Contraclockwise

“How are you?” I shyly ask Mrs. Casper.

She turns to look at me and smile at me. “I’m fine.” She replied.

It’s noticeable that her eyes are always red from crying. “Can I see him?” I ask and she nods as a reply.

I stopped from walking towards him; I don’t know what to do, what to say and how will I look at him.

*I was taken aback from the shock after I saw him turn to look at me without any emotion written on his face. “Happy now, Glim? Are you happy seeing me miserable?” he said full of resentment. I shook my head. “Why are you here?” the pain in his eyes was shown.

"I'm sorry, Flood." I don’t understand why but that’s the only words came out from my mouth from that very moment.

"I don't need your sorry, Glimmer. I need you. Do you get it? I need you to be with me! I need you to come back. I need you in my life!” he said holding back his raised voice but all I can do is to shake my head. “Why can’t you understand?”he finally shout. The nurse and his family went in after they heard him shouting. “Mom and all of you stay out of this!” he said with madness. “Glimmer, what are the things that you don’t understand from the things I said to you?” he said pleading, begging. I just cried. “Glimmer, I love you. Isn’t that enough?”

"Flood, I'm not yet ready." I said crying. “But I’m here already. Moreover, you don’t have to be miserable like that, I just need air to breathe. If you really love me, you can and you will wait for me.” I said between my hiccups.

“Why do you need to distance yourself? I can give you space but I don’t like the idea of breaking up because breaking up consists of moving on and moving on is a process of accepting that we can’t be together. You’re the one that I want to spent the rest of my life with. Glim, please… don’t do this to me. Don’t do this to me. Don’t take our child away from me.” I just shook my head and left.

I went far away from everything; no one knew where I went. I also don’t know why I went away and live my life alone while I’m pregnant with his child. We were both happy but after I found out I do carry his child, I started to avoid him. I do miss him whenever I don’t see him but the feeling of avoiding him is so strong and I don’t know what’s the reason, why.*

I’m taken aback when I saw him turning and no emotion on his eyes while looking at me. This scene is so familiar but I set it aside and smiled at him. “How are you, Storm?”

He smiled at me, I don’t know why but whenever he sees me… it seems like the pain that he feels is going away. “I’m fine, Glim. How about you and Flood?”

my

smiled. “Once both of you were okay, I’ll ask Flood that I’ll be your

gladly list you as our ring bearer

I heard a

I’m caught visiting his brother. He walk towards me and pulled me out of the room. “How many times do I have to tell you,

“I can’t. This hospital is calling me to donate bone marrow because

"What?" he asked irritably.

to stop to visit him every time the hospital is calling me. Have mercy to your brother! All you have to do is to say yes

saw Sapience sitting on the sofa while

He said without

the grocery bag on

"Soft drinks."

What is that? Are you going to make yourself drunk from those soft drinks and I will have to send you to the hospital because of

me to buy that.

“Where?”

there.” He said. “It’ll be awkward if I just go there

us not come, Sapie.”

“Why?”

if we’ll go there

you have to throw this garlic on

“What, aren’t