The Story of Us...Thus Far... (Warning: Uber Cheezy)

Originally Posted on a Friendster.com Testimonial
Tuesday, November 25, 2003:


Mai made a stalker out of me. The first time I laid my eyes on her, I can't seem to stop gravitating around her. Back then; I felt that I had to get to know her better. Good thing we had a common brod, who was kind enough to give me her number, with her permission of course. It actually started with a txt message: "Hi I'm Mike, Bong gave me your number, I hope it's ok if I could text you. It's just that I find you quite interesting." Pretty straight forward huh? Wait 'til you find out how we first met in person: It was a typical Friday night, we both had palaCASan games. The plan was to talk to my friend Jackie (who's her sis) during their halftime. Jackie was supposed to introduce us, the thing is, just when I was about to approach them she walked away... fearing danger perhaps? There goes my Grand strategy... However, I couldn't
possibly let a minor setback get in the way. I was thinking about her the whole time while playing ball. I would deliberately foul to get a time-out just to check if she had texted back. There was nothing, I had to make the initiative. I texted her... she texted back (finally)... and we agreed to meet after. In the rush of things, I failed to ask where.



After a quick bath, I tried to call her - "... unattended or out of coverage area". Maybe she didn't really want to meet me... Was I forcing the issue? Was it wrong to be so obvious with my intentions? Doubts reverberated within my heart, but they wouldn’t be enough to stop me from meeting her. I though to myself; hell, if she felt uncomfortable with this meeting thing, then I had to find out first hand. There I was, calling frantically while driving along grove. At last… her phone started to ring. Someone answered but it wasn’t her. It was her roommate. She told me the
place… and I rushed to it. As I entered, I saw her… somewhat trying to contain her smile; her cute eyes were gleaming. Right then, I knew that somehow, she was sort of happy to see me (Or was it just me?). We talked for about an hour… at first I felt uneasy because I was surrounded by her orgmates whom I’ve just met… You know the feeling when you’ve crashed a party right? But then, as minutes past I felt more at ease. Mai really has a way to make someone feel welcome. This may sound passé but right there and then, I knew that I was hooked. I even volunteered to bar hop with them… Imagine… spending a Friday night with people you’ve just met. It would seem
hard if you think about it, but every time I would get out of place or find myself not relating to the crowd or coversation, Mai would give me her reassuring “pa-cute” smile as if to say: “I’m here for you”… Napaka feelingero ko talaga. The night ended
perfectly, I drove her to her apartment and we shook hands and said goodnight.


Like I said, I was hooked. Not a single day passed since that night, when we would not be together during our free time. Inaraw-araw ko sya. I enjoyed her company immensely! It was just like finding a missing part of me. Our friendship developed, I got to know her friends and meet her family. Short as two weeks may seem, I was finding myself falling for her. It was great to fall in love, but it was scary too. What if she just wanted me as a friend and nothing more? What if she has feelings for someone else? It was too hard to keep to myself so I proposed for the first time and got turned down. Apparently, she needed more time to decide – however, she told me she liked me (Not bad pa rin!). A few more days passed. I was starting to accept the fact that she would just be a friend… a good friend at best… nothing more. It sure is
better to have her as a friend that not to have her in my life at all.

8:00am Septemeber 18, 2002. We had our breakfast, and as usual we spoke about anything that came to mind, one "kilig" moment was when we were speaking about
first times… first time to have someone cook for her in her apartment, my first time na nilibre ako ng girl for breakfast… Then suddenly, conversation took an abrupt end… as if she had something more to say but decided to keep it for later… We were to meet for dinner since our day was loaded with exams. About 7:30pm we met… we drove around campus talking about everything under the sun (or moon for that matter). We found ourselves parked on the admin parking lot, I was planning to introduce her to my housemates, but then, something kept us in the car. We weren’t talking. We were kind of waiting for the other to start a conversation… She was texting… just when I was about to speak, a massage came through my phone… it said… “i luv u!” and it was from her… She had this naughty smile that made me think that she was joking. It’s obvious that she was not. More than a year has passed since that night, yet every time we
meet we still have this kilig moment, as if it were still around 8pm, September 18, 2002.