The Accidental GIRLFRIEND

CHAPTER II THE 'LOVE-STRUCKING' MEET UP

CHAPTER II

[THE 'LOVE-STRUCKING' MEET UP]

MARIANNE'S POV

Kailangan kong tapusin lahat ng mga ipinapagawa ng Boss ko sa'kin, so I came earlier than usual sa office. I couldn't decide what to wear so, hinablot ko na lang at isinuot ang fuchsia-dark blue striped blouse na binili ng nanay ko for me. It was the first time that I would wear it kasi I actually didn't like it. But I didn't have any new clothes na comfortable ako at presentable din at the same time. I didn't know what to feel, too. I was a bit excited, yet nervous and doubtful. Idagdag mo pa ang pago-overthink ko about the presentation that I had to do at 3 PM.

I was really preoccuppied of a lot of stuff.

Before the presentation that afternoon, I called my close-friend, Celine,- a Theology student. You read it right, Theologian,

magpa-pastor siya. Wala akong makakasama sa pagpunta sa mall show, pero mabuti na lang she promised that she would go with me.

The presentation went well. Naloka nga lang ako ng konti kasi hindi kumbinsido 'yong perfectionist at sira-ulo kong Boss sa ginawa kong presentation; but the Board was impressed, and mas masaya ako dun.

Less than an hour before 5PM:

'Cel? ano na? akala ko ba sasamahan mo 'ko?' medyo paranoid na ako.

Pero kalmado siyang sumagot: 'Ianne, teka lang ha... nasa prayer meeting pa kasi ako. Pero dadating ako, sasamahan kita.'

I could do nothing but to wait. Nasa loob ng office niya si Boss, and I was praying na sana umalis na siya agad, na wala na siyang ipagawa pa sa'kin para maka-alis ako agad sa office.

Thirty minutes had pass at naisip kong parang huwag na lang tumuloy. Baka kasi hindi ko na maabutan si Samuel. At dahil medyo kinakabahan na ako at wala din naman akong makausap ay binuksan ko ang account ko sa isang blog spot at nag-update ng blog:

--Don't Want to be INVISIBLE-- by: myraindew

This day should be just an ordinary day for me. But my world went swirling when I learned that the very person whom I have been looking up to for almost eight years now is coming to visit the small city where I live in. Now, I don’t have the luxury of time. And I am not prepared enough to face him. I like him a lot, and it’s sad to think that all I can do is find the most possible way that I can just to meet him. But I know, for him, it’ll be the littlest step that a person, like me, could ever take to be with somebody like him. 

An hour from now, I hope to see his face with my naked eye; even hope to hold his hands and be drowned in his scent. But as excitement takes over me, frustrations cover my bright world like thick clouds. I’ll hear that sweet voice of his, I know; but I can never neglect that sad reality that I’ll be just one of those girls, that I’ll be just part of the crowd who desires to meet him. The only thing I’ll be different is that I won’t scream his name out of my mouth, he’ll never hear me anyway; maybe I’ll just sing his song in my head and utter his name with my heart, repeatedly. 

I have been waiting for eight long years to meet him, but now, here I am… scared that I’ll be invisible.

 --end of post--

Magfi-five PM na at bigla akong napatayo ng nakita kong nagmamadaling lumabas ng office si Sir Raulo dala-dala ang attaché case n'ya.

'Hay salamat!' napahinga ako ng mahabang-mahaba dahil wala ng sagabal sa plano ko. Ngunit dahil 5PM pa talaga ang out ko sa office ay kailangan kong maghintay-hintay pa; at wala pa din si Celine.