It All Started With: We're Just Friends

Twenty Seven

It has been months. Months of merriment and sadness at the same time. Deanna finally went back to Cebu to visit her Grandpa. She wants me to come with her but I can't, I have appointments that I can't miss.

Right after she comes back here in Manila, we have talked about going out of town, just the two of us. Of course, being a mom, my mom hesitates to give us approval. But I persuade her that we won't do anything that could harm the both of us or that could worry her so much.

"Mom, we both know what is right and what is wrong. We both have dreams mom. I promise you, we'll never do that thing you're thinking of." I reassure her and hugs her tight. "I trust the both of you, 'nak. It's just that, what if both of you change your minds? We can't be sure. You're in love with each other." She said, still hesitating.

"Just trust us mom." I said.

. . .

We were riding my car. I'm driving and Deanna just keeps on talking. I hold her hand and squeeze it a little bit. "Is there any problem?" She asks. I smile at her and squeeze her hand once more. "Nothing. I'm just excited on this roadtrip." I said.

We have decided to buy our food in a Drive-Thru. We order burgers and fries and bottled waters. Deanna feeds me while I'm focusing on the road. "Babe, can we turn on the radio? I wanna listen to some songs. Bagay sa weather yung senti songs." She said as she opens the radio herself.

Then I look in my heart
There's a light in the dark
Still a flicker of hope that you first gave to me
That I wanna keep
Please don't leave

"Babe, don't leave me ah." She says, facing the window. "Yes babe. I'll always be here with you and for you." I answer.

. . .

When we arrive at the hotel we'll stay in, we directly walk to our room for us to take a rest. We both lie down on our bed and cuddle. "It's good we safely arrive here. The rain's been crazy for half an our hour." I said, hugging her. "Yes, and thank you for driving." She said and steals a kiss from me. But I catch her, and kisses her back. Both of us won't let go. I missed these kind of kisses. I missed her so much. I love her. I don't wanna loose this girl. She's my life, and she'll be my forever love.

We both take breaths, "Babe. That was perfect." She says beaming at me. I give her a look of I want more. She walks away from the bed and look at me with a disgusted face. "Babe..." She says as she continuously walks away from me. "What? I want more! Come here." I answer, patting the side of the bed. "No! I'm not yet ready b*tch." She says, as she locks herself inside the bathroom. "You're so cute!" I shirll.

After a minute, she moves outside from the bathroom and sits beside me. "Babe, no sex ha." She says and cuddles with me. I chortle of what she demands. "Babe, I have control, you know. Ikaw ba?" I ask. "Yes! What do you think of me? Uhaw sa sex?" She answers laughing at me.

I start with a deep kiss and she kisses me back with passion. I lightly brush away her hair from her face because I can actually suck the strands of her hair. I smile in between our kiss and I feel she smiles back of what I did.

"I prefer having background music." She says pouting like a baby asking for candy. I grab my phone from my back pocket and I see mom's message from an hour ago.

Use protection if you can't control! But please! Control it.

I laugh at what I have read. "What is it?" She asks, taking a look on my phone. I tilt my phone for her to have a good look. She also laughs. I take a chance to reply on her message and plays my current favorite song, Best Part. "Nice." She murmurs as I start to kiss her forehead, her nose, and her cheek.

We make our way outside to get food because we both got hungry. "Nakakagutom yung session natin." She jokes. I wrap my arm around her as we walk on the streets. "Want more?" I ask and she laughs.

. . .

"Babe, can you sing for me?" She asks, picking up the guitar I brought with us. "Kiss me muna." I demand. She crawls up to me on the bed and kiss my forehead and she smiles peevishly. "Demanding mo."

I tune the guitar for a while and sing her my favorite one to play. The Little Things of One Direction.

She sings with me 'til the end of the song. "Babe! I loved that song!" She says as she hugs me. "Babe, why you always hug me?" I asks suspiciously. "I love you." She answers.

"I love you."

"I love you."

"I love you."

"I love you."

We have decided to sleep at midnight. We watch Love, Rosie because it's what she wants so I don't really have a choice.

"I really love this movie babe." She says and she hugs my arm. "It's my first time to see this. I actually didn't know na may movie pa lang ganito. But, I like it." I said. "Really?! I thought you hate love stories." She says. "Well, I thought watching love stories are cringey for a guy like me to watch it. But, I have you and I should watch more of this to have an idea how to surprise you." I say and winks at her.

After our overnight in the hotel, we have decided to go home straight in Katipunan to finish up and submit our requirements. The rain's been crazy for the past few days and it's really cold outside. I carefully drive on our way, but I hear a long beep from the other side and for all I remember, the headlight of the truck hits my eye and hear a loud crash.