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THE YEAR 2019 Marian huffed an air as she held her chest and looked over the side of the elevators. She pursed her lips as she heard Justin standing up from the elevator floors and also doing the same thing. Their rapid heartbeats are heard so much that Marian dared to glimpsed at him. Justin did the same thing as they felt that they were looking at each other. Marian didn't want to remove her gaze from Justin while holding her chest and he too was doing the same thing. The lights immediately went on as their eyes connected to each other. Marian widened her eyes as Justin did too and they both looked at each other without attempting to remove their gazes. The doors opened suddenly as Marian and Justin felt electricity between their stare as the maintenance spoke up. "It's okay now, did the two of you have been here for an hour?" the guard wh***THE YEAR 2019Danny was still howling over the seat as Paul dazed back to reality while Jane was calling her through the phone."Yeah. You should call him right now,"Paul mumbled as the last verse of the song had been stated over the speakers. Jane nodded at the other end of the line and said that she should be doing it right now. Paul laid down his cell phone over his hips and he saw how his son's cell phone lit up over the table. Danny quickly picked up his cell phone and saw that the one who was calling him was his nanny.Paul smiled sadly over his cell phone as his son answered it and he stared longingly over the caller ID.Paul looked out through the window and whispered,"I should be the one beside her, not Stan. I should be the one she chose, so why can't it be me that time?"P
***THE YEAR 1990"And I was wondering how my brother was doing right now, you know, I lost him when I was just a 10-year-old kid. And I don't even know how I can find him through the vastness of the woods we lived in. He was lost in there, without me, and I don't even know how I can cope up every day. Going to school while thinking of my brother who was missing for 5 years now,"Jane said as the tears fell down her cheeks. Paul stared at her as she cried her eyes out. He didn't know what to feel as he sighed and looked over the horizon first. All he could do now for Jane was listen to what she was saying."All I had left was my father and myself and our own little home in the woods. I don't want to leave my father alone again there, it would be sad just by living alone. I wanted him to feel the dreams he wanted to fulfill when he was still a young man, and I
***THE YEAR 1990"He will just know that I will be with you and he will just smile,"Jane smiled teasingly over Paul that made his cheeks beet red again. He knew how Jane's father was so kind and even then, Jane was a living clone of his father. They both smiled mesmerizingly over their eyes and you knew right away that they were so happy even though they lived a simple life like that. He doesn't want that to be taken away from Jane's face so that he tried everything he can just to tilt that little corners of her mouth.Jane and Paul ensured the silence between them. Paul tucked in his hands over his slacks while Jane was doing the same with her right hand. They were both staring at the afternoon sun and Jane quickly recognized the rainbow that was over the horizon. She stopped walking and looked up towards the seven colors over the clouds.
***THE YEAR 1990"I know it may seem uncomfortable for you, but I want to say it as early as possible. It feels like I needed to say it because I can't control myself anymore,"Paul muttered as he scratched the back of his neck and Jane chuckled a bit at him because she saw how much shame had been painted over his face. He didn't know how he can say all of it to Jane right now and he was glad that she was smiling despite his confession."So that is why you shed over some umbrella over me, knowing that I am crying that day?"Jane asked as the tears were on the verge of falling from her eyes. She didn't know what to feel anymore with the way she had been hearing those soothing words from him. She had been lonely for years since she had been schooling. The only friend that she had known migrated over to a different country and she di
***THE YEAR 1990Jane zipped her backpack closed again as she glanced over at Paul again. She smiled as she nodded towards the town. She glanced at her wristwatch whom they bought with her father over the town for only twenty pesos and saw that it was already thirty minutes after four."Do you still... want to go towards the town and eat something?"Jane asked as Paul was battling with himself on whether to ask it again or not. Paul nodded as Jane smiled giddily towards her with sad eyes and she walked ahead of him too. She patted his shoulder as she nodded towards the end of the bridge. Paul huffed an air over the bridge as she caught up with Jane who was still holding the straps of her backpack. They both walked beside each other as they reached the end of the bridge. The people were still rummaging in and out of the market as Jane sniffed loudly. She saw the familiar
***THE YEAR 1990"Yeah. I was nervous about what you will say. But I'd rather do it than regretting the choice I've made earlier. It was not easy to say those things, you know. It took me some time before I say anything," Paul explained as Jane removed her gaze from him and swallowed constantly. She suddenly felt her heartbeats louder than the usual days and she knew she needed to take some time off from being beside Paul all over again. She glanced at him carefully while the moon shone right through the waves and she knew that she was gonna be mesmerized by how handsome Paul was. His hair was now flowing relentlessly over his head as he glanced above the moon and slowly shifted his gaze towards Jane.Jane didn't even flinch a bit as he saw how desperate his eyes were. She swallowed constantly as she felt the electricity in between of those gazes and she felt
**** THE YEAR 2019 ****She sighed and said,"It was your father."Danny stood up from the mattress as he furrowed his eyebrows and got puzzled by what his nanny said."Ehh?"Danny expressed as Jane smiled bitterly over the hallways. She didn't saw anyone from the hallways and she was thinking that Stan might have gone home for a bit. Justin and Marian must have been having a coffee outside of the hospital as Jane was left alone on the bench."It was true, Danny. Your father is my first love,"Jane said as she sighed and Danny ran over to the windows and opened them. He was getting a lot of reveals today and he can't help but open his mouth widely and glanced at the fountain underneath. He leaned on the window frame as he motioned for his nanny to continue."You would not regret it even i
***THE YEAR 2019"We went to town. We stroll around it until early in the night. We sat down by the wall that separated the park and shores, and we watched the sunset together. It was as if something never changed between us, and it was relieving to see. Because even though he confessed his feelings towards me, our friendship still stayed there," Jane murmured as she leaned her head back on the wall and listened to the last verse of the songs. She swallowed as she clutched the hem of the skirt and glanced above the sky. The stars were smiling down at her and she can't help but wonder how she can reach them. She pointed her finger and traced the constellation that she recognized."When did you let out your feelings that time, nanny? When the time had come, orhowdid you know that it was the right moment to say it?"