Not In A Million Years

(Year 2007)

Maine just got back in Cebu from their wedding, some of her stuff are still out lying in every corner of their bedroom. She still haven't arranged it yet. She noticed some of her belongings went missing. She was told not to look for them anymore if she couldn't find it. "Its already in good hands" as they all say. She decided to call it a day and have some rest. Being five months pregnant makes her get exhausted so easy recently. She's pretty much more careful now since she's on her third pregnancy. They lost their first two and she can't go through that pain again. With a high risk pregnancy and some spotting every now and then, she can't keep up with simple tasks that much. "Bed rest, Maine. Bed rest." She muttered to herself.

They're already in bed. Its getting late but they can't sleep. RJ then suddenly got out of the bed looking for something, anything that catches his interest. His mom already warned her about this. Whenever he can't sleep, he'll rummage whatever he can find lying around, or cook and eat. He choose to rummage instead. She officially moved in with him two months ago - so he did some digging with her old stuff from the boarding house and found a lot of scribbles, poems and notes way back in her college days. At long last, one thing finally caught his attention.

"Ha!" he exclaimed. Showing her a long yellow paper with notes on it back to back. He waived it in front of her face thinking its a letter to one of her ex's. Maine just sat on the edge of their bed looking at him. She was curious on how he would react to it. RJ started reading it right away and she let him. He was laughing at the person she wrote about in that paper and commented how "poor" that guy was. Judging by his reactions while reading, she thought he's rather amused on how she berated the "poor guy" in her entry. If words could kill, he would've been dead by now.

"Dear _____,

Do you know that I hate you?! I hate seeing you that I'd rather die! You act like you're so full of yourself! You even told everyone how you were so disappointed and discouraged of me! Well let me tell you mister, I wasn't born to please you in any way! It was never my obligation to change myself into somebody that I am not just for your pleasure! I don't need your approval in anything or everything that I do! I can go out with whomever I wanted to be with! And I can handle myself as deemed fit! I'm not yours!...

...I will never like you!! Even if you're the last guy on earth. I'd rather go extinct! I hate you! I will never love you! You can't have me! There will never be an " US"! ...NOT IN A MILLION YEARS!

-Maine"

RJ started to laugh so hard.

Maine: "What are you laughing at?"

R: "This". (still laughing, showing her the paper)

M: "Why? What's wrong with it?"

R: "There's nothing wrong with it. Poor guy. Mind telling me to whom this was for?" (Still laughing)

Maine looked at him for a couple of seconds and smiled (trying to contain her laughter), "YOU".

RJ instantly stopped laughing. He stared at her, shocked by her revelation. He instantly paled with his mouth ajar. She knew that he never had any idea on how she saw him the first few months she's known him. She admits, RJ was indeed such a dick. After a minute or two, he finally regained his composure. His face lit up and smirked, "Have you thought about what transpired in your life lately?" He slowly crawled to her, like a predator about to hunt its prey. Maine was speechless for a second. Damn! I can't even say anything! Not a single word! Save yourself! Just say anything! "So what?!" Omg! Is that it?! Sheeeesh!

He stopped just mere inches from her face, gave her a smug look. That deathly, sexy look made her breath hitch and uneven. RJ stood from where he was and marched out of the room. He took the paper with him and showed it to his mom who was so busy in search of a love life of her own over the internet. Date in Asia! Can. You. Imagine?! She followed him out of the room.

"Hey ma, look at what Maine wrote. It says here she wouldn't love me, not in a million years!" Her new mom-in-law spun her chair to face her daughter in law.

"The more you hate, the more you love, Maine." And they all laughed. "We'll its too late now. You're already less than four months away until you pop!", she added.

"Yeah, yeah I know. I'm not trying to hide it, deny it or whatever. Its just supposed to be an entry to my personal online blog. I got so busy after drafting it that it never made online." She thought this needed an explanation.

Her dear husband still can't seem to get over it, "good thing it was never posted".

"Oh I still intend to post it one of these days when I have the chance alright. In fact, I'd like to put it in a frame." With that said, RJ leaned in for a chaste kiss.

After a few minutes of laughing and bickering with each other, they went back to their room. "Hey don't lose it, OK? It serves as an evidence", grabbed her by the waist, from the back leaving butterfly kisses on her shoulders.

She turned to face him for a kiss again, "don't worry, I intend to keep it".

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