"Flight attendants, prepare for take-off please."
"Cabin crew, please take your seats for take-off."
Magt-take off na. We're going to Osaka, Japan! Flight will be almost 4 hours, so I came up thinking that I should write a letter for Jho na lang... katabi ko si Jia.
"Ang ganda ng view bei look!" Jia, siya kasi yung nasa window side.
"Mas maganda ka!" and I winked
"Bolera! Tse!"
"Hahaha di kaya, aren't you sleepy? 4 hours pa tayo, I'll wake you up."
"Hmmm. mamaya na."
I asked one of the flight attendant if I could use my MacBook now, and they said okay but I need to turn it off before the landing.
"Hey what are you going to do?" jia asked as I place my MacBook on my table
"Kakain ju!"
"Leche!"
"Malamang magla-laptop ako, ano ba yan jia balik ka nga grade one!" piningot naman agad ako "Aaaray julia! Bitaw na!"
"Gago ka, alam kong laptop yan anong gagawin mo bakit ka magla-laptop?"
"I'm going to e-mail someone! Dun ka nanga, may wifi tong airplane, mag online ka nalang wag mo ko guluhin!"
"Talaga meron?! Di mo sinabi agad eh!" ayun busy na siya, di na ako kukulitin niyan.
I will e-mail jho. I don't want to let her go, she can't go anywhere without me. Sabi niya ako lang, walang iba. I'll win her back.
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"Jia?" I spoke while shutting down my MacBook pero walang sagot, ayun pala busy pa rin sa phone niya at naka-headset pa kaya di ako marinig.
I tapped her shoulder and napatingin siya sakin.
"Why?" she removed her headset and placed down her phone.
"Can we talk?" I asked
"We're already talking bei." she said with a teasing voice
"Aish! Seryoso kasi 'to." I rolled my eyes
"Fine, tungkol saan ba?"
"Our arranged marriage."
"Ohhh... what about it ba? Ah you're excited about our wedding masyado ha!"
"No actually!"
"Ohhh okay I'm kidding, tulog ba si Tito?"
"Doesn't matter, malayo naman upuan niya satin eh." and she just nodded, she removed her seatbelt and faced me.
Ang ganda ni Jia, she's an angel! But sorry I already found my angel and beside her is my home.
"Do you really agree to that arranged marriage thing?"
"Yes."
"But we don't love each other!"
"If I have to learn to love you then there's a way."
"No! Please we can't do this, we don't love each other! Masasaktan ang mga mahal natin."
"She won't get hurt because she doesn't know!"
"Then we should really stop the wedding, and I'll help you to confess to her and get her."
"Bea! Magagalit ang magulang natin satin!"
"And the hell I care? We are not their slave jia! We're their daughters! We have the right jia, help me stop this. I love my girlfriend."
"But bea, it's not that easy! Magagalit sila, you know our parents really wants to be one, and tayo ang daan bea. How will we stop the marriage? Ang company ng parents natin ang nakasalalay don."
Flashback
I knocked on my dad's office. Pinapatawag niya ako eh.
"Oh there you are! This is my daughter Bea, Anak I know you've heard about Morado's company right?"
"Yes dad, puma-pangalawa sila sa company natin. Diba you said that their company wants us to be their partner?"
"That's right. So this is your Tito Ariel, and we have talked already and we agreed in one condition."
"Really dad? Congrats, then! But what's that condition?"
Someone entered the office, and I bet she is Tito Ariel's daughter...
My dad looked me in the eyes and somehow he felt sadness...
"You're going to marry her daughter, Julia Melissa Morado."
"What? I'm going to marry her? Pero dad..." and I looked at her but she has no reaction at all, siguro she already knows about it before pa sabihin ni daddy sakin. "may ma--" hindi ko na natapos sasabihin ko because Tito Ariel cut me.
"Yes bea, you're going to marry my daughter. But for now don't worry about it, live your life. We'll contact you both if we're going to announce it to public na." Prente niyang sabi habang nakaupo kaharap si daddy.
"Okay dad and tito. Hi julia, nice to meet you! Let's get to know each other in some other day I guess?" I spoke, after all, I'm in this 4 corner office with this two business tycoons so I must give respect. I can't oppose dad anyway, I don't have enough good deeds made yet to make him proud of me.
"Yeah sure." she smiled at me and I smiled back. I can see in Julia's eyes that we are in the same feels. Scared to break our parents' decisions.
"Alright! We're settled! Thanks to the both of you, someday kayong dalawa na ang maghahawak ng company." sabi ni daddy.
"And... bagay kayong dalawa. Gawan niyo agad kami ni Elmer ng apo ha?" sabi ni Tito Ariel, wow lang talaga! Lumaki ang mata ko and even julia.
"I have to go Daddy, Tito. And julia how 'bout you? You want me to drive you?"
"No thanks, I have someone waiting for me." she said and there may sumigaw ng name niya, it's maddie...
"Oh no." bumalik kami sa elevator at nagpunta sa 12th floor, sa office ko.
"Why did you bring me here?"
"Do you know maddie? Why did she called your name?"
"Oh. She's my teammate, why? She insisted to drive me here nga eh, gusto ka daw niya makita, do you know her?"
"Yes, she's my bestfriend. But I have a favor, can you please not tell her about this arrange marriage thing? Please I beg you!"
"Yeah sure. Yun lang ba? hahaha."
"Yes hehe. Sige tara na."
"Magagawan natin ng paraan yan jia! We will have a plan about that, pero please tulungan mo ko mapatigil ang kasal natin."
"Yeah fine. I'm in. Susugal ako, kahit alam ko namang if ever na mapatigil natin to, ikaw lang yung magsasaya bei eh, I know she doesn't love me the way I do, sister love lang kaya niyang ibigay sakin."
"Awww ju, don't be so negative! I'll help you naman eh, sino ba yan? Ang swerte niya sayo!"
"Swerte pala ako eh, bat mo pa ipapatigil kasal natin?"
"Simply because I already found mine. Pero sino nga kasi yan!"
"Si Maddie."
"Ah si maddie..."
"Yes bei."
"Ah maddie pala.. Ay puta sino?!?! Si maddie as in si Yrenea Madayag? Yung kapreng maputi na bestfriend ko?"
"Hahaha oo bei." di ako makapaniwala beh! Maddie daw? "Ju, how? I didn't notice it!"
"Di mo halata no? Kasi ayaw ko rin na mahalata niya, baka kasi masira pa yung friendship namin eh."
"Nah, Maddie is soft-hearted and lovely, plus into girls yang babaeng yan! May chance ka pa, tutulungan kita!" I said as I tap her shoulder
"Talaga?!? Pero sister forever niya daw ako eh. Hanggang dun lang ata talaga kami."
"Hay nako! The heck? 1 year lang naman gap niyo ah?! Wag ka ngang ano!"
"Oo nga pero..." di ko na siya pinatapos, I kissed her... for her to stop.
That's my way to stop someone for saying something or worrying about something... why making a fuss about it eh kung gusto may paraan, pag ayaw may dahilan.
"Fuck you. Why did you kissed me?"
"Hmmm pasasalamat? And alam ko namang gusto mo akong mahalikan eh. Advance na yan di na kasi matutuloy wedding natin!"
"Yuck bei assuming ka! Kay maddie lang ako no!"
"Nah-ah! Di lang ako assuming no, cute din ako!"
"Blah blah, eh sino naman yung girlfriend mo? Mahal na mahal mo eh."
"Secret!!!"
"Si Laure ba yan? Lagi kang binabanggit sakin nun inside the court!"
"What?!?? Puppy love lang yung samin noon!"
"Hahaha so meron kayo noon?"
"Punyeta!" napa-face palm naman ako, nalaman pa tuloy ni jia. "Wala no! MU lang kami noon!"
"Hahaha okay, edi sino? Di naman pwedeng yung baby damulag ko yun kasi bestfriend lang kayo... ah! Si jho no?"
Napatahimik ako. "Silence means yes! Ghad bei kelan pa? Kayo ha! Secret On pala kayo!"
"1 month na. Magttwo months na rin. Actually dapat nga magle-late celebrate kami kaso yun nga sabi ni daddy may dinner meeting daw tayo tapos lintik yan nagulat ako dun sa sinabi ni daddy na wedding daw natin! Eh nandun yung girlfriend ko, gusto ko na nga kainin ng lupa nung narinig ko yun, after nun wala na kaming communication and she broke up with me through a letter, kaya pala nakipagkita si maddie sakin kanina before we leave."
"What? Sorry I think i'm at fault too. Dapat sinabi mo sakin na magccelebrate kayo ng girlfriend mo or yet dahil secret on kayo sana sinabi mo sakin na may important lang gagawin, para napa-postpone ko kay daddy at tito. Edi sana walang break up na naganap that day."
"No, it's okay ju. I'll win her back. So please help me okay? We will stop this wedding and then I'll win jho back, pag nangyari yun, tutulungan kita kay maddie pagbalik natin sa Pilipinas."
"Okay. Good luck bei! Kaya pala si maddie nagfavor sakin."
"Sus kilig ka naman kasi kinausap ka niya bago tayo umalis tapos niyakap ka pa niya and maypa-pinky promise pa. Hahahaha" kinurot niya ako sa bewang "Joke lang hahaha di na kita aasarin! Anong favor ni madzilla?"
"Uhm she said to me na I'll take care of you while we're in Japan, and comfort you daw if ever kasi heartbroken ka daw! Tapos kaya pala tinatanong mo sakin kung alam ko kung nasaan si jho kasi girlfriend mo pala yun ha!"
"Hahaha oo na! Pasaway talaga yung kapreng yun nagpabilin pa."
"Okay lang hahaha. I'm always here bei. I gotchu don't worry!"
Wait for me jho... Jia will help me to cancel this wedding of ours. Ikaw ang papakasalan ko jho, ikaw ang future ko.