When She Cries

The Second Time Around

Woke up to the sound of my two friends arguing.

" I told you to wake me up, we need to get on that first trip ferry boat back to the city." shouted James as he hurriedly packed his things."

Yes, it is our long vacation week is over. We spent out 3 nights, 4 days vacation here on this beautiful island of Bantayan. We were able to tour the city, and know their culture as well. The island has a lot to offer, from beautiful sandy beaches, to preserve historical culture, it was indeed a vacation well spent. But what this island has offered that made it so memorable for me was Gino, the man I spent the night with talking and laughing under the moonlight, in this shores of Kota Beach Resort. Though I wasn't able to see him again on our short stay in the resort, a clear picture of him and how surreal the feeling was, stayed on my mind. I guess maybe that really is goodbye, maybe fate wasn't really real, it was just pure coincidence that he too was at that party, it doesn't mean anything Bella, so let the memories go.

" Bella, are you just gonna blankly stare at the ceiling and let your things packed themselves?" jokingly Carmela asked. " You look like a fool after the party, you seemed to be looking for someone all throughout this trip, is there something that we need to know?" Carmela sat beside me.

" I told you multiple times, that nothing happened on that night of the party, I just simply left and went back to the room," I said

" If you say so, I don't have much time to dwell on that, I have my own things to attend too, so better get up and packed your things, we don't have enough time to catch up for the next trip." James hurriedly went to the bathroom to take a shower.

Yes, my friends did not know anything about Gino, I kept the experience to my self. What's the point of sharing, if you weren't able to know the person well, and you haven't had the chance to ask ways to communicate with the person, in short, it's just one night that you weren't supposed to be bringing with you since even how real the conversation was, the complete idea itself is not real. Both of you based your second meeting in fate, and you weren't able to see the person the next day, dismissed the idea Bella and moved on. But there are still these thoughts, that maybe one day I'll see him again.

We head back to the city, time to face back reality,

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August 25, 2016

Cellphone chimes.

" Birthday Bella, see you at Pipeline tonight. Hugs and Kisses" James messaged me.

So I waked up, head off to shower and prepare my red silk dress and my heels on which I'll be wearing on my celebration tonight. My friends and I are heading off to Pipeline, a pub near our workplace. It has been the drill that on our birthdays we will be celebrating it at our favorite pub. It's my 26th birthday, today hoping that this year might be my year, I do hope this time life has in store something good for me. I do hope this time, I'll be able to find my soulmate. In my desperation, I had tried dating applications, met a couple of guys most of which have s****l intentions. I am now 26, I don't need to play those immature games.

I'm done with my shower, I fixed my hair, and head off to the pub where my friends had been flooding me with messages, asking me where I am. I went inside the pub. The place was filled with a lot of people, it was on a Friday, according to my friends it's Fly Day Friday. I spotted them, waved at them " Hey guys!". smiling, I slowly approached them.

" Happy Birthday Bella!" Carmela handed me a present. " Straight from our pocket, I hope you like it."

I opened their present, it was a brown rattan bag, a bag personally designed for me. " I loved it guys, Thank you." I Hugged them and decided to head to the bar to buy them a drink.

It was around dawn when we decided to take off, we had already taken a couple of margarita shots. As I was about to leave the pub I accidentally bumped into someone, I was holding my phone, it fell and he picked it up. " I'm sorry, I was not looking, Thank you." As he was about to hand me my phone, I was surprised to see Gino standing right in front of me. I closed my eyes for a bit and opened it again just to make sure, It really is him.

" Hey, Bella right? " smiling back at me. He hasn't changed since the last time I saw him. He still has this nice smile and mysterious eyes that captivated me the first time. He sure damn smells good, and he really looks good in that red polo shirt he's wearing, and the faded denim jeans.

" Oh, Hey. Nice meeting you." hugged him, my heart was racing, the world seemed to stop. I can hear background love music behind my ears. I was just staring at him. I am trying to start a conversation in this awkward atmosphere, but gosh I'm so happy to see him.

Before I can start to speak, " You heading home?" He asked.

" Yes, I was about to leave, how about you?" I replied.

" Just got here, do you wanna join us? " He said, and before I have the chance to say no he grabbed my hand and took me with him.

So we spent another night, and this time he asked for my number. I know that this is not just a coincidence, this is by fate. Fate leads us back to meet, and surprisingly on my birthday. If this is really what life has in store for me, If he is really the one I had been waiting, I swear I'm gonna make this work, I swear I'm not gonna leave this night hanging. I can feel that fate brought us for a reason.