Not Over You Yet (Senior Years Series #1)

Prologue: On the Way to the Ocean

I couldn't really explain my relationship with the sea.

Sometimes, that's where the happiest moments of my life happen. Most of the time, it's calm and serene.

But there are times when it's unforgiving.

So I wondered how it will be when I decided to visit it again.

May ngiti sa aking mga labi habang binabasa ko ang imbitasyon na binigay sa akin ng kaibigan ko.

Monet Lois Castillo, you've been invited to the best vacation you'll ever have in your life.

I chuckled as I read it again. Punong-puno pa ng design yung papel tapos may background pa na dagat, may flight ticket papuntang Boracay na ring naka-attach.

Even though I wanted to go, I was still unsure dahil marami pa akong ginagawang trabaho. But it was certainly tempting, specially because it was sent by one of my best friends in high school.

The smile on my face stayed as I thought about the past with them, I would truly give up anything just to relive those days when I was the happiest.

Life right now was certainly dull. Puro trabaho lang ang inaasikaso ko, nakakasawa na. I needed a well deserved break.

My friends and I haven't been together in such a long time. We'd hang out, yes, pero hindi kami laging kumpleto. It seems like lalo kaming naging busy after college, yung iba nag-aaral pa kaya ayun, hindi rin namin magulo.

Some of my friends were taking up Masteral Degrees, some were already studying Law, but this invitation... It was... An opportunity to see them again.

To see him again.

By the time my best friend arrived, alam ko na ang isasagot ko kung sakaling tanungin niya ako.

"Yes, sama tayo," siguradong sagot ko, making Riley look at me with worry and excitement in her eyes, what a weird combination.

"Huy, alalahanin mo, baka sumama si... ano," she said before taking a sip of her coffee and I just gave her a smile.

"I want to see him," pag-amin ko kaya napaawang ang labi niya.

"Wow!" She exclaimed. "Parang dati, iniiwasan mo palang siya," she stated with an arched brow, making me sigh.

"You know my reason, Riles... Pero ayon, baka single na ulit! Maybe I'll have a chance again, gusto pa kaya ako no'n?"

After six years, I still haven't gotten over him. Maybe I never will, but I never tried, and I had no plans to. He was my first well... Everything after all.

I guess it was true when they say the person who regrets breakups most is the person who leaves the other, well in my situation, totoo yun.

But he told me he would wait for me.

So was he still waiting?

Or did he stop when I truly left him?

Bago pa mag-iba ang isip ko, sinabi ko na kay Daphne, the person who sent the invitation, na sasama kaming dalawa ni Riley.

I even did as she asked, sabi niya kasi i-email ko nalang yung sagot 'para maangas'. But when I did, I immediately got a text from her.

'HAHAHAHAHAHHAHA O2O2' her message said, telling me that she already received my reply. 'pati si Riles g na, no?' Tanong niya and I responded with a 'yessss'.

'okicks, see u bebe girl! see u rin daw sabi ni ano
hehe'

Reply niya, making me chuckle. Napatingin tuloy si Riley sa akin, her eyes confused as to why I was laughing by myself, binelatan ko nalang siya nagpa-tuloy sa pangungulit kay Daph.