A night with my bestfriend 01
She was probably the most facinating lady I had ever seen. If I could be her man, then maybe, I'll be one of the luckiest man alive…
But Im not. Because she's not mine. And sadly, chances are, she'll never be.
I first saw her around three and a half years ago. She was a freshman taking up Fine Arts. Back then, I was a sophomore taking up Architecture. It was enrollment period of the 2nd semester. Since Fine Arts and Architecture share same the same building, it was that hectic season when we bumped into each other. As in literally, we bumped into each other…
"Ouch… Sorry… sorry…"
I find it funny how we both said the same words while picking up our fallen stuffs. And after sorting out which are mine and hers, I took the chance to apologize first…
"Im sorry… Patricia…" , I said as I looked up to her face…
"How did you?" she asked, probably wondering as to how I knew her name…
"I.D.," I motioned to her. I caught a glimpse of her name while we were picking up our stuffs as her I.D. was dangling which took my attention a while ago…
"Oh! I see…" she replied…
"Again, Im really sorry…" I said as I hand to her some of her forms…
"It's alright, …" she said while looking at my I.D., which I guess she was trying to look for my name, but somehow at that moment shows the backside. I flipped it so she'll see… "Vincent… It's alright, Im cool…"
"Right… see you around Patricia…" as I watched her enter the elevator…
"Yah, see you around Vincent…" and then pressed her destination floor. "And oh! Next time you can call me Trish" she added just before the elevator door shut…
"Yah see you next time and nice meeting you Trish…" I murmurred to myself.
Right at that moment, I knew… I just met an angel… and I just got smitten by her charm… A new crush, a new inspiration… And I, to her grace, a fallen prey…
Days turned to weeks, as weeks turned to months. Months turned to semesters as semesters turned to a year. Me and Trish would as often as much came across each other on the hallways of Beato Angelico (name of the Fine Arts-Archi building). For all those times, we just exchanged greetings. No other conversations. Just the plain hi's and hello's. And everytime I see those heavenly smile, I feel myself getting more and more fallen for her charms…
It was the start of the 2nd sem of my third year when we actually started getting close. I became a member of the photography club for archi students. Fortunately for me, she also became a member of theirs. And since Architecture and Fine Arts consider each other as sister colleges, the same sister relationship also runs on each other's clubs…
Because of our photography clubs, we became immediate friends. In just a week, we were hanging out together during lunch and after school hours. After a month, I became her best guy friend. She let me knew her favorites, from music to foods, from movies to hobbies. And I, in exchange, let her knew mine. Our growing friendship felt good for me. If only she knew. Or better yet, if only I could have the courage to tell her how simply her mere pressence makes my hormones go crazily insane…
We became closer every passing day. We were always there for each other. She had always been there everytime I need someone to talk to, specially those nights when Im cramming for design plates. And I was there for her everytime, specially those moments her heart gets broken for every relationships she had that failed one after the other. We were each other's most trusted best buddies. How I wish we could be more than that…
And now, my graduation is just a few days away and Im about to leave my tito's house where I've spent my last 5 years. My tito is an OFW working in the middle east and usually have 2yrs contract. After learning that I intend to go to college in Manila, he offered his house as a place where I could stay for free. All he wants is that the house be maintained accordingly…
I received a text from her congratulating me for my upcoming graduation and asking me what Im doing now. So I told her that Im organizing my stuffs so everything will be ready by the time Im supposed to leave. And then she called me up…
"Hey Trish… what's up???"
"Need help packing up? I could go there and lend you a hand…" she replied on the line.
"You sure??? Hhhmmm… Seems you're excited for me to leave… And that pains my heart…" I said jokingly…
"Of course I am. Can't wait to get rid of you…" she said while giggling. "Just kidding. Im going to miss you…"
"Really? You dont sound convincing…" I said giggling back…
"So, can I go there? Im a willing volunteer…"
"Ok fine. But lets have dinner first. Im a bit starving…"
"Alright. Lets meet up after 30 minutes. Im gonna take a shower first. See yah…" and then she cut the line…
"Alright… It's a date then…" I said while looking on my phone that is already back on standby screen…
We met somewhere around in Dapitan at around 6:30pm, went inside an eatery and then ate together. As usual, we chose a four seater table so we can sit side by side instead of facing each other. And I've always loved that idea. While eating, we just talked about my upcoming graduation, how she can't wait for hers, my plans after graduating, her plans as well, the stuffs about college life that we're probably gonna miss a lot, and what we're going to miss about each other…
I noticed that all of the guys in the eatery were throwing quick glances at her every once in a while. And I just couldn't blame them. She was wearing a purple and black checkered blouse and a white sando top matched with denim shorts. An outfit that really makes her stand-out. She looks so hot, sexy, enticing and seductive all at the same time. And I just couldn't help not to feel proud. Because Im the one hell of a lucky bastard sitting right beside her right at that moment. After an hour of eating and chatting, we headed to my place as planned and agreed upon…
We spent about half an hour boxing up my stuffs. Mostly my reference books, notes, and architectural plates. We had almost boxed up everything except those that were on my drafting table. I chose them to be last as for the reason that I intend to just put them in my backpack. Well, mostly those were my sketchpads and important documents…
We sat side by side on the edge of my bed after we're done to rest and continue our conversations. Same topics of course.
"I really am gonna miss you… You've always been my protector…" she said while looking down the floor…
"And I will as well… A lot…" I replied staring onto the same floor…
"I wish we would never have to part…" she said as she laid her head on my shoulder. At the same time it made me a bit emotional…
"You have no idea how much I wish the same…" as I laid my head onto hers…
"Hey, lets make a promise that we'll make time to see each other from time to time…" She held up her right hand with a pinkie-swear gesture…
So I held up mine and joined it with hers… "Yeah! We'll make time to see each other…
After a few seconds of silence, I felt her head move. She held her face up and stared at my mine. I don't know if it was coincidence or reflex, or maybe both, but I also stared onto hers. Her face was so close that I saw every detail of it. And the greatest thing happened. She inched her face forward. It's so sudden that all I saw were her eyes closing. And my body got frozen all over. My eyes shut close. And all I could feel were a pair of soft, sweet lips gently pressing onto mine.
She moved away her face away from mine after a few silent seconds. "Im sorry, I shouldn't have…" she said while she was standing up… "I should leave now…" she added as she started walking towards my door…
I knew at that moment that I need to play down my cards. Or I'll lose my chance. My only chance. In my head, I thought, that if things will go wrong, I'll just gotta have to take it. It's better that way instead of things remaining the same with me holding back. It's now or never. I'll make my move. I'll take the risk…
(To be continued)