Then they find each other?
Would they fall in love again?
Would the pain and lies be healed?
Or would the truth lead them apart?
PROLOGUE
"Stop! Please! I can't take this anymore! Why??? What have I done to you?", she asked, tears in her eyes, still confused even with what she knew. Beside her was the guy she envisioned him to be, holding her hand for protection.
"It was never my intention to hurt you. I wanted to stop but I fell in love with you.", he said, serious and pain in his eyes. He wasn't what she expected to see. She knew it all along.
"You never wanted to hurt her? Really? Then why did you fucking use my identity in the first place? Why did you use my name and hurt all those girls?", Orion said, teeth gritting, wanting to punch the guy's face.
"I was in a weird state. I dunno. I can't explain it. But I love her.", Xander said, trying to move closer.
"No, you didn't. She's had enough. We will tell the police. You're fucking busted, man!", he gave Xander the middle finger and urged Neirobi to go with him towards his car.
"Wait... I want to hear what you have to say on this." She always sees the good things in people, that's her weakness.
"I'm so sorry, sweets...", he sounded sincere.
"Really, Neirobi? You'll listen to this guy? After all his lies? I can't believe you!", Orion was exasperated. He let go of her and went ahead towards the driver seat of his Chevrolet.
She couldn't stop crying in front of the guy who broke her heart a million pieces and has done it several times.
"I loved you but all you ever did was lie to me. What have I done to deserve all those lies and pain?", she confronted him.
Xander couldn't look at her straight in the eye.
"Right. You're good at that. Not answering my questions.", she shook her head and headed to the car.
"I love you, Neirobi", he said meekly.
She wanted to look back but she knew she'll only see the lie in his eyes.
***
"Shit! No way!", Orion tried to man the wheels, fear in his eyes.
"What's wrong?"
"There's no break. Shit! We need to jump, Neirobi."
She panicked. At the side mirror, she caught a glimpse of Xander in his motorbike, following them. Then there was a loud buzz and a screeching sound coming from nowhere. Then NOTHING.
***
3 hurt, 1 dead in twilight accident
March 5, 2013 07:28 AM
At least three people were critically injured after figuring in a freak accident where a car got hit by a 10-wheeler truck along Sommerset street in Metro Manila at around 6pm last night, March 4, 2013. A motorcycle rider driving behind the gray sedan, didn't escape the tragic incident.
Rescue teams said they detected traces that the driver of the 10-wheeler truck may have drunk liquor, radio dzMM's Athena Kuni reported.They also found faulty breaks on the chevy.
The report said a member of the Manila City rescue team initially identified the driver who died directly during the accident, as Mario Laurente, 32, was pinned in his car and had to be extricated with the help of different rescue teams.
The passengers of the chevy, identified as Orion Zobel, 22, and Neirobi Aranas, 24; and the motorbike rider, Xander dela Cruz, 26, were rushed to St.Luke's Medical Center for treatment.
Initial investigation showed Laurente, aboard the 10-wheeler truck, slammed into the silver Chevrolet Malibu, including partly the back of the blue Kawasaki (Bajaj) Rouser 135cc motorbike.
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CHAPTER 1
"Are you sure you're my boyfriend?", she laughed. They were at the Batangas, lying in the sand, listening to the sound of the waves, looking up to the moon.
"Well, that's what they said!", he joked back. It was almost a year after the accident and they still haven't gotten their full memory back. Neirobi can remember Orion as her boyfriend since 2008 but couldn't remember how they have pictures together in social networking sites when they're supposed to have a long distance relationship. Her head aches every time she looks for answers as to why she's in Manila and not in Dumaguete. Orion on the other hand could remember the memories of them taking pictures together, dating, etc but couldn't recall having her as a girlfriend. The doctors call it selective amnesia. Both being in this condition, have to rely to their families and friends for the truth.
"Right!", she pouted. She got sad because somehow it didn't feel right. Something's off. She knew she loved the guy for so long. He's been her dream. But now that they're together, it seemed weird and unreal.
"There you go pouting again! How 'bout if I kiss those lips of yours and break our deal?", Orion himself is confused. The girl is beautiful, might not be his type, but he knew he could fall in love with her. There's just so many questions in his mind and he couldn't remember being in love with her.
"No way! Who knows you might be a killer!", she looked at him with humor. Orion is handsome. Not so tall but built in a macho kind of way. His body portrays that of a dancer, as he is. The light of the moon made his skin glow.
"C'mon! This face? A killer? Even without my full memory, I know I'm an angel!", they both laughed. "So, let's break the deal?"
She looked serious all of a sudden. "You know I love you, right?"
He sighed. "And you know it's the same here, right?"
"But we don't know the truth yet. What if our memory will be back and...and..?"
"...And you'd realize you don't love me after all?", he finished the sentence for her.
"And vice-versa."
'It would hurt. But maybe we should make the most of what we have now, baby. Besides, our friends and family said it's US. So, why question that. We have pictures together. We were sweet. What evidence do you want?"
"How come I'm not on your phone before? How come you don't speak Bisaya to me anymore?", her head hurt again.
"I don't speak Bisaya. Maybe you're mistaking me for someone else. And you're in my phone now. Speed dial number 1. Baby, maybe it's just the amnesia. We can't have this ruin us, can we?"
She nodded. Something's really off. Her laptop has all his messages before and there were Visayan words in them. Too bad her phone was broken during the accident, she could remember having recorded his voice there. She also couldn't access her email, facebook and twitter. She can't remember the passwords.
"Hey, look at me.", Orion cupped Neirobi's chin, "When we get our full memory back, I assure you, nothing will change. We will still love each other as much as we love each other now."
She smiled. She wanted to believe what he said. But maybe he's right. Just maybe.
***
^^Hi! May I ask for your number? :)^^ He posted on her friendster. That was mid-2008. It took him two weeks of waiting anxiously when he finally replied and gave her number.
"Whew! Thought you'd never give me your number!", he called directly after receiving the number online.
She giggled. "I don't really check my friendster so much. And I also don't give out my number."
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