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CHAPTER TWO: MEMORIES

CIRCE'S POV

I never thought there was something more thrilling than surfing. Something that can make me feel alive... something that can drown me with exhilaration.

Hindi ko alam kung paano kami nakarating sa hotel room ko. I just found myself leaving the bar with him, and the moment we stepped inside the elevator and the door closed, I found myself in his arms with his lips on mine.

The rest of the world failed to exist. I didn't care that we were giving a show to whomever was monitoring the security camera in that elevator, I didn't care that at any moment someone might come in.

I was gone. I was lost in him.

When we finally reached my room, I thanked the heavens for giving this man I'm with the power to multitask. Still kissing me, he carried me into the room. We were both gasping for breath, but neither of us wanted to stop.

The door's hard surface hit my back when he pinned me to it. A sound that I haven't made, not even once in my life, escaped my lips when the heat between my legs touched his straining erection that is still clad in his trousers.

As if my body had a mind of its own, I gyrated my hips to rub myself against him. I heard his sharp intake of breath, and I let out a groan of protest when he pulled away from our kiss.

"Slow, baby."

"N-No," I whispered back. "I don't want slow. I don't like slow."

"You'll like it."

Bumuka ang mga labi ko para umangal pero muli niya lang sinakop ang mga iyon. Mahigpit na hinapit niya ako sa katawan niya habang ang mga kamay niya ay naramdaman kong gumapang sa mga binti ko. Sa isang kisap mata ay buhat niya akong muli.

It didn't take long before he lowered me to the bed. He halted the kiss again, and for a moment, he just looked at me as if he were memorizing everything.

Impatient with aching hunger, I made a move to kiss him myself this time. Iyon nga lang ay bago ko magawa iyon ay naramdaman kong dumiin ang bigat niya sa akin.

His lips went to the side of my face, trickling a wet kiss down my neck. Kasabay no'n ay naramdaman ko ang paggapang ng kamay niya. I gasped when his hand glided between the valley of my breasts and down the slope of my stomach until it reached the band of my pants.

Maybe, slow is good. Deliciously good.

My lips parted when I felt the sharpness of his teeth on my neck. It wasn't that painful, but he did it in a way that I knew would leave a mark.

Our eyes met, and I saw playfulness lighting up in his. He placed a gentle kiss on top of where he had bit me, as if he were saying sorry.

Except he wasn't really sorry. Dahil nang muling bumaba ang labi niya ay naramdaman ko ang muli niya na namang pagkagat doon. Again, he'll kiss his mark gently, as if a whisper of an apology.

He was taking everything painfully slow... but the heat pooling at my center came to me in a rush. I can feel myself getting closer to the edge of an unknown place. He will push me to it again and again, only to pull me back every time I get dangerously near.

I reached for him, my hands trying to pull him close, but he quickly gathered my hands with one of his own, placing them above my head to stop me from moving. "Please..."

"Patience, baby."

Nakaramdam ako ng lamig na dumampi sa balat ko nang magawa niyang alisin ang pang-itaas ko. Pero hindi nagtagal iyon nang sa isang kisap ng mata ay binalot ng init ang tuktok ng kaliwa kong dibdib.

I bucked underneath him, arching my back so that I could get close to him. Nakatingin sa akin na nagpatuloy siya sa ginagawa na para bang hindi niya gustong may makaligtaan siya sa mga sandaling ito.

A cry fell from my lips when his suckling was replaced by a light bite on the side of my breast. I opened my eyes, which I didn't know had dropped close, and I watched his tongue wet a path towards my hardened peak.

"What do you want?" he whispered.

"I... I don't know. I need more."

"Do you want my fingers?"

Tanging pag-ungol lang ang naging sagot ko sa kaniya nang maramdaman kong bumaba ang kamay niya papasok sa loob ng suot ko na pang-ibaba. His thumb teased the small knob there at the same time that I felt his finger press inside my damp opening.

"Soak," he rasped out. "Is this for me?"

"Y-Yes..."

"Then could you do something for me, baby?"

At this moment, I would have done anything for him. I would have given him everything so he wouldn't stop what he was doing. "W-What?"

As if in answer to my question, his finger that is inside me started moving while his thumb circled fast on my clit.

He watched me come apart as his body towered over me. I couldn't look away from him. His eyes held mine as if he were binding me into an inescapable spell.

Like waves crashing on the side of a cliff, I came undone at the pleasure he was giving me. He watched all that. Every second of it. He let me break while letting me know that I could do that in the safety of his unwavering strength.

Naramdaman kong binitawan niya ang mga kamay ko. Habang habol ko ang hininga ko ay pinanood ko kung paanong may inabot siya sa likod ng pantalon niya. Lumikha ng mahinang tunog ang wallet niya na basta niya na lang initsa sa baba ng kama. Only a silver foil packet was left on his hand.

I thought I was the only one who was shattered, but I guess I was wrong. I could see that he wasn't unaffected by how he made me feel.

I could see it in the blazing hunger in his eyes and in the ripping tension on his body when he pulled his shirt off of him.

Para bang may sariling isip na umangat ang kamay ko at inilapat ko iyon sa dibdib niya. He's inked. Half of his chest is covered with tattoos, down to his arm. He looks dangerous... and exquisitely beautiful.

He reached for my hand, and then he gently kissed my palm. Binitawan niya iyon para lang abutin ang harapan ng pantalon niya. He unzipped his pants, and he pulled out his rigid cock.

For a moment, panic enveloped me. I haven't seen one, but I have an idea what it looks like. Or to be exact, it's supposed... length.

His was far different from what I imagined. I don't think my imagination was anywhere near as close to the monster that he's now holding.

"I want you to take every inch of me."

My heart started beating fast when he raised his hand and licked his own palm and fingers. Fingers that were giving me pleasure moments ago

His eyes flashed, and the tip of his lips went up as if telling me that he liked the taste. I watched him roll a condom on his hardness, coating it with the wetness of his saliva. His hand moved, stroking himself as he looked at me.

"You can still say no," he whispered.

I know that it cost him a lot to say that. I also know that he would do it in a snap if that's what I would choose.

A rational part of me is telling me to stop here. I don't know this man. All I have is his first name and nothing else. I'm about to give him something that I never gave anyone.

This is crazy. What we're doing is beyond insane.

But for some reason... I want to be crazy. I don't want to care, I don't want to be rational. I just want him.

I want this man that I probably won't see again after tonight. I want him for myself. I want to feel him and only him. Because I might not know him, but every part of me is telling me that I will regret not having this with him more than I ever regret anything in my life.

"I... want you." I touched my palm on his cheek. "I need you."

He didn't delay any longer. Sa mabilis na pagkilos ay naramdaman kong naalis ang pang-ibaba ko kasabay nang pagdampi ng mainit niyang kahandaan sa pagitan ng mga binti ko.

I saw his jaw harden as he pushed inside. He did it so slowly and gently that the pain of him tearing a piece of me only lasted for a brief moment.

Surprise clashed with the fire burning in his eyes. "Circe..."

"It's okay." Ikinawit ko ang mga braso ko sa balikat niya. "It's okay. I want this."

He eased himself back out, but I wrapped my legs around his hips quickly to stop him. A rumble emitted from his chest when I pushed myself upwards to meet him.

I cried out his name when all of him settled fully inside me.

There was pain, but it paled in comparison to the burning sensation of desire that immediately flooded over me.

"Baby..."

His breathing was labored as he started moving. Each thrust, each movement, sends more fuel to what's already burning between us. And it wasn't long before the increasing fire became an inferno, roaring and raging to consume every path that it took.

Habol ko ang hininga ko at marahas na napaupo ako mula sa pagkakahiga ko. I can feel the shirt I'm wearing clinging to my sweaty skin. That dream again.

No. Rather, it was a memory. Alaala na para bang sinusundan pa rin ako.

It's been two months since I met that man. Two months since I shared that night with him. Two months since I gave myself to a complete stranger. Pero hanggang ngayon ay hindi ko pa rin siya magawang kalimutan. It's hard to do that when I keep waking up in the middle of my sleep because my body is hot with need.

May isang parte sa akin ang nagsisisi na hindi ko man lang nakuha ang buong pangalan niya. Na basta na lang akong umalis at iniwan siya sa hotel room ko. I didn't expect anything more from him, but I can't help but wonder what it would be like if I woke up beside him.

Would the morning be an awkward one, which they say is often the result of a one-night stand... or would it have been an amazing continuation of the night before?

Napapabuntong-hininga na nilingon ko ang digital clock na nakapatong sa bedside table. 3 am. I guess that's fine. 7:30 am ang call time ng mga surfer kaya okay na rin na nagising ako ng maaga.

Nag-iinat na bumangon ako at binuksan ko ang ilaw. Hindi na ako nag-abalang buksan ang kurtina ng hotel room na kinaroroonan ko dahil sigurado ako na madilim pa sa labas.

Dumiretso ako sa mini fridge at kinuha ko ro'n ang ginawa kong overnight oats kagabi bago dala iyon na umupo ako sa sofa. Mabuti na lang lagi akong may dalang pagkain. I don't even know if there's room service this early.

Aside from frequent hot flashes that wake me up at night, I'm also weirdly hungry all the time. Maybe it's stress.

I sighed again. I need a vacation. I love surfing, but I feel like I've been competing for ages. Lalo na nitong nakaraang taon na sunod-sunod ang dinadaluhan ko na kompetisyon. Maybe it's time for me to finally set roots. Since I travel a lot, having a place of my own is not really a priority for me.

I've been traveling to different countries since I reached legal age. Pagkakataon ko na kasi iyon para makalayo sa klase ng buhay na meron ako noon. Fortunately, the heavens granted me the passion and talent for surfing, so money didn't become a problem. I even enrolled in an online university and took my bachelor's in marine science. Ang tagal nga lang bago ko natapos dahil hindi ko kinukuha ang buong units per sem dahil lagi akong may competition.

Napahinto ako sa akmang pagsubo ng pagkain nang tumunog ang landline ng hotel room. Hindi tumatayong inabot ko iyon mula sa kinalalagyan no'n at sinagot iyon.

"Cee?"

"Ang aga mo namang nagising," sabi ko nang mabosesan ko ang tumawag. "What's wrong?"

"I have a favor."

"At three in the morning?"

"It's important."

Sumubo ako ulit ng oats bago ako muling nagsalita, "Fine. What is it?"

"May binili ako ro'n sa convenience store na nadaanan natin kagabi. Nabayaran ko na rin. The thing is they don't deliver this early so I need someone to—"

"Are you asking me to pick it up? At three in the morning?"

"It's just a fifteen minute walk," she said sheepishly.

Tala Natasha Trevino is my best friend and my surfing coach. She often acts as my manager when I need her to. She's seven years older than my twenty-five and she was once a professional surfer. Her career was cut too short at twenty-three. Dahil sa hip injury na natamo niya sa isang competition, nagdesisyon siya na magretiro na.

I met her in Siargao when I was nineteen, where she was working as the coach of a surfer that didn't deserve her. That entitled brat tried to sabotage me so that she could win the competition. Tala's one of the youngest coaches, and she's often underestimated by not just her co-coaches but also the surfers.

Anyway, it was a blessing in disguise. I pirated Tala, and she's been stuck with me ever since.

"You want me to walk for fifteen minutes alone at three in the morning in a foreign country?"

We're in Torquay, Australia. The competition will be held at Bell's Beach, so we checked in at Wyndham Resorts since it's close to the venue.

Malakas na bumuntong-hininga ang babae sa kabilang linya. "Stop giving me grief. Hindi ka na rin naman makakatulog at sigurado akong kumakain ka na. Just pick it up for me. Please?"

I snickered. Riling her up is my lifelong mission. "Oo na. Dagdagan mo ang order mo. Gusto ko ng chocolate chips."

"Chocolate chips na naman? You're going to gain—"

"Any weight that I'm going to gain will just go to my boobs, Ms. Boobless Queen,"pang-aasar ko.

"Lasunin kaya kita?"

Tinawanan ko lang ang sinabi niya at pinutol ko na ang tawag. Inubos ko muna ang kinakain ko bago ako nagpalit ng damit para makaalis na.

It didn't take me fifteen minutes to reach the convenience store since I decided to jog. Dagdag warm up na rin para mamaya. By the time I arrived at the store, I was more winded than I expected myself to be. Kakakain ko ba talaga ng chocolate chips 'to? I'm in perfect condition, but why do I feel so exhausted?

Ipinilig ko ang ulo ko nang makaramdam ako ng bahagyang pagkahilo at pumasok na ako ng establishment. Makabili na nga rin ng tubig.

Nahagip ng mga mata ko ang repleksyon ko sa salamin na nasa isang panig ng lugar. I look like hell. My eyes looks darker than normal, and my hair that is usually a natural chestnut brown with red tones looks dreadfully dull. I really need a vacation.

Dumiretso ako sa hilera ng mga refrigerator at kumuha ako ng isang boteng tubig bago ako lumapit sa lalaking cashier na nandoon. Inabot ko sa kaniya ang dala ko at pagkatapos ay ibinigay ko sa kaniya ang pangalan ni Tala para makuha ko na ang mga pinimili ng coach ko.

I peeked inside the bag to look for my chocolate chips when a different thing caught my attention. Pakiramdam ko ay binalot ako ng panlalamig habang nakatingin sa laman ng hawak ko na lalagyanan.

Period supplies.

That's why she made me pick up all these things so early when she could have done it herself.

I started counting the days and weeks while my heart was beating wildly inside my chest. I'm late. It explains the hot flashes, the constant need to eat, the exhaustion from a simple workout, and why I foolishly forgot that I missed my period.

No. This is impossible.

Or is it really? We didn't plan to actually do it again after the first time since I was too sore, but with all the kisses, touch, and his magical tongue and fingers... we eventually did it again. And again.

It was a risk. Hindi lang sa akin kundi sa kaniya. It wasn't just a risk from pregnancy but also from diseases. We were both fools, I guess.

We ran out of condoms, and that third time... we didn't use any. He pulled out, but I knew that I would be more stupid than I already am if I didn't do anything, so I opted for a Plan B as soon as I had the chance to acquire one.

And it didn't fucking work.

Shit. What do I do? I don't even know his full name. Ni hindi ko alam kung may posibilidad pa na magkrus ulit ang landas namin. What's the chance of seeing him again? Kahit bumalik pa ako sa resort kung saan kami nagkita ay duda ako kung magkikita pa kami.

I left him before he woke up. I didn't want to suffer the awkwardness when we needed to part ways. Maybe he was relieved by it. We didn't need to talk about what we expect from each other or how it's just a night of fun and nothing else.

What would he say if I told him that I'm... that there's a possibility that I am....

"Shit."

"Is everything okay, Miss?"

Napakurap ako mula sa pagkatulala sa sanitary napkin na pinabili ni Tala at kumakabog pa rin ang dibdib na nag-angat ako ng tingin sa empleyado.

Everything's going to be fine. I'm going to be okay. No matter what happens... I have me. This is just another great tide that I needed to overcome, and it wouldn't be long before I'm surfing easily through this wave.

"D-Do you have... a pregnancy test kit?"

_________________________End of Chapter 2.