Fan Fiction |
by Jenny Tran
The next morning Sunny woke up on Josie's couch, his neck was aching from the lump he was sleeping on. When she walked out looking ready for work, he let out a yawn "Morning." he frowned when he looked around the apartment that wasn't his "What happened?"
She shrugged her shoulders casually "You were drunk and you crashed on the couch last night."
He seemed to be recalling the incident "I was drunk?" suddenly his face clouded over "I didn't say anything... embarrassing did I?" he asked with alarm.
She laughed "No, nothing. You were just really drunk." she rolled her eyes "You know you can't drink. Next time, just drink soda." She smiled and rubbed his hair "I'll see you in a bit."
He nodded "Okay." he smiled at her dreamily "I'll see you later."
She smiled crookedly "Bye." when she left the apartment, she let out a long sigh. That was hard, she thought. But she knew lying to him was only good for him. What would happen to their friendship if she told him that she knew his deep dark secret he held inside.
Sunny slowly cracked a smile, he knew Josie was trying hard not to look uncomfortable but many years of practice told him she was trying hard not to be concerned about last night. He layed back on the couch with his hands behind his head, his legs dangling on the edge of the couch. "This is gonna be fun." he said to himself.
At the restaurant, business was picking up it's pace. Josie tried hard to keep a distance away from Sunny, but the more she dodged him, the more he seemed to pop up in front of her face. He laughed a few times it happened, she only laughed nervously knowing that he was doing it purposely.
Allie watched from a distance and she saw Josie almost squirm away from Sunny the fifth time he got in her face. She muffled a giggle as she took an order. She walked back to the kitchen to drop the order and Sunny stopped her on her way out. "Come in my office, Allie." he said with superior attitude.
He made sure Josie was around to hear it. Allie glanced at her friend and gave her shoulders a shrug "Okay." she replied to Sunny as she followed him to the office.
When they got inside, he blew up with laughter almost scaring her. She shook her head with a grin "This is so fun!!" he exclaimed with excitement. "I have never played a trick on her before, no wonder she had so much fun messing with me!!" he clapped his hands like a kid. Abruptly he cluctched his left shoulder "Oww..."
Allie's face covered with instant concern "What's wrong?" she touched his shoulder carefully. "What happened to you?"
He chuckled "I had to sleep on her sofa last night when I confessed my love to her in my drunken stage."
She sighed "Honey, I'm not sure if this is a good idea." she pushed him down on the chair and began giving his neck a good rub. "I can tell she is really uncomfortable."
"The more reason for her to confess the truth then." he sighed comfortably "You've got magical hands, you know that?" he reached over his shoulder and gave her hand a little squeeze.
She laughed "Thanks." suddenly the door swung open and Josie came barging in.
Sunny's quick reaction came into place as he jumped from his seat before Josie saw what was going on. "You see, that's why..." he began and stopped when he saw Josie, instantly he put on a big grin "Hi Josie! What a nice welcome. What's up?" he crossed his arm with interest.
Josie sighed "I'm sorry to interrupt your meeting. But I want to talk to Sunny. Alone." she turned to Allie "I'll only be a minute."
Allie nodded, she threw Sunny a look but he was too into his work as he did not pay attention to her "Sure." Allie replied before leaving the two alone.
Josie watched as Allie left, she turned to Sunny with a sigh "Okay, I lied. You did say some things while you were drunk." he tilted his head with a smile "Okay, you said alot of things." she wrinkled her nose "Things I really want to forget. But...well, basically...I know everything."
Sunny raised his eyebrows "Know what?" he was acting dumb making her feel more frustrated.
"That you're in love with me, you doofus!!" she cried and then looked around as if people can hear her. She closed her eyes and let out a deep breath "Okay...we have to stay calm okay?" she said to him.
He smiled "It seems you're the one that needs to calm down. Look, if you can't handle it, just tell me. If you don't like me all you have to do is just tell me." he insisted, giving her a chance to confess her relationship with Josh.
She shook her head "It's not that easy. Do you know how much sleep I had last night?" he shook his head calmly "Two hours! Because I was so damn worried what would happen to our friendship if you knew what you told me. But you know me, I can't keep a secret...especially if it involves you. But this..." she pointed to her and Sunny "It cannot work. You're like...a brother I never had. How could you have let yourself fall in love with me?" she said earnestly.
He shrugged "No one has control over who they fall in love with."
"What about Allie?" she asked, trying to move the subject.
"What about her?" he took a seat on his chair "Look, she rejected me, I can't keep following something that's never going to be mine."
"But you said you believed that there was fate between you two!!" she cried, near tears from frustration.
He laughed "I thought you didn't believe in fate?" suddenly he stood up and walked towards her "But I do believe that there is a definite connection between us." he quickly grabbed her hands "Tell me you feel the same way Josie."
Her face turned a bright red as she backed away from him "No...I'm sorry Sunny. I don't." she stepped back until she hit the door knob and quickly turned it open. She rushed out feeling flushed and confused.
Sunny smiled after her "I gave you a chance Josie. You want to play tough..." he leered at the place where she just stood.
When Josie returned outside, she found Allie talking to Josh. He had come to see Josie and Allie knew but she had to distract him from looking for Josie. "Have you been busy lately?" she began the small talk.
He nodded "Yeah...busy..." he didn't know what else to tell her. He looked up and found Josie looking at him intently, he shook his eyes back and forth in response "Uh...it's nice seeing you again Allie. But I need to talk to...eh... Sunny about...business." he stuttered.
Allie nodded "Sure. Sunny's in the office." she turned and found Josie back at work and as Josh walked passed her, they seemed to pause for a few seconds before he walked into the office. The guys were in there talking for a long time and the more time passed, the more uneasy Josie felt. Allie was on her break when she walked over to her friend "Is anything wrong, Josie?"
Josie looked up and shook her head vehemently "Nothing...not a thing." she smiled with reassurance. "Is it break time?" she glanced at her watch. "Time flies when you're having fun."
Allie smiled "I know. Come on, I need to talk to you about something."
Josie looked nervous as can be "Oh...okay..." she muttered before following Allie to their break spot, behind the restaurant. When they got outside, Allie was quiet so Josie decided to break the ice "So what did you want to talk about?"
Allie tigtened her lips "I'm not sure how to tell you. This might sound hypocritical of me...but I think I've fallen in love with Sunny."
Josie stumbled back against the wall "Oh my God..." she muttered under her breath.
Allie wrung her hands together "I know...I know it's bad. I know I just broke up with Josh...but I think all that fate stuff...it's coming true. I find myself dreaming of him everyday since I broke up with Josh. He is truly the one. Do you think he still likes me?" she asked her friend through earnest eyes.
Josie couldn't look at her friend in the eyes "I...I don't know...maybe you.."
"I should talk to him?" Allie offered to finish her sentence.
"NO!" Josie nearly pounced on Allie, she lowered her voice when she saw Allie widened her eyes "I mean...it's not good. He's probably confused at this time and wondering how to deal with his feelings..."
She nodded with a smile "That's true. Gosh, I'm so envious of you."
Josie laughed nervously "Why?"
"Because you know Sunny so well. I wish I could read him like you do. It's like you two just look at each other and you know what each other are thinking." Allie said with admiration.
"Oh, you'll get that way once you hang around him more often." Josie said with no feeling.
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The girls returned to work after fifteen minutes. Allie sighed as she took more orders, she had given her friend a chance to confess then Sunny wouldn't have to take the further step but Josie was holding back too much. She saw Josh walk out with Sunny at the corner of her eyes. They both shook hands and Josh was careful to keep his eye on Sunny as he slipped Josie a quick note on her way back to the kitchen. Allie smiled to herself, she knew the act too well. Between her and Sunny, they've done it enough to catch it in the act.
She figured Sunny did not see it as she casually walked by his station "Did you see that?" she gave him the money from table #10 so he could calculate.
He nodded "It wouldn't matter how subtle they are, I can catch anything in a heartbeat." he looked up and gave her back the change to table #10. "We've done it enough." he winked at her while she nodded.
Sunny kept a close eye on Josie for the rest of the night, her shift wasn't over until 9pm. When it was near closing time. Josie worked fast to get out of the restaurant, she was meeting Josh at their bar. Allie saw her friend acting like a speed demon cleaning every table and standing up the chairs like there was no tomorrow. She was cleaning up when Sunny came up behind her holding the books for the day, he pretended to look over the earnings "See how she's working fast? I think someone's got a date with loverboy." he said without looking at Allie.
Allie cleaned her tables and answered without looking up "So are we following her?"
He only nodded as he returned to his paperwork. Josie was quick as she slipped off her apron and stood from the doorway "Bye guys! I'll see you tomorrow." she disappeared through the door.
Allie took off her own apron as she looked at Sunny "Come on." she rushed.
He put up a hand "Wait...give her a few seconds first." He seemed to be mentally counting down the seconds. He dropped the paperwork in the drawer and grabbed his keys "Now!" he took Allie's hand as they walked out of the restaurant together. He quickly locked up and easily spotted Josie who was rushing down the crowded street. She did not turn back afraid that someone would recognize her.
Sunny and Allie followed a few yards away, making sure that they would not be caught. When they reached the bar, the two decided to split up to not make it obvious. Sunny was the first to enter the bar, he scoped the place carefully and caught sight of the two of them sitting at the corner table talking carefully. Sunny took the furthest table from them. After a couple of minutes, Allie walked in casually, she spotted Sunny with ease as she took the table behind him.
He leaned back carefully and covered his mouth but still speaking to her "The mouse is talking to the cat, they will fall into our trap when the fish comes into the scene." he said through code.
Allie wrinkled her forehead "Who's the mouse, cat and fish?"
Sunny muffled a laugh "I'm the fish. I'm about to blow their cover." he paused for a second "Okay, they're holding hands. They're going to the dance floor, okay now they're dancing to a slow song." he explained since Allie could not see them.
Allie laughed "What are you going to do?"
"Act like a jealous husband." he got up slowly "You come after a crowd starts." he advised. Sunny leaned over his shoulder and gave her a smile "Ready?" she nodded. He strolled to the dance floor looking upset and angry. He tapped on Josh's shoulder "What do you think you're doing?"
The two broke apart like they were on fire "Sunny!!" Josie looked at Josh with her crimson colored face "What are you doing here?"
He crossed his arms "What am I doing here? You're asking me? I was at home waiting for you and here you are dancing with this jerk?" he shook his head in disappointment "I feel so used Josie...I poured my heart out to you and this is how you repay me. And you!" he turned to Josh "Dating your ex girlfriend's friend? I'm disgusted with you." he spat.
Josie couldn't help the tears from coming out as she covered her sobs, a crowd began to gather around "I'm sorry..." she said.
Josh quickly comforted her as he apologized to Sunny "I'm sorry Sunny. I didn't know you felt that way about her."
It was Allie who showed up during the scene. She looked distraught after hearing the whole thing. She stared at Josie with a hurtful face "How could you do that to me?" she almost softened when she saw the tears on Josie's cheek but Sunny gave her a strong look that she could not ignore "After I told you...that stuff today?"
Josie shook her head looking at Sunny and Allie "I'm so sorry you two...If I had known you were in love with me before...I would have told you sooner instead of letting it go so far..."
Sunny nodded "So what? You really like this guy?" he pointed to Josh.
Josie looked at him with a smile "I do...I do like him alot."
Allie quickly sighed "Thank GOD!!" she let out a laugh and Sunny too joined in as they hugged each other happily. Allie pushed Josie, who had a shock expression "Why didn't you say that sooner??"
Josie wiped her face as she looked at Josh and then to the other two laughing hyenas "What are you talking about? Is...is this some sort of SICK joke??" when the other two didn't respond, she pushed at Sunny harshly "You stupid....OH!! I could kill you!!"
Sunny laughed even harder "That's for the shaving cream in my shoes...for the pee incident and for making my life so full of jokes!! Josie Chan, I got you bad!!" he pointed at her laughing so hard he had to lean on Allie.
"You two...I can't believe you two were in on it." Josie shook her head.
Josh sighed "Look on the bright side, Josie. At least they are not mad at you." he said optimistically.
Josie wrinkled her nose at Josh while he hugged her warmly "If it wasn't for you, I'd kill them right now." she said with a laugh.
"Aww...isn't that cute?" Allie gushed. She was genuinely happy for the two of them. When the two broke apart, she explained "All Sunny wanted you to do was confess your true feelings for Josh, but you couldn't do it...so he thought of this scheme." she glanced at her boyfriend "Of course, he had fun doing it."
Sunny was grinning from ear to ear "You bet I did!" he let out a sigh "That felt good." he smiled at Josie who still looked upset. He reached over and wrapped an arm around her neck like a brother "Who's the better prankster now, kid?"
She laughed while trying to get loose "You aint seeing nothing yet." Josie warned.
He returned to Allie's side as he took her hand "I have a surprise..." he held up their entwined hands and Josie covered her mouth in shock.
"You two...really???" she was pleasantly shocked.
"Fate." Allie said shortly.
Josh smiled "Don't tell me you two saw each other during vacation?" he took a stab at it.
Allie nodded while Sunny smiled at her adoringly "It took a while for her to admit it but she believes it now."
Josie rolled her eyes "Oh great, another sick corny couple."
"You guys were one too." Allie pointed out.
Sunny laughed "She's right you know." he gave her a kiss on the forehead "Okay, enough joking for one day. I'll see you two in the morning." he winked at them knowingly. "Have fun, kids!" he waved goodbye as he and Allie walked out together.