Always

Three

Nadine's call time was 7 am since she wasn't able to shoot yesterday. But Nadine, the consistent early bird, arrived 30 minutes before the call time. James, on the other hand was expected to arrive before 9.

"Good morning Nadz!" Direk greeted Nadine. They were already inside the house where they would shoot the scenes. The crew started setting up.

"Good morning Direk. Uhm Direk, sorry po kahapon ha. Nakatulog kasi ako ulit. Sorry po talaga. Babawi po talaga ako ngayon."

"Okay lang Nadz. Dalawang scenes lang din naman yung nagawa namin kahapon kasi most of the scenes rin naman ay nandun ka."

Nadine, who was looking confused, asked, "What time po kayo natapos?"

"Mga 5 siguro."

"Ah okay po."

"Pero sabi ni James nagtetaping pa rin sila tapos mga 8 na yun. Hay bahala na nga baliw talaga yun."  Nadine thought.

After the crew set up, they started taping. An hour later, James arrived. Direk gave them a break and let them prepare for the next scenes.

"Mabuti at hindi ka late ngayon." Bianca Manalo teased James. Everybody laughed while Nadine just smiled.

"Of course ate, ako pa!" James and Ate Bianca seemed to have a secret between them. They were like nodding and smiling.

"Inspired ata yang bata na yan." Joel Torre chimed in. Nadine thought that Tito Joel also knew what their secret was. Nadine narrowed her brows.

"At sino na namang nilalandi nitong baliw na ito? Naku kapag may nakakita na naman mawawalan na talaga kami ng trabaho... Ay ako lang pala. Bakit ba kasi ang gwapo niya? Huhu"

"Oh baby girl, bakit nakasimangot ka?" Bianca asked Nadine. Nadine and Bianca were already like sisters in real life.

Nadine tried to find an excuse on why she was frowning. "Medyo nagugutom kasi ako ate."

"James oh! Nagugutom daw si baby girl." Everybody laughed and teased them saying "Ayeee." Nadine wished she wasn't blushing but "Hala nagblush si baby girl." Everybody laughed again.

"I am so screwed."  Nadine thought.

"Oh tama na muna yan. Taping muna tayo tapos break." Direk said and everybody went to the places where they were assigned.
Taping lasted for an hour. And then they had their break.

"Naddie." James said as he handed Nadine a Jollibee burger. Nadined muttered a "thank you" and smiled.

"Sure."

"Saan na naman ba galing yang Naddie na yan?" Nadine asked then took a bite on her buger.

"I don't know. It just suddenly came out of my mind. And I thought it's cute. You don't like it? I can stop calling you that though."

"Okay lang. I was just curious." James nodded. And they continued eating. After eating, James offered to be the one to throw their trashes.

Minutes later, Nadine's phone started buzzing. She immediately opened it.

"biancamanalo tagged you in a photo."

And there it was, a picture of James handing Nadine a burger and Nadine smiling. The caption says: "May forever sa Jollibee ;)"

Nadine groaned.

"Ate Biancaaa!!!"

"Oh anyare baby girl?"

"Ano 'to?" Nadine asked while showing the picture.

"Picture." Well, obviously it was a picture.