"Wow, congratulations!" Masayang sabi ni Aidan nang iabot ko rito ang resulta ng written exam na tinake ko kahapon, bago pa man kami makasakay ng sasakyan. I'm just too excited to let someone know.

"I'm really really really happy, Aidan!" Masaya kong sabi matapos tumuloy sa loob ng sasakyan.

"And I like you happy." He said, starting the engine of his car.

Napalabi ako upang pigilan ang lalo pang pag-lapad ng aking ngiti, nilingon ko si Aidan. He really seems so happy, ang mga mata nito ay nakatutok sa daan.

I inched closer to him and gave his cheek a kiss, I just feel like doing it. And I think, there's no harm done.

Agad naman niya kong nilingon, bago pa ako makabalik sa maayos na pagkakaupo ay pumaikot na ang braso nito saking bewang. He then kissed me on the lips, a brief but sweet kiss.

"Don't do that again next time!" Sinaway ko siya matapos niya akong pakawalan. "Baka maaksidente tayo, Aidan."

"Sorry..." inabot niya ang aking kamay at ipinagsiklop ang aming mga daliri, he leaned on his seat and smiled at me. "Hindi ko napigilan, ikaw kasi ngiti ka ng ngiti. Don't you know that you're a hundred times more beautiful when you smile?"

"Eyes on the road, Castañeda!" Pinanlakihan ko siya ng mata nang maramdaman ang pag-iinit ng aking pisngi dahil sakanyang sinabi.

Natatawang sinunod naman niya ang utos ko, yet he never let go of my hand. Hinayaan ko naman iyon, I feel like I'm getting used to it. With him holding my hand like he owns it.

"What are your plans for Christmas, Paris?" He asked.

"Wala naman, ikaw? Are you going out of town with your family?"

"Do you want to go out of town?" Balik tanong nito matapos ay nilingon ako. "You are my family now, you and our baby."

And as always, Aidan's words warmed my heart. He is right, I'm his family now and he's mine. I still can't help but get amaze by the speedy turn of events.

One day Aidan came into my life, and now I'm starting a new life with him. I think this is something that science can't explain.

"I think we should focus about the wedding for now, vacation may come right after it." I said.

"And about that, do you have any specific or certain plan? Like the church where you want us to be wed? The food? List of visitors?"

"I already told you, Aidan. I want it simple, solemn. Private..." nilingon ko siya. "It will be more convenient for the both of us..."

"You deserve the most of life, Paris."

"Maybe, but I don't need it."

I heard him sighed. "Alright, your call. Whatever is in your mind, we'll make it happen."

"Thank you, Aidan." Masaya kong sabi. "Next week, will you be able to join me for my checkup? But I understand if you're busy-"

"I will be with you in every step of this journey, Paris." He cut me off. "We're together here."

Dati ang akala ko, when a woman got pregnant at a very young age that will be the end of her life. But experiencing it now says the opposite, it feels like I'm now living my life. Siguro'y magkakaiba lang talaga ng pinagdadaanan ang mga tao, and I'm just so lucky not to go through this alone. Aside for the support I'm getting from my family, it's a big thing to have my baby's father on my side. Having him supporting me and making me feel that I'm not stepping alone gives a huge impact in my pregnancy. I feel like, I'm the happiest mother to be.

"Aidan, can I sleep with you?" Humihikab kong sabi.

Mariin niyang natapakan ang preno ng sasakyan kaya naman agad iyong huminto. Mabuti at nakasuot ako ng seatbelt.

"Magdahan-dahan ka naman!" Matalim na tingin ang iginawad ko sakanya.

"Sorry, wag ka kasi bigla biglang nag-sasalita! Kung anu-ano pang sinasabi mo." He apologized, the he checked on me. "Are you okay? Were you hurt?"

"I'm fine..." hawi ko sa kamay niyang umabot saking pisngi. "Seryosong inaantok ako, ayoko pang umuwi sa bahay. Gusto kong matulog, my examinations drained me."

"Okay, wag ka ng mag-sungit." Malambing niyang ginagap ang aking kamay bago muling bumalik sa banayad na pag-mamaneho. "What do you wanna eat?"

"I need more folic, protein, calcium but I'm craving for fries and burger." Parang bata akong napadaing.

"Then fries and burger you shall have." He chuckled. "I'll let you cheat with your diet once in awhile."

"Now that's exciting!"

Isipin palang na makakain ko iyon mamaya ay tila ba nag-bubunyi ang aking kalooban sa saya. Wait, did I already mentioned that Aidan is the best? He is the best!

When we reached his pad, agad na nag-asikaso si Aidan. I sat on the couch in lotus position, pinagmasdan ko siyang nag-ooperate ng flatscreen para may mapaglibangan daw ako habang mag-aasikaso siya ng kakainin ko.

"Are you bringing your girls here, Aidan?"

"I don't have girls."

"I mean before." I rolled my eyes.

"No." Simpleng sagot niya, he then walked towards me.

Tumalungko siya saking harapan at iniabot sakin ang remote, matapos ay tiningala ako ng tingin. Why is this simple gesture of him awakening my senses?

Inabot ko ang kaniyang ilong at pinisil iyon, na kanya namang ikinatawa. I felt his hand move to held one side of my waist.

"I think we're having a boy..." he said.

Tumaas naman doon ang kilay ko at wala sa loob na niyuko ang tyan kong pinagmamasdan din niya ngayon. "Paano mo naman iyon nasabi?"

"Wala lang, I can feel it. My tag team is coming..." he chuckled.

"Do you know that if a pregnant woman craved for something salty, that means there's a high possibility that she's carrying a boy, but if she craves for something sweet it's a girl..."

He groaned. "Don't crave for chocolates!"

Natawa naman ako. "Why, Aidan Zeus? Won't you like it if she's a girl?"

"Oh, she'll surely be as beautiful as you are why won't I like it?" He shook his head. "But she can come next after a bro, para may poprotekta na sakanya diba? Kaya lalaki muna yang baby natin ngayon..."

"Wag mong pangunahan!" Lalo akong natawa. "Sige na, you go get me a burger and fries na para lalaki talaga si baby dapat mabilis kang sumunod."

Agad naman siyang tumayo. "Ten minutes tops, I'm done."

"Hurry!"

We've spent the whole afternoon on the couch, streaming Netflix and eating foods that I like to have. At nang muli ko ng maramdaman ang antok ay inabot ko ang kamay ni Aidan upang hilahin siyang papalapit sakin.

"I'm already sleepy..."

"Hmm?" He kissed the side of my head and turn the television off.

He was about to stood up when I hugged him, putting my weight on him. Na siyang ikinatawa nito.

"Hey, is my baby is that sleepy mommy can't even walk?" He asked in a playful tone.

"Yes..." I muttered sleepily.

Muli kong narinig ang kaniyang pag-tawa and the next thing I knew is that I'm being lifted and carried to the soft mattress of his bed.

I don't know how long I've slept but I woke up with Aidan watching me. He smiled at me and I feel like his smile is contagious that I smiled back.

He bent down a little to give my lips three counted pecks, I kissed him too, so his smile widened and he kissed me again. Lingering this time, then he kiss me once more until it became gentle chaste kisses.

Pareho kaming natawa sa ginagawa namin. Umayos siya ng higa saking tabi at mahigpit akong niyakap.

"Do you have plans tomorrow?" He asked.

Tomorrow is the start of Christmas break, I don't have plans for tomorrow but in the following days I do. "Wala, why?"

"I realized that we haven't had a decent date yet, so I'm thinking of asking you out..." bulong niya bago sumiksik sa gilid ng aking leeg.

A smile broke my lips. "And where are you taking me if I'll say yes?"

"Say yes first, then you'll know tomorrow." He sniffed my scent. "Bango... naniniwala naman siguro ang science sa surprises diba?"

"Silly!" Natatawang kinurot ko ang kaniyang braso na nakayakap sakin. "Fine..."

"It's a date."

Nanatili siyang nakayakap sakin nang may maisipan akong ikwento. "Aidan, have you ever had a dream so real you were confused when you woke up?"

Binalingan niya ako ng nakakunot ang noo bago tumango. "Minsan."

"When I was a little girl I dreamt that the grass in our backyard was blue. The blue grass rose up into the sky leaving perfect green grass underneath and painted the sky the same perfect shade those soft blades had been." Pasimula ko. "That morning I didn't wake up sleepily, but instead like a switch had been flicked. I ran from my bed to the back yard. And you know what? The grass was green and the sky was blue. I told everyone where the blue grass had gone, but since I was five there was no suggestion I was crazy, just knowing smiles and nods. No one could tell me it wasn't real, I'd seen it happen and outside was the proof."

Natawa naman siya. "I could just imagine how the five year old Paris looks like when nobody seems to believe her."

"Well, I almost told them that vivid, bizarre and emotionally intense dreams or the dreams that people usually remember are linked to parts of the amygdala and hippocampus. While the amygdala plays a primary role in the processing and memory of emotional reactions, the hippocampus has been implicated in important memory functions, such as the consolidation of information from short-term to long-term memory." I shrugged. "But you know, at that age... I shouldn't talk a lot. I'll shock people if they will hear me talk about brain function at the early age of five. That's not usual."

He frowned, napaupo siya bago ako lingunin. "You're gifted..."

I sighed deeply and nodded. "If that's how it's called then, yeah."

"You really are..." hindi parin makapaniwalang ulit niya.

"I was three years old when my Uncle Dave started seeing my potentials, he told dad about it and my father isn't happy." I said. "Ayaw niyang malaman ng iba ang kung anumang konklusyon ni Uncle Dave, he doesn't want anyone to go and bother me. Ayaw niyang pag-aralan ng mga eksperto ang kakayahan ko. My dad wants me to live a normal and peaceful life."

"Kung ako man siya ay iyon din ang gagawin ko in order to protect you."

"Do you know that I even thought I was sick or something. That I wasn't normal. At the age of six I can fluently speak four languages without having a formal education about it." I twitched my lips. "My great grandfather, Lucas De Salvo is a half French and half Spanish and I always hear him speaks in French. Sometimes he talks to me in French. Then my grandfather Rodrigo Santa de Leones has a Spanish blood, sakanya kami iniiwan ni Reid dati kapag kailangan nila daddy na dalhin sa ospital si Romee and it will last days. So whenever my grandfather is talking to me, I want him to use Spanish as a language. I don't know but I like the sound of it. Kaya ayon, aside from English and Filipino natuto ako. Para sa iba it's like magic, but if you come to think of it... it's more like social influence."

Nakita ko ang pagkamangha sa mga mata ni Aidan habang mataman na nakikinig saking mga sinasabi na tila ba interesadong-interesado ito.

"I was six when I took an IQ test. It was a top secret between me and Uncle Dave, no one has to know." I blew an air. "My IQ score is two hundred and twenty eight. It was abnormally high, even higher that Einstein's. I was then classified as gifted and again no one has to know. Even my parents, my family."

"Why?" Iyon lamang ang tanong na namutawi sakanya.

"Hindi rin naman nila kailangan malaman na meron akong hindi pang ordinaryong kakayahan." Kibit-balikat kong sabi. "I always kept my mouth shut and tried to act normal, pero minsan hindi ko naman napipigilan ang bibig kong ilabas ang anumang tinatakbo ng utak ko. Lalo na kapag kumportable ako sa kausap ko, I can't help not to be intelligent."

"That means, you're comfortable with me..." ngumiti siya. "You're always outsmarting me."

I pulled myself up into sitting position, agad naman niyang inagapayan ang aking bewang. "Don't you find me abnormal?"

"You were never normal to me..." he said.

The gentleness in his eyes reached my heart, making it flutter inside my chest. There are so many things that I need to tell him about me, at ganoon rin siya. There's so much I need to know about him. About the man I'm marrying.

Our eye contact broke when my phone rang above the bedside table, inabot iyon ni Aidan sakin. Parehong nangunot ang aming mga noo nang makita ang pangalan ni mommy sa screen. I immediately took the call.

"Paris? Paris where are you? Honey, be safe alright? We're rushing Romee to the hospital now..."