[quote][b]CHAPTER 5.2[/b] �Khalil�� He looked back and saw me. �Kelsey?� �Yeah.,� I stood beside him and asked, �Ang emo mo dito ah. Ba�t mag-isa ka lang?� �Wala. Star-gazing.� I looked up to and remembered, oo nga pala, mahilig siya sa night sky, sa stars. I guess that�s one of the soft spots that I fell for. �Ang ganda nga ng stars dito sa veranda noh. Plus, ang layo ng tanaw mo.� �Kelsey..� he suddenly looked at me and his gaze made me look at him too. �Uhmm?� �Ang ganda mo pa rin.� Oh. That pulled a string, and in my head, �Before I let You Go� was playing. I grew up na hindi basta-basta naniniwalang maganda ako. I guess it�s because people would so often say na mas maganda �yung ate ko that�s why I don�t really feel it �pag nacocompliment akong maganda ako. Khalil� he was the first guy who told me I was beautiful, even before siya nanligaw sa�kin. I remember that night, magkatext kami and out of the blue he told me, hindi mo lang pansin pero ang ganda mo kaya. I guess that was the first night I started to notice that behind the bad boy image of Khalil, there was a sympathetic part of him. �Ano ka ba. Madilim kasi kaya malabo paningin mo.� �Hindi. Maganda ka talaga. Tandaan mo �yan,� there was a short pause before he asked, �Bakit mo nga ba ako nilapitan. Anong sasabihin mo?� I breathed deeply. Relax Kelsey. �Yan naman �yung pinunta mo ditto. Nandito ka na rin naman, sabihin mo na. �I know hindi naging clear kung bakit kita binitawan and I wanted a closure, a proper closure para maka-move on tayo nang maayos. I felt like you didn�t trust me enough. Mas pinagkatiwalaan mo �yung iba kaysa sakin. Sobrang ma-pride akong tao pero nilunok ko �yung pride ko, ako �yung humabol sa�yo and yet it wasn�t enough for you.� �Kels, sorry kung gan�on �yung naisip at naramdaman mo, but I never intended that to happen. Aaminin ko, sinadya ko talaga na pahabain �yung usapan, na paikut-ikutin ka sa storya pero hindi dahil hindi ako nagtitiwala sa�yo. Selfish �yung rason ko kaya nakakahiya aminin.� �Ano ba �yon Khalil?� It took him a minute before he finally admitted, �Gusto ko sana magkasama tayo nang matagal lagi kaya pinahaba ko �yung issue. Gusto ko kasama kita.� My heart melted that time and I wanted to hug him. Tama bang pinakawalan ko siya? �Siguro proof �yon na hindi natin masyado kilala �yung isa�t isa. Hindi mo alam na nasasaktan na ako. Hindi ko alam na gusto mo lang ng oras.� �Siguro nga.� �Sige na Khalil, it�s almost time. Malapit na tayo magsimula ng evening session.� I was supposed to walk but he took my hand, �Kels�� �Uhm?� �Salamat sa lahat.� �No, thank you. Mas dapat ako magpasalamat sa�yo. Malaki �yung nagawa mo sa�kin. Hindi mo lang alam.� I smiled and was the first to leave again after he released my hand. Khalil� what could�ve been in store for us if I didn�t leave you?[/quote]