What if bumalik ang greatest love mo?

Chapter 11- still you..

I'm planning to take her sa campus where we first met. Looking at her kanina, crying, makes my heart hurt. I let her use the bathroom first and also nagpalit ako ng damit since galing ako sa resto kanina.

I'm sorry but knowing na you're with someone na pala.. masakit.

"Do you have spare shirt?" she said loudly while nasa loob sya ng banyo.

cute.. parang dati lang, we used to share our clothes, until we ended up exchanging our scents.

"Now you want to wear my shirt?" i teased her. Pumunta ako sa may closet ko and choose a shirt na sa tingin ko komportable sya.

"Tagal ha?" I said as I looked at her. She came out wearing only her bra, no shirt.

gagi!

"Surprised? You've never seen me without clothes before?" i stared at her as she walked slowly, closer to me.

Napapaatras ako sa bawat hakbang na nilalapit nya sa akin.I handed her the beige shirt i got from my closet without even looking at her.

"Cute, i like beige."

i know.

"You can look na. We're both girls naman so bakit ka nahihiya?" i looked at her. "Ah kasi nga pala we had our past?" she chuckled.

wow is this a joke?

"Pinagtitripan mo ba ako?"

"Don't take it in the wrong way.. I'm still processing lahat lahat..." she said while she's picking up her things.

"Bilisan mo. Tara na, baka magsarado ang campus." nauna na lang akong lumabas habang inaantay sya.

It's already 5:00 pm when we arrived here sa campus. I brought her here to share my memories, our memories together.

"So.." as we're walking, her shoulders bumped into mine and as i took a glance of her she's already smiling. "Where did we meet in this campus?"

"Court." sabi ko.

"There?" she pointed the court kung saan ko sya dadalhin. I nodded.

We walked there until we reach the bench where students sit to watch an intramurals or just events.

"Sorry, di ko nasalo. Okay ka lang?" memories brought back the day we first met.

Your eyes stared at me as i check uf you're okay dahil natamaan ka ng bola na dapat sasaluhin ko. I remember how hazel they were and how cute you are the moment i saw you.

"water?" you asked as i ran towards you.

"yes.. please." you even opened the bottle for me.

"Marky.. Marky Gonzales.." i smiled at her. She's pretty..

"Celeste.." kasing ganda mo ang pangalan mo. "Celeste Marquez..."

By that moment i knew i need to make a move. There's something about you that made me want to know you. I knew i was in love the moment you say your name.

"Marky!" Nagulat ako ng nakita ko ang mukha ni Celeste.

i was reminiscing all the moments we had..

"Sorry. May naalala lang." sabi ko.

"is it me?" she asked.

"yes." i smiled at her. "Sa court na 'to, dito tayo nagkakilala." i chuckled as i remember the time na natamaan sya ng bola.

"Why? is it funny? Don't tell me may embarassing moment ako here?" she looks confused.

"well, you had."

I told her everything. Where we first met, how long did we date and our moments together. As time goes by, we realized it's getting dark and pumunta kami sa resto ko to continue our chat.

"Hearing those moments of us.. is somehow.. sweet naman." she said as she take a sip on the drink na i prepared for us.

"naman..?"

"to be honest, i had this strange daydreams and also dreams with a blur person, not until i met you. It's not a dream pala, it's my forgotten memories keep coming back." she said while looking at me. She smiled. "When i first saw you here nung reunion, i can't explain the feelings i had pero i feel hurt, my heart starts to ache. Care to tell me what happened to us?"

should i tell you that your Mom does not approve this relationship we had?

or

should i make an excuse na naman?

"Wag na."

"Baduy. You cheated siguro no?"

asa ka.

"Emy, refill please."

"Mine too." she smiled at me. "Now tell me, bakit nga? Did i do something? Did you do something?" nakatingin sya sa akin habang salo ng kamay nya ang ulo nya.

"Next time na." medyo napapapikit na'ko dahil sa antok at hindi dahil sa alak. Whenever i drink talagang inaantok ako.

Our drinks arrived. She started to drink it as fast as she can. Napapansin ko medyo naliyad liyad na sya. I remember how fast she gets drunk since mababa rin ang alcohol tolerance nya

ba't nga ba ngayon ko lang naalala, naparami ka tuloy ng inom.

"Let's call it a day, Celeste. You're drunk."  i stood up and inalalayan ko sya.

"No.. no im not." she waved her head and almost slipped but i caught her.

My hand on her waist and the other is on her head. Parang nag slow-mo ang oras. Nakatitig lang ako sa mukha nya, her cheeks are blushing siguro dahil sa alak, her eyes, hazel as ever, her lips glows as the light struck into her skin.

"You're pretty, Marky and somehow you throw some masculine side which i like." she said as i helped her to stand.

you like?

"Tara na. I'll call you a cab or pasundo tayo sa kapatid mo-"

"Let me stay with you." she said as she clings onto my arm.

ha?

"And why should i let you?" i looked at her while her face rest on my shoulder.

"kasi lasing ako right now? you don't want a drunk girl take a cab tas mag-isa lang diba?"

as much as i want you to go home safe, i can't let you go rin baka kung mapano ka pa.

"That's why im calling Jm-"

"Let me go with you." She turned to face me, her eyes wide and shining, almost like a puppy begging for something. "Please?"

"Okay okay, jeez Celeste you're still stubborn as i thought."

I stood up, feeling a little light-headed from the drinks, but Celeste was worse off. She swayed in her seat, and I could tell she wasn't going to make it out of here on her own.

I slipped my arm around her waist, feeling her body lean heavily into mine. Her warmth was familiar, almost too familiar, but I shook the thought away.With my other hand, I grabbed her things—her purse, jacket, whatever she might leave behind in her drunken state.