First Year Novels & Stories

Pag ibig na itinago at inalagaan sa mahabang panahon. Matagal itinago ni Stanley ang nararamdaman niya kay Serenity. Bukod sa masyado pa itong bata ay alam niya na ang nakababatang kapatid niya ang crush nito. Sumumpa siya sa sarili na hindi pababayaan si Serenity hanggang dumating ito sa tamang edad. Sa hindi inaasahang pangyayari ay lumayo sa pamilya niya ang dalaga dahil sa problema sa kanyang stepfather. Dumating ang panahon na natagpuan siyang muli ng kanyang pamilya laking tuwa ni Stanley ng muling makita ang dalagitang pinalaki at inalagaan niya ay lumaking maganda at kaakit akit na dalaga. Handa na siyang magtapat ng nararamdaman para dito ngunit ipinakilala nito ang lalaking bumihag sa puso ni Serenity kaya naman maspinili nalamang ni Stanley na itago ang nararamdaman at sarilinin ang sakit kesa maka sira ng pagmamahalan ng dalawang tao. Minahal niya ito ng patago ngunit isang trahedya ang nangyari nadisgrasya si Stanley at ayaw niyang mawala sa mundo ng hindi nasasabi sa dalaga ang nararamdaman. Sinabi niya ito kahit alam niyang walang pag asa. Lingid sa kaalaman ni Stanley na ang dalagitang inibig niya ay minahal rin siya ng patago. Ngayong huli na ang lahat saan tutungo ang pagmamahalan na hindi nabigyan ng pagkakataon upang iparamdam sa isat isa.

Ikakasal na rin naman ako, bakit hindi ko pa hayaan ang sarili kong sulitin ang gabi na 'to dahil kinaumagahan pag-aari na ako ng iba. "Laze," matipid na tawag ko sa kaniya. "Hindi mo na ako gusto, 'di ba?" Kwestyon ko na ikinatigil niya. "Hindi na." Sagot niya kaya mapait akong ngumiti at tsaka ako tumayo. "I am a horrible woman, Laze. You'll hate me after this, your girl might even curse me to death but I don't care. I want to play," nangunot ang noo niya habang nakatingin sa akin na nakatayo sa bandang harapan niya. "What? Are you gonna kill me?" Nakangisi niyang sabi at naguguluhan, pero tinitigan ko ang mukha niya at tsaka ko pinantayan 'yon. "I'm going to do the things I'm not good at," binasa ko ang labi at tsaka ko sinunggaban ang labi niya, dahil sa ginawa ko ay napasandal pa siya sa wall. Ipinikit ko ang mata at lakas loob na nanatili sa pwesto ko ngunit nang maramdaman ko ang pag awang ng labi niya ay hindi ko na alam ang gagawin kaya napapahiya akong hinawakan ang pisngi niya. Bago pa man ay natigilan ako humiwalay siya at hindi ako makapaniwalang tinitigan, "This is cheating Hakuna Miran," hindi makapaniwalang sabi niya. I know, I know it well. Napatitig ako sa labi niya tsaka ako ngumisi, "That's why I called my self horrible." Seryoso ang mukha niya at tsaka siya tumikhim at umayos ng upo. Parang hindi makapaniwala sa inasta ko, "Do you hate me now?" Ang malamlam niyang mata ay tumitig sa mata ko. Napatitig ako sa kaniya ng dahan dahan siyang tumango, "Yes." That pierced my heart.

Liam Benjamin Chua, an anxious introvert who loves to be by himself. But his sluggish and dull existence changed when an infuriating girl named Aerielle Magpantay came out of the picture and made his world upside-down. Sometimes, life doesn't choose to sympathize with what we want. It always surprises us we don't expect to happen, and that fortuitous day happened when destiny played hard between Aerielle and Benjamin's life. There's a miserable happened to this annoying girl, causes her not to remember the person she promised not to leave his side until their hair turns into gray. Will she forget him totally and their precious memories together? Will Benjamin let the woman he loves neglect him and just let go of her because some people told him that their story are already over? Will he fight, win Aerielle's heart, and risk everything to bring back the memoirs of his love? But... What if the day comes when Aerielle's memory returns, but she finds out that the man she secretly loves for several years is the reason behind the loss of her memories?

Gene and Trini's 24 years of friendship started when they were just 5 years old... They treat each other so special that people around them thought they were lovers. As a result, no other men approached Trini and asked her out. She never had a boyfriend. Trini got so frustrated that when she turned 29, she persuaded Gene to just give her a child. His own flesh and blood. She wanted him to father her child, and she was serious about it. Ang tanong... papayag ba si Gene na maging sperm donor?

Sa pagbalik ni Ariana ng Pilipinas muli niyang makakaharap ang cold, playboy at distant niyang nakatatandang kapatid, si Brian Gil. Ang kapamilyang bukod tanging hindi malapit sa kanya. Wala siyang ibang hinangad kundi ang makuha ang loob ng nakatatandang kapatid at maging malapit dito. Ngunit, paano kung sa paghahabol niya sa affection nito ay higit sa inasahan niya ang handang ibigay ni Brian? Tanggapin kaya ito ni Ariana? O hahayaan na lang ang relasyon nilang bumalik sa zero?

"You saw what happened... but you don't know the true story behind that." Luna Montecillo was the lowest of their class ranking. For her, that was the most embarassing moment of her life and her downfall as student. Because of that, she decided to ran away and stay away from people who judged her without even knowing her story behind that grades. During her solitude, she didn't expect that she will be the witness of Marcus Ibasco's crime: and murder case that he commited to his girlfriend. For Luna Almira who was a minor during the crime, it wasn't easy for her to forget and move on from what she saw. She doesn't even know what to do because she was scared when Marcus threatened her. But Amorsolo Xavier, who saved Luna from Marcus, forced her to report it to the police and sit inside the court as witness. Could Luna face her trauma and say what she witnessed that night? Or let her fear eat her and let the criminal live his life like nothing happened?

Ano ang gagawin mo kung isang araw kailanganin mong magpanggap para sa kaligtasan ng kapatid mo? Kilalanin sina Audrey ang babaeng gagawin ang lahat para sa kapakanan ng pamilya niya. Ng dahil sa sakit ng mama niya mapipilitan siyang magpanggap at magpakasal bilang ang kakambal niya para lang maipagamot ang kanilang ina. She made a deal with her evil twin sister for money, and from there shr will experience the best six months of her life. There is love, memories lies within that span of time but will it be worth it to be THE SUBSTITUTE... "Tandaan mo Audrey hindi ikaw ang asawa niya, at iiwanan mo rin buhay na ito pagkatapos ng anim na buwan kaya hindu pwedeng mahulog ang loob mo sa kanya"

Pinaghiwalay sa masakit na paraan ang magkababatang si Marcus at Jessie. Ngunit sa kanilang paglaki ay muling pagtatagpuin ng tadhana ang dalawang pusong nangungulila sa isa't-isa. Makikilala pa kaya ni Marcus si Jessie kung iba na ang katauhan nito at ang alam ng binata ay patay na ito?

"I love you, Luke?" "Hindi niyo alam ang sinabi niyo, ma'am!" "I'm old enough to know what I'm doing," gusto niyang isigaw iyon. "Why don't you want to believe?" Zarah Buenaflor ang dating anak-mayaman na walang ibang alam kundi ang mahalin ang kanilang hardinerong si Luke. That was six years ago. Noong langit at lupa pa ang pagitan nila. Ngunit sadyang bilog ang mundo at umiikot ang gulong ng kanilang kapalaran. Luke Guevarra was once a gardener who became to be a billionaire. Regardless of his wealth, he was inherently arrogant. "What have you done to your life, Zarah? You're playing the role of a whore!" asik ni Luke. "Wala kang pakialam!" "Pang-ilan na ba ako sa pinagregaluhan sa'yo?" "Hindi ko na mabilang!" Ang kauna- unahan nilang tagpo pagkatapos ng mahabang panahon. Ngunit bakit tila hanggang ngayon ay naroon parin ang familiar na tibok ng kanyang puso? Hindi pa ba sapat ang katagalang iyon upang tuluyan na itong mawalay sa kanyang sistema? Paano kung sa isang araw ay bibilhin siya nito sa isang napakalaking halaga? Papayag ba siya o tuluyan niya na itong iwasan at kalimutan? At paano niya ipaglaban ang sarili kung gayong nakatatak na sa isip nito, na siya ay isang mababang uri na babae? Tunghayan ang masalimuot na kuwento sa buhay nina Luke and Zarah. How their lives being twisted in a cruel twist of fate.

Allison Madie Bartolome was really hard on herself. She always give a second chance to her ex but the second chances that she gave weren't enough. Those second chances always give her heartaches but looked at her she sacrificed her true happiness just because of a man she truly loved who doesn't see her worth and appreciate her as a woman and as a partner. Then one day, she realized that giving a second chance to a person you love wasn't enough to make you feel happy. She realized that second chances are not just given to someone, they are thought through carefully giving it. Second chances must be given to the person who deserves to be given it.