Nobela ni Christine Joy Roch

"Reigh, bilisan mo na 'dyan at male-late na kayo sa school" sigaw ni tita Sam."Opo tita, pababa na po ako!" sigaw ko pabalik sa kanya. Dali-dali kong kinuha ang aking bag mula sa pagkakasakbit sa likuran ng pinto at tinahak ang pasilya ng kanilang tahanan. Bago ako tuluyang bumaba ay sinilip ko muna ang silid ni Jazh at nakita kong nakaharap pa ito sa kaniyang salamin at wari ko'y gwapong gwapo na naman sa sarili."Hoy bilisan mo na 'dyan!" matapos kong banggitin ang mga katagang iyon lumingon siya sa akin suot ang kaniyang magandang ngiti na ang tunay na intensyon ay ipagmayabang lamang ang kanyang mga biloy sa pisngi.Hindi ko na siya hinintay at nauna na akong bumaba sa kusina para kumain."Jazh bilisan mo riyan at kumain kana. Kuhanan mo ng tubig itong si Reigh" utos ni tito Joseph sa anak.Si tito Joseph at tita Sam ang mga magulang nina Jazheel at Jazh Kien. Si tito ay isang manager sa isang f

For a year, the soldier wrote many letters for her but none of those letters were answered by the lady. He called her many times but she wouldn't return her calls. But after one year, the mother walked into her room and announced " He's back from the war."The girl shouted "Please don't tell him about me, don't tell him I'm here!""He's getting married." the mother said and handed her a wedding invitation. The girl's world fell apart. She knew to herself she still love him but she had to forget him now that he's about to marry someone else.With a broken heart, she opened the wedding invitation. Surprisingly, she saw her name on it written as a bride. Confused, she asked "What is this?".That was when the young man entered her room with a bouquet of flowers in his hand. He knelt beside her and asked "Will you marry me?"The girl covered her face with her hands and said "I'm

But then, tragedy struck. A few days after the man left, the girl was involved in a fire. She didn't manage to escape early from the burning house so some part of her face got burnt. She cried and cried when she saw herself in the mirror. Ungrateful of what happened to her, she said " Yesterday, I was beautiful. Today, I'm a monster."Her body was also covered with so many ugly wounds. Right there and then, she decided to release her fiancé from their promise. She knew he wouldn't want her anymore. She decided to forget about him and never see him again.

One day, a young guy and a young girl fell in love. The guy came from a poor family and the girl's parents weren't too happy about that.The young man decided to court not only the girl but also her parents. In time, parents accepted the man because they witnessed that he is a good man and was worthy of their daughter's hand.After a decade, the man became a soldier. Soon, war broke out and he was being sent overseas for a year. The man knelt on his knee a week before he left to ask his girl, " Will you marry me?" He said.The girl wiped her tears, said yes and they were engaged. They agreed that when he got back in one year, they would get married.