Lena contacted Cyrus after that enlightening talk with Bailey. They agreed to meet the next day, kasama ang pinsan nito na ikakasal. His cousin, Julie, wanted an artistic photo shoot. Iyong tipo raw na candid. Fortunately, that's her forte. She got into photography because she wanted to capture moments. She lives for candid moments, snapping pictures while everyone are busy doing their own thing.
In addition to that criterion, Julie also asked her to have them shoot on different locations. She immediately thought of Bailey. Siguro ay ihahabilin muna niya ito sa mga magulang. Julie's wedding is in six months. She plans on taking a week-long leave for the shoot. So she only has one week to capture everything that needs to be captured for the pre-nuptial shoot.
Cyrus promised that he'll be around to help.
"And we also like to feature some of your artworks," Cyrus told her. "Julie and Blake met in an art café, but it was already closed, so there's no other way to recreate it."
"Why not just look for another art café?"
Nagkatinginan ang magpinsan.
"Well, you're an artist and a photographer so we figured na... ikaw na lang ang mag-recreate no'n. Two birds with one stone," paliwanag ni Julie.
"But I don't have an art café," she pointed out. At that moment, she was ready to back out and say no. Tatrabahuhin pa niya iyon. Magpapagod pa siya. Instead of just doing the shoot, sya pa ang magiging in charge sa production. She's a one-man team. She can't do it. At least, not alone.
"Cy will help you." Julie turned to her cousin. "You'll help, right?"
"Not this again," Cyrus muttered when Julie smiled. The way she smiled made her think that the two share a secret that she can't know about. Hindi na siya nakiusyoso. She hates prying.
"He'll help," Julie assured her. Then she stood up. "Well, I better get going. I still have some place to be."
"Wait. I didn't say I'd do it."
Julie simply smiled and patted Cyrus's back before leaving. She gave Cyrus a quizzical look.
"I know. She's weird." He smiled. "So, are you up for it?"
"I don't know," she admitted. "Para kasing sobrang matrabaho, e. That café shoot alone will take a lot of work."
"Not when there's already a great venue for the shoot."
That made her confused. They were asking her earlier to recreate a cafe scene dahil nagsara na raw ang café kung saan nagkakilala si Julie at ang fiancé nito. Now, he's telling her that there's already a venue. She's just wondering how. Did he remember a place somewhere while they were talking?
--
Her question was later answered when they stopped in front of her house. Cyrus explained that Martin told him that her place looks like a café and even suggested that they use it for the photo shoot.
"Sabi nya kakausapin ka raw nya," he told her.
Tumango na lamang siya. Martin might have forgotten about it already.
"It's okay if you don't want to. I'll just look for a place."
"We're already here, so you might as well check it." She unlocked the door "Just stay behind me. I rarely get visitors kaya hindi sanay ang aso ko. He might lunge at you."
Cyrus nodded and took a step back. Inihahabilin niya si Bailey sa kapitbahay kapag umaalis siya. But since she's only gone for more than an hour, hinayaan na lamang niya ito sa loob. Bailey's an obedient dog. As long as kasama nito ang chew toy nito, he won't misbehave.
