The Way I Do

Chapter 52

3 years later...

"Baka gusto niyo tigilan yan?" Bungad ni Julie kay James at Nadine na naghaharutan sa upuan nila sa eroplano.

"May regla ka nanaman sis!" Tawa ni Nadine at humalik pa sa pisngi ni Julie na napairap lang pero ngumiti din.

"She's like that 'cause she's excited to see the twins." Sabi pa ni James.

Tiningnan ni Julie ang kakambal. "Inggit ka naman? Aba sa iisang apartment tayo nakatira."

Muli ay natawa na din si James bago binalik ang tingin sa pinapakita ni Nadine.

Julie was seated at the window seat in first class.

Hiningi na niya dahil dinahilan niya kay James at Nadine na wala naman gagawin ang dalawa kundi magharutan.

She sighed quietly as she looked at the skies.

Maya maya lang ay nakikita na niya ang pamilyar na itsura ng Pilipinas mula sa himpapawid.

It's been three years since she's been here.

Tinapos lang niya ang semester pero hindi na siya grumaduate.

Imbis ay dumeretso siya ng Australia kung saan nanalo siya ng 2 year scholarship sa isang art school doon.

Hindi lang pala basta basta ang paghingi ni Ivan ng portfolio niya.

Ang kaibigan pala nito ay isang director sa sinasabing art school na iyon! And she received that e-mail that night.

Apparently the director saw something in her work.

He loved it and offered her the scholarship.

She got on a flight a few days after.

And accommodations were a breeze with James being a local and all.

Sa tatlong taon na iyon ay isang beses pa lang nakabisita si Donny at Gabbi and that was more than a year ago.

Miss na miss na niya ang babies niya.

"Julie naayos ko na pala yung space para sa gallery mo? I'm sure crowd pleaser yun kasi saktuhan siya sa business area ng Makati and super accessible." Sabi pa ni Nadine.

Ito ang nag-ayos ng lahat.

"Thanks Nadz. I owe you. Kaya ikaw Robert James umayos ka." Ani Julie sa kakambal.

James innocently looked at them. "What'd I do?"

"Wala pa." Julie smirked.

She closed her eyes for a minute.

Kung kailan naman kasi malapit na sila maglanding saka siya nakaramdam ng antok.

Maya maya lang ay narinig na niya ang announcement na pa-land na ang kanilang eroplano.

She fixed herself and looked out the window as she saw the night time view from above of the Philippines.

In no time, the plane had landed smoothly.

"Kapag Pinoy talaga yung piloto ang smooth ng landing no?" Nadine said as they were heading out of the plane.

Tumango naman si Julie. "Oo remember yung Greek na piloto natin that one time we took a plane from Sydney to Brisbane? Lagabog eh." She laughed.

Nakalabas na silang tatlo sa gates.

Julie checked her phone.

Traffic daw ani Donny kaya medyo male-late ang mga ito.

Sakto naman kasi ay nagugutom pa sila kaya kakain muna sila.

After getting all their luggage they headed to a nearby airport restaurant.