a fate meeting : in the elevator

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I know I was really tired that if I could ever rest my head on a wall, I'd be asleep after 3 seconds.

So you could say I really thought I was merely dreaming when I saw Tabitha walking towards the elevator.

No, she wasn't walking. It was like she was gliding.

But something was different that it alarmed me.

She seems sad.

"Tabitha?" I said while running towards her.

"Hey there," the smile on her face was like sunshine after a gloomy week that passed me.

God! She's blushing. And it makes her more adorable in my eyes

"You're here!" Gee! Can I be more obvious? But I can't help feeling so happy. Tabitha is really here!

"Yeah," her smile was so bright; it was melting me, making my knees weak.

I got distracted though when she looked at someone standing inside the elevator

It was a girl, smirking at us.

"She's my friend, Christy," Tabitha was still flushed as she introduced her friend to me.

"Sorry, I needed Tabitha here to decide what to do with you, so I never called you myself," reading between the lines, I translated that as 'I wanted to call you but Tabitha wouldn't let me.'

"I'll leave you two on your own now, nice meeting you Troy!" she hurriedly bid farewell while the elevator door closes.

"Nice friend you got there," I can't help but smile. That Christy girl was pretty cool. I think she'll be a good friend of mine.

Hopefully she'll be my partner in crime to get Tabitha to be my girlfriend.

"Yeah, I got no choice really," she seems to be just as nervous as I am.

Then I saw people staring and whispering around us.

I realized we are actually standing in the middle of the lobby, where some of the fliers were posted.

Geez, I just realized how mushy and embarrassing the fliers were.

"Shall we go some place to talk?" I won't be able to express myself looking at all the fliers and people around us.

"Yes, sure," she answered without hesitation.

We headed out and end up in the mini-park in front of the building.

"Troy?" she sounded shy calling out my name, but it still felt great to hear her say my name anyway.

"Yes?"

"I'm sorry I didn't try to call you after you tried to look for me," she was blushing even more in each passing second.

"I'm so embarrassed about what I did that time inside the elevator, I didn't want you to think that I always randomly kiss a total stranger out of the blue, I guess I was too emotional that time," she looked like she was about to cry, so the romantic that I am, I held her face and caressed her cheeks. Thankfully she did not push me away and just looked deep into my eyes.

"And also, to be honest, it kind of freaked me out when I first saw the fliers. I mean, I can't believe how close to perfect the likeness of the image was. It was like a picture of me rather than a sketch," she seems to look like she was feeling embarrassed admitting all this to me.

"I sort of got scared and thought you might be some extremist. So I wanted to space myself from you."

Okay. So the truth is I bought the surveillance video from the elevator that day and had repeatedly watched her.

The different expressions she had on her face, mixed emotions etched on her face before the lights were out and the video stream stopped.

I even had some screen shot in my laptop. I guess I need to hide it till it's good to tell her so she won't freak out.

"But even if it was weird and kind of creepy, it was still sweet... actually not sweet... it was extremely romantic."

Thank God for chick-flicks.

"So here I am," and she finished her sentence smiling at me so radiantly.

Well here goes nothing...

"Tabitha, I really, really like you,"

Tabitha blushed, that is a good thing right?

"I know it's too fast. You barely know me. But I just can't live w/ my life knowing that I had you in my arms and just let you go." Did I copy this from those movies or I really had it in me?

The words was gushing out I can no longer control them.

"Back then, when you were avoiding me, it was killing me. I wanted to run to you, kiss you and comfort you. But I was scared you'd push me away."

"But after a day or two, I realized I'd choose you to push me away if it means I can spend more time with you and see you, than not even telling you what I feel and never to see you again."

"Troy..." she was trying to utter something but it seems like she was lost for words.

"Please, let me try. Let me show you how much I care. How much I would like to pamper and take care of you. To love you. I wanna know you. I want to be with you Tabitha. Please let me try," I was breathless, but it felt light in my chest to let it all out.

"I like you too," she was smiling at me.

"I'm honestly scared of everything that can happen between us, but I don't want to have regrets either. We could try and see what the future may hold for us, let's just try taking it one step at a time," I was just so happy it didn't matter that we are right in the middle of a public park.

I just have to hug her.

"Troy, you're squeezing the life out of me," she was laughing as she tries to wiggle out of my embrace.

"I can never ever let you go again Tabitha," I whispered in her ears and pecked a kiss.

"Well, I really hope you won't," she said that so sweetly, that I felt like I'm in heaven as she hugged me tighter.

I guess fate really wanted us together after all.

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