“I’M SORRY, Randz, but I can’t marry you,” she replied and runaway.Even their friends, relatives, and guests were taken aback by Meredith’s response.“W-why can’t you marry me?”Meredith is deafeningly silent, unable to face him.“Answer me, please! Give me an acceptable reason why you can’t marry me!” Randall yelled, couldn’t accept the fact that he was rejected.Meredith took a deep breath, trying to hold back her tears and face him. “Because you don’t really love me.” Meredith’s emotions were mixed as fear dominated her heart. It seems that her dream about the red thread that Randall cut in her dream came back to her vision.“Mer, that’s not true! I do love you! Can’t you feel it?!” Randall said as his tears escaped his eyes.She sobbed and shook her head. “Y-you’re only saying that because of Barbara and Clayton’s red thread that is connects us.”Her mother and Rebecca covered their mouths at what she said. Even their friends looked at each other, couldn’t believe that she had b
(1982) IN THE DARK room, two people are hugging each other while sitting on the sofa where nothing else can be heard but their little sobs. Due to their status in life, two people are forced to separate by fate. Two people who started with oppression and belittlement. That despite their different worlds, sweet love prevailed in their hearts and minds. But nothing is permanent in this world. There are times when you must let go and sacrifice your happiness for the sake of others’ happiness. The young man slightly distanced himself from the girl who was leaning on his shoulder and looked into the girl’s teary eyes under the bright moon. “I love you,” the young man said passionately. “Remember that no matter what happens, I will only love you,” he added when the young lady’s mouth was silent after he kissed her on the forehead. The young lady’s lips trembled. “W-why do you sound like you’re about to abandon me?” The young man remained silent. She let go of his hug and looked at him
MEREDITH was woken up by the ringing of her alarm and lazily stretched her hand towards her night-stand to turned it off. Her eyes widened and rushed out of bed when she saw that she was going to be late on her first day in college.“Oh, no! I’ll be dead if Aunt Marita finds out I’m late on my first day,” she mumbled then quickly changed, brushed her teeth, fixed her hair, and in no time, she was racing out of the room.“Morning, Mom!” she greeted.“Morning, Darling!”“Here’s your food. Just eat your breakfast on the bus so that you won’t be late,” her mom said as she handed her a paper bag. She kissed her mother on the cheek and thanked her. “Thanks for the breakfast, Mom! I’ll go ahead. Don’t worry, I’ll be home early, so I can help you close the shop.”“Alright!” Then she went out. But her mother suddenly called her.“Editha! Did you bring your earphones?!” Mrs. Ebelte shouted at the main door when Meredith reaches their gate.She turned and nodded. “Yes, I did! It’s in my bag!”H
MEREDITH’S professor sent them out immediately to go to the club they wanted to join after their introduction. She’s now heading to the Cooking Club when she heard someone calling her nickname.“MER!” When Meredith turned around, she saw her second cousin, John Person, the son of her mother's first cousin. “Hey, cous!”Her cousin is a senior Architecture student and the MVP for four consecutive years of the Swimming Club.“Have you decided already which club you want to join?” he asked when they started walking on the pathway.“At the Cooking Club,” she answered.John Person nodded. “Then I will accompany you there so you don’t get lost.”Her mood lightens up. “Really?”“Yup!”She smiled. “Thanks, cous!”When they got there, her cousin bid his goodbye because of a sudden meeting at the Club for the try-out of freshmen.“Alright! I'll see you later,” she said while he ran away from her.Meredith greeted the people when she arrived inside the Cooking Club. “G-good morning. . .”She l
“HERE!” Meredith was surprised when Randall handed her a piece of plastic, full of medicine. They are now in the library for the research given to them by their first subject. She was alone because Shanaia and Marylex were also busy looking for books.“What’s this for?” she asked after taking what he was giving her.He sat next to her and pointed to the wound on her arm. “I noticed the blood on your wound has already dried.”She looked at her elbow and he was right. The blood had already dried there. “I can treat myself,” she said, but he took the cotton away from her.“Let me. You might not clean your wound well. I don’t want you to get infected.”There was nothing she could do so she let him. And she felt the pain only when the dried blood was removed.“It’s done,” he announced after placing the colorful band-aid on her wound.“T-thank you,” she said without looking at him.She also slightly held her chest when the familiar heartbeat hits her again.“Is there a problem?” he asked w
RANDALL quickly approached the door and forced it to open.“Come on, open!” he said annoyed.Due to the presence of her classmate, he lost his mind about the instructions given to him by his Captain.“Hey! What’s the problem?” Meredith asked as she approached him.“T-the door. . . ”“W-why! W-what’s with the door?” she frowned when she asked.“W-we’re stuck,” he announced.Her eyes widened. “What?!” then tried to open the door.She panicked. “This can’t be happening!” She even snatched the key from him when she saw that he was holding it and quickly unlock it. “That won’t work!” Randall said causing her to look at him, shocked.“W-what do you mean?”He looked down. “C-captain said, the lock on the inside is broken so you have to immediately block the chair behind the door so you don’t get trapped inside. When you are locked inside, only the person outside can open it because the key you are holding now is only for the front lock.”The girl tapped her forehead. “So, what are we going
“MEREDITH! Are you okay? What’s happening?” he worriedly asked in confusion as he approached her. Sweat started to form on Meredith’s forehead and neck, her breathing became uneven, and her chest is moving up and down. She wanted to use her earphones but it’s useless because her phone’s battery is empty. She looked at Randall and tightly held on to his uniform. “D-do you have an iPod?” she asked, trembling. Her grip on Randall’s arm tightened even more when the thunder rumbled again with lightning. “Y-yeah.” Then he immediately rummaged through his bag. Fortunately, the sudden flash of lightning gave light somehow so he quickly get what he needed. “Here.” She quickly took it and put on the earphone and play it. When she heard the calm music, she turned up the volume just enough so that she could no longer hear the thunder. Randall looked at her worriedly. “A-are you okay now?” She calmed herself first and nodded. “D-did I startled you?” she asked. Randall nodded without sayin
(1982) “WHAT are you carrying?” the girl asked the guy when they met in the canteen one morning. “You mentioned to me yesterday that you don’t use to eat breakfast so I brought you some food,” he said while showing her what was inside the lunchbox he was carrying. “But you don’t have to do this, you know?” “You have to eat, okay?” he insisted. The girl shook her head. “I still don’t want to!” He pouted his lips. And the girl frowned when she saw what he cooked. “Is that an omelet?” “Yes!” “Then why do I see something orange inside of it?” He smiled. “I put some tomatoes inside because it’s too boring if it’s just a plain egg.” The girl grimace when the bottom burns, turning brown and dehydrated, while the top remains runny. “What happened?” she commented after checking it using a fork. He was slightly disappointed by what she said so he immediately covered it up and took it away from her. “W-well, I don’t really know how to cook. I just tried to cook it for you.” The guy t