Unexpectedly (Ramontes Series #1)

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How perfect things are between us... right at this moment. We couldn't even stop smiling. Napakagat ako ng labi dahil baka umabot na sa tenga ang ngiti ko. And damn! I could even taste her sweet peach lip gloss.

Paige is my bestfriend and I know kissing your bestfriend will just complicate things between the two of you. I just kissed mine but why does it feel so damn right?

"Why?" Tila nakuha niya agad kung ano ang nasa isip ko.

"I don't know Paige," Napabitaw ako sa pagkakahawak sa kanyang pisngi.

"I feel like..."

"What?" She asked again as if she wants me to spill the beans first. Fuck how will I answer this?

I tried so hard to swallow the invisible knot on my throat. "I feel like... no, I'm sure of it... I know it sounds insane but, I've got weird feelings for you Paige."

Did I say it correctly? Obviously no. Her face is deeply absorbed in thought.

"Weird feelings?" She repeated and I know I lost her there.

"W-Well it's a good kind of weird." Sagot ko. "It's really hard to explain Paige." At this point kakulay na ng kamatis ang aking pisngi.

Paige chuckled low. "I know, I'm just teasing you. You don't need to be a genius to figure it out."

Nanatili lang ang mga mata ko sa kanya. Halos maisuka ko na ang puso ko dahil sa sobrang lakas ng kalabog.

"What I'm saying is that, I have weird feelings for you too." She reached for my hand and held it tightly. "Actually, thrice as what you feel."

Thrice as what I feel? Ibig ba sabihin nito ay . . .

"I like you Elise," Hindi siya bumitaw sa pagkakatitig sa akin. She's getting damn more serious every passing second. "I like you so much that I wanna start a relationship with you."

Humataw ang puso ko ng sobra. Para akong nakipag-habulan sa kabayo at tumakbo ng ilang milya.

Is this really happening?!

"But not as bestfriends, I want more than that."

Yes, this is definitely happening! Hindi ko na kailangan ng isang malakas na sampal para lang masiguro na totoo nga ito. Her warm hand gripping mine told me that she's real and alive, my beating heart was a sign that my feelings for her is so much more alive!

"Do you want that too?" Now her face shows me how confused she was because she couldn't read my thoughts clearly. Not that I'm sending her mixed signals or anything dahil sigurado ako sa nararamdaman ko.

I just couldn't put it into words, damn she rendered me speechless!

"If y-you're still not ready, I understa –"