A Journey of Two Night Goers: The Other Moment (Journey Series)

Chapter 5

I took dinner and prepared 15 minutes before 9pm. Before I left going to her room, I looked at myself in the mirror and smiled. I still managed to look cool and punk rock despite my eye patch. And that's a victory for me. I then walked to her door and knocked on it. As she opened, she immediately went out and locked her door. She then walked ahead of me, like as if I didn't exist. But I still ran up to her.

If there was one thing about tonight, it's the fact that Flo just surprised me.

Few minutes later, we stopped by a factory. I smiled. I went here before and met a friend.

"What the fuck are we going to do here?" She asked.

"Tour." I smiled back.

"Seriously?"

"It's fun. I promise." I then took her hand and we went to the side of the factory.

"Are we going to climb the walls?" She asked again.

I scratched the back of my head, "Yeah. It's not legal but-"

"Who cares if it's legal or not." She said as she climbed the walls. She surprised me that night. She's indeed a rebel, a punk rock. I can relate to her a lot. I then smiled and climbed the walls afterwards.

"Hey you." The guard said, "Seriously?" He said as he looked at me.

"Sorry." I said.

"Good thing there's no employers here anymore. Otherwise, we're toast." He said as I went near him and we talked for a while, away from Flo.

"I told you already man. If you want to tour here, you should tour alone."

"Sorry. It's just that I'm giving her time to tour around the city."

"Who is that anyway?"

"Her name's Florence Pugh. Flo for short."

"Girlfriend?"

"No. She's my friend."

"With benefits? Hey, no sex-"

"No. Just a friend dude. And I'm not going to have... whatever you're saying, with her."

"Even if she's hot?"

"Nope. Just a friend."

He sighed, "Fine. But next time, you tour alone okay. Or if you want to tour with someone, it should be Flo and only Flo okay?"

I nodded, "Okay. I promise."

He then smiled, "Atta boy."

I shook my head from his teasing and went back to Flo.

"What were you guys talking about?"

"Just asking permission to let you tour here."

"And I thought this is illegal."

"Hey, what he did was illegal as well."

She sighed, "Let's just tour this place."

We toured the place for a long while and we looked for the tallest building in the factory. We climbed its rooftop and she sat there while I went down for coffee (since the guard always give me coffee when I tour here).

He gave me two strong coffee, "Is this really your favorite coffee?"

"It helps me through my shift, you know."

"Yeah, thanks."

The guard then looked up to where Flo is, "Look at Flo. I wonder what she's thinking about."

"She's just looking at the stars mate-"

"Probably thinking about you." He smiled.

"Impossible." I smiled as I left, "I should go."

I then went back and gave Flo the other coffee and we drank together. Afterwards, we lied down and looked at the stars. It was silent. While she was busy looking up, I looked at her and remembered what she told me.

She wanted to get away. From what? What was the one thing that made her get away and end up here? Was it family? Self? Enemies? Boyfriend? I mean, she's pretty enough to have a boyfriend.

When Flo turned to me, I immediately looked back at the sky and inwardly cursed myself. She must've caught me staring.

"What?" She asked.

"What?" I looked at her.

"You were watching me."

"Sorry. I'm just curious."

"Curious?"

"I just want to know about your life. Like what friends do."

She glared at me, "No."

"Okay sorry." I said then we looked back at the sky. We just did that for hours. It was silent all throughout. None spoke, none slept. We just lied down and looked at the stars.

"Misa de Gallo?" I asked when I looked at the time in my phone and it was few minutes to 4am.

"Where?"

I then asked her to sit up and we both did. I then pointed at the church across from the factory, "There."

We then went down the factory building and said goodbye to the guard before we left the factory. We then went to the church nearby and attended a mass before we went back to the hotel.