It Has Always Been You

Chapter – 5

Chapter – 5

Meeting the Angel Pt. 1

“Okay then, see you later, angel. I’m starving. Bye!!”

“wait, I wanted to ask you something.” The hall started pouring the students out since the speech was over and everyone was on their heels ready to march out. I guess the speech had bored everyone to the core, their speed was clear to it. It would have done the same to me if I was attentive. It’s the first time that I am actually happy about not being attentive in a class. Amongst the movement and chaos, I asked Gannon, but I doubt he heard what I asked him when he got up on his heels. I was ready to repeat when I heard him hum.

“hm??” he turned. My doubt cleared.

“I wanted to ask something…” I repeated.

“yeah?” he whispered, and I’m pretty sure it wasn’t actually a whisper, but the noises made it sound like one.

“do you know Emiliano Stephen, I was looking for him all day, I thought I’ll see him at the orientation but still couldn’t find him. He is in chemistry too. Have you seen him? Can you tell me?” I exclaimed to get the answer. He looked like someone sociable, he must know more than he looks like he knows. The hall was almost empty when we started moving out too.

“you know Emiliano?” he questioned looking at me.

“yes,” I uttered cozily. Just hearing his name somehow made me smile. Don’t know what would happen when I see him standing or hug him. Gosh!! How long has it been already?

“He was just there, just now. I saw him a few minutes ago when I was coming to sit with you. I would have told you if I knew you were looking for him” He tried looking around back in the hall, maybe wanting to find him. But I knew he wasn’t around; I would have seen him if he was. He would have left.

“do you have his number?” he asked.

“I do, but I haven’t told him I am coming to this college.”

“Should I call him and ask where he is?”

“yes, please. But don’t tell him about me. Just ask him where is he.” I asked. It has almost been more than a year since I saw him the last time, I can never imagine it was even possible before I did it and I’m sure if I will do it ever again, we were the closest since we were a child. I could say that he was the only person I was closest to and shared everything no one can ever know of.

We were always together like they glued us. I can’t help but smile, reminiscing about how everyone in our family joked about it. We had a big argument the last we met, hence the last we met, that was on our high school graduation day and ever since then we went quiet to each other giving a cold shoulder. No messages or calls for the first week. We were red with anger. Then he moved to California without talking to each other.

In the beginning, it was just anger and pride taking the best of us, which eventually fades away with time. After that, he called me every day to talk to me. I too wanted to talk, but I didn’t answer his calls. He couldn’t come to me since I went out of the country without telling him where I went. I even asked my parents not to tell him where I was. I wasn’t angry with him, nor did I didn’t want to talk to him it was not possible in reality that we can be angry with each other, but I did it for another reason. The reason he will find out today. I just pray he’ll forgive me and we’ll be back together like we were.