LOVE has no boundaries. Love has no age limit. Age doesn’t matter, a famous quotation says. And it doesn’t matter how long have you’ve been together as long as you two love each other. They said that if you truly love someone, you are willing to do anything for him/her to make that person happy. You’ll court that person and do nice things to prove yourself. That is why I love the perseverance Felix showed me when he is still courting me and until now that he give me his promise. His perseverance made both of us here where we are now.
“Dismissed.” The professor announced so I quickly gathered my things.
“I’ll go now, Bella. I’ll still need to buy cake,” I quickly turned my head at the girl beside me while arranging my things inside my bag after our Professor dismissed us.
My best friend just pouted her lips and she looks cute when she do that.
“You’re so in love. Three years right?” she asked to confirm what she’s thinking and I just nodded. She hated my boyfriend from I don’t the reason behind it. She said she just felt she hated him the first she met him when I introduce him to her.
“Why can’t he just wait until you guys reached five years before he proposed?” she interrogated. “When you two reached two years he quickly proposed to you. Looks like he’s really in love with you.”
My eyebrows crossed at what she just said.
“It’s not about how long have you been in a relationship. He can even propose to me even if we were still in one year, you know,” I jokingly said but looks like she was serious.
“Yeah. But what if he’ll realized that it was too early? Felix’s past… he’s a playboy-”
“He has changed.” I cut her off.
“You know the saying, ‘old habit die hard’.” I didn’t say a word and just rolled my eyes to her before the conversation went long and continued fixing my things.
Felix started to court me when we were still in high school and it lasted for years. Yup, it took him years before I decided to say the three magic words. He admitted that he was about to give up that time because he think that I have no plan on making him, my boyfriend. I smiled as I remember that day.
I know she just cared about me. Bella didn’t want me to experience what she already experienced in her past. She’s brave for finally moving on about that and I really admire her for that. In fact, she is already like my sister. She didn’t approve first of me moving into Felix’s apartment but later on, she also give it up.
I put my trust in Felix. He proves to me that he truly loves me and so am I to him. It was like yesterday when he’s still courting me but here we are now.
“Astia,” I was about to open the door of my apartment when someone called my name in a low voice so I roam my eyes around to see who it was. It was Felix.
“Felix! What is it?” I acted cool in front of him. How could this guy be so handsome? It seems that he’s still that high school guy whom I used to know.
“I’ll just… I was thinking to just stop courting you,” he said which made me shocked. “It seems that… you don’t have any plan on…” he didn’t finish his words but I know what he was trying to say. “I heard you saying that…” he paused. “That… you don’t deserve me and I realized that…”
I sighed deeply and hold his shoulders as I look at him intently, who is bowing his head a bit. This guy…
“Felix,” I called him so he would lift his head and finally look at me. “I’m sorry. I was just about to make you wait a little more but it seems that I should say this right now,” I sighed and gather all the courage I could take. I even don’t know why I am getting nervous.
“I meant by what I said that I don’t deserve it because you just made a lot of nice things for me without me even asking,” I smiled. “You’re such a nice person and you already did a lot of nice things to me, despite that Bella hated you,” I jokingly said and I saw him frown. I already think a million times about this and seeing Felix like this, I guess it’ll be early for me to say this. I sighed deeply as I closed my eyes and opened them after a second.
“You heard it wrong Felix,” I referred to what he had heard that I don’t deserve him. “Yes,” I simply said and he looked at me in the eyes. His eyes were full of confusion at what I said just now.
“Yes?” I nodded my head slowly but the confusion was still evident in his eyes.
“Yes… I am now your girlfriend,” I smiled sweetly at him. He even blink three times and realized what I meant. He quickly give me a tight hug, still couldn’t believe that I am now his girlfriend. After all those two years, I am now his. And I am happy about my decision.
Felix faced me with a wide smile on his lips.
“Can you slap me, Astia?” he requested which made me wiggle my eyebrows.
“For what?”
“If this is just a dream… Please don’t wake me up.” I just rolled my eyes at him.
“This isn’t a dream, Felix,” I explained while shaking my head, showing a little disappointment.
Still, that big smile on his lips was still evident.
“Yes! I am now Astia’s boyfriend!” he shouted like we were at the top of the mountain. Some people looked in our direction with a smile creeping on their lips while some of them look so confused why this guy in front of me is shouting. I just smiled while looking at Felix being proud that he is now my boyfriend. Yes, Felix, your hard work on courting me has been paid off.
That day was still so fresh in my mind. I could still remember his reaction when I said yes to him. I could still remember the exact scene and I would just get tired of reminiscing it. I couldn’t believe that we made it all the way here. Just a little more and I could finally graduate and get that diploma. We could now do whatever we want to. I am not really his fiancee. He just gave me a promise ring that we will end up being together while reaching our dreams and now, we are here. We are almost there.
I am in my happy mode as I brought a cake from the cake shop. I already brought him a gift yesterday and all I’m gonna do is to prepare in our apartment some few decorations. Of course, it is our special day and we will spend it together in the apartment where we both live in.
“Happy 3rd Anniversary, Love,” I read what was the words on the wall when I finally finish the final touch. I smiled widely while looking at the decorations.
It was just a little decoration, enough for us to celebrate this day. I looked at our picture that was I put on the wall. I can’t help but smile while looking at the picture. We were both smiling there. The picture was taken on his birthday months ago. I sighed. I still couldn’t believe that we made it all the way here. I am done preparing and picking up the things I used and cleaning them up. When I’m finally done, I decided to change my clothes to freshen up since I am all sweat.
I decided to compose a message to Felix to come home already.
Hey, love. I missed you. :)
Sent!
I smiled after the message was sent to him. After a couple of minutes, I finally heard the door being opened so I decided to hide somewhere so I could surprise him. I was really excited but all of the excitement just disappeared in the air with what I saw. My eyes watered as I saw the scene with my own eyes. My boyfriend... kissing another girl...
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THE scene was like knives being stabbed in my chest multiple times. It killed me. Big time. I felt my tears slowly falling down my cheeks nonstop at what I am watching right now. They made all the way to the long couch without breaking the kiss. He laid the unfamiliar girl on the couch as his hands roamed all over the girl’s body while the girl’s hand was clinging unto his nape. I wanted to get out where I was hiding and slap their faces but it feels like my feet were being glued on the floor. I couldn’t move. I was too shocked to even react at the moment. “Anniversary, huh?” I heard the girl speak. I guess she saw the decorations I made on the wall. “Don’t mind it. Let’s just continue,” my boyfriend said. Why? Why did you do this, Felix? I thought… I couldn’t accept it. It broke my heart into a million pieces when I heard the girl call my boyfriends name in a soft moan. It hurts like hell. “Where is your girlfriend?” the slut asked like she d
WE were done eating our breakfast and I just came out from the shower. Bella bought me clothes so I could wear something nice. She insisted and didn’t let me stay with my pajamas on. She was really hospitable when it comes to her visitors.“I will just stay inside here anyway, so why bother buying me clothes?”She rolled her eyes. “You need to take a bath, duh?” And in the end, she really won.When I came out of my room, I saw her sitting in the living room, facing her laptop. Every graduating student is indeed busy. I was busy too but I’m almost done with all of my requirements so I’m not in the rush hour anymore. Just a few more weeks and I’ll finally get that diploma.“Done?” she asked when she noticed my presence.I nodded and turned my phone on and I was right with Felix who really flooded my inbox but I didn’t bother to open it. How dare he.“Felix message
BELLA came back to the condo with my things. I don’t really have that so many clothes to the point that they won’t fit in one closet. It wasn’t that really hassle for her since she have her own car her parents gave her a gift on her last birthday.I help her carry the bags with my things. “What did you tell him by the way?” I curiously asked. Felix won’t believe such a thing especially seeing my best friend packing up my things. He’s not stupid.She shrugged. “He’s not there,” she replied.I raised a brow to her reply. “What do you mean he’s not there?” I grab the last bag and she’s the one who closes the door of the car.“I knock multiple times but no one opened the door, guess he’s not there,” she explained as I followed her walking back to her room.“Really? Then how did you get these?” I referred to the things that we’re
DO you know the saying expect the unexpected? I also thought that we could be happy until we reach our dreams together. Just a few more weeks and we’ll finally get the diploma that we both wanted. After that, he promised to travel around the world with me. He said a lot of promises to me and there I am, happy and hoping that he could fulfill his promises to me. I was the happiest when he said that he will marry me after we graduate. But all of the hopes vanish in the air just like a bubble. I expect him to fulfill all of the promises he said. I guess too much expectation will just really hurt you in the end. It will hurt you big time. “Listen to me, Astia, I am telling the truth. There was no sign of you in the apartment. Just those decors for our anniversary. I know you decorated them when you go home at lunchtime like the other special days,” he explained but I just shake my head slowly. The confusion in his eyes was very evident as I continue to s
THREE days had passed since that encounter with Felix happened. Three days had passed since Felix and I broke up. Since that encounter with him happened, I told myself that I will be back with my old self again but I didn’t know that it will be that hard for me. Come to think of it, we were together for years, building our dreams together and with one mistake he made, our relationship collapsed. With one mistake he made… we broke up. With one mistake… we shattered into pieces.For years that we were together, we were used to each other’s company. Sleep in the same apartment, celebrated special days together, build dreams together, and now that we broke up, how can I get back to my old self?In that three days, I was trying to find my old self. I asked myself what are the things I do before I met him so I could do those things again now that he is now out of my life. It was hard. It was just three days since we broke up but I could say that it
THEY say that your eyes explain what you feel when your mouth can’t and that’s why I am feeling right now. I don’t know what to say. I tried to hold on to my tears from falling down my face but as we stared at each other, it made me hard from stopping them from falling any minute now.I slowly shake my head as we continued staring at each other. I want to take off my eyes from him but it seems that my eyes don’t want to, it seems that my eyes were glued onto him. I wish he could see right now the pain in my eyes. That it hurts like hell.“I c-can’t… f-forgive y-you,” then my voice broke as I felt something rolling down my face. Damn these tears! I want them to stop falling but they just can’t. I take off my eyes from staring because I can’t hold them anymore.It hurts that every time I would look at him I could only remember what he had just done. Their voice moans each other’s names. The picture
FROM: Felix I will win you again, Astia. I will. I didn’t reply to his message and just put my phone back on the bedside table. I sighed heavily and brushed my hair using my fingers. He will win me back? Well then, good luck to him. He won’t get me back. I won’t let him. One mistake is enough and I don’t want to get myself being trap again. He was once a jerk in his life and he doesn’t deserve me. He doesn’t. There’s a saying, Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. So I won’t get back to him. Never. He will just waste his time running after me so if I were him, just let me go for good. If he truly loves me, he won’t do that thing in the first place. Now that we broke up, he will go after me? Is he insane? Did he realize that he love me after I let go of him? I sarcastically inside my mind. This isn’t a game, Felix. Only you know love her when
“LET me ask you this if you saw me kissing another guy, will you forgive me?” I painfully asked him as tears poured from my eyes. I really hate these tears. I could see from my peripheral vision some people who passed by look at us. Oh, I just catch my ex-boyfriend cheating on me that’s why I am crying. “Damn it, Felix! Yes! You made ONE mistake! But that mistake was I saw you kissing another girl and fucking her.” I was just stopping myself from shouting out loud since we aren’t in the right place. “I’m sorry,” then bowed his head. Here he is again with his sorry. “I’m tired of hearing your sorry, Felix…” I paused. “I don’t want to hear that again because even if you continue saying sorry for doing that mistake,” I shake my head slowly. “Your sorry won’t change the fact that you did that thing. Your sorry won’t turn back time and change everything that happened.” Yes, I love him but maybe that was the way for me to get back myself and