Fan Fiction |
by Jenny Tran
As soon as Sunny returned to work, the restaurant seemed to calm down. Amy was more than happy to give him back the responsibility of taking care of the business. "I don't know how you do it." she said with admiration.
Sunny smiled "Try 20 years of practice."
Josie walked by and heard his comment "Bragger." she muttered under her breath.
"Get to work!" he barked.
She leered her eyes at him "I wish Allie was here, you're nicer and more controlled when she's around."
"She'll be home in a few days." he said casually.
Josie looked at him suspicously "How do you know?"
He laughed "I did give her two weeks. Do a little math, you'll figure it out too." he turned to Amy but pointed to Josie "See what happens when you skip school too much?"
Josie ignored the comment as she returned to work. "You guys have always been like that huh?" Amy commented.
Sunny nodded "It has to do with our childhood." he continued to tell her about their lives growing up with no parents. Learning how to cope and survive on their own, Amy listened with admiration.
"That's amazing." she gushed after he finished "No wonder you two have that type of relationship going. I always thought it was serious."
He widened his eyes "Oh, it's serious. I mean every word of it. But the only difference with us is that she does not take it to the heart, we don't get our feelings hurt."
Amy nodded finally understanding their relationship a little more. She looked up and found Nick walking towards them "Here comes the hero!" she exclaimed happily.
Nick smiled "Yes, Yes...I am the hero." he bowed at the crowd who were staring at the star, as usual. "I knew someone had to call you." he sighed at Sunny. "What are you guys talking about?"
"Josie." Amy winked at Sunny in secrecy. "I'll let you two gossip. I'll see you later at the shoot, Nick."
He nodded "Sure." after she left he turned to Sunny. "I guess she told you Josh took her to dinner last night huh?"
Sunny frowned "She went out with Josh?"
Nick's face turned serious "Isn't that what you two were talking about?" Sunny shook his head "Well, she took off half day yesterday to go to a dinner party with Josh. Actually, I was a little shock to hear that she was going out with Josh after his relationship just ended with Allie's. YOu think it could be more serious?" he wondered out loud.
Sunny nodded "I don't know. But thanks for the tip." he smiled "Let's keep it between us." he gave Nick a little wink.
"Sure." Nick promised.
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After a couple of days Allie returned to a restaurant full of people that missed her. She walked into work with Josie practically attacking her. "Oh my gosh, you have no idea how happy I am to see you!!!" she squeezed the life out of Allie.
She laughed at her exaggerating friend "Somehow I believe that you miss me."
Josie pulled away and nodded with her widened eyes "It was horrible without you. Sunny was extra mean to me..." she whispered while giving Sunny the evil eye.
Allie smiled as she stroked her friend's hair "I'm sure he wasn't that bad." she gave Sunny a secretive wink.
Throughout the rest of the day, Allie and Sunny tried hard not to make it obvious that they were connecting somehow. Eventually, they came up with a way to communicate instead of talking. He would silently slip her notes about what he was thinking. The last note he gave her was around closing time 'Meet me at the drink shop. You know where...' She smiled as she slipped the note away and continued with the cleaning up part.
After work, they met at a local drink shop where they dropped by once. She gave him a quick hug as they sat down "So, what's up?" she got to the point.
He smiled "See how scary it gets? You can read my mind now. How did you know I wanted to tell you something?"
Allie shrugged "Just a hunch."
"Anyways, it's about Josie. I think she's secretly dating Josh." he said as he studied her features, she did not seem bothered by it.
"Really? But she did not tell you?" she guessed. He nodded "I'm sure they are worried that I might be uncomfortable."
"I was thinking the same thing too." Sunny agreed.
"Maybe we should just tell them so they can continue openly." Allie was open minded about it and she was naturally happy for her friend and Josh.
"I was thinking that too. But..." he smiled slyly "How about we have a little fun with them? Since she lied openly to me that night she came home from a date with Josh. I don't like it when she lies." he said darkly.
Allie laughed with her head shaking "You two won't ever stop huh?" he shook his head firmly "But it would be fun to see how far this joke will go until she confesses."
He nodded "My thought exactly. Now, what can we do to make it harder for her?..." he tapped his finger on his chin thinking of an evil plan.
"I just think she would have a heart attack if you told her you were in love with her...but that's a cruel plan." Allie shook off the idea.
Sunny's eyes brightened with a special gleam "That's perfect, Allie!" she shook her head while he nodded "No, I love the idea."
Allie continued to shake her head "Sunny, that is a cruel thing to do." she insisted.
"Cruel? You know the stories of how she use to mess with me. She put shaving cream inside my favorite slippers when I was ten. Making my mom spank me because she thought I did it as a joke. The same girl that poured water on my bed when I was sleeping and made it seem like I had peed in my sleep!!" he cried.
"Oh, come on, kids can be cruel." Allie brushed it off, but inside she was dying laughing.
Sunny raised an eyebrow "I was 17."
Allie could not hold it in as she bursted out into giggles. She eventually ended up wiping her tears away "I'm sorry, sweetie...it's just so funny. That's Josie for you."
He nodded "Yeah, but it was always her that played the joke on me, now it's my turn. I'm not going to be kind with it either. And you, my dear are going to help me." he pointed to her cute face.
She laughed "What am I going to do?"
"Play along. Convince her that I am in love with her...You're good with words. Remember how you rejected me with every excuse in the book?" she rolled her eyes at him "Use that magic."
Allie nodded, he wasn't going to let her give in that easily "Fine. But just to warn you, I'm a horrible liar." the two smiled as they began their scheming.
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That night, Sunny could not help but start the scheme. He showed up at Josie's apartment faking to be drunk. He stumbled into her arms and laughed deleriously "Josie..." he sang her name happily.
"Sunny? What's the matter? Are you drunk?" Josie asked with genuine concern. She's never seen her friend so drunk.
"Why is it always me???" he whined.
She waved her hand in front of her nose, his breath stunk like alchohol. "What did you have to drink? A skunk?"
He smiled deleriously at her while leaning on her shoulder "I like you....in fact, I love you!" he said brightly.
Josie tried to push his head away "Yeah yeah..I love you too...like a brother!" she said firmly.
He shook his head with the daze smile on his face "No...no brother...I don't want to be your brother."
Josie looked at him strangely, she knew that people tend to be more honest when they are drunk "What do you mean?" she asked carefully.
"You heard me..." he let out a hiccup "I love you...no brother...no...I want to be your...boyfriend." he giggled unconsciously.
Josie quickly pushed him away "No...don't do this to me Sunny. Not right now. We can't...you're like a brother to me. We joke around, we're not suppose to fall in love!" she cried as she started feeling the frustration rise.
He continued to smile "I love you..." he mumbled.
"Stop saying that!" she cried at him.
"I love you!!!" he cried even louder.
"Stop!!!" Josie covered her ears. "NO MORE!!!! SHUT UP!!!"
"I LOVE YOU!!!!!" he said it so loud, his voice cracked but only before she covered his mouth with her hands. He smiled through his eyes and stuck his tongue out licking her palm.
She pulled away "Ew...that's gross."
He laughed and clapped his hands happily "I love you..." he let out a slow yawn "Time for sleepy...." within seconds he dozed off on her couch.
She sighed as she placed her hands on her hips "Oh great... Now I have to be mommy?" she reached out and kicked him in the shin "Wake up. Go back to your apartment, it's just next door!!" she cried into his ear.
He ignored it and slept away peacefully. Josie didn't know what else to do so she let him lay on the couch. She returned to her room and took out an extra blanket for him. She went to sleep that night feeling the pressure on her shoulders. She didn't know how it happened or whether she should believe his drunken state of mind. She decided to worry about it in the morning.