One More Chance novel Chapter 132

~~~I think I finally know you, I can see beyond your smile. I think that I can show you that what we have is still worthwhile. Don't you know that love's just like the thread that keeps unravelling, but then it ties us back together in the end? In your eyes, I can see my dream's reflections. In your eyes, found the answers to my questions. And I think I've finally learned to love you more~~~

-George Benson/Regine Velasquez-

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"Ahh... very well said." She said smiling and clapping her hands at the same time.

But I just responded it with a smile.

"Now I know you've already moved on because you can now mention the past without even crying or feeling sad about what happened. And you know what, some people say you will know when you've already healed when the past doesn't affect you or make you cry anymore."

"Yeah, but that saying doesn't suit everyone."

"And why not?"

"Because I believe not everyone who has been hurt and suffered has already moved on. Others were just pretending to hide the pain they're still feeling so that no one would ask about it again, while some hadn't dared to face reality and forget what they had experienced."

"Yeah, but not in your case."

"And how do you know it?"

"Because I can see the truth in your eyes. They are shining, shimmering, twinkling like those bright stars in the night sky."

And I couldn't stop the hilarious laugh that escaped my lips as she motioned her hands in the air as if they were really those twinkling stars.

"And speaking of twinkling stars, I think I have to go." She stood up and was about to leave the counter.

"Huh? And where are you going?"

"I'm going to my star because 'your star' is heading his way towards here." She said in a whisper and then winked at me.

"What?" I frowned in confusion as she already jumped out of the counter. "What the heck---" but I didn't get the chance to continue what I was saying because when I turned around, I found Luke standing on the opposite side of the counter.

"Hi,"

My breath hitched as my mouth formed an 'A' shape, not because of his greeting, but because I saw Dana over Luke's shoulder waving her hands and making a sign of two thumbs up. She even winked at me again before running to her boyfriend's table.

"I-I'm sorry, are you saying something?" I turned to Luke and found him staring at me with amusement showing in his eyes.

"Your hairstyle suits you even the hair colour."

I held my breath when he smiled. -'Forgodsake! Even after what we've been through and years have passed, I don't know why I still get butterflies when he smiles'-

I was born blonde and never tried to dye my curly hair or change my hairstyle when I was still in Los Angeles, but when I met Dana and stayed in the Philippines, everything changed including my hairstyle. I decided to cut my long and curly hair into shoulder-length and changed the color into coffee blonde.

"You too, your new haircut looks good on you. You looked matured--- yet more handsome."

-'Shit!'- I cursed silently when I realized what I had just said but it's too late for me to take it back because he had already heard it and now chuckling in front of me.

So to lessen the embarrassment...

"Is there anything you want to order?" I asked, avoiding his gaze and pretending to arrange the stuff on top of the counter.

"Yeah, your time."

"Huh?" I gazed up at him.

"I mean, I want to know how have you been doing?"

"Yeah, I stayed in Paris for a month but when I met Dana, I decided to come with her. And now I've been staying here for almost a year."

But my smile widened as I remembered my thoughts about coffee and blueberry cheesecake earlier.

"So it's you!" I suddenly blurted out that made him confused.

"Huh?"

"I mean, you were the person that Dana was talking about yesterday."

His frown got deeper.

"Caleb's friend." I shrugged.

"Ohh..." He said nodding. "What did she say about me?"

"Well, nothing personal. She just told me about the business that Caleb was proposing to you..." I paused as I watched him took another bite of his blueberry cheesecake.

He then looked at me and asked why but I just shook my head.

"You know what, earlier while I was carrying your orders to your table, I wondered who the person sitting across Caleb's seat and which of you two ordered the slice of cheesecake. But I had no idea that it was you and I was surprised that it was your order." I smiled. "You haven't changed," I added but I gulped when I saw the astonishment in his eyes. "Oh, I mean, your order! You haven't changed your order! You're still ordering the same thing." I almost lost of breath.

-'Oh, God! What the hell is happening with me?'-

Amusement instantly shown in his eyes the moment I said the last line, but I don't know why I felt at ease at that moment. And even when I noticed the stares he was giving me, I still couldn't contain the smile that wanted to escape my lips. I felt like talking to him was like talking to a long lost friend. No awkwardness, only excitement.

"Yeah, I haven't changed." He paused, his gaze was focused on me and then added... "For me, only the blueberry cheesecake is the best pair for my black coffee."

"Hmm... the same with me." I nodded. I remembered it was one of the common things we have in past.