Our Love Story

Rain and I were schoolmates back in college (that was 10 years ago). Although we took the same course, he was 1 year ahead of me and so we never shared the same class together. It was his sister who happened to be my classmate. One afternoon, during our Botany class, I saw him entered our classroom as he handed a plant press project to his sister and that was the first time I saw him. I couldn’t believe how I felt after that. Was it love at first sight? I don’t know but right after that I couldn’t stop thinking about him more. We would say hi to each other if we ever met in the hallway. Little did I know that he was feeling the same thing for me too.

We’ve never taken those little encounters seriously. We were contented that way, seeing each other in school, exchanging messages and emails, having lunch together. The night of April 1, 2005, to finally straighten up things between us, he finally asked me to be his gf and without further thinking about it, I agreed! However, the following semester I was surprised to learn that he and his sister were not going back to school. They went home to their province in Pampanga which is a hundred miles from my place. I had no idea about the problem he and his family were going through that time. I just knew my heart was shattered with the thought of not seeing him anymore. But as they say, life goes on.

I graduated from college and decided to take another degree. While we remained as friends, Rain and I didn’t have a constant communication and I didn’t know what was happening to him. One fateful day, a cousin of mine came to visit me in my house. Still heart broken, I told her about Rain and our not-so-typical relationship. She suddenly thought of an idea. She got Rain’s phone number and they eventually became text mates. Whenever their topic was about love and relationship, my cousin will forward Rain’s messages to me and I felt a sense of relief knowing that I still have a special place in his heart and that he’s just trying to fix himself before he finally meets me again. Not too long after, Rain learned that she was my cousin but he didn’t make a big deal out of it. He was even thankful to her for helping him get a job in the same company that she was in.

July 2006, after a year of not seeing each other, Rain and I finally met again. We spent the whole day catching up on each other, telling stories about the past year etc. From then on, he would constantly visit me in my house; we would go out in a date, travel to places or just hang out with my whole family at home.

It has been a decade of love for both of us. We both had our shares of ups and downs but as long as we’re together, we know that nothing can ever tear us apart. And now I can’t really believe that we’re taking this relationship into a whole new level; a lifetime commitment, a journey of everlasting love. It brings so much happiness to us as we continue to make our dreams come true and create our own future together.