For Luna Alondra Dawson, marriage is a word so simple but holds so much weight. Some people are scared of it, some don't care much about it, for some it's just a paper, while there are those that just use it as a form of agreement, and there are tho...
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CHAPTER 25: I DO
LUNA'S POV
A few years ago...
Ibinaba ko ang hawak ko na eyeliner. There's no doubt that I would look like an emo clown if I didn't stop now. Himala na ngang nagawa kong pantayin ang kilay ko kahit na kanina pa nanginginig ang mga kamay ko. There's no way I'm going to risk it with eyeliner.
"Am I really doing this?" I whispered to myself.
There's a pit in my stomach that hasn't gone away since I arrived here in Los Angeles. The place where Magnus and I decided to get married.
Mas magiging madali sa pamilya namin ipaliwanag kung bakit sinikreto namin ang kasal. We've met here a couple of times because of work, and we can just tell them the place meant something to us.
It's been awhile since that one rainy night. That night when Magnus looked at me for what felt like a long time after I said those two words to him. That night when we both stood in the cold until he gave me his answer.
Which brings us to now.
We could have gotten married at that very moment, but I decided not to. I told him that I wanted to give him time. It's not like it's not a life-changing matter. Pero ang totoo ay binibigyan ko rin ang sarili ko ng pagkakataon na umatras. I'm giving myself a chance to do the right thing and not get him involved with my problem. And it seems that he was aware of it too. Dahil mula nang araw na iyon ay hindi siya napapagod ipaalala sa akin na hindi pa rin nagbabago ang sagot niya.
"It's not supposed to happen this way."
My reflection went blurry when my eyes clouded with unshed tears. I wasn't just nervous because I was about to do something insane. It was because I'm also incredibly lonely.
I might not be as romantic as most women are, but since I met Magnus, I have imagined countless ways that this day would happen. In those scenarios, I am happy every time.
Every time, my family is with me. Every time, I'm marrying for love.
I fell in love with Magnus at first sight, but I can't say that I'm marrying for that reason. I am marrying him because I need him, and he's marrying me because he's taking pity on me.
Nagbaba ako ng tingin sa singsing na nakapatong sa harapan ko. Sa tabi niyon ay puting envelope na may sulat kamay ng ina ko.
She left letters to me and my siblings that should be given to the person we will choose to love someday. Pinagpupustahan pa namin iyon dahil gusto naming mahulaan kung anong klaseng tao ang sa tingin ni Mama na babagay sa amin.
Hindi ko alam kung sino sa mga kapatid ko ang binasa na ang sa kanila bago pa nila nakilala ang taong pakakasalanan nila. I do know that most of them didn't open it, even though when we ask each other, they always say that they did as if to show that it doesn't matter to them.
