The Day I Saw You

Chapter 3

Leonnatus Maximo, the only person who could make my heart pound so much. The first person who made my knees tremble. His smile that can change my mood. His sparkling eyes that lit up the darkness of my world. I just can't believe this is really happening. I've never ever felt this feeling before. He's the only one who made my strong walls fall and break into fine pieces. Because of that incident, it keeps on replaying in my mind like my favorite movie scene.

"Nice meeting you, Louisse Agatha," pag-uulit niya matapos kong magpakilala. He even smiled at me once again. And that freaking smile again, oh please. Please, don't stop.

"Just call me, Issa. I have a long name, you know," medyo malamig kong sabi. Ang puso ko ay halos hindi ko na mahagilap kung nasaan na dahil sa sobrang pagkabog. I just hope he wouldn't notice how nervous I am.

"Call me, Zimo," simple niyang sagot bago tingnan ang paligid. Nang makita niyang kaming tatlo lang ang nasa hallway ay muli niyang ibinalik ang kanyang tingin sa'min. "I think classes are done. Would you like to have a drink with me? Coffee or milktea perhaps? Just near the campus, if you're allowed though," deretso niyang tanong pero nang makita ko ang ekspresyon ng kanyang mga mata ay mukhang nag-alinlangan siyang sabihin 'to. Am I making him nervous too?

"Issa, I think I should go now. Mommy is flooding me messages, got to go!" deretsong ani ni Bella ngunit biglang bumalik. "By the way, I'll inform Tita!" may halong pang-aasar ang tono ng boses niya at kinindatan pa ako bago siya tumakbo.

You are so cool, Bella. 

Wait?! Did she just leave?! Oh great, I am really out of my mind. Tanga tanga ka na naman, Issa. Hinayaan mo talagang umuwi itong si Bella. What now?! 

Nang ibinalik ko ang tingin ko kay Zimo ay iginiya na niya ako palabas ng campus. Nagtext na rin ako kay Mommy na late ako uuwi. Hindi ko alam kung anong dapat kong gawin. Like, I lived my life with only my family and Bella with me. Matagal ko nang kinalimutan yung mga 'naging kaibigan' ko sa ibang bansa. I had suitors but I didn't entertain them since I'm not interested. This is the first time I'll go out with a guy that I just met but can make my heart pound so much. Pilit kong inaalala kung saan ko siya pinakaunang nakita pero hindi ko talaga maalala. All I know is he's familiar.

Nilakad na lang namin yung café na sinasabi niya dahil malapit lang naman 'yon sa eskwelahan. Nang makalayo na kami ay tanging katahimikan ang bumalot sa aming dalawa. Hindi ko rin naman alam anong dapat kong sabihin kaya mas pinili ko na lang manahimik. Of course, he didn't know that this is my first time going out with a guy. A guy that I just met, to be exact, I guess.  

"Issa, anong course at year mo na pala?" biglang tanong ni Zimo na nagpatigil sa katahimikan na kanina pa nananaig sa pagitan namin. Nahalata niya na hindi talaga ako magsasalita kahit anong mangyari.

"Business Ad, 1st Year," simple kong sagot. Umiwas agad ako ng tingin dahil baka hindi ko kayanin pa kung magkatitigan kami. 

Until we arrived and ordered, he kept on telling me stories. I just kept on listening and nodding whenever I feel to nod. I just can't believe that this is happening. Okay, I said that to many times. 

Leonnatus Maximo Buenavidez, or should I call him Zimo for short. Business Ad student, 3rd Year. They also have a company that's why he took that course. Eldest child of Annalisa and Paolo Stanley Buenavidez.  They also lived in New York but base on what I remember it was about 4 years ago he was in 12th grade. He got the looks that can really attract girls. He got the height, muscular body, attractive face, brains and even the money and fame. I think he also mentioned that he had one ex-girlfriend. I was shocked, with that looks I really doubt that. He has sense of humor and I like it. He knows how to make me laugh and I love it. He knows how to make me smile. I love and hate that thought. The thought of someone can make me feel those foreign feelings.