Honey, Abby, Jonah and I were invited by friends from the pep squad of San Beda College to attend the Annual Freshman Initiation of their school, July 6, 2001. I had nothing to do, no where to go and so I went with them. I was studying from an exclusive school then, but I have no plans of sight seeing or boy hunting. With that, I never thought that this day would bring me to the man I have long been waiting for.
We stayed at the gate of the school because as it turned out, we are actually not allowed to enter the campus! I got bored and I really wanted to go home!
I was about to ask them to leave when I saw this man drinking mineral water near the gates, not minding the chaos that my friends and I created. A long lost brother of Epi Quizon? Of course not, he was original, no pretentions, no nothing…He was just being him!
Ivan A. Lacson huh?!! As I sneak peaked at his ID! Heller! The looks of Epi and the name same as Ping, I asked my self, is he a gift from heaven, knowing that I admire both Epi Quizon and Ping Lacson! I found out that he is a member of San Beda Pep Squad. Saw him do the moves while they practiced, and yeah, I really find him cute! Of course there were butterflies in my stomach the first time I saw him and what's funny is that those butterflies never left…Hmmm! With the first impression of him being a snob, I told myself…Heller, Wake up…How could he possibly fall in love with me? Not a bit. Not a chance. I went home facing this reality! That is until my friend Honey called me, gave me his number and asked me to text him! "No way!" I said, that is so embarrasing!!! Still, I did! Exchanging messages the whole night, he asked for my landline number (July 7, 2001) and cell calls during lunch time that would make me run out of class every time he calls.
July 14, 2001: My friends and I decided to watch NCAA and play billiards near Beda after the game. That day we met personally for the first time! I was nervous, I didn't know what to do! But hey, it ended up so well that he asked me for a date the following day!
July 15, 2001: The happiest day of my life! We went out, dine at Tokyo Tokyo and watched a movie(Along came a spider) we have no idea of but ended up watching it. That was what I thought, but then he confessed that he wanted to watch that movie because he knew it would scare the hell out me and thought that he could be my prince charming if he hugs me when I get scared! Next movie is Dr. Doolittle. It was a Sunday and he still do not want to go home so we ended up watching another movie.
We we're waiting for the movie to start when he whispered to my ear, "Can I be your buttercup?" and I told him "Umm…Okay!" But then he realized that he asked the wrong question and so another question was raised…"Eh can you be my Buttercup? Maan, I Love You!"Have you ever felt what I felt that moment? When suddenly, time stops and you can't move a thing. All you feel is your heart stammering and all you can say is "Are you sure? It's so fast and how can you love me in an instant? In a span of one week?" and he said "I don't know! This never happened to me before and it just feels right!" I placed my hands near his heart and I can feel it beating so fast! By then I knew it was real and then "I Love You too Ivan!" He hugged me and started singing the song "Thank you in advance!" Our song!
What you've just read is our love story! This is how we started and I never want to lose him since the day that I saw him. He is the greatest gift that I have and along with him are many gifts that I will treasure forever!
The best gift that he gave me is his family. I gained another family because of him. Yes, we have a lot of memories together, good and bad, but you know what? Those memories are the reason why we never stopped loving each other. Instead, we loved each other more. Those are what made us strong and I never regret anything that happened to us. I loved him so much, I still do, and I will forever love him, more and more…each day.
