Michelle though that she will have yet another restless night. Not that it would still matter because she has been having restless nights from the day that she her boyfriend—or more appropriate to say EX boyfriend—kissing another girl. That is why she never noticed that just a few moments after she laid on the bed she was already off to dreamland.
However, it was another story for somebody at the other side of the island.
He didn’t know what the hell was wrong with his body clock. He indulged himself with the myriad of activities on the island not to mention the fact that he was also a little bit impaired because he passed a secluded bar on his way to the hotel. He should very well be asleep by now, but no he was still very much wide awake or his mind is. He was tired but he somehow couldn’t shut his mind down. And his thoughts… damn his thoughts! They keep circling back to the girl he saw earlier at the beach.
Every time he closes his eyes, all that he could see was the pain etched on the girl’s angelic face. He admits, he was really disturbed by the intensity of the pain that he saw. And every time that he remembers what he saw, a violent rage wells up inside him. In fact, that was the same rage that had prompted him to get drunk that night. But as it turned out, he might as well have drunk a gallon of coffee with the result that he was having.
He knew it was going to be a long night so he just braced himself for it. He made himself comfortable by crossing his arms behind his head so that it will serve as his pillow and stared at the ceiling.
He didn’t know how long he had been staring at the ceiling when a sudden thought occurred to him which made him sit right up.
Oh boy! You are in big trouble. And he scrubbed his hands on his face. He stood up when he felt the adrenaline rushing through his body because of the realization.
He stalked the room and although he may look menacing to somebody from the outside with his unruly hair and pajama bottoms—he doesn’t wear a shirt when he goes to bed—he basically didn’t care.
No! This isn’t right! This is too fast!
He felt like he was being suffocated by the feelings that are coursing through his body in the moment. He walked towards the balcony of his room, opened the French doors, and filled his lungs with sea air.
He was staring so hard at the sea, which had turned to dark blue because of the light coming from the moon, as If willing it to give him the answers to the questions that are now flooding his mind.
And because he was lost in thought, the sound of his phone’s call alert made him jump—literally.
“Good job man! That was completely idiotic!” He chastised himself as he answered the call.
“Hey, it’s me! What’s up?” The person from the other end of the line asked.
“Okay, I guess”, he still wasn’t sure if what’s happening to him is good or bad. But he figured that he’ll just cross the bridge once he gets there.
His thoughts were starting to drift away when “Are you still there?”
“Oh, uh… What were you talking about?”
“I said ‘where are you’, Auntie told me you went off somewhere but didn’t inform them where you went specifically.”
“Wait! Did my mom tell you to ask me where I went?! Jeez man! I’m old enough to do the things I wanna do. Hell! I’m even old enough to get married!” Oops! Where did that thought come from?
“Hey, hey, hey! Chill! You can’t blame your mother for wondering where in the world you went. She cares for you dude!”
With a resigned sigh he said, “I know but sometimes it just feels kinda suffocating.”
“I understand. Why don’t you just inform your family, especially your mom, so that they’ll stop worrying about you.”
“Yeah, I guess you have a point there. I’ll do it later.” And made a mental note to take care of it first thing in the morning.
“Now we’ve got that matter settled, can you tell me just where the hell you went?!”
He laughed because he could sense his cousin’s patience running out. “Relax dude! I’m in Bora.”
“So that was why you forgot to call your family, eh?” the caller said with a hint of mischief in his voice.
“Huh? You lost me there.”
The caller laughed and said, “Have you been too busy ogling and flirting with hot girls there that you forgot informing your family where you were?”
“What?!” He was suddenly on a defensive mode. “What the freaking hell are you talking about?! Just because I’m here in Boracay doesn’t mean that I’m already flirting with girls!” Oh, how we wanted to land a fist right in the center of his cousin’s face in that moment.
“Relax man! Why you so defensive?” The caller
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