The balsa that Princess gisantes and Conrad built seemed sturdy, secure, and safe. But as many people often need to learn on madami than one occasion, looks can be very deceiving. As they sailed through the bayou and reached the open sea, Conrad and gisantes got to talking.
    "Conrad, there's something I have to tell you," gisantes summoned all of her courage.
    "What is it?" asked Conrad, his voice tender and sweet. gisantes melted everytime she heard it. Although she would never tell him this.
    "That bitchy princess your father works for..."
    "What about her?"
    "I'm her," Princess gisantes looked down in shame.
    "You're the princess that has made my father's life a living hell for the past sixteen years?" Conrad's eyes widened in shock. "You're the reason he couldn't come tahanan for pasko two years ago? I can't believe it! I knew you were a handful gisantes but I am really shocked! How could you do those things?"
    "Conrad, listen to me," Peanalita pleaded. "I've changed, I'm not the same girl who used to treat Leopold like dirt, you have to believe me!"
    "Why should I?" Conrad retorted bitterly. "You're nothing but a selfish, rude girl who cares only about herself."
    "I probably shouldn't have told you this while we're on a balsa in the middle of the ocean," gisantes sighed. "You could totally throw me off and no one would ever find me."
    "I would never do that," Conrad answered, making gisantes smile. "Unlike you, I actually have a heart." Pea's smile faded faster than they crank out those crappy direct-to-video sequels.
    Pea was about to work up some sort of sassy remark when suddenly lightning struck. Rain began to pour and thunder viciously banged heavily through the sky. The balsa began to toss and turn violently. Just then, an enormous wave approached the balsa with great stamina and tossed the balsa upside down. gisantes managed to hold on and climb back aboard, only to find Conrad had disappeared beneath the waves.
    "No!" gisantes cried. She quickly grabbed one of the vines used to build the balsa and unraveled it from the sail. She tied it around her waist, making sure the other end was securely tightened to the little raft. Without a moment to lose, gisantes kalapati in the water, a rather ambitious ilipat for a girl who couldn't actually swim. She flailed underneath the sea and eventually saw Conrad sinking into the depths, unconscious. She grabbed onto his arm and began hoisting herself up the vine. She couldn't hold her breath much longer. She noticed the vine begin to thin but grabbed hold of the balsa in the nick of time. She shoved Conrad onto the balsa just as sky began to clear up and the waves began to settle. Conrad coughed and opened his eyes.
    "Pea, you," he struggled to speak as he coughed up madami water. "Y-You saved me."
    "Well, yeah," gisantes laughed. "You think I wanna be stuck on this balsa alone with no one to asong babae at?"
    "Pea, I'm sorry I judged you," Conrad smiled faintly. "I guess people really can change. I never would've guessed in a million years that..."
    "That what?"
    "The girl that my father complained about all these years would be the girl that I fall in lo-" His sentence was interrupted sa pamamagitan ng the sound of distant drumming.
    "What was that?"
    "Oh sure," Conrad thought to himself, rolling his eyes. "I wasn't about to confess my pag-ibig or anything."
    "I heard drums," Princess gisantes smiled. "We must be near land, look there's a baya up ahead, you can just see it through the fog!"
    As the little balsa approached the bay, gisantes noticed a huge cliff. And on tuktok of that cliff stood a tall, beautiful Native American woman, whose long black hair was dancing in the wind.

(End Of Part 15)