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My Little Ms. Valentine
(short story by:Fevie Liel Payuyao)
One sweet valentine afternoon, Megan sprayed herself a scented perfume which she only bought yesterday. Besides, she was also wearing a dress which was barely fitted on her age. Before she left the room, she almost forgot the small box that she wrapped last night and hid under her bed.
When she went down the stairs, Cecile, her older sister, was already waiting for her. No one in the family got a clue if why or what an eight years old little girl would be excited for on Valentines Day.
Ushered by her sister, Megan appeared in the park wherein everybody seemed to be wearing in uniform hue-RED, but of course. With an astounding excitement, she patiently scanned the people around. Few more steps, at last, her eyes caught the man-of-her-dreams and all of a sudden her heart started to do cartwheel.
Neglecting about her age, Megan made-up into her mind that today would be the perfect day to confess about her feelings to Paul. But God had other plan. Paul, who was so sweet as ever, approached them and gave a bunch of red roses to Cecile. Now it was clear to Megan why Paul told her last night on the phone to bring Cecile with her.
The two were now sitting on the nearby bench while the set-aside Megan remained stiff from where she was standing. Her first romance ended at an early hour. Appalled, she ran-away and weeps from a distance.
After a couple of minutes, someone sat beside her and offered her an ice cream. With so much shame, Megan didn’t looked-up instead vowed more her head to hide her wet face. But she accepted the ice cream and in returned, she gave the gift to the stranger which was supposed to be for Paul. The man, who was about ten years older to her, asked why she was crying. With her swollen eyes, she told him that her heart was painful and so bleeding too because of her shattered first love. The stranger laughed-out-loud and told her that it was just a puppy love. Apparently, Megan cried even louder.
“Stop crying. When you grow-up, I promise to marry you or at least someone I wanted for you would do it for me,” he uttered before he left her.
After very tedious years, Megan, a full-bloomed lady now, already moved-on from her embarrassing young love. After all, she already accepted the fact that it was her sister and Paul who were meant to be. No hatred left, she swears.
In fact, just last month, she found the new love of her life.

While waiting for Vince inside the car, she sighted a very familiar box from a corner which made her heart beat faster. When he finally came, Megan couldn’t believe what she saw on Vince’s right hand. It was exactly the customized bracelet she was supposed to give to Paul that she also later gave to a stranger. She couldn’t be wrong.
“Where did you get it?”Megan asked. Vince just smiled and whispered, “Believe it or not, I’ve got it from you.”