JaDine Oneshot & Drabbles Collection 2

Period (SU-ish)

~Summer 2005~

Twelve years old Nadine was in the mall with her family, but her parents & siblings are currently by the shoe store, while she's in the neighboring game store.

She was looking at some games when he suddenly felt someone hug her from behind.

Nadine froze on the spot and felt scared, but then whoever it was said,

"I'm sorry."

It was a boy--seems to be a kid just like her.

Then she realized he was tying a jacket around her hips.

"There's blood... behind you, uhm."

"Oh my God." Nadine said, already realizing it might be what her mom said would happen sooner or later--her first period.

She turned to look at the guy.
He seems to be just around the same age as her. But he didn't look pure Filipino, & he does have an accent. He was looking shy & his ears were red, he was a bit thin, too.

"Ah, thank you." Nadine said, feeling very embarrassed as well. She was wearing white pants today.

She turned to look at where she left her family to see them in the same spot. And then she looked at the guy once more.

"Uhm, if it's okay, can I borrow your jacket for a bit?"

The guy looked a little confused, but nodded. Nadine then quickly went to her family and asked one of her brothers for their own jacket.

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James watched the girl go to her family. She was talking to one of two boys--probably her brothers. And then he watched as she took off his jacket and then put on her sibling's, tying it around her hip the way he did earlier.

Then, she started walking back to him. She silently passed him his jacket and said with a shy smile, "Thanks so much. And I'm sorry about that."

He felt a bit overwhelmed now & just nodded. "You're welcome." He just says. She has a nice smile.

He was gonna ask her name but then he heard, "Kuya!"

He turned to see Chantal waving him to come to her and their mother and before he could even gesture at his sister, he heard the girl quickly say.

"Ah, I'm gonna go now too. Thank you again."

He turned back to her but she already has her back turned on him and was already going back to her family.

Shrugging, he went to where his family was, too.

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~2012~

When James first saw her in the workshop, he didn't really look. He was more focused on the workshop instead.

It was only as they were going down the elevator that he had the chance to really look at her. And then he thought, "Have I seen her before?"

She was wearing her headphones and wasn't really very conscious of her surroundings so James felt it was safe to just look at her.

It really feels like he has seen her before--it felt like he knew her but he just couldn't put a finger on it.

But then the elevator dinged and it seems like it was the girl's floor. Without removing her headphones, she had gotten off the elevator and never looked back.

It was a few months after this that he was in a meeting with Boss Vic and she saw the picture of the same girl in front of him--one of his choices for his leading lady in his very first music video. He didn't even really have to think about it that much. Something was telling him she was the right choice.