CHAPTER 98
LOU
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I opened my phone and scroll over my phone. I got curious why our group chat is quiet so I opened my messenger. I saw Gio who's currently online so I messaged him.
Gio: Tomorrow at noon, don’t forget!
After typing that message, I send it to him. I waited for his response but he suddenly goes offline. He might be busy the reason he can’t respond to my message.
Since I don’t get a response from him, I looked for our group chat and I also reminded my friends on our group chat about the time tomorrow. They need to come or else, I will be mad at them because I spent a lot of money today.
CHAPTER 99.1LOUTHE BONDING HAS STARTED“Our other friends are on their way now,” I told Joshua while he’s busy scrolling on his phone.“Yeah, I read that. They’re so slow” he answered.“Well, we should be getting used to them. They didn’t change though”“Since grade 10” He responded. I checked my other social media accounts when I heard a voice on the door of our house.“What’s up!” Joshua and I looked at the person who entered our house and I got shocked when I saw Gio walking in our direction. He’s smiling at us and I can see on his aura that he’s happy. My mood suddenly changes from angry to shocked. Wait, Am I dreaming?I pinch myself secretly and I prove that I am not dreaming. I thought he won’t be able to come because he’s not responding to our mes
CHAPTER 99.2LOUI entered our house and proceeded to the kitchen. I get the meat from the sink and carry it to the veranda of our house where my friends are. The tools we’re going to use were already set up there.I went back to the veranda and I saw my friends are now preparing the food. I put the meats on the table and turned on the samgyeopsal griller.“Let’s eat first,” I told them and they reacted aggressively to me.“Jeez! We waited for your answer!” Syrel said and I laughed hard. I love her reaction to stuff like this. It’s overreacting but you will not get mad at it because it’s natural to her.
CHAPTER 100.1THE GAMESLOUI entered our house again and proceeded to the living room. I looked for a tripod and a camera. I am pretty sure that I left it here because we’re shooting something last day.I found the tripod and it’s inside of its bag. I get it and continued looking for the camera. After a few steps, I saw the camera bag that is placed on our television.As far as I know, I charged its battery including the spare ones. I hope these batteries are enough for our video.Once I finally get it, I went back to the veranda and began assembling the tripod. I saw them who are still eating while waiting for me.“I am really excited!” Syrel said while there’s a grin on her face.“I love the foods here!” Gedie exclaimed.“Just anything you want. We still have a lot of food so don’t worry” I
CHAPTER 100.2WHO’S MOST LIKELY?LOUI opened the site and it shows a lot of questions. I looked at Jane and she’s looking at me as well and waiting for my signal.“Let’s start the game now!” I told them and handed my phone to Jane who will be the first.“Who is most likely to be paranoid?” While she’s reading the question, she can’t get off her laughter.“My answer is Syrel” I looked at Syrel and her eyes are widening while grinning.“Why?” Caye questioned.“Because I remember the time where Lou is bleaching his hair and Syrel tried to put the mixture on the solution. Right after helping Lou, Syrel noticed that there is a bleach stain on her finger and she was afraid that it might kill her” and we all chuckles as soon as we heard what she has said. That’s true and
CHAPTER 100.3JENGALOU“Who will be the first player?” Asked Syrel towards us while she’s looking at the Jenga.“Well, the first player will be the first in this line” I responded to her question. Jane suddenly stands up and started looking for a block to get.“Your strategy is good,” Joshua said while smiling. Jane gets a block from the lower part of the Jenga and puts it above right after.“We can’t beat a person who has a 99 grade on PE,” I said kiddingly and we all laughed once again.“I can now join Olympics with this game” She answered which makes us laugh hard.“Next” Lester exclaimed and Joshua began looking for a block to get.“Good luck to the next person,” Joshua said giggly and he took out a block from the lower part as well.“
CHAPTER 101LOU“What are you talking about?” Gio asked while he’s staring at me seriously. My heart began pounding aggressively as it’s going to explode later on.I swallowed deeply before speaking again. “You’ll find out that soon”“Jeez. You’re always making us hanging” He responded.“Just wait for the perfect timing to come,” I answered. I stopped myself from speaking because I might say something this early. I am not ready for the truth…“Next,” I said and looked again on my phone. I read the next question and speak again.“What are the top three things you look for in a girlfriend?” Shocks! This question supposedly for Joshua? What did the hell happen? Did I skip a question?Gio looks at me seriously at this point. I don’t know what’s on his mind at this moment. I su
CHAPTER 102CEMETERYLOUThere is a tricycle stopped in front of us. “Shall we go now?” Gedie asked Syrel.“Where are you going?” I asked them.“We’re just going to walk going home. We prefer this rather than having a ride” Syrel answered.“Well, your house is just near from here,” I told them and they nodded.“Lou, thank you for today! We’re leaving!” Syrel said and she hugged me tightly. After it, Gedie goodbye to me as well.“Goodbye girl! I really had fun today!” she said and let go of our embrace. They began walking now while waving to our friends.“I’m going to proceed as well Lou,” Joshua said and we did a fist bump.“See you next time, Joshua!” I told him and he began operating his bike.“Bye girl!” El
CHAPTER 103LOU’S BACKGROUND STORYI know that most of you don’t know the real story behind my life. Well, I don’t want to disclose anything about it since it’s confidential and I want to stay lowkey. I also want to make my background story private as long as I can.Even my friends don’t know about some details of my life because I am just telling some important facts that I can disclose to them.I am really a private person when it comes to my life. I don’t want the public to know about it because my life is not happy for me.Well, I am going to introduce myself again for formality. I am Homber Lewis Verdetto, an 18-year-old student currently studying at Saint George Academy.We don’t have parents anymore because they died early. My mom passed away due to giving birth to me the reason I didn’t have a chance to meet her. I grew up without the presence
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