hoops

9:41 AM

teo

magandang umaga mga tite

oras na para magpasikat ang mga hoop kings 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

Russ

Fuck, I'm nervous.

Vargas

Let's finish this today, hoops.

teo

putangina m bongbong lets go

Yvanna 😾

10:10 AM

Good morning, my Lois.

What time did you sleep? 🤨

Yvanna 😾

11:04 AM

i'm getting ready na

how you feeling, king eagle?

Hey, you.

I'm excited and nervous, as usual.

I wanna leave it all on the court today.

play like you always do. trust your instincts

I'll try. What about you?

Ready for your live reporting?

never pa ko nag-live before, it's always recorded—so no

but i'm also excited

You'll do amazing.

If we win, I can't wait for you to interview me on camera.

i never imagined we'd end up here when you called me reporter barbie into a live mic

And I never imagined I'd fall for the girl who insulted me in print more than once.

But to be fair, that was before. When you just buried the good things according to your "considered ratio."

...people change

I'm reading your recent articles again. Indeed they do. 😂

my job didn't include falling in love with athletes, jem

it was to ask the questions and write the story

But?

but i'm glad you kissed me mid-interview because you were annoyed by the questions

I wasn't annoyed by the questions. I was annoyed that they were good.

I was so used to PR answers and media training that I had no idea what to do with someone who actually wanted a real story.

Also because you looked really beautiful yelling at me.

i was not

There was a very noticeable shift in tone.

WELL

cause naiinis ako na u were getting irritated!!!

I wasn't, I was getting turned on.

DONT DO THAT LATER

also dont call me reporter barbie on live tv

Call you what, Reporter Barbie?

ISA

Hahahahahahahahahaahh

sasapakin kita mamaya

Halikan mo na lang ako. Haahahhaahah

ang saya mo namang malandi ka

Masaya talaga. 😁

Laters, Yvanna. 😘

k 🙄

Try again.

hahahahahaahah

see you later, jem

Better.

nepo babies

3:15 PM

chini

ace

kamukha mo hahahah

good luck, hanggang today na lang kayo relevant

kovi

pabagsakin na yang mga la salle na yan

Alessandra

Good luck, boys.

Don't let the pressure get to your heads.

teo

di ako nakakaramdam niyan

piencenaves ako

hoops

4:34 PM

teo

andaming tao putanginamo vargas😭😭😭😭

brb

Russ

TATAE KA NA NAMAN?

teo

baka gusto mong tumae ako dito

Russ

🤦

my stretch marks

4:53 PM

Dad

One big fight, anak. @Jem

Mom

jem pls

Dad

Wala na siyang words. 😂

Mom

Dad

You nervous?

Jem

Yes, but not scared.

More excited, for once. It's a fairly new feeling for me.

Dad

That's growth, anak.

Jem

And help. Lots of it.

And Yvanna, I think.

I don't want to put all the credit on her—feels unfair to the work I actually did—but she made me braver about all of it. The therapy, the games, actually saying things out loud instead of white-knuckling through them alone.

Dad

We're really grateful to her. And we're happy you found your person.

Mom

tigil

bumalik ka na sa tiyan ko jem

Chini

MOM ANO BA AHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Jem

Mom. Hahahahhaahahaha

Mom

i love you anak

show caleb cruz what he tried to destroy

Jem

I'll do my best.

See you out there.

And thank you. Mom, Dad, and Chini. For always being the loudest people courtside.

Dad

Chini got that from your mother. Nakikipag-laban sa mga iba kong cheerleaders dati.

Mom

o bat may naalala ka pang cheerleaders mo dati

Dad

What

No

I didn't mean it like that, I was talking about your cheering voice

Chini

lagot ka na naman daddy

Mom

mag-usap tayo mamaya

Dad

😐

Jem

I see my future and it's bright. 😂😂😂

Yvanna 😾

5:10 PM

seated na kami ni gwen

Kiss ko?

adik

otw

😂😂😂

Yvanna 😾

5:21 PM

i said hi to your parents and the others

your mom is already crying

I know. She does that.

breathe, baby

I'm okay.

Thank you.

Please don't leave me if we lose and have to play a Game 3.

tanga. hahahahaah

for the record, jem vargas

i already love you regardless of what the scoreboard says tonight.

i'll love you after it's over too, win or not.

For the record, Reporter Barbie...

You have significantly lowered the stakes of this game for me.

that wasn't the goal!!!!

Hahahahahaahaha

In all seriousness, now I really have to win.

Because I need you to ask me how it feels on national television.

hah.

have fun and be careful

ah, and smile a bit, captain 💙

Not an unreasonable request.

See you after the game, Yvanna. 😽

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