He woke up with the vibrations coming from his cell phone.
" He---hello?"Instantly raised his hand with a cell phone and brought it on his ear, pupungas-pungas na sagot ni Elmo. He heard a very familiar laugh...only to realize then that it was a video call coming from none other than Frencheska.
" Video call po ito. Hahaha Wawa naman baby boy... Sorry to disturbed your sleep. Just call to inform you that she's also looking forward to talking to you, just take it slowly... I think you're in the same boat, don't tell her that I told you, she's just in denial...but I know you can crash down the walls she built around her. She still cares a lot, so alam mo na yun... Sabi nga ni hubby, you two never stop loving each other even though you fell with your previous partners and I think tama si Gino. "
" I still am, Maq... If ever she never felt the same, I will still pursue her---"
" And you're aware that it's not gonna be easy with Julie, right? "
" Yeah... And I know it's always gonna be worth it with Julie, Maq."
" I don't want to tell you this sana, baka lumaki ulo mo, but I think this could boost your confidence... The way I observe Julie when we talk about you, I could see the old Julie...in denial with her feelings with Elmo Magalona but at the end she would still give in. "
" Maq, I really hope so...Baka umasa ako ng masyado niyan."
" Julie still cares for you, Moe... And you know what comes with caring? Caring makes you vulnerable. Caring makes you scared. And most of all, caring makes you feel. Just start from there... She's the queen of pabebe, so she would deny her feelings but pupusta ako, in two or three months, she would tell me... Maq, you're right... I still love him. Hahaha. Just like before, when she's denying her feelings with you because of Lauren. But when you broke up with Lauren and you were consistently wooing her, she just said... " Maq, there's no point in denying my feelings for Moe, but okay lang ba na sasagutin ko siya even if it's just a month since he broke up with Lauren?" Boom! Hahaha. That's Julie! Mark my words, Moe."
" Thanks Maq. I really hope so... If she will take me back, I owe you big time, Maq!"
" I know you still have class pa, so focus with your class muna. So good luck for later. Just be yourself. Keep me posted ha. Ciao baby boy."
"Thanks, Maq."
Five hours later Elmo was pacing back and forth with a cell phone in his hand, murmuring with heavy sighs.
" Aaarrrgghh! God. How would I talk to her if I'm nervous as hell! "
' C'mon! It's now or never, Elmo... She's waiting. It's already past ten now, she might be in her deep smumber now. Don't be such a coward, stop making excuses. Call her now. Okay! Okay.'
Elmo is in battle with his inner self again. He walked to his veranda, took a breathing exercise to calm himself. Took his ear pads and started dialing Julie on instagram video chat.