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Jerwin's POV

A careful choice of adjective is what I needed to get what I want.

"Good evening Melanie, is it just me or you look more stunning than the bride herself tonight? Ahm you too Melody, you look pretty."

---and BOOM. There goes the face that could launch a thousand ships not. The grumpy little face of Ms. Melody Angela Madrid saved in my precious camera. Sabi na e, hindi makakalampas sa pandinig nya ang isang underrated statement about her. Nakakatawa yung itsura nya. I had to bit my tongue to keep my self from laughing because of this photo number one. Yeah, this is just the first, there's more to come. So I guess, I'll be laughing my heart out later when its just only me and my camera. But hey, don't get me wrong guys okay? Hindi ko sinabi yun dahil gusto ko lang asarin si Melody. I mean it when I say Melanie's stunning tonight. She really is.

So here I am, sitting beside Melanie while watching my lil sister happily dancing with a guy whom I don't know where on earth came from. I made a mental note to myself to call my private investigator from U.S to do a background check to that moron. Or maybe, I could just break his neck later. Hmmm. I'd prefer the latter.

"But sometimes, I just want somebody to hold
Someone to give me their jacket when its cold
Got that young love even when we're old
Yeah sometimes, I want someone to grab my hand,
Pick me up, hold me close, be my man
I will love you till the end..."

It was Melanie. Wow. She has a really beautiful sweet voice. I don't know that song, sinabayan nya lang yung nagp-play na music, maybe rather absent mindedly,  but somehow, I liked her version better.

"Ang galing mong kumanta. I could stay all day listening." I told her. I saw her blushed and bowed her head. Nahiya siguro. And so I stood up, of course I want to be her first dance tonight. I was about to ask her but then, something caught my eyes. It was Melody with two other guys in front of her. She looks... troubled.

"Hi babe. Sorry to keep you waiting. I missed you." And to make it more realistic, I grabbed her hand and kissed her forehead. Hinila ko na sya sa gitna ng mga couples na nagsasayaw bago pa sya makapagreact. I gestured her to placed her arms around my neck as I put mine on her waist.

"A-anong g-ginagawa mo. A-anong b-babe ang pinagsasabi mo kanina?"  She said rather awkwardly.

"I know I'm drop dead gorgeous, hot, awesome and all, but you don't have to stammer just because I called you babe in front of those idiots," I told her.

"Bwisit ka. Anong feeling mo lang," she said as she mercilessly stepped on my left foot.

"Aray. Ang sakit nun ah. Kung hindi kita hinila kanina baka yung mataba or yung matanda ang kasayaw mo ngayon. Ikaw na nga ang tinutulungan, ikaw pa ang masungit," I reprimanded her.

"Eh sino ba kasing may sabing tulungan mo ko? Anong akala mo sakin? Weak? Tsaka isa pa, mas okay pa sana kung si Jomar ang ----," then her voice trailed off.

"Aha! You like him, don't you?"

She doesn't need to say a single word. Her expression answered my question. She blushed almost instantly and...