It’s you
By : Charma Grace Ramilo
Characters:
Bianca Ysabelle Park
Harvey Perez
Mr. Drake Park
Mrs. Trisha Park
Rye Gonzalez
Audrie Lei Valdez
Gayle Anne Dizon
Eliee Flores
--- YSABELLE'S POV---
I WAKE UP AND I WAS IN A
RESORT, UNFAMILIAR RESORT. IN THE SWIMMING POOL TO BE EXACT.I DONT WHY IM
HERE...HOW I GET IN HERE. WHEN I LOOK IN MY SIDE I SEE MY FRIENDS.... SO I FEEL
RELIEVED. MY EYES IS LOOKING AROUND, THE RESORT IS SO BEAUTIFUL AND SO
RELAXING. BUT I FEEL WEIRD AND STRANGE ABOUT THIS PLACE, I JUST IGNORE IT, I
JUST RELAX MYSELF IN THE WATER AND IT MAKES ME SLEEPY... REALLY SLEEPY.... I
TRY TO WAKE MY SELF BUT I THINK I ALREADY FELL ASLEEP IN THE WATER, AFTER A
WHILE I WAS ABLE TO OPEN MY EYES IM STILL IN THE SAME SPOT BUT THE DIFFERENCE
IS THE WATER BECOMES FOAM OF A BED WHICH FOR SOME REASON MAKES ME FEEL TIRED
AND LAZY TO STAND UP AND MAKES ME MORE SLEEPY THAN BEFORE. I JUST IGNORED WHAT
HAS BEEN HAPPENING AND SLEEP AGAIN. THE NEXT THING I KNOW I WAKE UP IN A REAL
BED. I THINK THIS IS ONE OF ROOMS IN THIS RESORT.
I STAND UP AND I SEE A
MAN, I AM FACING HIS BACK.
ME: UMM EXCUSE ME?
HIM: YOU’RE AWAKE
ME: YES CAN I ASK HOW I ENDED
UP HERE?
HIM: I CARRIED YOU, YOUR
FRIENDS IS HAVING FUN.YESTERDAY, WE DECIDED NOT TO WAKE YOU UP, YOU LOOK TIRED
AND I THINK YOU REALLY NEED TO REST.
ME: THANK YOU FOR YOUR
CONCERN BTW WHO ARE YOU?
HIM: IM HARVEY PEREZ, MY
PARENTS OWN THIS RESORT... I HOPE YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS, LIKE IT.YSABELLA RIGHT?
ME: WOW. NICE TO MEET YOU. I THINK WE ALL HAD FUN. HOW
DID YOU KNOW MY NAME.
HIM: BECAUSE...
HE'S LOOKING ON LEFT THEN
RIGHT, HE LOOKED TENSE.
HIM: IN YOUR NECkLACE, I
MEAN I SEE YOUR NAME BECAUSE YOUR NECLACE SAY SO.
ME: AHHH. OKAY. EXCUSE ME
I WILL JUST WASH UP AND CHANGE MY CLOTHES.
HIM: OKEY GO AHEAD.
AFTER I TOOK A BATH AND
CHANGED.. I WENT OUTSIDE... AND HE'S NOT THERE ANYMORE. I DECIDED TO LOOK
AROUND....THIS PLACE IS REALLY NICE... IT SO BEAUTIFUL AND RELAXING I THINK
EVERYTHING HERE IS PERFECT. I SAT ON THE HAMMOCK UNDER THE TREE.THE POOL GOT MY
ATTENTION, THE POOL HAS WATER AGAIN. I STILL REMEMBER HOW IT TURNED INTO A FOAM
OF BED IN MY DREAM.
FROM AFAR I SEE HARVEY
THE OWNER OF THE THIS RESORT HOLDING A TRAY. THEN HE CAME TO ME.
HIM: EAT THIS FIRST
ME: AWW THANKYOU AGAIN.
BTW, WHERE ARE MY FRIENDS?
HIM: THEYRE ALL SLEEPING,
I THINK ALL OF THEM ARE TIRED BECAUSE
THEIR PARTY LASTED OVERNIGHT
ME: OH, I SEE.
I LOOKED FOR A SPOT WHERE
I CAN COMFORTABLY EAT, AND I FOUND ONE.
ME: I WILL JUST GO THERE.
( I SMILE HE ALSO SMILES
ON ME)
HIM: OKEY ENJOY
AND HE SITS IN HAMMOCK
WHERE I SAT A WHILE AGO.
I LOOK IN TO THE FOOD, IT
REALLY LOOKS GOOD. I THINK EVERYONE WHO
CAN SEE THIS WILL SUDDENLY BE HUNGRY. I ATE THE FOOD SLOWLY. I WANT TO FEEL
EVERY TASTE OF IT.
I LOOK AWAY AND I SEE
HARVEY, HE LOOKS VERY SERIOUS BUT STILL HE LOOKS KIND HEARTED. I STILL FEEL THE
STRANGE FEELING BUT LIKE YESTERDAY I JUST IGNORED IT.
AFTER I FINISHED THE
MEAL, I STAND UP AND READY TO PUT THE TRAY IN THE ROOM THAT I WAS A WHILE AGO.
HIM: YOU CAN LEAVE THAT,
I WILL CLEAN IT LATER.
ME: AH OKEY , THANKYOU
AGAIN.
HOW COULD HE GO ON MY
SIDE THAT FAST, I DONT SEE HIM WALKING TOWARDS ME. NEVERMIND MAYBE HIS JUST
FAST.
HOURS PASS AND WE NEED TO
GO HOME IM DONE PACKING MY THINGS SO I DECIDED TO SIT ON THE HAMMOCK AGAIN.
GAYLE: LET’S GO
ELIEE: YEAH LET’S GO GUYS
AUDRIE: WHERES RY?
RY: IM HERE LETS GO...
BELLE LETS GO.
(I JUST NOD AND SMILE)
WE THANK HARVEY AND WE
WALKED OUT IN THE GATE AND I LOOK BACK I SEE HIS EYES, HIS BROWN EYES MAKES ME
DROWNED. I TURN BACK AND CONTINUE TO WALK.
A MONTH PASS AND THE
VACATION IS OVER, IM GOING HOME FROM THE SCHOOL TODAY IM WALKING TO THE HALWAY
AND IM LOOKING DOWM WHEN I BUMP INTO SOMEONE.
ME: HARVEY?
HIM: YSABELLE?
ME: ARE YOU STUDYING HERE
TOO?
HIM: NO, I M NOT A
STUDENT ANYMORE. I KNOW SOMEONE HERE, WE JUST TALK ABOUT SOMETHING
ME: AHHH. YOU LOOK YOUNG
I THOUGHT WE'RE IN THE SAME AGE.
HIM: YOU'RE FUNNY, IT
MAKES ME FEEL THAT I'M VERY OLD. ARE YOU IN YOUR THIRD YEAR OR SECOND YEAR?
ME: IM THIRD YEAR.
HIM: AH. SO IM 3 YEARS
OLDER THAN YOU. DO YOU WANT TO EAT? MY TREAT.
ME: REALLY? OKEY.
I DONT KNOW WHY I SAID
THAT, BUT I FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH HIM.
(WE CONTINUE WALKING)
HIM: WHERE DO YOU WANT TO
EAT?
ME:ANYTHING IS FINE.
HE BROUGHT ME IN A
RESTAURANT. WE ORDER THE SAME FOOD.WE'RE EATING SILENTLY, WHILE LOOKING AT HIM
.
ME: CAN WE BECOME
FRIENDS?
(I SUDDENLY SAY)
OUT OF NOWHERE I JUST
SAID THAT.
HIM: HUHH?
I LOOK DOWN, I THINK MY
CHEEKS TURNS RED.
HIM: HAHAHA YOU LOOK CUTE
ME:YAAAH. DONT SAY THAT.
(STILL LOOKING DOWN)
HIM: DONT LOOK DOWN, WE CAN
BE FRIENDS, YOU DONT NEED TO ASK THAT.HAHAH
ME: REALLY?
(HE JUST SMILE. I DONT
KNOW WHY IM VERY HAPPY, WHEN IN FACT I
HAVE A LOT OF FRIENDS.BUT I THINK SOMETHING IS DIFFERENT ON HIM THATS WHY.)
HIM: EAT THIS FIRST.
(WE CONTINUE EATING AFTER
THAT WE WENT HOME, WE WALK TO THE
TERMINAL TO CATCH A JEEPNEY)
HIM: SORRY I DONT HAVE
CAR TO BRING YOU HOME.
(HE SUDDENLY SAY)
ME: NO, IT’S FINE. COMING
WITH ME HERE IS ALREADY TOO MUCH. IT'S NOT LIKE YOU HAVE TO DO IT SO THANK YOU.
(WHEN WE ARE IN THE JEEP
WE JUST TALK about DIFFERENT THINGS. WE ALSO EXCHANGE OUR NUMBERS.)
ME: I ENJOYED THIS DAY.
THANKYOU FOR YOUR TREAT. GOODNIGHT.
HIM: NO PROBLEM.
GOODNIGHT
(I SMILE AND TURNS BACK,
I KNOCKED ON THE GATE)
HIM: YOU MADE MY DAY.
UNTIL NEXT TIME. SEE YOU.
(HE SUDDENLY ADD)
I BLUSHED AND IT MAKES ME
FREEZE FOR A WHILE... THE GATE OPENED AND I RUN AS FAST AS I CAN INSIDE. I
THINK IM BLUSHING AGAIN.
MONTHS PASS AND WE BECAME
CLOSER AND CLOSER.
ONE DAY WHEN WE WENT OUT
TOGETHER HE TOLD ME SOMETHING THAT SCARED AND SHOCKED ME. HE SAID HE HAS AN
ABILITY LIKE NO NORMAL PERSON HAS YOU KNOW SOME SORT OF SUPER POWERS, XMEN TYPE
OF STUFFS, IT WAS SO COOL BUT I MUST TELL YOU I REALLY FREAKED OUT, BUT WHAT
CAN I DO...I CAN’T JUST LEAVE HIM JUST BECAUSE OF THAT. I CANT LOSE HARVEY,
MAYBE IT'S CLICHE BUT YEAH I FELL IN LOVE WITH MY FRIEND BUT WHAT CAN I DO, I
CAN'T CONROL MY FEELINGS, THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT HIM THAT MAKE ME WANT TO
STAY. HE'S ALWAYS THERE TO PROTECT ME, HE ALSO SAVED MY LIFE OUR LIFE RATHER.
---THROWBACK---
WE ARE GOING TO DELIVER
SOMETHING , SOMETHING THAT VERY IMPORTANT TO THE OWNER BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT
THING IS THIS. BECAUSE WE ONLY SEE THE BOX. WE ARE RIDING A CAR WHEN SUDDENLY A
BLACK VAN STOP IN OUR FRONT THAT MAKES US STOP TOO. AND 3 GUYS WEARING ALL
BLACK GO OUT FROM THE CAR AND BLOCK OUR WAY. WE ALSO GO OUT IN THE CAR.
ME: WHAT DO YOU WANT?
GUY 1: GIVE THAT THING TO
US .
THEY LOOKS SCARY EVEN IF
I CAN'T SEE THEIR WHOLE FACE BECAUSE OF THEIR MASK.
RY: WHO ARE YOU?
RY LOOKS VERY SCARED WHILE
ASKING THAT. I JUST HOLD HER HAND TO CALM HER FOR A LITTLE.
GUY 2: YOU DON'T HAVE TO
KNOW US, JUST GIVE WHAT WE NEED.
ELIEE: WHY WOULD WE DO
THAT?
GUY3: BECAUSE WE SAY SO.
AUDRIE: FUNNY . WE DON'T
WANT.
GAYLE: LEAVE US ALONE
GUY2 :WE WOULD NOT LEAVE you
ALONE. IF YOU DON'T GIVE THAT THING TO US.
ELIEE: THEN YOU HAVE TO
FIGHT US FIRST
GUY1:ARE YOU MAKING FUN
OF US?
AUDRIE: NO WE DON'T . DO
WE LOOK JOKING TO YOU?
GAYLE:SHE'S RIGHT.
GUY3: SHUT UP. JUST GIVE
THAT THING TO US.
ELIEE: ARE YOU DEAF? ARE
WE GOING TO SAY THIS AGAIN AND AGAIN. WE SAID WE DONT WANT...
(GAILE, ELIEE AND AUDRIE GET THEIR ARNIS AND THEY
STAND LIKE THEY'RE READY TO FIGHT.)
GAYLE: RY, BELLE GO
INSIDE THE CAR. JUST HOLD THAT THING
WERE JUST GOING TO STOP THEM.
ME: BUT...
GAYLE: NO BUTS BELLE. WE
SHOULD PROTECT THE BOTH OF YOU. BECAUSE WE PROMISE THAT . DON'T EVER DARE TO GO
OUT OKEY.
(I KNOW THE THREE OF THEM
ARE SCARED TOO BUT THEY SHOW US THAT THEY DON'T. BEFORE I CAN SPEAK GAYLE
ALREADY LOCK THE DOOR OF THE CAR AND RUNS TOWARDS THEM.)
I'M GOING TO CALL THE
POLICE BUT MY PHONE SUDDENLY RING AND I SEE HARVEY'S NAME ON THE SCREEN. I
ANSWER IT.
ME:HAR---
HIM:WHERE ARE YOU?
ME:HUHH? GOING HOME?
HIM:DON'T LIE. I KNOW
YOU. PLEASE TELL SINCE THIS MORNING I
FEEL SOMETHING WEIRD AND THE ONLY THING COMES UP IN MY MIND IS YOU. TELL ME
WHERE ARE YOU?
ME: NEAR AT THE PARK YOU
DON'T HAVE TO GO HERE. JUST CALL THE
POLICE. STAY ON YOUR HOUSE.
( I'M SCARED IF HE USE HIS POWERS AGAIN)
HIM: STAY HOME? HOW CAN I
DO THAT? HOW CAN I JUST STAY AT HOME
WHEN A VERY IMPORTANT GIRL OF MY LIFE AND HER FRIENDS IS IN DANGER. HOW COULD I? I'M GOING BELLE. YOU CAN'T STOP
me.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
HIM: JUST STAY SAFE
PLEASE. AND THE CALL END
I LOOKED MY FRIENDS THEY
LOOK TIRED BUT THEY DON'T STOP. WHEN SOMEONE IS KNOCKING THE DOOR. AND IT'S HARVEY.
HE USE HIS POWER TO GO HERE. I GO OUT TO THE CAR.
ME: RY STAY THERE OKEY. EVERYTHING
WILL BE FINE
(RY JUST NOD AND SMILE A LIITLE
)
ME:WHERE ARE THE POLICE.
HIM:I DON'T CALL THEM.
THEM LEAVE US BY JUST ASKING
THAT QUESTION.
HARVEY:MAYBE BECAUSE THEY
JUST NOT A PROFESSIONAL.
I THINK THEY'RE. THEY
LEAVE US BECAUSE HARVEY HAS SOMETHING THAT MAKES THEM DO IT, DO WHAT HE SAY.
GAYLE: WHATEVER IS IT. THANKYOU. LET'S GUYS. WE WERE LEAVE THE TWO OF YOU. TAKE CARE.
(THEN THEY LEAVE US TWO)
ME:LET'S GO
HARVEY :ARE YOU ANGRY? I'M
SORRY.
ME: NO, I'M NOT. THANKYOU
FOR SAVING US. I'M JUST SCARED, WHAT IF SAVING ME AND USING YOUR POWERS BRING
YOU IN DANGER.
I'M CRYING. MAYBE EVERYTHING
THAT I FEEL TURNS INTO CRY.
HARVEY:SHHHH (HE HUG ME) I
KNOW THAT YOU ONLY CONCERN TO ME. BUT
I JUST CAN'T HELP IT. I CAN'T
JUST SIT WHILE I KNEW THAT YOUR IN DANGER. DON'T WORRY I WILL MAKE MYSELF
SAFE. SO STOP WORRYING OKEY?
(I JUST SMILE.)
AND WE GO HOME TOGETHER
--END OF THROWBACK---
IM LAYING IN MY BED REMEMBERING
THAT TIME. WHEN HE TEXTED ME.
--TEXT MESSAGE --
BELLE? I HAVE TO TELL YOU
SOMETHING. A VERY IMPORTANT ONE.PLEASE MEET ME IN MY HOUSE. I WILL SHOW YOU
SOMETHING.
I GOT NERVOUS. VERY NERVOUS. I TOOK A BATH AND
DRESS UP.
--IN FRONT OF HIS GATE--
ME: HARVEY?
(NO ONE ANSWERED)
ME: HARVEY?
(STILL NO RESPONSE)
THE GATE SUDDENLY OPEN, HE'S
USING HIS POWERS AGAIN. I'M STILL REALLY NERVOUS, WHAT IS THAT VERY IMPORTANT
THING THAT I NEED TO GO HERE?
HIM: COME IN
(I HEAR HIS VOICE BUT I
CANT SEE HIM. EVEN IF IT MAKES ME NERVOUS, I STILL ENTER THE GATE. I TOOK A
DEEP BREATH AND WALKS TOWARDS THE HOUSE.HARVEY REALLY MAKES ME NERVOUS.
I WALK SLOWLY... AND I
SEE A LOT OF MY PICURES AND OUR PICTURES HANGING ON THE CEILING OF HIS HOUSE.
ME:WHATS THIS ALL ABOUT?
I CONTINUE WALKING, WHEN
SUDDENLY SOMEONE IS SINGING. I KNOW IT'S HARVEY.
HIS VOICE IS LIKE AN
ANGEL, WHILE HIS SINGING SOMETHING IS POSTED ON HIS BIG TV IT SAYS THAT
WILL YOU BE MY
GIRLFRIEND?
I SUDDENLY BURST INTO TEARS.
"SAY YES" I
HEAR VOICES BUT I CANT SEE THEM IT’S TOO DARK
HIM: I WILL ASK YOU ONE
MORE TIME, WILL YOU BE MY GIRLFRIEND?
"SAY YES" I
HEAR THE VOICES AGAIN
ME: YES.
HE HELD MY HAND THEN HUG
ME TIGHT AND HE WHISPERS ON MY EARS. " THANKYOU.I LOVEYOU BELLE"
"YEYYYY" THE
SAME VOICES SAID AND THE LIGHTS TURN ON AND IT MAKES ME SAW EVERYONE AROUND US INCLUDING
MY FAMILY AND MY FRIENDS. I CAN ALSO SAW THE TABLE THAT HAS A LOT OF FOOD.
YEARS PASS AND STILL WE
ARE TOGETHER, CREATING MOMENTS /MEMORIES. I REALLY LOVE THIS MAN AND I KNOW HOW
MUCH HE LOVES ME TOO.
WE ARE WALKING TO THE
PARK WHILE HOLDING EACH OTHER'S HAND WHEN SOMEONE IS CALLs ME, I DONT KNOW
WHERE IT Came FROM. I LOOK AROUND
“MY DAUGHTER, PLEASE WAKE
UP, MOM AND DAD REALLY MISS YOU...”
SLOWY EVERYTHING AROUND
ME FADES AND ALL I SEE IS DARKNESS BUT I STILL HEAR THE VOICE OF A WOMAN. WHATS
GOING ON
I CLOSE MY EYES AND WHEN
I OPEN IT, I SAW THE WHITE CEILING.....AND MY MOM HOLDING MY HANDS
MOM: BELLE, YOURE
AWAKE.... HONEY CALL THE DOCTOR
MOM: IM SO THANKFUL THAT
YOURE AWAKE
ME: MOM? WHERES HARVEY?
MOM: HARVEY??
ME: MOM, HARVEY...YOU
DONT REMEMBER HIM? MY BOYFRIEND.
MOM: BELLE, YOU'RE 6
MONTHS COMATOSE, HOW CAN YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND IF YOUR COMATOSE, YOUVE BEEN
SLEEPING FOR 6 MONTHS ALREADY AND WE'RE VERY THANKFUL THAT YOURE AWAKE.
AFTER MOM SAID THAT I
SUDDENLY BURST INTO TEARS BUT STILL I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS... IM STILL EXPECTING HE'S
REALLY REAL.
--MONTHS PASS--
MY LIFE BECOMES NORMAL,
BUT STILL I CAN'T FORGET THE MAN IN MY DREAMS.
BY THE WAY I'M BACK TO
THE SCHOOL, IM COLLEGE STUDENT TAKING TOURISM. I TOLD MY MOM THAT I WANT TO
COMMUTE, I DECIDED TO WALK FROM THE SCHOOL TO THE TERMINAL....WHILE IM WALKING
I SEE A FAMILIAR FACE, SO I TRY TO RUN VERY FAST TO CATCH HIM, IM REALLY SURE
THAT ITS HIM, BUT SUDDENLY HIS GONE, I DONT KNOW WHERE WILL I GO.....I STARTED
TO CRY, GUESS WHAT, THE RAIN IS JOINING ME, JOINING MY FEELINGS
BUT then SUDDELY I'M UNDER
SOMEONE'S UMBRELLA .AND GAVE ME A HANDKERCHIEF.
YSABELLA: THANKYOU.
( WHILE SOBBING)
HARVEY: UNTIL HERE I STLL
SEE YOU CRYING BECAUSE OF MR, I THOUGHT THE LAST TIME IS IN MY DREAMS.
(I LOOK UP AND WHEN I SEE
HIS FACE IT MAKES ME CRY EVEN MORE)
HARVEY: ITS BEEN A WHILE
SINCE IVE BEEN SEARCHING FOR YOU...I THOUGHT
THERE IS NO CHANCE TO FIND YOU, I THOUGHT YOU JUST ONLY EXISTs IN MY
DREAMS BUT STILL HOLDING ON THAT YOU WERE REAL
AND YES YOUR REALLY REAL. BEFORE, I THOUGHT THAT BEING COMATOSE IS the
WORST THING BUT THAT IS WHERE I MET
SOMEONE you... WHILE IM SEARCHING FOR YOU THE ONLY THING THAT COMES IN MY MIND
IS TO SEE
YOU. WHEN I FOUND THE
SCHOOL WHERE YOU'RE STUDYING, I WENT AS FAST AS I CAN BUT I SUDDENLY FELT
SCARED TO SHOW MYSELF, I HAVE A LOT OF WHAT IFS IN MY MIND, LIKE WHAT IF IM
JUST THE ONLY ONE WHO FELT THIS, WHAT IF IM JUST MAKING MYSELF BELIEVE THAT ITS
POSSIBLE THAT YOU KNOW ME TOO, BUT YOU SEE ME AND YOU RUN AFTER ME .AND NOW
YOUR HERE IN FRONT ON ME. YOU DONT NEED TO SAY, BY JUST LOOKING ON YOU I KNOW
THAT YOU FEEL THE SAME WAY AS I FEEL.I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT WE BOTH BECOME
COMATOSE BECAUSE OF THAT CAR ACCIDENT... WHAT I COINCIDENCE. IM REALLY HAPPY TO
SEE YOU AND I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING .
YSABELLE: SO IT’S REALLY
YOU
(STILL CRYING)
I TRY TO TOUCH HIS FACE
TO MAKE SURE THAT HE'S REALLY HERE
HARVEY: YEAH, IT’S ME.
AND ITS YOU TOO, MY DREAM GIRL.
