A/N: Chapter 5 is up. This was one was quite hard to write, read till the end to find out why. Took me 5 hours last night (inabot hanggang 4am sa UK!) to go through and rewrite some stuffs just to not go overboard. This one is a long chapter as I won't be updating until Weekend po.
This chapter is dedicated to Ate Zen and AnnValerie28. Ate Zen thanks sa mga comments mo po - really I love conscrutive criticisms and pushed me that extra mile to refine my craft (even if writing is not one of mine hehe) - and your thinking po back in Chapter 3/4 about Gerald's past greatly deserve this dedication. Also to AnnValerie28 who have helped me find the best idea for the whispered message: I have missed you. I was actually thinking, Sarah naglalaway ka or Sarah tara sa Jollibee :P but your idea was the first po in the line. The other suggestions were subtly integrated in this story so all is fair right? But I think AnnValerie28 also aptly deserved this dedication as well.
Right di ko alam sino sa inyo po to put, so it will be a toss of a coin. Heads kay Ate Zen, Tails kay Ate Ann... And I got.... see the dedication part.
Enjoy Chapter 5. :D
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Gerald’s POV
I have missed you
These words echoed in my head for some time letting the warm droplets of water trickle down on my skin. I turned the nozzle off the shower and reached for my towel to dry my wet black hair and my moist body.
With my body wrapped warmly, I faced the mirror and looked at my own reflection. I tried to smile but my reflection says otherwise. I could not think straight every time Sarah is around me. I tried to resist last Wednesday dropping a message to her but after that mini spat we had after class, I was really worried of her. I promised myself not to meddle with her life but my protective me took over my insensitive side. I really wanted to protect her.
“F*** knows what is really happening with me”, cursing these words in front of the mirror.
But every time I see her in class with that sad face, my heart feels like being ripped into pieces. Without knowing the real reason of that innocent face getting unhappy, there is a tinge in my heart that always blame myself for causing her that.
But after that small talk in the University Car Park a while ago, I was satisfied. Relieved. I wanted to hug her again like those days that I comfort her every time she cried her eyes out when she skidded her skin off in the playground. I really wanted to be there by her side.
Why did I even say those words? I have missed you? Am I trying to scare her off? I was trying my d*** hardest to resist it but those words just rolled out of my tongue smoothly.
“I guess the heart wants what the heart wants”,I chuckled at myself getting out of the bathroom.
I shook my head at the thought of me just being silly and foolish. But am I really being foolish and silly? I then pulled up my boxers, slipped into my white vest and settled in my bed, shutting my eyes tightly.
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Sarah’s POV
I pulled up my warm comforter to wrap it around myself. The morning sun was blazing outside but the cold breeze coming in from my balcony gave me the chills at eight in the morning of my Saturday. With my eyes still half closed, I tried to block the words Gerald whispered to me last night.
