I was alone thinking I was just fine
I wasn't looking for anyone to be mine
I thought love was just a fabrication
A train that wouldn't stop at my station
Home, alone, that was my consignment
Solitary confinement
So when we met I was skirting around...
Emma walks back and forth with hands on both sides. Their morning led off with a notice of foreclosure. It was a sudden news, and all of them aren't girding their loins. They didn't see it coming. Lea heaved a deep sigh with discombobulated self. She is juggling work with personal matters, and her mind is drowning into it. The building owner is giving them a week to find another berth.
"Jason, any luck?", Emma asked the troubled Jason surfing for a space for lease through internet.
"There's quite few, but considering our financial capacity, we can't afford it", he rests his back at the swivel chair.
Lea strokes her temple, "He should've told us ahead of time, not like this. One week?! For Pete's sake, what does he think of us?! We're not prepared for this"
"I can file for loan", Emma suggested.
"I can't. I am yet to fully pay mine", Lea responsed.
"Lalo naman ako. I just filed a housing loan", Jason butt in.
"Tsk. Pano 'to? Are we just gonna close down the business?", Emma asked the two.
"We can't! I mean I can't. Sa'n kami pupulutin ni Eli? This is all I have. Atsaka, considering my age and background, you knew very well I can't go back to teaching. Financially speaking, my savings won't last for a year. Tsk!", Lea is cast down.
"It's alright. We can get through this. Chill lang. I am sure there's a lot affordable spaces out there", Jason cools their jets. Silence sets in with burdens to themselves when one staff knocks the door.
"Come in", Emma responsed.
The door swung open, and she wised up Lea of a handsome guy awaiting her outside. The three exchanged gaze while Lea is light up with a hint. She rose to her feet, and struts her way to the receiving area. A few seconds gone by with ticker's cadence reverberates through her chest, she falls a gaze to that someone who values her through the years.
"S-Stephen?", she is startled seeing him.
He smiled with flowers on his hands.
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"Kumusta, Lei?", he begun upon taking few steps forward.
Lea is pumped up, and throws her arms around him. She misses her close friend a lot. With years of not hearing from him, she couldn't hold herself from snaking arms around his nape. "Oh, God! How are you?"
Stephen gave her a bear-hug, sniffing the scent he misses so much. "I miss you"
She pulls away, "I miss you too. Are these for me?"
"Kung tatanggapin mo", he jested.
Lea reached for it, smiling. "Thank you. Come in. Jason and Emma will be pleased to meet you again"
