Prologue

Billy was blinded by a shock of light. He slowly opened his eyes in pain. He wander around with his eyes, turned to his left and right in awe. Lights were dancing like the auroras that pleased his imagination. Stars were hovering in the dark. A small ball of light with an array of color in its tail swifted rounding, alluring him. It is like pointing a direction. Billy erected and paced for four and one more as his eyes glued on the small ball of light. He looked at his feet, as he used to walk. He was shocked and loss his breath trying to reach something, like a flapping stuff. The small ball of light turned to a bright giant ball of fire sneezing a crumbling array of color. Its mouth was as wide as the circumference of the Earth with its black sharp teeth ready to grind him like a dust. As he was falling, the giant ball of fire became bigger and bigger as it was ready to burst. He swooped into nowhere. He began to feel the heat in his body, and flamed like comet. His cloths were burnt up. Totally naked. Still falling like no ends. He wanted to shout but no sound. In his mind, "I gonna fall like a dirt to nowhere!" And the giant ball of fire exploded and fissioned all the celestial bodies into debris and dust.

Then a green light caught him up, and whirled into and hurled him down. Debris pelted his face. Gravity pulled him down but the air dragged him up. Friction turned him upward and twisted turning downward. He breathed once at a time. His sight was lossing and his memory was fading. A minute passed, he peeped a bluish wide horizon through his shutting eyes. Nearly dropping down onto the water, in his perception.

Suddenly an irritating alarm rang, and he roused in shock. He was panting as if he ran a mile. "It was just a dream!" Held his pounding head as he jump off the bed to prepare himself for the awaited day of his life. He looked at the clock. It was 7:00 P.M. "She might be upset again!" He whispered.

He swiftly groomed himself, and run downstairs, "Uncle Manoy, heat the engine!"

"We're waiting for you Mister groom. It's already 7:30 in the evening." Ben teased him and went in the car.

"She was at the hotel already. She was upset." Ally sounded at parking lot, dressed up with her favorite white Sheath dress - a gift from her mom. "Oh, my boy. Look at you." She fixed his tie and collar.

Billy looked at her phone. It was Grace's miscalls. He held his head and scratched three times. "Let's go!" He was in a rush. "Where is Brail?"

"I am sorry, I just peed." Brail got inside.

"Pap, I'll be the one to drive." Ben resisted but Billy insisted. "Pap, we're late. Don't you trust me?"

"Okay. But you'll turn over the steering wheel in Ifugao." Ben trusted Billy in driving, not because he has license but he trained him.

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At dawn or earlier they should be there to shoot the beauty of the sunrise. This is their last photo shoot for February 20, 2005. Billy and Grace chose Bananue, Ifugao as their final shoot and the venue for the garden wed to fulfill Billy's grandpa's wish when he demised, "You have to say your vow to a lucky girl here, apo."