Life is full of surprises. Sometimes you will find out, it is full of happiness, but the other times, you might find out, it is full of bitterness.
Here I was, hiding inside my dark room. I remembered, Anna, my best friend, she told me, "You should move on, don't look at the past, one day you'll find someone who is right for you."
It was easy for her to say that, cause she doesn't know how it feels when I lost someone who I really cared about. It's hurt me badly. It has been a few months, I lost contact with him,
Suddenly my cell was ringing. Noel calling.....He said, he wanted to see me.
Almost twilight I was sitting in the cafe, waiting for Noel. Not long after that, Noel came. He looked different now. More matured. I had to admit it.
"How are you?" he asked me first.
"As you can see, I am alright, how bout you?"
"Just okay" he replied, "Congratulation by the way for your scholarship."
"Thank you."
There was a silence between us for a moment. It was a really awkward moment. We were so close for a long time and now both of us are just like strangers.
"When are you gonna go to Japan?" He tried to continue our conversation.
"This sunday."
We ate our food in silence. He looked kind of nervous.
"What do you want to talk about?" I asked him.
"Connie.....I've told you once, if we broke up, i can get another girl easily, another one who is much better than you. But I was wrong. I wanna us to be together again." He tried to hold my hand.
I pulled my hand back, "What is wrong with you, Noel?"
"I mean it," He wanted to convince me.
"Don't be like this Noel, you did this only cause you felt guilty for what you have done to me," I said quietly
"It's not like that, I really mean it." He looked so disappointed. "I wanna us to be together, not cause I feel guilty, but cause I finally realized, there's no one as good as you are and I still love you as much as the first time we were in relationship."
He gave me a purple box. He still remembered my favorite colour.
"Just think about it, please? I'll wait for you at the airport, can you give me the answer before leaving for Japan?" He put the box on my right palm, "Wear it if you say yes......"
"I'll think about it." I put the box in my bag.
Sunday at the airport. He smiled at me, "So........???"
I glanced at him. He stared at my neck. I was wearing a purple scarf.
He bowed sluggishly, "I get it........."
"Noel........."
"Hhhmmm........."
"Can you untie my scarf, please?" He put his arms around my neck and untied my scarf.
"CONNIE!!! Gosh, you almost made me get a heart attack......." I blushed. He could see that I was wearing a necklace with two rings on it, the one that he gave me the other day in the cafe.
"Three years is a long time. You have to wait for two years. Can you make it?"
"I will always try my best. Don't be a naughty girl in Japan, when you are back here, I wanna you to put one of those ring on my finger." He kissed my forehead affectionately. I was drowning in his arms.
Three Years later.....
I got this short message on my cell:
"What date are you coming home? Everyone missed you alot here, especially ME"
I touched the rings on my necklace. I smiled........
Like the sound of silence calling,
I hear your voice and suddenly
I'm falling, lost in a dream.
Like the echoes of our souls are meeting,
You say those words and my heart stops beating.
I wonder what it means.
What could it be that comes over me?
At times I can't move.
At times I can hardly breathe.
When you say you love me
The world goes still, so still inside and
When you say you love me
For a moment, there's no one else alive
(JOSH GROBAN)
