When eyes meet eyes

The cab stopped in front of the gate of her huge Victorian ancestral home. Home, sweet home... Lena thought while memories of her childhood and teenage years began playing in her mind like a trailer from a movie. She again smiled, and got out of the cab. Their gardener saw her and immediately ran to open the gate. "Miss Lena is here!" He shouted excitedly to no one in particular. Two of the maids rushed out, and ran to her smiling and laughing. Yes, it's great to be home! Lena is the oldest of the three children, and is dearly loved by all, including the helpers. Her sister, Jen, four years younger than her, is happily married to a medical surgeon,Tom. They are blessed with two adorable children, a boy and a girl, and presently living near Tom's workplace in the city. Lena's brother, on the other hand, is the most eligible bachelor in town. Marco is the youngest, seven years younger than Lena. He is an architect by profession, but is now helping in the family's business. Their family owns the biggest land in her hometown, handed down to his father from generation to generation. Half of that massive land was converted into subdivisions with residential houses ranging from simple to modern designs. While the other half remained as natural as it was for their horses, cattles, and sheeps.

The main entrance opened and her parents, with arms wide open, greeted her happily. "Lena, welcome home, sweetheart!" Her mom's sweet voice made her heart crumble into pieces. And when her dad wrapped her into his arms without saying anything, Lena started crying. They stayed that way for a while, parents hugging their heartbroken child... How I wish I can turn back the time when I was still little, Lena thought...

"Hey, hey, hey there, sister cry-baby! " Marco was laughing when he saw his big sister in their parents' arms, and started tickling her. He always did that whenever Lena was sad, and it never failed to make her smile, not because she was tickled, but because of his little brother's endless concern for her even when he was still a little boy and Lena was a young teen-ager. It had always been like that. Marco grabbed her head and wiped her tears with the sleeve of his shirt, Lena couldn't help but laugh. They all burst out laughing!.... It's good to be home, Lena thought, feeling all the pain in her heart starting to fade away.

Jen and her family arrived shortly after. Tom actually took a leave from work so they can welcome Lena home. And the kids were excited to see her too! The whole family spent the rest of the day talking, laughing, and eating to celebrate her homecoming. Later in the evening, after a quick shower, she went out to the balcony of her bedroom dressed in her nightgown, to have some fresh air. She just stood there admiring the moon shining so bright that it completely and finally ended every ache, every pain in her heart. With the night breeze softly blowing her hair, Lena closed her eyes and smiled.... "Tomorrow is a brand new day" She said to herself.

A pair of deep-set eyes below was again admiring the beautiful view that was Lena. Her nightgown, because of the night wind, was hugging her body seductively. Her skin looked so radiantly soft under the light of the moon... She was such a beautiful sight for Patrick, he couldn't take his eyes off her. He was sitting across Marco in the garden below. It turned out Marco is the architect he hired for his newly-acquired beach resort in the area. The two met at some party hosted by a common friend. Patrick is an action star, a very famous one. And Marco is an avid fan, the very reason why he couldn't refuse when Patrick asked him to design his beach resort, even though Marco's hands were full in handling the family business. He proudly thought it was such an honor.

Patrick just had an idea regarding the resthouse that he wanted to build in his resort, and he couldn't wait until morning to talk to Marco about it. He sped off on his bike and arrived at the mansion just minutes later. Marco wasn't surprised at all, he is now used to Patrick going in and out of the mansion every now and then because of some new ideas that would come up in his head, even in the middle of the night! Marco's parents just tolerated him because he's very sweet and thoughtful towards them, and treated them as his own parents. It has only been months but it seemed that Patrick is already part of the family, a big brother to all their children.

At thirty six, Patrick had accumulated more wealth than anyone about his age. After his mom died due to cancer, his dad lost the will to live anymore and started drinking himself to death. He died just a couple of months after. Patrick had just graduated from college then. But he didn't hold any grudge on his father for leaving him behind to care for his little sister, Abby. He was even amazed and thankful that his dad loved his mom that much. Abby is now twenty years old and is working as his personal manager. He had no choice, she'd get a whole body tattoo if he refused. Of course, he already has a manager, and Abby is just around to ward off any woman that would try to flirt with her big brother, and how she'd loved to do that!

Lena opened her eyes slowly, her smile fading... she was having this feeling that someone was watching her. She looked down, and found Marco with some guy, seated in the garden below. Her eyes finally landed on the pair of eyes that had been watching her! Suddenly, everything seemed to stop! It was glowing all around like someone just turned all the lights on! And her heart was beating so loudly, she wanted to silence it but couldn't! It was actually just in a split of a second, but when eyes meet eyes, and the owners are destined for each other, a phenomenon such as this happens... Tomorrow is indeed a new day.