Being Me...

Being Me... : 05

Chapter Five

No matter how hard you try not to cross your paths it would still goes around.

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After their dinner that night, her friend Veron and its date decided to go in a bar that Rica immediately refuses to come and to her surprise Dexter also refuses to come too. That ends them walking along the beach.

"So, what now?"

Rica heard him asking and it's been hour since they walk along the shore and they just stayed quiet for an hour. Kaya medyo nagulat pa siya nang magtanong ito at kung sasagutin niya iyon, ang nasa isip niya ang gusto niyang isagot rito ngunit pakiramdam naman niya magiging awkward kung magpapaalam agad siya rito. Isa pa hindi pa naman siya inaantok ng mga oras na iyon ngunit hindi rin naman niya alam kung anong dapat gawin lalo na at hindi naman niya gustong mag-bar.

"Hey, are you with me?" she heard Dexter asked again.

"Ah, sorry! I didn't mean not to answer," she said with a smile.

"It's fine." It said. "Pero kung inaantok ka na naman ihahatid na kita sa kuwarto niyo." dugtong nito sa kanya.

"Ahm, hindi pa naman," alanganing sagot niya rito at agad siyang nag-isip ng maaari pa nilang magawa bago sila bumalik sa kani-kanilang mga kuwarto. "Why don't we sit for a while? I mean, let's just watch the night sky." She suggested.

"That's good! That is what I want to suggest too." It said.

"Yeah!" she answered and laughs.

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"Mabuti na lang maliwanag ang langit ngayong gabi kundi hindi natin makikita ang mga butiin ngayon." Hayag niya mula nang makaupo na sila sa buhanginan at kung hindi pa mismong si Rica ang nag-suggest ng pag-upo na muna nila roon tiyak na hindi na niya magagawang makausap ito.

"You were right, at talagang napakaganda ng kalangitan rito. Masuwerte tayo at nagkataong hindi maulap ngayong gabi," sagot nito.

"Yeah! Right!" he said. "So, now, can we formally introduce each other?"

"What? But we've already introduced earlier."

"Well, for me it isn't a formal one."

"What do you mean?"

"Like I said, I would get your name to our third meeting," he pauses.

"And what?" it asked when he holds it longer.

Dexter smiles. "This is our third meeting, just the two of us." It laughs. "Why?" he asked curiously.

"Well, I never thought that you would still remember that thing." It answered.

"Well, it was hard to forget since I saw a goddess."

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"What! A goddess! Really!" then she laughs it out loud. "You don't know that much, but you still calls me goddess. You're really kind of weird one."

"Me! Weird? Why?" it asked surprisingly.

Rica looks at him then sighs. "Well, mas makakabuting huwag ka na lang magtanong tutal hindi na uli magku-krus ang ating mga landas. So just don't be too curious about me and stop calling me a goddess because I am not." Because I am not one of it in the first place, she silently added to herself and looks up in the sky.

Dexter sighs then it stands up to her front that surprised her. "First of all... Hi!" it said with a wide smile in its face and then it handed its hand. "And I'm Dexter Martinez and you are?" it asked politely that made her smile.