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Daily Manila - Maine's New Project

By: Erico Dela Cruz

She's back! After almost a year of nothing but silence, our beloved Maine Mendoza has announced on twitter that she will in fact be starring in a new teleserye.

The beauty released this statement by taking a picture of what seemed to be a stack of contracts, captioned "New show, ready na ba kayo?"

Haaayyy nako Meng, we've been ready. Ever since you practically disappeared from the face of the planet, we've been anticipating your return. Eat Bulaga can only satisfy us so much with your 45 minute slot of tv time.

There's not much news that she nor the network has released about the up and coming project, so we can only guess what kind of story line it will have. All we know is that it is infact going to be a romantic one with the Princess of Comedy as the main character.

But the one question everyone is asking, sino ang magiging ka-partner ni Meng? Alden is far too busy with his own show Hanggang Ngayon, and looking at how the soap opera's plot is going I think it's safe to say that it won't be ending soon. And the PBA player Justin is definitely not an option.

I smell a new loveteam.

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Today was the press-conference to release the title and a bit of the plot line of her new show that was to come out in two months and to say that Maine was anxious was an understatement.

For the past two days, she felt as though the air around her became thinner and thinner - the words of her family members and Justin only calming her down for a brief moment. And as each second passed, Maine felt her head begin to grow heavier and heavier and her heartbeat thump louder in her ears.

She was not ready for this and it was far too late to back out now.

"You're okay." He soothed, rubbing her back as they waited for the event to start.

Despite being busy with his own commitments, Justin made sure he was by her side when this moment came.

Ever since their phone call a few weeks back, he took notice of her sudden spike of anxiety levels. And it wasn't until recently when this level reached it's peak, and he had witnessed her have a panic attack before his eyes.

It was just right after he had picked her up during her first workshop for the show and Justin noticed how pale and quiet she was as she entered his car. Before he could even make small talk, the poor girl broke down into tears, her hands clutching on to the side of the seats - her breathing becoming more and more jagged by the second.

Doing what he thought was best, Justin quickly pulled over to the side of the road and pulled her into his chest, whispering words into her ear in attempts to soothe her.

Never had the PBA player felt more guilty until that night, knowing that he played a huge role to why she was now under all this pressure. And since then, he made it a duty to be by her side whenever he was free - making sure that she was fine.

Especially today, he had to make sure she was fine and her anxiety was under control.

Besides, they claimed that he was one of the best players right? What difference would it make if he skipped out on today's practice?

"Maine, you ready?" Martie, the director of the teleserye, asked.

Maine gave him a shaky nod, squeezing Justin's hand tighter as her co-stars were one by one introduced to the stage.