WILLIAM returned to Helena's home, but he still did not see Helena because she was in Pangasinan.
"Helena, why do I seem to be going crazy with you now. Wherever I turn my gaze you are the one I see. If you had told me before that you love me too, I would have waited even though my would be waiting was uncertain," William said to himself emotionally.
"William, where you came from Helena again?" his mother asked.
"Yes, mom, I can't understand why now I really want to see and talk to Helena."
"Son, love is really like that, something you do not understand, it is powerful in the heart of someone who loves."
The day passed again and for William, he had a thousand and one hundred years of longing for the woman he once loved.
In sleep, William carried Helena's memory until William dreamed that he was with Helena in a place surrounded by beautiful scenery.
"William, chase me," said Helena in William's nightmare.
And on the white sands by the sea, William and Helena had endless joy as they chased each other.
"I'm tired, William, let's just sit on the sands."
As they sat together they gazed at the beauty of the ocean.
"Helena, do you still remember the song I Want to Hold You in my Dreams?"
"Of course, and while we were listening to that lovely song you whispered to me that I was your only love and that you would love me for the rest of your life, wouldn't you?"
"That's true, Helena, and those things I've said were already engraved in my heart and will never be erased."
"Really?"
"Helena, on our wedding day, what do you want?"
"What do I want? Well, If I'm going to be married to you, I want a lot of bridesmaids and surrounded by lots of flowers while I'm wearing a beautiful white dress, a symbol of pure love. How nice isn't it?"
"And how many children do you want?"
"Children? Well, I want two children only. How about you?"
"For me? I want a dozen."
"What's wrong with you? I guess you want me to die early."
"Ha! ha! ha! Just joked!"
"William, how do you define love?"
"Love?"
"Yes, I want a serious answer from you."
"Well, love is something that anyone in love should take it seriously because when it is ignored there is no true love, I mean there is love when someone is true to himself."
And suddenly Helena stood up in William's dreams and ran away in the cloud and disappeared until William could no longer see her.
"Helena! Helena! Wait for me!" yelled William as he called Helena.
At that moment William awake to the intensity of his dream.
"Son, you are dreaming again, what is your dream?" asked his mother.
"It's nothing mom, just a simple dream."
William spent a few nights like that, he was dreaming about Helena, and, maybe that would only end when they met and could tell Helena how he felt.
William went back to Helena's house, on the pretext that they would meet, but he still failed to see her.
"Helena, how long will I suffer like this?" William always asked himself.
****
In Pangasinan the province of Nina, where Helena went for a vacation and at the same time she will do some paintings of beautiful places and scenery. Such paintings that she will do will have meaning to those who love artworks, especially in painting.
With the help of Nina, Helena she was able to make beautiful paintings.
In one of the places that Helena would paint, she remembers Harry because the place was like the place they went to. They were happy then, full of dreams in life.
In that situation of Helena, she did not notice that her tears were just dripping because of Harry's memories. Helena hopes that she will meet someone like Harry, who spent his life loving her sincerely.
Helena thought that even she was successful in his profession, it does not matter, because she was disappointed with the happiness she desires. But she still hopes that one day she would find a love that can give her the happiness she was longing for.
As a result of Helena's intense thinking, William entered her mind. William, who had expressed love for Helena then, that although William was already in Helena's heart she still denied it that she had feelings to William, and therefore she told him she did not love him because of Harry. And because of that, she was able to tell William to just turn to others whatever love he felt for her.
Although Helena now knows that William was free to enter into a relationship, she still has no intention yet to see William. That's why she accepts Nina's offer to take a vacation in their province.
But now that Helena is far away, why William sometimes enters her mind, something that confuses her.
"Helena, I called you earlier to eat," Nina said.
"Oh, sorry, okay, let's eat."
While they are eating, Helena asked Nina about her love life.
"Nina, I have a question for you, and it's up to you if you want to answer."
"What is that?"
"Have you fallen in love yet?"
Nina took a deep breath first as if she did not want to remember the reason for her first broken heart then because she knew it would only bring her sadness.
But for the sake of her friend Helena, she would be willing to tell her love story, after all, it had happened a long time ago.
"Yes, it's just that the first love I did not expect was that it would give me sorrow."
"Why?"
"My childhood was my first boyfriend, we grew up here in the same area together, we also finished school at the same time. When I went to Spain, to work as a contract worker, and stayed there for a long time, he was attracted to other women."
Nina could not continue her story because her emotions carried her and she burst into rears.
"I'm sorry, Nina, I didn't know how sadness was the story of your first love."
"I'm fine, Helena, it's okay."
"If you like you may continue your story later on."
Nina continues.
"You know, Helena, he apologized to me, but what else can I do. So what happened was I gave him my forgiveness because the woman who was attracted to him was already pregnant. I just wished him to be happy with the woman he replaced with me."
"So, how did you accept the situation?"
"And with the intensity of my resentment then I planned to commit suicide, but fortunately, I was also able to think twice, so I did not pursue my suicide plan. I promised myself that I'd forget all my misfortunes and face my future, just to move on."
"Have you never fallen in love again since then?"
"Yes, I did forget about love, Helena?"
"You know, Nina, we are both in a love situation, the only difference was that my first boyfriend was stabbed several times by drunken men and was hospitalized and was in comatose for a long period of time until he was deprived of life as well."
"Since then, Helena, has your heart still been open to love?"
"That's my problem right now, Nina. There was someone who fell in love with me when Henry was still alive then but in a comatose condition. My feelings for him were falling but I became stronger and I told him that I didn't love him."
"What did he do when you disappointed him?"
"He turned his feelings for me to another woman and they got married. But I've found out now from my mother when I came home from Spain that his wife had died of cancer."
"So, what's the problem that was bothering you?"
"I want to make sure first if I really still love him even though I feel that he is still in my heart. I am now in the position of testing myself if I will love again or just stay in Harry's memory, forever."
"Helena, although our first love experience was so painful for us, we should not close our hearts to another love."
"Is what you are saying, Nina, is true?"
"Yes, Helena, I am serious, and I was able to think too, so I will return to Spain after a couple of days for my American boyfriend."
"Thank you, Nina, because of you I also opened my mind, so I know already what to do when I came home."
*****
William returned to Helena's house and when he found out that Helena has not arrived yet, he asked for the address of Helena in Pangasinan, he planned to go there and see Helena.
The mother of Helena gave the address because she felt sorry for William's back and forth.
William went to Pangasinan and easily found the place of Nina.
"Hello! I'm William, a friend of Helena."
"I see, but Helena is not here now, she went to Sky Plaza."
"Ah, thank you, I'll just go there, I know that place."
When William arrived at the Sky Plaza, he could not find Helena because of so many people walking around, and there were also many tourists who were with their family sightseeing.
Not far away, Helena was there and a tall man was being painted.
"Sir, it's almost done," said Helena.
"Miss, maybe I will pay dearly for that picture of mine," said the model.
"Don't worry, Sir, it's cheap because I don't charge too much. I'm just here in Pangasinan for a vacation. I've painted a lot of beautiful scenes and places that I need for my gallery. Tomorrow I'm going home."
"Thank you, Miss, my wife will be happy because I will have my own painting at home when I get home."
"Why, Sir?"
"Because I just don't have a picture made of brush."
"Really?"
"Yes, and you know, if I don't have a wife I will court you because as you paint me I am gradually fascinated by your beauty."
Helena laughed at what her model said. They were in such a situation that they were talking happily when William arrived and saw them and talking, laughing in their conversation that made him jealous.
"He's probably her boyfriend and they were here on a vacation together. Maybe it's better for me not to show up for not bothering their moments," William said to himself.
Because William saw how Helena was very happy talking to her model, he thought that Helena had seen her true happiness and that it was too much to fight for her love.
So he just had to leave that place and get home.
William on his way home was in a bad mood and he felt that his heart was pounding because of the pain he was feeling.
The next day, Helena came home and thought about what Nina said that William came looking for her. And why William upon knowing she was at Sky Plaza went there to see her, but why did they not meet there, what was the reason. This is what bothers Helena that she cannot understand to herself.
"Mom, Pangasinan is a beautiful place that everyone should visit. I have painted a lot of beautiful places and scenes and surely my customers will admire the beauty of Pangasinan upon seeing those pictures in my gallery."
"Helena, dis you meet William in Pangasinan? Because he asked for Nina's address and he said he would go there to see you. You know Helena, I feel sorry for William, he has come back here several times. I think he is a good man for you that is if you plan to settle down to have a family."
Helena could not answer her mother's question because she did not know why they did not meet at the Sky Plaza. And even though there were plenty of people around there it would be impossible for them not to see each other, what was the reason? Helena often asked herself.
The next day, Helena decided to go to William's shop because she was also really worried about William that something bad might have happened to him.
But when Helena came to William's shop it was closed, so for the sake of curiosity, she proceeded to William's house.
"Good day, mom."
"Helena, it's you, come in."
"Mom, may I talk to William?"
"Helena, William came home last night heavy drunk and I don't even know the reason. Since he came from Pangasinan, he was just like that, He did not go to his shop due to intoxication."
"Please, mom, just tell him I came and thank you, I'm leaving."
"Okay, Helena, I'll tell him."
"How about your health, mom?"
"I'm okay now since my surgery."
"I see. Just take good care of your self, mom."
"Thank you, Helena. Be careful."
The next day, William woke up because of his drunkenness.
"William, Helena went yesterday and was looking for you."
"What?" said William a little bit shocked.
"Yes, I tried to wake you up but you still beat the chopped trunk banana in your sleep."
"Mom, I'm leaving."
"Wait, where are you going?"
"I'm going to Helena."
Helena was leaving when William arrived.
"Helena, how are you? Do you know how long I missed you?"
"You were the I'm supposed to know about your condition. You went to Pangasinan and you looked for me at Sky Plaza, but why didn't we meet there?"
"True, Helena, I was there at Sky Plaza but when I saw you with your boyfriend and you had a happy conversation while you were having painted him, I decided not to show you because I was jealous."
"Really?"
"Yes, and I think now the purpose of your looking for me was you'll going to invite me to be your best man at your wedding, right?"
At what William said, Helena could not control herself laughing.
"What are you, William? He was not my boyfriend, he's a tourist who wants me to paint him. He saw me there painting beautiful scenes and places and was amazed the way I paint so he requested me to paint him. And you know what? He paid me a lot, more than I should have charged him and it's because of my beauty, joked. I really didn't want to accept it, he just insisted so I accepted as well."
What Helena said gave William hope.
"Helena, I'm happy now and because of that I would have asked you something."
"What is that?"
"Can I court you? One thing I should have done before."
Helena could not answer immediately although that was what she was waiting for William to tell her.
Helena did not realize that what William had said had given her even greater happiness.
So since William and Helena talked, William has often visited Helena. And soon Helena accepted William's love.
"Helena, thank you, I am the happiest man in the world. I love you so much, even before were already in my heart."
"William, I've also feelings with you before, but because I didn't want to be a traitor to Harry I had to tell you to just turn to others whatever you feel for me."
William and Helena got married and on their wedding day, William proved to himself that Helena was so really beautiful in her white wedding dress.