bad trip. detour. ( a more serious note )

boy glances at girl,
took his breath away.
time passed, but he never got to know her.
2 years, is more like it.
at a beach party, he saw her familiar face.
"siya yun"
common friends, so he took her number.
"hey i'm louie, from the party, hope you dun mind tat i textd you"
"sure thing"
i know tis is a cliche, but she was no ordinary girl.
she enjoye playin pool.
wall-climbs.
well-read.
opinionated.
oddly enough, enjoys everythin the boy does.
a week of texts and calls, were more like years.
he could finish her sentences,
she could understand his clumsiness.
maybe it's time to go out, the boy thought.
so he asked.
"i dunno bout tat", she replied.
gimik tonight.
"still, i just wanna see you"
persistent tat he was, he got her to agree.
"since you dun haf a favorite cake, let mine be yours"
the card said.
tat's the cheesiest.
"i'll just take you to tat bar myself"
he had never been tat eager before.

waited at her gate fer quite some time.
then she went in the car.
"hi"
"hello"
a school boy wit a crush.
tat's what he thought.
it was a very short drive, but he'd never been happier,
in such a long time.

days passed, and he slipped in deep.
everythin was good, never really expectin anythin.
just enjoyin the moment.
in the middle of late conversations over the phone,
she asked, "what do you want out of this?"
she caught him offguard.
one moment they were agreen bout mellow music bein redundant,
the next thing she asked him what were his plans.
"hmmmm"
bein speechless is not somethin his familiar wit.
"get to know you more"
- "and?"
"i dunno"
- "do you expect me to be your girl?"
"uhmmm.. i dunno"
- "you better stop then"







pale as grey.
felt like someone close to him died.
a bucket of freezin cold water over his head.
plus the bucket.
ouch.





"im not ready fer anything serious right now"
"im not even lookin fer a fling"
"so stop whatever it is your planning"


what is he supposed to do?
tat's a classic in-your-face shooin.
haiz.


so he stopped.
and they stopped.

it's a pretty small city.
they were bound to bump into each other.
a famous club.
she was anchored to some guy's arm.
he was cuddlin some girl while quein fer the loo.
he stood right up at the sight of her.
a nod.
show of teeth. oh, a smile. a scary one.


vodka bottles, and half a dozen girlfriends later..
still he reacts tat way whenever she's in the room.
worse, when she tries to talk to him.
it wasn't love, he believes.
tsk tsk,
but as he said before, "i never met anyone like her before"


tsk tsk

bad trip.