Why

"Why didn't you two admitted that you guys were in a relationship ever?" I can hear all the fans squeeling after Vice Ganda asked us that question for the nth time. He continued "I mean almost all the love teams in your generation became a couple and some are getting married while you two.. You can't deny the chemistry and the love in your eyes..." I looked at James and smiled and he did the same. I looked at Vice Ganda again.

"Because we were never a couple... What will we admit?" I straightfowardly said still smiling but deep inside I felt like I'm lying.. but not really because the last time I checked, we never really dated or became a couple.

"Really? I don't believe you... James, you're a guy how can you not fall for this very lovely lady right here?" I looked at James and I see him give Vice the infamous James Reid uneasy smile but still be able to get girls swoon over him.

"Well... actually.. Okay I'll be honest now since it's been what? 8 years that we're in a love team? I'll admit..." Fans squeeled again as James stopped to give them time to do so or just take a deep breath before opening up the past that we never really talked about again. "Nanligaw ako sa kanya during On the Wings of Love days..." James spoke with his slightly better Tagalog.

Well, 8 years of acting helped I guess. And again I felt like the whole studio was about to break because of the screaming of the fans and their extreme actions of excitement, like bouncing around the studio while holding their tarpolines, it's a very funny sight but we just got used to it.

"Ohmygadddh girl! Nanligaw naman pala! Bakit di mo sinagot?!" Vice said excitedly with a frown in his face like I missed the most important part of life.

Somehow I can't find the right words to say and just can't help but smile "Why are you so quiet?" James asked me and we stared at each other for awhile and everything flashed backed to me. The day he confessed that he likes me, the day he went to our house to ask permission from my father if he can court me. He did all that just to prove that he really loves me.

"It's not him, it's just me... I think I wasn't ready to fall in love. I mean si James super nag effort talaga siya na ligawan ako, he even went to our house just to tell my dad that he's serious about me and all that. But it's just me, I have personal problems that time and I'm having such a hard time loving myself so its unfair to fall in love if you know when I can't love myself first. And also I was really focused with work. Alam mo yon?" I asked Vice hoping that my answer is enough to answer his question.

"Grabe naman pala yung pagpunta sa bahay! Iba din! Haba ng hair mo!" Everyone laughed at what he said "Pero ikaw James? Anong na-feel mo nung parang binasted ka niya? Masakit?" He asked James jokingly as James looked at me and said "Ang sakit sakit"

"Wag ka nga!" I slightly hit him in the arm "Ito grabe lang!" I made a kilig face while looking away from James

"Hala siya! Grabe! Kilig kilig! Teenager? Pwede pang mag PBB teens?" Vice Ganda teased me and I jokingly put my hair behind my ears, acting like a shy teenager.

"She's definitely not like that when she's kinikilig, I've seen it once" James said that made Vice make that teasing face again as he faced me "eh paano nga ba talaga kiligin ang isang Nadine Lustre? Paki-demonstrate nga Jems Rid"

"Mahirap siyang pakiligin eh but that one time that I saw it was when I asked her for a dinner and it was very romantic. I think that was..." He looked at me to confirm that day, I will never forget that day. We have separate works but then he asked me if its fine for us to go for a dinner and since I was not really busy I agreed. Well, it's not like we don't go out with just the two of us together before. But what surprised me and made me kilig is the ambiance, it was so romantic and no one ever did that to me before.