The Real Deal

Not true

They had been filming her scenes continuously that day and so the director called a 15minute break. When she got to her tent and checked her bag, she noticed her phone already had 9 missed calls. No sooner than she had unlocked her screen, a close up picture of a deep-set dimple began to flash once again.

"Hello, RJ! Sorry ah, ngayon lang kami nag break e. Naka-ilang missed call ka na pala, anong nangyari? Bakit ka napatawag?"

"Meng, buti naabutan kita! Uuuy, kung ano man yung mabasa mo, I want you to know na hindi totoo yun ha. Kanina pa ako tumatawag e, I wanted you to hear it straight from me."

"Teka, ano yun? Hindi kita maintindihan."

"Ano kasi eh... Si Direk Lustre, may tweet daw tungkol kay ano... Hindi totoo yun ha! Sinabi ko na naman sa iyo yun dati di ba? Baka kasi ano eh...."

"Ha? RJ, hindi kita maintindihan."

And as she says this, she begins to open her twitter to find out what he was referring to... Then she finally sees it. A strange feeling washes over her that she couldn't explain - was it relief, was it annoyance? She couldn't figure it out just quite yet. They had talked about their past relationships before so this was actually water under the bridge for her. Besides, ano ngayon kung naging sila? Tapos na naman yun diba? At hindi rin naman kami. Pero syempre, iba yung may nagsabi na ibang tao na supposedly malapit sa kanila (and of all places, via social media pa).

"Oh di ba, napag usapan na natin ito? At sinabi ko naman sa iyo na hindi big deal sa akin kung naging kayo talaga?"

"Eh kaso nga hindi naman talaga naging kami eh! Di ba? Sinabi ko na sa iyo?" He said.

"So what's the big deal then?"

"Wala, I just wanted you to hear it directly from me. Ayaw ko na kung anu-ano yung maisip mo pa about it. You know that when we talked I told you about everything, right? Wala akong tinago sa iyo. Alam ko, we agreed to take things slowly. And I also know that in this industry madami talagang lalabas na kung anu-ano. I just want you to know that I would never do anything to break your trust in me. Okay? That's why I wanted to talk to you, to tell you myself - before you hear or read this from anyone else. Okay?"

Her heart swelled with gratitude, he didn't have to do this. "Salamat... Naniniwala naman ako sa iyo e. Pero salamat din sa pag tawag at pag confirm. I really appreciate it. Promise ko sa iyo, hindi ako maniniwala ng basta-basta sa mga tsismis na ganyan. Pero ikaw din ha? Sa akin ka mismo mag tanong nang kung ano man - promise?"

"Promise! Oh kamusta kayo dyan, hindi pa tapos shoot mo?"

"Hindi pa eh, may ilang scenes pa na gagawin."

"Kumain ka na ba? Wag kang magpagutom ha? Atchaka umidlip ka kung pwede."

"Opo! At ikaw, matulog ka na rin para makabawi ka. Okay? Sumesenyas na si Ate Bing, tawag na daw ako ni Direk. Bye!"

"Bye! See you tomorrow, ay mamaya na pala yun!"

And with that they ended the call. As she returned her phone to her bag, her phone buzzed with a twitter alert.

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A smile began to form on her lips. He was indeed a thoughtful guy and she was lucky to have him as a friend . Perhaps if she had seen that controversial tweet before he called, she would have felt differently but because he went out of his way to reach out to her the way he did just now, it no longer bothered her..."Haaay naku Tisoy... Konti pa... konti pa....malapit na akong mahulog sa iyo."