ALTERNATE UNIVERSE
Posted by AC on Sunday Aug 22, 2010
People say, the one that got away is “that person in your life with whom everything was great, everything was perfect, but the timing was just wrong.”
I didn’t buy that before coz I believe that there is no right or wrong time for people who are in love. But then again, with what I (and my friends) have gone through in the past, I realized that yeah, sometimes love just ain’t enough.
And one factor to consider is “timing.”
A few days ago, somebody (he was using a landline) called my business phone and I actually believed it was my friend whom I was talking to coz they have the same voice. He kept on bugging me and I told him I was busy that day that we had to end our conversation. He obliged but asked for my email address. I even got mad at him for asking me that (til then I made myself believe that he was David, my friend) for the nth time. Before we said our goodbyes, he told me to wait for his email coz it would surprise me. But I just thought that maybe it was just a business proposal or referral (David and I have the same work)
When I opened my email, I saw a message coming from a familiar name, a very significant person in my past and the message goes like this..
“It was nice hearing your voice”
I was really really embarrassed coz all the while I thought it was really David whom I had conversation with over the phone earlier that day.
It was my Little Drummer Boy, the one that got away. My first love, the first one who swept me off my feet and the first to teach me a lot of beautiful things. The first guy who broke my heart.
We were never a couple coz of one thing — TIMING. He wasn’t ready to commit at that time coz he he wasn’t yet over his ex girlfriend of 5 (???) and being a teenager that I was, I also believed that I wasn’t yet ready to commit and be in a serious relationship.
I know most people would oppose coz they probably think that isn’t love enough to get into a relationship? I’d say NO. Coz if a person is not yet ready, it would just be a disaster. Since relationships entail “responsibility”, if one party doesn’t meet what is expected, the other one would be disappointed and that’s where misunderstandings and quarrels arise. Sometimes it’s better that we know how to manage expectations. Less expectations, less disappointments.
But we enjoyed being with each other. I had fun and at the same time I feel loved. But I lost him one day due to unforeseen circumstances. Since then everything changed and we didn’t hear from each other often. That was around a decade ago.
We grew apart. We both mature as we went on with our lives and as we go through wonderful and painful experiences in the past. When we both became ready, we already lost each other.
I lost him coz he got a girl pregnant and they eventually got married. But I’m certain it wasn’t out of love.
We went on communicating with each other since that phone booboo experience but I vowed to myself that I won’t be meeting him anymore (but he’s “stalking” me on Facebook, Multiply and most probably, this blog. hahaha!). I’m afraid that if I do, I will ruin my life by committing with a married guy (though he’s not happily married and already “separated”) coz I cannot deny the fact that I still love him though I already loved a few men after him. I guess it’s true that first love never dies.
Oh well, maybe somewhere, in the alternate universe we would meet again. Know each other again. Fall in love again. Everything will fall into place. And we’ll live happily ever after.
Radio’s fine, it helps me forget for a while… blah blah blah..

Dahil walang pasok ngayon, naisipan namin ng mga kaibigan ko na maglamyerda (lagi naman). Pero hapon na kame nakalabas bilang ang kaibigan kong adik sa trabaho ay inumaga na sa opisina. Ang usapan namin talaga ay magworkout sa umaga at magshopping sa hapon. Pero di na natuloy ang pagpunta sa gym dahil wala nang oras (priority namin ang pagshoshopping 

