Summer '09, Part 1

“Curiosity kills the cat.”
-Anonymous

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Coleen
Kyle

It was summer of 2009. Coleen just finished her sophomore year in high school, her curiosity was on its zenith, Coleen took the road that was on trend; she met people of another kind, wind blew so hard, so her reasons tore apart.

Coleen was a short girl. She was about 4’9 feet tall. She has wavy long hair, fair skin, pimples on her face due to stress. She was serious-shy-smart-energetic-complicated type of girl.

Kyle was taller than her. Coleen was about up to his shoulders only. He likes to play basketball, computer games. He isn’t that fair. His skin tone is somewhat brownish, well, lighter than brown. He isn’t that attractive, but he has the face, oh you know what I mean. He is the player-flowery-serious-committed-always on the go-hunger for love-thirst for attention-talented type of guy.

Coleen met a guy where she once lived in. He was a part of basketball team in her subdivision. And every summer, there is always a liga- well it is a sort of competitions for different kind of sports mainly basketball and volleyball. And you know the happenings every summer, right? Swimming here, out-of-town trips there, name it and of course, teenagers who are so high in this thing called ‘love’.

Well to tell you honestly, Coleen was once a victim of summer escapade. So, the story goes like this.

Coleen was sleeping so safe and sound when someone knocked and shouted in front of our house. “Kuya Coach!” he shouted. Since she was sleeping in her grandma’s sofa, of course, she was disturbed by that noise. So she woke up with a poker face and her hair was in a bad mood, she hadn’t brushed her teeth, yet, Coleen answered him while she was half awake and half zombie, “Ano po yun?” “Si Kuya Charles po?” he replied. Upon hearing that, she turned her back and shouted Tito Charles’ name like she was the only human in their house and went back straight to her dreamland.

Afternoon of that day came, a group of guys, teenager like her, energy and youth was in their eyes, went in her grandma’s house and looked for her tito once again. Then she noticed something, the guy that she had met that morning was the same guy the she was face to face with that moment. With a smile, he asked, “Si Kuya Charles? (Where is Kuya Charles?)” “Sandali lang, tatawagin ko, (Wait a minute, I’ll just call him)” Coleen answered.  Then she did she had said. Her tito went down and he gathered all his players and they had this sort of ‘thing’. Her tito called her and asked for her assistance. “Coleen, ilista mo yung measurements nila at yung gusto nilang number (Coleen, list all their measurements and their desired number,” he requested. Those figures were referring to their jersey. Then she noticed that this guy was pretty bubbly and hyper, unlike her, well, you know what I mean. 


Coleen used to hang out with her friends next door, they talked a lot about anything under the sun. Anne, one of her friends and twin of Marie, has the beauty of Cleopatra, she has lots of friends and most of the guys or teenagers, should I say, were very much attracted to her. Coleen noticed the group that was in her house before was approaching in their place, to her surprised, the ‘guy’ that Coleen had met was also there. So, Anne introduce them one by one. For Coleen, the other guys were not that relevant, she only put their names in her short term memory. But when Anne was about to introduce the ‘guy’ that Coleen had met for the third time, she listen attentively. Aha! “Coleen, this is Kyle. Kyle, Coleen,” Anne said. They shook their hands, and of course their smiles. Aha! Coleen have thought. Kyle is his name.

As time passed by, they became friends. They talked, they played together. Coleen was a very playful kid, she used to play outdoor games with her best friends. One day, they played Tamaang Tao or Dodged Ball in English. They really enjoyed their game then suddenly, Kyle and his friends joined them. 
Coleen knew in her part that she somewhat has a crush on Kyle but she was just in denial. Then, Coleen’s group won over Kyle’s because she “butt-shot” Kyle. There is the rule that when the offenders hit the defenders in the head or in the butt, the entire team is automatically a loser. 
From that day on, Coleen’s friends were teasing her to Kyle. Then the issue got bigger and bigger.

At first, Kyle had a crush on Anne. Coleen even teased him to Anne. Oh! Coleen just loved doing that to Kyle. She loved the pissed face of Kyle. And there were times that Coleen and Kyles’ shirt color were the same. Not only that, they have the same birth month and interests. Coincidences eh? Until one day, Kyle said something that changed the world of Coleen.
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To be continued.