Its been a year since we last saw each other, to be exact it was May 8, 2010 that I last touched his face, kissed and hugged him. I didnt saw it coming that night, that day will be our last day being together.We spent it the usual way, we just hang out in their sala, read lots of comics as it was their family collection, had lunch and dinner in their place. It was something usual.After dinner we hang around in their living room again with his parents and this cute kid let’s call her fluffy. Fluffy is a cute girl and very charming. In no time, I’ve attaced myself to her so much she’s like my very own little sister. Then after quite some time, Gear and his parents drive me home. I didnt thought that night I’ll be giving him our last kiss.

Starting Off:

Gear and I met each other way back 2001, we were in grade 4 then.But what he didnt know is that Ive remembered him from the foundation day presentation rehearsals in our school. He was not so tall way back then but i still dont know him since he was from the morning class and I’ve been in the afternoon class from the very beginning I was really scared of him not because of anything,but he’s so tall and for the fact that he is not talkative much. It was after the GSSC election in our school, he knocked in my class room and excused me from the class. I didnt know what to say really. Later that afternoon, we’ve met in the meeting and sat together. He was the Secretay for Environment and I was his UnderSec. that time. We really didnt became close friends that tme, we seldom see each other most of the time if it was because of the projects of the student council that I barely come in te community services. Then come January and February where in there is this annual foundation day presentation in the UP Umali Hall, we rehears almost everyday in school I remember it was a Saudi Arabian Dance, in the tune of Runaway by Janet Jackson. I was paired with this another tall gentleman in our class,he was really gentleman and Gear was paired with a girl from their section.

Until the following school year, 2002-2003 were now Grade 5 Gear wasnt special to me back then, there wasnt magic at all. Then that morning he transferred to our section and we became seatmates. Since I was tall enough way back then I have no choice but to seat at the back to give way for the small ones, since I have 20-20 vision stll that time. Being seatmates, and being me too talkative and friendly, we became close friends in a short period of time. I remember we used to play with the correction fluid which is so in demand that time because we started using pens instead of pencils. I became one of the boys and hang out with them. I had two barkadas that time, a girly barkada which was consist of girls and teh other one is I am the only girl in the group. We usually play basketball, patintero during breaks or even after school. I learned to eat fast as I eat with the boys and just hang around the campus. Gear and I became really close friends, one day he was absent from the class, there the magic started! (: I texted him, cellphones are becoming much in demand those days. My dad just had me a new phone, there were no Unli texts or calls yet so you have to maximize every text message you aer going to send. My dad usually give me a load card 100php a week or 300ph per month. I texted him and check on him. I dont know what’s with me back then that I asked for his number from our classmates and ask if he was okay. There the texting and opening up begun. There was this time that I asked Gear the most big deal question that time for us, and that’s who is his crush. hehehe I have no intentions to tease him or what or find out if he has a crush on me, because that time I only see him as a friend, he wasn’t my type, well I got no idea of love and infatuation that tiem yet, I recall that time my crush was, Tomohiro Kiso. He was the most good looking in our batch and in school that time. And that time crush for me is simply humahanga lang nothing big. And here comes his answer, he told me that his crush’s name starts with K. That strange part is I didnt thought it was me, I wasnt pretty, not cute, Im chubby I feel like im an ugly duckling and no one has a crush on me.So I thought of saying the name of one of ou classmates and I was right… It was not me then one day he told me, that there’s another one that he has a crush on, and it was me… I blushed! flattered some how. I didnt mind it that much coz it was a big deal, so our friendship continued. We usually see ourselve playing volleyball, basketball, patintero, bente-uno. During classes, we try to help each other adn excell in classes especially Math. We both love math, our barkada love math.We usually compete against one another in quiz bees, declamation contests, talumpati and more. He was realy a smarty one, indeed. I seldom get sick unlike him, I remember one time I had this stomach ache, my ulcer got the best on me.He took care of me, infairness! hehehe But its not what I want, I handled the pain until it was time for us to go home, I had this attitude because eversince I dont want to be a pain to some because I usually hang around in the clinic and help the nurse assisting to my friends. I appeared to be the strong one in the barkada and one of the boys. I usually defend and protect my friends when our classmates beat them off. Then here comes Christmas Its time for the exchange gifts, luckily I had his name for the exchange gift, then didnt know he switched with our classmate who happened to have my name. He had me this pink watch
And i have him a play station or a computer game cd, but wait there’s more! he gave me a pink cute teddy bear. WOW! Being me so clueless I didnt put any meaning on it. Christmas break comes we usaully text each other, gree each other and make each other smile. Before I knew it, I had a crush on him too. C’mon Gear was someone special. He was realy smart and full of humor! We can talk about anything, you’ll really see his competitive drive in almost everything. Gear always tell me that he feels so down to think that he always the second best in everything, he wanted to be first. We got the same drive but the pressure wasnt killing me that much unlike him. Then finally January 2003 its time to practice for the foundation day presentation. Luckily this year, It was Gear who was my partner After so many years I had a new partner. I liked my partner for the past years, but of course I wanted to have another one since I was very much of an active dancer way back then as we perform during the flag ceremonies and UN days. We danced in the theme of Mary Popins (not sure about the spelling) It was waltz, ball room dance I must say. He was not pretty much of a dancer, but I enjoyed his company. We became even more close. We shared so many laughs during rehearsals, but he was really careful on his moves. Come the presentation day, we performed twice. The boys really looks like Barbers in a barbershop hehehe While us the girls hmm. looks like somehow elites but the costume was really hot. He was very much a careful escort, a real gentleman. I knew that time, I had a crush on him.

—To be continued—