A Starbucks Love Story [COMPLETED]

Our Road To Forever (1)

ELLIE'S POV

"Ellie!"

I snapped back to reality.

"Nakikinig ka ba?" nakakunot ang noo na sabi sa akin ni Faye.

"S-sorry"

"What's bothering you? Kanina ka pa tulala."

I stirred from my chair. Nasa office nya kami at pinag-uusapan ang first international franchise ng restaurant naming The Achievers nang bigla na lang akong nawala sa isip ko. Naalala ko na naman kasi yung panaginip ko. Damn that nightmare.

"You know what, sa tingin ko hindi mabuti pakiramdam mo, umuwi ka na muna kaya?" seryosong sabi sa akin ni Faye.

"N-no, I'm fine. May bigla lang ako naalala. Anyway, where were we?"

She resumed on explaining the franchise.

Noon pa man din naman, alam ko nang takot ako mabuhay ng mag-isa. Pero iba pala talaga kapag napanaginipan mo, it felt so real. Sobrang affected ako nung panaginip na yun. It made me see things different. It made me look at everyone in my dream so different from before.

I realized so many things. Katulad na lang nila Mama at Papa. They WILL grow old. At kahit gaano ko pa hilingin na sana forever silang mabuhay, it just couldn't be like that.

Sila Gab at Anne. They will eventually have their own families. Of course, they'll survive without me. Same goes to Claire, Faye and Bernice. I'm just a piece on their lives. They can survive without me.

Arggg!!! I hate that dream! It made me this emotional!

I clutched my head in exasperation. Nadiinan ng siko ko yung phone ko and it lighted on.

It showed my lock screen wallpaper: Luther in his duck face.

Buti na lang talaga, he came to my condo that morning. I woke up crying and I'm automatically on his arms. He was so curious about my dream pero hindi ko pa din sinabi sa kanya kung ano yun.

We've known each other for almost a year already. We're nearing our first anniversary and I have to say that it's the happiest period of my life.

Ngayon ko lang naisip, sya kaya? Kaya nya kaya akong iwan?

I'm sure I've shown enough to make him realize how much important he is in my life already. But given a different circumstance, will he survive without me?

I suddenly thought, wala sya dun sa panaginip ko. I'm really wondering why.

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"To Jasmin Clarize Vasquez" malakas na bigkas pa ni Luther habang sinusulatan yung card nung regalo nya para sa anak nila Claire at Jason. Today is her christening and I'm at Luther's unit to fetch him pero inabutan ko pa syang kakatapos lang i-balot yung regalo.

Of course, ninang kami nila Faye at Bernice. At dahil childhood friends sila Jason at Luther, ninong din sya.

"Ano ba kasi laman nyan? It looks big for a six month old baby." I said to Luther while I'm trying to clean up the mess he made.

"Sikretong malupet. Sila Jason lang ang unang makakaalam kung ano to. Besides, the size doesn't matter. Yung cake mo nga five layers pa e. Hamak na mas malaki yun dito"

"It's different, cake yun and I want the best for my inaanak." I picked up the last piece of wrapper and threw it at the trash bin. "Bakit kasi di mo na lang pinabalot yan?"

He taped the ribbon at the top of the gift. "I didn't have the time. I'm done with this, tara na"

Then we headed out of his unit.