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CHAPTER 59 10 Years After

CHAPTER             59          10 Years After

RUSTY

It's been almost 10 years since I last saw Sam at the airport.   For some reason, she never came back either.    I wonder how she's doing these days.     

Why do I still think of her?   It's been years that we haven't communicated.   Even with multimedia available to us these days, we still haven't really caught up.    We're friends on Facebook, but we don't really talk to each other.   No messages, no comments, not even likes.    I check her page from time to time though.  I noticed that she likes talking a lot of pictures.   Basing from her photos, she seems really happy in the States.   Her status does not say In a Relationship.   Although I always see her with different guys  in her photos.   Why am I even interested?

I could still remember the situation I've been through after she left.   I was depressed for a while.   I missed her so much.   I missed her face, her laugh, and her funny self.   I missed touching her, holding her hand, and kissing her.    It was driving me crazy.    

We exchanged emails the first few months, chatted on messenger whenever we're both online.   But things changed when we both got busy in school and in life.   She had to work while in school.   Add the partying to that too.   I couldn't blame her, she's just living her life in America.  I often saw her clubbing pictures on Friendster and Myspace back then.   She was always out and about and always in the bar/clubbing scene.   She was also always with a lot of different guys in her pictures.   So I just assumed that she must have been dating some of those men.   That was when I decided to finally let her go.  We may have had our special moments but we're just probably not meant to be.   Sadly, I gave her up.

I got busy on my own too.

College took a lot of my time, not just the academics part of it but the social part of it too.    I joined the basketball team and started hanging out with people again.    I was always invited to parties and I pretty much went to most of them.   I guess it kinda helped me get my mind off Sam.

Then I met Crystal.   She was introduced to me at one of the parties.   My friends wanted me to meet other girls and move on.   I've rejected their countless attempts to set me up with someone.  But for some reason, I gave this one a chance.   

Crystal was undeniably one of the prettiest girls I've ever met.   She had long hair, fair complexion, sweet smile and nice long legs.   She modeled for a teen clothing company.    I was stunned by her presence.   She was very confident and was kind of intimidating.  

We started talking, then we started dating, and eventually we became a couple.     

I was happy and  was finally able to move on.    

We've been happy together until I started comparing her with Sam.    For some reason I was always reminded of her.   She kept popping in my head, parang kabute.     For instance, whenever Crystal and I would go out on a dinner date, I'd be reminded of how different Sam was from her.    Crystal was always conscious of what she eats and how she eats.   I couldn't blame her, she has an image to uphold.   Sam, on the other hand, did not care at all.   She even burped in front of me for crying out loud.   I'd smile everytime I think of those times.   It was more fun being with Sam.   She was just so true to herself, no pretensions.