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Yesternight

I saw him in my dreams.

I noticed these past few days, he was looking at me and I wondered what was on his mind.

I could still remember how his eyes sparkled and his smile that made me look away as if it was Cupid suddenly shot me with his intoxicating arrow.

I can’t look at him as we walk past each other.

Last night was still fresh in my mind, that scene repeatedly playing of how we interact with each other.

We wouldn’t talk in person but seeing him every day and feeling his presence behind my table seat was melting me!

I could feel his striking eyes as if it was touching my hair. It makes me shiver with that thought!

I am shaking deep inside right now but I wouldn’t let him notice that I was pertaining to him.

No way! Erase… Erase…

I was shaking my head while thinking about this.

I wonder if he also dreamt of what I had dreamt last night.

I don’t have a crush on him but he keeps running in my mind.

I keep removing this thought, he’s not my standard and I will never have feelings for him.

I should just let it draft this crazy dream.

While waiting for the next subject, there’s an urge inside me to spill it out on my friend, Sappy.

I was about to say it but I couldn’t.

I saw him in my peripheral view, he was glancing at me.

Darn! I cannot.

Maybe, I will just shrug this off...

Argh, I hate this feeling!

I don’t know but whenever he’s not around, I keep looking for his figure and keep glancing at him in the distance.

Seeing him with some other girl makes my stupid heart ache.

Well, I heard about his crush, there’s a time that my mind will plaster a word that will make me cringe after.

I shook my head with the thought, “What if ako yung crush niya?” I laughed at myself.

Glancing at him was red!

Can’t you see that color?

Oh darn, I want to carve it on my heart.

Whatever happened in my dream last night will just remain there.

It was impossible that we would stand in harmony and I could see a piece of another heartbreak to burn.

“Hhmm, who’s that guy?” I was startled when someone suddenly spoke out of nowhere.

“Darn Sappy! What are you doing on my back?” I suddenly closed my notepad, place it on my chest and hug it tightly.

“Let me see!” She said trying to get it from me.

“Nooooo!” I was shaking my head looking at her.

“Eeeehhhh! You feel suspicious, I could tell it was one of our classmates.” She looks at me with malice.

“Stop it, it’s not-”

“Sheesshh…  I read the whole of it, so tell me about that guy.” She said giggling as she sat beside me.

“You’re crazy! It was just for my narrative in raws.”

“Yieeehh spilled his name! Go on.”

“Nope it’s not our classmate, so please shut up.” I rolled my eyes at her and with a snap, she already stole my notepad. Darn! She ran away.

I was shouting as I ran after her, I cannot. I was gasping an air as I saw her from the glass wall reading inside the library.

The hell, I can feel my face turning red right now. I felt the shyness of what I’d written there. I can’t stand here right now.

I decided to go back to our classroom when the bell rang. I ran up the stairs hurriedly when I bumped into a hard figure.

I was taken aback when I lifted my head and saw his face.

I looked away and hurried to walk past him but when I took a step he also stepped in the direction I was stepping in.

“Eheemm… Eheeeeemmmm!” We’re still when we hear a cough behind us. It was my goddamn friend. She pulled my hand while giggling looking at the guy I bumped in.

“Yieehh, ikaw ha! Now I know who it is, aaaaaahhhhhhh!” I can’t help but chuckle secretly.

“Behind my table seat pala ah.” She added.

“Tumahimik ka nga!”

“Tsk denying! You want me to shout his name? Hahahaahaha” She examined my whole face and smiled.

“You’re so cute when you’re blushing, what if he found out?”

“Heeyy! As I said, let’s just leave it on my dream.”

“So you admitting it?” She winked at me playfully. I suddenly face palmed by the crazy things she had in her mind.

This week, we were busy practicing for our prom this coming wednesday.

We signed a vow of purity during our seminar that was called “True Love Waits.” Sana all, hinihintay.

Well, one more day left and I was thinking, who will be my partner?

“Is it okay to be single at this event?” I asked Sappy.

“What if, he will be your prom date?” My eyebrow furrowed as I looked at her.

“Are you crazy? Listen, I don’t have feelings for him and I don’t even care about him. I shrug my shoulder spitting these words out.

“I know your heart says otherwise.”

……

As the music plays, the grad ball starts. I was stunned as he walked towards me and laid his hand in front of me.

“Can I dance with you tonight, Milady?”

I don’t know how we end up in the middle of the crowd.

I just saw my hand wrapped around his neck and I was only facing sidewards to avoid meeting his eyes.

“Face me, Mi Amor.” He whispered in my ears as we swayed to dance.

I can’t believe that he was my partner tonight. I didn’t say a word but I was still when he spoke the words that I didn’t expect him to say.

“In this universe, I found you again”. I felt like the world stopped rotating and I could hear the loud beating of my heart.

I suddenly felt nostalgic.

I’m now looking at him.

When my eyes met him, I could read a thousand emotions in it.

My tears began to fall as I didn’t know what was going on with me.

I felt like I saw my past life with him.

“Yes, I also dreamed about you.” He smiled at me.

“I thought I would never see you in this another lifetime.” He said as he wiped my tears.

“I’m thankful that we crossed our paths again.”

“Laszlo….”

“Yes, it’s me, Vienne.”

………….

“And that’s how we meet again in this lifetime...”

“Woooohhh! Omg, goosebumps!” Our children reacted as I finished telling a story about us.

“I could remember, it was the end of the world. The sun started to explode as the earth crashed. It feels like yesterday and I thought it was just a nightmare but it’s true, it happened."

“Dad, I don’t think it’s true, it is impossible.” One of my daughters commented.

“You may find this funny and unbelievable but that’s how it is done.”

“I can’t believe it too, it feels like an illusion for me. But remember these children, time is so precious.” My wife said.

“Well, true love can wait and you’re worth waiting for, my daughters,” I said.

“If ever the world ends tomorrow, let’s cherish the people surround us and live your life to the fullest before it’s too late.”

N: This was my narrative entry in Reading and Writing (RAWS). I was inspired to write this when that one guy appeared in my dream "Yesternight".