My MaiChard Drabbles And Short Stories

OCFS - Leaving on a Jetplane

"Maine, do you really have to leave?"
"Jay, kailangan kong samahan si Tatay. Doon daw sa Switzerland pwede siyang maoperahan sa condition niya. I'm sorry, Love. Ako lang kasi ang pwede sumama sa kanya. Si Ate Niki di naman pwedeng iwan ang pamilya nya, si Kuya Nico yung business naman nya, si Coleen alam naman natin kasa kasama ni Nanay sa pagma manage ng kumpanya, saka si Dean nag aaral pa. Ako lang naman ang walang ginagawa masyado."
"Okay, I understand. When are you coming back?"
"When Tatay gets better, saka kami babalik. Saka pupunta naman din sila Nanay doon, yun nga lang para bumisita. Ako lang talaga ang magsi stay doon with Tatay."
"Mamimis kita, Maine."
"Jay, sobrang mamimis din kita."
"Hihintayin kita, Maine. I love you."
"Promise babalik ako. I love you, too."

All my bags are packed
I'm ready to go
I'm standin' here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye
But the dawn is breakin'
It's early morn
The taxi's waitin'
He's blowin' his horn
Already I'm so lonesome
I could die

"Oy, girl, kumusta na?"
"Okay lang kami, Cols. Tatay's getting better. Kayo kumusta?"
"Okay lang din kami, business is doing good. And ang kulit na ni Matti. Pero may chika ako sa'yo, sis, kaya ako napatawag."
"Bakit? May problema ba?"
"Yang RJ mo, nakita ni Ate Niki sa McDo, may kasamang tisay."
"Huh?! Wala namang nabanggit si RJ sakin..."
"Bakit nya sasabihin na may ibang babae siya?"
"Baka naman kamag-anak niya."
"Hay naku, Meng. Tanungin mo yang jowa mo. Akala niya siguro nagpapakasarap ka lang diyan sa Switzerland."
"Pagdating nalang namin jan saka kona kakausapin. Bahala siya kung anong gusto niyang gawin."

There's so many times I've let you down
So many times I've played around
I tell you now, they don't mean a thing
Every place I go, I'll think of you
Every song I sing, I'll sing for you
When I come back, I'll bring your wedding ring

She stopped communicating with him after her conversation with Coleen. She didn't reply to his messages, she didn't answer his calls.
Nakakatampo ka naman, RJ. Sabi mo hihintayin moko. Tapos dun mopa dalhin talaga sa McDo na nakikita kayo ng Ate ko.
2 weeks had passed, RJ got worried he hadn't heard from Maine. He went to talk to her Ate Niki.
"Oh, Tisoy, ano kailangan mo?" Pagtataray ni Ate Niki.
"Ate, may nangyari po ba kay Meng? Kasi 2 weeks na niyang di sinasagot ang mga tawag at text ko. May problema po ba?"
"Hay naku, RJ, di mo alam?"
"Ang alin po?"
"Yung totoo, di mo alam talaga?"
"Ate, di naman po ako pupunta sa'yo kung alam ko. Ano po ba yun?"
"Ugh! Pwede ba wag kang mag pout jan! Para kang ano e."
"Ate, please po. Miss na miss kona po si Meng. Ano po bang nangyari?"
"Di mo pala talaga alam. Baka nagtatampo yun sa'yo kasi nalaman niyang may kasa kasama kang babae, at dito mopa talaga pinakain. At wag kang mag deny, RJ, kasi ako mismo ang nakakita."
"Sinong babae? Ay hala! Ate Niki, si Mandy po yun. Yung pinsan kona gusto niyong alagaan dati. Nagbakasyon kasi yung family niya dito. Kaya dito ko siya dinala nun para makita mo sana."
"Paktay tayo jan."
"Please po, Ate. Pakisabihan mo naman po si Menggay na kausapin na niya ako. Kumusta na nga pala si Tito Teddy? Sana okay na siya."
"Okay na daw si Tatay, puntahan nalang nila yung last check up daw niya tapos antayin yung clearance from the doctor para makauwi na sila ni Meng. RJ, ang laki ng kasalanan namin sa'yo, pasensiya kana talaga. Hayaan mo tatawagan ko si Maine mamaya, ipapaliwanag ko sa kanya lahat."

Now the time has come to leave you
One more time
Let me kiss you
Then close your eyes
I'll be on my way
Dream about the days to come
When I won't have to leave alone
About the times, I won't have to say

Her Tatay's already been cleared by the doctor and their flight going back home will be in 3 days. Though her Ate Niki had already explained everything, she still hadn't heard from RJ. She couldn't wait to see RJ and apologize to him for jumping to conclusions. While she was preparing their luggages, she heard a knock on the door. She broke down when she saw RJ, holding a bouquet of yellow tulips. She launched herself to hug him, buried her face at the crook of his neck, taking in his scent that she missed so much the past 2 years. When they pulled from their embrace, he looked at her lovingly and kissed her forehead and then they hugged again. With that simple gesture, she knew that everything was going to be okay.

Oh, kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
'Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

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A/N: Leaving on a Jetplane by John Denver
Wooomaygahd, antagal kong di nakapag update. I'm really sorry. Feeling ko talaga nung nagkasakit ako last December, natuyo yung utak ko. I really hope and wish and pray na makapagsulat nako talaga, 1 month na yata na wala akong update and I really feel bad.
My hubby got me a ukulele last Christmas and nakapag practice ako, Leaving on a Jetplane was the very first song that I played.
Another mema, memasulat at memasabi lang akess ahahahah. Not proofread, I apologize for the grammatical errors.
Thank you for reading.