He stretched, yawned and rubbed his eyes. His room, dimly lit by daylight filtering through his window shades, showed that it was a bit gloomy outside. A bit disoriented from sleep and probably jetlagged from his trip, Rj reaches for his phone on his bedside table. He turns it on and is surprised by the time that flashes on his screen – 4:30pm!
He quickly sits up and thinks. He was supposed to be at a shoot or meeting before noon! He scrambles to unlock his phone and finds several missed calls and messages. He scrolls through his message list and finds Maine's name along with his team's. He clicks on some...
"....welcome home....don't forget ....11am.....GMA" – RD
"...nauna na kami sa GMA....antayin ka namin...." -- LS
In his panic, Rj tries calling someone, anyone. Weirdly enough, of the 5 people he tried calling, it was Maine who picked up, all the rest were busy.
"...Hi Tans! Welcome home....did you get to rest well?" Maine happily answered.
"...Maine! I mean, Ms. Maine! Wait....yung shoot?"
"....oo....tapos na....hindi sya shoot...meeting...."
"Ay puuu....."
".....hmmm.....it's okay.....they know that you arrived early this morning......pagod ka pa sa biyahe......"
"...nakakahiya...."
"Okay lang....we were trying to contact you kanina pero siguro tulog na tulog ka....I got to talk to your Dad and told him...."
"Ahh....thanks...."
"No worries....we just talked about the taping....medyo lagare tayo e.....malapit na syang i-air..."
"Ah talaga?"
"Yes....soon....I can't wait to go back sa location....."
"Wow! Dati parang takot na takot kang mag-taping...."
"Ehh...you'll be there naman, diba? And those days I spent taping while you were in the States helped.....thanks also sa pag-encourage mo sa akin, ha?"
"Anything for you, Love...."
"...uhh Love....have you eaten?"
"....no....I just woke up...."
"You're not hungry naman?"
"No naman....not really.....why?"
"I'm just finishing things up here......can I go there?"
"Oo naman......didn't you sleep here kanina after you picked me up?"
"....yes......my stuff is still there...."
"...yes....I see your shirt and your bag.....and...."
"And what?"
"Why are my boxers on top of your shirt?"
"....ewan...."
"...hmm....come home na, dali!"
"Harot ka talaga forever...."
"Ikaw ba naman ang Miss Universe ng buhay ko...."
"Baliw!"
"That's a fact!"
"Fact?"
"That baliw ako......baliw na baliw ako for you!"
