Chapter 9

I woke up thinking of all the memories I've had with Zelda in the past years, us dancing together at prom, singing "Yesterday" to her, taking a trip to Penny Lane, went to a Strawberry Fields, all those times In My Life, There were times I wanted to hold her hand. But, I knew it wasn't the time yet, so I decided to Let it be for a while, and there Something in the way she moves that attracts me, I don't know what is it, though. Is it her beautiful eyes? No, is it her personality? Her personality, I can't stop rethinking that I like her personality, they say that a person should not be judged by his or her skin color, race, or anything. It's about a person's personality, the person's personality is the answer, nobody cares if you are ugly or beautiful, but the personality of that person is the better answer to that objection.

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I went to my living room to see my friends awake, watching a series, it was Stranger Things. I asked them:

"..Hey, guys. When did y'all wake up? I mean- What time..?"

"Uhh, an hour ago," Ron answered,

"Oh, by the way, John, why did you cry last night?" Kenneth asked

"Oh... That, Uhh, God only knows what I'd be without her, y'know. And by the way, thanks for staying with me last night."

"No problem, man. We'll be here for you. We know you sleep alone here." Kenneth said.

"Oh, and by the way. Any presents for me?"

"Oh, no. Crap, I forgot, here. Have $300, oh, Ronald has something to say by the way what is it, Ron? Oh, and by the way, C'mere Micha, here's a necklace." Kenneth answered

"Wait What?! Holy- Thank you, Ken!" Micha said, blushing

"No problem, Mich," Kenneth said, blushing as well.

"...Can I say it to John, now. Ken, hmph? oh and by the way, stop flexing your significant other, like half of us in this room have no significant other..."

"Yeah! Ron, and Ron, John and I, have significant others, and at least the five of you guys doesn't have," Kenneth said, laughing

"...Ken, for the love of God, stop for a while. Oh, and by the way, John. You know the One Piece manga collection that I brought here, right? I bought all of it for you, John. I know you wanted to complete mangas for so long," Ronald said to me,

"Wait, are you serious about that, Ron? How'll I pay you back?"

"No Need," he said. Smiling

"No, I insist, how much was it all?"

"It didn't cost me much, just pay me 500 and I'm fine."

"Ok," I said

I went to my room to get my wallet from my bag. When I opened my bag, I saw a picture of Shino... Wait, Shino..? Oh, Shino Kobayashi, a Japanese transferee, she has the same personality as Zelda, Crap, now I've got to pick one out of them? Then, I heard my phone ringing, I brought my phone out of my pocket, and I... I was surprised by who was calling me. It was Zelda...

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I told my friends that all of us are gonna drive to the hospital to see her.

"Hey...she's finally awake, John?" Marla asked

"Yes...yes she is...Oh, and Hey, uh...guys want me to play a song...? So...it won't be awkward, that it's so silent here?" I ask

"Yeah, sure," Ken answered

"...how about the Beatles?" Marla suggested

"Yeah, what song?" I ask

"Hey, Jude or Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds?" Michaella said

"Aight, vote," I said

"I want Lucy in the Sky before Hey, Jude," Marla said

"Yeah, me too," I say

"Hey, Jude before Lucy," Ken said

"Ronald and Michaella, we need your votes," I said

"Eh, I want Lucy," Ronald answered

"Yeah, Me too," Michaella said

"Oi! Am I the ONLY one that wanted Hey, Jude first?"

"Yeah, so...Lucy in the Sky first?" I asked

"Yeah...it's four votes after all..." Marla said, laughing

I put out my phone and gave it to Marla to connect it to Bluetooth in my car and told her to use Spotify, I have a playlist on my phone where it's all just Beatle songs. Lucy in the Sky was the first one in my playlist.

"Yo, Lucy in the Sky totally rocks, not gonna lie," Kenneth said

"Better than modern singers. They cannot be replaced." I say

"That's facts," Marla said

"Let's sing along, Shall we?"

We started singing along to Lucy, Not realizing that all our troubles seemed so far away, but that one thought in me that made me remember all the troubles is the fact that, all those things that happened in the last month, is truly traumatizing to me. It scarred me for the rest of my life. But, the only choice I've had is to accept the fact that, it is the past, no need to think about the past, and no need to think about the bad things that happened in life. It's time to think about what the future will give us. I guess once you've accepted the truth, your life would get better once you've grown up to be a wonderful person in the near future...

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We've finally arrived at the hospital, Can't wait to see Zelda, her Beautiful, Piercing eyes. I can't wait to hold her hand. But, when we're already in the room, Zelda asked the others to wait outside except me. I think she's gonna say something to me.

"Hey..." I said

"Hi..."

"Uh...is there something you want to talk about?" I ask her

"I, I heard what you said when I was in a coma. You just confessed to me...?"

"Yeah- I- I- I like you."

"I'm sorry, but...we do not match...You're better off with Kobayashi, I'm sorry...I also knew a long time ago that you liked that you like me, it was obvious. I'm so sorry. Plus, I don't know if Ronald told you this, but we're together. I'm sorry." She said, voice cracking, starting to cry "I know that, I used to have feelings for you. But, I've moved on John. I'm sorry." tears coming out of her eyes.

"I- I don't know what to say, but I'm fine with it." Tears coming out of my eyes. "Half of what I said, is meaningless...but I say it just to reach you..." I say

"I'm terribly sorry, John. But we're going to still be friends, right?"

"Yeah...we're still friends." I try to smile at her, with tears coming out of my eyes.

I'm sorry...