Had I Known, Had I Not - PowerHouseCreatives Contest

I wasn't looking, but somehow he found me.

Our eyes met, and he had the sweetest smile that no one can ever forget.

I mean, geez, I remember thinking, was he the mindreader I always dreamed about? Just like those cheesy romantic movies on Netflix, where you are a nobody, day dreaming of a handsome prince charming, and you would bump to THE one, at the corner of a Tim Hortons somewhere downtown Toronto, spilling your ice coffee (no syrup, but 3 Splenda, please) - what an embarrassing moment. Such a clumsy girl. You look up, and holy cow, what a gorgeous guy. Then you would think, oh my gawd, my first crush. You keep saying sorry, sorry, sorry, while trying to clean his very soft cashmere sweater (that you can never afford without working 8 days a week, 36 hours each). But of course that is a huge mistake, as you would just smear the wetness all over him even more. You are so silly, he is so charmy, and in the end, you both end up together, happily ever after.

Have you seen this movie yet? No? Me either. I mean. Tim Hortons? In a Hollywood movie? Unlikely.

But! Funny was. I was thinking of such movie.

I was thinking of a prince charming. Since there I was, at Tim Hortons, trying to finish an damn assignment my boss instructed me to do, on a bloody national holiday. Gosh. What an annoying boss I had. I took a breather for a second. Looked around, then our gaze met.

He had a sweet smile indeed. A little cheeky smirk, I noticed.

I cannot really describe it.

He walked toward my table. Then somehow a feeling creeped into me. Somehow I feel, he was a sinister stranger. I remember thinking, "What am I doing?". I chickened out, thinking gosh darn it, don't come here, don't come here. Why the F was I smiling at him. I seriously was not looking, I was just thinking, you know. Thinking of one of those chick flick movies. Maybe he really was a mindreader.

My heart fluttered, my gut bothered.

You ever get that feeling? Like something wrong is about to happen?

But scratch that. I was just being paranoia. No wonders I was such a loner.

He was a sweet guy after all.

We had a great chat and it was time for me to leave the coffee shop. He hailed me a taxi and we exchanged numbers.

Our first encounter was rather sweet. I mean, if you had seen his smile, the way he talked, you would think the same.

Today would have been our 3rd anniversary.

Had I known he would leave me this soon, I would have set the date the second he proposed me.
Had I known I would not get the chance to say goodbye, I would have stayed at home just as he asked me.
Had I known the call I got would make me cry, I would not have.....

I don't know. I don't know what to think.

I got the call.

Today 3 years ago, I got the call.

I was thinking, hey, it's our anniversary why do I feel uneasy.

My heart fluttered. My gut bothered.

You know that feeling. When you know something is about to happen.

He asked me to stay but I just couldn't. My damn annoying boss got me tangled, wrapped around his finger. I had to go in. I promised I would come home in a rush. 3 years ago today.

I got the call.

"Would you please come to see your fiance"
"Something has happened and it's very grave"
"We cannot save the gentleman's life".

Why?

You could have just stayed at home. It was your day off. Just stay at home. Wait for me. I promised I would come home in a rush.

I never said goodbye.

A drunk driver took my prince charming away.

Why?

Why didn't he stay at home.

I never got to learn why. I never got to say goodbye.

I wasn't looking, but somehow he found me.

3 years ago today, we could have stayed happy.

Had I known.

Had I not.

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Hi Friends!

This is a creative writing contest hosted by @zord189 for PowerHouseCreatives members.

For this week's, we are given quite a few elements to use in our story and I chose the ones that you can see typed in bold, above, which are:

• the mindreader
• my first crush
• an embarrassing moment
• a huge mistake
• a sinister stranger
• an annoying boss\
• a taxi

There are more elements provided, but since we are to choose at least 3, I think my story has enough :P

One of the requirements is to also include pictures (images/illustrations) to make our story better, hence, the (crappy lol) drawings.

Writing is haaaardddd, yo. No wonders I never really participated on any writing contest/challenge :P In fact, this is my first, I think, for story-telling.

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed the story and the drawings that accompanied it :) - PS. I do not really like the layout. I wanted to put all pictures on the right side, as column, but then they would be smaller in sizes and the writing I have on the drawings won't be visible much. le sigh

See you tomorrow again!

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