Their Story Continues...

" ... I want to walk with you to forever. "

Chapter 2: The WALK

She has had so many walks in her life. There is the walk she takes everyday in going to work. There was the walk she teaches her mom when she visits her home. There was the walk she proudly took over the stage during her college graduation. There was the walk on her first communion. Then of course, there was the "baby's first step" walk she had a quarter of a century ago, which she couldn't even find around in her memory.

But if there is one walk she couldn't forget, it is those walks she had with him.

She was hesitant the first time he invited her for a walk. Aside from the fact that she found it an unwise idea to take five kilometers by foot, she was somehow more worried of what could happen along the way. Within seconds, tons of questions started filling her paranoid mind. "What if we will have nothing to talk about? What if he will find me boring? What if my feet get sore and he'll think I am too hammy? What if I'll start sweating a lot? What if...?". But he interrupted her flooded thoughts, "I'd really like to walk with you." And so with one sweet smile and with those wonderful eyes staring right infront of her, she meekly answered, "Yes, of course. Let's go."
Along the way they have learned a lot of each other. It turned out he was a very funny man, while she was a woman of sense. They slowly started emptying their baskets and shared their views on everything round-n'-about the world. They learned of their differences and of things they share the same interest in. He learned he really likes her. And so does she. Before they know it, they have reached their destination. Without tedium. Without sore feet. But yes. With a lot of interesting discoveries of the other. And with a few wipes here and there of their damp bound hands.

Surely it wasn't the last walk they have had. Ultimately, that walk became the paseo for more. For in all the walks thereafter during his visits to her, they have slowly felt That binding Force pulling them close to one another.

Then one fine day and between interlocked fingers, he turned to her and said, "It was really a good idea that we started doing this, don't you think? I love walking with you all the time. . . . . I want to walk with you to forever." She looked at him, planted a deep kiss on his lips, and without saying a word, took his hand again while she gazed into the horizon as they went along to where their feet will take them.