“HEY, DUDE! You look inspired. I’ve noticed you staring at your phone for quite some time. Who are you looking at, huh?” Ernan asked Randall as he entered their meeting room at the Swimming Club.They have a meeting, so all of the members are present, and they are currently waiting for the officers.“Nothing. I just read something funny in E-Face,” Randall responded.The truth is, he can already picture Meredith’s reaction to the surprise he’s planning for her upcoming birthday. He will make sure that it will be memorable for her.He doesn’t know why but he gets excited when he thinks that her birthday is also the day they will get married. He wondered how their setup would be when they were under the same roof.“Hey! Give it back to me!” Randall exclaimed when Ernan suddenly grabbed his phone.“Oh! I thought you were just reading some amusing posts on E-face, but look what I discovered. “You’re looking at a candid photo of Meredith,” he teased.“Hey! Tone down your voice. Captain mig
“I DIDN’T come here to make amends. I just want to know what is the real reason for you to leave Dad. Does that have anything to do with what George wanted to tell me the last time we spoke?” Barbara said when she decided to meet Rebecca.She noticed the disappointment on Rebecca’s face but she ignored it.“Barba—”“Just say it!” Barbara yelled as she slammed into the table.“Y-your father betrayed me.”She shook her head, unable to believe what she heard. “N-no. Dad can’t do that. Y-you’re just saying that because you want me to despise him as well.”“That’s why I don’t want to tell it to you because I know that’s how you’ll react. But that’s the truth. It’s up to you whether you believe it or not.”“No! I can’t believe you are that desperate,” she said then left with her hands clenched into fists.Rebecca called her many times but she ignored her. There is a part of her that there is a possibility that what Rebecca had revealed was true and there’s only one who can prove that to her
“BARBARA? What’s wrong? Why are you here?” Clayton asked when he opened their gate.Barbara hugged him tight. “Can we go to the park again?”Clayton rubbed her back as he nodded.They become official two months ago. And as he promised, even if their relationship become official, he always makes her feel like he’s still courting her.“So, why did you suddenly come to me? Is it about your dad again?”“I have already admitted to Dad that we’re in a relationship. He investigated you and he thinks that you were only just after my money. He’s so cruel as if it were your fault you were born poor.”“You can’t blame your father for reacting like that. He just wants what’s best for you.”“And you think you’re not enough for me?”“That’s not what I meant. You know that I will do everything I can to be enough and worthy for you,” he responded.Barbara smiled, feeling the warmth of his sincerity.Clayton just simply wrapped his arm around her and placed her head on his shoulder.The girl sighed an
“HOW many times do I have to tell you to stay away from my daughter! She doesn’t deserve someone like you!” Barbara’s father was furious when he suddenly rushed to Clayton’s house.“No! I’m not coming with you!” he appealed.The general pointed at him. “I can sue you with kidnapping!”Barbara did not come home for three nights because his brother is not around so there was no someone she could lean on when her father get mad at her again. Ranier was sent to Nueva Ecija and she didn’t know when he would be able to come home.“Dad, no! I came here voluntarily and brother knows I’m here so you don’t have the authority to do whatever you want!”“I can do anything, Barbara, so if you don’t stay away from that man I will make sure he will rot in jail.”“Excuse me, Sir, but I can also charge you with trespassing and for the mess, you are making here in our house.” Clayton turned around and got shocked when he heard that from his mother who was now staring at the general as if she was throwin
“AH!!!” Meredith screamed when she opened her eyes, she find Randall next to her on the bed.“Ouch!” Randall groaned as he fell onto the bed after being kicked by Meredith.She quickly wrapped the comforter around her body. “What exactly are you doing in my bed, huh? Don’t tell me—”“Hey! I didn’t do anything to you. You should thank me instead because I was the one who looked after you when you were having a nightmare. I even offered my arm to be your pillow yet you’re accusing me of something I didn’t do?” he complained.She stops for a moment to feel her body and nothing hurt except her eyes.“I-I had a nightmare?” She asked.Randall nodded. “You were crying and screaming so I held you close until you fell asleep on my shoulder.”So that explains why her eyes are puffy. She suddenly felt guilty for kicking him without knowing the truth first that’s why she helped him stand up to sit him down on the bed.“S-sorry,” she sincerely apologized.“Aw! I fell badly,” Randall complained whi
CLAYTON is currently resting under a narra tree in the back of the BSU gymnasium. He was now lying on the grass where he had turned his left arm into a pillow. His tutor class just ended, and he still has one hour vacant. He opened his eyes when he felt someone approaching.“Why is my boyfriend frowning, huh?” Barbara asked, who was now massaging his forehead. She was on the side of his head as he knelt to level his face.He didn’t answer.“Hey! What are you thinking?” she added.His mind has been racing with possibilities over the last few days. Particularly in their relationship. He still couldn’t get out of his mind what he and her father had talked about. And until now he does not tell this to his girlfriend.Not seeing Barbara for a day made him almost crazy, what more if her father took her to another country just to take her away from her? That was too much for him.“N-nothing,” he answered, frugal. Then closed his eyes again.As long as Barbara loves him, he’s not afraid of h
“WHY are you always looking up at the night sky?” Clayton consciously asked Barbara when they decided to go for a walk on the beach.“Clay, how often does a shooting stars occur?” Barbara asked back out of nowhere.Clayton stopped and looked up at the night sky. “About one every ten minutes is the normal rate for them to be seen, I guessed. Why did you ask?”“Does wishing upon a star make your wishes come true?”“Seeing a meteor was thought to be a sign of hope, luck, and fortune. So, yes! I believe it will make your dream come true.”Barbara closes her eyes as she started to whisper her wish.“Love and peace,” she whispered three times when she saw a shooting star appeared unexpectedly in the night sky.Clayton smiled when he heard what Barbara was whispering so he looked up at the night sky, closed his eyes, and said his girlfriend’s wish as well three times while the star remained visible.____________________“HAPPY third monthsary!” Randall said as they finally reached the top of
AFTER Randall saw Barbara’s sketch, he hurried home to his condo to look for Barbara and Clayton’s sketch he also hid for almost six months before Meredith’s debut came.He even consulted with the good facial detectors at the facial recognition center in the country but he failed. He didn’t find any database about Barbara and Clayton.His hands were shaking as he compared his and Meredith’s copies of Barbara’s sketch. And there’s no doubt, they dreaming of the same person.So, Meredith had known Barbara all along? How? Why do they both dreaming about her? What do they have to do with Clayton and Barbara’s love affair? Who are they really? He turned his fingers into a fist. He couldn’t accept the fact that their nightmare will haunt them again when he and Meredith are now happy and contented with their lives.He needs someone who can help him find the reason of Barbara’s suicide.‘What about Clayton? Is Meredith also dreaming about him?’ his conscience asked.He shook his head. If Me