Yosef still can’t believe that Mari is now his girlfriend. “Whew! I still can’t believe it..She’s mine now..”, Yosef thought. He just can’t help himself imagining things that he’s not supposed to imagine. Things like having her in his arms for the whole night, kiss her and make her feel that she is loved. And he’s so excited to do that! To do that in God’s perfect time.
Mari is in her bed, it’s almost 2 a.m. in the morning, but she is still awake and energetic. She was happy..very happy, knowing that she now have her first boyfriend. She doesn’t want to sleep because she does not want to end the day. She day dreamed all night until her eyes voluntarily closed.
The next day, first hour in the morning, she opened her laptop and surfed the net. She opened her facebook account and posted, “Somebody’s not single anymore!!..Ngayon lang nag sink in, ang saya!!”. She was too proud to post on her facebook account that she’s not single anymore. Then a dozen comments of congratulations popped out!
“Hoy Mari, is this really is it?!? Hahaha.. Congratulations!..I’m happy for the both of you!”, a message that she received from Ella, her former boss at the firm who became her closest friend among the girls. She knew that Ella was really happy for the two of them because it was Ella who became her confidante when it comes to her lovelife, more specifically with Yosef.
“Yup Ella! This is really is it! Thanks for everything girl!”, Mari replied.
“Now I know why the man here looks very happy and enthusiastic! Ahaha.. He still didn’t know that I know everything about the two of you.”, Ella said.
Knowing from Ella that Yosef is acting happy in the office, she felt that he’s really in love with her. And there would be no reason for her to be scared of getting hurt with Yosef.
A few weeks after, while chatting with Ella on the phone, Yosef’s secret was discovered by Mari. A secret that’s about someone in Yosef’s past.
“Atlast!! He was able to get over with his college love!!”, Ella said.
“College love?! Really?!!” ,Mari surprisingly asked.
“Gosh!! Uh…oh!! My mouth did it again!! Hmmm.. Basta, you better hear it from the horses’ mouth. Try to ask him.”, Ella said in a guilty tone.
With what Ella said, Mari was shocked because Yosef kept a secret from her. And she would appreciate that if he’ll try to open up things like that with her. So she tried to ask Yosef about it. “You were in love with another girl before, right?!”, Mari started the topic.
“Huh?!?!”, Yosef was shocked with the question. He wondered who the hell told Mari about the stories of his past. He intentionally tried to avoid talking about it with Mari because she might compare herself with the girl. She wanted to protect Mari from any issues in his past. But since she asked about it, might as well be honest about her and tell her everything. “Uhmmm yeah.. I courted someone before.”, he answered her query.
“Way back in college?!”, she asked again.
“Both in college and after college. Same girl”, Yosef said.
“Wow!! She’s one lucky girl!! So, could you tell me what happened? Why didn’t the two of you ended up together?”, she asked in a very curious tone.
“I think she’s not interested in me. I tried to ask her twice, but then, she didn’t say anything. She left out of the country and my feelings for her eventually disappeared.”, Yosef explained.
“Oh! I see.”, Mari reacted and stopped asking. She kept silent and looked afar.
Yosef looked closely at Mari and saw that worry in her eyes. “Hey!! Are you okay?!”, he asked Mari and at the same time, he pulled her closer to him so that he could easily wrap his arms around her waist. “Don’t think about that girl anymore, okay?! She’s someone in my past. You are my present, so no need to worry about that! If you think I’m making you as panakip-butas, then take it from me, you are not!!” Then he kissed her hair and hugged her tight from the back.
With his words and his gesture, Mari was quite assured that Yosef’s past will remain as something in the past. And she’s glad with his honesty. But still, Mari wondered, “is there anything else that Yosef is keeping from me?!”, this question kept on coming back in her mind that night. However, she knew that slowly, she could make Yosef reveal all his secrets to her.
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