7 Days With You

FIN

John Vincent's Point of View

"All I want is nothing more
To hear you knocking at my door
'Cause if I could see your face once more
I could die a happy man I'm sure.."

Maybe, she's smiling right now.

Nilapag ko ang bulaklak sa tapat ng lapida niya. Harrieth Faye Valdez. Tinabi ko sa bulaklak ang diary niya. I will always love you.

"When you said your last goodbye
I died a little bit inside
I lay in tears in bed all night
Alone without you by my side"

"You and my daughter were very happy." Nakatingin lamang ako kay Alessandra ang ina ni Harrieth. "After she died, maraming beses mong binalak na magpakamatay. Pumayag si Marvin na magpakulong and now he's on Jail para pagbayaran ang ginawa niyang kasalanan."

"Na overdose ka dahil sa dami ng ininom mong medisina pero nakaligtas ka 'don, you tried to hang yourself pero pinigilan ka ng mga kaibigan mo. Naglaslas ka para patigilin ang pagtibok ng puso mo but you failed." Nakayuko lamang ako at hinaplos ko ang mga sugat sa wrist ko. Hindi pa din gumagaling yung sugat ng nakaraan ko.

"But if you loved me
Why'd you leave me?
Take my body
Take my body
All I want is,
And all I need is
To find somebody.
I'll find somebody like you."

"...and finally, uminom ka. Nagpakalasing at nung nag-drive ka pauwi nabangga ka sa isang kotse that is the reason you have an amnesia. Bumalik na ang mga ala-ala mo and I am happy for that. Mahal na mahal mo ang anak ko kaya mo ginawa ang lahat ng 'yon para mawala yung galit sa loob mo because you think that it's your fault. Na namatay siya, sinisi mo ang sarili mo, paulit-ulit kang nagso-sorry sa kanya."

Tumulo ng tumulo ang luha ko kahit pinipigilan ko.

"Oh..oh"

"Hoping that she'll come back to you, hindi mo matanggap ang katotohanan na wala na siya."

"So you brought out the best of me,
A part of me I've never seen.
You took my soul and wiped it clean.
Our love was made for movie screens."

"It's been 2 years, buong akala ko panaginip lang yung kasama ko siya. Unti-unting bumalik ang ala-ala ko, and then i started to cry. Masakit 'e. I am the reason why she died hindi niyo maalis sa akin 'yon. Pero ang mas ikinagagalit ko pa yung huling hinga niya ay nakangiti pa siya sa akin and then she mouthed 'I love you'." Ani ko. Habang nakatingin sa lapida ni Harrieth.

"Yung nakasulat sa diary niya, if you read the last page sa katunayan siya ang nagsulat niyan nag-aagaw buhay na siya 'non kaya kung papansinin mo, medyo crappy yung sulat at kaunti."

Dear Diary, 10/18/13

I love you, please don't forget me.

"But if you loved me
Why'd you leave me?
Take my body,
Take my body."

"...but you know, Vincent. Sa maikling panahon na nakasama ka ng anak ko alam kong naging masaya siya at magagalit lang 'yon sa'yo kung sisisihin mo ang sarili mo, walang ma'y kasalanan sa nangyari. It just happened. You two have a right love but fate wants to keep you apart"

Lumuhod ako at hinaplos ko ang pangalan niya sa lapida. In loving memory of, Harrieth Faye Valdez. Bigla ka na lang sumulpot sa buhay ko, bigla ka ding mawawala sa buhay ko. Bakit lahat ng taong minamahal ko nawawala sa akin?

"All I want is,
And all I need is
To find somebody.
I'll find somebody.

Oh.."

"I am sorry, Harrieth." Namamaos na ang boses ko. I can feel my eyes watering. "If i could just turn back the time, the day you died. Siguro, masaya pa tayong dalawa." I started to cried. Wala na akong pakialam kung sino man ang nakakakita sa akin gusto kong alisin yung sakit na nararamdaman ko.

"....why did you leave me, babe?"

I will begin my life without you, no words can explain how mournful I am when you left me. But that's how life is.. It's a cycle. Hindi tayo binigyan ng pagkakataon na magmahalan pa ng mas matagal. Pero hindi naman 'yon ang sukatan kung gaano kita kamahal. Dahil minahal kita sa maikling panahon.

"If you loved me
Why'd you leave me?
Take my body,
Take my body.."

We didn't have our own happy ending. But i felt happy when you're always beside me, even though our ending came, unexpectedly.

The 7 Days that i spent with you. I will treasure it, For this life that you want me to live in. For this love you gave me, I will never forget it. 'Til we meet again in my afterlife.

"All I want is,
And all I need is
To find somebody.
I'll find somebody like you.

Oh..."

"I love you, Harrieth." I mumbled as my tears touched the grass.

END

(Note: Not all stories has a happy ending -winkwink-)