Gravitational Pull (Completed)

Chapter 10

I have to find a better job para masuportahan ko ang sarili ko, hindi pepwedeng mangihingi nalang ako always sa parents ko, I'm twenty one now. May libreng wifi sa cafe kaya't nag search ako.

I felt someone is watching me that gives me creeps. Pero ipinag patuloy ko ang pag hahanap.

"You're looking for a new job?" Ang kapatid ng may ari ng café si Shaun. Siya siguro ang naka tingin sa akin kanina.

"Why do you care?" Tumawa siya sa mataray ko na sagot. Si Shaun ang pinaka malanding lalaki na nakilala ko. Typical na Caucasian ang mukha, maputi, palakaibigan at natural na komedyante.

"Because Je T'aime ma princesse." Yumukod pa ito na parang principe.

"Well I don't believe you, so go ahead and love yourself." Pagmumukha nito, nakakairitang paglaruan ba ako. Tumawa ulit ito at ipinatulis pa ang nguso at humalik sa hangin na naka harap sa akin. Bago siya umalis may iniwan siyang calling card pwede daw akong mag apply sa kakilala niya. At magically maroon ding bakanteng apartment sa building na tinutuluyan niya.

Kaya't masayang masaya ako dahil may malilipatan ako, mabait ang land lady ko, one month advance lang at walang deposit, maliit nga lang kaysa sa dati pero nasa pinaka rooftop naman at may terrace na pwedeng tambayan, overlooking the city at kitang kita ang Eiffel tower.

Bilang pang welcome ay niyaya ni Shaun ang sarili sa apartment ko at nagdala ng wine at pasta. Nag dinner kami sa terrace. Kinuwentuhan niya ako tungkol sa pamilya niya, kung paanong disgrace ang Eiffel tower dati, ang great grand father daw niya ang isa sa pasimuno ng french revolution at sa katunayan may lahi daw silangbdugong bughaw. Habang siya ay tumatalsik ang laway ako naman ay napanisan.

Come on you love Flashbacks I know!

After that night when he came to my room and said sorry, we never talked about the potion and the antidote. Instead we started to go out together, watch movies, eat in fancy restaurants, we kiss, we held hands, we laugh and we kiss some more. And when we're not together we text, we fight, we will meet somewhere else and if I'm not seing him, he'll invade my room and we make out.

I graduated high school and he graduated college. Lumago ang construction and furniture business ng pamilya ni Romano internationally at ang France ang isa sa mga kumakalinga sa gawa ng kompanya nila kaya't ipinapadala siya ng Dad niya doon.

"Stop crying love, you know this is temporary..di ba nga pupunta ka din dun after 2 years? I'll be right there waiting."

Ikinulong niya ako sa bisig at pinupunasan ang luha ko. Nasa loob kami ng kwarto ko. Dating gawi magkaharap kami sa study table ko. may hinugot siya sa bulsa ng hoody niya.

"Hanggang ngayon pa ba naman?." Hinampas ko siya sa balikat habang umiiyak. Ang bote ng gatorade ang bitbit niya.

He smiled. " This bottled drink has opened the trap door of my real feelings." Binuksan niya at lumagok ng kaunti. Yuck kadiri.

"This blue liquid, has confirmed that I am  attracted to you since you were nine." I can't stop the water falls of tears fromy eyes.

"And that, I started to stay away from you and pretended I outgrown our child play because I am distracting away from my infatuation on you."

He held my hand and carried it to his mouth kissing the back of it.

"Of course you didn't understand, you were too young, why suddenly we're no longer friends."

Tumayo siya at hinila ako patayo.

"Then just when you learned to have friends on your own without me." Inilagay niya ang kamay ko sa dibdib niya at hinawakan ang bewang ko.

"I chased them away, tinuruan kita ng panlalaking games and you didn't know how to play girl games, Corrine didn't play girl games either you never had girl friends."

He started to move his feet and we were slowly dancing.

"So you hated me because I made you cry all the time." We stop dancing and he looked down on me.  He claimed my mouth once more, slow, consuming, slinky, breath taking, all cliches in a romance novels were true and more like the crazy Pringles chips campaign once you pop, you can't stop.