“It’s Saturday. I have no work. I don’t need to wake up early. But why am I forced to wake up?” Zofi asked herself half awake.“Zofi,” someone from outside her room called her.“Oh shoot!” Zofi exclaimed. Still, she couldn’t do anything anymore but to get up and open her door.“What is it, Nat” she asked her flatmate.“There’s a kid looking for you outside,” Nat said,She doesn’t know any other kids besides the one she met yesterday.“Why are you here, Billy? Didn’t we make a deal?” she asked.Billy didn’t answer. He looks down to the floor and remains in that position. He’s cute in his pants and polo with backpack on.Zofi shook her head in disbelief. Here he goes again working his charm with her.“Alright, just wait for me at the lobby,” she told him.Half an hour later, she’s ready to go out and meet him only to find him still waiting at her door.“Where’s your dad?” she asked.“He’s at work,” he said.“Does he know you’re coming to your school’s event?” she asked.Billy thou

Free time. When you’re young and only looking forward to good things in life, where do you spend it to if you ever you get some?“Coffee shop?" Mrs. Gracias asked. She’s their neighbor in her early forties whose husband works in a cruise ship. She’s “single” for eight months and “married” for four months each year. Today is one of those days within her “single” period.“Good afternoon, Mrs. Gracias. I’m just chilling here,” he said.“It’s best to start calling me Geraldine. You’re not a kid anymore, Billie,” she said.Billie feels uneasy to be around her. She has a reputation of being chummy with men that most of the ladies in the neighborhood frown upon.“I will try to get used to that, Ms. Geraldine,” he said.“That’s better,” she said.“So, are you a regular here?” he asked. “I only come here to wait. I’ve dinner with some friends and the restaurant is not yet open,” she said.“Talking about dinner, I better go now. My mother cooked my favorite,” he said.Geraldine smiled

Everyone’s looking at the best looking couple of the night. Perhaps, Yves draws more attention than her but Zofi doesn’t mind at all. She too is mesmerized and proud to be his date among the many other girls in the office that he could ask to accompany him for the event.“Do you know everyone in the company?” Yves asked to start the conversation.“Not yet. I joined just recently. I haven’t had a lot of opportunities to meet everyone,” Zofi said.“I just asked because truth is, even us in our department don’t know everyone who’s working there or who transferred in or out. The other day, one of our tenured colleagues was asking for someone who already left the company,” he said. Yves is a good talker.“Your department must be very busy that’s why people there don’t know much about even their closest colleagues,” she said.“Exactly. That’s why instead of bringing them to the beach or somewhere else, I decided to hold a social gathering for us. It’s also a chance to meet our collea

It’s one of those days when they know it’s already morning but it’s still weekend and so they stay in bed a little longer.“Zofi…,” Billie called her tenderly.She tried to answer but she only made a lazy sound. She even tightened her embrace and continues to sleep with her face at the back of his head.“It’s a big bed. We are not on a couch,” Billie said though he actually likes the way she sleeps.“What time is it?” she finally said something.“I think it’s already late in the morning,” he said.He turned around to kiss her once then twice.“That’s our….oh I lost count of our kisses,” she said.Billie could stop smiling. They’re no longer young but Zofi tries to catch up on doing sweet things with him like any new young couple would do.“Have you decided what you want to do today?” she asked.“I told you, I just want to spend the day with you,” he said.She looks at him tenderly while capping his face.“You really missed me,” he said.“I knew you could tell,” she said.“You’re on

“His full first name is Gerardo. He is his father’s junior so it makes sense if he wants to be called either Gerard or Jiro,” Jaja, the human resources manager said.“I didn't know that's his real first name. He only went by the name ‘Jiro’ when we were colleagues. Even his emails showed it as his name,” Zofi explained.“That could be possible. How long have you been colleagues?” Yves asked.“Just a couple of months. I stopped working in that company because of the rumors circulating about us,” Zofi said.“What were they saying the two of you? We have to know as well,” Jaja asked.Lizzie listens attentively to the conversation.“They were saying that I was dating him,” Zofi said.“And that wasn’t true at all?” Jaja asked.“I would go out with him for coffee. I was very nice to him because I didn't want him to be alone. I thought people in the office were ganging up on him for reasons no one would ever tell me until it went that far already," Zofi said."And how did you find out? D