Not Over You Yet (Senior Years Series #1)

19

I took out the paperbag of cookies, chocolates, and the scrapbook I had made from my bag, medyo nahirapan pa, bago ako bumaba ng building.

That scrapbook was filled with pictures, receipts, and anything I could put on there mula nung araw na sinagot ko siya. I spent a week trying to put it all together kaya sana magusto-han niya.

But may binili talaga akong hoodie from the artist he loves so much, may vinyl pa.

Napangiti ako nang makita si Theo walking towards our building, bago pa siya makalapit tumakbo na ako sa kanya at yinakap siya.

He looked surprised but he laughed and hugged me back. We pulled out of each others' embrace at may binigay siya sa akin ang paperbag na hawak-hawak niya.

"Happy Anniversary, love." sabi ni Theo sa akin habang naka-ngiti.

I grinned and greeted him back. "Happy Anniversary!" I said, giving him the paperbag.

I couldn't believe that we made it this far with each other. In just a few months, we would be graduating. We would be finally off to college and I would be a step closer to what I'm set on doing.

A lot has happened ever since I transferred to this school. Somehow I've finally found the people and the person I'd want to spend my life with.

I struggled a lot, especially this school year. Medyo naging busy rin kaming magka-kaibigan, but we never failed to be present on important moments of each others' lives.

We made the things we did last year an annual tradition.

I wrapped my arms around Theo's habang binubuksan ko yung paperbag, naglalakad na kami papuntang sasakyan niya. Medyo mataba at malaki yung nasa loob seeing as mataba rin yung paperbag, na-excite tuloy akong buksan.

A smile appeared on my face when I saw the thing that was inside: It was a huge turtle plushie that was wearing a blue ribbon.

"Dalawa talaga yan but I kept the other one. Yung yellow yung ribbon."

"This is Theo junior." sabi ko sa kanya while taking out the plushie. "Ang cute! Thank you, love!"

"That's only part one."

My eyes lit up. "May part two??"

"Of course. Let's go na dali baka ma-traffic tayo." I grinned as we made our way to his car, excited nang pumunta kung saan niya ako dadalhin.

As soon as we fastened our seatbelts, agad na siyang nagmaneho paalis ng campus.

He hasn't told me where he was taking me, pero mukhang malayo. 

Bago kami pumunta sa malayong lugar niyang yun, we first ate at a japanese restaurant. And since the bathrooms are clean here, dito na kami nagbihis.

I decided to wear a white frilly sleeveless top and a pastel yellow long skirt that had blue flowers on it. For my shoes, I wore beige strappy heels and accessorized with pearl earrings and a straw totebag.

Yung buhok ko tinali ko at ginawang low ponytail and let some curly strands loose.

Pagkatapos kong tignan ang sarili ko sa salamin, lumabas na ako. 

Theo was already seated on the table and he instantly smiled when he saw me. 

He acted like he was blinded, putting his hand in front of his face. "Shet, nakakasilaw naman." I chuckled at his reaction. This will never get old.

Nung naka-upo na ako sa tabi niya, he was still staring at me with a grin on his face. He put his hand on his mouth, faking shock. 

"Ang ganda, shet. Boyfriend ako nito?" He said before kissing me on the cheek repeatedly, making me laugh.