“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
A WEEK later Randall got a phone call from Eilyas.“Is there any update?” he asked as he answered the call.“I have all the information you need right now.”He closes his eyes for a moment. Can he accept whatever the result is? What if it leads to a misunderstanding between him and Meredith?“Dude, are you still there?”He came back to his senses when he heard his friend’s voice.He swallowed the lump in his throat. “Yeah! Let’s meet at our old hang-out place. “Okay,” Eilyas responded before hanging up the call.“DUDE, I think you and Meredith are really the reincarnated souls of Clayton and Barbara.”“H-how did that happen?”Eilyas handed him the brown envelope. “Everything you need to know is inside that envelope.” When Randall opened it, the first thing that caught his eyes was a ripped and old photo of a girl sitting on the sofa. Barbara.That’s the woman he sees in his dreams. Behind that, he could clearly see the bed that he thought was in a room or condo where that photo was
WHEN Randall arrived at his condo, he immediately hugged his wife. He could no longer hide his tears and sobs. He was very afraid that if he let go of her, she would also disappear. And he didn’t want them to end up like Barbara and Clayton.“Randall, w-what’s going on? Why are you crying?” Meredith asked after breaking their hugs.“I-I already know the reason why Clayton and Barbara keep appearing in our dreams. Clayton is—”“Shhh. . .” She stopped what he wanted to say.She held both of his cheeks and gently wiped away his tears. “You don’t have to tell me if you can’t.”“But—”“If I find out about Barbara and Clayton’s history, will it change our lives?” she asked. “Randall, if you think your findings are going to hurt both of us, maybe it’s better if we just forget all about it,” she added when she didn’t get any response from him.He was stunned for a moment. Surely the relationship between the two of them will be destroyed. And that is something he does not want to happen. Tha