The Beginning. [PART 1]

2018

ALEX

What did you say? How it all started? Well, let’s rewind to a few years before this blog post, back when I was merely 20 years of age, and when I first met the love of my life.

2010

ALEX

I’m bored out of my life! What made me think of coming to campus when I didn’t even have classes today? I sigh to myself, lunch with my friends just isn’t a good enough reason for me to come out of my cosy bed. I barely had enough sleep as it is because of my preparations for an upcoming presentation; what made me think that a break from the computer would make my day any better?  I am just wandering through the campus with my friends, a bunch of guys who badly needed haircuts, when I see HER. I stop abruptly in my tracks, ignoring the startled cries of my friends who crash behind my back. Why haven’t I noticed her before? Or perhaps she is a freshman who just signed up for one of the courses in my university? It is highly possible that with my kind of luck, she might just be a random stranger passing by to enquire about something from the office. I sigh, hating that I was already having these pessimistic thoughts before I even got the chance to stand near her, much less talk to her. Suddenly, she looks up from the brochure she was reading, seemingly able to sense the piercing stare I am giving her. I couldn’t avert my eyes fast enough, and our eyes meet for a brief second. I swear, in that short moment, it felt like the clock stopped ticking and everyone stopped moving. Somehow, I know. That she is the one I am going to marry.

AMY

Finally! It’s my first day as a university student and I am already loving it. The campus is filled with other students milling about, and seniors handing out brochures to join their clubs, each claiming to be the best club on campus. I look around with a permanent satisfied smile pasted on my face before starting a slow walk towards the office. I’m trying so hard to decipher the map of the campus on the brochure, but my sense of direction is so bad that I’m making a really bad job out of it. Hmm, let’s see. Around the corner of the pavilion should be the main building, where there are two lion statues as landmarks. I look up, but instead of seeing two lions, I see a guy, a senior, maybe, looking at me. I decide to ask him for directions, since we have already caught the opponents’ attention anyway.