The Way I Do

Prologue

7 year old Julie sniffed as she buried her feet in the sand.

Nakaupo siya sa ilalim ng puno nandoon din sa beach na iyon.

She tried her best.

Kaso kapag top 3 lang parang wala lang sa mommy niya.

"Bakit ka umiiyak?"

Napatingin siya sa nagsalita at nagulat na may bata na pala na nandoon.

Tantya niya ay kasing tanda lang niya ito.

Maputi saka mataba ang cheeks. Cute.

She wiped her tears again.

Kapag tinanong siya bakit siya umiiyak naiiyak siya lalo kasi natatandaan nanaman niya.

"Nakipagbreak boyfriend mo?" Nakangisi na sabi ng batang lalaki.

Tumaas kilay ni Julie. "Baka baka..." She grumbled.

Natawa ulit ang batang lalaki. "So why are you crying?"

"Wala." She said. Saka sino ba itong batang ito? "Why are you here?" She asked.

Hindi naman private beach itong nasa likod bahay nila pero hindi kasi siya sanay na may ibang tao dito.

Tinuro nung bata yung paper airplane na nandon sa may paanan niya.

"Lumipad sayo eh." He said.

"Momo! Kakain na!"

Sabay yung bata at si Julie na napatingin sa bahay don sa kabilang dulo ng beach.

Momo, as he was called turned to face Julie and handed her the paper airplane.

"Paliparin mo yan tapos sama mo na yung luha saka lungkot mo." Momo said and smiled at her before running to the woman calling him. Julie watched as the woman leaned down and fixed the boy's hair before leading him inside the house.

Tiningnan ni Julie ang paper plane na bigay nung bata sa kanya.

Somehow that made her smile. She held the plane and tossed it across her where it reached the waters.

Muli siya napangiti.

Nilingon niya ang bahay nila Momo bago nagdesisyon na maglakad na pabalik sa sarili nilang bahay.

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Years later...

"Ate sige na sama ka na please?"

Julie sighed as she looked up from what she was sketching. Ito talaga ang hobby niya kapag wala naman siya ibang pinagkakaabalahan.

"Gab I'd rather spend the last few days of summer before my senior year just lazying inside the house." She smirked at her younger sister.

Gabbi pouted. "E ate it'll be fun! Ayaw mo ba makilala yung magiging ka team ni Donny?"

Julie rolled her eyes.

"E Gab. Ayoko nga muna sa lalaki." She went back to her sketching before looking back at her younger sister. "Saka ikaw talaga. Magf-freshmen pa lang kayo ni Donny. Alak na alak ka na."

Tumawa si Gabbi at tumabi sa kanya sa pwesto niya sa kama. Sumiksik ito sa kanya at tiningnan ang sketch niyang ginagawa.

"Masaya ito ate kasi alam mo naman maghihiwalay na kami ni Dons."

Julie raised an eyebrow at her sister.

"Nasa tapat lang yung university nila." She chuckled.

Her younger twin half-siblings, Gabbi and Donny were going to be separated since the former would be attending university at St. Anne's where she's also currently attending while the latter would be attending their rival university; University of St. Christopher.