bubbles

ugh, i’m such a sucker for best friends stories. you know the drill. he loves her but she loves someone else or vise-versa? stories that reek of unrequited love; the very reason for songs like “a friend of mine”, “on my own”, “you’re in love”– i could go on and on.

just yesterday i saw “close to you”, bea alonzo and john lloyd cruz’ own best friend story. it’s no different from any other unrequited love stories, yet i’m still hooked like i was seeing it for the first time. and mind you, it’s a Tagalog film.

also up there in my list of unrequited/BFF love stories: “Some Kind of Wonderful” [i can't afford to have you hate me Keith, because the only thing that i care about in this God damn life are me, my drums, and you...], “Sixteen Candles” [Jake Ryan: make a wish/Samantha Baker: it already came true], “St. Elmo’s Fire” [i am hopelessly, desperately and completely in love with you], “Secret Admirer” [you may never know who i am, but that hasn't stopped you from giving me the best gift i've ever known...idiot.]… at sige na nga! “Labs Kita, Okay Ka Lang” [oo, jolens-marvin itey! KAIBIGAN.MO.LANG.AKO!] and “Wala Na Bang Pag-ibig” [solid angelu-bobby fan]. hehe.

and yes, i’ve had my own share of BFF stories also. oo, nagapaka-Eponine ako for a significant part of my college/work life, pining for that one person whom i thought was my best friend…whom i thought was THE one.

turns out he wasn’t–on both accounts. sure, sure… he was a good friend. but looking back, he just needed someone to listen to his stories and heartaches. come to think of it, i couldn’t remember a time when he actually asked how i was. hmm. oo nga no?

he’s married now with two kids. we keep in touch once in a while, and when we do talk i smile at myself thinking, talaga lang tiny?

i blame young love, my weakness for BFF stories, and plead temporary insanity