Luna ( Two-Sided Shade)

.......A new moon

                                        ....... Seven Years ago

              I met these sisters  way back  when I was at my college days.... That was Foundation Week if I wasn't wrong... She was introduced by one of my room mates, a friend to hers... Holding a classical guitar along her back...... She has a long hair almost reach her waist... Skinny white shirt with a Japanese Kanji art at the back and a skirt... With pinkish lips and blue eyes......

              At first, I thought she was an American - Japanese because of the way she speaks Japenese and English was so fluent. I was a little bit nervous and mostly shy to speak to her... What could I say...... Can't even throw some words to speak up to her.... And then in brightness of the Heaven she speaks  "Okay ka lang ba?" I blinked my eyes times as normal as I do with a little scratch at the back of my head and say "Huh okay lang ako".... I was confused, did she just learned it because she has Filipina friends or she just studying them while she was here..... I'm so afraid that I might start talking and then in the end she never understands it at all....

                  And a smile she's given me that really made me more worried.... " Now great my English Teacher will going to kill me for this....."  Luckily my room mate changes subject  "Now let's go to my place... can come along classmate?". Wew, a life saver..... and just said "sige try ko mamaya". At that time I just end up waving up to her with a smile on my face...... Looking back even she was far from the soccer field to the canteen...

                At that time I was 2 minutes late for another class... My mind is flying with the visions of her smiling... Those eyes of hers makes my body shaking. And I don't know why... I've met some people at school with different nationality and it was a okay.  When they open up conversation... I'm on but this one's diff'rent... Something more.... more than just a person you could talk to every day you've see each other.....

                 And at the end of that day I sense myself. "in love yata ako!!! OMG, ngayon na ulit 'to ahhh". I shook myself out, thinking of daydreaming that someday I can catch her heart... For her apperance and her standards of clothing, she will never pick a person like me....... 30 minutes far from that, a large voice yells  " ikaw!! Anong ginagawa mo???. Inaantok ka ba sa klase ko??? " And suddenly... reality check... I was in my afternoon subject that time......

                Everyone laugh at me, and without hesitation I said "Ma'am, masama lang po ang pakiramdam ko" And she said " go to the clinic, your excuse for now..." 

               I never imagined... she believes me... I dunno why until I went to the clinic..." wala kang lagnat sir normal naman ang lahat.. "  said the nurse in the clinic..

               When I return to the class it is almost finish.... a minute or two my professor left...... I forgot ask her why she let me.... She never did that in the first place... Because of her strict attitude no one can escapes...

                A moment hours after that I met my afternoon professor at the corridor, and she asked " Okay ka na ba? Kanina kasi namumula ka... Kala ko tuloy may nakain ka lang kaya ka nagkaganon" And I just implied ok na po ako Ma'am. Salamat sa concern.... ^_^" I left her with widened smile upon she went at the Library......

It's almost 4:30 pm and some event of the Foundation week will soon occur..... And one of my favorites.. The Battle of the Bands...

              Ready to perform still thinking about things before the contest starts... And then it happens.... Oh, this feeling.... not again......

From inclined plane, I see her.... Smiling... as her footsteps comes my heart beats follows... 

The closer she gets the louder it goes....... and then she's near......

              Greeting me with a Japenese language saying " Ohayou Jero-mu!!", And I came up with nothing but a wave of hand thinking " Pambihira ano yun? Hindi ako Japanese para malaman yun.. Pero dahil kumaway siya, baka naman nangangamusta lang". Then my room mate whisper at me and said "Pa'no mo nalaman na kakamustahin ka niya?" And then I just smiled.... " 

              Speaking again for the second time and tells me that  " Good Luck ha? ( with accent intonation). And I just end up saying " Okay sige salamat...." 

               My second time joining this event.... Our first we've won the second place out of ten contestants... Singing two songs: one cover and one original...... As the competition starts and we are on the fourth place to perform... As one of our member gain strength as we pray... I was always looking back and as I look I saw her staring.... I do not know to whom or some of the group... or the other performing back there.... 

              We'll I do not what to think that it was me... "Kapal naman ng mukha ko para isipin 'yon!!!" Then, it started... When about on stage getting ready, one of our group says " Dating gawi ha?" and I just replied "Okay walang problema"..... 

              As I getting the volume on bass high, as I look up, I saw the Par Lights brightened up... As I continued, I saw a small crowd of people centering at front. 

              Can't see everyone due to the light and I'm used to that... 

              Lowering the vision I saw five girls and one of them the most beautiful girl I've seen..... These wind effects ( grabe sumabay talaga pati panahon ^_^)... As her hair waves along the winds, as her head starts moving, as her lips and eyes smiling.. What could I say...... wait a minute where's this glitters coming from..... ahhh this feeling ^_^... So good.......

               Suddenly, a nowhere tap on my shoulders stop it all and puts me back to the real world......

               As we start I ending up just bowing my head down.... not to see the bright lights and not to see my imagination of her......

               When the event  was over and we're declared as champions ( We sing our versions of "I'll be there" and "Just like a Pill"  my room mate appeared on me told " Congrats!! ^_^, libre ahhhh ". With nowhere I just asked " San na yung kasama mong japanese? ".....

               Japanese!!?? Ano'ng  pinagsasabi mo dyan? Di naman siya Japanese.... Pinay din yun... Ano ka ba classmate???

                "Hala!!! Bakit ngayon mo lang sinabi???" 

               "Nasaan na sya????"

                 As stage lights gone out.......

                 So do mine...... T_T