Flickers

Chapter 53

Only a few more days till December comes and now our class is planning to arrange a swimming event just for our class. One would think about a winter wonderland like a street and a warm cup of chocolate drink warming their bodies on a cold, snowy night but that is not the case in the Philippines. Here, it's more like summer every year, you get two months to three months of rain and some drizzle if you're lucky but that's about it.

"It's so hot, I want January to arrive" said Faith as she continuously wipes her somewhat nonexistent neck.

"Are you gonna join this Saturday's swimming?" Meryl suddenly asked and I shake my head, I don't even know how to swim and I'm saving money.

"Your class is doing a pool party?" Alysson pouted and enviously continued. "I wanted ours to do that too"

There isn't any Christmas party on every last day of school, it was only done on our elementary days and if you're lucky, on your seventh or eighth grade. There's no more Christmas parry happening when we get older, it's just about planning and reuniting.

"Time flies so fast right? We're gonna graduate next year and start senior year" Irish mused as she looked at the gates where the senior high building was currently built.

We did run there a few times just to see what the building looks like, it was a four-story building with the walls in a white shade of paint along with some yellow-green coated on the pillars and some black with it.

"What are you gonna get?"

"I don't know, maybe HUMSS since there's no math" I joked but I seriously thought I should register in the humss department since there's not much math on it and it's just more on languages and social studies.

"What about Eric? Do you know what he's gonna take?" I look at Irish and shook my head, I haven't had much contact with him after our recent breakup and although he send messages, I still find it hard on me to get myself more active in our conversation.

I feel like we've been apart for so long that I couldn't find myself to bring back those feelings because of her and doubt. I still doubt his will and perseverance in our relationship and get afraid that it'll all soon be gone.

Maybe I shouldn't have given him the chance this soon if I couldn't still accept the fact that he had someone else occupying his heart and mind.

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Eric has invited me to McDonald's just a three-minute walk away from my home, it was located on the side of the puregold supermarket, and as I've seen, there's a lot of people here, mainly students in our school. The first time it opened people lined up and filled the entire fast food place that they had to take another table and chair for the others to occupy.

"Is there something special today? Why are you treating me with this?" I quirked my brows at him.

"Every day is always special when I'm with you" then he gave me that smile with those dimples of his that made me swoon all over again.

I just snorted at him as I bute through the burger, we just ordered some cheeseburger and medium fries along with a plate of spaghetti.

In the time that we've been together, he would always give little things for me as gifts and that just intensifies the moment of our first breakup, and when we reconciled. He would always stay close to me, he wouldn't talk much to his female friends and would give some space around him whenever he's with a girl. He would then wrote me letters, take my bag, and slung it on his shoulder no matter how much I told him not to and would always give me the brightest and sweetest smile whenever my gaze landed on him.

There's no denying that he is such a sweet and caring guy, even today he would lightly hold my hand and massages it. Open the door for me, listen to my frustrations, and just good around with me.

But the fact that I am still reconciled over the fact that there's a slight chance that he did those things to that girl as well, hurts. It's like a punch on the face, much more painful than before.

"You really didn't have to do this" I murmured and he hooks my pinky with his.

"I want to, I want to make our day special every day for you to remember this moment"

And at that time, as I face his gaze all I could see was the understanding written in those orbs and it was when realization floods over me.

He wanted our relationship to work out and he's trying his best to fix things, he clearly knew that I am still reconciled over things and that's why he wanted to replace those with good memories.

"Okay, let's do that"

I need to let go of the past or else I'll succumb to it and never live in the present, moreover, there would be no future him waiting for me then.

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