The one that got away - ONE SHOT

the one that got away

The endless ringing of her phone woke her from a deep slumber. She reach for her phone and mindlessly looked at the number displayed on its tiny screen.

It is an unregistered number and  then shifted her look at the clock on her bedside table 3:00 am, 

what the heck?  who is in his proper mind would want to wake me up in the middle of the night?It better be important or else...

 “Hello? Who's this?” she said as she answered her phone,she waited for an answer but she heard little sobs and a deep sigh instead, she felt her heart beat fast. “

Hello?? this is Dionne, who's this please.?” she repeated her question and then she finally heard a familiar voice anwered on the other end of the line. She never thought that that single call could bring her so much pain. 

“Hija, long time no see, we missed you here,you know.” said the middle aged woman who welcomed here with a tight embrace. when she finally let go of her she looked at the woman's face, she is still as beautiful as before, but she looked a lot older  and her once twinkling and soulful eyes was now teary and swollen from crying.

After she received that call she immeadiately change her clothes and drive to the hospital that the caller has mentioned.

“He's already asleep, must have been the drugs that the doctors have injected on him, but you could still see him, that's my son's room...”said the woman while pointing at the door just a few meters behind her.

She nodded to the woman, she is still talking to her but her voice just fades at the back of her mind, she barely understand what she was saying for there were only 2  words that's been posted in her mind right now, and up to know she could still hear the trembling voice of the girl who called her a while ago...

 “kuya's dying..”  

She stared at the guy lying in the hospital bed, there were lots of tubes and lines that has been connected on his body, he looked terrible and she could feel her heart breking into pieces with that mere sight of him. She fixed her eyes on his pale face, he is eyes are shadowed with black circles, his cheeks were limp and his lips were chapping and as pale as ash, he is still handsome though, she smiled at that thought, he has always been the most gorgeous guy she had ever seen and even up to now, after so many years that she hadn't seen him, he still has this certain charm over her.

She just stayed there staring at him, she doesn't want to take her eyes of him, for she fears that he will be gone too soon and she might forget how he looks like, how serene and beautiful he is. She realized how much she missed him, she missed her best friend, her first and last love, her one true love. 

*5 years ago*

“Hey Gorgeous!” she looked up from the book that she's reading and see the boyish grin on her bestfriend's face. She looked at him, she really missed his smile, it's almost 2 weeks since they haven't seen each other, she heard from a common friend, that he is currently dating a model, and so she knows what makes him busy this past few days.

She should get used to it, he has done it so many times, disappears for some time and gets back to her everytime he called it quits with “the girl”, but somehow she knows that she will never get used to the pain she feels, no matter how many times he does it, no matter how many times she keeps reminding herself that she is his bestriend and she will always stay that way, no more, no less.

“What was that look for?” he asked,

“Oh! Well, I was trying to remember your name, have I met you before?” she joked trying to masked the pain she felt.