Lovers' Lane

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LUCIANA

As the days drew closer, I began to feel like my heart would burst once I finally met Matthew again. I certainly wasn't expecting him to invite me to meet him, but he did! Like, he perfectly read my mind!

The moment he asked me to meet up, I was all over the moon. Tatanungin ko na talaga siya that day because I had been so curious about his reason as to why he did not want to see me.

How can he not want to meet someone like me? I mean, I am beautiful? and talented? and...uhm...kind? I was not sure about the latter, but I can manage if I will put it into action.

Anyway, Reese, Jele and I went to the mall to buy clothes but since I was nervous, I ended up buying nothing. I had never been so indecisive my whole life until yesterday. Maybe, it was because I was so pressured to look perfect that I ended up being unsatisfied with all the clothes that my friends suggested for me.

I kind of feel bad din sa friends ko kasi I felt like I had taken so much of their time when they should have allotted it to study, or rest.

I checked the time, 10:09 AM. I texted Matthew this morning that I will be in Lovers' Lane at 11 AM and he replied "Yes." It was so plain. I wondered if something was wrong. His last text got me wondering about different things and I planned to ask him those once I met him.

Wait. Is he going to ask me to stay away from him? or Is he going to ridicule me for being a desperada in public?

As if, Luciana. He would never do such things. He was the kindest guy I had ever encountered all my life. And I was seriously surprised that unlike a few boys I knew, he took studying seriously. After school, they would just party, behave like a spoiled brat, show off their newly bought AirPods, and many more to list. Only stuff like that. I hate those kinds of guys, strongly. They seemed materialistic.

"Hindi ka pa ba aalis?" Jele asked.

I was in her dorm. I dropped by to annoy her only to found out that Yohan was in here as well. It was not awkward at all since I had met him din naman sa DLSU.

"10 minutes," I replied.

"Are you going to UST?" Yohan asked and I nodded.

"I'll meet Matthew," I said.

Hindi siya makapaniwala sa narinig niya. His eyes widen and he asked me to repeat what I said. "Si Matthew kako. We will meet later. At Lovers' Lane."

"Are you serious? I thought you weren't in touch with each other?"

Huh? What was he saying?