Take A Chance With Me (Bada Lee x Audrey Lane x Chocol)

[THREE]

Audrey's Pov

“Ikalma mo lang sarili mo.” bulong ni Emma saakin kaya napalingon ako sakanya. She gave me a smile and tapped my back.

This is it!!! Today yung shoot namin kaya sobrang kinakabahan talaga ako buuuut buti na lang nandito sila to help me out and calm my nerves down. Sobrang overwhelming kasi at hindi ko maipaliwanag yung nararamdaman ko.

“Nasa baba na yung team bebe.” sabi ni Latrice at nakatutok lang sa tv. Each crews have their own rooms and napapanuod namin yung kaganapan sa studio. Pang last pa kaming tatawagin kaya medyo kalmado pa sila.

“Infairness gumanda lalo si Bada.” nakangiting sabi ni Ling sabay tuon ng tingin niya saakin.

Umupo ako at tumabi kay Latrice. I'm so proud of them. They've come a long way and everything is worth it. They all look happy and still the same. Sobrang intimidating ni Bada sa screen what more pa kaya kapag sa personal? I mean, she obviously changed a lot.

Tumayo sila sa gitna at nagkumpulan nang biglang may lumabas sa screen at ayun yung feedback namin about sa crew nila. Well as I remember, hindi naman ako nagsalita—

“Oh I used to be part of their crew.” rinig ko at familiar yung voice na yun kaya agad ako napatayo.

Wait? Nagsalita ba ako? Hindi naman ah? Bakit—

“Bada and I formed that group so...” I added dahilan para napakunot noo ako at sabunutan yung buhok ko.

“I told them to edit that shit out!!!” and of course my crew members started to laugh.

“As if namang makikinig sila sayo? Alam mo namang more drama, more views.” natatawang sabi ni Emma kaya tinarayan ko siya.

“Hindi ka nakakatulong.” iritado kong sagot sakanya.

I was so occupied and didn't watch the other crews. I'm so embarrassed and just wanted to run away from studio. I shouldn't have said those things and stop provoking them. Argh! I hate myself.

“Next na kayo.” may kumatok na staff and signaled us to get ready kasi turn na namin.

“Are you ready?” tanong ni Kirsten saakin na ikinatango ko. We all went out and made our way down to studio. All eyes are on us, I tried to compose myself and ignored their stares.

“Ayun yung ex member ng Team Bebe, right? Ang awkward nito between them.” rinig kong bulungan nila.

“She left her ex-crew to switch to another crew.”

“Really? If that so, bakit tinanggap nila yung offer na sumali sa competition na ito knowing na kasali rin yung ex-crew niya?”

“No one knows.”

Yes, no one really knows kaya dapat manahimik sila kasi rinig na rinig ko pinagsasasabi nila. Why are they judging me? Who are they? Ano bang alam nila sa pinagdaan ko that time? I kept everything to myself and I just did the right thing. Mali bang piliin ko yung sarili ko?

“Jam Republic.. Sobrang lakas ng team na ito but for sure kaya naman silang matapatan.” a girl from Team Tsubakill said.

“Kirsten is such a strong leader kaya excited akong makabattle siya and of course her crew members.” Lia from 1million said.

Some of them are familiar and some are not. Pinapakinggan lang namin yung mga sinasabi nila at so far, hindi pa nagsasalita yung Team Bebe. After that, they showed my video and boom! Si Bada na yung magsasalita. I closed my eyes, hindi pa ako ready na mahusgahan niya.

“She's too weak and need more power. Masyado siyang focus sa iisang routine kaya I'm kinda disappointed after watching her video.” Bada said.

Well, her feedback is not bad. I thought mas malala pa yung sasabihin niya. After our turn, pumunta na kami sa pwesto namin at katabi namin yung Wolf'Lo at 1million. Yung team ni Bada, nasa unahan at kahelera namin sila.

Pinakilala na yung judges and host. After that, we took a 20 minutes break at bumalik sa hideouts namin para magchange ng clothes because according to the host, we need to battle to earn some points. I changed my clothes and went out to get some air.

I headed at the fire exit and I was going to stay there a bit but a person caught my attention. Someone is already there and she's smoking. Our eyes met and she flashed a smile on me.

“Wanna smoke too?” tanong niya at iaabot na sana saakin yung isang stick ng sigarilyo but I refused.

“I don't smoke.” sagot ko at bahagyang lumayo sakanya. I hate the smell of cigarettes. Ayoko lang umalis baka ma-offend siya huhu.

“Oh I'm sorry.” she apologized and threw the cigarettes on the floor and stepped on it.

“It's fine.”

“You are Audrey, right?” she started the conversation and broke the silence between us.

“Yes and you are?” I faced her and waiting for her response.

“Chocol, my name is Chocol.” Chocol introduced herself and extended her hand, asking me to shake her hand. I grabbed it and smiled at her.