A Thousand Winds

Chapter Three: The Rendezvous

I took a seat at my usual rocking chair on our front porch, it's wooden and old. The creaking sound of it was already a music to my ears, it was my father's favorite.

The drizzle matches the warmness of the coffee as I took a sip from it and the coziness of the surrounding soothes my soul. I looked around me; birds were flapping their beautiful wings as they soar above the clear blue sky and the twigs and the branches of the trees were slowly dancing as the cold wind blows.

Mom was out for the market and I don't have anything to do. I'm so bored. I rest my back on the seat, rocking my chair as I closed my eyes. But his face suddenly appeared that caused me to stagger, I immediately stood up and shook my head. No, I can't be thinking of him.

I headed to my room and decided to take out my paints, paintbrushes and my canvas from my cabinet. I just want to let all my emotions out.

I putted the canvas on my paint rack and opened the small cans of paints, I mixed some colors to create highlights and shadows, then started putting it to my canvas with different types and sizes of paintbrushes. I didn't use much color, the colors black, white and gray were already perfect.

After an hour, I stood up to see what I have made. It's a man with slicked back short curly hair, looking just like Damian. Damian? Did I just paint Damian? Why are you doing this to me?

I was too dumbfounded. I can't believe myself. Did I just paint Damian? No, that can't be!

"Sera, come down here, honey!" Mom's already home. I don't know what to do. I hurriedly stored my materials back to my cabinet, and because of my irate, I hid the canvas under my bed. I don't want to see it. I don't want Mom to see it. God, what's happening to me?

I cleaned my room before going downstairs, I didn't want Mother to come up to my room just to clean my mess. I walked down to the kitchen and saw my Mother there, I watched her organizing the things that she just bought from the market.

I hugged her from her back and kissed her hair. The warmth of her body comforts my mind and my heart. She removed my hand from hugging her, and then she faced me.

"Someone's waiting for you." She said with a smile on her face as if she was teasing me.

"Who?" I asked her curiously. Her smile irritates me. I don't know why.

"I don't know. I've never seen him before." She replied.

Him? A guy? A man? Damian?

NO! That can't be him. It's way too impossible. There's no way he would stalk me, get my address and drove for almost two hours just to get here. That's right, Billings were too far away from here. I'm not going out just to see that guy. I don't want to go out, ugh, but I just can't. Why is this happening?

I immediately ran to see the guy waiting outside. I looked at him from head to toe, he's standing there, leaning his back to his white Volkswagen Eos convertible car, he's tall and slender with broad shoulders and a slicked back short brown curly hair looking so gorgeous in his white polo and black slacks, then he smiled. I was right. His smile, it's him. Why is he here? What is he doing here?

My heart was pounding so hard as he started walking towards me. I should calm myself, right? I want to ask him but I can't put my words together. My voice was gone and I can't speak.

"How are you?" He asked. The look in his eyes was full of excitement as if he's so sure that something good is about to happen today.

"I'm fine." I croaked. I can't look at him. I'm too embarrassed at the sound of my voice. My heart is about to explode.