"Jamie, I think we've yet to thanks Miss Aika here for helping us earlier on. She was the one that got us onto the taxi, followed us here and is now even staying with you..." Nat gestured for Jamie to properly thank her new-found friend.
"Thank you very much for the help, tita Aika!" Jamie reached out for a hug, which Aika gladly returned, careful not to touch Jamie where the IV drip was inserted.
"I'm assuming tita means Aunt? Or older sister?" Nat looked at Aika expectantly as he waited for her answer.
"It means Aunt...Aren't I a little too old to be Jamie's older sister?" Aika chuckled at Nat's question, albeit slightly flattered.
"You're definitely younger than me...I'm older than you think! Jamie likes to say I'm old, right Princess?" Jamie stuck put her tongue as Nat poked her cheek.
"I'm 33 this year...how about you?" Aika raised an eyebrow, there was no way Nat was older than her.
"I...was very rude...I'm 32, a year younger. But I was born in January!" Nat jokingly bowed at Aika.
"Well too bad, so am I!" Aika crossed her hands smugly as Nat put his hands up to surrender.
"Sir, Ma'am? We have to take your daughter for a quick blood test to be safe." The nurse interrupted the laughter at Jamie's bedside.
"We're not a couple...I...I mean..." Nat looked at Aika apologetically after he heard the nurse's assumption.
"Oh pardon me, I assumed you were a family since you guys looked so happy together...Anyways, would you like to accompany us? Children usually feel more at ease with their parents...I mean with a trusted adult around." The nurse corrected herself for the second time, making Nat's eyes tremble even more.
"I'm sorry about that. You suddenly became a mother..." Nat whispered to Aika as they trailed behind the nurse who was wheeling Jamie to the clinic.
"Why do you keep saying sorry when it ain't even your fault? I'm cool with it, it usually happens all the time at hospitals." Aika gave Nat a tilted smile.
"You sound like you know hospitals very well..." Nat raised an eyebrow and looked at Aika, amused.
"My younger sister is a doctor, she often tells us about the mistakes she made when she was an intern doctor." Aika laughed thinking about all the times that Trish recounted her 'epic fails'.
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"It's going to sting a little, so bear with me okay?" Jamie's eyes started tearing up the moment she saw the needle in the doctor's hand.
"It's just going to a while...Daddy will hold you tight okay?" Nat was busy trying to comfort a crying Jamie but to no avail. Even Nat's offer of a treat after she was done did nothing to quell her tears.
"Jamie, wanna play a game with me? It's really simple..." Aika gave Nat a quick glance, hoping that he'd catch on.
"That sounds fun! I want to play too!" Seeing her father and Aika excited made Jamie stop crying and listen to what Aika had to suggest.
"Wow, you're great at this game Jamie!" Aika praised Jamie non-stop, trying to distract her attention from the doctor who was trying his best to insert the needle as painlessly as he could.
"I'm going to win Daddy!" Jamie was so engrossed in the game that she didn't realise the doctor was almost done.
"Your trick worked like charm! Tell me your ways please..." Nat's question was interrupted by the ringing of Aika's phone.
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Beneath The Surface
RomanceAika Robredo was a poster child: with a Masters from Harvard, a respectable career trajectory and dependable eldest daughter of the Robredo family. Everyone was telling Aika that all she had left to do was finding her 'dream guy' to settle down with...
