Omnipresent Love

Chapter 2 - God First

But in my prayers, I always include Anabelle. I am still hoping that I could express my feelings for her and asking for another opportunity from God. I hope it's not too late because as the days go by, the emotions are getting greater piling up like magma in a volcano that is going to explode anytime.

[Anabelle's point of view]

It's workday again. Busy streets in Manila makes a gridlock of vehicles as I watched from the window of Olive Tree Pharmaceuticals. Moments later, my yahoo messenger prompted.

"Hi Belle, how are you now?" James messaged me.

"Oh, Good morning James, here I am again back to work!"

"I see. same with me, so how is our system there?"

"It's still running fine, Thank God!"

"How about you Belle, are you fine?"

"Very fine James, how about you? are you fine there and also the rest in the office?"

"Hmmm.. I was bothered yesterday because I have a dream again about the same man."

"Oh, I see. can you tell me what happened?"

"First, he was holding a glass of water, and then he turned it into wine. He said to me that he will change a tradition and make it new. I don't know what that means."

"Oh, I guess you will become an alcoholic someday, James!" I laughed.

Then Angela noticed that I was smiling at her front while she was checking so many papers.

"It seems you have fun there Belle!" Angela shouted.

"Oh, good morning, Ms. Angela. I was chatting with James and I was really having fun talking with him online ever since!" I continued smiling.

"Oh, it seems that you two are really very close. I don't wonder that you too would become lovers someday!" Angela teases me.

"It's impossible Ms. Angela! We treat each other as siblings and I think we are better if we are just this way."

"Okay, if that's what you said!". Angela said as she walks away going out of the door.

[James' point of view]

Then the clock turns to 12 and it's the start of lunch-break. I was still bothered about his dream so I opened the web browser on my laptop and searched anything about turning water into wine.

I found out that it is the first miracle of Jesus ever recorded in the Bible and it happened at the wedding of Cana. I read in an online Bible about the whole account.

"There are so many things I need to know about God. I missed so many things because I did not even read the Bible. I only knew a few things because when I try to read that book, It makes me drained," I said in my mind while scrolling the pages on the web.

I keep searching for answers and I did not notice the lunch break is over. Then suddenly, there was a buzz in his yahoo messenger, and it's from Angela.

"Hi James, Hmmm. Anabelle just went away this afternoon for an important meeting so I would like to ask if you are available again for support?"

"Oh, hi Ms. Angela, yes it's okay, what is your concern?" I replied as I looked at the time at the right-bottom of my computer. I did not notice that it's already past 1 PM.

"I don't know why I can't log in into my account. It's always said that the connection timed out," Angela reported to me.

"I see, I need to restart your server there, just wait for a while!".

"Okay, James thanks much!"

"You're welcome, Ms. Angela, I already restarted your server."

"Finally, I can now log in! Thanks again James for entertaining and fixing my issue, good day!" Angela replied with a smiley at the end.

"You're welcome! Just message me if you have another issue," I also replied with a smiley.

[Angela's point of view]

When I arrived home, I was exploring the Facebook pictures of my ex-boyfriend. My heart still stings like bitten by a bee when I see them. I claimed that I moved on, but not totally.

I did not notice that my sister is at the back.

"I think Ernest is moving on now, isn't he?" Mary said while sipping her tea.

"I think so, I really hated him when we broke up, but now I'm okay, I can even watch his pictures."

"How about you, have you already moved on?"

"I think so sis, but I also think I'm not ready to fall in love again," I said.

"Oh, why? There is always a chance to love again!"

"Maybe because I have fears now and I don't want to be hurt again."

Mary then immediately grabbed her Bible and flipping those pages with so many highlights of different colors. She then points a highlighted message in pink to me, It was in 1 John 4:18

"There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love."

"See Angela, you must not fear to love!" Mary grins as she said that.

"I don't know sis, maybe I just need time to finally trust a man again."

As I am going to close my laptop and going to log out of my yahoo messenger, I noticed that James was still online so I then immediately messaged him

"Hi James, are you still in your office?"

"Hi, Ms. Angela, Yes still here. I filed overtime, what can I do for you?"

"Nothing, just want to talk to someone tonight, but I think your busy, I'm sorry."

"No, that's okay, I was about to go out in a while Ms. Angela."

"Please don't call me Ms. Angela, just make it Angela instead. Even I'm about 5 years older than the both of you with Anabelle, but I just want to be normal on the both of you."

"Okay, no problem Angela!", James replied with many smileys.

We talked for so long and getting to know each other. We have a smile on our faces as we had our online conversations and we did not notice that it's been an hour already.

"By the way Angela, thanks for your time, since we are getting to know for so long, can we be friends?"

"Sure James, friends! Let's talk again tomorrow, take care!" I replied too with many smileys.