Two Lane (Tagalog)

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With the tightness of her chest and the trembling of her hands Charlotte tried to raise her hand and sign the paper. A paper that will end it all.

"Zacharaya..."

"Carlotta..."

She looked up, letting the tears flow into her eyes. Though her chest tightened, she let out a smile, a smile not from sadness but from happiness, because her question had finally been answered.

"It's alright Zacharaya--No I shouldn't be calling you Zacharaya now." 

"O-of course you can, you can still call Zacharaya, Carlotta please..." He pleaded as he tried to approach me but I didn't let him.

"Please Zachary I'm begging don't come near me. It's all over now." 

"Why? I told you I'll stay with you."

"I would definitely be glad to hear that before, but it hurts." Pinahid ko ang luhang muling pumatak sa aking mata.

"I'm sorry--"

"No--Please don't say that. I know in the first place this is all wrong." I sat down as I could not bear the weakness before continuing. "I took the chance, I drive my car, look for you even without a trace even I have no idea where to start. Kahit na alam kong walang kasiguraduhan kung mahahanap ba kita. Hindi ako sumuko dahil alam mong hindi ako ang klase ng taong susuko diba?"

Zachary was about to speak but Charlotte didn't let him.

"I was in the middle of my journey when I saw a glimpse of your shadow. I started to get hope, pero hindi pa pala iyon ang oras para magsaya dahil the more I tried reaching you, mas lalo kang lumalayo, but then hindi pa rin ako sumuko. I'm still hoping na magpapakita ka sa akin pero wala until I met two different directions. A two lane which has a dangerous one and the blind alley or the dead end." I took a breath.

"Of course, I had to choose one. It looks easier because I can just choose the other road that is not a dead end. If it's not, it's a hard decision to make. So I stacked up. What should I choose? Should I choose the dead end which means I have to stop or should I go to the other one and continue my journey? But it's going to be hard and it has no assurance that I can find you there. With a dangerous road, I might fail. Pwedeng masira ang kotse ko at wala na akong magagamit. Kaya nanatiling ako sa pagitan ng dalawang daan, Zachary habang pilit na iniisip ang tamang desisyon, and you know what?" 

Tumingin si Charlotte sa mga mata ni Zachary na puno na rin ng luha at patuloy ang pagdaloy sa kanyang pisngi.

"I've finally made my decision." She smiled and stood up from her sit. Pinahid niya ang luha sa kanyang pisngi at muling ngumiti kay Zachary.

"N-no please... You don't need to choose, Carlotta. I'll go back and meet you there, you just have to wait." Hindi na niya napigilan pa si Zachary ng lumuhod ito sa kanyang harap.

"Zachary, please don't do this. Shouldn't you be happy that I'm finally letting you go?"

"But I'm not! I can't be happy now that my reason for coming back will be gone." He held her hand.

"You didn't leave a trace for me to follow."

"Then I'll make a new one."

"It's impossible now that it's over." Mariin niyang sabi at hinila ang kanyang kamay na mahigpit na hawak ni Zachary.

Naglakad siya patungong pinto. "It's a dead end now, Zachary. I hope when you take a journey, you leave traces so that person won't be lost." She lastly said before closing the door leaving the traces she made for him.