Musings

Salamat

He finds her busy smiling to herself as she scrolls down her screen.

'What are you so happy about? ', he asks her as he flops down on the couch. He needs to get back to shoot in a few minutes.

'Just reading a fan fic', she answers him without looking up

'What's this one about..Let me guess.. we broke up, or there's a third party.. or you left me.. SPG maybe ', he ticks the list off. She had a habit of catching up with the fandom's creative work.

'None of them actually.. She just writes something based on our real life events ', she gives him a small smile. 'Dont worry all fluff'

Her phone suddenly rings.

'Awww.....', she goes.

'What's happening.. Did we kiss?', he asks her with his eyes closed but his voice showed his eagerness.

'Come on', she slaps him lightly on the shoulder. 'She just messaged to thank me for reading and voting on her one shots '

'Does she know THE MAINE MENDOZA read it?'

'Nah....You know I use a nickname..', he hears her typing something. ''Apparently she messages all her new readers'.

'That's nice..'

'Den..', he hears Mama Ten calling him. With a kiss to her forehead, he drags himself back to work.

A hour later he enters all done with the shoot, only to find her still glued to her iPhone

'What you doing now?'

'Just talking with her.. She kinda reminds me of the old me..'

'What do you mean? ', he asks while gathering up his stuff.

'She doubts herself.. Isn't confident in her capabilities. I told her she was doing fine.. But like me she's her biggest critic, a perfectionist.... I think she tends to have pessimistic thought like me too....'

'Do you still think like that of yourself...?'

'Of course not.. There are times. But now with all that's been happening. And you helping me gain confidence, I'm more sure of myself '

'She needs an Alden too then', he jokes as he goes into the other room

'Nope..', he hears her saying  after a while. 'Says she knows he's off the market'

He rushes back to the room. 'Are you kidding me Maine.. Did you really ask her that', his face a picture of horror.

'Its okay Shoks... It was a pretty good question.. Don't worry... She said her readers support is enough for her. she's learning to trust herself more.'

He only shakes his head in disbelief at her. She always manages to surprise him.

'Plus it proves.. They know.. you are off the market' .

He smiles at her remark.

(For someone who didn't even think she'll get 10 views, Musings is now 10k strong with 484 votes.

This was my way of thanking each and every one of you out there. I make sure I greet all my new readers but if I somehow missed you then I'm sorry.  Heres your special thank-you <3

If I'm still here, writing this down then it's all beacuse of you guys. Every single one of you has made me believe in myself more. Each day my heart swells with happiness  as someone enjoys one of my stories.

I am not yet good . I still need to work alot. But thank you for still sticking around, for reading my little stories, for voting on them, commenting on them... I am really a loss at words right now. I don't know how to express my gratitude to you guys.

But I wanted to share this little milestone with all my readers.

Congratulations! Then

I hope you'll continue to be a part of this journey of mine

Once again, THANK YOU.

XOXO