The story of the letter she will never read Its not the face but the expression

in it. This statement is uttered by Stephanie Meyers hero, in her romance novel about a man and an alien entitled the host. It is the introductory statement of this anecdote, since the person who will be under the limelight of our scrutiny is often teased by the adversary in the story, of how beautiful she is only on the rear view, and about how well designed her beautiful face is. (It is because shes got barely visible pimples.) The formers idea of joke maybe mean but the latter never take it seriously. Basically the tale will revolve around the crazy tug-o-war between the two of them so get used to it. It will be unnerving if you will keep reading the cast of this narrations name by their common attributes so lets give each of them pseudonyms; the lead actress of the story will be addressed in the later part of this narration as Belle while the disconcerting antagonist will be called Ai. The tug-o-war started one boring first day of school. Ai arrived unnaturally early at school. He was unable to find anything entertaining to do, so he went to his classroom for the first period. The said classroom for an unfortunate reason was situated in the fourth story of the JRF building. He said a series of profanities under his breathe for the inconvenience of the shirt he has worn because he was sweating profusely before he got inside the already crowded room. He sat on the chair in the center rear end of the room. Since it is the first day of school he doesnt know a single face there, so he focused on finding someone the he can have a decent conversation with. Taking a closer look, some of his classmates are indeed nerds. Unnerved by his imagination of the next tormenting months of his life, he continued scanning the room. After fifteen futile minutes of searching he sill failed to find any, so his attention was sidetracked to finding anyone beautiful in the room. Though he was trapped in a geeky accountancy class he was bewildered to observe that he actually got beautiful classmates. Minus 5 points for boredom, plus six points to interesting, he whispered to himself amused. One particular girl caught his attention, because unlike most of his classmates this said girls looks nonpareil (thats not an exaggeration, she just looks extinct). She has her back on Ai so the latters focus was centered on her for the next few minutes. The girl has brunette highlights and was quite tall. These alluring characteristics make Ais imagination go wild. The bell already rang still Ai was unable to have a glimpse of his first class on college. He was unsuccessful in the exciting mission until the end of the first period of his boringthat-turned-to-bewildering-to-wonderful-first-day. Their class have a thirty minutes break after the first period, Ai waited in anticipation until Belle turns to finally face him. He was abashed to see that his first crush on college actually looked like she has not slept for days. But he admits that she still looks sublime to him. After the eventful first day, Ai gave up his crush on Belle even though he was still fascinated by the girl. Being an accountancy student gives Ai one hell of an adventure. Exams in his major classes frustrate him every Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. He swears his classes during Tuesdays and Thursdays were exceedingly boring but not for long. He found out on the third week of the term, (which was really stupid of him) that he was actually seated beside Belle during Tuesdays and Thursdays. Since then, these days of the week became his favorite. Even though these said days are the most tiring ones too. He will be ahem-flirting-sorry-having exceedingly long friendly conversations with Belle up until the afternoon. Except for lunch because he spends his lunch break with Bella his girlfriend. And he will be

going home eight oclock at night because he waits for Bellas classes to finish so they could walk home together. Ai found himself sitting beside Belle again on their recollection day. Strangely, Ai was silent for the whole hour, he never took recollections seriously so that was indeed the first and the last he did that. It is so abnormal for him to shut his mouth that long so that proves that Belle has that much effect on him. Ais day was exhausted from unnerving picture taking sessions to dramatic sharing. At least he was able to exchange civil words with his seatmate all day long. To Ais disappointment, he was separated with Belle at lunch. His only consolation was that he could see his other crush from where he was seated---Kimi(pseudonym for Ais other crush). He could actually see Belle if he will look back but he stopped himself. On their afternoon session, he kept his eyes locked on Kimi but his stares will travel back to his seatmate. This made Ai smile to himself, because Kimi is indeed more beautiful than Belle, but he still finds his seatmate more attractive. Belles presence unnerved Ai so much, that hes hands got all sweaty when the facilitator asked the class to embrace each other and say aloud the things that he will dictate. The sudden change of emotion when he embraced Belle scares him to no end. His scumbag brain just got haywired when he hugged Belle. It was a friendly hug but it sends electric shocks to Ais spine. After their quick embrace, Belle smiled at him and despite himself he ended up smiling his first real unguarded smile that day. After that eventful day with God, Ai and Belle talked more often. Ai realized that he really liked being Belles frined. He can be himself when he is with her. She has a very infectious laugh and they have the same sense of humor. He actually finds her one of the boys, because of some of her mannerisms. He pushed the idea of his crush on Belle at the back of his mind. He knew better than to give the crush an inch because it will surely cause him trouble. The days crept slowly, until the supposedly fun day, hosted by their professional organization. Naturally, lazy Ai, debated on not attending the event. But the idea of staying at home with his mom made him choose the less painful way to spend the day. The fun day was filled with unnerving games suitable for children but Ai enjoyed it thanks to the presence of Belle. He literally spent almost the whole day beside Belle and the scary feeling he felt during their recollection almost altered his good mood. He actually did not play the games, he just sat there beside Belle and make fun of those who are participating the games. The day was almost over when the game tug-o-war was played. The facilitators asked them to join the team just to make the numbers even so they did. Ai was clasping and unclasping his hands on the rope while he anxiously waits for the whistle. He really did not care if their team wins or not; he was just worried about Belle hurting herself. That was so much for pushing his feeling on a safer ground. He knew that but he still feels protective of Belle. When the whistle was blown he tried to pull the rope as hard as he could but their opponents, outweigh them so he let go of the rope. Ai saw how fast the rope was getting pulled to the other side he yelled for Belle to let go of the rope. After the game, Ai got really absorbed in his thoughts. He was disconcerted about how protective he felt about his friend. He is usually protective, but something is really off about it and the scary gut feeling is not really assuring. Because of this incident Ai distanced himself from Belle until the end of the day. He even took the long way around just to stay away from Belle.

Things continued that way, until the midterms exams. Ais confusion was getting unbearable that he find himself half amused half stunned about it. He wont dare fall in love with a classmate and a friend like Belle. But the quizzical feeling that engulfed him when he is beside his favorite seatmate scares him. He was actually scared that it can win over him, to the point that hell stay away from her if that will be necessary. He just doesnt want to go into the entangled trouble between his friendship and his lovelife so he kept his guards up. A fiasco in his relationship with his girlfriend awakened him to stop the stupidity of being infatuated with a classmate. The fast decline of his affair with Bella opened his eyes to the reality that he just wants the company and the laugh but Belle is just a charming friend. Because of that his feelings were kept intact but its no secret that hes getting closer to Belle. The inevitable dawned to Ai a week after the midterm when he finally noticed that Belle just wont talk to him anymore. Its like there was a thick barrier between them that Ai cant break. He demanded for answers but Belle just wont answer him. They end up in a cold war that has stricken Ai to the core. The barrier that Belle built around herself just wont break so Ai just gave up, and put another barrier opposite it. They wont even have a civil conversation anymore. They kept on ignoring each other even if they are group mates. It was head pounding for AI because they got a lot of group competition ahead of them. They managed to win both, without them looking to each other. Later Ai found out that the reason for the cold war is the stupid wall post and the group messages. Ai was fuming because of these bloody reasons as he calls it. It frustrates him for losing a friend because of those bloody reasons that he thinks are unjustifiable. Belle wont elaborate and she wont even talk about it so thats just about it. Until now they were still having the cold war and no one likes to talk about it. Ai already apologize to Belle for whatever reason he cant really seem to grasp. But Belle just wont hear it so he just gave up. So when their professor asked then to write a letter to a person who changed their life, Ai grabbed the chance and addressed his letter to Belle. The letter will be a letter that Belle will never read but still Ai tried. Because he seriously finds it hard to accept that he lost a good friend who has change his life for a bloody reason.