Wednesday, July 25, 2007

The Blossoming (Part 2- Nathan)

Nathan
November 1994


I had known Nathan since I was eight. We went to the same Catholic Elementary School. He was a cute chubby kid who happened to have the same interests as I did- we both collected comic books and trading cards, we were both in the children’s choir, and we were both into drawing.

He was my best friend, up until the first year of High School, right before he left for the states. I remember a particular time, it was during the second grading period, when he started hanging out with other kids.

I had no idea, whether it was because I missed him or that I was jealous that he was keeping others company instead of me, but I made a dramatic outburst in Homeroom. We were gathered in a circle (consisting of students in our row, he was at the far end of the room with another group); I started telling my mates that I noticed Nathan and I hardly spent time together anymore, unlike before when we were inseparable. Midway through my story I had begun sobbing, Maricel Soriano style. Our teacher made her way to our group, and patted my back gently to comfort me.

Towards the end of our first year in Divine Word University HS, he told me that his family will be moving to the US. As a goodbye token, he gave me this sort of shiny master key to remember him by.

I threw away the key and I never spoke about him again.

The Blossoming (Part 3- Chris)

3 comments:

runawaycat said...

...until now :P

Misterhubs said...

Hay. I also had a Maricel Soriano sobbing moment when my best friend in law school went on leave. With uhog and all pa.

Thad said...

@ runawaycat: I have to! ; ) Documentation purposes hehe

@ misterhubs: I didn't know you were a crybaby too ;-)

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