• Ruben's Point of View •  "...for never was a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo." Then that was the end of the final act. Napapalakpak ang mga members na nanonood at lalo naman si pres dahil natapos din namin. "I can't wait for this to be shown on stage! You guys did a great job!" Aniya. Nagligpit na ang mga members at nadismiss na ang iba. Balak ko na sanang umuwi ng nilapitan nanaman ako ni pres. "What is it this time?" Malamang may ipapagawa nanaman 'to sa'kin. "Pabalik kay Eliza 'tong script nya." Sabi na nga ba eh. "Ba't di ikaw magbalik? Ikaw nanghiram diba?" "Sige na Ruben! Marami pa 'ko aasikasuhin, please?" I just sighed and took the script from her. Hinanap ko naman si Eliza but she's not in the clubroom. Napatanong naman ako sa kasamahan ko rito sa club. "Hey, where's Eliza?"&n

• Ruben's Point of View •  "...okay! So this will be the last practice for the day! Act 5, scene 3 from the top!" Sigaw ni pres. Everyone from the club is really working hard today. Bukas na kasi ang pinakahinihintay ng lahat. Pagkatapos talaga ng play na 'to, quit na kagad ako. I'm doing this on behalf of my grades in arts after all. Also, i can't really find any passion for acting. It's like you're playing pretend, but you gotta memorize a lot of crappy lines. Nang mag-umpisa na sila mag-act, nag-ready na ako para sa mga huling linya ko sa play na 'to. "Romeo, pasok na." Sabi nung kasama ko na taga-ayos ng props. Pumunta kagad ako sa stage and did the best i could in delivering my lines. And as i fought with the guy who has Paris's role, i improved my way of defeat and dying. Habang nakahiga ako sa sahig to pretend that i'm dead, i was quite bored waiting

• Jade's Point of View •  "Leroi, i don't think this is a good idea. Also, i never skipped classes before!" He chuckled and pulled me inside his car. "It's fine! Minsan lang naman 'to hahaha!" Nitong Biyernes, niyaya ako ni Leroi na umabsent just to attend a party. It feels exciting and scary at the same time dahil first time ko 'to.   Habang nagda-drive na sya ay medyo kinakabahan ako. What if hanapin ako sa school today? What if biglang tumawag 'yung mga teacher kay dad kung bakit wala ako? What if nalaman 'to ni dad at pagalitan ako non? Na-stress na 'ko kakaisip ng bigla akong hawakan ni Leroi sa balikat. "Don't overthink it Jade, tsaka may event ngayon sa school. Walang klase. And I think 'yung event tungkol sa play ng theatre club." Parang medyo nakahinga ako ng maluwag sa nabanggit nya. Pero medyo nanghihinayang din ako dahi

• Ruben's Point of View •  I ended up sitting beside her and waited for her to talk. She kept sniffing and sobbing, and when she finally calmed for a bit she tried to talk. "Pinaglaruan nya 'ko. He dumped me infront a lot of people..."   Nanatili akong tahimik, waiting for her to talk more about it. "I never thought he would do that. I thought he'll be serious with me, pero akala ko lang pala 'yon. Then he admitted that he never really liked me and that everything was just a bet." "Well what the hell do you expect? Kilalang babaero si Leroi. Papalit-palit 'yon ng babae. Tanga ka kasi." I harshly told her. "I know." She whispered and wiped her own tears. "Ruben... i'm sorry." Napakagat ako sa'king labi habang nagso-sorry sya. "I'm sorry i chose the wrong person. I'm sorry nagpakatanga ako kay Leroi." Aniya. I chose to stay quiet. I

• Ruben's Point of View •  Four years later... "...Rubeeeeen! Let's play dress up pleeeeaaase!" "No way! Never!!" "Sige na Rubeeeen!" "AYAAAAW!!" Nakatakbo na ko palayo sa halimaw na 'yon. All she ever do is ask me to play girly things with her. And i'm so freaking annoyed about it since i'm a growing 10 year old boy! Pagkatago ko sa isang sulok, Allan found me hiding. "Sir!? Ba't ka po nandyan?" "S-SHHHH!!" I told him. Napatakip naman sya ng kaniyang maingay na bibig at bigla ko nanamang narinig ang napakatinis nyang boses. "RUBEEEEEN!!!" "UGH! I HATE YOU ALLAN!" At tumakbo ulit ako paalis para makatakas sa babae na 'yon. It's been always like this. Bumibisita sina tito Felix sa amin para iwanan nya dito ang anak nya. Ang problema l