It’s you by Charma Grace Ramilo

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.