Novels by EessaArkisha

When Mom said she's near, I went out of the apartment and waited for her outside. I brought the things I would need because we can't discuss things in the apartment because Taylor's there. It's almost dark now and I'm not sure where she would take me so we could talk. But I couldn't care less. There are far more important matters we need to prioritize. A few meters away from where I am standing, I saw her car slowing down. I felt the erratic beating of my heart again. I am about to know something tonight. It could be big. It might surprise me. But I'd rather feel that way than be clueless at all. Mom stopped the car right in front of me. She looked at me through the window to her side. "Hi, hun," she greeted. I could tell she's a little tensed. "Hi, Mom," I replied. "Hop in," she said. I did what I was told and got inside the passenger's seat. As soon as I sat there and settled, silence enveloped us. I'm not used to the silence. Mom and I talk a lot and I hate that we

After that interaction with that man, I couldn't go back to what I was initially doing. There are a lot of things running in my head- questions I was answers on. I can no longer concentrate so I decided to just go back to the apartment. No one was there when I get home so I'm pretty much alone- alone with my thoughts. I couldn't even stay still. I would lay on the bed, sit up, stand up, pace around the room. I was restless and I know I couldn't do anything if I don't ask my Mom. If there's someone who can explain me everything, that would be my Mom. So I got my phone and dialed her number. As much as I want to go home to ask my questions in person, but that would take hours. I can't wait for a few more hours just for my questions to be answered. I needed it to be now. Mom's phone just rang on my first call. I couldn't just give up. So I dialed her number again. On the third ring, she finally answered and my heart almost jump upon hearing her voice. "Are you okay, hun?" Was t

The weeks continued and our set up stayed the same. Due to Flint's busy schedule, there are days when we don't see each other. It's sad and I was really longing for his presence each time, but I understand that I can't demand for his time because he has things he needed to do. I was also kind of getting used to going somewhere alone when my friends are busy. When Flint still has a flexible time, he's the one I'm always with. I'm pretty much used to being alone, but it's just sadder now. Today is one of those examples. Taylor has a thing with her organization, Sean went out with his friends, and Bailey, who I really considered one of my close friends now has a date with Elisse. Flint doesn't get jealous anymore with Bailey. He had seen him together with Elisse once and according to him, they were making out to the point that he wanted to shout at them and tell them to get there own room. After that, he never got jealous again, because he knows Bailey already has someone he's craz

I know Flint. I know when he's mad, when he's stressed- pretty much everything. For the many months that we've been together, I've learned not to counter his sour mood with another sour mood, and I believe he's also like that when I'm the one in a bad mood.We don't always have good days so I understand if he's in a bad mood most of the time, especially now that all his school loads are quite hectic.Hearing his tone, I know he's not in a good mood so I just try to give him a small smile as I open the gate so we can get inside the apartment. It's already dark and cold outside so we need to be inside.Nobody talked while we were on the way to our unit. All I could hear was the sound of our shoes on the floor. Right then, I knew Flint's tired and probably so stressed. I'm not really a patient person, but with him, I can always stretch it. Maybe that's how love is.When I opened the door to our apartment, I saw Taylor sitting on the stool at the counter, with her laptop in front of her.

Relationships really has its ups and downs. All throughout the months Flint and I were together, we had fights and also made up. There were days when I thought we were really going to break up but he would do unexpected things... he would try to win me back each time.I love Flint. And I love how he makes things better for me. I love how he always say sorry even if it's not his fault. I love how he always make sure I had coffee before classes because he knows how I don't function well without caffeine. I love how he brings me food I didn't even know I wanted even when I don't say anything.I love him. Everything he does, I love it.I've always thought that like any other relationships, ours will also have its honeymoon phase just in the beginning. But eversince we were together, Flint does everything that exceeds my expectations. In return, I also do the same. I make sure that I give him the same love I'm receiving.But no matter how perfect a relationship may seem, there will always

"Hi!" I happpily greeted. It took a few seconds before Flint looked my way. When he did, he then smiled."Hey," he murmured. I scowled a little when I realized that there was tension between him and Bailey. I don't know what's up. I just know something doesn't sit right with them.I tried to dismiss it though. Maybe it was just me reading too much into the situation. "Hey, we have a new applicant," I said smilingly. I then turned to Bailey and smiled at him. "This is Bailey. He's a transferee and we have the same major! He's interested in joining the Weekly Report," I mumbled."Hey," Bailey mumbled. He offers his hand for a handshake. Flint took it as he introduced himself."I'm Jasmine's boyfriend," he said."And the Weekly Report's layout artist," I added."Great. Nice to meet you," Bailey mumbled."Ditto," Flint said. He then turned to me. "Are you still needed here?" He queried."Yeah, I guess. Eya will be alone if I leave," I replied."Oh, no. It's okay. You can go, lovers. The

It took me months before I was able to gather all the courage I have in my system. I thought it would only take weeks. But guess what, it took 2 months. Yes, 2 months of trying to gather all my courage. For someone who's not as affectionate and expressive, it was hard for me to say what I really feel. Maybe that's why it took 2 months before I made the decision to finally tell Zandrey what I want. I have to tell him everything first, and then we'll just proceed when we decided. "You behave, okay?" I told Andrei. I just got back to driving him to school. Andrew was left with Mommy Emily at home. I'm grateful she's around to help out. We don't have anyone else right now because Auntie Gina's on leave, as well as the other househelps. My maternity leave's also ending soon and I'll be going back to work. That's why I decided to do it right now while I still have the time. Because I know for sure I won't have it when I go back to work. I've practiced what I wanted to tell Zandrey

He kissed me again as hungrily and I kissed him back just as passionately. I missed him so much and I just wanted to stay in this room and just do things with him. But we can't do that. We have people waiting for us sa labas. I was already feeling so hot all over me, but we really can't. I know he misses it too, but this really shouldn't happen. I swapped our positions, with him now the one being pinned to the vanity mirror. Our kiss continued–as if no one wants this to end. It was me who started planting kisses on his neck. I made sure I made sounds while doing it to him. Since we did not have that much time, I went down and quickly unbuckled his belt. I looked up and saw his amused face. I smiled—which is so out of my character. I pulled down his pants as well as his boxers and started stroking him. I looked up while doing it because I wanted to see his reaction. "Fuck..." I heard him mutter. I feel so powerful. I started licking him and doing magic on him. I did i

Exactly on a Sunday, Andrew turned a month old. We don't really have any plans to have a party or anything extravagant. But Daisy being Daisy, she was able to pursuade me into having a gathering for Andrew's 1st month. She said it's just us—simple dinner and some photography sesh. It has become a trend to have creative pictures when a baby turns a month older. They said it's all over social media, but I don't usually use social media so I was really not sure. But Daisy made the effort to search for inspos online and would send those to me. The theme for this gathering is baby blue. So everyone invited to the gathering are required to wear anything blue. Before the dinner, the photoshoot will take place. I wanted to do DIY photoshoot. But again, Daisy being Daisy, she hired a professional photographer. She really spent money on this. "You look so handsome!" She commented when she saw Andrew wearing the little baby blue polo shirt she bought. Even Andrei is wearing the same polo sh

Zandrey's words made me awake for hours at night. It bothered me for the past few days. I couldn't even look at him when he's around. Seeing him just reminds me of all the words he murmured that damn night. He was well aware that I'm not allowed to engage on any sexual stuff. Yet he teased me and made me restless for nights. I wanted to do the same thing to him, but I didn't have the chance. I was busy with the kids and there's no way I can do that. "What's with your face?" Daisy asked. She's here at home to visit me and the baby. Everybody's at work since it's a weekday. She said she's not busy so I just let her.She's carrying Andrew right now and she really loves holding the baby. I feel like she doesn't want to be away from him. She keeps on smelling his head- which really smells so good. She wouldn't want to let him go even when he's already sleeping. I wonder if she's not getting tired from holding him. The baby's growing so fast and he's heavier now, but she doesn't seem to

"Let me do it," Zandrey whispered when we heard Baby Andrew crying. I'm not sure what the time is right now. I just know that the sun is still not up. Thankfully, it's the start of Zandrey's day off that's why he's here. He just got home after a long duty at the hospital a few hours ago. But even if he's tired from work, he still insisted on taking care of the baby. But i couldn't just let him do all the work when he's exhausted from work. "No, let me," I insisted. He already stood up, but I followed. "You're exhausted. Go back to bed and sleep," I commanded. I'm not even sure if I sound firm enough for him to follow. There are quite a lot of people who gets intimidated when I talk. But I guess Zandrey is the exception. I remember back in college, when we first met, we got so well already. On normal situations, that would not happen because I'm not even friendly and I easily feel discomfort when I'm with people I'm not close with. That's why I don't have that much friends. Weird

Good thing I gave birth naturally, so we only stayed in the hospital for a few days. The recovery was still quite hard, but I was glad we're finally home. Zandrey wanted to hire additional help to assist me in taking care of Baby Andrew, but I insisted on not doing that for now. I'm on maternity leave and Mom Emily's here to help so I know I can handle it. Maybe when I go back to work, that's when we'll hire another help. Because I'm sure it will be quite handful to juggle work and take care of kids at the same time. But I still want to be as hands on as possible. I dom't have to think about it for now. I still have months to think about that. We haven't yet discuss the topic that we left off last time. Maybe he was waiting for me to open the topic first, since I was the one who asked for more time. It has been on my head for days. The question just kept on coming back. "Are you okay?" Mommy Emily asked. Andrew just fell asleep and I was supposed to sleep as well but I could

TW: Abuse, ViolenceZandrey's POVI was almost running late for my next class. Naharang kasi ako nina Jed at Dominic. Nag-aayang makipag-group date. To avoid prolonging the conversation, I just agreed to go. There's no harm in it. Besides, I might benefit from it. In whichever way, I'm not sure. Lagi lang naman akong game sa mga buhay nila. Lately, all I did was study and go home when I have the chance. I can't mess this up. Not when I don't want to be under my dad's roof anymore. Kaya kailangan kong pagbutihin ang pag-aaral. I know he has the wealth, but I don't really trust him in giving it to me as his heir. Baka may iba siyang anak, so I have to do well on my own. I don't really need his money.I passed by the Library since it was the closest route going to our building. But it was quite packed with students so I bumped into a girl."Are you okay? I'm so sorry," I quickly said. I helped her picked up her things that fell on the floor. When I looked up, I almost stopped.Man, she's

"Does your tummy still hurts?" Andren asked. He's holding a book while looking at me. Napansin niya sigurong napapangiwi ako."Konti. Pero hindi naman gaano," I replied."Mom, why don't you go to the hospital?" Andrew butted in. "Hindi pa naman siguro ako manganganak. Mararamdaman ko naman 'yon," I murmured. I inhaled-exhaled. This month's gonna be my month. We'll finally going to have our baby girl.Zandrey and I had been married already for 8 years. We already have three boys. And finally, after several years of waiting ay magkakaanak na rin kami ng baby girl. I was actually waiting for this. And it indeed came."Asan ba ang Kuya niyo?" I inquired. Andrew and Andren looked at each other. "Where's Andrei?" I asked again."Umakyat ng ligaw," Andrew replied laughingly. My eyes widened because of what I've heard. May nililigawan na ang anak ko nang hindi ko man lang alam? God, he's just sixteen!"What?" I asked, a bit panicking. Hindi pa siya pwedeng magkagirlfriend! Hindi pa siya pwe

"You may now kiss the bride," the priest said. Dahan-dahan niyang itinaas ang belo ko and smile lovingly at me before brushing his lips to mine. "I love you so much," bulong niya when he hugged me. I returned his hug, even tightier."I love you more," I replied. I felt him kissed the top of my head."Hey, stop that. Picture muna," Daisy exclaimed after that long moment we just had. Naghiwalay na kami mula sa pagyayakapan and smiled at each other.We took pictures and a lot of pictures. We wanted to have as much documentation as possible. Masasabi kong ito na talaga ang isa sa mga pinakamasasayang araw ng buhay ko. I believe this is what Zandrey feels as well. Today, we just really happy because after everything we went through, all the backwards and forwards that came in between, we are finally here and are officially married.I am Maria Airaleen Alfonso-Del Fuerto now. And I think what a beautiful name that is.Who would have thought na ang dating "group blind date" lang sana at mau

It took him weeks to fully recover from everything. He had to go to a lot of therapy to fully recover. Mabuti na lang at walang ibang na-damage sa kanya. He still has to stay at home for some more time though. But that's okay. As long as he's okay and still breathing.He already knew about my pregnancy . I will never forget the huge smile on his face when I show him a picture of the sonogram. Thank God my body also recovered kaya wala na akong problema sa pagbubuntis.We decided to have the wedding after I gave birth to the baby. Ayokong malaki iyong tiyan ko kung ikakasal ako. We agreed to it and I know we're all set for that. Kailangan din munang manganak ni Daisy because she still wants to be the one who will organize it for us.We're currently in bed, both ready to sleep when I felt him hug me. Nang lingunin ko siya, nakita kong nakangiti siya sa akin."I can't wait to marry you," he mumbled. Natawa na lang ako. We're still quite far from the date we initially set.I remember when

Iyak ako nang iyak habang nagmamaneho si Thaniel. We were still an hour away from the hospital where Zandrey is. At hindi na ako mapakali. No one would tell me what's really his condition and my heart can't stay still. "Ai, please don't forget you're pregnant. Makakasama sa baby 'yan," Thaniel said, his eyes, still focused on the road. Ilang beses na niyang sinabi 'yon, pero kahit anong gawin ko, hindi pa rin ako matigil sa pag-iyak. Hindi ko alam kung paano kakalma pagkatapos ng nalaman ko. I can't help but blame myself for everything that happened. Kung hindi ako nagmatigas, siguro ay walang away at hindi mangyayari ito. From time to time, I text Daisy or Dominic for update but none of them has replied to my messages. Hindi na ako mapakali sa kinauupuan ko. Kung pwede lang paliparin itong sasakyan, kanina ko pa ginawa. Hindi ako relihiyoso. I don't pray as often. I don't call Him all the time, but at times like this, I have no one call but Him. Alam kong ang daming nangyayari t

Aira's POV I decided to take a vacation. Alam kong hindi dapat ako nagbabakasyon ngayon sa dami ng mga dapat gawin sa firm. Pero kailangan ko 'to. I needed to go somewhere so I can clear my head. If I don't do this, I might explode, so I needed a relaxing place where I can fully be alone with myself and my thoughts. "Siguro ka bang okay ka lang?" Thaniel asked. I asked him for help in booking a room in his resort. It was very last minute and I hate to take advantage of our friendship, but I just really need this right now. "I'll be fine, Thaniel," I responded. Mukhang hindi pa rin siya kumbinsidong okay lang ako. There was something in his face. I tried to smile at him pero mukhang naging ngiwi iyon. "Ang creepy," he commented. I rolled my eyes at him and he just laughed. "Siguradong okay ka lang mag-isa dito ha?" "Oo nga," I replied. "Just call me whenever you need anything, okay?" "I will." I shooed him away once again. Mukhang ayaw niya kasing umalis. Kailangan ko nang map