The Anatomy of Our Almosts

Almost 3. Drizzles and Hurricanes

a/n: Hi Gias! Sorry wasn't able to do an update yesterday as I intend to, the king size bed at the hotel I checked in last night was to blame. Anyways I'll try to update again a little later to make it up to you. ^_^

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If people were rain, I'd be a drizzle

She'd be a hurricane.

- J. Green

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"When I was younger I was afraid of heights, looking over the rails of sky scrappers, plane windows and glass walled elevators. It was when I was older that I realized it's not about heights. It was the fear of falling, the feeling of losing control, and the sudden impact down below that scares the shit out of me. Because I know once I made contact to the ground only my heart was broken."

- From the Room of Unrequited love and Vodka

~G. Galura

"How do you write like this? How can you just compare acrophobia to fear of falling in love and getting your heart broken and get away with it?" Rhian asked as she finished reading my literature assignment; it has something to do with comparison or metaphors

"You know it's just the same right? It makes perfect sense don't you think? Bakit ba natin sinasabing nahulog na tayo sa isang taong nagugustuhan natin? Bakit siya tinawag na falling in love? Tapos pagnasaktan or hindi tayo sinalo heart broken diba? So take that fear of falling as in literally then connect mo siya sa isa sa greatest fear mo like for me, acrophobia. And it'll still make sense kasi falling in love like falling from a building once it ends, once you hit the ground lalo na pag di ka nasalo. It's either you endure the pain of a broken heart or you die figuratively or literally."

"Hmm... Pero saan ka mas takot?"

"Mula ng makilala kita Rhian? I realized falling in love scares me more." I said nervously laughing

"Bakit naman?" she asked slyly smiling

"Kasi mas malaki yung probability na mahulog ako sayo kesa sa mahulog ako galing sa rooftop ng building na to. And I know exactly kung anong mas masakit."

"Eh di magsabi ka kung mahuhulog ka na, para naman masalo kita." She said in a joking tone

"Seryoso ka ba?"

And of course ang laging sagot niya sakin, ngiti, iling or tawa; I guess that's how it'll always be. Uncertain.

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"Cha! Tara na kasiiii mag-aalas kwatro na!" yakag ni Chynna sakin pero nakaupo pa din ako sa sahig ng rooftop, nagdadalawang isip pa din akong pumalit sa vocalist ng Hapipaks.

"Ikaw nalang kaya kumanta sige na! Ikaw naman may gusto eh!" maktol ko

"Nako napagusapan na natin to eh! Tigilan mo ko sa kaartehan mo Glaiza Galura!"

"Chyns! Cha! Ano tara na sa practice mo?" Biglang pasok ni Rhian hatak hatak si Sheena

"Pilitin mo nga Rhi, ayaw eh ang tamad!" Inis na sabi ni Chynna sabay batok sakin