Love of the Lifetime at a Wrong Time

Chapter 1

This is a real true love story between two bestfriend. Here I am all alone sitting inside the solace of my room. Thinking. Thinking about the things that happened. I don't know how I was able to live all throughout this years bearing this big hole in my heart.

It all happened years ago, back when I was still in high school. Back to time when I first fell in love. It was my freshmen year in high school and was very ecstatic with my high school life. Not wanting to welcome my high school life with a tardiness slip in my hand, I ran furiously through the halls when I suddenly bumped unto someone. I didn't know that that little accident could blossom into a very fruitful relationship. The person I bumped unto is my best friend. That's basically how we first met. From then on, we started hanging around each other. We enjoyed each other's company. We were always together. We were inseparable. I’m always there whenever his girlfriends bails out at him. He's patient enough to always wait up for me. And I'm telling you I move too slowly and to wait up for me takes a lot of patience. He's basically the perfect guy for me. Pero syempre uunahan ka na ng mga sa demonyong pag-iisip na, you're just best friends and that's all you could ever be. So, wala ka ng magagawa kundi ibaling sa iba ang lintik na pagtingin na yan. But no matter how hard I try, to the point na itali mo na sa puno ng balete yang lintik na muscle sa dibdib mo na kung tawagin eh puso, I still can't help it. I'm slowly falling for my best friend.

It's prom time. The school had this crazy idea that the girls should be the ones to ask the guys out. That really sucked. I was about to ask my crush to go to the prom with me, pero being the cutest guy in campus, he obviously already had a date and it's not me. Bad trip. 1 week na lang prom na, wala pa rin akong date. So ano pa ba ang dapat gawin? Eh di syempre takbo kay ever dearest best friend.

"Pare, still don't have a date sa prom." Sabi ko.

"So? Ano gusto mong gawin ko? Maging date mo?" he asked. Then I just looked at him. Making pa-cute. At syempre alam niya na kung ano ibig sabihin nun. Kaya nga siya naturingang best friend eh.

"Fine! I'll go to the prom with you." Sabi niya. Eh di masaya na ko. Sa wakas may date na ko. Alam ko naman na he'll never let me down eh. Siya pa eh, ever dearest ko nga un eh. Hehehe.. .

Eto na. The night that I've been waiting for. Of course todo ayos ako. He came to our house to pick me up. At take note, he's on time. He was patiently waiting for me downstairs when I came down the stairs. He stood up and looked at me in awe. I hope. Pero when I saw him, I was totally blown away. Grabe! Hindi ko alam ganito pala kagwapo best friend ko! Too bad! Best friends lang kami! Sinuot niya sakin ung corsage and then went on our way to the prom. We had such a blast. Everyone was saying, "You look good together." And "Ang cute nyo tignan!" syempre, sobrang flattered naman kami. Last dance of the night na. He asked me to dance and syempre I said yes. Pakipot pa ba ako? Syempre hindi na nuh. Syempre talk kami about stuff.

"You look great tonight." Sabi niya. Eh di na flattered naman ako

"Thanks. So do you." Sabi ko. I was just telling the truth. After a moment of silence, bigla siya nagsalita.

"Tingin mo pwede maging tayo?" bigla niya tinanong.

"If ever? Why not! I'm not closing my door to anyone naman eh!" sabi ko. Kasi true naman eh. Kung alam niya lang."

"Willing to give it a try?"

"You mean tayo? Okei lang sakin."

"So, tayo na?"

"As in right now? Kei lang" Sabi ko with a smile.

"Tayo na nga? Don't worry, pag 'di nag work out, PARE pa rin tayo. Trip lang. just a try."

"Sure. Cge tayo na." Sabi ko and we danced the night away.

Time to go home na. Before leaving his car, we said our usual goodbyes. Alam mo un, ung mga see you tom, goodnight, call you tom, text you later, the usual. When I was about to get out of his car, hinawakan niya kamay ko and looked intently into my eyes.

"What's wrong?" ask ko, kaw ba naman hindi ma curious eh, bigla ka ba namang tignan ng ganun. Pero, syempre ask ko un w/ pacute na smile.

"Can I kiss you?! Sa cheeks lang po." Sabi niya sabay nagblush. Kinilig ako, so I said yes. He held my head and leaned over to kiss me on the cheeks. It was warm, soft and gentle.

"Cge, ingat sa pagdrive." That was all I can say.

Pagpasok ko sa room ko, grabe!! Kilig ako!! As in!! He had never looked at me like that before. I know what you guys are thinking. Napakatanga ko para pumayag diba?! But what can I do?! I was already falling for him. And when I finally had a chance to call him mine, I quickly grabbed it. Kahit na sabihin nyo na hindi ganon ka seryoso, at least I could say na, once in my life he was mine.