Chapter 5- The Fruits of their Endeavor

Inch by inch, they started to become independent. They rented a rooming house that was a walking distance from his work located at the heart of the vast city. Just what she was used to be, she just went out of their home to buy food at the nearby central market.

What Czarina's family was fearing occurred. She became ill. With a caring husband, he brought her to a clinic of a physician where she could be treated at once. She became thin as she couldn't eat well. If she did, she would puke. The physical was indeed very efficient and effective in his treatment. Thus her stomach bug was immediately treated that the puking stopped and was able to eat foods of her choice.

Their love making had resulted to a first born son. The love making that unfold their innocence as they explored their talent and skill to discover their preferences during their pro-creativity. They had to be honest and discuss even without the help of Mr. Google.com for it was still unknown during those years of their early marriage. Neither would they had a magazine to guide them. They tend to rely on their discovery upon their exploration. They heeded to their feelings, to their heart, to their fondness and to their romanticism in silent agreement. They believed the between them God is present as they fused to be one. They enjoyed every bit of it even after an argument.

They are both outspoken when it comes to their relationship.

One day during the day off of July, after their lunch, they had again their usual conversation with an endless sweet nothing as though they were still in their courtship stage. July asked Czarina...

"LOVE, suppose you accidentally meet me with someone. What would be your reaction? How would you feel?"

Czarina did not reply. She was quiet and calm. No reaction whatsoever.

July repeated his question. So, Czarina was forced to open her mouth.

"Let's turned the situation to be the opposite. Suppose you were the one who caught me with another man, kissing, necking and all the way down? What would you do? How would you react?"

July quizzically furrowed his eyebrow. He never expected that the same question would be thrown at him. So he mused...

" You're so witty to ask me the same question. I want an answer not a similar questions. "

" My answer? You want my answer to your question? Now, whatever answer you may have for my question would also be my answer to your question for me." Czarina winked smiling naughtily.

" Baby, your mother is trying to smite me with my questions, " he said as he was caressing the bug tummy of his wife.

Then Czarina added..

" Men and women have both heart of their own. If men can be hust so do women. For me, no double standards.. Meaning it is okay for men like you to deceive women but immoral for women to deceive men. Both are created by God. God told Adam to love and care Eve . And His words should be done by every couple."

The discussion ended up to another very hot sexual exercise as July tried to wheedle her only woman in his life that it would be quicker to give birth to their child once they did it constantly and regularly.

How shameless this young husband was with different ideas just to trick his wife to give in to his sexual desire that after twenty years of marriage they had eight children. Seven sons and an only daughter.

With their marriage, great responsibility should be taken like developing their children's aspect of growth and development as law abiding citizen and morally upright children of God. Since July rejected Czarina's suggestion to go on with his studies, she decided to pursue her dream of becoming a career woman aside from being a wife and a mother. When their third son was already a year old she continued her collegiate training which she triumphantly achieved as a medalist baccalaureate graduate of four year course.

When their fourth son was two months old, she took up a board examination which she found to a very difficult examination and told her husband that she wouldn't be able to make it. When he was seven months old they decided to go back to their hometown to fulfill her dream to teach in her alma mater.

As their children increased in number, her teaching career garnered her reputation of being the best persevering educator.

Meanwhile, July went on working and lived by himself. As he was used to be with his wife and children, he terribly missed them. His blanket could never substitute the warmth that his children and wife gave him. He couldn't be by himself, suffering the loneliness when he was off from his duties. What would you have expected but a family man away from them decided to go home with them.

He was overjoyed tending to do the household chores and taking care of their children while his wife was busy wuth her job. He could never take it that when he came home, his wife became thinner than when they were still in the capital city. It was because she was doing all the household chores, taking care of their children and at the same time doing her ability as an educator to the best as she can. He thought that staying with them would somehow lessen the obligation and responsibility of his beloved wife. She has to take care of her including their children until he was declared absent without leave.

For him... he could still earn a living for them like to be engaged in shell craft industry, catching fish, tilling a rice field and helping in copra farming. He was really earning while taking care of his beloved family. Besides, he had no longer experienced some lonely cold nights. He was with his best human blanktet whom he taught how to be equally shared with him an evening session exercise which was an earth shattering curling of toes... arching body that synchronically cascading rhythmically with only the duet panting which served as the only music that they danced with gracefully and enjoyably. No amount of scorching summer heat could have stopped them in the expression of their warmth embraces with one another. Neither would a heavy storm stopped them from removing those clothes that separated them as one. Whatever the weather and climate would be... They see to it that they are always united as one not only in bed but in every decision they take to rear their children. They were not rich in financial matter nor materials, but their love for each other can be called a billion dollar feeling for each other. Despite the ups and downs, the excitement of having each other, the flirtatious words and deeds are still glowing like an ember of a hard wooden charcoal that makes a dark place bright. Their children were the sweetest fruits of their early marriage but remained strong as ever.