If I See You Again

Chapter 20 Candice

Lance' Pov

Wala na yatang ikasasaya pa ang araw na ito. I just made the woman that I have been dreaming these past few months of my woman. I really thought I'd be rejected but no, she feels the same way too.

I can't remember when was the last time I felt this happy ever.

We were sitting so close to each other in front of a bonefire I made a while ago. Katatapos lang naming kumain ng hapunan. Nakapamingwit din kami ng dalawang isda kanina kaya kasama namin itong niluto kanina sa mga karneng dinala ko.

"So anong plano mo sa lugar na ito?" Tanong ni Channel habang nakasandal sa aking dibdib.

I can stay this way forever if it means I got to spend it with her.

"Remember when I told you I wanted to build my own business. So this is it. A GastHaus for everyone."

"Hmm... A rest house... Nice." She mumbled after yawning.

Hinawakan ko siya sa magkabilang braso at hinarap sa akin.

"How did you know that?" Taka kong tanong.

"Ang alin?" Nagugulohang tanong ni Channel. "Oh, you mean... the meaning ng Gasthaus?" She chuckled bago umayos sa pagkakaupo. "Nakalimutan mo yatang anak ako ng mag-asawang hotelier, that should be a given."

"Sorry po, nakaligtaan ko po ang bagay na iyon." I poked her nose. "I've been too focused solely on you po kasi." Which is the truth.

"Aray naman! Huwag ang ilong ko please..." she pouted at it's so adorable to look at. Lahat naman yata sa kanya adorable.

"I love you Chan..." I said bago ko inilapat ang aking mga labi sa nooy naka-pout parin niyang mga labi.

We stayed like that like we have all the time in the world. I really love this woman more than anyone I ever did before. I feel so blessed natagpuan ko ang isang Luisa Channel Rodriguez.

Nagkwentuhan kami the whole time while nasa harap ng bonefire. Ang dami naming napagkwentuhan. We talked about random things. I don't ever want to miss out anything about the woman I love. And I don't want to hide anything from her too.

"I fell in love first when I was just in elementary." I started to narrate about my love story. Itinanong niya kasi ang tungkol sa una kong pag-ibig.

Hindi ko gustong iparinig sa kanya ang mga bagay na gaya nito ngunit dahil I decided to be open to her. Lahat ng tanong niya ay sasagutin ko.

"What grade to be exact?" Mataman niyang tanong.

Nag-isip ako sandali. "Hmm... I think if I was not mistaken, that was when I was just in grade 4 and she was I think in grade 2."

Natawa siya sa sinabi ko. "Ang bata mo pa noon. Tsaka ang bata noong babae ha."

"Oo nga eh, whenever I think about it natatawa rin ako. Isipin mo, I was barely 10 year old then." Nakakatawa ngang isipin pero biglang sumikip ang dibdib ko sa alaalang iyon.

"I remember, I used to go with my parents sa business meetings nila. Minsan, nagkaroon ng business trip and they had to stay in that city for a week. At nagkataon namang bakasyon iyon. My parents decided to bring Larry and I along. There were other businessmen with their families at that time too. One day, I bumped into a cute little girl. Agad-agad ko siyang naging crush noon. Naalala ko pa nga binigyan ko siya ng isang laruan. Bago kami naghiwalay noon, tandang-tanda ko pa ang ipinangako ko sa kanya noon. 'Pagnagkita ulit tayo kapag malalaki na tayo, pakakasalan kita.'" I turned to Channel after saying those.