Letting Go By: Stubborn

Letting go. The hardest part in love when one has to say goodbye to the person he truly cares about and saying goodbye to the person he truly loves. The painful part in love is that one has to accept that they are not both destined to be with each other. But letting go also means that it's time to move on, moving on with your life without that person being in it. Literally, letting go is one of those parts in the chapters of life that you fall, stumble, and then you get up.

We all know that letting go means pain, but it also means happiness ahead, and if this will come true,it would be eternal. There are many ways of letting go, but there is only one reason why. The reason i s that we have to accept that the persons we are longing for are no longer giving us chances to be part of their lives again, and we are left with no other choice, but to let go of that person. It may take long before you could fully recover from the pain and agony, but if you've done it, you'll proudly say, "I've made it through." And it make you a better person.

Let me share to you a story of a boy who lost the only person he thought he never loved, but made his life meaningful but was too late to realize, and was afraid to admit that he had indeed a feeling for the girl.

It was a common scene that a rich girl would fall for a poor guy, or vice versa. But in this story it is different.

Ryan, who is the son of a very well-known family in Manila studies at a well known all boys institution. He is a self-centered, arrogant, and spoiled man. He is the unico hijo of Mr. and Mrs. Romualdez. He gets what he wants. He was a dream of every young girl in a sister school, and had a lots of girlfriends. He made every girl he had cry for him, and he was flattered. He was too flashy. When it comes to things, he would have the latest gadgets, and cars. Like a snap, he would have what he wish for. Many envied Ryan, even his friends Known as a playboy, he and his friends would play with girls. But one play made the difference and changed the scene.

It was a prom night and he and his freind were eyeing for a possible prospect for the bet. It took them long before they saw one. Tons of beautiful ladies passed by them. One of them was the head of the cheering squad. Her name was Andrea. But she wasn't the girl they wanted. She was too easy. They wanted to have type of girl that would not easy like her knowing she dates every guy that would hail her, a type of chick that would be boring, a geeky type, for short, a girl that would belong to a so-called, the nerd aisle.

At last, they saw Carina. A laid-back chick, a typical girl next door, was hard to get. She was neither that famous in campus nor anywhere else. She's just a normal teenager. She didn't have a date so it was easy for them to place a bet on her. She was seated alone on a table along with her friends flirting with their dates, while she just sat there and shut her mouth, her eyes wandering around the place. She was pretty in a way, but she didn't know how to fix herself well. And then Ryan made his move. He ask Carina for a dance, and he made her say yes. They both danced. Little did she know the game was starting for Ryan and his freinds.

In Carina's thought, she was the luckiest girl at the proom. For even Andrea envied her. Of course, who wouldn't? she was dancing with the Ryan Romualdez. Little did she know, she was being played off, and had a bet on her head. She wasn't lucky as Ryan thought.

After the night was over, Ryan asked Carina if she could drop her off her house. Too surprised, she didn't think of another seconds but immediately said yes. During the ride, everything was silent. Not a single word was released from the vocal cords. Then Ryan played a song... "214". Carina just sarted the conversation by saying "I love that song. It's different". Ryan just give a smile and made eye contact. He was hesitant as first to ask about her life. But being "makapal" that he was, he started asking questions without asking if he could. "So how is your love life, if you have one?" and grinned. "Hu? Love life? Im not into that stuff yet. I mean I didn't even have a boyfriend. Why'd you ask?" she replied. But Ryan on the other hand hyterically laughed. "Hahahaha!!! You're such a loser! Do you know that?! Sheez...". He thought Carina took it as a joke, But she didn't. She just keep silent all throughout the ride that made him realize that she took it hard, so hard that she wasn't able to control her tears, which fled down her cheeks. Ryan being the jerk as he was never paid attention to what she felt. Carina was just silent until she was droped by their place. He opened his car door and asked for a kiss, but all he got was a deep aching slap on his face. Ouch. He was shocked from what he has received for the first time in his entire life. Carina just left these words, "You may think that you may have all the girls in my school,"