Paradise (Book One)

Taking Chances

Don't know much about your life.

Don't know much about your world, but

Don't want to be alone tonight,

On this planet they call earth.

You don't know about my past, and

I don't have a future figured out.

And maybe this is going too fast.

And maybe it's not meant to last,

But,

What do you say to taking chances,

What do you say to jumping off the edge?

Never knowing if there's solid ground below

Or a hand to hold, or hell to pay,

What do you say,

What do you say,

I just want to start again,

And maybe you could show me how to try,

And maybe you could take me in,

Somewhere underneath your skin?

And I had my heart beaten down,

But I always come back for more, yeah.

There's nothing like love to pull you up,

When you're laying down on the floor there.

So talk to me, talk to me,

Like lovers do.

Yeah walk with me, walk with me,

Like lovers do,

Like lovers do.

Don't know much about your life

And I don't know much about your world.

 

"Mommy, please...."

"Asher, sigurado ka ba sa gagawin mo? Hindi ba puwedeng hintayin nyo na lang ang five years?"

"But five years is five years mommy! I don't want to spend another day without him!"

"Hindi ka na ba mapipigilan?"

"No."

She has been contemplating about the idea that came to her mind weeks ago, when she and Gerald talked about the secret.

Looking at both sides, she couldn't find fault on the reasons of the two. She was torn whether she would go her father's way or Gerald's.

In the end, she has to follow where her heart would be at its happiest. If the two can't decide what's best for all of them, she will make her own decision. Tutal, siya naman ang pinaka-apektado sa nangyayari.

So here she was, convincing her mother to agree to her plan.

"Halika sa garden, dun tayo mag-usap." Hinila siya ng kanyang mommy papunta sa garden. They sat down at the wooden bench located at the far corner of the garden. The seat was built slighty elevated overlooking the whole area, including the pool. Everytime Asher has a problem, she'd stay in this place, if not, go to Tagaytay and stay in their resthouse.

"Re-start from the beginning."

"Mommy..."

"No. I would like to understand well why you're such in a hurry to get married."