Remember Me, Mi Amore

37

Because of the words, he said to me, I could feel my heart beating fastly. I could hear every beat that it was pounding because of the way he just said that to me after I dropped the three words to his face. It's like my heart was near to my ears.

"Pero I just want to tell you that hindi ko pa gusto na maging tayo ulit. 'Yung idea na magiging tayo ay isang magandang bagay na pakinggan sa pandinig, Anne. Sobra. Pero gusto ko lang sabihin muna na hindi muna pwede maging tayo kasi madami pa akong—"

"I understand Forsythe," I said to him as I painted out a smile on my lips.

I do understand where he's coming from. I also wanted to not have something that's between us right now. But I feel like that's just something that's so heavy right now. And even though we are adults now—Actually, that's the whole reason. We are adults and we needed to figure out what to do in our life first then us to be together.

Also, he's studying. I know that he can't have any distractions right now. I know full well that love is one of the biggest distractions that you can have in your life.

"So, friends?" He asked me as he also painted a smile on his lips.

"Yeah, friends," I answered his question.

Maybe, us being the relationship of what we started as is something of a start. Something of a stepping stone for us. Like a new flower that will bloom into something magnificent.

I pulled up my car and got out of it. I bit my cheeks as I saw how dark our house is. Every light that I could see downstairs are turned off. Before I could get in, hinanap ko muna 'yung phone ko sa bag ko. It was taking a while but after a few minutes or so, I already had it in my arms.

I immediately contacted my mother because I know that she could be in the house. Maybe she will have the answer as to why every corner of the house was nothing but pitch black. I also wanted to know if she's inside and is she safe. But after many rings on our call, she didn't answer.

An ugly feeling spread on my lips causing it to frown and my eyebrows tangling in one. I put my one foot after the other. When I was in front of the door, I twisted it open only to have my mind flew off because I forgot that it was locked. I dug my bag again and immediately find the key to the door. I used that to get in.

Suddenly, there was a light that bombed the whole place. I could hear the overlapping noise of everyone shouting happy birthday. I also could hear the confetti pop popping in the air and making a loud boom in my ears. I took one step back because of the shock and I held my chest using my hand and clenched it.

Because of the sudden noise that was made, I heard my heart beating out of surprise. My jaw flew down the door as I gazed at all the person that surprised me. I breathed a sigh of happiness. Then, my jaw got back together again and tied into a smile.

"Ma!" I exclaimed as I jumped towards her and wrapped my arms around her neck. I heard her chuckle in my ears because of my sudden attack.

"Joyeux anniversaire, ma fille." My mother said greeting me on one of my special days.

While I was hugging my Mom, I could see my friends who were there and my Dad too. I could see Forsythia who was holding a tablet that Luna was in. Because of the long-distance we have, that's the only communication we could get out of her. The next one was Timothee who was playing with the box of the confetti popper. The other one was my Dad who was looking at me and my mother, fatherly. It means that he looked so happy because I and Mom are okay now.

"We have another surprise for you Anne," she said to me causing me to break free from our hug.

The moment that I let her go from our embrace, she started to sing the very famous happy birthday. Everybody of them did. I just stood there looking everywhere for the next 'surprise', that my mother was talking about.