-Jay had once exclaimed over the phone in his usual awe-filled childish tone. Leah couldn't help smiling. It amazed her how Jordan could still make her smile, how he could still carry her away with his spellbinding charm. It amazed Leah when she realized that beneath the hatred she carried inside her, somewhere deep within lay a heart which still was in love with Jordan - truly, madly, deeply...
"Yeah, right. We should actually learn this from her. I mean, if we ignore the fact that she's fallen for the craziest boys in existence, she's handled herself pretty well," Leah said, walking beside Hannah.
They were walking to the bus stop after a tiring day at classes.
"At least she doesn't go wailing about her break-ups, quite unlike our great Helen!" Hannah said, shrugging her shoulders.
Leah smiled and looked down at Hannah with eyes overflowing with approval.
"Anyways, Leah, you aren't less. Even you've been through tough situations. All you experiences with guys and then this stuff will Mango-Jay, you've kept your calm. You're an adorable example for a strong girl," Hannah said, now turning towards Leah.
"Hmm" was all Leah could force out of her mouth.
A few steps later, they reached the bus stop and soon enough, Hannah's bus arrived.
"Bye, Li!" Hannah said hastily as she dashed towards the bus.
As Leah watched the little figure forcing her legs clumsily up the steps of the bus, she smiled. "She's so cute!" Leah thought, her eyes following Hannah as she boarded the bus.
All the way back home, Leah thought about what Hannah had said. It was true that Leah kept telling herself that she was strong, but she herself doubted it sometimes. Yet, it was the best way to keep herself from breaking down in tough times. So, she never gave up on herself.
Exactly 5 hours later, Leah picked up her cell phone, humming to herself as usual. There were three texts - two were friendship day forwards and one was from Penny:
Hey I met Mango-J & Arthur 2day. It seems Mango-J & Daphne r quite gud frnds since dey r in d same class. I was thinkin abt u all the tym!
Leah closed the text. Arthur Black was one of those extremely few guys whom Leah found trustworthy. Arthur was more of a naive person, too innocent to be bad. He was Jordan's good friend and they often met up. Even though Arthur supported Leah (he actually said Jordan was the one who was undeserving, not Leah) he kept good relations with Jordan. They were school friends, after all!
"It seems Mango-J & Daphne are quite good friends...." Leah repeated in her head. Why was she getting bothered by these stupid words? The words pricked Leah, over and over again in the same spot. It seemed as if they were trying to dig out long lost memories, memories which Leah had decided to bury deep down...
And then she started feeling anxious - something she felt when she had lost something very dear to her. Leah was very well aware of the fact that Daphne and Mango-Jay shared a brother-sister type of a relationship, "Just like me and Peter!" she reminded herself. Penny's words still clawed at her. But there wasn't any way she was going to have Jordan back, neither did she WANT him back!
Yet the question lingered - WHY?
Leah was standing on a predicament, where she kept swaying between two ironically different choices - Jordan is her life; Jordan is nothing.
While one part of her heart wanted him back so desperately, the other half hated him with the fire of thousand suns. Flooding her mind with memories and thoughts, Leah stood by the window and gazed at the dark sky. There was no moon that night.
"Isn't it funny how we're so far apart yet we are looking at the same moon?" Mango-Jay had once exclaimed over the phone in his usual awe-filled childish tone. Leah couldn't help smiling. It amazed her how Jordan could still make her smile, how he could still carry her away with his spellbinding charm. It amazed Leah when she realized that beneath the hatred she carried inside her, somewhere deep within lay a heart which still was in love with Jordan - truly, madly, deeply...
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