in between may 8 and 9

Rona sent me a message around 11:30 pm last night.

Her message was “tell me something I don’t know yet.”

That got me thinking.

Should I tell her personal things? I know I could, she’s my best friend. Should I tell her something trivial? Should I tell her little things? It took me 10 minutes for my reply.

I told her about pluripotential cells.

“Pluripotential cells are called pluripotential because these cells have the ability to differentiate into any of several types of blood cells. Kinda like eclectic people.”

Then about pleonasm,

“it’s a pleonasm to say past experience.”

And I also followed it with,

“Do you know that your message “tell me something I don’t know yet” has got me thinking?”

Our conversation then led to the underwater cemetery in camiguin, her zero knowledge in playing cards except for pairs and that she has never eaten paella yet. I told her that I didn’t even know that there was such a thing as underwater cemetery, that she looked like someone who knows how to play pusoy dos and that I’ve never eaten paella as well because it looks so gross.

Then I told her how lei looks like a baby when she wakes up in the middle of the night and I have to rub her back to put her back to sleep.

I also told her that I couldn’t sleep when I don’t have someone beside me. I shared with rona the times when lei and I had only one TV, when I am so sleepy but lei wants to watch TV. I told rona how lei would sit beside me and wait until I fall asleep before she would go to the sala to watch TV.

Rona said that she couldn’t sleep unless she knows that the person-she-may-be-inlove-with-right-now is beside her.

She also said that I changed big time since lei and I became partners. She expressed her happiness for me.

I asked her to define the changes. I told her how I tried not to change.

She said, “I can’t even name the changes, sweetie. I definitely can’t define it. Basta I know lei is your home…”

It melted my heart to hear, err, read, my best friend’s acceptance of lei.

Rona said she still thinks of her “anything for you” crush from our college days.

I asked her if she thinks about “anything-for-you-guy” or the thought of doing anything for someone.

She told me of a night when the person-she-may-be-inlove-with-right-now kissed her.

She told me how she declined.

And she told me how she never regretted saying no.

I told her that lei and I are planning lei’s parents’ renewal of vows for their 50^th anniversary. I told her how I asked KC if she knows a good venue for a garden wedding and that KC replied, “at vkt ka papakasal???”

She told me that she’s smoking her 14^th cigarette since she began texting me. I told her that I didn’t smoke all day.

We said our good nights when actually it’s a good morning already.

Today, I told KC about my conversation with rona last night. She asked what it was about.

I said,

“she asked me to tell her something she doesn't know yet. kinda weird but i discovered more of rona just because of that "game". I've known her since 98 but I discovered more of her in between may 8 and 9, 2005”

posted by gail @ 2:18 PM