Dennise Michelle Lazaro
"It's so hard to forget someone who gave you so much to remember." I murmured looking on Alexa's photograph on Alyssa's bed.
"First love never dies, isn't it?" She pouted.
"I don't think so." I shrugged and leaned my neck on her cheek. "It dies. The love, affection dies, but memories doesn't."
Napahigpit ang yakap niya mula sa likuran ko kaya hinalikan ko siya sa pisngi. "Well said. My girlfriend's a pro." Sabi niya kaya natawa ako ng mahina.
"You really looked like her!"
"I know right!" Sagot niya na may kasamang tawa. I couldn't say if it was a half hearted laugh or she was just forcing it. "Why can't you forget her? What's what?"
"Ahm... There are times that when I look at certain points I would just remember her, but that doesn't mean I miss her or something."
"Defensive!"-Alyssa
Tumawa ako ng mahina. "Just explaining myself."
"You don't need to. Nakikinig lang ako!" Sabi niya na may kasamang tawa. Pinaningkitan ko siya ng mata, kaya dahan dahan siyang lumapit at hinalikan ako sa noo. "Continue, miss defensive."
"It's not that I can't forget her, I can forget or erase her in my life, the only thing that it's hard to forget is our memories together."
"But she's still part of it, so..."-Alyssa
"Yes she is, but I don't care. Remembering a memory with her doesn't mean I can't forget her."
"Have you move on yet?"-Alyssa
Napakunot noo ako at napanguso. "Oo naman. Matagal na."
"Eh bakit naaalala mo pa siya?" Tanong niya habang nakangiti ng nakakaloko. "Sige nga... Ikaw ah. Lab mo pa rin siya eh!"
"Remembering someone from the past in certain points doesn't mean a person haven't move on yet." I explained, "I moved on. Matagal na. Naaalala ko lang siya because she was part of my past. And there are things that reminded me of her."
"Pero as I said, kung naka move on ka na talaga dapat hindi mo na siya naaalala. Kahit may makita ka pang nagpapaalala sakanya. Dapat wala na."-Alyssa
"You're saying na, pag naaalala ko pa siya, it means... hindi pa ako naka move on. In other words?" Taas kilay kong tanong habang nakatingin sa nakangiting mukha ni Alexa.
"In other words, gusto mo pa siya. You're longing for her."-Alyssa
"Are you sure? Hindi ba pwedeng naaalala ko lang talaga siya?"
Tumawa siya. "Oh sige, para hindi masyadong nakakainis sa part mo, anong naaalala mo sakanya pag nakakakita ka ng nakakapag paalala sakanya?" Tanong niya at lumayo ng kaunti para matitigan ako.
"Baka ikaw yung naiinis diyan." Sabi ko at kinurot siya sa ilong. "Naaalala ko? Of course the days that we were together, doing sweet things and stuffs."
"Like us?" Asked the latter kissing my palm. I shook my head. "Sweeter than what we're doing?"
I sucked my bottom lip while staring at her. "Nope." I sighed. "Me and Alexa, then me and you are different stories, too different. I couldn't compare us to what me and Alexa were, back then." Sabi ko na nag pakunot ng noo niya.
