Behind the Scenes
Author's note: Here's chapter 4. I just hope this will be a good one. I'm doing my Photography and Literature homework while writing this fic. Yeah, multitasking! I do hope you enjoy this. :)
Kathryn woke up to the sound of her phone beeping. It was a text message from her on screen partner, now her close friend, Albie Casiño. "Bossing, gising ka na ba? I'll pick you up at 10 sharp. Don't forget!" she read aloud. A smile managed to creep on her face as she replied, "Yes, gising na. Will prepare myself and my things na." As Albie received her reply, he didn't bother to reply anymore as he was in already in a hurry.
Albie picked Kathryn up just in time. Kathryn's mom and dad thanked Albie for his offer to pick up Kathryn. It saved them some time since they were very busy with their business for the past weeks and for the coming months and Kathryn's personal driver was on leave since he was sick. Kath's Dad spoke and said, "Albie, kung okay lang sana sa'yo, pwedeng pakihatid na rin si Kath mamaya. Pero if busy ka, ako na lang susundo sa kanya." "No, Tito Gab. It's fine with me. Ako na lang po maghahatid kay Kath mamaya."
The drive to the ABS-CBN compound, where the Mara Clara cast will meet was filled with jokes and laughter despite the heavy traffic.
Albie and Kathryn arrived a little late. The teens of Mara Clara along with the other crew and some P.A.s were already waiting for them in the parking lot, since they will all be riding the same coaster going to MOA. As soon as Christian pulled over his car, Kiray saw him went off his car. "Oh, ayan na pala si Albie oh, si Kath na lang pala hinihintay natin." Kiray said as everyone looked at the direction where Kiray was staring at. They were all confused as Albie went to the opposite door. They were surprised as Kathryn went off Albie's car. Albie assisted Kath as she went off and helped her bring her unload her stuffs.
"Guys, sorry. Traffic kasi eh." Albie explained. Everyone, in pure shock was unable to reply. Phytos, who was the first to recover from the shock said, "Guys, please tell me kung tama ba 'tong nakikita ko? Am I dreaming? Please wake me up." Everyone erupted into laughter because of Phytos' comment.
A lot of people came to the MOA concert grounds. The place was becoming very warm as time passed by. Everyone was very busy trying to rehearse the song that they're gonna sing in a little while. Albie asked a bottle of water from one of the staffs.
Albie approached Kathryn who was trying to memorize her piece. This caught the eyes of most of the Mara Clara teens and staffs who were with them at the back stage. "Bossing, have some water. Para hindi naman matuyo lalamunan ng ka-duet ko mamaya. Sobrang init pa naman." Albie said. "Salamat, Albie!" Kath said as she got the bottle of water from Albie's hand.
Their co-teen stars could no longer take it. Most of the girls screamed as they said they were "kinikilig." "Aba, Albie, baka akala mo si Christian Torralba ka pa rin." Yong Gopez commented. "Oo nga naman, Albie, nasa mall show tayo ngayon. Hindi taping." Aria seconded. "At ito namang si Kath, masyado yatang fini-feel ang pagiging Mara." Julia followed up.
The people who were at the backstage broke into laughter as the teens continued teasing Kathryn and Albie. They just stopped teasing the two when they were signaled that the show was already about to start.
Kath and Albie performed the song Pasulyap-sulyap by Tootsie Guevarra which was mostly sung by Kathryn. The screams by the crowd was unstoppable.
As soon as their performance was over, the hosts of the event came up and joined them on stage. The crowd was requesting for a kiss. "Naku, bawal po." Kath said. Albie only smiled. The crowd, though disappointed never gave up, they shifted their request to "Nose-to-nose!" The crowd kept on repeating it.
The host said, "Kung hindi pwede and kiss, siguro naman pwede niyong pagbigyan ang libu-libo niyong fans na pumunta pa dito galing sa malalayong lugar ng nose-to-nose." Kath smiled as she knew she was already as red as a tomato.
The consistent demand of the crowd made the other Mara Clara teens come out from the backstage and joined the crowd as they screamed, "Nose-to-nose!"
Giving up, Albie raised his hand up on the air and said, "Sige na nga! Papayag ako kung papaya si Kathryn.." The host screamed in pure kilig-ness as she said "Oh, ayan, pumayag na si Albie! Si Kath na lang, bibigay rin yan!" "Nose-to-nose!" the crowd, with the MC teens and hosts continued to cheer.
"Naku, nakaka-pressure naman po." Kath said, blushing. "Kathryn, ano? Bibiguin mo ba ang linu-libo mong mga fans na nandirito ngayon at yung mga nanonood ngayon sa TV? Kahit 10 seconds lang?" Kathryn, in defeat agreed to the nose-to-nose with Albie.
Albie faced Kath, Kath couldn't look at Albie's face. They did their nose-to-nose as the crowd counted 1 to 10 as slowly as possible. But before they reached the 8th count, the host who was standing behind Albie was excitingly jumping around stumbled and accidentally pushed Albie, thus making Kath and Albie's nose-to-nose into lips-to-lips.
The crowd broke into screams as the host apologized to the two. Albie and Kath immediately broke the kiss. They both stood frozen on the stage, not knowing what to do. They managed to smile and keep calm after they recovered from what just took place.
After the show, their co-teen stars were joking around, screaming, "Nose-to-nose!" at the backstage as they packed their things and prepared to leave. Albie and Kath remained silent, feeling uncomfortable and shy.
Albie, then brought Kathryn to her home safely.
Chapter end note: Is it bad? I'm sorry. Babawi po ako bukas. Tatapusin ko lang 'tong mga homework ko then I'll try to pull out 2-3 chapters tomorrow. Thanks for reading! God bless! :)