last december 29, 2008 - we had our alumni homecoming....
t'was so nice to see friends way back in high school..
some remained, some have changed, some had gone...
it was the second alumni homecoming which Marion missed -homecoming that he would surely miss forever. Marion Y. Talampas was my first boyfriend. we've been a couple for only a month though.. t'was august 11, 2003.. i was fourth year high school then... we were classmates.. actually, only one seat separates us, t'was my bestfriend who happened to be his close friend also sitting that chair between us. even our relationship did not last long, i've had good old memories with him and with lilay. we were marion's angels: lilay, ting and me. marion was my first "heartbreaker"... after our breakup [just a week after our first so called monthsary], we were no longer friends.. for some reason i do not know.. he never talked to me, not even looked me in the eye. as i remember, we were enemies after our breakup. before our graduation, we had our recollection. you know - asking and giving forgiveness from classmates you've been hurt. it was my turn to give the candle to the person i wanted to reconcile with, so i automatically approached marion and gave him the candle while saying 'sorry kung unsa man gani ako sala nimo, and thank you' can we be friends again? i miss you'.. for a moment, my classmates were holding their breath and intently waiting for his reply, but 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 30 minutes passed - he did not say a single word. i stood in front of him for almost an hour holding the candle in my hand. some of my close friends were already crying and asking me to go back to my seat and no longer waste my time. i still waited for another 5 minutes. after 55 minutes, i sat down, close my eyes and said to myself 'i now know how it feels to be dumped'.. in a way, i understand him. when i got home, i wrapped the candle [the candle he did not accept] with paper and put it in my treasure box. i told myself that i will only open this paper and light the candle when we will be friends. months passed, graduation day passed. scenario- the same. he was keeping away from me. two months after our graduation day, i went to iligan city to study [MSU-IIT].. i wasn't surprise to find him there coz t'was really our original plan to study in msu-iit. i've seen him in many gatherings like freshmen orientation, symposium and general assembly and i am pretty sure he'd seen me too.. i've only seen him from afar, and he sees me in a distant too. so we still never had the chance to talked. UNTIL, september [i forgot the exact date but im sure t'was written in my journal].. i was walking at the CSM lobby going to my math room 107...i did not notice him til he stepped in front of me. he smiled and made a 'peace' sign with his index and middle finger. what else would i do? i smiled back then said 'friends'... i still have my class that time so he waited for an hour and a half outside my room just to go with me to my boardinghouse. i was so glad we're friends again..the night at that day, i opened my treasure box and look for the candle then lighted it with a smile in my face..yes, i brought it with me in iligan coz i was expecting that day will come and it really did..it's not that i still have the desire to have him back. that time, i was no longer longing to be his girl. what i want was pure friendship. before our romantic relationship, we were friends. we were four in a group, marion's angels as i've said...
2 years after our reconciliation, he got married with his great love named loubelle - the same girl who was his girlfriend before and after me.
august 2007, i was shocked with my sister's sms 'te c marion wala na'.. i felt emptiness and deep sorrow knowing that one of my friends is gone forever. he's dead. meaning i can no longer see his face. no longer hear his devilish laughter. he was buried august 11, 2007.. the moment i knew t'was the date of his burial, i smiled with the coincidence.
last dec 29, 2007 we had our alumni homecoming [annual homecoming kasi]...
it was so sad that the familiar face you expect to see that day is now gone ..
then last dec. 29, 2008.. second alumni that marion missed.
