WHY CANDY IS
STILL SWEET
12
years
ago,
she
graduated
as
a
Summa
Cum
Laude
in
a
prestigious university. Attached to her diploma were five more
awards; recognitions for journalism, leadership, service, music,
and arts. All of us would look up to her wishing to at least have
a minute of her stardom. Our crushes were chasing after her
while we, as silly as we were and still are, were at the corner,
sneaking to see if our dream guy had a chance on the campus
queen
bee.
We
would
often
burst
into
laughter
as
we
hear
her say “Sorry, I think you’re just too perfect for me” to
ABSOLUTELY ANY GUY who courted her. We can’t hate her. She’s
not only beautiful and gifted, she was also wise, humble, and
absolutely harmless.
Her name is Candy. I saw her a few days ago. She was still
beautiful as ever.
We brought our little toddlers during the homecoming. She brought
her car. Ironically, the crush ng bayan was the ONLY one who
was still single, not by lack of chance, but by choice.
“So
Candy,
who
almost
made
it?”
asked
Glenda,
our
captain
cheerleader back in college.
“Aww. They were too perfect for me” answered Candy.
And so we laughed hard. None of her lines changed after all.
“But I did meet my soul mate.”
And there was silence.