Against All Odds

Patricia and Hakim

It's 9:00PM and we both know what that means..

"*ring* *ringg* *ringgg* *ringggg* Koala mode! <3"

An alarm on my phone went on at exactly 9:00PM. It only meant that my boyfriend's coming home from school after his theatre rehearsals.

By the way, I'm Patricia. I'm eighteen and I'm in college. I'm studying at one of the universities known in the Philipines, currently enrolled as a sophomore Communication student. I live at a dorm far away from my family in the province. I guess you can play the song Young, Wild and Free now. ((Haha! Just kidding!)) I'm enjoying every bit of freedom I haven't had since I was born.

I consider myself living alone as of the moment, lacking the company of real family but alone? Not really.. I recently kind of "moved in" with my boyfriend at his apartment. Of course, without our parent's consent. They're typically strict as any other parents should be. In fact, if my parents knew I was staying at my boyfriend's place, they'll probably drag me to the province and lock me in never seeing the light of day again and that would've been sad for me.

But, they don't have any idea what's going on with me -- the side of the story I haven't told them and probably will never tell them.

I'm not tall, which means I'm small and that automatically classifies me into my self proclaimed cute catagory. I have dyed my hair Jet Black falling above my shoulders with my bang parted on the right side. My eyes fool people, they always ask me if I'm Japanese or Korean. My fair complexion contributes to that kind of thinking too. I'm chubby and working on it! Haha! I need to lose weight. Not that I'm obese but I really want to get fit. ((Damned stereotyping!)) I'm fond of wearing over sized shirts and shorts. Like the one I'm wearing now.

I'm lying on my boyfriend's bed or as he tells me, "Our bed"

I get all giddy when he says things like that to me. It's like I'm an official part of his life already, a part that's never gonna go away, a part of him. Yes, we're together but dskgfjghajkhajk I really can't express how I feel at times like that.

Obviously, I'm happy with him. No one can give me a feeling of euphoria rather than him. By far, he is the best. I've been in relationships before but none of them was worth to tell. He's something, he really is something.

A knock on the door broke the silence surrounding the four white walls of our apartment.

"He's here." I say with a smile from ear to ear.

I stood up from the bed, I noticed that his t-shirt which I absolutely love covers my short making it look like it's the only thing I'm wearing.

I went to open the door, unlocked all three of the locks in the door one very hard for me to unlock. And then I see his face covered in sweat with a smile enough to brighten the room with dimmed lights. At that moment I knew I had nothing to worry about, I felt safe with him around.

His messed up hair was one of the features I loved most about him but not as much as I loved his luminescent face. Of course he's good looking! Are you kidding me? Well, well, well, a body so fit that can turn innocence to deviantness in any second. Okay, that was kind of perverted on my side but that's the truth, 100% sure. He loves the gym, it's almost as if it's his second home. He's fair skinned and tall too! How lucky can a girl get?

He entered the room and I greet him "Welcome back mahal ko! (my love)"

I wrap my arms around him and try to wipe the sweat across his face and kiss him. He kisses back as he slowly pulls me closer. His body, his scent. My senses heighten, recognizing him. I close my eyes and got lost in the moment. The next thing I know we we're on the bed..

He pulls away from the kiss looking at me with eyes full of affection with the genuineness of his feeling bold. I think he missed me even if we've been together today. Upon waking up, to school and now, back home. I missed him too even if it's too sudden. I could not resist him, I really couldn't.

"Hi mahal ko! (my love) I miss you!" He says happily pressing my body on the bed as he's on top of me.

He's heavy, don't get me wrong but it's okay! Haha! I can take it. I'm quite a strong little lady.

"So, how was your day?" I ask. It's funny why I even ask him because he's a classmate of mine in one subject today which was Rizal. I guess I did because Mondays are a busy day for the both of us.

"It was okay, the usual.." He's not the type to tell stories about his day but he's a very vocal guy, believe me.

"Oh, I almost forgot! I'm a politcian now. Haha! I'm going to run for Auditor this year in our theatre guild! I'm hoping for your support, okay?" He's really excited about it, I am too!

I went up to sit "Really? Wow! That's huge! Of course mahal ko, what do you expect! I'll support you all throughout!" I said as I held both of his hands.

"I sort of just went with it, you know."

"I'm glad you did. You're a senior member anyway. And, this is really refresing to hear. You as an officer, wow! Sadly, I'm an out going officer.. But that's okay. Now's your turn."

"Do you think I'll win?" His expression turned to worry.

"Of course you will." I looked him in the eye and kissed him.

I stood up and posed weirdly like how I normally am. I didn't mind him seeing me like this, I'm comfortable around him, he knows me like the back of his hand and him I do too. With strong conviction, I said,  "Hakim! My next theatre guild Auditor!"

Hakim, quite an unusual name, huh? Know why?

Meet Hakim, my Muslim boyfriend.