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Chapter 2: Please Let Me Love You One More Time ===============================================
1998 summer, Edmonton ---------------------
My dad was busy with his business and had to move back to Hong Kong but I stayed here in Edmonton to finish my studies. University of Alberta is not that prestigious a university but my results are not good enough for U of BC or U of Toronto, so I ended up here. I wanted to be a designer so I chose to study in the Faculty of Design. I really loved the VCD class because I loved taking pictures and ended up learning lots of things. However, I hated the Art History class but I didn't have a choice if I wanted to be a designer as it was a compulsory course.
One day after the morning classes, I was eating my lunch with my best friends, Amy and Joe. I met them in High School. Amy is majoring in design and Joe is majoring in computer science. They are the best couple I've ever seen.
"Tin, do you have time today?" Amy asked.
"Yep," I said.
"Good. Joe and I want to go to the movies and my parents have to work tonight, so can you take care of my little bro?" she asked.
"Huh? Again?"
"Please! Please! Please!"
I sighed, "Well, looks like I don't have any choice."
"Tin, you are the best," she said.
After the lunch, as Amy was going to the washroom and Joe pulled me aside and said, "Tin, I wanted to talk to you. Alone."
"For what?" I asked.
"Hmm...well..."
"What, Joe? You know you can ask me anything."
"I know you are not happy with this idea but Amy wants to introduce someone to you."
"Joe, you know that I am not interested in any relationship right now. I want to concentrate on my studies." Amy had been trying to fix me up with someone ever since I came out.
"But she says you look so lonely and, you know her well, she loves to do that kind of jobs."
"Joe, please, you know I am not interested."
"Tin, if you refuse, she will not happy and you know that I will be in trouble. And if I am in trouble...."
"That means I will have troubles too," I said with a sigh.
"Yeah."
"Ok, who's she gonna want me to know this time?"
"Her cousin. He went to the army the previous years so I've never met him before," Joe said.
"When will I need to meet him?"
"Tonight. He is staying in Amy's home right now. She wants to give you a surprise but I know you don't like surprises so I'm giving you some time to prepare yourself."
"Joe, you are a good friend."
He smiled and we saw Amy walking back towards us.
"What are you guys talking about?"
"Nothing," both of us said at the same time.
Amy stared at us and tried to force Joe to tell her. They looked so good together, sometimes I felt lonely when I looked at them. I was half tempted to find someone my own but I was still haunted by the memory of that that kiss, my first kiss, the kiss that Ed gave me. I was so silly. Was I waiting for him? Or was I only dreaming? Many people had asked me out over the years and I'd many offers to be boyfriends but I refused every time because my heart always had a place for Ed.
It was a strange feeling, just a kiss but one that I would never forget. Is this love? I remembered when I was little my mom used to say that a kiss is a moment when two souls entwine together. Does that mean that Ed... stole my soul?
"Hey Tin, are you ok?"
"Yeah, I am fine. I was only dreaming."
"The lecture is finished, we can go home now," Amy said.
Our last class was Art History. We left the lecture hall together and there was Joe waiting outside. I said goodbye to them as they went off together to the movies, and proceeded to pick up Amy's brother, Jared, from his school.
"Hi, Jared."
"Hello, Tin. Why are you here to pick me up today?"
"Amy went to see a movie with Joe so I need to babysit you today."
"Hey, I am not a baby anymore. I am a big boy now."
"Yeah yeah yeah, whatever," I said.
I drove us to Amy's and used the key she gave me to open the door. When I opened the door, I could see a half-naked man sitting on the sofa watching TV. My eyes almost popped out at that moment. His body was so beautiful, and he'd only a towel around his waist. His hair was short and he...looked so familiar.
As our eyes met and recognition hit us, both of us almost yelled at the same time.
"Ah! Tin?" he yelled.
"Ah! Andrew?" I yelled.
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