It's been a week. Naka leave muna si Elmo sa trabaho dahil nga inasikaso din nito ang sa libing at kung ano ano pa.
Julie stayed focus in her work as a new restaurant of theirs was going to open in a few months.
Tumayo siya saglit para bumili ng kape niya sa paaboritong coffee shop niya sa baba.
Nakita niya si Kyline na nakaabang sa kanya pagkalabas niya ng opisina.
"Uhm..."
"Bibili lang ako ng kape Kakai."
"Pero Ma'am Jirits..." Magsasalita pa sana si Kyline nang may lumapit kay Julie mula sa gilid.
Dahan dahan na nag-angat ng tingin si Julie Anne.
She stopped altogether when she saw who it was.
So Elmo was back huh?
"Hi." Mahinang usad niya sa lalaki. He was sporting a five o'clock shadow. Nakalimutan nananaman magshave.
Or maybe Jane wanted that look on him that's why.
"Uhm hi." Bati naman ni Elmo.
Si Kyline ay nakaupo lamang sa kanyang desk at pabalik balik ang tingin sa kanilang dalawa.
"Kakabalik mo lang?" Julie asked him. Ngayon lang sila ulit nakapagusap matapos ng burol.
They didn't even text each other or anything like that.
Elmo nodded his head in answer as he looked at her. "Uhm oo dumaan muna ako dito."
"You don' have to jump back into work it's okay you know." Julie said with a blank look on her face.
She was passive as she spoke to him. She made a decision to just be his friend from now on.
If not a friend, then just a co-worker or someone she knows.
At si Kyline ay kanina pa na nakaupo doon habang pinapanuod silang dalawa. Tila ba may hinihintay itong mangyari sa kanilang dalawa ni Elmo at handa na ito kumain ng popcorn habang ginagawa iyon.
"Jirits can we talk?" Elmo said in a pleading manner.
Julie cleared her throat as she looked at him.
Saka siya tumingin kay Kyline. "Ky, uhm, pabili na lang ng paborito ko na coffee okay?"
Saka niya muling hinarap si Elmo.
"I'm sorry Elmo, I have a lot of work to do. Maybe some other time."
"Pero Ma'am Jirits..." Tawag ni Kyline.
Kaso pumasok na sa loob si Julie Anne bago pa makasalita si Elmo or si Kyline.
Dahan dahan na sinara ni Julie ang pintuan ng kanyang opisina.
Huminga siya ng malalim bago muling umupo sa kanyang desk.
Never siya nagpapabili kay Kyline. Not unless sobrang swarmed na siya sa trabaho pero sa ngayon ay idadaan niya ang lahat sa kanyang assistant.
Naaalala nanaman niya kasi ang nakitang eksena nang nasa burol nung nakaraang araw.
Naaalala din niya ang nararamdaman niya nung nakita niya ang sinasabing eksena.
Mahina siyang natawa.
Bakit ba siya nagseselos e wala namang sila.
Eto pala yung nararamdaman nang mga walang label.
She busied herself with work.
Sa sobrang busy ay nakauwi na siya mula sa trabaho ng alas syete ng gabi.
BINABASA MO ANG
Nobody Ever Made Me Feel This Way
FanfictionAll Julie Anne San Jose wanted to do was to be at the top of her game as Marketing Manager at Magalona Industries. All she wanted was to make it up to her father figure, Christopher Magalona who honed her to be the woman that she is today. She had n...
