CHAPTER 10:
They played at the arcade till dusk and they both decided to go star gazing. Although there were many stars hanging in the sky, both of them were looking at the same star that shined so brightly. It stood out among all the other stars. Zana is like that star up there, shining the brightest among all Jerald thought. On the other hand, Zana thought Shaun is like that star that was special to her. As Zana thought of Shaun, tears brimmed her eyes, crying bitterly. As Zana cried, Jerald felt so useless. He thought to himself how could he let the girl he fancies cry. He felt so useless at that point of time. All he could do was just put his arm around Zana. Unknowingly, Zana leaned her head on Jerald and continued crying. He whispered to her, "Don't shove me away anymore. Just this once, let me comfort you." Jerald always felt like telling Zana that whenever she cries, he too is crying in his heart, but he always keeps it to himself to prevent Zana from crying even more. Jerald tried motivating her, "Zana, I will always be there to support you. Don't cry anymore." Jerald said as he wiped away her tears from her face. Jerald felt the pain Zana was feeling. His motivation had no effect on Zana so he tried joking, "Do you want another tub of ice-cream?" Finally, Zana chuckled. It was the first time he saw her smile brightly that day.

He did not want that very moment of Zana leaning on him to pass, but it was impossible to make time stop. Jerald knew it was time to go back home, so he accompanied Zana back. After awhile, they reached Zana's void deck and she said, "You can see me off here. It's late, you better go home now." Jerald nodded and waved goodbye. As he was about to leave, he turned around and said to Zana sweetly, "If anything is troubling you, call me, alright? I'm there for you 24/7." As he said that, he gave the warmest smile that Zana had ever seen before. After Zana reached home and finished bathing, she laid on her bed thinking about the day she had spent with Jerald. She even smiled to herself while thinking about it. He sure is a nice guy... He cares so much about me, Zana thought as she smiled. She looked out of the window and looked at the stars above. She saw the same star she had seen with Jerald. Instead of thinking about Shaun and start crying, she thought of Jerald and started smiling to herself. Jerald was just like that star up there, always there for her no matter what, but Zana just treated him like an elder brother and nothing more. Jerald lay on the bed thinking of Zana. Just thinking about her being alright made his heart at ease. He felt blissful seeing that wide smile on her face. He hoped that she would smile like that everyday. Whenever she was happy, so was he.

That night, was the most peaceful night Zana had ever spent. As she lay on her comfy pillow, her heart felt comforted and not hurt like always. Every night, she thought about Shaun, but as for this night, she knew it was not going to be the same. Could she just stop loving him? She couldn't. However, the aching pain was gone momentarily. It felt great. It felt like the old times when she didn't know Shaun then. When she was just the Zana everyone else knew. The girl they were friends with and not someone like her now. The scars on her heart had been healed. She felt as if she had broke free from the pain that was like hell to her. That night, she slept very soundly.

The next day, Edna was still harping on the fact that Shaun did not fancy Zana. She just felt a tremendous rush of joy. The fact of her and Shaun being together just made her turn pink with happiness. She just hoped he did not have a girlfriend. If he did, she would try to scheme a way to break them up. She was thinking of plans to bring themselves together. On the other hand, Jerald wanted to bring Zana happiness by bringing her and Shaun together.