Levitate

      There were no people around, under the huge mango tree, the wind blows tenderly as the grasses sway, a fine relaxing place for Shawn, he sits on the ground and lays his back towards the tough trunk of the tree.  He then gets his cigarette and lights it up by his match, smoke came out of his mouth and he started to levitate.
      For him, he has super powers for he can move against the laws of gravitation.  He can float and reach anything that he wanted without exerting too much force.  This is what he always does when bored.  He had nothing to do, no family to remember and no friends to be with. 
      Money is not a problem for he’s already a millionaire.  After his parents passed away, Millions worth of properties were left for him and now he’s just using it into worthless activities.  Bars have been his evening resting place, liquor became his best friend and his favorite activity is to play with fire. 
      After flying for hours, he landed on the ground and became an ordinary being, the atmosphere was so warm so he took off his shirt and his sweat were like granules flowing from top to bottom,  he seems so daring with his wet body and his six packs even made him hotter, he was so exhausted.  Silence filled the place until someone came from nowhere and…
      “Ahhhhhhhhhh!”
      In front of him, a lady shouted.  Her eyes became wider as her mouth was left widely open after omitting that irritating noise.   It was his secretary or should I say sexytary. 
      “What?” He asked as his face looked like an angry devil.  He owns a company but he doesn’t mind it so much, he doesn’t want to be pressured.
      “Ahh… Nothing Sir, I’m sorry, sorry.” She can’t take her eyes away from his body as she bites her lower lip.
      Shawn had noticed that thing, so he grabbed her forcefully.
      “No Sir! Don’t! Don’t! Stop!” She was thinking of the worst that will occur, she kept on rejecting him even she wanted that worst to happen.
      Shawn grabbed her towards his room. He pushed her on his bed and locked the door.  His secretary was inside his room, shouting hysterically for she was locked alone and could not go out.
      “I have a challenge for you; find the key on my room, then go out.” Shawn had a shower on the other room, changed his clothes and left his secretary. 
      He again left his responsibilities and went to a bar, there he drunk, wasted his wealth while he played with strippers and enjoyed the night.   While he was already asleep he was left by the ladies alone in a room he paid.
       He felt lonely, again lit his cigarette and he floated in that small room, it’s safe for him to do this thing, no one can see him in that locked room.  He walked in all the corners and he crawled like spider man, he enjoyed and enjoyed.  He was thinking of taking a bath so he brought a bottle of liquor above his bed, he stood up straight and poured the drink on his body, he played rock music and sang, he never noticed that he was already shouting.
      Someone knocked.  His activities stopped then he opened the door. 
      His eyes were as red as a pomegranate, his odor smells alcohol.  His face was unexplainable and could not even alter a word as he faced the person who knocked the door.  He saw his parents. 
      He screamed and awakened from a dream, a bad dream.  The man fixed his self and again he lied back on the bed.  He remembered what happened to his parents five years ago.  It was his first fly, the first time he felt the feeling that he’s against gravity, Shawn was so happy and he could not be disturbed, he tried to bring two knives while he flies and cuts twigs that were near him, then his parents saw what he was doing. 
      “Stop it Shawn!”  his father grabbed him that he couldn’t move his body.  He tried to escape but he couldn’t. 
      His mother just cried and hugged him so tight, Shawn felt nothing at that time then suddenly his hands moved so quickly.  Later he saw his parents, they were so bloody and knives were stabbed on their chest, both of them were already so cold and lifeless. 
      No one saw what happened for the three of them were the only people on that place, it was their rest house and the care takers were away at that time.  Shawn placed his parents in a sack and buried them at the back of the house, beneath the large mango tree.  He cleaned the place where he murdered them and sees to it that no evidence will rise.
       He cried, took a bath and cleansed his body, stains of blood from his clothes faded for he burned them.
After days, he reported to the police station that his parents were lost.  Many investigations were conducted, many announcements were made on radios and televisions, but still, there were no traces where his parents came.  After some years, the titles and declarations of his parent’s properties were successfully transferred to him.
      Now that he’s in a bar, he again stood up and walked, his conscience just faded away. Shawn drove his car and went back to their rest house and there his secretary awaits him together with some men.
He got out of his car and he wondered…
      “Officer, he is the one who harassed and locked me on the room.” His secretary shouted.
Hand cuffs caught him…
      “You have the right to remain silence,…blablabla….”
      “What is the meaning of this? Officer, what have I done?” Shawn looked at the policeman.
      “You bastard, you tried to rape me, remember? You even locked me on the door! And look what the policemen have found in your room.”  With anger, his secretary answered him while she points the sachets and leaves that policemen have sealed. 
      “That’s not mine!” Shawn denied, but then the policemen were suspecting that he’s really the owner of those things for his eyes were still red and he smells alcohol.
      Those things confiscated were sachets of amphetamine hydrochloride and leaves of Cannabis sativa or the source of marijuana.  Those could explain his hyperactivity and his so called floating powers.

Bracelet

    Nanginginig na ang kanyang madungis na katawan sa gutom habang nakaupo sa isang bench sa plaza.  Pagkuwa’y binalingan nalang nya ang silver bracelet sa kanyang kanang braso para maibsan ang nararamdamang hilab ng tiyan, napangiti nalang si Lara.  Tulalangtulala sya sa paggunita ng mga araw kasama ang kasintahan.
    “Que pedÍr comida Filipino.”malambing na sabi ni Lara sa waiter nang umorder sya ng pagkain.  Kutis palang ay maaakit na ang sino mang lalaking masisilayan sya. Masasabi mong anak-mayan ang dalagang ito , ang kanyang kaputian ay koplementado sa kanyang malaanghel na mukha dagdag pa ang kanyang pagiging bihasa sa pagsasalita ng wikang Ingles at Español.
    Ilang minuto pagkatapos umorder ni Lara ay may lalaking naglakasloob na pumunta sa kanyang mesa.   “Gusto mo ba ng tsokolate?” kanyang alok sa dalaga.
    “Si, yo prifiero el chocolate.”  Sang-ayon nya kahit hindi pa nya kilala ang lalaking kumakausap sa kanya.  Habang iniinom nya ang tsokolateng binuhos sa kanyang baso nabighani siya nang makita ang binata. Gwapo, maskulado, maginoo at may taglay na kissable lips.  Pilit nyang tinatago ang kanyang paghanga, may delikadesa pa naman sya at hindi tulad ng ibang babaeng nagbibigay ng motibo.
    “Miss, trenta pesos po yung tsokolate.”sambit ng binata.
    Natigil ang kanyang pantasya at napahinto siya sa pag-inom, akala nya’y libre lang, kaya’t di nya napigilan ang kanyang mga labi, “Estupido!”
    “Ahh, Si señorita, kutsara, tinidor, de lata caldereta y condensada.” mapabirong sagot ng lalaki habang napakunot nuo, “Pasensya na po di ko po kayo maintindihan ehhh.”
    Tumahimik nalang si Lara, pero naglaho  na kaagad ang binata. Di nya napansin na parang bihis waiter nga pala ang lalaki, palibhasa kung ano ano ang tinitingnan.  Kumain nalang sya at umuwi, sayang talaga, type pa naman sana nya ang lalaki.  Madali rin namang nawaglit ang mga pangyayaring iyon sa kanyang isipan.
 Matapos ang ilang araw ay namasyal uli siyang mag-isa sa parke, napaupo sya sa bench at nililibang ang sarili sa panonood ng mga bulaklak at naglalabasang mga tao. 
    “Hi Miss!”
    Bigla nya ito narinig, at may napansin syang umupo sa kanyang tabi, napalingon sya at nashock sa nakita.  Ang lalaki sa restaurant, ang umalok sa kanya ng tsokolate at pinabayad sya.
    “Ako nga pala si Mack, ehh ikaw, anong pangalan mo magandang binibini?” ang mga mata nya’y tutok na tutok sa mukha ng dalaga lalong lalo na sa misteryosong style ng buhok nito, parang madre pa nga kung gumalaw.
    “Ahh ewan! I don’t talk to strangers.” pakunot ang noong sagot nya, pasuplasuplada ang dating.
    Kinulit ng kinulit ni Mack si Lara, di nya ito tinigilan kaya’t sinabi nalang ang pangalan.  Nagkausap ang dalawa tinitiis nalang ng lalaki ang pagkasuplada niya, O pag-ibig, pag pumasok sa puso ninuman, hahamakin ang lahat masunod ka lamang.  Hinatid nya ito pauwi, talagang malakas ang tama sa kanya tagos hanggang buto. 
    Bago paman makasilid ang dalaga sa bahay ay hinawakan sya ni Macky sa kamay at pinasuot sa kanya ang silver na bracelet.  Bakas sa kanyang mukha na sya’y tuwangtuwa, first time nyang makatanggap ng regalo mula sa isang lalaki.  Namula pa ang kanyang mukha sapagkat hinagkan ng lalaki ang kanyang kamay na di mabitawbitawan. 
Matapos nun ay napasandig si Larah sa likod ng pintuan, pinikit ang mga mata at napaisip-isip. Nag-alala sya kung makikita pa kaya nya ang lalaki kahit pinintasan nya ang ito.  Tinanong nya ang sarili, “Pag-ibig na nga ba ito?”
    Nagdaan ang mga araw na palaging nagkikita ang dalawa sa parke.  Ang Suplada at Pakipot effect ay naglaho, hindi napigilan ni Lara ang kayang nararamdaman naging mabuting magkaibigan sila at kalaunan ay nagkamaigihan hanggang nag-ibigan.  Ang kanyang pinapantasyang lalaki ay pag-aari na nya sa wakas.   Sadyang kay bilis ng mga desisyon.
Ang relasyong ito ay lingid sa kaalaman ng mga magulang ni Lara.  Napaisipisip syang sabihin ito sa kanyang ina.  Habang nanonood sila ng telebisyon naglakas loob sya.
“Nay?Pwede na po ba akong magkanobyo?”
Nagsampukan ang kilay ng ina, “Ano? ke bata bata mo pa yan na agad ang iniisip mo!  Tandaan mo bente anyos taong ka na nga pero wala kang alam sa buhay, ni hindi ka nga marunong maglaba ng salawal mo. Wala kang alam.   At paano kung magka nobyo ka nga, tapos maghoholding hands kayo, pagkatapos magiging sweet na sweet, magkakurutan, maghaharutan, maglalaro sa madilim na lugar pagkatapos ano? Sasabihin mong ayaw mo? Huwag! ganyanyan? Pagkatapos madedesgrasya ka? Pagkatapos…”
“Over!” hirit nya sa walang tigil na pagpuputakti ng ina.
 “Ay anak! Kung hinihingi mo ang sagot ko, it’s definitely a NO!”
“Ahhh… Okey.” Pagkatapos noon ay nanatili syang walang kibo, inisip nya ang mga maaaring mangyari kung malalaman ng ina ang kanyang sekreto.  Dahil sa mahal nya ang kanyang magulang ay napaisip siyang hiwalayan si Macky, bigla namang kumirot ang kanyang dibdib, tila ayaw ng kanyang puso na sayangangin ang mga tamis ng unang pag-ibig.
Pero paano ang kanyang ina? Ayaw nya itong madismaya sa kanya, sila lang kasi ang magkasama sa buhay, wala syang ama.  Bata palang ay wala na syang nakitang tatay.  Inanakan lang kasi, nagkasala at si Lara ang nagging bunga.  Alam ni Lara ang masakit na dinanas ng ina, pero iniisip din nyang hindi lahat ng lalaki ay tulad ng tatay nya, mayroon rin namang mga seryoso at hindi mapagsamantala, malaki ang tiwala nya kay Macky, wala naman sa itsura nya na sya’y manloloko.
Kinaumagahan ay pumunta sya kaagad sa parke.  Pagkakita palang ni Macky sa kanya, tumakbo na agad ito at pinulupot ang dalaga sa kanyang mga braso na parang wala nang bukas na darating.  Sinubukan ni Lara na makawala sa higpit ng pagkayakap sa kanya ngunit hindi nya ito makaya kaya’t pinabayaan nalang, sa halip na magpumiglas ay ninamnam nalang nya ang init na nararamdam.
Ang lahat ng mata ng mga lumalabas ay nasa kanila, paano ba naman ay PDA, Public Display of Affection.  Di pinapansin ng dalawa ang mga pangyayari sa palibot
Sa di inaasahang panahon,
“Lara! Ikaw na bata ka!” bulalas ng ina.  Hindi nya alintana ang hiya sa mga tao sa lugar, hiniwalay nya ang binata at kinaladkad nya ang anak, walang ginawa ang lalaki kundi ang bumitaw.  Patuloy ang pagmumusa ng ina sa kanyang anak na luhang luha papunta sa kanilang bahay. 
“Nay? Ano bang ginawa kong masama?” napahagulhol na tanong ni Lara, “Masama ba ang umibig?”
“Malandi! Nobyo mo ba ang lalaking yun?” hiyaw ng ina.  Ngayon lang sya naging ganito ka galit sa kanyang buhay.
“Ay Hindi! Hindi talaga! ” Ironically speaking.  “Mahal ko po si Macky!” dagdag nya.
“Mahal? Anong nalalaman mo sa pag-ibig? Sa lahat ng lalaki bakit sya pa? Ha! Leche!!” sabay sampal sa nakakaawang anak. 
Sa sakit ng kanyang dibdib ay lumayas si Lara.  Umalis sya sa bahay ng walang bitbit na kahit ano, naglakadlakad lang sya at di nya namalayang sa parke na pala sya nakaabot.  Umupo sya sa bench, nag-iisa, dun sya nagpatuloy na humagulhol.  Ang kanyang mga mata at luha ay maaninag parin kahit may kadiliman na, masakit talaga ang kanyang loob sa ina lalo pa at hanggang sa panahong iyon ay ramdam na ramdam parin nya ang lumagapak na sakit ng sampal.  Ilang oras na ang nakalipas at ganun parin ang kanyang sitwasyon.
Dahil malapit lang naman ang bahay ni Macky, nabalitaan nyang ang kanyang sinisinta ay naroon kaya’t kumaripas ito kaagad.  Di kalaunan ay nandoon na siya, nakita nya ang kaawa-awang nobya, nanginginig na sa kakaiyak.  Pinuntahan nya ito at inakap.
Ang ulo ni Lara ay nakasandig na sa dibdib ng lalaki habang akapakap nya ito.  Di parin sya makamove-on sa nangyari, ni di na nga nya naalintana na si Macky ang kanyang katabi basta ba’y niyakap nalang nya ito kanina, siguro’y wala lang sya sa katinuan.  Inuwi ng lalaki si Lara, ayaw naman nya itong iwan dun sa parke at baka maraming mga masasamang loob ang gumawa ng masama sa kanya.
Parang tuta nalang si Lara na sumusunod kay Macky, umupo sya habang tumutingin sa kawalan, tulalangtulala siya at din a alintana ang mga pangyayari.  Muli ay tinabihan siya ng binata, inakap ito ng mahigpit hanggang sya ay napahiga na sa kanyang inuupuang kama.  Kalaunan ay nahimasmasan siya nang may naramdamang kakaiba, pililt siyang pumipiglas ngunit walalang laban ang kanyang lakas sa kanyang naramdamang panginginig.  Ang mga naglalarong kamay sa kanya ay din a nya napuna dahil sa maghalong sensasyon at sakit na kanyang nararamdaman. Gusto nyang sumigaw. Pero may nakalapat na sa mga labi nya nang nakahangos na biglabigla’y napaungol nalang sya.
Kinaumagahan.Balisangbalisa.Nag-iisa.Bumangon sya.Inayos ang sarili.  Kumaripas paplabas ng bahay at walang direksyon kung saan papunta.  Muli ay napatulo ang kang luha habang tumatakbo, inabot na naman nya ang parke at umupo sa bench, ramdam pa nya ang pananakit ng katawan, sising sisi sya sa mga nangyari, di nya iyon inaasahan.  Di na nya maintindihan ang nararamdaman, pinaghalong galit, pasakit, pagsisisi, etc. etc.
Nakita sya ng ina. “Anak?Saan ka ba nagpunta? Alalang-alala ako sa iyo.  Niyakap nya ito.”
Medyo humupa na ang kanyang pag-iyak, “Nay, Patawad po.”
Niyakap lang siya ng mas mahigpit pa, matahimik ang mga sumunod na minuto hanggang gumawa ng rebelasyon ang kanyang ina.
“Anak, patawarin mo rin ako, ayaw ko lang na masira ang buhay mo, dahil sa lalaking yun, mabuti at ay hindi pa kayo nagmahalan ng napakalalim.  Patawad at di ko agad nasabi sayo, mainit talaga ang dugo ko sa kanya, nak? Kapatid mo sya sa tatay mo.”
SHE SCREAMED…
Bumalikwas sya at tinuldukan ang kanyang pantasya, at ang gutom na kanyang naramdaman kanina pa ay nawala narin. Ang lahat ng tao ay diring diri sa pagtingin sa kanya pero Keberrr nya! Tumayo sya sa bench, di na nya namalayang nahulog na ang kanyang silver bracelet, umikot-ikot pa sya sa plaza habang nakatingin sa malayo.
“Mi corazon! Mi amor! Macky!” sigaw nya sa kawalan at biglabigla’y inumpisahan nalang nyang mamulot ng mga basura.

Sealed Memories

          Von was shocked seeing blood after his eyes have freshly awakened from a sleep.  He wondered why his zipper was damaged. His eyebrows seem to collide as his skin absorbs the coldness of the floor where he is lying.  He then looked up and saw the ceiling, turned his head and surprisingly saw a girl beside him.

          Insane thoughts wandered on his mind as he tried to remember what happened the night before that morning.  Anger made his face look bad for he can’t remember a thing.  So guilty of the things he might have done, he closed his eyes and felt like knife stabbed his heart, tears would like to flow from his eyes but his strong preventive feeling stops it.  He felt something unusual.  He was so dizzy.  Suddenly a very short memory was registered.  He was so dizzy that night, took pictures with his buds while liquor intrudes his throat then he entered a house and “cut”, the next scenes couldn’t be retrieved by the temporal lobe of his brain.

          Von stood up.  He sat on a sofa and recollected.  “God, help me, bless my past that temptation did not shook my body and soul last night.”

 Someone opened the door and entered, it was Kristine, a friend of him.  “Ohhh, good that you are awake, are you okay now?” she asked.

          “Okay? What am I doing here with this girl? Why is she beside me?”  Von replied with all questions, “What have I done last night?”

         “Huh? I don’t know how she came there, wake her up.” said Kristine.

         “No! I won’t!” he grinned his teeth, fixed his self and walked outside the house taking his way home.

         It is a fact that Von haven’t remembered anything that happed after he entered that house, but his friends have their memories and most of all videos of what have occurred in that playful evening.

It was the night before Lorraine’s debut, Von’s very best friend.

         “Happy Birthday Bhe’zt!” he wrapped his hand on her body and tenderly kissed her never been invaded cheeks.

         “Thanks for coming Best.” The birthday girl replied.  Her face seems to blush then her mind spoke to herself, “Why are you like this? Stop it Lorraine!  You already have your boyfriend-Khen.”

         Von let go of her and joined the party, his face and movements show joy, but behind that was the tearing and bleeding of his heart because of jealousy.

         The music started to beat and Von was the first to kneel and gave a rose to her, they danced, that moment for the both of them seem to be in a slow motion, feeling the electrifying effect of touching each other’s hand and body.  Normal things just happened in the following seventeen men and roses that came including her boyfriend, it’s just like nothing, and no intense feeling was felt.

         Hours later Von agonized seeing his secretly loved best friend is with her boyfriend, he has nothing to do but to accept it.  He wanted to escape in that sorrow so he drank alcohol with Kristine.

She’s also a friend of Lorraine who happens to have a sealed feeling towards Von.  She’s a good friend, always there whenever you need her, she’s always there for the boy, but sad to say that Von have not felt the existence of her love.

         The two people were on the same boat, both of them were suffering because of hidden affections and resentments.  Time came that they’ve drank to the highest level, they are doing their poses while their friends make fun of them, they were capturing pictures and some were recording videos.  Von spoke things that no one has ever heard; every word that came from his mouth was onomatopoetic.

         “Von! I love you!”  Kristine shouted.  Everyone in that place heard the things that came out of her mouth, all eyes were on her, and then she suddenly added “Joke! I will not fall for this monkey!”

         They laughed and continued on what they were doing.  Von did not mind those words; instead he roamed around, still holding a bottle of liquor.  As hours passed by the number of people diminished until reaching the time that the only people left were Lorraine, Von, Kristine and a few friends.

         “Hey Best, are you okay?” she made herself closer to him and tried to assist him standing.

         “Okay? Huh? Look at me!  Does this face look okay for you?  You go there with him!” he doesn’t know what he’s talking about because he’s drunk, then he suddenly hugged her.

         The girl didn’t reject his arms, and then she wondered of what he’s talking, she asked, “What do you mean? Go with whom?”

         “Khen. Go with him, he’s the one you love!” Von let go of her, “Good bye! It’s better for me to get out of here than see you!”  He walked and stumbled down for he can’t control his balance.

His best friend again assisted him to stand, this time she hold him tightly,  weight is not a problem in carrying for Von is just as light as a feather.  They went inside the house and then she remembered the words Von said lately, she felt a heart ache and then she let him sit on the couch, “Von? Don’t be like that.”

         “So what do you want me to do? Shut my mouth? I can’t take it anymore. We’ve been together for so long, haven’t you noticed something with me?” he asked.  Like a river, tears flowed rapidly from his eyes.  Thing like this happen rarely for a boy to cry in front of a girl, only liquors could show the emotions behind.  He’s like a baby crying for something that was lost, then shocking words was omitted, “Lorraine, I have feelings for you.”

          That very moment spanked Lorraine’s consciousness.  Time stopped. Then she wiped his tears with her hands.  Hugged him and said “And so am I, why did it took you so long to say this to me?”

Von was so quiet and nothing went out of his mouth.

         “Von!  Why?  Why didn’t you tell me immediately?”

         “Do I still need words to tell you that I love you? Weren’t my actions obvious? “He asked.

         Lorraine was lost for words.  What Von have said made a paralyzing effect.

         Their moment was disturbed.  Their friends came carrying Kristine, another drunk, so Lorraine opened a room.  Kristine was laid in a bed and her eyes were so closed for she’s already asleep.

         Lorraine forgot her best friend outside the room. Everyone was already asleep so she sneaked out to see him.  Still, tears ran from his eyes, still miserable as she saw him sitting on the floor.

    “Why are you still crying.” she came closer and made him stand.

    “I’m not crying” he answered.

    “Then what are you doing?”

    “I don’t know, maybe it’s just natural for it’s a response of my emotional state, it’s just a complex secretomotor phenomenon characterized by the shedding of a liquid from the lacrimal apparatus, without irritating the ocular structures of my eyes.”  Von explained.

    He lost no time and grabbed her. Electrifying effects were made by the juxtaposition of their orbicularis oris muscles in a state of contraction, over and over each other, feeling the soft, tender and juicy taste.  They kissed each other without such neglect, without rejection, it was filled with pure affection.

    “This must not happen! This is so wrong.” these thoughts entered her mind while she’s still in that moment, so scared to lose that opportunity, so afraid for love to fade and so she carried on.  “I can’t take this, he’s drunk and maybe this is meaningless, I can’t.”  She continued on wondering as her lips mingle with his.  “Maybe this is not so bad; I’ll be over this in a minute.”

    Later, she got out of the tight temptation that tied and turned her on; she inhaled deeply and got her breathing back into normal.  She closed her eyes and touched her forehead making a grip on her hair.  She felt a mixture of sadness and joy because of that happening.

    “Best? Can you help me? I can’t stand straight” asked Von.

    “Help you what?”

    “I wanna pee, I can’t take it for so long.” he requested, and so he was helped.

    The girl again walked with him towards the comfort room, while entering she asked if she would stay there as he do the thing he wants to do, she was just concerned of him, maybe he would lose his balance and eat the floor.  The man said no so she got her arms away.  Von swayed and tends to fall so she holds him again.

    “I won’t leave you! I will just turn my back okay?”  She was so worried.

    He opened his zipper forcefully and it was damaged, then he continued doing the thing.

    “Are you finished?” she asked.

    He replied a Yes so  Lorraine turned her back. She was shocked… then…  (SENSORED)

    Now, she was outside the comfort room, waiting for him, in a second…

Booooog! Von collapsed, accidentally took a grip and broke the hanging mirror, he rolled on those broken pieces of glass and so he committed some small cut on his arms.  His best friend immediately went inside and helped him.

    They went back and sat on the floor.  She made a first aid and removed the small glass particles on Von’s arms.  It no big deal, those wounds were very small.

    “Lorraine? Are you leaving me?” he looked straight to her eyes and so was she.

    “No, I won’t, do you want me to leave Khen?” she aked.

    “No, don’t leave him.  I’m happy for you and I know that you have somewhat loved him so deal with it, just don’t mind me, I’ll be fine.”  Again, Von’s tears flowed, it might be against his will but it’s for the better.  “But can you promise me one thing? Please don’t leave me.  That’s the only thing I want to request.”

    “I promise.” she assured him, touched his hand and kissed him again.

         “Don’t leave me.”  Those were his last words for that night; he fell asleep on the floor and never moved.

         Lorraine put a blanket on the floor and tried to push and roll him towards it.  She then put two pillows, one for him and one for her; she slept with him that night to start fulfilling her promise not to leave him.

Morning came and Von woke up and went back to their home immediately, still there were no memories registered on his mind.  The following days were just normal as if nothing happened, no things mentioned about Lorraine’s birthday.  She and Von just went back together as best friends, enjoyed life as teen agers.           Things happened that night was made as treasures that keep on playing again and again on her mind.

Lorraine smiles every time she sees him for the full memories of that night were kept with her, on the other hand, for Von that was the most memorable experience he couldn’t remember.