Everybody is busy on the set because in a few minutes they will be starting to film the first episode of NeoTV's magazine show entitled 'Inspirations'. They will going to feature different inspiring topics that could truly touch the hearts of people. And for their first episode they are going to feature the life of the famous sport magazine writer, Danielle Torres.

"Are we all set?" The director wears the headset to begin filming.

"Yeah."

"Alright, lights... camera... and action!"

"Good evening! I am Lara Sandoval and welcome to the first episode of the show 'Inspirations'. As we all know, inspiration plays a great role for an individual to become successful. So, we will feature different topics, stories, places or anything that's inspiring. And for this evening, we are honored to feature the story of the famous sport magazine writer. Let us all welcome Ms. Danielle Torres!'' The host opens the show with the spiels. Everybody is applauding while Danielle is making her way to the seat provided on stage. The host welcomes her with a bouquet and a kiss.

"Good evening. Welcome to the show. Please have a seat."

"Thank you."

"Oh by the way, how do you want me to call you, Mr. or Ms. Danielle Torres?"

"Just Dani."

"Okay. As we all know, you are now a famous and respected sport magazine writer. What can you say about it?'' The host is asking with a great smile on her face.

"Well, what can I say?..." Danielle pauses with a smile.

"I uh, maybe I am so blessed after all the pain I've been through. And if you are dedicated on what you're doing, you'll become successful." She continues.

"You're such a humble person. Would you mind if you tell us what you've been through?"

"It's a sad long story of my boring love life. Not that interesting." Danielle tries to change the topic.

"So sorry to hear that. Now let's talk about your inspiration."

"Well, I don't have much inspiration aside from my family for their never ending support."

"How did you got into this kind of profession?"

"Why it seems the answers of all your questions are related to one person?" She chuckles while her face can't hide the bitterness of her heart.

"Oh, really?" The host looks puzzled.

"Well maybe, this is the right time to tell everybody the real Danielle.''

"That's really interesting!" The host seems excited.

"When I was in the darkest moment in my life, I hired few people to act my story because I was so devastated that time. It's a sort of documentation from the day I began to love a man...not actually a man because we're too young at that time. I supposed to give it to the person I love but I lost courage to do it...'' Danielle pauses while taking the file from her purse.

''Well, here is the file. It was taken five years ago and I always bring this wherever I go. It will tell you everything about me." She extends her hand to give the flashdrive to the host.

"Whoa! This is intense. Alright, let's watch this. Hang on there, people."

[VTR PLAYING]...

''What is a stalker? Well, according to a certain dictionary, stalker is a person who secretly follows someone, sometimes with unlawful intentions. Isn't scaring when we hear the word ''stalker''? Do you have a stalker or are you  stalking someone? To tell you honestly I, Danielle Torres was once a stalker. I began stalking my neighbor slash the man I love when I was ten years old. Yes! I was ten years old when I began behaving unusual. I knew  everything about him from head to toe, even moving and breathing. I am like his shadow following him everywhere. Wasn't it too young for me to be a stalker? Well, let me take you back to my past, some 10 years ago when my story started. I want to show you some craziest things I did for him.'' Danielle stated her long introduction.

[20 YEARS EARLIER ]

It was another school year. So, everyone was busy for the assessment, so as Danielle but not for the enrollment. She was too busy finding out where James Dizon was going to enroll for that school year since she had heard a gossip about him transfering. But that's not mere a gossip! As she went to school to get her report card, she unintentionally heard her adviser and the principal talking about James. To her shock, she couldn't breath at that moment. She panic! She felt like boarding on a wrecking boat, ready to sink anytime soon. It was as if her head was under water and she was lacking of air while her precious tears were flowing from her eyes. The next thing she knew was white background on the wall.

"W~where am I?" Out of consciousness, she asked.

"Oh thanks! You're finally awake! You fainted in the faculty room. Sweetie, don't skip meals and don't stay up late at night. You have to take care of yourself, okay?" The school nurse seemed concern. After checking her vitals the nurse went to the comfort room.

SKIP MEALS? Duh! Was the nurse blind or something? Did she look like dieting? Wasn't she aware how...how fat Danielle was? Or maybe she had thought Danielle was skipping meals because of her weight but she was absolutely wrong! Danielle was the type of kid who can't live without grinding something on her teeth. You know, she was like a pig, not because of her weight but because of her eating habit. She had always grind food inside her mouth. That's why she was getting fatter and lazier as you could imagine a ten year-old could be.

Well, it took a moment before she realized what had happened and how she got into the clinic. Well, she was just too generous to give way to tears. Of course, she was devastated to know that the young love of hers had finally enrolled in another school. But why on earth he was transferring? Poor kid! At the very young age Danielle had experienced the hardest of love life. But one thing amazing about her was that she was so optimistic!

"No! I can't just lie down here and wait. I have to find out what school is that!" She exclaimed. She really had to know the answer so she quickly jump out of bed and left.

"Hey! Where are you going, sweetie? Come back here!" The nurse shouted as she came out from the comfort room watching the young lady running away.

Danielle never tended to listen the shouting nurse, for all she cared was James. She really needed to know where he enrolled. Down the hallway, she was running as fast as she could. She coudn't afford to let the day passed without knowing the whereabouts of the guy. James! James! James! That was the only thing her brain kept calling. Well at her age, it was really hard to tell if it was infatuation, obsession or love. She was only ten years old for Pete's sake! She was still not sure what made him so attractive to her. I guess she still don't know what was the difference between ladle and spoon. In short ~ naive. Maybe that was part of puberty, plus the influence of movies. And worst of all, she was trying to be matured.

Thankfully, as she was heading toward the main gate she saw James and his friend in the basketball court talking. It was as if there was a brake fluid rushing out of her body that causesd her sudden stop. She hid herself in the post to sneak.

"Oh man! Are you serious?" Jimmy asked. He was James' bestfriend. He threw the ball to James then James attempted to shot. He hardly made it to the ring since he was just an ten-year old kid standing 5'5'' inches tall.

''Yeah. I'm already enrolled." James got the ball back and passed it back to Jimmy.

"What's the matter bro? What about our dream to play basketball together?" You could see from the reaction of Jimmy that he was serious, disappointed and feeling betrayed.

"We can still play basketball together after school, weekends or maybe holidays." He shrugged.

"Why can't you just tell me a reasonable reason of your leaving? We've been friends since kinder, or at least tell the name of that school so I can visit you sometime." He sounded upset.

"Okay Okay. Burkely...."

After hearing those words, Danielle could no longer control the happiness she felt. She wanted to shout for joy but she couldn't, so she kept hitting her head on the wall while grinning. If someone could see her acting that way, they might think she's crazy or worst.

"Hey! Don't tell me it's James again, please don't." Her friend poked her. So to her shock, she almost slap him but she recovered her composure.

"You!...Terrence Yi! Are you trying to kill me or something? If I'll be having a heart attack, I bet you can't carry to the hospital!" She glared at him in anger.

That could be true! How could he possibly carry a person having twice of his weight? Aside from being nerd, he was also clumsy. What a perfect combination, wasn't it! But hey, they had been friends from the day the were born.

"Oh please, don't overreact. I'm sure you don't wanna die. Looking at you earlier, you are worst than a person with nervous breakdown. You're hitting your head in the wall and your grinning. Your acting like an idiot, you know that? It's James again, right?'' Her friend was the absorber of her boring life revolving in one person ~ James.

James and his friend were startled of noise they created. So Danielle tried to hide herself in the post again. She was mouthing her friend asking him to find a way to let them continue talking.

"C~Carry on...we're just having a little misunderstanding here. We're leaving, okay? Carry on." Terrence drag her but she tried to hold back.

"Come ooon!" He was still dragging her but she hold still.

''Let's go, or else you'll be busted.''

Danielle managed to cover herself with her hands while exiting the court, as if she wouldn't be recognized. On their way home, Terrence broke the silence.

"So?"

"So, what?" She asked naively that made Terrence rolled his brown eyes.

"What's your plan now?"

"Right now? Uhmm...Ah...my brain won't function with an empty stomach." She pressed her stomach.

"I know. Well, look at you! How could he possibly like you if you're as big as a whale?"

"Awww!" She bit him on the arm, so Terrence shouted in pain.

"Stop insulting me!" She yelled.

"It's not an insult, it's an advice..."

"Oh right! Coming from my beloved NERD bestfriend." Sarcastically, she interrupted.

"Fine! Let's eat." He can't stand to see his bestfriend so upset like that, so he gave up.

"Good! Let's have pizza then.''

That was their friendship worked. For them, everything can be solved by foods. But what would she have to do now that she would be apart from James?

On her way home, Danielle had tried squeezing her brilliant brain to find a better way to get even closer to James. There must be a way, so she kept thinking until she found herself facing the door of their house. She was so unaware how she got home with an absent-minded mind. She didn't even realized how dangerous it was. What if she had been hit by a car? She was about to hold the doorknob when her mom opened it up with some garbage on her hand.

"Hey honey, you're home!" After putting the garbage into the bin, she turned to Danielle and kissed her.

"How's your grade?"

Danielle ignored her mom talking  because she still couldn't think of a better way. She remained silent while her mom was making her way entering their house. She had eaten already but still her brain won't give her what she wanted.

"Let me guess, you did well on your grades, right?" Her mom halted her thought, but after hearing the word 'grades', she finally got an idea that she had been thinking for. Why it didn't came up earlier? She slightly hit her forehead and ran quickly to her mother,  stooping so low and begging.

"Mom, let me transfer to Burkely this coming school year. Please..." On her knee, she said.

"What! But why? Was there something bad happened at school?" Her mom tried to get her up.

"I don't want to be bullied anymore. I got poor grades since I can't concentrate on the class."

The truth was, she got poor grades because she had been busy taking care of James' business.

"That school is too expensive. We can't afford it. You've been bullied for years but you never complain, and now you suddenly want to transfer? Tell me honestly, honey.'' Her mom doubted the idea of transferring for she knew that no matter how her daughter had been bullied, Danielle always had a great smile to face the school everyday. She didn't take the bully very seriously. Or maybe, her mom didn't know that her daughter had an inspiration at school.

"N~No. Nothing bad happened. I'm just...I'm so tired of being bullied. Mom, please.'' She stuttered.

''But we can't afford it''

''Mom, I  want change.  Besides, Terrence is going with me. And if it didn't work, I promise I will enroll in public school. Just this once mom, please.'' She was pleading, hoping it would work. 

Shoot! She was making another alibi again. Another lie that could ruin her mom's trust, but she was hopeless. She couldn't be blamed. That was the last resort. If she couldn't transfer, she could no longer see the apple of her eye ~ the only reason behind all these alibis and lies.

"Okay, fine! But I will check on that. If I find out you're only messing up with me, then you'll be grounded! Go up and change, the dinner will be served at seven." Her mom headed to the kitchen.

That was another big problem! What if her mother found out that these are all lies? Then it would be the end of everything. All the efforts, stalking, fantasizing would be gone. She bit her lower lip as she thought about the dooms day she was heading. She couldn't let that happen, so she sneak out the window and ran quickly to Terrence's house. As she got there, she was throwing a stone in Terence's window. She kept throwing until he finally opened it to check.

"What!" He snorted after realizing it's Danielle.

"Shhh...Lower your voice. Come down here." She said in hush tone.

Terrence had no choice, so he went down to check why his bestfriend was acting weird again.

"What is it?" He sounded tired.

"You're my bestfriend, right?" She had to be convincing, so she gave him a pathetic look.

"Unfortunately, yes!"

If someone didn't know Danielle personally, first impression would be crabby or naggy. But only for one person, only for James. Thankfully, Terrence knew her well being, so he fully understood.

"Friends help each other, right?" She was asking for  confirmation so he couldn't refuse her.

"W~wait! I have a bad feeling about this. Did you messed up, didn't you? You're weird again.''

"Nah! Just a lil...'' She paused.

''Just a little mess and I'm sure it will be okay with your help. Go with me to Burkely next school year." She continued.

"No! No! And no!" He turned away to get inside the house but Danielle was so quick to block his way and kneeled with a pathetic look.

"Please help me. I would be dead if you're not going with me.''

"What have you done crazy again?"

"I uh...I lied mom why I need to transfer to Burkely. I said I'm so tired of bullying and I need a fresh start there. But she didn't let me to, so I said you will be going with me."

"What? Are you crazy? Is that what you called, a little mess? You didn't even ask me, what if my parents won't let me go?''

"I have no choice. I'm sure you can do it, I believe you. I can't live without James so please, help me."

"Could you stop calling that name? It brings disaster to me." He scratched his head in frustration.

"Please...please...please" She kept pleading with her signatured pathetic look. She had even managed to have a fake teary eye.

"Fine! This would be the last. If this turns to another disaster again, I'm telling you, brace yourself for the punishment.''

"Sir, yes sir!'' As if she was a soldier who received a particular directive from a senior.

''Thanks" She hugged him in joy.

It was really hard to know why he was so obedient to her despite the fact that it would be a disaster to him. He was spoiling her so much.