We will be together forever

By: Alexander Kim R. Waing and Mikaella Clarize Magsalin

Hey Alex, Do you really love me? Do you promise that you wont forget me till the
butterflies learn to walk? Ill wait you every day from now on. I promise that someday where
we least expect, we will be reunited. I will never introduce myself to you. I want you to recognize
me. Zawsze in love.
I wake up this morning and put on a smile. That dream again? I just shook my head. I
sat on my bed and thank God for this new day. After that, I stood up and open my window and I
felt a warm greeting from the shinning sun. Its already 6:00 and I need to go to the bathroom
and take a bath and go down stairs. Good morning Ma, good morning Pa, good morning
Mayu. I greet them as I close the distance. Kuya, come and lets have our breakfast. The
invitation of my sister Mayu.
On my way to school, I can see so many people on the streets. Some are just walking
together with their friends as they go to their respective schools and some are waiting for the
jeepnies and public utility vans to take them to their works. Today is the first day of school and I
am hoping that it will be a great day. As I approach near to the gate of my school, I heard a
voice shouting, perhaps this is a girls voice because it seems that it appears to my ears like an
angelic one. I look at my back and saw a girl. Oh, shes the one whos shouting. I stared at her
and notice that shes so beautiful. She has red cute lips, a pinkish cheek and dark black eyes.
Even her figure is like of a model or a beauty queen. I am too mesmerized of her and I wasnt
able to understand what she is shouting at me. All I can remember was her eyes grew bigger as
she runs towards me. Blag! She bumped at me and I fell on the ground. All I can feel that time
was pain. My goodness it really hurts. Im sorry! those are the only words she said to me
before she left me. Oh..My.. Who the hell is she! Great she just told me those words and left
like nothing happen. Tsk!
I entered the classroom and saw my friends and they were shocked to see me in that
state. I couldnt blame them. Who would not be shock if you saw somebody injured and his or
her uniforms are full of dirt during the first day of school? They approach me and ask what
happen to me. I couldnt help but to smile wryly and I think they understood me that I am not
in the mood to talk about it. One of my friends, Kim, wiped the dirt on my arms and placed a
Band-Aid on the wounds. I thank her and she just smile at me and told me to take care of
myself. While the class is on-going, I wander around the corner of my room and saw a very
familiar girl. I keep on looking on all the drawers in my mind just to find out who is that girl
seated on the far left in the same row of my seat since I am sitting on the far right at the last
corner but near the window. I love sitting near the window because I could see the open field
of my school. Going back, I figure it out who is she. She is the beautiful girl whom I met this
morning who bumped at me and told me that shes sorry about it and just left me like a trash.
Damn I didnt know that she is in my class too. My heart started to beat abnormally because of
anger. I couldnt forget what she did to me this morning. I swear after this class Ill confront her
and tell her how angry I am. After a while, I couldnt help but look to where she is seated and
stared her beautiful face. Hey eyes stop staring at her, remember Im angry at her. A few
minutes more and at last our professor dismissed us. I stand up as a look her standing and
fixing her things before shell leave. I prepare myself as I walk to her place. I am always telling
myself that I am mad at her that Ill teach her a lesson but all of those preparations had gone
when I got near her and saw her face as if theres a magic or any witchcraft spells had been cast
on me. She didnt notice my presence not until she is done fixing her things and look straight to
the door where I am standing and blocking the sight of her. She is so shock to see me. I am
about to utter words when she said, Oh, you are the boy that I accidentally bump into. I am so
sorry about it. and shes confused whether she would smile or not. I just smiled at her and told
her, My arms are wounded and my hip is aching thanks to you. And I grinned. I can see that
she is somehow trembling when she saw my grin and she looked away, maybe shes scared of
me. Since I am not that kind of man and it seems that my anger at her is already gone. Dont
be scared, I am mad and pissed at you earlier but right now it is already gone. my reassurance
on her and there I saw her lips curve like a letter U. Oh Ophelia, that sweet smile of her is like a
diamond. Thank you mr.? Alex, call me Alex. Thank you Mr. Alex, by the way Im Eusha.
Nice meeting you Ms. Eusha. And I offer my hand and she took it and we shook hands. Wow,
she has a very soft hand and yet its warm. I am not removing my hand to her hand and
continue shaking it. Ehem, my hand Alex. She said. I felt ashamed and somehow blush about
that. I removed my hand and just smile at her. Ah, Alex, if you dont mind, may I go now? she
said while smiling at me. Ah, Of course. Shall I accompany you? Please accept my
offerPleasePlease thats what my mind is telling me. Ah, Alex, is it ok with you? without
any more thinking Of course Ms. Eusha, It is an honor to escort you. She laughed at me and
told me, You! You are so funny. Hey its true that it is an honor to be your escort. I have no
intention of fooling you. Well, let me seelets go, please tour me around the school. She
said while pulling me with her to head outside the room. Eh? Are you a transferee? my
inquiry to her and she answered, Yes, I just transferred here in Zamboanga from Manila last
week together with my family. I enrolled here since this was the school suggested by my
friend. Based on her way of answering my question, I can see honesty and sincerity because
she had just answer it straight to the point. Well we all know that it is not easy to share some
vital information to the person you just met for hours only or let say in our case, she just met
this morning. I just nod and smile as a listen to her stories. At first shes not that much talkative
but as we tour around the school, she became more active and talkative and I could see that
shes somehow childish. I wonder how young she is. Eusha, I wonder How young are you?
she stopped and showed me her sweetest smile I guess, Hmmm. Lets see what you think?
she challenge me to guess her age. Well based on how she look, I guess shes as young as a teen
ager but if I were to compare it to her rationality I can say that shes on the early twentys
though like I said earlier that she has this childish thing. I think you are 18 years old? Is that
so? Do I look like that? Yes. Oh great! Haha my beauty tricked you. Im already 19 years
old. How about you? For real? Im turning 20s this August 20. She was about to talk back
when suddenly her cellphone rang and she excused herself to take the call. I think that the one
who called her is her mom. After she ended the call, she told me that she need to go home and
she thank me for this day for touring her around the school. I ask for her cellphone number and
luckily she gave it to me. I am so happy when I arrived at home. Even my family is asking me
why am I happy. I gave them a smile and they just nod as if they were able to understand my
answer.
Days and months had passed. Our friendship had gone deeper until we are already
going out. We went on dates frequently until she told me that we are already official as
boyfriend and girlfriend. We are very happy all those times. We are even doing well in our own
bachelors degree program. Despite of having difficulties in our schedules because we are
already graduating, we didnt forget to take a rest and spare sometime for us to bonding and
make our relationship stronger. Now, we are already in our own career, aiming for better
future and for success. We face so many trials in our relationship as we grow older but thank
God we were able to surpass and survive it all. All I thought that all of those things will continue
smoothly but I was wrong. Another trial is laid to us. It is one of the most difficult situation that
we need to survive. She was offered by a large finance firm in U.S. to work for them at least 2
years. As a Certified Public Accountant, it is indeed a privilege to have been offered to work
there. She was so happy when she told me the good news. I am happy for her too, of course,
Im a very supportive boyfriend, and then suddenly she started to cry. I dont why she is crying. I
ask her and she told me that if ever shell accept the offer, shell be leaving me here in the
Philippines. That time, I was about to cry too but I stand firm and never let my emotions to take
over me. I comforted her and reassured that it is okay for me to be left here that she should
take this one time opportunity.
The day has come, she was about to fly now to California USA for the job offered to her.
I know it is too hard to be far away from your love on but because I love her, Im willing to
sacrifice and keep faith on her. Thank God that we were able to endure all the times we are
lonely and empty, during those times where we need someone to lean on and that will keep us
warm. After 2 years of working there, she went back and I really hug her as soon as I saw here
in the arrival area. Our lives continue moving on smoothly but they say that even though how
smoothly your relationship is, we cant change that fact that sometimes we will be caught in
some fight just because of some things. Well they say that it is normal but for me even it is
normal we need to fix it up as soon as possible because if it were left unfixed, it will cause more
trouble.
I am now here at the place of my best friends house together with our other best
friends. I ask them for a drink and they accepted it because they know that I will not just ask
them for a drink if I dont have any problem. I told them all my problems especially with Eusha.
The next two days, I ask them for another drink and they accepted it again with any questions.
There we are currently laughing about the things we crazily done during our youthful days
when suddenly. Pare, Eusha told me to give this back to you. I look at his hand and saw this
very familiar thing. I recognized that it was the necklace I gave Eusha during our first
anniversary. She told me pare that she doesnt love you and shes going to leave the country
for good, for her to start a new life. My tears had started to fall. I dont know what to do. I
know that there arent joking because they are serious while telling it. When is she going to
leave? I ask them. What time is it? Oh its 3pm, her flight is 4pm. What? Give me my
cellphone, Ill call her. I hurriedly dialed her number but I cannot connect to her line. As if it is
switch off. All I can do was cursed while trying to call her again. Pare, lets go to the airport, I
think we can still stop her. Without any more thinking, we went to my car and I drove it like I
am on a racing competition. In just 20 minutes we reached the airport and I hurriedly went out
of my car and saw Eusha with a big baggage and shes about to enter the door of the airport. I
dash into her and hug her from the back. Eusha, please dont leave me. I love you so much.
Please lets talk about it and fix this. I promise that I wont do any foolishness. Give me another
chance. Ill prove it to you. She turns in front and I saw that she was so shock. Eusha, I love
you so much mommy. Will you allow me to love you and take care of you for the rest of our
lives? Will you marry me? I proposed to her on that very moment. I didnt care about the
people around staring at us, her family especially her parents who were present there and
shocked. Alex, Yes. My answer is yes. Ill marry you. Then she hugged me and I hugged her
too and we kissed. All the people are congratulating at us. After that, Eusha ask me if what
happen about me and why did I propose to her all of the sudden, then I told her about what
happen and she burst into laughers. I am so confused about it and look at my friends and they
are all smiling, no they are even grinning too. Whoa, what had just happened? Did they trick
me? Alex, I am not about to leave. I just accompanied my parents here because they were to
visit my cousin in London. Hahaha. Still she cant stop laughing about my very epic event! I
look at my friends again. You all are really my best friends! I shouted at them happily. You
see! It is more romantic to propose to your girlfriend when you least expect it. Theyre right.
Thats what I felt that time. I walk again to my fianc and tell her, Zawsze in love. I know shes
a little bit shock but I know that she is more than happy because she knew that I was able to
recognize her and we end up together. Now I could tell that we will be together forever.