"International??"
"What kind of name is that??"
I started laughing without knowing that in less than a year I would be his girlfriend.
So I know this friend of mine from my previous school, and together with his girlfriend, we three are good friends. On last Christmas and New Year holiday, this couple went on a road trip with my friend's housemate. They showed me some photos from the trip and told me that his housemate is a very nice guy, and he is good looking as well. But since he doesn't like his picture being taken, there were not many of his pictures that I could see, and I wasn't interested anyway either. This guys was International, but I didn't know about it that time.
A few months after that, I decided to buy a car and I remembered of my friend who is studying to be a mechanic. I asked for his help to inspect a car that I wanted to buy. He told me that his knowledge was still little and referred me to another friend whom he knows is a very skilled mechanic. International. That was the day I laughed because I asked for his name. Unfortunately, we couldn't meet up since he had to move to another town on the inspection date.
Months later, my friend had to go back to his country because he was sick and the cost of treatment there is much cheaper than here. Since I've been good friends with his girlfriend, too, we often go out and have meal together. But those days, she refused to go out with me, saying that this friend of her boyfriend was very lonely and she agreed to accompany him having meals. We then rarely catch up until her boyfriend came back here and asked me to go out together. That time I was busy with uni stuff so I refused. He kept on asking, and I kept saying no. Finally, the day of my last exam came and I was officially free. I suddenly got a call from the girlfriend, asking me to come over to their place. When I arrived at their place, it appeared that they had arranged a meeting for me and this guy. Apparently he had heard lots of stories about me and somehow had seen my pictures then he asked to be introduced to me. This guy, well, was International. He came back here after around 3 months working in another town.
Things moved so fast and intense. Suddenly he asked me to be his girlfriend. I was not even ready for this but he is a very decent guy who treats me like a princess. If I said no, there would be no guarantee that he would still be around. So I decided to give it a chance =)
It took him around a year to finally cross my path. And things between us do not just run smoothly. At the moment, we are still struggling to be together. But if it's meant to be, it's meant to be.
A quote from a movie that I recently watched (with him) :
"As for the question of destiny... All I know is that even when destiny really wants to accomplish something, it can't do it alone. You still have to go to that restaurant. You still have to show up. You still have to build a bridge... to the one you love."
-Charlie Bellow ~ My Sassy Girl-
