CHAPTER 81
LOU
GARDEN DINNER
Before I went home, my cousins, uncles, and aunts decided to go to one of our aunt’s houses that have just departed here from the states. Thankfully, she had a chance to take a vacation here despite the situation we are facing right now. It’s been a long time since the last time I saw her. 2 years, I guess?
She’s the one who always supports me in everything I do in my life including my makeup talent. Can’t wait to see her again and to have chitchats with her.
“Shall we go?’ I asked my cousins who are also preparing. Today is Sunday at 10 in the morning. We are going to each lunch there because she prepared a lot for us.
Beforehand, we used to go there frequently. She wants us to be there every time she’s going back here in the Philippines.
“Let’s go!” My sister said.
CHAPTER 82LOUSHOOTING PLANNING, MONTH OF DECEMBER“Goodbye, everyone!!!” I said to my cousins, uncles, and aunts while carrying my bag.“Lou, are you leaving?” Frances’ dad asked.“Yes, because I need to do a lot of activities at our house. I will come back here on Christmas!” I replied to him.“That would be great! We are looking forward to your comeback here! You must celebrate it here because you know that it’s happy here” He responded.“Yes, Tito! I will!” I answered him smilingly.“Is your driver is already outside?” Aminah’s mom asked.“Yes, tita!”“What car did he brought?”“I think the Mustang since my brother is still using the van”“Ohh. I see. You must go now it seems like
CHAPTER 83LOUDays after going back here to Laguna, I decided to dye my hair again. I dyed my hair in different colors from the past months. My current hair color is faded blue. This is supposedly a vibrant one but I don’t know why this is the outcome of the hair color. I think the color pigment is not that good.I went inside of my comfort room to see my remaining colors and my smile widened as I saw the ash gray. What a timing because the shooting will be tomorrow.I get it and put it on the mixer. I squeeze its content and put the oxidizing lotion and blend it together.I’ve been wanting to achieve ash gray before. That is the reason why I decided to bleach my hair until to level 10. My mistake is I put first the blue one instead of this. I don’t know what will be the result of this after.“My sister will scold me again,” I said while mixing the mixture of the hair
CHAPTER 84.1LOUPICNIC GROVE, TAGAYTAYWe are now on our trip heading to Tagaytay. I hope there is no traffic today or else, we might take longer shooting on our first destination.Picnic grove has to enjoy cold weather and viewing the splendid, panoramic view of Taal Volcano/Lake are better done at the Picnic Grove, one of the popular tourist destinations in Tagaytay City. With its built-in cottages and greenish, hilly surroundings, this recreational area is just perfect for picnic lovers as well as family gatherings and the bonding of friends. Picnic Grove, on the other hand, is not all about picnics. It even offers a lot of exciting activities to make the day more fun and productive and makes one’s visit worth it. Everyone can enjoy horseback riding, cable car, Eco-trail, and zipline.Tagaytay is a popular holiday town south of Manila on the Philippine island Luzon. Know
CHAPTER 84.2LOUSKY RANCH TAGAYTAYAfter eating our lunch, we just had a pictorial at Picnic grove we leave right after for our next destination. We are now on our way going to Skyranch Tagaytay, one of the popular amusement parks here in Laguna.Sky Ranch, a leisure park in the renowned leisure city of Tagaytay, south of Metro Manila, is a 5-hectare project of SM Prime Holdings, Inc., SM Group’s consolidated subsidiaries and real estate assets. Neatly settled beside the famed Taal Vista Hotel, Sky Ranch is set to be one of the definitive Tagaytay experiences for families and groups of friends. This mixed-use commercial development project of Commercial Properties Group, a division of SM Prime, has been informally known to Tagaytay guests as a place to enjoy scenic horseback riding. But with the vision for a leisure and entertainment complex with a complete master plan, SM Prime r
CHAPTER 85.1LOUBONDING IN SKY RANCH TAGAYTAYAfter a few minutes of taking montages, Gio and I stopped for a while to ask each other’s shots.“How many did you took?” I asked him“You first?”“I got 25 shots” I answered him.“Really? I have 22 shots” and I smiled as I heard his answer.“Is that true? Maybe all of that isn’t good quality huh?” I asked him kiddingly.“You can check it if you want” and he handed me the phone smilingly and I refused to look at it.“No need. I trust you” I replied and turned my gaze on the screen of my phoneWhile I am checking the shots I took earlier, Gio suddenly touched my arms with his finger.“Let’s try that, Lou!” He pointed to the location of the bumper cars and I smiled awkwardly a
CHAPTER 85.2LOUPEOPLE’S PARK, TAGAYTAYWe are now heading to the parking lot of the Skyranch. I am quietly walking while my friends are having conversations on the road loudly.I am confused about what Gio is trying to make me feel. I don’t have an idea if he’s just born clingy or that’s how he treats me. Since on the Vikings, my heart can’t stop beating properly now.I want to confess my feelings to him at Sky eye but I think it’s still early the reason I aborted my plan. Maybe, this isn’t the perfect timing.Maybe, I need to wish for a sign again on when should I confess my feelings to him. I wished for a lot of signs and almost all of them were granted. I am now thinking about what Frances has said to me.Gio is a good friend of mine. He knows how to respect everyone in our circle of friends. He’s an intelligent ma
CHAPTER 85.3LOUDINNER TIME“There is a lot of stuff that can be bought here,” Jane said while she’s looking around.“I don’t have any extra money. I spend it already at the Skyranch” Lester replied to her.“What do you want? I can lend you some penny” she answered.“I want this” and Lester pointed out a bracelet, a keychain, and a refrigerator magnet.“All right. Here” and Jane handed the money to Lester. While they are looking for goodies to buy, one thing caught my attention.I saw a shirt that has an aesthetic design. Fortunately, there is a black and white version of it. The text that was written on it is ‘Palace in the Sky’ with a small heart at the end.I suddenly remember when Gio bought a shirt for me as well during our shoot beforehand. What a coincidence. Tod
CHAPTER 86LOUWe are now heading home. I checked the time and it’s already 8 in the evening. Time passes so fast. I didn’t notice that we finished day one of our shoots. We finished it without any barriers and troubles that I am thankful for. As I told myself, we won’t be able to finish this for just a day. We will be having a second shoot next month. The reason why it will take long days before we shoot again is just that we have different schedules. Besides, holidays are coming and I need to go back to Alabang to celebrate it with my family there as I promised them.While we are heading home, I can’t control myself from overthinking. I do not know what will be the result of this music video. I hope we can finish this as soon as possible because I don’t want to cram.The song will be released in March and I can’t wait to share it with other people. Aside from that, I am
FINAL CHAPTER – THE HIDDEN TRUTHTHE CONFESSIONLOULiezel and I went home late. Since our meetup at Caye’s house is later at 3 pm, I went home at 1 pm. I still have a lot of time to prepare today.I went directly to the comfort room to take a bath. We will be also going to celebrate the release of the music video. I am a bit nervous today but I shouldn’t waste this chance anymore.I feel bad for myself for not informing Eloisa of what will happen today. Right after this confession, everything will go back to what it used to be.Right after I take a bath, I went to my closet and get the clothes I am going to wear today. I am going to wear a plain black shirt from Uniqlo and monogram pants from Louis Vuitton.I went to the sneaker section of my closet and get the D-Connect Sneaker from Dior. I wear it and looked at myself in the mirror.
CHAPTER 122GRADE 7 FRIENDSLOUTime passes fast. One week has been passed since Jane’s birthday. I edited the music video within one week and thankfully, I finished it on time days before the confession.I already uploaded it on YouTube and set it to be published on April 24th. Two years ago, the same day, this where Gio and I talked about Saint George Academy. We had a deal that he will take the STEM strand while I’ll go with the HUMSS strand.On April 30th, it’s the two-year celebration of the sign I wished that if I will be able to get into that school, I will confess my feelings to him after two years. Now, it is real
CHAPTER 121.2LOU“Let me placed my bag there,” I told them and put it on the vacant space. Gio looked at my bag and he gets it.“Woah, this is heavy. What is the stuff inside?” he questioned and opened it. His eyes widened when he opens the bag.“It’s just a phone and wallet? Why is this heavy?”“It’s because it’s a leather bag and expensive” Eloisa replied to him.“Why leather is this? Answer it if you know” Joshua teases Eloisa that makes her silent.Gio gets my phone and as usual, he’s going to have a photo again. “Let me have a picture here huh?”“As if I can do something since you’re already holding it” I replied to him casually and everyone laughs.I get some pasta, rice cake and a pizza from the table. When I saw there is a barbeque, I get two sticks as
CHAPTER 121.1JANE’S DEBUTLOUCaye: So, when will you confess your feelings, Lou?I think for a while before responding to her message. The next chance that we will be able to see each other again will be on Jane’s birthday but I am still doubting about it since Eloisa will be there that day.Lou: I will try it on Jane’s birthday. That might be our last meetup before I leave Laguna.Lester: Make sure that you’re going to do it that day or else, I’ll be the one who will tell Gio about it. This is a challenge for you.Lou: All right. I’ll be doing it once Eloisa isn’t there.Caye: Why don’t you say it to her as well? Maybe she would support you?Lou: This doesn’t mean that I don’t trust her. I am just un
CHAPTER 120THE MUSIC VIDEO SHOOTINGLOUAPRIL 2021“Help me Pia with the green screens,” I told Pia who is assisting me today here in the studio. We are going to shoot here some green screen footage. We are also set up another green screen on the veranda for later.She helped me with the green screens. While she’s doing it, I went to the lights and plugged it on the socket to see if there’s any shadow once a subject went in front of the green screen. Gladly, it’s not.After a while, it is now finally done. I went to my room to get the clothes I’ll let Gio wear in the shoot. He already used some of it on the pageant in our previous school. Since he doesn’t have any photos of it, I’ll let him wear it again.I am also planning to make him the cover of the story. I asked his permission and he agreed with it. He even
CHAPTER 119THE LAST SHOOT IS HAPPENINGLOUWeeks after, the song was released on digital music services. We didn’t make it before the release of the song the reason I haven’t uploaded anything on that day. In the meantime, we launched several teasers and posters for it while we are preparing for the shooting.Now is April and we will shoot tomorrow. I already informed Gio about everything he needs to bring. That would be the last shoot for this music video.The target date of the music video release was any day in May. I need to do have time while I am editing the shots.Since our place has been placed again of Enhanced Community Quarantine, we aren’t allowed to went to different places if not important and necessary. We also have a curfew for each barangay here in our province.We are running out of time so I came up with other methods. The only m
CHAPTER 118DOUBTLOUA couple of weeks after. It’s now in the third week of March but we haven’t continued our shooting yet.We are now running out of time. Our destination for our shoot is Batangas and Alabang. Since I am the producer of this music video as well, I will be the one who’s in charge of the expenses.“What date is now? The music video will be released on the 30th of March. We need to do something since the editing will take a lot of time.” I told myself while looking in the mirror. I get my phone from my table and messaged Eloisa.Lou
CHAPTER 117.2THE CONTINUATION“What is our story about?” Shyra asked.“It’s a unique story for me. You will be found out that too soon!” And he smiled again devilishly.We heard a bell. We turned around and saw an ice-cream vendor passing behind us.“I want ice-cream! Shall we?” Marielle invited.“Let’s go!” Shyra replied and they ran towards the direction of the ice-cream vendor.“Wait for me guys!” Joshua shouted and he runs in their direction.“Wait, I want it too!” I said and went in its direction. Gio followed me. I look in the cart of the dirty ice-cream vendor and I was amazed at the flavors.“Gosh! Cheese, chocolate, and strawberry!” I said in amazement. I get my wallet to bring out cash. When I opened it, I frowned my face afterward. Jeez.“Why, what’s wro
CHAPTER 117.1THE MEMORIES OF THE PASTLOU“You know what, I’ve been dreaming of Gio lately. I don’t know what does it mean” I told Lester and Caye while they are here on our house. They just suddenly pass by to our house because they went to our school during Junior High. They get the necessary and remaining documents they need to pass on their present school.“Maybe it is the sign to confess?” Caye questioned while she’s drinking a juice.“I don’t know either.”“Are you ready to confess any time soon?” I think about what Lester questioned me. Am I ready to confess my feelings to him? Or I am just pressured because of the things happening around me.“I am hesitant though. I am having doubts on my mind”“Why? Are there any problems?” Caye asked worriedly. I sighed d