Naalala mo pa ba yung first love mo? How about your 2nd... 3rd... 4th...?. If we will think about it, a single heart can be turned into a hundredfold, depending on how many times it got hurt. It's true that amidst us are floating and broken hearts...
She saw him coming towards her with an undescribable expression on his face. She wants to run away back to the street where she came from but her feet won't move. By the time that she was able to, Liam is in front of her.
" Rey." Mahina lang ang boses ni Lam but feeling nya, nabingi siya when he said her name. She was able to give him a smile after forcing her facial muscles to work together.
" Liam! What brought you here?" My gosh! Her lips are trembling and her brain is not functioning.
Liam did not respond but hugged her tightly instead. Ayoko! I don't want to be hugged by you...but those words remained in her subconscious mind.
She can see the happiness in his eyes but refused to believe it. Afterall, di ba ganun din nuon? Ang dami nyang nakita pero at the end, wala naman pala. Siya lang pala ang over imaginative. Rey kept her cool...parang wala lang.
" Kumusta si Mommy Vi? Nakapag therapy ba sya?"
" She did for almost 1 year. She's walking in the house now with the help of a quad. She missed you, you know.'' Something tugged Rey's heart and Liam noticed it.
"I'm sorry Rey. Ignore that statement. I shouldn't have said that to you."
She just smiled at him but beyond the smile, Liam sensed a sense of sadness in her eyes. He looked at his watch and realized that he has to go now if he doesn't want to be late from his appointment.
They were seated in front of each other in this little cool place called Brownstone. Patrons are coming in and out of the resto. He chose the table closed to the glass window which overlooks the busy street below, maybe because he knows there'll be moments when he'll be lost for words.They both ordered a Reuben sandwich and orange juice.
She decided to break the wall between them by asking the most dreaded question:
" How's Jessica?"
He looked at her in the eye and answered the question truthfully.
"It didn't work out. Something changed between us and I already knew that a few days after her arrival. Now, she's gone back to UK."
Marami pang questions that remained unasked.
But I saw her sleeping in your room?
Bat bigla kang nagbago after na dumating siya hanggang umalis ako?
Ano yung pre-natal care ni Jessica nang makita ko kayo?
Rey can't see the point in asking those questions. Wala naman silang babalikan kasi wala naman silang naumpisahan.
Pero bakit parang may sumakit na naman sa kanya. Tapos na Rey! Tapos na!
But instead she said:" That was 2 years ago right nung last time tayong nagkita. Talagang maraming changes that took place sayo...sa kin."
The atmosphere is very tense between the two.Rey realized na dapat hindi ganito kasi para naman silang mag-ex na sour grapes.
" How's you flower shop nga pala? Are you still there sa UN Ave?"
" Yeah, everything is still the same. Isa lang naman ang napalitan...yung name ng store. Ayaw na ni Mommy ng Violets kasi it symbolized her struggles daw in the past. Eh tapos na daw yun. She turned over the store to me so I changed the name...in honour of the one who will always remain special to me...the one who got away." Liam looked at her.
She understood.
Jessica.
Is he reading her thoughts?
" Didn't you look for her?"
" I did but I can't find her anymore. Akala ko kasi if I'll look for her, makikita ko siya. But some persons were never meant to be found again. Sila yung you'll only meet them once in your life."
She felt the genuine regret in his voice and look in hs eyes.At the same time she also felt a stab of pain n her heart, thinking that it was Jessica he was referring too.
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'I HAVE TO TELL MYSELF EVERYDAY AS WELL TO MOVE ON DAHIL DUMATING NA YUNG GIRLFRIEND MO. AKALA KO KAYA KO NA MAKITA KAYONG MAGKASAMA. PERO HINDI EH.SAKIT NA SAKIT ANG LOOB KO KAYA ONCE I REALIZED NA APEKTADO NA LAHat PATI PAG-AARAL KO, SABI Ko SA SARILI KO. STOP HURTING YOURSELF. MATAGAL BAGO AKO NASANAY NA HINDI NA KITA NAKIKITA AND SI MAMAM MO RIN, NAGUILTY AKO NG HUSTO . BUT KELANGNAG GAWIN KO YUN PARA SA SARILI KO, PAG-AARAL, MGA RESPONSIBILITIES KO NA DAPAT KONG GAWING PRIOROTIES BAGO KA DUMATING.
