"For I know the plans I have for you," declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. You will seek Me and find Me when y...
"I hope once you see me, you will not change your mind and break up with me"_ he said the same words that were exactly on my mind.
"Why is that? but can I tell you the same?"_
"No, I will never change a heart"_he said sounding very sure.
"Don't be so sure. We will see"_
"Are you doubting?"_he asked
"I have been telling you that I am not beautiful"_
"Well, for you to know that you are the most beautiful woman for me. Never doubt that"_
"Ohh, that's so sweet, I guess you are blind but I really do hope that you will not change your mind"_
"And I will not. You know that I love you so much"_ he knew how to get me, just a simple "I love you" from him already melt my heart.
"Sincerely, I've been wondering all along, How can you love me?"_
"Well, I cannot answer you fully in that but what I know is, it's God who put this love in my heart"_ this is his last chat before he went to bed. Knowing how he was when we first started chatting to each other, I completely agree with what he said.
________________ The day of his parent's visit came, and there was one other couple with them who was from Florida and some Filipino couples from other localities here in the Philippines.
Everyone wants to see who is Lois Castro until one of the husbands asked brother Jou.
"Brother is that Lois?"
"Which one brother?" Answered by brother Jou
"The one brother Val was talking to"
"No, that is Beth, my fourth daughter"
"Ohh okay"
"There, that is Lois," Brother Jou said pointing to me, I was washing dishes when they arrived.
"Is that one?" the brother asked in disbelief
"Yes, my oldest daughter," Brother Jou told him.
"Whattttt? so it's your daughter?"
"Yes," my father gave a small smile to the shocked brother while winking at me. I kept my mouth closed because I know what will happen next, indeed once the brother left my father's side, I started to see their wives coming to check me, looking at me from head to foot and then from foot to head. I smiled awkwardly at some of them though inside I want to shrink.
The visit lasted five days, and during that five days I have never spoken to any of Andro's parents, I even felt so ashamed to be seated next to them. But on that Sunday the last day before their departure, right after our church gathering finished his father stood up.
"Hello everyone, perhaps all of you know already that one of the ladies here captures the heart of my son....." he has not finished talking yet the young people's reaction started to erupt by saying "Oyyyyyy" looking at me, I felt honored yet terribly ashamed to be in the spotlight. Brother Val smiled and waited for a little for them to calm down before he continued "So for this reason my son is coming Monday next week. We will depart tomorrow from here but is it okay for you if we will come back here again with him once he arrived?" he asked to everybody.
"It's our honor brother. Yes, it's okay for us" one of my oldest uncles answered.
"Thank you. It settled then. See you in one week with my son" he said before he sat down again.
****** After the meeting, all my lady's cousins come to me squealing.
"So romantic," my cousin Jean said dreamily.
"You are so lucky Lois. Look it's his father, himself informed everybody about you and Andro," my other cousin said.
They talked more but I was not able to be with them longer since sister Nelly Ann, called me.
"Enjoy. Your, future mother-in-law, wants to talk to you" one of them teased me. When I stood up to be with sister Nelly.
"Are you okay? those ladies did not harass you?" she asked smiling when I reached where she sat.
"Yes, I am fine and those girls were only teasing me"
"That's good to hear, that is normal, it happened to everybody so be strong" she was smiling at me. She looks beautiful with her floral blouse and brown skirt, nobody will think that she is already in her 60 years.
"Thank you, sister, Nelly"
"Oh, welcome! Anyway, I am so happy to know that you finally resigned from your previous job, they were exploiting you" she said.
"Yes, I am very happy to be here"
"Indeed. Actually, I called you because I want to talk to you. Is it okay?" she said smiling beautifully while I felt my heart hammering inside.
"Yes" I answered briefly.
She put her hands over mine and smile warmly.
"Are you excited to meet your betrothed?" she asked.
I was staring at her warm and smiling eyes. She is very beautiful, like a walking mannequin, with her green eyes, long pointed nose, thin red lips, and flawless skin, at her age she can still be a model. Indeed they were right she can compete for Miss Universe when she was younger, and with her height and beauty, she can easily win it.
"Are you?" she asked once again, and I suddenly realized that I had been gazing at her for some minutes already.
"I-i'm quite nervous," I told her sincerely
"Oh, don't worry since he is also quite nervous. She laughed and continue, "I'll be frightened if neither of you feels any nervousness. "But I want to ask you more questions. Are you ready to accept for whatever he is?"
"Yes, but may I ask what you mean about whatever he is?" I wanted to be know why she asked that question.
"What I mean is, Andro is a very shy person, but once he feels comfortable with you he can be a teaser too, and you know he is a thin man. I don't know if you are looking for a man with six-pack abs" she said smiling.
"Oh no, I am not looking for someone like that,and seeing Andro on video call he is not too thin also. In terms of being shy, I guess I am timider than him, as long as there was no lie from all that he said. I trust in God that we can make it work."
"No, no.. Andro abhors lying. I don't even recall the last time he spoke a lie because he was too young at the time. However, it's helpful to know your thoughts on these issues.
"Yes, I understand"
"But you, don't be shy with your boyfriend. This is your time to know him more, okay? remember always, he is your boyfriend, he is your man, and he loves you so try to overcome your shyness. I hope you understand what you mean"
"Yes, thank you, Sister Nelly," I told her appreciatively. And I truly understand what she means, it doesn't mean for us to know each other sexually but to know more as a person.
"You are welcome," she said standing up as people start calling us for lunch "Be ready for next week," she said again before she left.
Next week!!!! whatttttt???
Finally, my mind start processing.
Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.
A/N: Here we go... we will see what will happen if the two timid people will finally meet each other.
