Fast forward to season 76 stepladder
Alyssa and Jovee have been spending most of their time together, ganun din si LA at Den. Well, yun naman talaga ang plano. Umaayon naman ang lahat, may mga shippers pa din sila, siyempre di naman mawawala yun. (hanggang ngayon nga meron eh, lol.) Pero, meron din siyempreng kinikilig sa JoveeLy at LADen. Actually, 'sila na'. Before pa magstart yung season 76, sinagot na nila yung mga manliligaw nila. A for effort din naman dun sa dalawa kasi they really go out of their way para kay Alyssa at Den. Yung humigit-kumulang 30 minutes na drive nila papuntang Ateneo just to see yung dalawa, effort na yun kasi kung hindi naman sa kanila, hindi sila pupunta. LA could've been lying in bed, tambay sa The Bar or working out para ready sa draft ng PBA. Si Jovee naman, could've been resting after training or game, dinner with the team or gumawa ng homeworks pero hindi. Laman na sila ng Ateneo for the past 8 months. Yes, naka-8 months na sila. Naunang naging si Den at LA tas si Jovee at Ly. Well, they don't really talk about the dates naman with anyone kaya okay lang. Basta, yun na yun. Nauna lang ng ilang weeks yung LADen. Anyway, game 2 na nga ngayon ng stepladder nila against NU. Pag nanalo sila dito, finals na sila against LaSalle.
"Babe, kinakabahan ako." Den said.
"What?!" OA na sabi ni Alyssa at kunwari pang nalaglag sa upuan. "Aray." She said habang hawak yung pwet niya.
"OA ka kasi, Ate Ly!" Natatawang sabi ni Jia, one of the rookies ng team.
"Kasi, sabi ba naman ni Den, kinakabahan daw siya? Ano yun, joke?" Ly said and tumabi ulit kay Den.
"What?!" Sabi rin ni Mich.
"Oh see, babe? Hindi talaga kapani-paniwala!" Ly said. Den rolled her eyes on her. Inakbayan naman siya ni Alyssa. "Wag ka kasi kabahan. Happy-happy nga daw diba sabi ni coach?" She said and chuckled. Yes, bago na coach nila. Si Coach Tai, from Thailand. "Tsaka, we have nothing to lose naman eh. We've exceeded our own expectations na rin. Final four, diba? Corny sila Mika kaya walang final four," Their team mates laughed at that. "But, we're here! One more game and we're back in the finals." She said and smiled.
Den smiled kasi Alyssa's never been this vocal. Kahit sa relationship nila, siya naman talaga yung laging maraming nasasabi. But this season, sobrang nag-evolve siya. She still don't talk the way Den, Ella and the others do. But on moments like this, you would really hear from her. Maybe, because alam niya rin na yun naman talaga ang role niya as team captain.
"Happy-happy! Heartstrong!" Sabi bigla ni Coach Tai kahit di naman niya gets yung pinag-uusapan nila.
"Heartstrong!" Sabay-sabay nilang sabi.
"Ly!" Coach Parley called her nung asa dug out sila.
"Yes, coach?" Ly said but he didn't say anything. He just nodded and smiled at her. Ly smiled back, knowing what her coach means.
Nung asa court na sila at nagwa-warm up, dumating si Jovee. Naupo siya sa may likod ng bench nila Alyssa. Nagsigawan naman yung mga tao nung nakita nila yun.
"Ly, si Jovee." Ayel said habang nakaupo sila sa sahig at nagi-stretch.
Ly smiled, "Hayaan mo lang. Mamaya ko na kausapin."
"Ay, iba na yang ngiti mo ah!" Asar ni Ayel sa kanya.
"Baliw. Mas iba pa rin yung smile pag kay Den." She said and mas lalong ngumiti.
"Oo nga." Naiiling na sabi ni Ayel.
Nung tapos na sila magwarm up at magsisimula na, lumapit si Ly sa bench tas bumaba naman si Jovee at nag-hug sila which made the fans squeal.
"Galingan mo, boyfie is here." Jovee said and grinned at her.
Sinuntok siya ni Alyssa sa tiyan, "The girlfriend is on the court with me eh. Sorry." She said and nakipagfist bump kay Jovee tas bumalik na sa tabi ng team mates niya at inakbayan si Den.
