Happy Valentine Kimeralds!

Nabuburyong ako at miss ko na ang KG....

So I thought I'd post this one....

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Who would have thought I would give in to this kind of thrill? It just not me. Like I was just on the phone with my good friend Roma and she made me promise that I will have some fun and that I will enjoy my night out, my date, she then said. 

With whom, you might be asking. Well, I was going out with someone I have never met before.

Yes, you are right. She just set me up on a blind date!

And why in the world did I say yes?

I don’t know but believe me, not only once did I decline and said no but she kept on bugging me about it. She knew for some reason that I was still mending a broken heart and the last thing I wanted to get myself into was this.

Now, what really made me say yes?

It’s because I owe her one for a thing that I couldn’t even remember what she insisted that I do and knowing Roma, she would eventually win. Of course, I knew that my best friend meant well and that she was only after my happiness. She wanted me to be happy and didn’t want to see me covering my sheets up to my face and just wallow there in self-pity.

A lot of people would say that I was pretty, someone who’s got a good head on my shoulders and that I deserve to be happy, to really be happy. I have tried to be happy once but just when I was soaring up to the skies, something happened that made me sink to the brim. I found out that the one I thought was Mr. Right, was not right for me after all and so, I needed to pick up the pieces of my broken heart and move on.

“How am I supposed to know this friend of yours?” I remembered asking Roma just a few minutes earlier.

“You will know it’s him the moment your eyes met.” She answered, giggling.

“Oh come on!” I rolled my eyes in disbelief. Roma had always been this poetic. “Enough of that crap…”

“You will know it’s him because he is the cutest guy there will be. Gwapo.”

“Mas gwapo pa sa boyfriend mo?” I tried to lighten up my mood. Somehow, I have been on an EG, emo girl mode as we would call it for some time now and I owe it to myself to smile at least.

“Lamang siya ng isang paligo.” Roma laughed. “Pero wag mo sasabihin kay Will ha? Secret natin yun.”

We ended up laughing with Roma telling me that this friend of hers that she set up on a blind date with me will be sitting at the table on the leftmost part of the restaurant, right beside the window and that he will have with him a bouquet of flowers.

I glanced back at the clock on the wall and sighed as I realized that I have to get going. I was taking the cab since my Kuya was out of town and no one will be able to drive for me.

“Alright, Kimmy.” I mumbled to myself, like what I always do when nervousness hit me. I couldn’t even tell why I was nervous in the first place. “This will just be for one night. Just a few minutes or an hour maybe and then, it will all be over. Roma would stop bugging you and you can go on with your life…”

Moving on included plans of going to Texas where my parents are. I have thought about this and I thought it was right that I go there. I was to resign from my job, pack my bags and fly, leaving all my worries behind me.

I wasn’t so sure if it was him since someone from the nearby table was blocking my view of him but he was occupying the table in the leftmost part of the restaurant and yes, I could see a bouquet of flowers on the table.

I took a deep breath and couldn’t explain the loud pounding of my heart. My palms were even sweating and I didn’t have the slightest idea why in the world was I feeling this way. I walked in just in time when he stood up…

And then our eyes met…

The moment it did, we both stared at each other and just like in the movies and in those sappy songs that I always love listening to, everyone else disappeared. In just a moment, it was only the two of us.

I froze.

“Miss Kimberly Chiu?”

The voice of the waiter calling my name broke my trance. I turned to the waiter and smiled at him. “Yes.” I answered.

“Can I lead you to your table? Your date is already waiting for you.”

I took the first step with my trembling knees. My eyes went back to the one at the table and realized that he had never taken his eyes off me.

“Excuse me.” The waiter politely said afterwards.

The man had the most gorgeous pair of eyes and yes, Roma was right. He was cute. He was handsome even, that I noticed for myself when I was standing in front of him, he sighed and blinked.

“Good evening, my name is Gerald. You must be, Kim?” His eyes smiled with me as he spoke.

Gerald, so that’s his name. How come I never asked that from Roma? Well, as a matter of fact, I did and Roma did tell me what’s his name was but since I never really planned to agree to this thing, I didn’t pay much attention to that particular detail, it was just now that I remembered what his name was.

“Hi Gerald. “ I nodded and smiled. “Nice meeting you.”

“The pleasure is mine.” He said extending his hand.

He held my hand and I didn’t know what to make of it. My hands were cold, I could tell but I was amazed at how my heart felt warm with at that brief touch. His hands even fit perfectly with mine, and were those angels singing at the background? Certainly not but I swear I could hear a choir of angels singing and it felt as if I was in a world where I have never been before.

“I’m sorry…” Gerald apologized when he realized that he was holding my hand for more than a minute now. “These are for you…” He took the flowers and handed them to me.

“Thank you, they’re beautiful.” I managed to say.

Gerald then helped me to my seat and I felt the hairs at the back of my neck standing up and I hoped, really hoped that he could not tell.

Why was I feeling this way?

After placing our orders, we started talking and again, I was amazed at how good it felt. We talked about the restaurant, about the weather because yes, it was raining that night and then we launched into an animated discussion of our favorite movies and music, turned out that we had a lot in common. We both loved listening to those sappy songs and also have that thing for country music. I also discovered that we both loved basketball and were actually rooting for the same team in the PBA. While we were talking, Gerald kept telling me things like, “I can’t wait to play this CD for you or “I’ve got to take you to their games one of these days.”

Was it just me or was Gerald actually hinting that this “blind date” would not be the first and the last?

We also learned some things from our personal lives and I found out his parents were also in the States and that it was just him and his brother living in the country. Gerald was working as an architect but he had always wanted to play professional basketball.

We talked about everything, from trivial matters to serious ones. We laughed and kidded around, shared jokes and thoughts and didn’t even realize the time.

It was amazing how good it felt for me and I could also tell that he was having the time of his life too. It was like we’ve met and had known each other even before. Right that moment, I got to thinking that friendships or relationships for that matter were already established in our lives prior to this one and that it was up to us to find and continue those relationships here.

Sounds funny to some but it was exactly how I felt that night.

Could this be the thing they call as “love at first sight?”

Maybe yes and maybe not but one thing I was certain of, this was the day that I have been waiting for all my life.

For a moment or two, the world revolved only around us.

I closed my eyes for one brief minute and thank God for this night and for the first time since Roma was bugging me about this “blind date”, I also thanked God for her.

But most of all, I thanked God for Gerald.

In no time at all, Gerald and I were standing in front of the Church, amidst our friends and family. Wedding vows were said and promises were made. We had agreed not to say the customary vows but that we affirm our love and commitment to each other, using our own words. Those words coming from our hearts…

And who ever thought Gerald could be so emotional himself that he even made this poem for me? 

“Kim, with you I fell no emptiness, 

No reckless dreams and longings,

No narrow lies and deep hurts, 

It’s purely happiness…

With you, I could not ask for more,

The strolls and calls,

The wines and dines,

It’s purely contentment…

With you, I know I can get through and by anything

The giggles of our happiness

The tears we’ll share,

It’s purely love…

With you, I wish days won’t end

The night pushes back

To the dawn of a new day

For I always long to be,

With you…”

My own tears were themselves falling as I listed to what Gerald was telling me. The poem was actually a surprise to me but I also have my share of things that I really would like to let him know. Our courtship was quite a whirlwind and even though everything happened so fast, we both knew that this was it. We have waited all our lives and now that we have found each other, there was really no reason to back out. No reason to let this chance pass us by.

I remembered the night he proposed to me. He was nervous like I was but I knew in my heart that I could not afford to spend the rest of my life without him, let alone, eternity.

I wiped his tears with my knuckles and smiled. I took a deep breath and answered...

"Of course, I would...without you eternity would just be a long time. I can't imagine me without you."

Gerald gave my hand a gentle but firm squeeze.

“You may now kiss the bride…”

He then raised my veil, looked into my eyes and dipped his head so our lips could touch. The kiss was sweet and one that I will never forget and just like the night when we first met, time just stood still.

It stood still for one boy and one girl, a man and a woman who both felt the same thing.

To love and be loved, just like everyone else does.

“I love you, Kim.” Gerald said when our lips parted, almost in a whisper.

“I love you too, Gerald, with all my heart.”

Since then, Gerald had never let go of my hand. We had been together through thick and thin. He had been my best friend, my confidante and the love of my life. We never ran out of things to laugh about and it actually felt good. We knew we will be there for each other no matter what.

He was still holding my hand when the doctor said, smiling. “Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, twins! One boy and one girl…”

My heart leaped with unexplainable joy when the babies were finally in my arms to hold. Gerald helped me carry them.

“Why are you crying?” He asked.

“I’m just so happy…” I answered. “This is the moment I’ve long been waiting for.”

Gerald planted a soft kiss on my cheeks and our tears mingled.

“I could never thank you enough for giving me these precious babies…” He said. Gerald picked up the baby girl from my arms and smiled. “What do you want their names to be?”

I looked down the baby boy in my arms. He was, like his sister, truly a sight to behold.

“Kimsoy…” I kidded because I remembered Gerald telling me about that name.

We laughed.

“No seriously, like what I’ve told you before, I’d still like to give him the name, Julian.” I softly spoke, giving the baby a soft kiss.

“Your wish is my command.” Gerald looked at me in the eye. “And she will be our, Jasmine.” He added as he too, kissed the baby.

We knew right then and there, it was truly love at first sight.

And just like the night when Gerald and I first met, the night he proposed to me and the day when we finally got married, this was truly one moment that we had been waiting for all our lives.

And again, for that moment, the world revolved around one boy and one girl.

*one boy, one girl 

/by collin raye

*thank you to the one who sent and made me listen to this song. i love it!