Vacation of Love

by Dyanne Micah
(Cagayan de oro City, Philippines)

Under the cacao tree...

We were planning to have a vacation to the place of my aunt... I never expected I could meet someone like him... I fell in love with him the first time I saw his face... his smile so sweet and with his tender lips...

The 2nd night, my cousin grabbed me and sent me a whisper that somebody wants to talk to me after dinner. I got so excited thinking that he was that somebody... The hour came; my cousin sent me to a dark place under the cacao tree. I was afraid... it was just a secret time and my strict grandmother didn't know where I was... and I'm nervous that if she looked for me and I'm not in the house, she will scold me...

I was shocked when that somebody came to me, and with his smile I know it was him! I got nervous and shivered. He asked for my name we talked 15 mins I think... Then my cousin came and whispers my grandmother is looking for me! At that moment I was just like Cinderella running away from him... because my grandmother was calling...

We talked about many things the other days of the vacation... I was amazed that he told me he liked me and asked me to be his girl. I said yes!!! We became friends and at the night of the fiesta we spent the hours at the disco party... We exchanged sweet words and sweet moments... That was the most beautiful night I ever had in my whole life... that I don't even want it to fade...

The night before we left, we talked.. and we didn't know that my grandmother saw us talking under the cacao tree! My grandmother scolded me and told me bad things.. like why did I do it? Why did I make a relationship with someone with my age only 14... I was crying that night and was afraid that I could be parted from the guy I like and love...

But I think that was just part of my past life... the day we left I cried and cried and waved goodbye to my love... my tears keep on falling... secretly that I would not let my grandmother know...

Riding on the bus I think of the memories we had and I know the day that we left makes his heart blue too...

Someday I may see him again... how I wish I might... praying up above that I will meet again my first love...