10- The Moment

CHINKY's POV

After we talked about the wedding, we took a break to get some rest. Every time I think about getting married to my Devil Boss, I feel like my end is getting nearer. So, wish me luck!

I wanted to relax and unwind, so, I decided to go to my usual hangout place. The river bank. That place is my stress-reliever because it sucks all my problem away!

There are many trees, flowers and the place is peaceful. It's just few steps away the house. Maybe I can forget my problems, for a moment. This whole thing is really insane!

And I'm still annoyed at Chrysler because he felt that he was the only one who didn't want this wedding. Hello! I didn't also like the idea of getting married with him! I never dreamed of marrying him! Dung!

Even if I'm like this, I still have my ideal type! Of course, I want to meet a man who is kind, sweet, caring, understanding, God-fearing, responsible and dear to me. It doesn't matter how handsome he is, the important is, he has all those qualities!

It may seem difficult to find such ones today, as it is in a romance book or movie where such men are only found. As I walked along the river bank I saw Chester Marie and Sherri May.

They were my classmates from Elementary and High School! My super cute girl friends. I smiled big, then approached them quickly.

"Chester Marie, Sherri May!" I greeted. They were a little surprised when they saw me, too.

"Oh my! Chinky, is that really you? You look, ahm," Sherri May look surprised. I was moved because she looked overjoyed to see me and maybe she find me more beautiful than before. "You look like the same, you still have your full bangs and it seems thicker than before!" She said.

My shoulders collapsed due to disappointment. I thought I was getting more beautiful and fairer because of my four years in Manila, but she just found my bangs got thicker! Hmrf!

But of course, I'm really pretty in my own ways and I love who I am! I'm still me!

But something will change soon - my civil status! Oh my, I thought of that thing again! I sighed.

"Hey!" I was surprised when Chester Marie suddenly hit my shoulder with a loud thump. Ouch! Because I'm having my little monologue here. "I thought you were in Manila working, why are you here?" she asked.

Ooops! I can't say I'm right here to talk about my marriage! That I'm getting married, soon. I'm a deadmeat!

I even said before that I was the last one to get married because I was the most conservative but---

"Hey! Earth is calling for Chinky!" Chester said jokingly because I was spacing out. "Are you in trouble?" Chester Marie asked again.

Yes! So big! "Ha? No, I'm okay! I don't have a big problem." I forced myself to smile to hide whatever I was feeling. "I'm just on vacation, how are you?"

"Don't be shocked but I'm getting married to Roi," Chester Marie said.

She had been friends with Roi since birth and they're still together 'till now! Wow! Indeed, 'True Love never dies, it only gets stronger with time' And I believe it does. They love each other.

"Because Chrysler doesn't love you, does he?" I thought. Yes! He doesn't love me! But I don't even love him too. So we're quits!

"Hey! You're losing yourself again!" Sherri May tapped my shoulder. I'm so tired of thinking about things. Argh!

"Sorry, I'm having a jet lag." I joked but they laughed at it, too.

"Chinky, who was the owner of that expensive car in your yard?" Sherri May asked me.

They saw the car parked in our yard. Our house is not that big but our yard was wide and Nanay had a little garden. Wait, what I'm gonna tell them?

"Tell them it's yours!" My mind suggested.

What? My car? How and when did I get rich? I don't even bet in the lottery!

"Nah, you're just dreaming, there's no such car in our yard." I don't want to tell them the truth yet. I am not ready!

"Who's that guy who came out of your house?" Sherri asked again.

And my eyes widened when I saw — Chrysler! He was walking and it looked like he was going to be on the river bank, too. Nanay probably said it was a beautiful and very relaxing place.

"Ha? Ah? Eh? I-I didn't even see the man you were talking, maybe a ghost?" I mocked.

I crossed my fingers. Hope they believe they just seeing things like hallucinations and stuffs. I forced myself to smile. But I was surprised when my two cheeks suddenly twitched, to prove that they weren't dreaming.

"Awts!" I screamed.

"Chinky, we're not dreaming!" said Chester.

"Who's that guy? Hurry up!" they asked at the same time.

"Ha? Ah, Eh? Ahmm ..."

"Sherri May!"

Someone called Sherri May behind her — in front of me. And from behind, I saw RR approaching us!

RR is so cute! RR is one of the cutest guy in our town, he is also known as the handsome Prince of Pangasinan! RR is Sherri's best friend and her long time secret crush.

Sherri May is not yet ready to express her true feelings for him because she feels that RR is a million miles aways from her. He is super famous and super rich, whereas she's just an average girl. But that's not the basis for love right? But i feel that RR has also a secret feelings for her!

"Hi Chinky!" RR greeted me.

I nodded. "Hello!"

Phew! Fortunately RR came! He is my hero! I lost the hotseat! I stared at Sherri May, who had the sweet smiles since RR had arrived, which could be turned into sugar.

"Ah Chinky, do you still remember RR?" said Sherri. I nodded. "He is my fiancé now!" she said again with my eyes wide open.

F-Fiancé? Define Fiancé — the man to whom a woman is engaged to be married.

Oh my! Wait! I just can't believe it! So, they already knew each other's feelings. OMG! I am so happy for them but i felt a bit of envy!

"Waah! I'm so happy for the both of you, friends." Then I hugged Chester Marie and Sherri May because they were lucky in love, and I missed them too! So, maybe when they find out I'm getting married, they will just be okay with it. I sighed with relief.

"Ahm, yeah, you were asking about the guy who came out from the house earlier, that's Chrysler, my future husband." i said courageously.

Is my face looks thicker now? Now I'm dreaming of us getting married. Of course, they didn't have to say I was late for the trip, atleast I'm going along, right?

They were surprised at first but in the end .. They listened to my long story. But of course I didn't tell them the true reason for our marriage. I want them to think that we're getting married because we love each other — even if it's just a big joke.

After one hour of greetings and gossips with my old friends, I stopped by the river. And I was right when I saw Chrys, who looked like he had been a while ago. He was seating on the swing, as if heaven had fallen on him.

I sighed. As if he has the biggest problem in the Universe. Am i really that bad for a wife? Hmrf! I don't want to marry him either.

"Hey!" I grabbed his attention. He turned but immediately returned his attention to the river. "Are you okay?" I asked.

But he is silent. Weird. He's not talking back! But I prefer that he's quiet but then again I don't know why I'm looking for the devil-like Chrys. Tsk .. Tsk .. I'm the crazy one.

"I don't like you!" he said suddenly and he looked at me. "I don't really like you!"

I was upset by what he said, and then he looked away. "Feeling! I don't even like you too!" I answered. Argh!! Stupid jerk!

"But it looks like there's nothing we can do about it." Later he gently says that our marriage is fixed.

He looks very sad. I'm not used to this kind of Chrys. I also sit on the adjacent swing. And swinging loudly.

"Yehey! I feel the cool breeze!" I'm happy to revitalize the ambiance. How could he lament when he has this kind of surroundings?

"Hey, I'm serious here! Don't you have anything to say about that stupid wedding?" he was angry again. Whoa! Here he is again. I'm taking back what I said earlier.

"Let's not talk about it first! Let's focus on the ambiance and feel the fresh air." Then again I swing loudly. I heard him sigh. I stopped swinging, then I got up and went to the fence of the river and got something.

"Let's play!" Then I stood in front of him and held out my shaking palm.

"What's that?" he was still wrinkled.

"Little spiders!" His eyes widened as he saw the spiders in my hand, and he quickly withdrew from the swing.

"Get that thing away from me, yuck!" he shouted. Yuck? I laughed at his reaction. He is afraid of this little buggy?

"Hey come on, it's not scary! Let's spider fight!"

I used to play spiders with our male neighbors a lot. After the spiders fight, we put their poops on our heads to make them grow stronger and bolder. I didn't know where that idea came from.

"Go ahead!" I insist. Then I approached him again and quickly put the spider on his arm.

I was shocked when he suddenly screamed out loud. He was really scared. He quickly jumped and shook his arm to remove the spider. I couldn't help but laugh out loud. He looks cute.

"You can't be eaten by that crap, it's so small!" I said while laughing.

"You are really so gross! Get away from me!" he exclaimed. No way! He's so angry!

"Hey! I'm sorry .." I said, then stooped and bowed my head to imitate Chichay in the pinoy tv series Got to believe in Magic.

He shook his head and started walking away from me. But since I was a bit of a crazy, I went after him. Then put another spider on his neck. I burst into laughter when I saw that he was panicking. Especially when he looks like a jumping kangaroo. He tried his best to remove the spider from his clothes and when the spider was gone, he looked at me like I'll be dead.

"You!" He said furiously. Then he grabbed my arm and leaned against the nearby tree. Our faces are now an inches away. I can already smell his masculine scent. Hmmmm .. Soooo fresh!

Our eyes get closer to each other. We're just looking at it. One second .. Two seconds .. Three seconds .. Five million seconds. Whoa! As if we couldn't take our eyes away from each other.

But all of a sudden his weird stare towards me changed with his killer eyes.

But why did my heart explode so fast like crazy? It's like you saw your crush, smiled and winked at you. I couldn't even catch my breath. It seems that I have a huge lump in my throat and so much feels...

"I must get out of here!" I heard him say. then he left me there.

My knees seemed to faint because I could no longer move on in the tree trunk. What was that weird feeling? I can't explain!

CHRYSLERS's POV

That girl is really so gross! Can you imagine she was playing with those yucky arachnid? I dislike spiders! But I'm a fan of Spiderman!

I almost had high blood pressure because of what she did! That annoying girl--I stopped talking when I remembered our encounter earlier on the riverbank, where I had cornered her in the tree, our faces were so close and our eyes were fixed at each other.

All of a sudden my heart was pounding for no reason. "Oh no! Oh no!" Damn! I started to have a goosebumps. "Don't tell me you're starting to like that ewwy girl? Oh come on, Chrys! You're not crazy yet!" I hate my crazy heart.

Tsk! I will never ever fall in love with a girl like her even though she's the only woman in the world!