Girl Friend

Chapter 1- Last Appointment

I look at the remaining time.

Five minutes

Five minutes til this stupid session is over.

Five minutes til I can finally get out of this hell hole I have visited occasionally for the past year. Five minutes til I can finally forget this stupid doc-

"Welp, you have been such a company this last year, france it's quite sad to let you go." Doc. Warren said with a playful smile on her face, pinigilan ko ang sarili na umirap at hindi nalang umimik.

"Pabunggo ka nalang kaya ulti?."

"Nice joke warren, when can I go home na?." Inip kong tanong habang tinitignan ang oras.

"Now don't be in such a hurry since we won't be meeting each other anytime soon, unless magmatigas iyang ulo mo, remember wrist mo lang sementado dito hindi iyang ulo mo." She wrote something on her clipboard and handed it to me.

"Take these only at night okay?, and please no basketball muna, nor any kinds of sports, but it's okay, sex is acceptable naman, basta ikaw bottom." I scoff looking away while she idiotically laughs at her own joke.

I have accepted the fact that I will never be able to play basketball ever again, and it's not like I'll play ever again, the spark and adrenaline is just gone, wala na akong inspirasyon para mag laro ulit.

"Hey don't be hard on yourself, Don't let that wrist hinder you from enjoying the wonders of life, next week na start ng klase mo, you'll meet lots of new people, ma-."

"I have met enough people doc, I have learned my lesson." Malamig na tono kong sabi at tumayo na sa sofa na inuupun ko. Doc Warren smiled sadly at me, making me fill uneasy.

I hate it, I hate pity, I have received enough pity since last year, pity from a lot of things due to the poor luck life had given me, and I hate it, I hate their pity, I don't need those sad smiles or sugarcoated words telling me it's all gonna be alright, because it's not, nothing can change the fact that a piece of me is broken and will never be fixated back the way it was before.

"Just because some people from your past did bad things to you doesn't mean everyone will, we're all not the same, aster."

"Yeah you're right, different people, different pain." I bitterly said and was about to walk out of her office, I was starting to feel suffocated when she grabbed my arm.

"You're about to start college next week, open your doors to people, don't lock yourself like this, you deserve everything aster, bring the great undefeatable aster ashleigh back."

"Doc, that aster ashleigh your talking about is long gone, she's been long defeated and buried six feet under, you can't bring the dead back to the living, and don't worry I'm surviving naman, I've accepted everything wala kanang ibang alalahanin pa." I retracted my arm from her hold and left the building.

This is my final appointment with doc. Kiara Warren, my healing process was quick and that's one thing I'm grateful about, kahit hindi na ako makapag basketball ulit, atleast makapag aral ako ng maayos, iyon nalang ang bawi ko sa mga magulang kong nandito para sakin sa hirap at ginhawa, kahit hindi man sa unibersidad na pinapangarap ko noon paman, magsisikap parin akong makapagtapos para makapahinga na si dad at para mabawas bawasan ang trabaho na pasan ng kuya ko.

Pina-andar ko ang aking puting alpine A110, kahit labag sa loob nina mom at dad na bumili ako ng sports car, I told them na mas okay pa ito kaysa sa mga motorbike ko na hindi na nagagamit doon sa garage.