It was Saturday, 2 am in the early morn and James just arrived at The Brewery to meet with Sam and Bret, along with the rest of the usual crowd. He has just finished taping and went straight here to blow off some steam with a couple of beers as he had no work tomorrow.
"So, how's the loverboy?" was what Bret greeted him with.
James laughed. "I knew it."
"What man? I haven't seen you or talked to you since new year! Do you think I've already forgotten?" Bret smirked at him.
"Dun ba toh sa kiss nila ni Nadz?" Sam joined in.
The kiss. After that new year's morning, he and Nadine have been together everyday, seemingly making up for lost time. It helped that they had work almost everyday. If the staff noticed anything different between them, they kept silent. But then, as a loveteam, they've always had the license to be sweet to each other, so maybe there really wasn't much of a difference from before. Except that they were all over each other whenever they were alone.
"She's wild man." James said, reminiscing one time when he was alone in the tent, going through his Instagram while Nadine was doing a solo scene. She suddenly rushed inside the tent and straddled him on his folding chair, pushing him down and kissing him full on the lips, her tongue intertwining with his, her hands running through his hair, then grabbing his shirt and hunching it around his shoulders. Then she suddenly stopped, fixed herself, and sat on her folding chair then opened her phone just as Direk Tonet entered the tent. James straightened up, his face flushed, his chest heaving up and down, his hair a mess.
"O anyare sayo?" Direk asked him.
James looked at Nadine, who had a playful smile on her lips while pretending to browse through her phone. Naughty, naughty. he thought. "Nothing, Direk," he just said.
Bret laughed at his comment. "I'm honestly not suprised. She's a fierce one, Nadz."
"Oh, it's hot man. Tssss...." James made a hissing burning sound. "But! Don't tell her I told you. Might get into her head." He laughed at how absurd that sounded.
"So, pagkatapos pala ng mga litanya mo na you don't want to get into a relationship with her because it will be complicated... Na you've seen your friends--" Sam gestured to himself and Bret "--get into a relationship with their loveteams and it didn't work out at ayaw mong magaya kayo ni Nadine dun... E bibigay ka din pala?"
"I only got half of that, but yes. I'm in love, man." He declared, and the sincerity in his voice was undeniable.
Bret raised up a beer. "To Jadine!"
James shook his head and laughed, touching his bottle to Bret's before downing his beer.
He was so happy he didn't even mind when this girl came up to him and asked for a picture. It barely registered when she attempted to kiss him on the mouth and he managed to pull away at the last second, nor did he notice the camera that flashed at the side while it happened.
***
Nadine woke up feeling refreshed after a good night's sleep. They had non-stop work the last week and this was the first decent sleep she's had in a month. Not that she was complaining about the work. It was so much fun going to work now that she and James were... well, kissing.
She looked up at the ceiling while holding her pillow to her chest, going through the past week in her mind. Last Wednesday, James had surprised her with a hoverboard. "So we can hover together" was what he had said, and proceeded to teach her how. They went around and around the taping area while on the hoverboard, reading the script, laughing, holding hands. Otwolista.com was having a field day with their off-cam shots.
One time, while they were having an endorsement shoot, Nadine was in the dressing room when James called her from an adjoining door asking her to join him. Confused, Nadine followed into a stock room where James immediately closed the door behind them, locking it. Nadine turned to face James and found him with his hands on either side of her by the door. Before she could take another breath, his mouth had already found hers, kissing her passionately. His hands roamed over her body, and since Nadine was in this loose sexy little crop top, his hands managed to go up under her shirt and cup her breasts, all the while never taking his mouth from hers. Nadine moaned with pleasure and she could feel James hardening as he had pinned the whole length of his body onto hers. His lips traced fiery kisses down her jaw, to her neck, then he lifted her shirt up and planted little kisses on her breasts while his fingers lightly grazed over her flat stomach. "Nadine...." James panted between breaths. "I can't take it anymore..."
Someone knocked on the door and it brought them both back to their senses. Nadine fixed her top and her hair, while James took huge deep breaths to calm himself down. Nadine's cheeks were pink as she opened the door to one of the staff of the studio, and they both walked out and pretended nothing had happened.
It was an eventful week, to say the least.
Nadine sighed happily. She got her phone and read James' viber at 3am earlier that morning: Goodnight love. She replied with: Good morning love.
She then opened her Instagram and browsed through her notifications. She frowned, and opened a picture of James with a girl... Kissing.
What's this? She read the comments. Apparently, it was early this morning at the Brewery. James didn't even tell her he was going to the Brewery.
Bashers were having a field day, saying that James was at it again, not caring about her nor their loveteam. That Nadine wasn't and never will be his type.
Fans were disappointed at James, telling him that he should not be so careless and that he should be more careful with his actions because he had an image to protect.
And Nadine...
Nadine felt her heart breaking.
A/N: And so the conflict comes... but I hope you still enjoyed the OJDs! Thanks for reading!
