Sabay

Must have you cont.

7:30 am

Sitting across each other, trying to gaze at each other's face. Looking for words, phrases to start a conversation

(papano ko ba sisimulan to without being distracted by her eyes)

ahhm, I am Manoah by the way, but call you can call me Noah...

"Manoah, I would like to call you Manoah is that fine?"

yes, sure, of course, only my mom calls me that pangalawa ka na

"it's a bible character's name, right? Samson's Father's name meaning rest"

ye...yeah seems like you know your bible stories well

"I'm Abigail"

a source of Joy?

what?

 meaning of your name I mean?

"yes, it is' 

"so, I'm sorry about earlier if nabigla kita"

no, it's okay, pero yes medyo nagulat ako it's not every day someone will jump in front of me and asked where I was or what I've been doing

I'm sorry again, but I'm not a weirdo promise

sorry din, sa pagsusuplada... coffee? - Abigail

coffee indeed - Manoah (smiling like a kid)

They might not know it, but it seems that Abigail finds her rest in MaNoah's mere existence, it makes her scared but calm at the same time and his presence is somewhat an oasis... her own oasis

While Abigail is MaNoah's source of joy that he doesn't even know he needed, a paradise he longed for all his life.

They need not talk further, just sitting across each other, absorbing the very fact that they are in front of each presence makes them ironically sane

8:30 am

Abi checked her watch

"Ahm, I need to go"

already? bu..but it's still early

but I really have to go

you can't

what?

no,  I mean can't you stay for a while? whi...with me?

why?

why what?

why would someone like you want to spend time with me?

why not?

because I'm a boring person...ni hindi nga tayo masyadong nag-usap kahit magkaharap na tayo so I'm guessing I am boring, no scratch that I know I'm boring

I doubt that. believe me, I can stare at you all day without you even trying to open your mouth to speak

trust me, you wouldn't want to be in my world Manoah

why is that again?

it's dark, it's crazy

I won't mind being in the dark if I can be crazy with you

Abi is having a second thought, she cannot fathom the speed of that moment and Noah's tone of conviction of really wanting to know her more

let me in,  just let me in your world -  Noah

sasabay ka?

try me

"5:00 am"

huh?

next Saturday, Victorino's St. Orange Subdivision,

I'll see you there

ah..oh..

have to go...bye Manoah

o..okay....b...bye

Abi left, leaving Noah hanging but a bit of excitement feeds the young man's soul for the next Saturday

His dimple deepened as he cannot wait for what will transpire on that day

"Manoah, you've gotta wake up early!" says to himself