Paradise (Book One)

Wanted You More

I kept waiting on a reason
And a call that never came
No, I never saw it coming
Something in you must have changed

All the words unspoken, promises broken
I cried for so long
Wasted too much time, should've seen the signs
Now I know just what went wrong

I guess I wanted you more
And looking back now, I'm sure
I wanted you more
I guess I wanted you more

All the nights we spent, just talking
Of the things we wanted out of life
Making plans and dreams together
Wish I'd seen, I was just too blind

My heart was open, exposed and hoping
For you to lay it on the line
In the end it seemed
There was no room for me
Still, I tried to change your mind

I guess I wanted you more
And looking back now, I'm sure
I wanted you more
I guess I wanted you more

Oh, I don't need you
I don't need you anymore

I guess I wanted you more
And looking back now, I'm sure
I wanted you more
I guess I wanted you more

I don't need you
I don't need you anymore

....And he started to move down his head about to kiss her....

"Hija, Asher, gising na," boses ni yaya Luring.

"Yaya!"

"O bakit? Ayaw mong gisingin kita? Tanghali na. Mali-late ka sa opisina."

Sayang! Si yaya talaga!

"Okay lang, yaya. Ngayon lang naman. At saka wala akong meeting this morning, so pwede akong magpa-late. Few more minutes, please?"

"Ano bang nangyayari sa yong bata ka at nagkakaganyan ka? Kahapon lang, ni hindi mo nagalaw ang almusal mo at matamlay kang umalis dito sa bahay. At saka akala ko ba sa penthouse ka tutuloy kagabi?"

"Eh dito na ako nagpahatid kagabi sa ka-date ko. Wala lang, parang mas gusto kong dito matulog kagabi."

"Sino ba ang ka-date mo? Yung gwapong lalake sobrang pilantik ng mga mata na akala mo'y sa babae?"

"Kilala mo si Gerald, yaya?"

"Yun ba ang pangalan ng ka-date mo? Eh pagkaka-guwapo! Kamukhang-kamukha nung lalakeng madalas mong pinanonood sa DVD noong estudyante ka pa." Si Brad Pitt ang tinutukoy nito.

"Eh nagpunta dito kagabi. Galit na galit nga nang malamang hindi ka pa umuuwi. Akala ko nga eh magwawala. Eh nakuha ko naman sa tingin ang batang yon, umamo."

"Really, yaya? Hindi ka natakot sa sindak niya?" nangingiti si Asher habang ini-imagine niya si Gerald kausap ang yaya niya.

"Mukha naman mabait ang batang yon. Siya ba ang ka-date mo kagabi?"

"Opo, yaya." nakangiti niyang tugon.

"Kaya pala ang ganda ng gising ng aming prinsesa. O siya sige, managinip ka muna diyan kahit gising, pero hija, paalala lang, hane. Iba ang panaginip sa totoong buhay."

Hindi na pinansin ni Asher sinabi ni yaya Luring, Instead, she stayed in her bed and started daydreaming.

Last night she enjoyed her dance with him. They stayed in the dance floor just holding each other and not exactly dancing. Panaka-naka, Gerald would kiss her in her hair, then her forehead, next in her eyes, down to her nose and finally, her lips. And she allowed him. Both of them were at peace at that time and just satisfied with what they're having at that moment.