Haha.. Don't worry, strive for the best lovelife! As promised, here's Chapter 18 ... [b] CHAPTER 18:[/b] "Nothing, huh?" "Yup. " "You sure?" "" "OK..." Haaii... There goes his shy side again. I hope he'll be more open to me, you know, since we're friends. "Anna... Well, there is one thing---" "What?" "Do you believe in... '[b]LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT[/b]'?" What??? "What? Love at first sight, huh? Well, I really don't know... " "I do." "You do? With whom?" ..... "With.... [b]YOU[/b]." What the? This guy is... Well, he is... [i] [b] "I love you Anna. "[/b] [/i] Oh Gawd, Michael likes me too? I'm in the middle of a [b]LOVE RECTANGLE![/b] "But I do---" "I know. You don't feel the same. But I'm willing to wait for you... " Gawrsh, [b]speechless. [/b] "Anna?" "I gotta go... Bye Michael." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [b][at a cafe][/b] What is wrong with me? I should be happy that Michael likes me... 'Coz I like him too! But I love Raf... And we're together... And--- [b]"Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"[/b] "Excuse me miss, are you alright? Your scream can be heard from the 3rd floor!" "Oh, sorry. " "Um, do you want coffee, tea or anything to calm you down?" "Tea, please. " "Coming right up. " What the heck was I thinking? [b][a few minutes later][/b] "Here you go...." "Thanks Miss. Oh, and sorry again for a while ago... I didn't know what got into me. " "No worries. " [b][phone ringing][/b] [quote]Anna: "Hello?" Mae: "Anna! Did you hear the news?" Anna: "No, what?" Mae: "Raf is better! He just got home from the hospital!" Anna: "Really? That's-- Wait a minute, I thought you were sleepy? It's only 7:30, you should go back to bed." Mae: "Yeah, I know. But Raf called a while ago. He said he couldn't reach your cell so he called our landline instead. " Anna: "That's great news! Thanks sis. " Mae: "Your Welcome. Where are you anyway?" Anna: "I'm in a cafe." Mae: "Oh, OK. Can you bring home some hot chocolate while you're at it?" Anna: "Haha... Sure sis. " Mae: "Thanks sis. Bye." Anna: "OK. Thanks too. Bye."[/quote] Hmm, I should visit him at his house... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [b][Raf's place][/b] [b][doorbell rings][/b] "I'm coming!" "Raf! It's Anna." "Anna?" "Raf! Sweety! I missed you. " "Missed you too. How did you know I'm here?" "Ate told me you just got back from the hospital. Are you sure you're feeling OK?" "I'm sure. " "Oooh, I missed you soooo much!" "I missed you too sweety. Let's go out for dinner later, OK?" "Sure. " "Good. It's gonna be like old times. I'm gonna pick you up at 8, OK?" "OK. Wow, look at the time. I better get going. My sister is probably looking for me. " "OK. Bye sweety. Keep safe." "OK, I will. " ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [b][at home][/b] [quote][b]Dear Diary[/b], I'm so confused right now! I feel like I just wanna scream it all out! Which, by the way, I've done a while ago. It was so humiliating! Wanna know where? In a CAFE! People were staring at me like I'm some kind of mental patient! Eer... Anyways, back to the story... [i][b]I love Raf, Raf loves me, Ken loves me, I don't love Ken. Ken got mad, attempted to kill Raf, hired a bodyguard named Michael and Michael fell in love with me! Well, I like Michael too. So do Raf.[/b][/i] I'm confused! I think I'm crazy! Speaking of which, I haven't seen Ken for a while now... [b]Where is he?[/b][/quote] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [i][to be continued... ][/i]