Chapter 2 - The Decision

Once in a lifetime, do you turn 18?
Never again, will this age be seen
I
____________
together with my parents
_________________
invites you to help make mine
an event to look back in time
Please join me at
My Eighteenth Birthday
which I will celebrate on Saturday,
12th day of February, two thousand and five
at 5:59 in the evening at the
Cafe Villa, New Phil. Army Forces Clubhouse
Fort Bonifacio, Makati City
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"Our flight is on that day," he thought.

"{Is it possible to delay our flight?}" asked JG's dad. ({} means it's in Tagalog)

"{I will look into it,}" replied JG's mom.

Since church was in the afternoon on Sunday, we could still make it if we fly in Sunday morning. The timing was perfect!

Throughout the trip, JG would occasionally ask if the change of the flight time could be done. He always had the same answer from her mom that she will look into it.

However, everytime he asked, JG would wonder why should he go? How important is it for him to go? It will only happen once and never again can he get the honour of giving the 18th rose.
Did it really matter?

He had stopped contacting his friend for a very long time and he began to recall the reasons why he had decided to stop contacting her. He did not want her to have hopes that he will ever return for he did not know the future. He did not want to deprive her of finding someone else. She deserved better than that.

A long while, somehow he got into contact with her again. He found out that she had not ever had a crush on someone else after JG, and that she did not have a crush on anyone now. She did not want it, and he felt that he was to blame for it.

There was also no way that he could find out for sure if he had caused her to have such a negative attitude towards love. Yet, he blames himself.

"Should I or should I not go?"

-=end of Chapter 2=-