Kathryn Chandria
"Kathryn Bernardo, ready in 10 minutes." Sigaw nung event organizer mula sa kabilang dulo ng hallway. Tumango lang si ate Jackie at pumasok na sa dressing room ko. Kasunod niya ako at kasunod ko si Enrique. Prepared na kaming dalawa. Relx, relax na lang for the next 10 minutes. Umupo ako sa isang monoblock at hindi nagsasalita. Hindi ko pwedeng tawagan si DJ kasi nakasalang na sila para sa TVC shoot nila.
"Kath, it's going to be okay." Sabi ni ate Jackie sakin. Si Enrique naman kanina pa yan text ng text. "At ikaw naman Enrique, ganun din."
"Easy for you to say. She's gonna be there." Sagot ni Enrique at sinagot yung tawag sakanya. Mukha siyang uneasy na ewan. Nakakatawa.
"Who's gonna be there?" I asked.
"Enrique's girlfriend." Ate Jackie.
"ENRIQUE HAS A GIRLFRIEND?" I shrieked. Hindi nagkekwento tong mokong na to. "HOY QUENITO" Sigaw ko sabay baton g isang box na walang laman. Umilag naman siya at nilagay sa bulsa yung phone niya.
"Gusto mong isumbong kita kay Kats? Problema mo?"
"May girlfriend ka daw! Bakit hindi ko alam?!"
"Meron nga. Ikaw." Malandi niyang sagot sabay kindat.
"EEEEEEEEEEEH QUEN. Sino nga?!"
"Wala nga. Nililigawan meron." He said at kinuha yung monoblock na inuupuan ko. Leche diba? Genleman ng gagong to. Sobra. Hahahaha. Nilapitan ko siya at kinulit. Ayos, pampawala ng kaba. Hahaha.
"Sino nga?! MAGKWENTO KA NAMAN. DA WHO" Pangungulit ko.
"I'll leave you two here. Kakatok ako pag lalabas na kayo" Ate Jackie. Pagkalabas ni ate Jackie ay binato ko nanaman ng bote si Quen. Strike 2 for Kathryn.
"Ano ba, Kathryn Bernardo! Si Julia Montes, okay na?! Nak ng..."
"JULIA MONTES?! OMG OMG" Ako naman tong excited na nagtatalon. Isa sa mga favorite na artista ko kaya yun. "She's going to be here? Like in front? I'm going to see her and—"
"Mas excited ka pa kesa sakin?" Inis niyang tanong. "Nasestress na kaya ako. Live na live niyang makikita. At least, yung boypren mo, sa TV lang."
"Aww, Quenito. Don't worry, it's going to be fine." I assured him. And then, I heard a knock. Oras na para lumabas kami. Nagbago tuloy yung excited kong feeling ko kanina. Bumalik na yung kaba ko.
"Yeah, everything's going to be fine" He said sarcastically at inabot sakin ang ear piece ko. Sabay kaming lumabas. From the outside, I can hear the crowd's roar. Lahat ng madaanana ko puro good luck ang naririnig ko. Nandun na ko sa backstage at inabutan na ako ng mic. Enrique tackled me into a big hug. So did ate Jackie, whispering me a good luck. I high-fived the security nearest to me. My music started playing and I made my way to the stage. Sobrang ingay. Pero yung ingay, nakakatuwa. Lahat sila nagtatalong nung nakita ko and I've never felt more happy.Well,e xcept pag kasama ko si DJ. Hahaha. Cheese balls. I started to sing and the crowd sang along. I was trying to give eye contact with every single one of them.
Imagine? Kathryn Bernardo managed to fill MOA arena.
"Good Afternoon SM Mall of Asia!" I greeted and they greeted back with screams. I saw one holding a poster and she was crying. Ang sama ko ba pag sinabi kong ang saya ko nung makita ko siyang umiiyak? This feels so unreal. Months ago, I was dreading to get out of my house para makalimutan ko si Dom. And now I'm here. Standing in front of almost 30, 000 people. Wow. Just wow.
"Well, well. My princess has managed to fill the MOA!" I heard Enrique's voice. I faced him and I received his flowers. I felt him kiss my forehead at lahat halos maihi na sa kilig. I saw Enrique's eyes searching the crowd at sabay naming natagpuan si Julia Montes. Wearing a disguise with her, I guess manager. She smiled a t the both of us. She didn't seem annoyed with the future kiss though. My eyes searched the crowd sa mga posibleng kilalang tao. I saw Julia and Julian, my bestfriends. Search, search. I saw the most unexpected person in the crowd.
Crossed arms and smiling at me. His smile seemed like he was so proud. And because of that, hindi ko na napigilan ngumiti. 2 words. Dominic Roque.
Enrique and I sang 2 more songs at kahit kailan hindi niya binitawan ang kamay ko. Tapos hindi ko mapigilan mapatingin kay Dom. -_- PWEDE BANG SI DJ NANDITO NA LANG. After 2 more songs and 1 encore, lumabas na yung host. Konting pa-games. Nearly, 20 people got the chance to really interact with Enrique and I on stage. 10 of them cried. 5 of them nearly killed Enrique by tackling him. And the other 5 were shaking because of excitement.
"Maraming, maraming salamat pos a lahat ng nandito. In behalf of the KathQuen, nararamdaman ko yung pagmamahal niyo para sakanila. Maraming salamat sa agpasok ng event ni Kathryn sa schedule niyo." Sabi nung host. "Isang kiss? Tama ba yung naririnig ko? Kiss?"
And the crowd chanted...
"KISS! KISS! KISS!"
Enrique gave me a knowing smile. I nodded.
"Kiss daw mga repa." Sabi nung host sa mic.
"Nahihiya girlfriend ko." Sabi ni Enrique sa mic at nagtawanan lahat. But he was slowlo leaning in. He held my waist and I held his shoulders. Little by little, I felt his lips on mine.
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"WHAT A KISS" Sabi nung host, pagbitaw. Enrique held my hand tighter. "Anyways, Kathryn. Is there anything you want to say?"
Kumalas ako kay Quen at huminga. Enrique hang over. Hahahaha.
"Maraming maraming salamat po sa bawat isang nandito. Mahal na mahal ko kayo, alam niyo yan." Sabi ko sa mic. Naiiyak na ko badtrip. "Months ago, I was with my cousin Kats. I was expecting that I'd be preparing for my university life. But boy, I was wrong. Here I am, standing before you guys. Thank you so much for making my dreams come true. I love you all. And I love you." Sabi ko kay Quen na kinilig naman lahat.
"I love you more." He replied.
Kinikilabutan ako. Alam niyo yung parang pinsan ko kapatid ko yung kausap ko tapos ganun!! =))
"Osya, papaalam na ho ako! I love you all!" At umexit na kami ni Quen. I immediately threw myself to ate Jackie. Naiiyak ako na ewan. Gusto ko ng makausap si DJ.
"You did well, Kath. Congratulations." She said. I was crying already. -_-
"Congratulations, Kathryn." Sabi naman ni Quen at ako naman ang yumakap sakanya at nagiiyak.
"Go na. Call him." Ate Jackie ushered me and gave me my phone. I dialed Kats' number dahil nahihiya talaga ko kay DJ. -_-
"Congratulations, bunso!!" Sigaw ni Kats pagkasagot niya ng phone. Kaloka.
"CONGRATS KATHRYN"
"CONGRATS BABOY!"
"CONGRATS CHANDRIA"
"CONGRATS BABY!"
Sigaw nung iba niyang bandmates.
"Uy, bat ka naiyak?" Tanong ni Kats sakin.
"Kats... Yung kiss kasi—"
"You did great, bunso. Wagka ngang iiyak. Eton a si DJ." Ramdam ko na inabot niya na kay DJ pero hindi pa din ako nagsasalita. Naiilang talaga ko. TAs muntanga pa ko, iyak ng iyak.
"Baby ko?" Tanong niya.
"Baby... *sniff*"
"Hala, baby. Bakit ka—"
"Baby, sorry. Sorry talaga dun sa kiss. Pinilit ko naman na wag na ituloy yung kiss pero baby ayaw talaga nila. Baby sorry. Sobrang sorry talaga. *sniff x10*"
"Baby naman. Wala yun sakin. Proud na proud ako sayo, alam mo bay un? Napuno mo yung MOA. Wow, baby. Yung kiss? Alam ko naman na trabaho yun."
"Eh kasi naman.*sniff x10*"
"I love you, baby."
"DJJJJJJJJ WAG MO KO DINADAAN SA GANYAN. Di ka man lang ba nagagalit o nagtatampo?"
"Bakit naman? Trabaho yun baby. At proud na proud ako. I love you so much, baby."
CHEESY. -__- =)) –author
"I love you too. And thank you for your 700% full support. I love you sagad to the bone marrow Daniel John."
"Osige na. Tutal, tapos na sched mo. Dumaan ka na dito sa location namin, okay? I love you so much more, Kathryn Chandria."
And I knew right there and then, that I did a good job. With everything.
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