BAIDER (ENGLISH VERSION)

ANMELA’S POV

“OMG! This place is amazing!” Alem took many pictures about the place in Camarines Norte. We traveled for almost eight hours before we finally arrived.

Alem held the arm of Ardent and they took pictures again, in different positions. First, they had peace signs in their fingers. Second, they both wrap each other’s arms on each other. Third, Alem was kissing him on the cheek. I saw that Ardent hit her forehead for doing that.

I realized they matched each other. Why did they not become lovers?

Laurent looked around. I could see the clean sky with the white clouds and blue color. The banana trees were scattering.

“Is that a fall? OMG!” Alem and Ardent racing towards the water bodies. I was sure that they would enjoy every single hour here.

“Your place is as beautiful as you.” Laurent cuddled at my back. His hobbies were burying his face on my shoulder and kissing it.

“They’re here!” I heard my mother’s voice. I could not help myself, but ran towards her and hugged her so tight.

“Anmela!” Father was so happy to see me. He embraced me so compactly and then he froze when he saw Laurent at my back. “He’s Laurent?”

“Good evening, Sir.” Laurent bowed his head.

“He is handsome!” My mother ran to him. I saw myself as he hugged Laurent. “Thank you so much for everything that you did for the people of Camarines Norte.”

I laughed so loud as Laurent smiled shyly. Je was blushing from cheek to ear.

“Good thing you visit us, Anmela.” Dad said as I clung into his waist. I missed him so much.

“Laurent’s idea. We only have two days.”

“Ohh. He is really a sweet boyfriend.” I could say that dad missed me the way I missed him. He also prepared food for us.

Ardent and Alem liked to be in here. Just because of the foods that they never eat before. Laurent did not usually eat vegetables, but when my mother put those in front of him, he said nothing, he just ate and I could see that he liked the taste.

“Let’s swim in the falls.” Ardent was so excited. He was eating faster and when his food was finished, he grabbed Alem’s. Alem was just glaring at him because my parents were looking at them.

“So… Laurent, you are a doctor? How’s your profession?” Dad asked Laurent.

He gulped what he was eating, grabbed the glass of water, drank it before answering. “I’m happy with my profession, but I’m so busy. Scared of not having time with Anmela Eris.”

“You have time for me. Actually, Dad, he never let me go home alone.”

“What a gentleman,” Mom said with amusement in her eyes.Upstodatee from Novel(D)ra/m/a.O(r)g

I held crabs and put them on Laurent’s plate. “You should try mom’s recipe for crabs, it tastes delicious.”

Laurent just scratched his nose before continuing eating. I could see that he was enjoying the food.

“Anmela will graduate this year. I hope we can be there.” Mom put a glass of water in front of me.

“Me, too, Auntie!” Alem interrupted. “You two should be there.”

“We’ll come,” Dad said while preparing the buko salad for us.

After the dinner, Ardent did not waste time. He grabbed us to the falls and enjoyed every beat of the clock. Me and Laurent were just in the big rock, looking at them, playing in the water.

“Don’t you want to swim, Baby?” Laurent’s head was leaning on my shoulder.

“It’s dark. I’m scared that there might be something in the water.” I chuckled as I told the truth.

“Is there a crocodile?” Laurent chuckled, too.

“No. I don’t know.”

“Let’s swim. I want to hug you there.” Laurent held my hand and pulled me gently to stand up.

We both stood in front of the high cliff. “I think I can’t.” I gasped for air as the nervousness filled my chest. “I’m scared.”

Laurent showed me his radiating smile. It made me blush in an instant.

Why is he so handsome? How many times that I would ask that?

“Please, join me.” He held my hand.

I looked down, saw the falls, and water down there. The height was breathtaking. “Oh, gosh!”

“Do you trust me?” He pinched the back of my hand.

“Yes.”

“I trust you, too.” He held my hand tightly and then jumped. I almost took my breath out as I shouted at the top of my lungs. I could feel the air hitting my body. I closed my eyes as I felt the water throughout my body when I fell.

Laurent immediately grabbed my waist, swan, went up. I embraced him so tight as I coughed. “Are you okay?”

“Yes.”

He kissed my forehead plenty of times. It made me relax. I thought I could not do, jumping in that height. Good thing Laurent was here.

“You’re brave, Anm!” Alem threw me some water. In an instant, we were both hitting each other with water, laughing and swimming away from each other.

I enjoyed playing with them under water, especially when Laurent was agreeing to what Ardent wanted to play. He was not in pissed mode this time. I could see the brightness on his face. He was gradually taking that Ardent was just my friend.

I heard them talking about me. They thought that me and Alem were farway from them, but they did not know I was just hiding on the big rock. I was about to surprise them, but I eavesdropped first.

“Anm loves you so much. Please take care of her,” Ardent said while playing with the water in his hand. “I have never seen her with so much happiness in his face.”

“Dude, I love her, too, you know that.” For the first time, I heard Laurent’s soft voice at Ardent.

“I know, yup, but please don’t make her cry. Do everything, not to make her worry and sad.”

“You don’t need to tell me what to do. I know how to take care of my girl.”

“Just saying.”

They were both silent after that. Laurent broke the silence as he asked him. “You like Anmela Eris, aren’t you?”

My heart pumped recklessly. I was waiting for Ardent’s answer, he was about to speak when Alem jumped at my back and shouted that she got me. That caught their attention.