Waiting

Once upon a time, there was a young man. This young man had just returned from a class trip outstation and he was suppose to catch a movie the whole world has been anticipating. Unfortunately for them, the tickets was sold out and they have no reason to stay at the mall designed after the Great Sphinx of Giza complete with a pyramid.

The young man's friends left leaving him. For he has no car and his parents unable to pick him up, the young man goes to a different place and thinks of people he can pass the time with. The first person who came to mind was a young lady younger than he is. She is a special person to the young man but she has already a partner. The young man thinks of the next person in mind, a young man of the same age as him, but that man has no form of transportation to meet with him, he is crossed out. The young man thinks some more, a young man younger than he is, a junior he spends time with occasionally. Alas, that young man is spending the night with his partner and the young man, not wanting to disturb the two of them crosses him out. The young lady comes to the young man's mind again. Gathering his courage, he gives her a call.

The young man explains to the young lady his unfortunate situation and she invites him over to her location, a friend's house near a mall the two of them has spend time together before. Sprinting out of his location, he catches the bus with high hopes as dark clouds curtain the skies and hides the face of the Sun.

The young man needs to take another bus which he has to wait for at the station he got off. After a few exchanges of messages with the young lady, the young man stopped receiving her messages just before she could tell him the address of her friend's home. The young man panics but being the patient one he is, he waits and waits and waits. The bus finally arrives but he has not gotten her message. He waits some more.

As the young man reaches the mall, the skies showers upon the Earth, drenching it in water. Upon reaching the mall, the young man gives the young lady a call. Unfortunately her phone could not be reached. He dials her another time after some time but to no avail. He continues to dial her number, not wanting to give up. The young man ponders the reason of the failure in reaching her phone. Could it be that she is out of range? Could it be that her phone has run dry? He ponders and wonders. Still, he waits.

The young man finally walks to the last memorable place he sat with the young lady, the coffee franchise outlet. He waits and waits, with his unwavering patience and with great concern and worry, he waits.

Two hours pass. The young man sits down in the cafe and orders a cup of Joe. The time was far too late for him to venture out and search for the location of his beloved but he hasn't given up hope yet. His phone rings  and he excitedly picks it up when he sees the young lady's name on the register. She apologize because her phone had run dry. Relief spreads through the young man for she is safe. He does not understand why he was so worried about her. After the short talk, the two cut the lines and another call reaches the young man's phone. His mother calls, informing him that they will get him in an hour. The young man explains to his mother that he plans to go out to find the location of his friend. Alas, upon hearing the message, his mother denies him from venturing out in the late.

The young man sits alone in the cafe. Until his parents arrive, he wonders if there will be a future where he will be together with the young lady. The young man once again decides, that he will wait. He will wait until the day he will be the reason to the young lady's happiness. He will wait and take his chances. He will wait as long as he can. He knows he can wait. He doesn't know when to move. He just waits until he gets a solid answer.

I'm waiting for you.