Memories of Angels

Je t'aime, même si cela me prend une vie entière pour vous attendent pour réaliser cela.

If love is blind, it's because the lover chooses to be blind. And when love is gone, memories will still remain in our hearts.

Alex and Eric were best friends since birth...

And they were so in love with each other...

But forgot to say their feelings...

That it had been almost too late to admit it...

Years passed by, Alex and Eric parted ways...

Without even knowing each others' feelings...

And then they met once again...

With different lives...

More complicated ones...

Will they ever be lovers?

Or remain as friends?

If love is still there, can lovers find a way?

Chapter 1

There was a grand celebration for my best friend's grandmother's 90thbirthday and we were all invited. It's not just a birthday party but also a reunion of our troupe. I haven't met Eric since a year after my 18th birthday and I missed my best friend badly. Although we keep in touch through phone calls and text messages, seeing each other is still different. For fifteen years, Eric and I were best of friends and had founded a circle of true friends we called "Uni"... unity, union, and uniqueness. We used to do fun stuffs together with our other friends. But from all of them, Eric was different. He was more of a friend; he's like my brother, my companion. He's my closest and best friend and I never hesitate to open up every secret I had to him. In my teenage days, we usually get out together, only the two of us, and we were usually teased by our group. My parents trusted Eric so much for taking good care of me and they were lonelier than ever when he left Aubrey Homes.

Now, I was given the opportunity to see him again... my best friend. Still, I felt a little bit nervous to see him and for him to see me with my boyfriend. Well, since our high school years, Eric already knew who my present boyfriend was. It was Aaron, my old-time playmate who I never talked to since Grade Four and now, I still can't believe that he is my boyfriend. I liked Aaron for seven years but he never courted me. On my 18th birthday, I invited him to be one of my 18 roses. And then after that, things started to join with the flow. I had told this to Eric through a phone call. He just laughed and teased me. It seemed okay for him. But inside me, I felt a little guilt. Somehow, I knew I loved Eric more than a best friend, but I still can't accept the fact that I am in love with him.

I can never forget the day he told me that he's going to confess something really important to me and I was a damned fool to believe that he's going to say he really loves me more than a best friend. I still remember that day, that painful memory. He told me to meet him at the park of Aubrey Homes. I waited there for two hours. When I was about to leave, he came. I was angry with him that time but I was able to forget it when I saw his angelic face. He was so cute and more so ever, he was so admirable. He held my hands so close and was about to say those words. "Alex, I'll be courting..." And I can't wait to hear the next words I had waited for so long. "I'll be courting Faye. Would you be my bridge?" I was able to say yes but deep inside my heart and soul, those words had struck my heart and I was breathless.

Few weeks later, Eric wasn't going out with me at all but with Faye, of course. Eric was truly madly deeply in-love with her and I felt jealous. I wanted to destroy her in front of him but I can't. Then, one lucky day for me had come. Eric and I were having a surprise visit to Faye's house. She told him she was sick for a week and he missed her so much. The gate was open so we enter. The door was also open. As we were entering the two-story house furnishedwith different antiques, we heard Faye's voice saying, "I love it, darling... I really do!" We peek at the room where the voice came from. The door was slightly open. And we were shocked about what we saw. Faye was having sex with our swimming instructor.