The COMEBACK Guy

THIS. IS. WORTH. BLOGGING.

I met "Ryan" 10 years ago. Allow me to call him that way for he honestly looks like Ryan Agoncillo to me, back in the days when he was still not associated with Judy Ann Santos.

We were both trainees for a business magazine. I don't know why, but even if we weren't assigned to the same story, we always ended up seeing each other before or after our respective assignments. Call it crazy, but we adored each other that time. He was in a rocky relationship and a seemingly annoying family. I was searching for a stable career and has just gotten over a previous relationship.

He would call me every night before we go to sleep and we talk about anything and everything. Funny how my family wouldn't even stop me from talking over the phone even way past midnight. I guess in their hearts they knew Ryan was someone special. They knew I had to get over my ex really soon.

A month after the training, all seven of us were called to the office. Only three trainees passed; I passed and Ryan didn't. But he accepted it wholeheartedly; he doesn't like the job anyway. I didn't even last a week in that job for I accepted another offer from a maritime company. Ryan, meanwhile, decided to try his luck in the BPO industry, which at that time was just starting here in the Philippines.

The first month was okay. We didn't see each other that much but he calls me every chance he gets. Then none at all. I tried to muster the courage to call him at home, but I ended up hanging up the phone. I tried his mobile phone, but the fact that he would say he doesn't want me anymore just scared me to death. I just settled on this: HE AND THE GIRL GOT BACK TOGETHER. Plain and simple.

Through the years I tried to find him. The techie that he is, I was surprised that there were no Friendster account of him whatsoever. And then over the weekend, BOOM! A Facebook account of his surfaced! He's alive after all. All this time I prayed just to know he's okay. And now that I know that he's doing okay, I can breathe freely. I do not want to get back together nor do I need closure. After all, we weren't exactly a couple. It's enough that I know he's alive.

PS: He accepted my friend request. What happens next, I don't know. I've no expectations whatsoever. I'm fine living in my own little world now. :)