CHAPTER 6
ALICIA's POV
I arrived the venue for our date, which turned out to be a restaurant 'TASTY TREATS' locating Troy wasn't hard, he was the only one seated alone in the medium sized restaurant, he was dressed in a green shirt and jeans, casual yet so cool. I heaved a sigh before walking up to him, his expressionless face broke into a smile when he saw me.
"Hey Troy"
"Good gracious, Licia you look terrific" Troy said, his eyes scanning me..
I couldn't tell if he was truthful, polite or just flattering because I actually look like my everyday self in pink tank top, blue jeans and snickers. That didn't stop me from blushing and muttering a thank you to him.
After BRUNCH with Troy, we walked out of the restaurant, I hadn't come with my car and neither did Troy so he volunteered to walk me to the bus station. Soon, it started raining and since none of us had an umbrella (like seriously who brings an umbrella to a date?) we both ran to the nearest shed for protection from the rain.
We were both wet and soon I was shivering. I was not really the 'rain kind of person' meaning I hated rain...not hate hate though...I hate being drenched in the rain.
"Alicia, you're shivering" Troy said. I turned to stare at him.
"I'm cold"
I heard him chuckle, was he laughing cause I was shivering or laughing cause he wasn't?
"C'mon, you are not even properly drenched" he said, before I could roll my eyes at him, he pulled me by hand and ran back to the rain, WITH ME!!! I could barely see where I was going, so I ran blindly behind Troy, swearing and cursing.
Troy finally stopped and so did I, surprisingly, I wasn't so cold like before. Through my blurry vision, I could see Troy laughing.
"Now you are properly drenched" he shouted so I could hear him.
I laughed...this day couldn't get better, for the first time in forever, my two years crush on Troy finally paid off... just last Tuesday while returning from cheerleading practice, I bumped into Troy and my cheerleading stuffs fell down... you know how it is done in movies..... He helped me pick up my stuffs and asked me out on a make up date and here we are...playing in the rain.
Wait, did I say this day couldn't get any better? Well if I did, scrap it out and delete it because this day did go a lot better... the laughing Troy stopped laughing and brought is face closer to mine....my vision was blurry, not my mind....I knew Troy was going to kiss me, and so i quickened it by leaning closer to him and our lips ended up colliding... you don't need a sorcerer to tell you that we were kissing..his hands slowly clung to my waist and I wrapped mine around his neck..he broke the kiss and stared at me...I could make out his handsome features even in the rain.
"Licia please be my girlfriend...I've had the longest crush on you and now I want to officially make you my girlfriend" my heart did a flip flop.. was this real or did my ears become blurry as well??
MANUEL's P.O.V
I had my eyes closed, I wasn't sleeping. I was thinking...I had very few time left now, my doctor had specifically made it clear that when my symptoms finally starts showing, I should know that. And to think I had just prepared a bucket list without even trying anything on it.
"Manuel??" I heard Ji AH's shrill voice, my eyes quickly opened and turned to the door, she was really there.
"What's wrong Ji ah?" Her face looked puffy.. had she been crying?. I tried to sit upright and after two attempts, I was able to. Ji ah walked to my bed and sat beside me.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Ji ah asked me, I was thrown into a state of confusion.
"Tell you what?" I asked her in reply..I noticed fresh tears rolling down her cheeks.
"Why didn't you tell me you had cancer and that you were going to die" she sobbed. I froze in my seated position. How the hell did she find out? MIGUEL!! I couldn't believe Miguel told Ji ah I had cancer, that was exactly how he took Natasha from me and now he was gonna take Ji ah too.
"I'm sorry" my eyes welled up with tears " I didn't want you to leave me..you were going to leave if I told you the truth" the welled up tears slowly rolled down my face...JSYK, boys do cry, if you see anyone that tells you otherwise, kill him.
"Of course not Miguel" she said and wiped my tears away with her palm, " I love you, I don't care if you have three days or three days to live, I love you" she pulled closer and kissed me... if anyone tells you boys are always the first to make a kissing move, kill him too. I broke off the kiss and hugged her tightly.
KIM JI AH's P.O.V
"I love you" Miguel kept saying in between sobs as he hugged me tightly. I love him too, the past few weeks spent with him and completely changed my view about moving to America. My phone, it has been doing that a lot lately i disentangled my self from the hug and brought out my phone, it was LEE SUNG MI who popped up on the caller's ID. She happened to be my closest friend in Korea and my cousin, her dad was super wealthy, while her mom was a worker in her dad's house until she became his mistress and Sung mi's mother.
"Annyeong" I greeted Sung mi.
"Annyeong American's love child " Sung mi teased, she had started calling me American's love child ever since my mom showed up to bundle me after my dad's death. Sung mi was a pro at speaking English thanks to her billionaire dad who hired a ton of tutors for her, she could speak five different languages.
"How are you?" I had switched to English.
"I'm ecstatic love child and over the moon" she stated in a British accent clothed with a Korean accent " to inform you that I happen to be in America at the moment"
I let out a soft chuckle at her British accent before I finally read meaning to what she had said... she was where??
"Mi, this isn't April yet" I told her, I knew how prankish she was.
"No one said anything about April, I'm in America and I'm headed to sky view"
Holy bananas on a stick, I lived at Sky view and Sung mi sounded too serious to actually be joking.
"And don't bother about me locating your house, your mom got it covered.. I was just too excited to keep it a secret that's why I called" and with that, she hung up.
My mom? She knew about Sung mi's coming? But my mom was home resting from the fall. Could it be sung mi was lying?
"What's wrong?" Manuel's voice interrupted my thoughts.
"Uh nothing" I looked away trying to figure out if Sung mi was lying or not.
"Hey tell me.... Secret keeper" Manuel said as he tickled me. I roared out in laughter.
"Stop it or you will regret it" i said in between laughter with Manuel still tickling me.
"Make me regret"
I took a pillow and hit him..
"Oh... game on" Manuel said and also took a pillow to hit me but I ran off knowing fully well he couldn't chase me in his condition.
MIGUEL's P.O.V
Watching them through the almost open door made me sick. from the kiss, to the hug and laughters. They indeed looked good together but what about me? I love Ji ah too. I heard her professing love to Manuel meaning I had no chance with her. I decided to leave, watching them made feel like barfing.
I met Doctor Ben on my way out.
"Miguel I was headed to my office to give your parents a call, your brother's sick has worsened.. I'm trying to be professional here, so trust me when I say he has very few time left" he announced.
My heart shattered at the news, I knew he was going to die, but constant reminder made me more heartbroken.
"Okay, when can he be discharged then?" I asked.
"He can go home today, we'll have him placed on treatment at home so he won't have to keep on coming to the hospital."
"Alright" I said and handed him my car keys " let him come home with the car then, I have somewhere to go now." I left and hired a taxi to take me home.
I had lied about having somewhere to go, I didn't want to be forced to be in the same car with Manuel and Ji ah and also didn't want to leave them stranded that's why I left my car.
