My Past or Present Love

The First Encounter

It's a sunny Sunday morning!

"Hurry up Ate! Ate Yssa is already waiting for you outside!" My sister called me from downstairs.

"I'm coming! Chill!" Why are they in a hurry? I'm still fixing my hair for goodness sake! Don't tell me they're going somewhere again 'cause it's too early. I checked my watch and it was just 8:30 AM for crying out loud! I went out of the house after 5 minutes and I saw Nanay outside. I'm wearing a oversized striped top which is green and black, white leggings and blue Vans."Nay Rosa, I'll go ahead po! Just call me if there's a problem or if my sister does something. Thank you po!" I kissed her cheek, said goodbye to my sister and went out of the gate. Nay/Nanay is what we call her because she was the one who took care of us since we were babies, she also became a mother-slash-father to us if our parents are away. The angry face of my best friend then appeared when I went outside.

"What took you so long? It took me forever to wait for you!" She scolded me, it's still too early to scold and get angry girl!

"Oh, sooorry pooo!" I answered while bowing and saying it in Chichay's tone. "Who even said that you should fetch me this early? We agreed that you should fetch me at 11 AM, right?!" I snapped back. Well, they were the ones who really said so.

"It was Clarisse and Emma who said that I should fetch you this early!" She replied. And why did they do that? So I immediately entered Yssa's car to go to our favorite hangout place and to find out what their up to, the clubhouse!

By the way, my name is Megyn Cate De Vega. A Junior in Preasley Academy, even my besties are Juniors in the said school. It's the school that my parents own. As for my qualities, they said that I'm beautiful and cute, I'm smart, I'm humble, a joy-giver, down to earth, has became a book lover because of Wattpad and proud to say that I'm NBSB FOREVER! Because having a boyfriend is like having a serious Migrane, your problems will also multiply plus you'll have a lot more to think about and IT WILL JUST RUIN YOUR FUTURE! No offense. I always read-slash-buy-slash-bring books that are published by Pop Fiction, LIB and PSICOM. Most of the stories published there came from Wattpad and I also admire the male protagonists. I even wish that they would become real! I really fail when it comes to the subject Love Life, I have a lot of suitors but I don't answer them. I don't really like them anyway, Clarisse even nicknamed me as Ms. Manhid because of that. I'm not really numb, I just can't return what they feel towards me and I don't want to give them false hopes. I'm not that kind of person.

My childhood bestfriends are Clarisse, Yssa and Emma. We treat each other like sisters, Clarisse or Risse Aleja De Leon is the girl you can approach whenever you have problems. She's called as Ms. Tagapayo in our group. Her advises are sometimes with the #Hugot factor because she associates or bases her advises on quotes and to some lines of a song or book. Emma Jane or EJ Kelly is the most richest girl in our group and she's fun to be with, she's often strict towards us. She just returned from Miami last year with her mom and her sister Angel. She's also called as Ms. Sophisticated because her parents own famous jewelry stores here in the Philippines. Like Unisilver, Silverworks, Jewelmer, etc. But she doesn't boasts about their wealth and she always treats us! Last but not the least is Alyssa or Yssa Hailey Lopez, she's called Ms. Mathematician because of her Math skills and she also helps us in our school works. She already has her own car because she's the only one who has a driver's license in our group.

And even though they're crazy and I get infected of their craziness, I love them so much. As my own saying goes, It's okay if he or she left you for someone else, at least you have your bestfriends or close friends who will never leave nor replace you and will always be with you in the process of moving forward with life. After that, we've arrived at the clubhouse.

"After 10 years, you've finally arrived!" When I got down the car, that is what Emma said while her face turned into a frown.

"I really, really am sorry. What are we going to do today that you told Alyssa to fetch me this early?" I asked the two.

"We'll attend the mass, don't you like to attend?" Clarisse asked me back.

"Of course, I'd like to. But why do we even need to meet-up here? We can all just meet at the church," I asked them.

"Nothing, we just like to so we would go there together," Emma answered happily.

"Stop chatting guys, we'll have no where to sit on when we arrive there so let's go!" We all went in Yssa's car after she said that.

We arrived at the church just in time before the mass starts.

"There's still a space in the second few in the right side of the aisle, let's sit there," Clarisse said and we all went there. Argh, why did I forget my hand fan? Good thing someone opened the big electric fan in the first few frow where we sat. There was still space in our few but not until five guys sat in that space.

Our seating arrangement's like this: Risse, Emma, Yssa, me and the guys. I accidentally looked at the guy seated beside me. He's quite handsome and has an appeal but he's not my type 'cause he looks like a player to me. But I noticed something some time later that it's like they're talking about us because they look at our direction when they're talking to each other. Which is weird. It was the First Reading when one of them exchanged seats with my seatmate who's cute and more handsome than my seatmate before, we then held each other's hand when it was Our Father. And, his hand was soft! Kilig to the max! Our eyes accidentally met and he smiled at me, I also smiled back. The feels!

The priest was talking about the Gospel when I looked at him and our gaze met, we stayed like that for like 5 seconds. O. My. Gosh. I think I already have a crush on him! Wait, what am I thinking? Erase, erase, erase! Focus Megyn Cate! Focus! You do know that you're still in the church right?

After the mass, we hopped on Yssa's car so we could go to the mall. We fell silent while we were in the car, I don't even know why. I then remembered what happened in the church and my lips instantly curved into a smile 'cause I can't believe he really talked to me!

While I waited for our turn to receive Communion, I think I heard someone talk to me.

"Hi!" He said to me, the three aren't even talking to me and they don't even want to look to my direction which is weird. Did we have a problem?

"Ha?" I looked at him. "A, hello," I noticed that he was really looking at me, no, he was really staring at me! Fudge, I can feel my cheeks heat up!

"I'm Kenrick Vince Irvine, you can just call me Ken. And you are?" He asked with his killer smile and he lend his left hand for me to shake. His name is also handsome to hear! I'm about to scream because of him!

"Megyn, Megyn Cate De Vega," I shook his left hand, feeling so kilig right now!

"You can call me Meg for short. Nice to meet you, Ken," I smiled at him.

"Uh, I know this is all of a sudden but can I know you better?" He asked me, what should I answer to that then?

"If we'll see each other again, why not?" Well, I'm not really saying that we would see each other again but let's see what happens...

"See you around then but it was nice to meet you, Meg," He then stood up and they exchanged seats with my old seatmeate, why did he — Weirdest day ever.

But what did he mean by the words See you around and ...can I know you better? Don't tell me —-, but that's impossible! I hope that we would see each other again though, but did they hear our conversation?

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