Romanticdramedy Stories

Being Bibo Management’s newest “it girl” was the farthest thing from the mind of 27-year-old Penny Madrigal. At 27 years old, her career has been anything but successful. Right after her 27th birthday, she was fired from her job as Account Manager from a highly-respected advertising agency, Rapid Rates. What did she do so wrong that she would deserve this kind of life? One day, she receives a job interview invitation to be an executive assistant for Bibo Management, one of the most prestigious film production houses in the Philippines. This was it. She would work her way up and eventually earn a managerial position. Little did she know that there were bigger things waiting for her. *** 30-year-old Lorenz Natividad's career might have escalated too quickly. Right before graduation, his entry to Indie Fili, a prestigious Filipino film contest for amateur film makers, won 1st place. He was then recruited by Bibo Management to write and direct a romantic comedy. It wasn’t exactly the genre that he wanted to pursue but he did it anyway since it was a big opportunity. This resulted to A Love Like Yours, which generated 200 million pesos in ticket sales. Since then, he was stuck to generating romantic comedies, dramedies, dramas — anything romantic that the “masa (general public)” could supposedly “connect to”. What happened to his big dream of tackling social issues and bringing them into the public light? One day, he was advised by management to direct another romantic dramedy that was supposed establish his track record in Philippine cinema. If the film generates at least 300 million pesos, then he would be entitled to sole control for one film per year. The problem is that he can’t find a leading lady for his film. That is, until he crosses paths with Penny Madrigal, the newly hired executive assistant. When their paths cross, both their lives are changed forever.

Dedicated? Supportive? Independent AND running the world's most competitive dance studio on her own? That's what makes Miss Kate a highly regarded studio owner at The Next Step and the dance world, even more so after the studio takes home the Internationals trophy, with all the deserving credit falling towards the dancers alone, only very few recognizing and not enough appreciating how much she's truly done for the team. However, an unexpected encounter at the bus home leads her to a charming, lonely stranger, an exuberant stage actor with just as much love and admiration for the arts as she, who takes an instant liking to her, showing her the appreciation and support she has always longed for and never had for the longest time. The more time he spends with Kate, the more he turns her world and The Next Step upside down and the Next Step dancers alongside her eccentric sister Phoebe dig deeper, devising a plan to uncover the secrets to this budding friendship, suspecting an almost-romance that some see as a distraction from everything The Next Step has ever worked for or an exciting new stage of life they've never seen her take on unlike ever before...falling in love! With an internationally renowned dance studio to run with their first-ever publicly acclaimed dance recital on the way and a new man in her life who started making her realize that she's more than just another face in the crowd, Miss Kate embarks on a journey far more challenging than ever before filled with first-times, first-loves, and a roller coaster of tough decisions that won't just affect the team but change her entire life, probably for good. She never saw this coming. Neither did Phoebe. Neither did A-Troupe. What she'll never know is what happened to the woman who always said to put dance above all else, separate from a personal life when nature decides to put them together, side-by-side, just like that? Takes place a little bit after Internationals, pre-Season 4. (Spoiler-free) Kate/OC