Have you ever experienced to be in love with a playboy?

The one you really loved and you thought he would take you seriously but he didn't?

Are you just one of the many who fell in love with him and played with him?

I stare at my book while reading in the school canteen, ignoring people looking at me and talking about what happened.

“Lloyd left him, right? Pity! Do you see the eyebags? Maybe it's because of crying all night haahhah ”

I looked at the women I heard who immediately looked away and pretended not to talk about me. I looked like I was crying for him !?

I DON’T CRY IN SADNESS! I cried in annoyance to myself !!!

Lloyd invited me to have sex and I refused him so hee left me !!! That's what really happened!

I have no friends, literally. Especially when Lloyd approached me because almost every girl in school likes h!

Of course, who wouldn’t like him? A Handsome, rich, basketball star player and yet charming! Even I was really taken aback! Though, I didn't know he was like that!

A PERVERT!!

I loved him but I was scared of his offer. I said to myself, if he can wait, it means he really loves me. But you see sh*t happened.

I'm still used to him delivering pick -me -up using his car! I got used to the bouquets of roses he gives me almost every day and when we go to the mall to eat at expensive restaurants and go shopping, he answers everything!

The rumor around got louder.

"You see, I told you that Lloyd is just fooling around with her "

"There's Lloyd!"

I immediately look to where they are pointing. There he is My handsome, muscular and tall Lloyd. Wearing a basketball jersey and ball cap with his varsity friends as well.

OMG! I was confused and nervous so I immediately stood up and put away my belongings…

"Don't block my path." He said as we approached.

WHAT? What's going on? I'm just standing here near my table and I'm not blocking the path! He really meant to approach me to say that and embarrass me in front of the students passing by and looking.

"Oh, it's you, Rosie!" He said and laughed like a demon. “Your so beautiful as ever, too bad you're useless! ”

His voice was cold when he said the last sentence and his eyes were glaring at like he's about to kill me.

PAK!

I immediately slap him in annoyance! He didn't bulge even a bit with my slap so I just ran away! Running away for my dear life.

“User! Gold digger! You just used me to get rich and famous !! ” He shouted as I ran.

THE F*CK!? I GOTTT RIICHHH??? I did not know that?

If I'm rich, why does my wallet seem to be empty until now ?!

ANNOYING! I get famous? If I get famous like this it's better to be invisible!

I went home after I failed purposely my exam. It's March now and it's a good thing I won't be able to see Lloyd's face again!

I hope I can't go back to that school anymore! I still have one year to finish high school but I hope I won't go there again. I'll just pray be hopefully admitted in another school. But I know that's impossible!!

Be careful what you wish for… cuz you might get it!

"Rosie, Maggie!"

My sister and I ran to mama and papa with a suitcase and hugged them. Mama and papa are home !!! They have been in Canada for a few years too! They come home every two years but I don't expect them to come home now. Mom was crying as she hugged us.

"Ma… I told you, you did not have to go home." Said Maggie.

Maggie is my college sister. And why did does she know that mama would go home and I didn't?

“I can still find some work here and there so that Rosie can finish high school. You don't have to go home. ” Maggie continued.

Mama wiped away her tears.

"Maggie, what are you talking about?"

I said immediately and nervously.

"Pa, why?" Dad was just staring at nothingness.

“Mom, please? Let's not leave here. ” Maggie said while crying too.

“Canada is in Recession Rosie. Your dad and I was fired… The economy there is collapsing. We don’t want to tell you what happened. We can only pay for this house for a year, but that's still not enough. We have to leave and go home to your dad's farm- “

"What?" I shout.

“No! Ma! No! ” Yes. I wanted to leave our school but I didn't say I wanted to live with the buffaloes and goats on dad's farm!

OH MY GOD! No!

I hate being poor! Now, the fact that we don’t have money seems to have slapped me. We don’t have our own house. We are just tenants. And now it's gone. Mama and papa rented a truck to take our things home (which we don't have a home now). I took my laptop and other things in my packbag and Maggie, mama and I were going to board the bus (papa went with the truck).

The flight to Alegria takes nine hours. We would change buses three times before getting there. Maggie and I have only been there three times. The last time we went was when I was only in grade six so I can't remember what it was like there. As far as I know, my grandmother and grandfather's house was there. Only auntie Precy lives there, dad’s only sister. She has no children (unmarried).

"Are you okay?" I asked my sister Maggie.

She had been crying a lot as he looked out of the bus window, she had been like this for three hours. I turned to mama before speaking (mama is asleep so it's okay).

“Just leave James alone. He will understand that too. ” I said.

James is Maggie's boyfriend. They were only five months old and the guy was dead set on her. I must say, dead dead really! Maggie is always being driven and picked up to the university she was attending and sometimes even went home to bring her food. Maggie turned down James twice because she didn't like the handsome and rich guys, but James was really persistent.

"Annoying! Were so poor! ” She said almost in a whisper. "We can move to a cheaper house, the 3 thousand a month, James and I were even looking for it…"

Even though Maggie was upset, she couldn't tell that to my parents because she didn't want to hurt them.

“James told me he would visit me next week but I did not consent it! He might use his car, 9 hours sis, 9 hours! Imagine ?! Maybe something else will happen to him in the middle of the trip. ” Gosh, shes so overdramatic!!

"Magg… Just tell him to take the bus so you don't have to worry about that." duh!

Nine hours later, we arrived at Alegria!

The hilllllls are alive with the sound of musiiiic! Grrrr! Annoying! I just want to run and roll in the mountains that I can see. Pure green and without even a single building. You can see a house but it's almost gone!

But it's crazy, there is a 'town' in the distance where Grandma's House stands. When we arrived in the center of Alegria, I saw a variety of old houses, churches, playgrounds or parks (with dates), houses that the owner seemed capable of living, and the HOUSE OF GRANDMA.

“Adele! come in! ” Auntie Precy said to mama as papa pointed inside.

Dad arrived first. Of course because there is no stop over for the rented truck. Boxes with our names on them are already laid out. Maggie was there and waved and excitedly entered the house.

You don't seem to be crying before, do you?

“Oh my godd! Margaret and Roseanne are already so big! ” Auntie Precy hugged me.

I removed my earphones and immediately looked at my blackberry cellphone. Thank you Auntie Precy and don't mispronounce my name. I prefer to be called ‘Rosie’, because people tend make a mistake when using Roseanne. Sometimes Rose-Anne, sometimes Roseen, sometimes Rosyan, but the real pronunciation of it is Ro-shan! I sighed.

omo! There is a signal here! We are not far from civilization !!! Maggie was there and saw me looking at the cellphone so she grabbed her cellphone and immediately called James.

“Roseanne, Margaret! Come and Help me in the kitchen! ” Said Auntie Precy.

BAHAY NI LOLA has a few cobwebs. Auntie Precy repaired it when I was in grade six, the column at the bottom was cemented, but the one at the top is still wood. The windows are French windows but the old version. The decoration is small even though BAHAY NI LOLA is really big. Just a cabinet with only books, sofa and table, TV, frame with a picture of grandma and grandpa, that's it!

The kitchen, on the other hand, has an old sink, cupboard and refrigerator.

"There's electricity here!" I said after entering the kitchen.

Maggie smiled. “Sis, did you know? He's going here! It looks like he's going to take a bus. He said that he would come here after 2 weeks so that I can have the time to explain to mama and papa that I already have a boyfriend. ”

Gosh! Sis is Enjoying her lovelife while here I am? single is life. My ghaadd!!!

Fortunately, I'm here in the-hills-are-alive!

"Rosie, Maggie and you will be sharing a room okay?."Mom said. "If you want to get dressed, just go there." At the same time he pointed upwards.

IS THERE NO GHOST HERE? It looks scary!

"Don't let Rosie help you there, Precy. It would be a disaster! She almost burned down the house last Christmas when she tried to bake a cake!!”

"Come on mom, it not my fault that the stove's fire suddenly turn up!!"

"So no the stove has hands and mind on their own Rosie??"

Hmmppp..I just shook my head and went to the bedroom. Dad was in the other room so it was okay, no ghosts!

There is a double deck bed in the bedroom and there is also a study table and cabinets for Maggie and I.

I sat in the bottom-bunk and looked out the big window and stared outside.

The sun is going down. I can’t believe I’m in this place! It's like I'm working on Manila buildings, traffic, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, now, it's like I want to throw away my laptop. No use here… Tsk tsk tsk.

This is good too. Away from Lloyd.

It's only been a month since I started school again and I'm in my 6th year, do you think he'll realize I'm missing? I don’t have any friends so I did not told anyone. Maggie, on the other hand, seems to have only told James. Poor Maggie, we stopped going to college because of our the-hills-are-alive adventure. Can we still return to Manila? Gooshh!!

The most important question is… is there a school here? Alegria Elementary School? LOL!

I shook myself.

"Its not bad." Maggie said suddenly as she entered the room. “The only bad thing about what happened today is that James and I will be apart. That's all. As for you, it's good that you and Lloyd break up because he's a freak… Forget hi- “

"My ghad Maggie! How can I forget him when you are always mentioning him??" I said and grinned. “BTW, that’s the first good thing you ever told me. You’re always like, ‘maybe he has reasons to leave you’, ‘maybe he’s bitter because he still loves you’… ”I shook my head again.

Maggie is so kind she thinks that everyone is kind. She did not know that there were others out there that are hypocrites and users.

Maggie suddenly hugged me.

“We can do this sis… You are going to study at your new school! I'm excited for you! ” She grinned and when I saw it, my eyebrows meet. "Cheer up!"

"Is there a private school here?" I ask.

“Silly girl! This is not Manila. There is no private school here. But lucky you, you will get to experience going in to a public school, hehehhehe” she winked.

Translations:

BAHAY NI LOLA -. Grandmother's House

SINGLE IS LIFE - Being single is what we call life.

The next day, Auntie Precy and I visited many new places in Alegria. First we went to the JA foods farm - the largest farm here in Alegria and even in the whole province. As far as I know, they import the product in and out of the country…

The tour in the farm is boring but mama and papa enjoy it because of the breeze. I, on the other hand, was irritated by the mud attached to my flats. I want to remove the mud but I can't because we just keeps on walking!.

Maggie, on the other hand, takes picture after picture. Where does she even upload that? There is NO WIFI HERE!!

No choice, since I'm the maknae I just stared at her as the camera clicked.

"Let's go next to Tinago falls!" Said Auntie Precy. "It's so different now, it's even better!"

Auntie Precy is right. When I was in grade six, Tinago Falls was still undeveloped. Now, it's so beautiful. The water is smoky at the tip of the falls and there are also a lot of cottage in the sorrounding area.

"Let's take rest here, what do you think?" Mom asked.

“You want hot baths don't you? It's cold here. Let's just go to Alp Spring! ”

We got there after fifteen minutes on the tricycle.

There was a group of my peers bathing in the 6-feet deep hot spring across the street. I could clearly see the men back-tumbling while the women screamed. I just shook my head and looked again at my muddy flats.

“Rosie! Let's take a bath! ” Maggie yelled at me.

I just grinned and fakely smiled at Maggie while I gestured that I would just follow later.

The teenagers here think that they are at the top and the best while enjoying life here, the truth is, they are all peasants and bumpkins. I shake in emptiness.

"Rosie, are you not going to take a bath?" Papa asked.

“Not anymore, pa. I took a shower at home earlier. ”

Then I heard Mama and Auntie Precy talking.

"Juan Antonio is also the owner of the new farm and adventure zone in front of Alp Spring."

I left at the cottage and watched Maggie bathing in the 5-feet spring and dad in the 6-feet spring.

"Breakfast!" Said Maggie after the dive.

I looked for wood or any stick to remove the mud from my flats. I sat down on a big tree and took some sticks on the other side to remove the mud. My ghosh!! The struggle is real !

BUKID IS WORST! To my annoyance, I almost broke my flats…

A large lump of mud flew from my flats and actually landed on the sparkling handsome abs of a man that is part of the teenagers that I've been eyeing before. His body was wet and gosh!! He is only wearing black shorts!! I'm dead. Bye

Bbomm!! Then I realized that my eyes hadn't been removed from his abs.

“Is this yours?” He asked with the lump of mud on his abs.

I frowned, "Do you think someone owns that?" I couldn't help but be annoyed by his question.

"Rude, You are the one at fault so why are you being a b*tch? ” He said and he removed the mud from his sparkling abs.

SPARKLING.

I shook and removed my eye from his body and proceed to remove the mud from my shoes.

Body with sparkling abs? Here on the farm? Maybe that was shaped by him being a farmer. He's been plowing everyday so he has a body like that. That explains it! Of course! It's just a pity that he's handsome because they're even poorer than rats. LOL! I'm a b*tch but he's also rude. Hmmpp

He shook and sighed. He walked over to my back because I think the shower andCR was there.

"Aren't you even sorry?" He asked and stopped behind me to look at me again.

"Jacob!" The other men and women in the distance shouted.

They were the ones who were backtumbling before.

"Wait for us!" They shouted again at the man in front of me. He just nodded and looked at me again.

He sighed again, "Ugly with a bad temper" He whispered to himself but seemed a little louder for me to hear.

I could feel all the blood flowing from my body to my cheeks. I stood up and restrained myself from screaming as he walked away.

NO ONE IN THIS WORLD HAS SAID I AM UGLY! Thanks to mama and papa that have good looks. Mama is white, papa is handsome and has a sharp nose, mama has puffy eyes and beautiful hair, papa is tall, mama has smooth, red and -angelina-jolie-like lips, thus Maggie and I's are pure beautiful and handsome! There are a lot of people who is courting Maggie… and Lloyd del Rosario is the my EX - the most handsome in our entire campus in Manila! I know Lloyd has had many girlfriends and they are all beautiful but I am the best!

HA! HA! HA! And that man? He called me ugly?

Why am I surrounded by rude men!?! Even dogs can't eat their bad habits!!

ESPECIALLY THAT JACOB !?

“Gosh!! I would eve like to say sorry to a person who is handsome yet have a bad temper! Hmpp.” I shouted and prayed that he would have heard that.