JUST ONE SOBER (frankiana)

EPILOGUE

Diana's POV

"But I guess, the rest of us are like schizophrenic patients. We may not realize it but we are all somehow living and breathing as delusionals. You don't believe me? What if I tell you that a human brain can't identify the difference between reality and imagination? Eating an apple and imagining of eating an apple has the same effect on the brain. It reacts the same way in particular regions. Even scientists don't know what consciousness is. What, how and why it happens, why we have them. I believe in God and I think he's the only one sober among all of us. It takes Just One Sober to create as wonderful as the universe. And Diana, I know you're there. Did you think these past few days that I don't exist?." I stood up and smiled. The spotlight is on me. She looked at me and smiled back.

"Yes btch. I've almost thought na nababaliw na ako!."

Nagsitawanan naman silang lahat.

"That's exactly how I felt when you left that day. When you went back to US. My mind wandered about you. Kung buhay ka pa ba? Kailan ka babalik? And among all the questions I've asked myself, my favorite is: why did I have to unlove you if I'm still going to fall for you all over again?." She cried.

She slowly walked towards me. And people are cheering.

"Kung hindi pa sinabi ng mommy mo na ikakasal ako, hindi ka uuwi. Diana, I know I am delusional. But I'd rather be delusional thinking that you'll love me back than love someone that isn't you. I love you Diana. And that's the craziest thing I could ever say." She held my hands staring at me.

I smiled.

"I'm glad to meet someone this crazy to love me. But it's better to live the rest of my life with Franki. You don't know how terrible it is to hear that you're getting married." I told her.

"Depends."

"Depends on what Franki?."

"Depends if you're marrying me."

"Well, who will ask the question?."

THE END