A Faithful Promise

The Climax

The next week came and it is April 7, Tuesday, I was about to go to my work when I opened my television inside the my room, “Breaking News: Franco de Luis3(airplane of France) was crashed this afternoon at the border line of Mumbai, India. Fdl3 is about to land on the Philippines this afternoon but the plane loses its control and crashed on the plains of Dadar, Mumbai. Passengers who are missing are: Nancy Smith, Harvey Reims, Dreux Fleirs, Jenny Frienchesca Rivera, Janelle Arthur, Angela Miller, Curtis Ardenne ...” I was shocked when I have heard that news, I know that the Jenny their talking about is not the Jenny who promised me to come back and the Jenny whom I fell in love with. “Son? Have you heard the news? Her plane crashed!”, “Mom, it’s not true, all the news in the tv… all of them…it’s not true Jenny will come back she promised me.”, “But son...”, “Mom! No but, Jenny is coming back and it’s a deal.” That time, I felt the burdens of the world was passed to me, I was crying and crying on that day, I don’t know what to do, I don’t know how to comfort myself and move on. Months later, I live the way I started myself, the feeling that my friend is gone like what I’ve felt when Ken leaved me, but it’s not the feeling that I’ve felt before, it is much painful because she’s not coming back because she is dead, not like Ken, he just moved out and went somewhere. I worked normally and live life to the fullest, but I can’t deny that I really miss the girl that I love, the girl that makes me feel happy every second I am with her. One day, I went to the falls we often go every Saturday, I just want to treat myself and I just want to go back to the place where I can remember her. I arrived at the falls around 7:00 pm, very dark and I think I am alone. When I was about to jump off the water, I have heard that someone is swimming on the other side of where I am sitting, I tried to peek just to see who is with me in the falls, but I was shocked to see that there is a lady there swimming in the falls with her pair of two piece, but because just I lost my love month ago, I was not destructed by her beauty and her body because I know that Jenny is the most beautiful creature in the world, but her body? Ahh shaped like Jenny’s. I jumped off the water and I feel the coldness of the water in my skin, it really comforts me very much. As I get out off the water, the lady who’s with me in the falls sat in the bench and dried herself up. “Hey! Are you new here? It’s my first time to see you here.” I said, “Ah nope, I’m not new here. I usually went to this place merely I’m upset, this place reminds me that I am not alone.” She said, “So, your just like me.”, “Why?”, “I lost a friend, not just a simple lost but as in lost that she will never come back.”, “Is she dead?”, “I don’t know if she is dead but I hope she’s still alive after the plane crash.”, “Plane crash? Is she missing? I’m sorry to hear that.”, “It’s okay, and I’m trying to move on now. I’m Lester.”, “I’m Stella. How often do you went in this place?”, “Every Saturday, well it’s our daily routine.”, “Who are you talking about? Who’s with you?”, “Jenny, my bestfriend, the one I’m telling you. She’s my first and hoping that she’s the last one too but the fate is just bad, very bad… uh never mind that so…”, “Hahahaha, fate? So… what? Oh were just the people here, so lonely right?”, “Yup, come on let’s swim.” I said, after that short chat, I with the help of Stella enjoyed the night, I don’t know how can I explain the feeling that someone is there comforting me even if it was the first time I met her, I really felt the way I met Jenny the first time, I felt that Stella is very close to me. “Can I drive you home?” I said, “I love to, but I have my car outside. Maybe next time?”, “Okay, can I have your number please?” I said as I hand her my phone, “Done! Text me later?  Lester, nice meeting you, I hope it’s not the last time.”, “Me too, bye!” I said as I bid her goodbye. When I arrived at our home, I hurriedly grabbed my phone and texted Stella, “Hello Stella, It’s me Lester.” Then few minutes after she replied, “Oh hi Lester, How were you?”, I replied “Okay just like then, you? Ahhm are you available tomorrow?”, “I’m phenomenon, yah I’m free, wanna get out?”, “Ohh that’s what I’m thinking of, let’s meet up tomorrow 6:00 pm sharp at the park? Where do you want to meet up?”, “Oh, park is good, near the fountain huh?”, “Okay great. 6:00 pm sharp huh! Don’t forget.”, “Okay, I won’t forget, I promise.”, “You promise? Stella, is that true you promise? Do you know that if someone promises to me, they must mean it?”, “Ya, ya, I promise. Ok goodnight Lester, I must sleep now, to have my beauty sleep.”, “Okay, I will always remember your promise. Goodnight :).” After our texting, I went on the bed with a smiling face, I really don’t know why I am happy on that time, is it the fact that there is someone who is making me happy again? Or it’s just I happy that there is someone who is making me forget Jenny. “Beep, beep, beep.” Nine am? I want to sleep over again, I’m very tired of thinking on how will I greet her? Or what will I wear tonight? But wait, why I dress too much just to impress her? No, no, I’m not falling for her, she’s just my friend. 5:28 pm I dress simply, and went to our meeting place professionally. “6 ‘o clock sharp? Very good, you really meant your promise.” I said as I watch on my watch, “I always mean my promises. Come on let’s go!” she said. We drive from the park to the restaurant where we have our friendly date as they call it. “So Lester, what can you tell about yourself?”, “Ahhmm, I’m friendly, cute? I think, and caring, I am also a lovable person.”, “I rarely see it on your attitude, your good, talented and cute.”, “You Stella, what can you say about yourself?”, “I’m a typical girl, caring, loving, kind, and I really don’t break promises.”, “Your just like me and my bestfriend too, your attitude are just the same but I just want to move on about that but the pain inside my heart doesn’t fade.” I said as I poke my fork in my plate, “I’ts okay, I’d missed my friend too, It’s years since I last saw him, but I’m here to comfort you.”, “Me too, I’ll do my very best to comfort you.” I said, and then we laugh and enjoyed the night like then when we first met. I drove Stella home and I say thank you for the night she had spent with me. Days and months had passed we really hanged out with each other day by day. One day, I thought of something, can I love someone just to be sure that she’s not going to leave me? Well it has been months and Stella and I were getting better so, is it right to court her just to be sure that I will never lose her like what happened with me and Jenny, I just want to try if it will work, well if it work, Stella would be my first girlfriend and I just want to have an experience because as they say, experience will give you lessons to learn for we can do much better for the next battle. Few days later, I courted Stella and I didn’t failed, we’ve been boyfriends and girlfriends for one month and we broke up after that because of her big problem. As I have learned in our short relationship, shortcomings really don’t work; you must truly know your love before you engage in having with relationship to him/her.