ALEJANDRA: She Can't Forget *Completed*

When It was just you and me.

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I was singing while strumming my guitar, when I felt pair of amr enclosed my waist. I instantly close my eyes and feel his warmth against my back and felt my heart sings with so much love.

Just the way you smile
Just the way you laugh
Completes my puzzle game.

Just the way snore
Just the way you roar
Makes me want you more

I heard him sing with me. Almost a whisper in my ears. Ipinagpatuloy ko ang pagkanta at pagtugtog ng gitara.

You made me, made me whole again.
You love me, love me the way I am.

I could here his heart pounding so fast I could even feel it in my back. At tulad ng sabay naming pagkanta, ay ang sabay na pagtibok ng mga puso naming dalawa.

I ended the song and look at the guy I never imagine I could love so much. He smiled at me and kiss my temple. After caressing my hair with so much adoration.

"Hey." Untag ko. He didn't answer me. He just look at me intently direct to my eyes. No words. Only stares. But I could feel him planting a promise from that look from him.

A promise of love.

"Lovely eyes." Napangiti ako ng ubod tamis. He never fails to flatter me. "You were singing our song." It was a statement. But I think I should answer him by telling him why am I singing the song I wrote for him.

"I missed you." I pout.

"Uhhhm." He hugged me even closer and tighter.

He planted three little kisses in my forehead. I hugged him back after putting down my guitar.

"I missed you too like hell my sweet." He whispered. We stayed that way for a moment. Both enjoying the warmth each other's arms giving. Both savoring the closeness. Both planting to each heart a promise.

Ethan and I have been together for 2 years now. I was just 16 when he told me that he's in love with me. He was 18 back then.

Hindi ko pa sya pwedeng sagutin noon kasi hindi pa pwede. Ethan is a good guy. He came from a prominent family. While me? Im nothing.

Im the kind of girl who doesn't have a friend. I am those nobody type. I sit in the corner in the end of the row in a classroom. I eat alone. I walk home alone. I alaways put my hair down to cover my face. I talk to no one but my mom. My friend is my guitar. I am always the one who couldn't be notice by any boy.

But Ethan noticed me. He was a transferee student from New York. He's good looking, he makes a lot of friends in school. But he noticed me. I could always remember our first conversation.

I was strumming my guitar while sitting under the three at the back of the laboratory building.

Im not even singing. Im just humming Taylor Swift's "Sparks fly"

When suddenly someone spoke.

"Why not try it with lyrics?" Napaangat ako ng tingin nang marinig ko ang boses nya sa taas ng puno. Tumalon sya mula sa sanga at tumayo sa harap ko. He was wearing a boyish grin in his face."Ethan." He extended his hand. Hindi ko tinanggap iyon. Tinignan ko lang ang kamay nya. Binawi nya iyon at nagkamot ng batok. "I..uhh. I always notice you being alone in this place. I thought..you know...we could....be friends?"

Simula non hindi na nya ako tinantanan.

"Alejandra.?"

"Hmm..?"

"Im so in love with you."
Bumitaw ako sa yakap nya at pinisil ang ilong nya.
My heart is beating like crazy. Its always like that everytime Im with him.

"And Im so in love with you too."

Crazy, but its our way of saying I love you to each other. Ganon kasi siya nagtapat sa akin. At ganoon ko din sya sinagot kaya nakasanayan na namin. I find it cute, unique and sweet though.

"So what are you been up to?" He asked while touching my hair and pushing it off my face.

"Im writing a song."I answered him while touching his face.

"Hmm, about what?"

"About you." I smiled. Muling ngumiti sya at hinalikan ako sa pisngi. Ethan is always sweet and caring. He shows affection in any way he would.

"About me again?" Tumango ako.

"How about you? How's New York?" I ask him. Pinunasan ko ang pinong pawis sa ilong nya. He went to New York and stayed for a week. He visited his grandfather whose fighting for his life.

Lumamlam ang mga mata ni Ethan. "He's gone." My lips parted. Napuno ng kalungkutan ang mga mata nya. Automatically I hug him. I kiss his neck. I want to make him feel alright. I know how much he adore his old man. He idolizes him a lot. Ito ang inspirasyon nya sa halos lahat ng bagay. Even architecture.

"Im sorry I didn't know." Gusto kong maluha. I could feel his sadness.

"Its okay my sweet. He's now happy with grandma. It was what he always want." Bulong nya. "He loves her so much." Tumango-tango ako.

"Atleast they're together now."

"Yeah, they belong to each other." Humiwalay sya sa pagkakayakap sa akin. He cupped my face and look at my eyes. "You know what I realized when we talk about they're love story for the last time?"

I put my both hans on his while still cupping my face. I couldn't breathe. "What?" Ubod hinang tanong ko

"That I want to have a love thats like their's. So young yet so long. So young and so real." I could feel his sincerity through his eyes, burning buried to mine. "Yet I realized that we're two different people. And so I just decided to make our own story. Given youre a writer and Im a future architect. We will write our own story using the best words that would perfectly describe how much I love you and you to me. We will build a life together using the best materials that would prevent our feelings for each other intact and growing." Tumulo ang luha mula sa mga mata nya. And so is mine. "And when we grow old, you would tell them to our grandchildren. Our love story would be long and real too but in its own different way. It would be legendary." Tumango ako at pinahid ang luha sa kanyang pisngi. Ganoon din ang ginawa nya sa akin.

What he said isn't a day dream but a promise. And we sealed it with the sweetest kiss.

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