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My Stor-eas for today is about a girl who wants to jog around a lake. This idea came when I was jogging around Sampaloc lake during my sembreak and I actually thought a lot of things during those time. It's a great place to relax and workout. so, here's the synopsis of the story.

There's a girl named Kyla who wants jog around a  5km-lake. Kyla is a simple, pretty, friendly but pessimistic. Kyla is a working girl. So, she decided to jog every Saturday, late in the afternoon around 5:00 PM . She's physically fit but she still want to jog. At first, Kyla doesn't want to jog alone. She finds a companion because she's quite afraid of jogging around the lake but still want to go there. Even her parents warned her to not jog late in the afternoon because it's dangerous there but Kyla still wants to. 

She started to ask her best friend Carmen to jog with her for the first time. They arrived at 4:50PM. When Kyla and Carmen jogged together, they talked about a lot of things. Their past experiences, happy moments together and their present situations. Carmen told Kyla that it is her last day in the country because Carmen and her family decided to live abroad. Kyla suddenly stopped and hugged Carmen. She didn't expect that her first time of jogging around the lake would turn out to be devastating because it is her last time to be with her best friend. So, Kyla and Carmen decided to go back to the starting line instead of continuing to jog even though they already jogged 1km of the 5km-lake. Kyla quite regret not finishing the whole turn because she wants to see the beauty of the lake but still, she spent the last minute that she had with her best friend.

Kyla still don't want to jog alone because she still scared. So, she decided to ask her brother to go with her since her brother, Mike, who wants to bike around the lake. Kyla and Mike arrived at the lake exactly 5:10PM and Mike started to bike slow since he needs to be with Kyla. but when Mike and Kyla reached 2Km, Mike left Kyla jogging alone and he ride the bike faster until he reached the finish line. But Kyla decided to go back to the starting line again because she got scared. Because of that, she decided not to ask her brother to come with her again.

The sun sets early during this day, that's why it gets dark early. But Kyla continued to jog around the lake but with her boy best friend, Ryan. Ryan was Kyla's Nth boy best friend but the only boy best friend who didn't courted her. They've been great best friends since kindergarten that's why Kyla feel safe with Ryan and she treats Ryan like a brother. They've been partners in crime, Prom, Thesis-making even in weddings. Other people really think that they're perfect for each other but Kyla don't acknowledge it. Well, Kyla and Ryan arrived early than 5:00PM. They started to walk first before jogging then later, run. That's what Ryan said to Kyla as their routine for the day. While they're jogging, Ryan kept on telling all the happy moments that he had with Kyla but eventually Kyla told him about her insecurities. Kyla always tell Ryan everything about how insecure she was to other people especially to those girls who have boyfriends. She always thought about all the mishaps that she had with her exes and ask herself what's wrong with her why every boy that she loves left her always for another girl or for no particular reason. Ryan tried to comfort Kyla again with his usual jokes that makes Kyla laugh but Kyla started crying. They were almost at the half of the 5km lake, but they suddenly stopped and Ryan can't help but hugged Kyla. He hurts for him to see Kyla cry for those reasons since he always want to see her happy and feel better. He even want to be the one who would let her feel that she deserves better than those exes, that she deserves to be treated like a princess and she will never feel insecure again. But he remembered, Kyla is liking someone recently. It was Kyla's officemate, Pete. And he doesn't want to ruin their friendship. But suddenly, Ryan tried to kiss her, But Kyla turned away, and run away back to the starting line. She didn't finished her jog again.

|FOURTH JOG|

After what happened with Ryan, Kyla didn't talked to him again. That's why, she tried to approach Pete to be with her. Pete said Yes and they meet on the starting line 5:30 PM. Kyla is excited to be with Pete since she can finally confess about what she feels to Pete. When they we're Jogging, Pete keeps on telling a lot of stuffs about him, why Kyla is quiet, staring at Pete. They stop for a moment and then Pete asked Kyla if she's dating someone. Kyla said she likes someone. Then Pete asked who it is, Kyla answered. "YOU". Pete is laughing and Kyla was just curious about why he is laughing. Pete admitted that he is engaged with someone right now. and he was about to get married the next month. Kyla was so shocked and embarass at the same time. They were about to finish the 5km run, but Kyla decided to ride a jeepney instead of completing it and left Pete.

Kyla is not motivated right now to jog since she doesn't have any companions to be with her. Everything went foul. But suddenly, she realized everything were just a distractions for her. All she ever wanted was to relax and see how wonderful the lake is, but whenever she was with a companion, she never appreciated it or finished it and she just got hurt by every person that she asked to be with from the first jog up to the fourth jog. But now, she decided to try and jog alone without any companion. She started exactly 5:00 PM. She just put her earphones in her ears, and started listening to the song "Love Myself" by Hailee Steinfeld. She reached up to 5km smiling and even saw how the Sunset beautifully reflects on the lake. She felt really happy and relax after she finished jogging. And from that moment, she decided to Love herself even more.

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That's the end of my stor-eas for today. I hope you'll like it guys. I will be posting the lessons that I want to share based from this story and the title of it on my next blog. You should also share your stories by starting to observe, conceptualize, write then share. Stay Motivated!

~ Krizanne Mercado