NOVEL "Picture Perfect" Part 5 3/?

The weather is fine. The sky is so bright, the sun had his Job well done.
The color of the day ... "red"
"Red" as in love,love,love.
I'm not a bull but since we left the school i can see people's clothes with that color.
maybe it's someone's birthday? I dunno.
hmmm...

I'm noticing such little things.
It happens a lot recently. dunno. hehe..
Well what I'm really trying to say is... it's a perfect day.

"What are you thinking?",
Her voice. was so lovely and sweet. very distinct, I can recognize her voice even from afar.
I turned my head as she finally went out the C.R. almost half an hour but it's alright.
a could wait for ages =)

"nothing. just playing with my eyes".

"which happens a lot recently."

"hehe... but don't worry, i can set em up to you with a "target locked on" whenever you are near."

"W'ever. I'm in a good mood today. where are we going?"

"eh? i thought you want to visit your sis?"

"nah...i changed my mind. i want to go somewhere i don't know."

"tss. you went through a lot of places, it'll be hard for me to think of a pl-"

We ride in a passenger jeep. Bet she don't take this ride for so long, since she became stupidly happy with just this small thing.
I'm happy for her.

All the passengers were looking at her. As if she was a kind of saint.
coz they're faces. were like...
can't explain. anyway, just imagine it. whatever.

I took her in a church, in a plaza of a town that I was familiar of. It was the church dad takes us when I was a child. ahhh. missed those days.
miss this place too.
though it don't look like what it was 12 yrs.ago.
nyways, it still looks cool.
I smelled the air...
ahh... it feels just like before. but a little polluted I guess.

"Eh? you love pollution that much? you should have just come to manila and inhale all the smoke you can take. haha. my boyfriend is a freak."

"Whatever. It feels cool... I miss this place. You should try this in your favorite place too. Taking somebody you love, and enjoy the moment together"

she smiled...
and rubbed my hair again, damn it's already been her hobby.

"Know what?". she said after a hug she just did.

"w-what?"

"I'm finding it cool to be a your girlfriend."

"you must've inhaled the pollution too."

"hey, it's for real... I'm learning some cool things from you, and know what?"

"what again?"

"i think i'm going to introduce you to mom and dad."

"M-mom and Dad?"

wind blew very hard...
what did she said just now? oh...
she's going to introduce me to her awesome dad and her gorgeous mom.
that's cool...

the hell!!!!! damn, I'm panicing!!!
what if her parents gets a bad impression about me.

*imagined things*
Almira's sis: oh god! mom! call a herbalist!!!!!

ALmira's mom: *cries* oh dear, you have a very poor taste.

Almira's dad: you're boyfriend?! i thought he was your new driver! dammit!.
*eyes drooled*

"H-hey!, what was that your thinking again? tsk. are you scared?"

"h-hell no."

"Don't worry, i'm sure they will like you."

"r-really?"

"Yes!i'm sure they will."
After that i sighed, this is something i can do nothing about. After all, Almira is my girlfriend, i know soon enough there will be a time to meet her family.
I just didn't thought that it will be this soon.
She grabbed my hand and with her permanent smile all my worries disappeared.

"shall we?."
with that look from her eyes I thought i shouldn't worry that much.
Almira's with me.
nothing can beat the feeling with her.
and from that thought I smiled...
I know she's feeling what happiness i'm feeling right now.

she said as we walked our way to the chapel.

"next time i'm gonna take you to my favorite place"

love,love,love~

NOVEL "Picture Perfect" Part 5 2/?

I went to school still with the thoughts in my mind.
Even in the ride I had this smile, greeting everyone whose face seemed familiar.
It feels good. Just thinking Almira is waiting for me back home makes me shiver but in a good way. [a line in Stephen King’s Song Passenger Seat] was way back in 2003… I guess


“Whoo!” I shouted like a bastard and I know it made me weird in front of the passengers.
But it’s fine… it’s the only way to express how I feel right now.
I realized I’m already late, but I don’t give a damn.
I had a good breakfast and a good sight first thing in the morning.
The hell am I supposed to feel down just being late.
“A-ha-ha-ha-ha.”. now everyone’s really bothered.
I arrived at school holding on to that feeling.
I remembered bumping someone as I walked stupidly
[the lalala~ walk] but it’s okay.
With just a smile they can forget how stupid I was that day.
I saw my classmates, they’re already leaving the campus.
Was then I knew that the orientation has been moved two hours from the set time.
Damn… I should’ve spent more time with her. Damn classmates, they should’ve told me earlier. Screw them.
Well, I decided to join them in a fast food chain. Though I know that my stomach is already filled with Almira’s loving servings.
I sat silently though I’m having a good time.
Everyone is excited to share they’re summer experiences.
I don’t feel sharing mine, I know they all knew about it due to some of my TV exposures.
“I may fall asleep, I’m with two silent kids beside me.” – ate Milda. Was the oldest on the group, she’s still good with teasing…very very good.
She’s talking about me and Anne….
Speaking of Anne, she’s like the girl version of Minoz.
[was one of my stupid friends…at the pool party, remember?]
Hmm. The only difference is that Anne doesn’t sleep a lot on school just like what Minoz usually does.

I kept quiet. I saw Chichi, was so silent too.
I bet she knew what summer I had due to the fact that I shared something to her.
Well… I don’t know if she can still remember it due to her drunken state that time.

So…what happened is I ate with them even though I was already full.
Luckily I met a classmate from high school.
She was, a cashier in that food chain. I wanted to greet her and stuffs, but she won’t allow me to do that.
Sigh. I really miss my high school days. I was the president of the class for three years.
I had problem with this girl due to her absences, our principal always ask me to take care of this girl. But look at her now.
I don’t know if she’s just shy? But … she can’t even look at me straight in the eye and say “how’re you doing”…sigh.

Well anyways, after that we went back to school to attend the orientation.
The first one I saw is my friend, chard. Geez I don’t know how to describe this guy.
He is… smart yet he does not know anything. Something like that.



So I sat with him we had chit chat at the orientation.
and I felt like sharing my secret to him

“dude…Almira… she’s my girl now”.
I spoke softly coz I don’t want everyone to hear this news coming out from me.

“who’s Almira?”

“the hell? You don’t know her?!”
“is she… a schoolmate?”
“geez…you should watch shows other than glee.”

He really don’t know Almira… I pitty this guy.

The orientation started. The CIs.. they never fail to scare us.
It was all about our clinical rotation, the orientation was all for.
They kept saying this and that, don’t do this and don’t do that.
My ears started to get irritated.
In the middle of the orientation my phone rang.

I paniced coz Almira changed my ring tone with her personal voice record.
Was like.
“Honnieeeee answer the damn phone”.
Was a really embarrassing , most stupid ring tone I ever heard.
All the people in the orientation started to look on their seatmates trying to find where the sound came from.
But as soon as they figured that the voice was from someone familiar.
Almira’s voice is really distinct.
Was then they turned their heads to me.
As I picked the phone and said “excuse me”

I got kicked from the orientation.
But somehow it felt just okay, I can get home and I got a call by Almira, bet I can take her to a date something.
“you know I’m In an orientation right?”

“ohh…yeah,yeah. Sorry, I was just trying to inform you… I’m at your school right now.”

“eh?”.

“yup, yup. You should skip that orientation and meet me now, before anyone else sees me… you’ll know what will happen after that”.


“Jeez…you should at least inform me first before--- bah… aight, I’m coming.”

I hurried to see her, I don’t want this school to be really crowdy because of her.
But when I arrived, I think it’s already late for that… she’s already surrounded by the sea of faces.

“oh! There he is!, come come!”
She noticed me wandering back and forth. As she pointed her fingers to me, the guys were like “so it’s true?”. How lucky he is. And more stuffs like that.
I walked towards her with a statement - yeah right beat that assholes .
The guys, they split into two, making me walk at the center. No one stood in my way.
[feels like I’m Moses that time :)]

“Tss. You got me kicked from my orientation”.

“Sorry…my bad.” *a hug follows…

“How’d you got here anyway?”

“Mom brought me here, she said she’s going to see a friend. She don’t want to wait for you though”.

“My Mom? Jeez… she is sure acting weird”.
“I like your Mom that way”.

It felt cool, that someone calls my mother “Mom” other than me and my brother.
I bet Mom’s liking it too. That, it’s Almira who calls her like that…

“Uhm...”
I whispered her

“The guys were looking at us, when do you plan to let go”.
She still hugs me, even way tighter.

“Just a little longer, I miss you…”

“Eh? It’s been less than four hours since I left you home.”
“I don’t like that, I want to be with you always. I don’t want to lose you again…”
Her voice started to get serious again…
Whenever she’s like this, I can’t help but to- think of this.
She must really went through a lot of troubles waiting for me.

“J-Jeez… didn’t I told you that those things won’t happen”.

“But it already happened… two years ago.”
Silence had accompanied us.

“S-so, you really did wait for me?”

“of course! I believed on what your ex told me… I have no choice but to wait. Those past two years, it’s been freaking long, dammit ” *sniffs.

It seems like I’m not the only one who went through a lot. I must give her all the credits.

“…seems like everything has been planned, that these things happen for a reason. But whatever reason that may be. I don’t get it… why would I care? I’m happy right now… we both are.”

She soaked her face in my chest. I knew she was crying…
As she lift her face, I saw I smile, a familiar smile… the smile that made me think how lucky I am…the luckiest guy in the world it seems.

A memorable moment for me…
Don’t care about the sea of faces...
All that matters is that, I’m with Almira…she’s happy.
And from that I promised to my self.
“I will do my best to give her the best moments she can ever have. The way she make me feel right now, I’ll return it to her with the same feeling..”

This girl… I really love her.