[[*Endless Road_______Endless Journey]]*

Thursday, February 24, 2005

[[The Last Chapter VIII]]

April 12 2003 would be one of the most memorable days in Jaime's life. It was the first time he would go out with Celine on a date. The date was a simple affair. They had pasta for lunch, and Jaime actually finished his food slower than her. Celine was not a fast eater, neither was Jaime a slow one. But he was too mindful not to look messy while eating. His friends had commented he looked untidy and ungracious while eating the night before.

Jaime didn't plan to do much. They spent the whole afternoon walking around town, looking for a nice cake for a classmate whose birthday falls on next week, and chatted about anything and everything. It was nothing like what they were in school. Strangers to the both of them would had assume the two did not know each other, let alone classmates.

"I'm going off at the next stop. You know, you didn't have to take the long trip with me."

Jaime could never had allowed her to take the trip alone. It was an opportunity for him to spend more time with her. Every single second spent with Celine was so precious to him. He probably deserved to be castrated if he had taken the other way home.

"Can I walk you home later?"

"Erm...you don't have to, you know. I feel bad enough that you had to take this trip when you could have taken the shorter one and got home earlier..."

Jaime simply couldn't afford to let such a chance slip away. He insisted on walking Celine home, and she eventually relented.

The walk to Celine's apartment was about ten minutes. It was not short, but Jaime always wished it was longer. He remembered by heart the landmarks Celine told him he would pass by while walking to her home: two basketball courts and a coffeeshop.

"Do you wan to take a bus back to the train station? I'll wait with you at the bus stop," offered Celine.

"Sure," replied Jaime. He secretly wished the bus would take an eternity to come. Disappointingly, it arrived after about seven minutes.

"Give me a message when you get home?" asked Jaime. Celine nodded.

Jaime boarded the bus reluctantly. As he gazed at Celine from inside the bus, they waved each other goodbye. Even as the bus moved off, he couldn't take his eyes off her, even for a second.

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*close your eyes...make a wish*

[[Walking Alone On This Endless Road]]*|6:01 pm|