Max was our next door neighbor when we were staying in an exclusive subdivision before, and then we moved here to the province of Cavite. He was my first crush, he had German blood on his father's side. They were rich and he was conceited! I got over him when he found out I had a crush on him. "Here, Max wants to talk to you." I bet my Dad handed the phone to him. "Hey, kiddo!" Max always called me that pet name. He was five years my senior. I was shaking my head, "Hey Max, what's up?" "All good, we're enjoying the beach, you should be here, you're missing a lot of stuff," Max said excitedly, "got to go, my snorkeling buddies are here, see yah!" My Dad got the phone back, "Sweetie come here okay? You can ask the driver to take you; we got to go, take care!" I placed the phone on the

