Stuck with You

PROLOGUE

He's cold,

She's sweet.

He's rude,

She's soft.

He's tough,

She's weak.

He's arrogant,

She's kind.

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They're different.

Different in Personalities

Different in Beliefs

Different in Goals

Different in all.

Yet, she fell for him.

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"Oh, great you're back!" Sigaw ni Leanne, ang matalik kong kaibigan, habang palabas ako ng airport. Ang mga bagahe ko ay nasa personal maid ko, siya na ang nagdala dahil ayaw niyang ako ang magbuhat dahil daw mabigat, kahit kaya ko naman.

"Hi, girls!" Bati ko sa kanilang dalawa ni Clea. Sinalubong naman nila ako ng yakap na halos hindi na ako makahinga. "Y-yung totoo? Gusto niyo ba akong patayin?" Nahihirapang tanong ko. Kumalas sila sa yakap at natawa sa ginawa.

"Yeah. Yeah, right. Let's go! We'll have a lunch together! Catch up! Tagal mong nawala." Leanne said with her high pitch voice.

Umalis na kami sa airport at dumiretso sa isang European Restaurant, here in Manila. May reservation na sila kaya hindi na kami nahirapan maghanap ng upuan. We ordered food, yung kaya lang namin ubusin, ayokong nagsasayang ng pagkain.

"So…kumusta ang New York? Marami ba'ng nanligaw?" Tsismosa talaga 'to si Leanne kahit kailan. Bakit ba hindi pa 'to nagbabago? Ilang taon na ang nakalipas.

"Nothing much. I don't entertain boys. I don't have time for them." Kahit ang totoo, hindi ko lang talaga kayang makihalubilo ulit sa lalaki, dahil lagi ko lang siyang naaalala.

"Siya parin ba?" Clea asked carefully. I smiled a bit. Alam ko sa sarili kong…siya parin. Pero hindi ko alam kung ako parin ba?

"You know what? Bigla siyang nagbago at bumalik sa dating siya nang umalis ka. Nakakatakot siya lalo sa school noon." Napailing si Leanne habang inaalala ang nangyari noon. Nang umalis ako ng bansa at iwan siya.

"I hated him. And I think…he hated himself, too. That time…I can't blame anyone but him, he knew all of it, but he didn't mind to tell me. He hid all of it to me. Wala akong magawa. Wala akong nagawa. Dahil itinago niya lahat sakin, so you can't blame me if I hated him that much na kailangan ko siyang iwan para hindi ko siya maalala at hindi ko maalala ang lahat ng nangyari at para hindi ko siya lalo sisihin sa nangyari." I sighed and closed my eyes. Flashbacks keeps on bugging me.

"And I've heard that…he's the Architect of your company's project." Clea said.

Dumating na ang order namin kaya hinintay muna namin matapos iyon iayos sa mesa namin bago kami magpatuloy sa pag-uusap.

"Yeah…" I said, breathless.

I will see him, again. In every meeting,or maybe on the projects, sites, company, in the opening, everywhere. And damn. He's the most handsome and successful bachelor of the country, so far. At hindi mo siya makakalimutan. Dahil sa mga billboard, or magazines naroon siya. Ang pangalan niya and his background.

So I'm here. Still stuck on him. Still into him. Still him. Still Axton Thaddeus Collins.

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STUCK WITH YOU

DISCLAIMER: This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places or anything in this story is just in the Author's imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead is just purely coincidence.