"Really?" I asked Catherine on the other line to confirm that Margaret really want to meet me.
"Oo nga, ano, are you in?" I smiled, "yes, of course!"
"Reunion naba this?" I heard her laugh, "dapat lang 'no. Ang dami niyo nang utang saakin," I playfully rolled my eyes.
"Ikaw ang madaming utang na chika saamin," she jokingly refuted.
"Ih di magbawian tayo, mindset ba." I said causing her to laugh, "aminin, saakin mo 'yan natutunan." I nodded as if she could see it.
"Alright, miss Hughes, I'll hang up the call na. Bea's tantrums is unimaginable," I chuckled, "thanks Cath!" I bid and turning off my phone.
"Who was that?" asked Luis, turning his attention to me, "my friend." I simply replied and took a seat at the edge of my bed.
"I have something to tell you," he said and went closer to where I am.
"What is it?" I asked and take a look at the screen of his laptop.
"I bought a ticket for the three of us, for five days vacation in Maldives" he said smiling.
"And who's the other one?" I wrinkled my forehead.
"My mother."
Why would he want to bring his mother in a trip like going to beach? I think she'll not like it as she wasn't kind of person who loves beaches. That woman prefer gloomy and calm weather than being under the burning light of a sun.
"When?" I asked, hiding my excitement even though I'm still not sure if she'd come or not.
"Next week," he simply replied and drink the coffee in the cup in his hand.
"Great!" I happily exclaimed, but he just give me a knowing smile.
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A clear blue sky and the laughter of people inside the coffee shop made me realize how good life is. Some of them seems too perfect, but behind of their life, there's a struggle they don't want to share out loud. Some think they have any thing, but the truth is, nobody have everything. Each any one of us has imperfections, insecurities, flaws. A moment in our lives that made us vulnerable, and even people.
That sudden sadness and inadequacy when you sit alone in a crowded room, so lost with your thoughts and feeling overwhelmed about what tomorrow will bring. Growing old but still stuck in the past--the moment back then that I thought will last 'til with my future.
I deeply sigh and stared at my finger with the engagement ring on it. I'm getting married.
It's ridiculous how I still can feel something toward that woman even though her son's close beside me.
In a short time, she made me feel wonderful--that I wasn't just a teenager who was very in love with the middle-aged woman. She returned the love I was giving, more than to what I can. But despite the strong, passionate love for each other, lies ruined everything.
My phone buzzed that slap me to reality, I was drown with my own thoughts.
--got the tickets already!" texted Luis, I smiled and responded with a heart sticker.
After that, I put my phone inside my purse and left the coffee shop.
Another buzzed from my phone made me rolled my eyes, because for some reason, I hate to socialize, virtually. Even if it's a text messages from my boyfriend.
--I forgot my coat to my mom's house, can you pick it up for me?" I frowned and suddenly felt tense when I read his text.
"You have tons of coats in my apartment, what's with the coat in your parents house?" I texted back and maneuver the steering wheel of my car.
