Fan Fiction |
by Jenny Tran
Allison layed out on the beach of Hawaii. She was relaxed, not a single worry in the world. After four years of hard work, she finally took a week of vacation from her stressful job as a waitress. You wouldn't think being a waitress could afford such a luxurious trip to the islands of Hawaii but her boss adored her.
She was almost lucky you can say. Walking by a restaurant with a sign that said 'hiring' and taking her chances she interviewed for the job. Allison was a college drop out, she couldn't stand the sight of books let alone teachers. They drove her crazy. So it was no wonder she tried her best at the waitressing job. She worked her tail off for 50 hours a week. Living in Hong Kong was not her choice, her parents would not allow her to go anywhere, she was an overprotected child. The minute she finished high school, she took the escape route.
It was almost a dream lying there on the hot sand on a spring day, there were very little people on the beach of Maui and that's what she loved about it. No one to bother her. Her sunglasses over her eyes as she tanned herself "This is the life." she sighed calmly.
"So it is." A male voice spoke up from over her.
Allison popped her eyes open to look up at a handsome stranger. He was staring back down at her with a grin she knew would take weeks to forget. "Who are you?" she tilted her head against the towel.
The handsome stranger grin grew wider as he bent down and took a seat next to her "Is it important?"
She gave her eyebrows a quick arch "Escuse me?" she sat herself upright "You interrupted my thoughts."
He reached into his pocket and pulled out his sunglasses "Its a bit sunny this morning don't you think?"
Allison rolled her eyes behind her shaded sunglasses "Whatever you say. Just sit somewhere else." she laid back down on the towel.
He chuckled as he turned and placed his head on his elbow as it laid next to Allison. "You've got an attitude." he smiled with obvious interest.
Allison let out a sigh of frustration as she sat up and gathered her towel and beach bag "You haven't seen it...yet!" she barged off digging her feet into the sand. It was one thing to be annoying but also persistant? She's never met anyone as cocky as this guy. It was more embarrassing the fact that he was one of her people. Born in Hong Kong, she can tell by the fluent tongue.
When it seems that she made her point clear, she looked around for the arrogant stranger before laying down on her towel. After a few minutes she began to relax and closed her eyes. "So, what's your name?" She opened her eyes to see the same eyes staring back at her minutes before.
"What do you want from me?" she whined as she sat up and wrapped her arms around her knees.
How could he miss the frustrated and agrevated tone in her voice "I want to know your name." he said simply, almost innocently.
"That's all?" she asked suspicously. He nodded with a grin "Fine, my name is Katie. Happy?" she fell back against the sand roughly.
"I think you're lying." he said surely with a smirk on his face.
Allison didn't bother to sit up "Believe what you want to believe." she shrugged carelessly. He was starting to be a bother.
He put his hands behind his head as he layed on the sand next to her "I think it's Allison. Am I right Ms. Ng?"
This time she snapped upright, but her annoyed face was replace with fear "How did you know that?" she asked, but before he could answer she moved away from him "What do you want? Are you some kind of a stalker? I'll call the police right now...." she looked around. Who was she kidding, he could rape her right there on broad daylight and no one would see. Of course she was being slightly paranoid.
He laughed at her scared expression as her head snapped back and forth looking for help. "Look Ms..." he reached into his pocket to pull something out.
"AhH!! Help!! Rape!!!" She had no time to think as she got up and ran to the nearest person screaming at the top of her lungs.
The stranger watched as she looked like a chicken without a head, scrambling to get away. But no matter where she ran people just looked at her like she was crazy. He didn't even have a weapon and he was waving at everyone she ran to. It seems that he knew them.
When the fun was over, he walked over to her while she tried to convince an old couple that the young man was trying to rape her. "Miss, calm down. He is not going to rape you."
"Yes he is! He knows my name and I've never met him before in my life." her eyes darted from the couple to the stranger who was quickly approaching them.
The elder man chuckled "Mr. Lam, what did you do to the poor girl? You're usually more smooth than that."
Sunny smiled "Good morning, Mr. Tamati Mrs. Tamati." he nodded to the friendly couple. "Its just a misunderstanding." he reached into his pocket and this time Allison saw him pulling out a wallet that looked awfully familiar.
"That..." she looked up at him with embarrassment "Is that mine?" she had lost her wallet the night before after eating dinner at a local restaurant. She put in a report to the police but have not heard from them. She almost forgot about it.
"You left it at Jay's Diner last night." Sunny handed it to her "My name is Sunny Lam, by the way."
Mr. Tamati nodded "His dad owns the little diner. We're usual customers there." he explained.
Boy, her face was red "Uh...oh...gosh, this is embarrassing." Allison mutter under her breath as she tried to find something better to say.
"You mean you weren't embarrassed when you screamed 'rape' to the people?" Sunny teased.
Allison smiled meekly as she stepped back "Sorry...I'm... sorry." she muttered before running back to get her bag and towel. Too embarrassed to stay on the beach she decided to return to her hotel room at the Hilton.
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That night, Allison decided to return to Jay's Diner to officially apologize to Sunny for jumping to conclusions. When she got there, she didn't see him, but it didn't stop her from eating there. Digging into her burger as she enjoyed the savory food. Suddenly a slight tap on the shoulder caused her to almost choke on her food. She covered her mouth with a napkin as she pushed the food aside to keep it from travelling down her throat in a whole.
It was Sunny, he looked a bit worried as his eyes widened "You okay?" she nodded but her eyes were watering and her face was red, mostly from embarrassment. He looked up at the waiter and waved to him for a glass of water. The drink came within seconds. "Here, drink some, it'll help the food go down."
Allison chewed the rest of the food in her mouth and took a gulp of the water. "Thank you..." she choked out. She shook her head with a smile "Why is that everytime I see you, something bad happens to me?"
He shrugged "Maybe you're just paranoid." he teased. He saw that she didn't find it funny so he changed the subject "So what brings you here besides our burgers?"
She cleared her throat "Sorry." she said blankly.
"For what?" he looked surprised.
"For jumping to conclusions. I thought you were some crazy guy that was following me from Hong Kong..." she laughed at the ridiculous idea.
"Hong Kong huh?" he nodded with interest "I haven't been there for years. Since my father passed away, I haven't had time to do anything." he easily opened up to her.
"I'm sorry." Allison said with genuine feeling.
He smiled "You've said that too much already. So tell me about Hong Kong? Has it changed much from five years?"
Allison laughed "Not much, I'm afraid. But the buildings are higher and the shopping stores are bigger. Of course, I wouldn't know. I spend most of my time working and sleeping."
"So you don't eat?" he joked.
"Only when I go to Hawaii" she returned the joke.
He laughed with a nod "What do you do?"
"What's it to you?" she said without thinking. She was quite sensitive when it came to her work. She wasn't proud to be a waitress and definely embarrassed at being a college drop out.
"Do you always put up a wall when someone asks you something personal?" she couldn't sense the hurt in his voice.
"Sorry...I just...don't want to talk about it."
"Why not?" he pushed.
Allison was beginning to feel pressured as she squirmed in her seat "I...just don't. Can I get this to go?" she pointed to her burger.
He nodded and waved to the waiter. "Sure, run away from questions. That's the way to deal with life."
He sounded a bit harsh with his comment but it made sense to Allison, she did run away from it. Maybe it was time for her to face it. She always took the easy way out of life. Always taking the easy courses, the easy job, the easy life. Never did she have to a face a challenge and when she did, she ran from it. But she didn't feel the need to explain to this complete stranger "That's the way I deal with life." the waiter packed her burger as she left Sunny sitting there and walked to the cashier to pay for the food.
That night she layed in her hotel room wondering about her life. It was the first time she questioned her way of living and learning. She was close to 24 and has not experienced anything in her life that was close to importance. Maybe he did have a point. She shook the thought from her mind as she tried to sleep. Then she remembered why she didn't like to think that much, it made her lose her sleep. She ended up watching television for the rest of the early morning.