The One Who Never Knew

Chapter 1: First Encounter

Oh how i love the weekends.. its the only time that i can sleep late, and also the time na maka spend ng quality time with my mom and niece.. My mom having been a widow for 2 yrs after my dad died of heart attack, spends her time na magasikaso  samen ng aking 5 yr old niece Gabby,her mom,my sister Trish is currently working in Dubai.
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"Yes! TGIS. No work today!" I said to myself while rolling in my bed

Then my kumatok.

"Nadine gising kana ba?" My mom asked peeking from the  door.

"Maaaaa! its a saturday! Bakit mo tinatanong?  you know how i like to sleep late during the weekends?" I pouted at her

"Im sorry nadz , yun pamangkin mo kasi may practice for her school dance next week, pwede mo kami samahan sa school?"

Napangiti ako "Owws! My baby Gabby is going to dance at school? Really?" but before my mom can answer, hurricane Gabby came barging in the room.

"Tita Mommy! Tita Mommy! Are you going with us? You gonna watch me dance?" she asked me with her cute chinky eyes shinning with expectation..

"How can i say no to such a cute little girl" i said to her with a wide smile..

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Natatawa ako while watching my niece and her groupmates do the dance routine, some of the kids are starting to throw tantrums na.. They've been practicing for a while now and they're getting tired or bored already.

I saw my mom na may kausap na matangkad na guy, probably a parent of one of the kids, "hmmmm he's kinda looks familiar. Maybe nakita ko na sya before dito sa school" then my mom suddenly looks at me and wave, beckoning me to come closer.

Habang papalapit ako sa kanila,tumingin ako sa kausap ni mama , I smiled at him "Hi!" he didn't say anything he just gave me a timid smile. Naiisip ko "suplado o mahiyain? But he's a cutie". Haha

Tumingin ako kay mama "Bakit Ma?"
I asked her.

My mom then introduce us..
"Nak this is James, anak nya yun kapartner ni Gabby sa dance. James this is my daughter Nadine". James then extended his hand for a hand shake. Inabot ko ang kamay ko and smiled pleasantly "Hello! Nice to meet you". But my mom cut in before he could answer. "Actually sinasabi sa akin ni James na you looked familiar daw " she then ask me. "kilala mo ba sya?"

Tumingin ako kay James. "Really? You looked familiar nga eh, naisip ko baka nagkita na tayo before dito sa campus".

James look at me, "actually i think we were schoolmate". " Really?" Excited kong tanong sa kanya, its always a treat seeing batchmates.."What school? HS or College? Sunodsunod kong tanong sa kanya. He laughed at my obvious excitement "HS , St. Mary's right? "Wait, James ang first name mo diba? Omg! What happened to you? You used to be so thin, kaya i didn't recognized you" and started laughing.

"Nadz!" My mom gave a warning glance. " ahm sorry that was i little bit rude,hehe".. but James just smiled and said that it was fine, he always gets that reaction from batchmates na naeencounter nya. Then we started talking about our former classmate from way back, we shared infos sa mga may balita kami and laugh at anecdotes na bigla namin naalala.

Natapos ang practice ng mga kids and even introduce me to his son Jamie, a cute little boy that look so much like his dad. Nahiya ako tanungin kung nasan wife nya, di nya rin naman namention. "Maybe sa next time" sabi ko na lang to my tsismosa self,hehe.

A/N:
Hmmm that was quite a start..
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