Night Souls

Listen To Your Heart

That night, it was raining like hell has broken loose into Munclayo city. After having lunch together, the ladies went back to Stacey's place. They decided to have a movie night, it was a great distraction for Stacey while being able to spend more time with her two best friends before they separate.

An internship was waiting for Jenni and Emma gets to spend some quality time with her family before going off to the navy. Stacey was the only one who was still unsure of her future. She has too many interests to narrow it down to what she wants to do in life. 

"Is everything all right?" Jenni noticed Stacey was constantly checking the clock hanging above the television. 

She didn't know it was that obvious, "Yeah...it's just that...in about three hours..." Her voice was cracking up, "Nicholas would be on his flight to...Germany."

"Awww, no Stacey," Emma thought the movie would keep her mind off him but who knew a clock would disrupt the process, "Why don't you just go to Germany with him?"

"You know why Em," Stacey starts bawling down the place, "I'm sorry that you guys have to see me like this and I appreciate what y'all are doing."

Jenni grabbed a box of tissues and hand it to her, "It's okay, but who says it's going to be the same? Nicholas is a reasonable man, I'm sure you can always leave." 

"Well...he did give me many options..." Stacey hasn't talked to the girls about what really happened between the two of them.

They were too busy trying to make her feel better and get past the relationship when it wasn't even discussed for it to be resolved. 

"Stacey," Emma had an important question to ask her, "Do you love the guy?" Even though she doesn't have much experience in relationships, she knew one thing for sure and that's love. It's the only thing that stays pure in a person's mind.

"Of course I do, with all my heart." She confessed with a great passion, but she was still vulnerable in her heart for opening that door before, only to be wounded at the end. Now, she was afraid of what could happen if she opens that door wider for someone else.

Love shouldn't be easy. It takes mutual efforts to come across the true feelings and to discover that pureness they have for each other. 

That's what Jenni had gone through with Danny, a lot of the people around them had doubts about them. They say they were too young to understand true love, but it shouldn't be what others think. 

"If you do, then you should be willing to sacrifice something to make this relationship work." Jenni pats Stacey's little hands, it reminded her of the time when her grandmother was giving her a word of advice. She was the only one who approved of her relationship with Danny. 

"That's what love is, a little sacrifice for the longing future they may happen." 

The word, 'love' was circling in Stacey's head. 

Is this true? Is this what love feels like? Love...what a silly word with two vowels and two consonants...What am I thinking? I do love him! 

"Maybe...in a few weeks from now, I'll surprise him with a visit."

"No, Stacey," Emma slaps her thighs, "The perfect time is now! It'll surprise him, you have to fix this."

Stacey got up from the couch and twirled around like a puppy chasing its tail, "But I'm not packed!"

A surging power tingles into both Jenni and Emma's brain, they stood up and grinned at Stacey. 

"We will help you." Jenni starts running towards the tv to turn it off.