I had to look twice kasi feeling ko namalik-mata lang ako. Baka kasi parang yung dati na akala ko siya na, pero hindi pala siya. Or maybe this is all in my head. Baka sa sobrang tagal niyang hindi nagparamdam kaya akala ko siya na yun.
But when I looked again, I saw her smiling and I know that I'm not mistaken. Kasi that smile, is a smile that I can never forget. Gahd that smile. I'm so used to it by now and yet it never failed to make me feel as if I missed a step.
Pero I don't think she saw me kasi she was smiling and she was talking to this girl beside her. But she looked like she was looking for someone sa direction namin nila Nicole. And I don't know why, but at that moment, all I wanted was for her to see me. I am intentionally looking at her, I am intentionally staring at her, and I am intentionally waiting for us to catch each other's eyes.
And we did.
For some reason, parang nahawi yung mga tao kasi even though it was a crowded mall, and she wasn't that tall, but when I looked into her eyes, it felt as if siya lang yung nandun. As if everybody passing by, is just this blur that I don't get to understand and see. Alam niyo yung feeling na para kang, well, I wouldn't call it slow motion kasi hindi naman siya nangyayari in real life, but I guess I would say that people are moving too fast that they now seem to appear like a blur.
"Pat. Hoy Pachuchay!"sabi ni Nicole.
"Ha?"sabi ko. Narealize ko na kanina pa pala niya ako kinakausap but somehow parang nabingi ako.
"Ano? Gora na ba tayo o stay na tayo dito?"
"We're staying."sagot ko.
"Sure ka na dyan? Final answer na yan kahit masikip?"
"Yes! Yes! I'm sure. We're not leaving."
"Wow change of heart. Anong nangyari sa'yo? Bakit bigla kang nagdecide na mag--"
