Lea watched as Aga offered Bea his energy drink. The latter laughed, then teased him. He shook his head, trying to hide his smile.
She sighed, then went back to reading her script. She already knew what to say in her scene later, but her eyes needed something else to focus on. She felt as if her eyes were going to explode soon from seeing too much sweetness. It was fine if Aga was being too clingy with her, but it irks her when he does it with other girls. And no, it wasn't because she was jealous.
" Still in denial, Lea? "
She almost rolled her eyes at her Inang, but she settled for a forced smile instead. She wasn't going to admit anything to anyone, ever. Be it the Salonga pride, or the jealousy she's still hiding, no one can make her tell Aga how she feels.
Not now, not when he was so busy with his friend.
" Okay, fine. " Direk Olive muttered. " Aga, come here. " Lea panicked as Aga shot their director a questioning look. He then looked at her, but only for a quick second. Gods, he can't even look at me, she thought.
" Yes, direk? " he asked, as he walked over to where Direk Olive was standing, which was right beside her.
Lea watched as their director sighed. " I'm sorry, Aga, but we can't move the scene to Wednesday. " Aga's eyed widened. " We have to do it today, or else the rest of the schedule is going to be messed up. "
" But I don't have any other commitments, eto lang. What's going to be messed up? " he insisted, " I blocked my sched for this, Direk. Utos mo 'yun, diba? "
Their director looked at her, and shot her a 'help me' look. Lea didn't know what to do, much less what to say. She just shrugged, which made Aga look at her.
" What did you tell her? " Aga asked, seething with irritation.
Her eyebrows shot straight up. Why was she being blamed for something she didn't do, again? " Excuse me, Aga. I had nothing to do with this. Ngayon ko lang din nalaman. "
" Then why can't we shoot it on Wednesday instead? "
" Because i'm the director, and I say that we will shoot it today. " Inang said, using her director voice. Once she uses that voice, you can expect that nobody would disagree with her. " Bakit, may problema ba dun? "
Aga, knowing their director so well, didn't even attempt to answer back. He just sighed, then nodded. Direk Olive looked at Lea, then said, " Ikaw, Lea, may problema ka ba dun? "
" Wala po, direk. " she answered respectfully.
" Good. " Direk Olive mused, satisfaction evident in her voice, and in her smile. " I'll call you two pag ready na. Use this time to internalize the scene. " She directed her gaze towards Aga, as he was still frowning. " And I want this scene done in one take. Understand? "
Lea and Aga could only nod in response. They knew better than to disagree with Direk Olivia Lamasan.
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The cameras were on them, and everyone was watching. Bea, who finished her scene a while ago, was still around. She stayed to watch, voicing out her excitement for this take.
Aga was in front of her, his eyebrows creased together. She couldn't make herself look him in the eyes, not without wanting to break down and just end this ridiculous fight.
