Fan Fiction |
by BBG and LL
“Edison, why tell me why are you so stupid to fall in love with me? Why do you love me? I don't have anything for you to choose me. I can’t bring you any luck or money and either joys of hopes. All I bring you is deaths and lost. Why do you love me? Wake up and tell me! You need to wake up and tell me the reason why! You can’t just live like this forever. What about your future?” Gillian shouted while shaking Edison furiously. Knowing that it is no use and her anger is finally all out, she started talking calmly again
“All I’m hoping for is to go back in time and so I can change this tragedy. Sometimes I wonder this is my faith. I was asking myself that is it my faith is to be with you? I was thinking for so long and I come up with my decision. I don’t know is it right or not but I will do it anyway. Is for my sister’s desire and for my interest. I don’t know is it going to work or not but all I know is that you need me and I have to stay and help you. I promise you that I won’t leave you and I hope I can keep this promise.” Gillian silently cry to herself thinking about how this going to end. She was wondering when Edison would wake up and hoping her sister’s health would become better.
After 30 minutes, Gillian stops crying and wiped away all the remaining tears that are stained on her face. The doctors said that Edison is in a coma and there is still a chance for Edison to wake up, but it's not too big. Gillian can't do much now, and like old folks and Chinese series always do. Folding paper cranes can bring hope and send a message to the person to come back to us. Gillian quickly ran out to where the nurses are stationed and ask for some printer paper. She started to fold and fold and fold, until her petite fingers couldn't take it any longer and stop. Gillian had run out of paper and also she needs some resting time. By now Gillian had made a little stack of paper cranes in the corner of Edison's room. She look up to where Edison lays and seeing the same sight makes Gillian intrigued to make more. Gillian ran down to the nearest department store and bought packs of different printer paper color. She walks back to the hospital and continue with the folding. It was now 6 P.M. and it’s time for the nurses to come into Edison's room to inject some food for him. Once they step inside they see a miserable girl sitting on the chair folding paper cranes while paper cranes are all over the floor already. The nurses just pitied the girl, but they had to continue with their job. Once they were done they took once glance at Gillian and left the room. Gillian did notice the nurses coming into the room, but she didn't care for all she cares is for Edison to wake up and be by her side like she promised.
Days went by and surprisingly it has been 2 weeks since Edison's accident, but yet Edison hasn't woken up from his coma. Gillian has gone to Nic's room and saw that he is well again and is able to leave the hospital. When Nic caught a glimpse of Gillian he smiles warmly at her. All Gillian could do was nod and quickly leave or else she'll break down and forget her decision, but every time she sees Gill by Nic's side. It made her think that she's the one by his side, making her happy inside and also her sister. Gillian was about to walk by into Edison's room when Nic stops her.
“Gillian, why didn't you come in, every time I just see you walk by and smile at me. Not once have you walk into my room. Why? What's wrong?” Nic asked.
“Nothing, I just see that Gill is by your side and I try to be by Edison's side every second. I wish to see him wake up and smile at me. I want to be the first and I will never leave his side. Beside, time can’t go back. We can’t be like ourselves in the past. When something happen to your life that can change you, you never be yourself again. Edison is still in the coma because of me and so I can’t leave him right there. You have my sister, which she will bring your joys and I think that you can bring back her smiles too.” Gillian answered hinting that she is staying with Edison now.
“I live all of my life never care about what people feels because I believe that it doesn’t really bothers me. I always do what I want and the results sometime end up in a good or bad way. This time I learned that respect is what I’ve lost in the past ever since people don’t respect me when I was little. I learn to appreciate what things around me because I know that it will be gone if I don’t value it. I understand now and I think I know what to do. I hope you have a good life and hoping Edison will wake up and be by your side. And as I believe, the feelings I have for you might be a replacement for your sister. I’m sorry for that and I hope you forgive me!” Nicholas whispered as he tries to hold his breath and let it out with a smile.
“Thank you Nic it means a lot. Thanks for your honesty.” Gillian replied while looking around awkwardly.
“Well I have to go, Gill is in the car. Bye Gillian…” Nic said sadly and lifted his heavy feet to leave the hospital.
“Bye Nic…” Gillian whispered barely audible for anyone to hear, not even Nic himself could hear her. She was telling herself that the feelings she have for Nic is just a simple crush and tell herself that it will fade away.
The stars are so bright that lighting up the dark sky tonight. Gillian sadly walk inside Edison's room and open the window where the small breeze pass her body. She continues with her one way conversation with Edison and with her folding paper cranes hoping one day Edison would wake up. Days continue to go by and everyday Gillian would come in to visit Edison. Ekin said he would pay her even though she stays by Edison side everyday for forgiving herself putting him in this situation. But she did not accept and said she'll be fine working and earning herself her own money. So after work Gillian would stay by Edison, until the visiting hours are over. On the weekends Gillian wouldn't go anywhere, but be by Edison's side. The nurses at the hospital now know her by name and why she is here because they saw her everyday.
Days went by, weeks went by, and finally months went by. Edison has been in a coma for 3 months and still he hasn't woken up yet. The baby is now about 4 months and is growing healthier and healthier. Gillian didn't give up hope yet, even though Charlene has called her many times to move on with life and not stay with Edison forever. But Gillian ignores Charlene and continues with her hope of seeing Edison awake. By now Gillian have bunches of paper cranes and her still adding. She now even decorates the room with paper cranes, by just using a string and dangles the cranes down from the ceiling, hoping that when Edison wake up he can see all the cranes around him.
One day Gillian was restless from work and was too tired to even open her eyes, yet she still drags herself to the hospital and is by Edison side. She was tired and droopy; event he nurses can see it. They walk up to Gillian and told her to go home and have some rest and also the baby, but she refuses and went inside Edison's room. She sat herself down on the chair and continues with her daily talking.
“Edison, I'm so tired from work, but I'm still here by your side and waiting for you to wake up. Sadly I see you the same everyday not moving an inch. Everyone is trying to push me away from you. But if I go away, who will be with you? And when our baby is born, if she asks me who is the daddy, what can I say? Edison, you have to wake up for your sake and as well as your baby.” Gillian said while holding Edison's hand so he can touch her stomach and feel the baby.
Gillian started to get tired and her body started to wilt and she finally rested her head on Edison's bed. She was soon off to dream land when Edison's hand twitched!
[Edison’s Dream While In The Coma]
“Gillian! I'm doing this for Gillian!” Edison Shouted when BOOM! Edison crash into a car and everything started to go drowsy and blurry. Edison can make out the people around him and he mumbled a few words when everything went pitch black. Within seconds everything went bright again and Edison found himself in a place with nothing except white everywhere. Edison wanders around thinking he's in heaven when he started to hear voices…
“Edison, why tell me why are you so stupid to fall in love with me? Why do you love me? Why do you love me? Wake up and tell me!" The voice shouted
It's Gillian's voice! Edison can recognize that voice from anywhere. She kept on talking to him and everyday he can hear her talk her ever-single words when he saw an opening. Edison then thought, “I thought these are untrue, but it's actually true! I have to run to that opening!”
Edison then ran and ran hearing Gillian's thought by his ears and looking to his side he can see the past memories of him and Gillian together.
[Flashbacks-The Cause Of Oneself]
“Hey! You ok?” He asked her with his alluring smile.
“Yeah, I'm fine.” Gillian said and quickly left.
“Baby girl, you didn't say thank you.” Ed joked. Somehow, his joke didn't crack Gillian up. She just turned around and said, “Did I ask you to save me?” Her voice was cold and unpleasant but somehow it ticks Edison off.
Edison somehow found her to be very special, not at all like the others. Because the other ladies that he met always come onto him. He never had to chase any girls.
Ed whistled. “Would you be my passenger?” Edison asked and hoped she would agree.
“No, why should I? It's like it's going to help anything. Useless!” Edison began walking closer to Gillian. Looking down at his feet with one of his hands rubbing his lips.
“Because I want you to.” Ed exclaimed in a serious tone and looked straight into her eyes. “Why? Are you chickening out?”
When Gillian heard Edison call her a “chicken” her attitude began to change. Is it because of the past? When she was little, after her parents died, the kids in school picked on her. They called her parents chickens, so Gillian got mad and beat them up. It caused her constant pain to remember the past, a pain that never recovered. And now, he called her chicken, Gillian felt like he was being disrespectful to her parents, so Gillian quickly changed her feelings, from being civil to extremely mad now.
“You call me chicken? Speak for yourself.” She exclaimed with an attitude.
“Then be my passenger. Well, you don't have to if you don't want to. You don't want to because....” He said and slowly walked away. Gillian was not mad, just over excited, and she had a high temper.
“Fine, I'll be your passenger. Not because I want to. It's just because…it's because you "begged" me to.”
[End Of Flashback]
[Flashback-Edison’s Feelings]
“Gillian, what are you doing out here so late?” He asked her with worry as he stared at her clothes. Because Gillian had her clothes tore off, and Nicholas change it for her, but she completely forgot about it. While Edison surprise because for pass few hours, Gillian had a new dress on. She forgot about it and blaming or thinking that Edison being perverted by staring at her just he do that to others girls.
“What are you looking at perverted ass, staring at me like I'm not wearing any clothes.” She started to mock him, like she always did.
“Gillian, can you be nice to me today? It's my birthday, and that's why I've been asking you to come to the racetrack with me. I just wanted to spent my birthday with you, but you left me.” Edison whispered as he come closer to her.
“Oh, it's your birthday, Happy birthday, done? Can I go now?” Gillian turned around and began to leave. Edison quickly walked up to her and pulled her back. And face-to-face, he started to put his hand on her shoulder as he look down trying to finish what he wanted to say.
“Gillian, you know what, I wanted…um…” Edison stutter.
[End of Flashbacks]
Edison can clearly see the joyful moments of the first times he met Gillian. Seeing these make him feel warm inside and make him run faster. Like the energy in him he can hear Gillian's every word. And before he knew it he made it to the opening and fell down the bottomless pit.
[Written by: BBG & LL]