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PART 4

Jane is quite enigmatic. Besides some of her experiences, she wouldn’t also tell me about the section she belong, and the address of her home.I don’t understand why but, she would not even give me her phone number. I have a lot of questions about her. Why does she constantly refuse whenever I invite her to go to other places? Why could I only meet her at the garden? Why wouldn’t she allow me to escort her to her room?.But I decided not to figure those questions out anymore.  If Jane doesn’t want me to know some details of her life, I will respect it. It doesn’t matter to me anyway. What does is, we are happy to be together at our rendezvous: chatting, laughing at funny stories, and taking pictures of the beautiful landscape on the garden.

 Jane loves to take picture of a certain spot on the garden. The spot where there are tall bushes and thick plants. I actually found that part a little messy and unworthy to be taken pictures over and over, but Jane captures images of it at different angles.

As time goes by, I noticed my feelings toward her changed. She becomes more beautiful in my eyes. I even found myself staring fixedly at her… admiring her face like it’s the prettiest one I have ever seen. Whenever our eyes met, my heart would skip a beat. I never want to leave her anymore

Oh my Gosh! Am I-

Yes. I guess I am. I have unconsciously fallen for Jane. I am in-love with her.

Hearing the ring of the bell that signals a 15-minutes break, I jumped-out of my chair to find Jane. She has to know what I realized! But then, I apprehended that it was not yet the end of class. Jane and I made an agreement to meet only at the botanical garden only after all classes are dismissed. She might not be there anyway.

Unexpectedly, I wasn’t able to control my excitement. I really want to tell her I love her. I don’t know what would happen to us after my confession but I still want her to know how I feel!

Out of my eagerness, I searched for her. I dared to ask the sassy students. Most of them didn’t entertain my query but there was some who did. But I was surprised that none of them knows Jane.

I overlooked the idea of asking more students. I'm sure I could not get information I want from them. I was about to give up looking for Jane at the classrooms when I saw the old janitor. I thought he could be helpful to me for he explores the whole school to clean it.

Field with optimism, I approached him. “Good morning sir”

The old janitor looked at me from head to toe. He surely was wondering how a nerd like me existed in the school.

“Sir, I know you are efficient to your job. So, I am thinking there must be any chance that you are familiar with a student named Jessa Jane Viguesilla” I uttered with all respect.

He stared at me scornfully, as if he heard something odious. “Jessa Jane Viguesilla? Are you playing dumb with me?” he stated to me hatefully.

Confused, I replied. “I'm not sir. Why should I? I'm just here to ask you about Jessa Jane Viguesilla, hoping you could tell me where she is. I got something important to tell her”

The janitor’s face was filled with bewilderment. I can’t understand why he was like that. Whatever the reason, only one thing is for sure. He knows Jane. “Sir, Jane and I are good friends. I have to tell her something but I can’t find her. Maybe you have any idea?” I asked.

The janitor walked toward me, his face still the same. He reached for my shoulder and looked directly at my eyes.