Chapter 12

(Leysa's POV)

Weekend came ... and here I am packing my things for a five days trip to Burgos, Ilocos Norte, with my older sister –Diana, my dearest friend –Eddy, and of course my brother-in-law –Fred and their other friends. I am actually planning not to join with them, but Eddy just forced me to go. Because I am also been very busy these past days. Oh well, I also working somehow, I didn't came home here in the Philippines just to flirt, though.

My whole week is also completely empty, you know ... nothing new is happening with my plans; in short, I am making Fred misses me for the mean time. Because I can hardly go home to my sister's house this past days because of my back to back appointments with different personalities and clients in Metro Manila, that’s why I also chose to stay at the hotel for a few days to lessen my tiredness from travelling.

Actually, I will just follow them to Ilocos too. Because they already traveled there earlier this morning, I said to them that i'll just ride a bus because I don't have a car to drive going there. And Eddy also offered me that he will just wait for me but then I said that its okay, that I will be fine, and I can handle myself, that’s why he just went first together with the others.

I was going downstairs; I was on the last step when I saw a bulk of a man sitting in the living room. Shit! I suddenly felt nervous because all I knew that I was just the only one here at my sister's house. What the f*ck! Will he kill me after he steals something here? Or maybe he will rape me first before killing me. My goodness!

Even though I was really nervous I decided to slowly climb back to my room. But before I could make another move, someone suddenly grabbed my shoulder and spoke.

"Why are you still here?" And then, I turned around when I heard those familiar voice, I suddenly let go of the suitcase I was carrying and just hugged him.

I cried so hard while my face was buried in his firm chest.

He hugged me back and slowly caressed my hair.

"Hey! Stop crying, baby. What happened?" he asked.

I looked up at him and immediately separated when I realized that our faces were so close to each other.

"B-baby, your face! I thought it was the end of me, I thought you were a bad guy whose planning something bad to this house and to me," I stammered, and my tears flowed again and before I could even wipe them on my own, I felt Fred’s soft palms on my cheeks, wiping my tears.

"Shh ... Don’t worry, someone unknown here cannot just enter the village without a background check from the guards, so stop crying, Leys. But wait, why are you still here, I thought you went with Diana this morning?" he asked.

"No, I still have some works to finish this morning that’s why I didn’t went together with them. But I'm leaving now too. How about you brother-in-law? Why are you still here?" I replied and picked up my suitcase and get ready to leave before I catch the night in my way.

Time check: 2 PM, and it's still a long way off. So maybe I’ll still be catch by the night in the road.

"And where are you going? Are you going to commute? Let's go together. I'm leaving now too. I just took something here, that’s why I went home. Fortunately, my decision to come back was right, because you are still here."

(Frederik's POV)

Approximately 10 hrs travel time from here to Burgos, Ilocos Norte –so my plan is to just take a plane like Manila-Laoag and just call my friends to pick me up at the Laoag airport and take a car ride going to Burgos. But knowing that Leysa is with me for the whole trip, I will just drive.

Many unexpected things can happen along the way, and I am glad to be with my sister-in-law, I mean it’s better than okay that you have someone with you while traveling that long on the road, though.

We were already in the car, and maybe because of tiring week for Leysa, she fell asleep. We already together for an hour now

–and yes at that one hour travelling, she just took a nap.

I heard a phone ringing so I checked my cellphone, and there –Diana is calling,

["Hey babe, where are you? I thought you were going to take a plane?"] She opened up to me immediately.

"Nope. I'll just drive going there, babe. The flights are a bit late now because of the bad weather."

["Are you sure? The trip also took almost 10 hrs, and earlier, it was raining a bit in Pampanga. And we just got here in the resort."]

"Yup it’s just fine... and by the way, your sister is with me," I informed.

["Ow. It's good that you caught up with her, because she was planning to commute via bus. Where is she? Can I talk to her? That girl is crazy, I already told her to go together with us. But she was also a workaholic chic like you, babe."]

"She is sleeping soundly, I think she was tired during her whole week of work –she just seems to be able to rest today," I answered and stared at Leysa's angelic face.

["Ah. Oh alright. Just be careful. And call me, every now and then for updates on where you are because it looks like it will rain heavily later, stop over if needed. I love you."]

(Leysa's POV)

"Okay. I love you."

I awaken when I heard someone whisper.

And when I opened my eyes, Fred's face immediately appeared in front of me. He is intently looking at me, and I saw him holding something through his ears,

"Oh! A Bluetooth earphones!" I looked at his phone on the dashboard. “Assuming Leysa! He was talking to your sister; she was the one Fred said I love you to, not you."

"Oh that's right, you're already awake. Let's stop over first, I haven't eaten yet," he said.

"What do you want to eat?" I asked him out of nowhere that made him looked at me.

"Are you really asking that to me?" he smirked, shit! What a jerk.

"Nahh, nevermind. I don't think that you would want it. Oh well, there! There is a restaurant," I blurted out.

He stopped his car at a restaurant. I went out already to his car and I did not wait for him to open the door for me. Oh well, as if he would do that, hays! Focus Leysa, remember that your whole week is completely out of your plans ... what now? You can't be distracted.

I found out that we were in Pampanga.

"I told you brother; we should have ridden a plane. Maybe we had been there now," I complained while we were eating.

"Nahh. I want you to ride me ..." he said seriously, while lustfully looking at me. I smirked at him and I brought my face close to his face, I was already leaning on the table.

I can do whatever I want here because I am confident that no one knows us here, so the people around us will just think that we are simply dating.

"You want a stop over huh?" I challenged him, I am sure, he already knows what I mean.

He also leaned towards me, so our faces were very close together.

"Don't dare me, Leysa. I know no boundaries," he said and he kissed me beside my sweet lips,

And there was something I felt in my chest, something just beating fast!

So I went back to my seat and looked around us, many were eating there, and almost everyone was watching us, I even heard something, "Look at them, Love ... they are so sweet. We were like that when we were just their age, hays ... I remember when we went for an outing in Baguio and the bus left us," said an elderly woman, that made the old man smiled, I bet it was his wife.

"Ohh, it was rated spg, dear. But that's where we formed our little junior," her husband replied.

And I'm not stupid for not getting that. Hmm, so I just shrugged it off and continued my meal.

I need strength, you know, because we don't know maybe ... just maybe there are events we did not expect to happen, especially, Fred and I have a long way trip together. We just traveled for two hours now meaning we were still far from our destination, so we returned to his car immediately after eating.

I was just quiet, pretending to be busy with my cellphone, but I actually texting with Eddy. Well he just asking about our trip if it’s still fine, because he found out from my sister that Fred and I were together. He said that it was raining so hard in Ilocos, it looked like there was a typhoon coming, so they were very worried about us.

Here in Tarlac, the weather is still quite good even it’s getting darker because of the night time. Every now and then my sister calls my brother-in-law; and they are so sweet ... so sweet!

Sometimes I get a glimpse of my older brother, it's a good thing he focuses on the road so he doesn't notice me watching him, and he’s really handsome.

We were still on the route to Baguio when the rain was slowly pouring down.

Gradually it just a soft dropped until it got heavy, so I looked around. Gosh! It's scary, because there are quite a few houses in our path and the sky is getting darker, because it’s already night and the weather is seriously getting bad.

I looked at Fred.

(Frederik's POV)

"Fred, can we just stay in a hotel for awhile."

I turned in Leysa's direction. She is serious, because she was right; we need to stop for awhile. The weather is really bad, and it was already dark in the road, it was dangerous for us to be in the car and still driving, and I did not want us to have an accident or anything.

So without answering her, I take a turn ... we are also in Baguio so I know many hotels here.

But--

"How's that brother? The hotels here are fully booked, where are we going to spend this bad weather."

I did not answer her and I just focused around the area, maybe there are hostels or cabins that can be accommodated for a stop-over.

And just right, not far from the city proper of Baguio there is a hostel.

I parked the car and we entered immediately because it was raining so hard.

When we entered, Leysa and I were almost soaked. I looked at her; she was wearing a white shirt so her bra was a bit visible. So I took off the jacket I was wearing and covered it with her. She looked up and smiled. That's it and we went to the front-liner of the hostel.

"Room for two please, I mean two rooms, please," I said. Damn! I wrongly said that, he might even think that Leysa and I are married. And I think that my sister-in-law got the same thought with me because her grin did not escape my sight, tsk.

"Sorry boss, we only have one available here. A room for a couple," the owner replied.

You are just lucky enough, dude.

I looked at Leysa.

"We will take it," she informed, I could not speak for more because the owner immediately gave the key.

Together? In just one room? Shit!