QUIPANES, Alexis Rhoy S. (Short Story)

“The Wrong Number”

     There are strangers met on the same building. John saw a girl named Anna, Anna is gorgeous. John was attracted to Anna, so he told his friend to ask the cellphone number of the girl. Roland was the one who was tasked to get the number. Ronald walk slowly and asked the number kindly. Ronald, however, took the wrong number because he didn’t know that the girl that John was talking was Anna and not Jessie’s. Later that day, Ronald gave the number to John, John was shocked and asked his friend that why he took the wrong number. Ronald replied “I thought the girl that you’re talking is Jessie”. Instead of asking the right number, John texted Jessie first sending her “Hello!”, because love starts with hello. On John’s mind he don’t have any plans to court her because she’s not his type. Jessie texted back John, “Hello, are you John? The friend of Ronald?”. “Yes! I am!” John replied, and then the conversation become long and deep.

     They texting all day and all night, they both don’t like each other first, but they didn’t notice that they became close friends, that they we’re in love with each other. After a month of texting and chatting. They planned for a date, their first date, they’re both excited to see each other. On the day of the date, they were closed as close as text, they didn’t expect that they will be close as that in person. They were very happy on their first date and lasted long enough to see a beautiful moon. John walked Jessie to her house, as they walking they have a tiny conversation. After they went to the mall and they are already at their home. They continued the texting conversation. “That was a wonderful day” on John’s mind and he planned to take Jessie for a date by the next weekend. As expected they were happy on their second date, they are constantly dating every weekend. Then one day while walking together, John asked Jessie if he can court her, Jessie replied “What do you think you’re doing right now? Last month?”. John smiles and they continue to walk.

     They were dating for almost 4 months they even thought that they were officially Boyfriend/Girlfriend. One day, Jessie and Ronald met in the street, Ronald told Jessie that he meant to get the number of Anna and not hers. Jessie was sorrowful thinking that John fooled her for four months and she almost tell John that she loved him already. Jessie was so hopeless and hang herself into a tree. John got the news and was guilty about what happened to Jessie. John then got very depressed and he wanted to propose to Jessie on the day that she committed suicide, John pull the ring and cried. John planned to move out of town and live alone, he was anti social after the death of Jessie, don’t want to talk to his bestfriend Ronald. After 40 days of Jessie’s death, John moved out of the city and lived alone.