Quote for this chapter : Memory is a child walking along a seashore. You never can tell what small pebble it will pick up and store away among its treasured things. ~Pierce Harris, Atlanta Journal
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“Oh? Dahan dahan, Nina”
Meg right away approached my direction and assisted me to walk. My left arm was on her shoulder while her right arm supported my waist
“Where’s your crutch?” She started scanning down the whole area and curiously looked for it in every corner of the living room. She unfortunately didn't see it around so she turns to my direction again and said
“You want me to get it for you?”
“Wag na, I could walk na.. see?” I opened my arms widely and laid it on my side making sure to keep my smiles glued at Meg so that it'll appear more convincing.. But Meg, being the Meg I knew, didn't even hide the face which surely suggests she was not convince. Utterly, not convince at all.
“Medyo, I should really try pa rin to maintain my balance now and then but .. I could stand now on my own feet” I added and pulled a megwatt grin.
“You sure?”
“Yep. I am sure, Mom” I said and rolled my eyes
“Well, Tara na.. I’ll help you pa rin on your way down stairs, mahirap na” She gave me another weak smile and open the door for me
“Thanks, Meg”
Since nasa talyer pa rin ang kotse ni Meg and sa kabilang road naman yung direction ng office where she’s been working, pina-una ko na siya the moment a cab haul in our way
She hesitated at first and wanted me take the taxi before her but since I reason out na Luigi and Jesse’s going to pick me up, she smiled and finally slid inside the cab
The truth is, Luigi wont ever pick me up .. He wont and I would never. Jesse told me to back off and she definitely would be infuriated if she knew about it. I’ve been ignoring and trying my best to be invisible just so Luigi wouldn’t notice me
It has been days and I feel bad about it. I’ve been friends with Jesse and I couldn’t believe she could think of me that way
Nakakalungkot lang talagang isipin .. mga bagay na maaring gawin ng mga taong in love
Engrossed with my millions of thoughts going on inside my head, I didn't notice a car took its turn and parked right in front of me, not until someone honked it, making my head snap up and immediately dart my eyes to that car
and It didn’t take me seconds to realize it was him.
Who would drive a Gray Lamb on this street anyway?
My heart sped up twice than I expected it to be and was it possible you could actually hear the continuous pumping of your heart next to your ear?
and it didn’t get better for the next thing he did was, rolling down his heavily tinted window.
Badumb Badum Badum!
I stood there glued in the spot and unable to do next
What was I going to say anyway?
He slid out of his car slowly and smoothly as he removed his shades which reminded me of all those overly slow-motioned chick flick movies when the lead guy approaches the girl. It was just like that and all I could see was him.
No one else but him... as he took his step closer to where I stood, He smiled sweetly while looking at me straight in my eyes
Badump Badump Badump
and these are one of those moments that my jaw would hanged open while unable to utter words nor fully let my brain functioned full time.
He still has those effects on me, just like the first time we met
If only he knew
He smiled at me and then right away took my hand, na para bang walang nangyari.. na ayos lang lahat. Na parang ako talaga sa puso niya .. na ako talaga at hindi si Rima
He looked at my hand temporarily, rubbing his thumb on my left ring finger
“It’s Iñigo .. By the way” He said as he looked up straight into my eyes. His eyes could tell so much emotion I couldn't even fathom anymore. His eyes .. how I wish he would look at me like the first time we met
How I wish .. that look should've been mine. How I wish ...
I know
“Really?!” He smirk at me, the kind of smirk I didn’t know I’ve missed so much
Wait, did I say it aloud?!
Wide eyed and shocked, I groan inwardly and gave my best mock-laugh ever a girl can pull with, but it came out awkwardly as I expected it to be
“I mean.. who doesn’t right? You’re practically everywhere I go.. Buildboards, tv.. stuffs like that”
I secretly prayed to the heavens above he would buy my excuses and thankfully, when I looked up, I saw a smile crept on his face
“Need a lift?”
He didn’t even wait for my answer, he right away grabbed my hand and led me to his car
It has been an awkward silence between us. Nobody spoke a word .. not a single one to another. I diverted my gazes to the window and leaned my head on it
While from time to time, I could feel him stealing glances at me for who knows why!
“Wait!! The Philippine Daily Inquirer is in Ayala Avenue, what are we doing across the avenue of Senator puyat?”
I gasped loudly when I realized na lumiko na pala kami papuntang Epifanio de los Santos Ave and to SLEx we go
“Don’t tell me…”
Mas lalo akong nainis when I saw his Cheshire grin complete and stable on his perfect cult face
“Yep.. we’re going to Tagaytay?!?!”
He didn't answer me, but instead mas lalo niyang binilsan ang pagpapatakbo and umungol lalo ang engine
Little.... ugh!
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“You definitely lost it” I mumbled as I felt him unbuckling his seat belt and pulled out his keys
"Yeah... I think I did" He smirked and added "I think I lost it to you"
I didn't know what happen but butterflies were fluttering widely inside my stomach .. and I tried to control my self not to squirm over what he said
No I think .. you didn't lose it. I, most probably and definitely, really lose it now
“Come on, let’s go” He cheerfully offered his hand to me but I ignore it and darted my direction outside the window
It didn't take me seconds to realize we were back at Tagaytay. To where he took me months and months ago. Oh well.. he didn't really take me herer, he literally kidnapped me all the way from work. Just like now!
We were at their Beautiful spotless luxurious modernize two-storey rest house again for the second time around.
Bakit ba dinadala niya ako dito ng sa pilitan?
He probably lost his patience because the next thing I knew? He already got off his car and slammed the door to my face
Ugh! The nerve!
But, it turns out to be the other way around. To say I was surprised to the ninth power is understated! He just opened the door for me and then carried me like some kinda sack of
rice
I screamed on top of my lungs and kept on whining and punching his back, kicking and trying to free my self from him
“Put me down!! Put me down!” I shouted at the top of my lungs but he seem to be enjoying it as I felt his chest rising from too much laughing
At mas lalo akong nagsisisigaw the moment I felt him cupped my butt!!
and then moment he did put me down, I felt all the blood all through out my body drained inside my cocohead.
I felt a little dizzy but the first thing that startled me and made my eyes snapped widely open is the fact my optics landed on that really gigantic and humongous Hot air balloon on the farthest hill to which can boast about 20 feet tall and 180 m wide
The loud but caring whisper of the ocean to the sea companied my gazing siesta. It was peaceful, serene and beautiful all wrapped into one
From the corner of my eyes, I saw Iñigo smiling at me as if urging me to turn my face and do the same
To his disappointment, I didn't so he right away grabbed my hand and led me there, he was careful with my legs and assisted me slowly as I slid inside the hot air balloon
And the feeling when we were few feet away from the ground is truly priceless. I could even see the breath-taking view of the whole city of Tagaytay. The azure sky which compliment the deep sea and the sunset ....
Ahhh!!
The ambiance was serene and at peace. Something I needed for such a long agonizing weeks at the office
"It's perfect" I whispered which to my delight
"Yeah" He didn't even take his eyes off me on that very moment and only God knows how my heart was speeding up so fast 180 KpH
"That's the shore where I kicked Diego's butt and pulled his knees" He pointed out to the seashore na ngayon ay pinatayuan na ng resort
"And there!" He said pointing at the other direction ----to the sand near a huge rock
"That's where we used to throw rocks to the sea and often we would randomly shout at our heart's desire hoping God could hear it from above"
I couldn't help but smile as sweet memories came rushing bact to me. One by one they appeared right before my eyes just like those old black and white movies. All those times where we used to be really naive and innocent
While up here in the cloud riding an ultra hot air balloon, We moved around from Tagaytay to the places we've been together for the pass few months and reuniting at "Thunderbird resort in Binalonan" where I was , at the time, Gerard's girlfriend
I could still feel that little goosebumps I felt when I remembered how he laid his (Iñigo's) eyes on me at that time and how long his hand lingered on mine when he took it seconds as he uttered his name
and then we had passed by that really astounding club where I finally let my self loose and allowed him to finally take the wheel from there ... if you know what I mean
Flash back
considering the whole area was flooded with the volume-up disco beat, the act was flawlessly done
so he began moving closer to me.. to my ear and whispered
he was too close not to smell the faint aroma that he sprayed all over his shirt. the sweet breath i could smell from him and that warm feeling i got within his range
aaah that sensation of his skin brushing off to mine i thought sheepishlly
"i said You're too-"
i cut him of by sealing his mouth with mine and zipped it with a dangerous
beggin-for-an-opening kiss. i cupped his face drawing him near as possible
his eyes was shocked and he didn't immediately respond to the movement i've been doing and didn't react to the sensual gesture i've been trying to pull
i snaked my arms to his neck completely erasing the space between us ...
but in awhile, he went back to his senses and kissed me back... with pleasure and hunger in his eyes this time around
OMG i did not just do that ang bulong ng konsensya ko sa lasing kong sarili
but ... it was too late now to turn back . we're apparently making out in the club... not caring to the glares and stares that we get from the people inside
and by then, he let me dominated his mouth
"You really surprised me there with that intoxicating kisses I never knew you had with you" He said with his ever infamous smirk plastered on his perfect cult face
And who would forget the condo unit where his flat was. The thought of those little 'intimate' activities we had in (almost) in every corner of his bachelor-no-more pad, makes my cheeks grow red .. making my face really hot
Carpaccio Ristorante Italiano, where our first-supposed-date should've been but was gradually ruined when Iñigo's blast in the past showed up with her own Silver Porsche Carrera
And the moment the victorious yet nasty smile of that woman came cross in my mind, I felt my hands automatically clenched on my side
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