Fan Fiction |
by Jenny Tran
At around 2pm, Sunny and Amy announced that they had to meet Nick for an owner's meeting and they should be back at about an hour. Josie was in full suspicion as she walked over to Allie after Sunny and Amy was gone "Did you know about that?"
Allie nodded "Yeah, he told me this morning when he picked me up for work."
Josie was not going to give up just yet. "Can you watch the place for a minute? I want to take my lunch early, I'm meeting Josh..." she lied.
Allie smiled happily "Of course. Go on! Have fun." she urged her friend.
She hugged Allie gratefully "Thanks." she rushed out the door and spotted Sunny and Amy within the crowd. Every so often Sunny would turn around to make sure no one was following him. Josie was quick to respond each time as she hid behind people and objects.
She eventually followed them to a jewelry store. She stood by the window and peeked in, she saw Amy try on rings while Sunny looked at how it appeared on her hand. He shook his head at a few but kept some to the side.
Inside Sunny was taking his time in choosing the perfect proposal ring for Allie "I like this one." he pointed to a beautifully crafted diamond ring in a platinum band. Amy nodded in approval "Thank you so much for helping me Amy. Your hands is the same size as Allie's." he commented.
She smiled "I'm glad to help. Plus I feel special being the first to know." She picked up one of her favorite styles "How about this one?" she placed it over her finger and showed it to him.
Sunny had a thoughtful expression "Hmm, I don't like the cut on that one." he picked up the squared shape design "I really like this one." he put it on her and smiled in approval "This is it!" he cried happily. In the mist of the excitement, he reached over and hugged Amy. At the corner of his eyes he caught a shadow standing still by the clear windows of the store. He looked over and found Josie gaping at him in shock.
She no longer tried to hide herself as she barged into the store "How could you do that to Allie? This is what you call a meeting?" she growled "Picking out rings for her?" she said in disgust, still not completely over the fact that he was so fond of Amy.
Sunny rubbed his forehead in frustration "Amy, can you explain, I don't want to punch a girl."
Amy laughed with her head shaking "I have the same size hands as Allie." she pulled up her hand and showed Josie the ring "He's going to propose...tonight!" she added with excitement.
Josie's face brightened "Oh my gosh!!! You're kidding!!" she cried happily as she grabbed Sunny and pulled him to his feet. She squeezed him tightly "OH my gosh!!!" She continued to scream in his ear as she bounced up and down.
He squirmed away from her "Sheesh, you're like some kind of leech!" he rolled his eyes "I'm not an ungrateful, unloyal, cheating boyfriend now?" he asked with sarcasm.
Josie frowned as she whacked him straight across the shoulder "You're the one to talk! I'm your best friend, you're suppose to ask me for help! Why can't I pick out the ring for you?"
He crossed his arm before rubbing his shoulder where she hit him roughly "First of all, you have a big mouth, you'd blab it to the world before I even got on my knees to ask. Two, your big knuckles are not anything close to Allie's delicate hands." he pointed to Amy's hands "See, that's what girls' hands are suppose to look like."
She wrinkled her nose at him "Well, you should have told me. I'd keep the secret." he snickered while she defended herself "I would have!"
He nodded unconvincingly "Yeah, yeah...I believe you, Josie." he sat back down and handed the ring to the sales girl "I'll take this one." he turned to the pouting Josie "Don't you dare say anything!" he pointed threateningly at her.
Josie rolled her eyes like a ten year old "What do you take me for? An uncontrollable gossip?" he nodded while Amy muffled a laugh "Well, you're wrong." like the weather, her mood quickly change as she smiled "Where are you doing it? What time? How are you gonna do it?"
He ruffled his eyebrows "You think I'm gonna tell you after you almost attacked Amy?" he shook his head "No." he said firmly. The three returned after an hour, Sunny made special reservations for a restaurant overlooking the city that very night where he would propose. He wanted that night to be perfect.
Josie was in a happier mood when she returned and Allie mistook it for her lunch date with Josh "Had a nice lunch?" she teased when Josie could not stop smiling.
Her friend grinned even wider "Yeah...something like that." she said almost mysteriously. But Allie did not catch it.
Another half an hour passed by when Sunny approached her and took the towel from her hand during her clean up "Let's go." he said.
Allie looked at him strangely "It's only 4pm?"
He laughed "You don't know what today is huh?"
She seemed to be deep in thought but still could not think of anything special about that day until her face flashed brightly "Three months..." she laughed "I'm so bad at remembering stuff." she said.
Sunny nodded "You are." he teased. He took her hand "Let's go, I already asked Josh to come by and help. Nick might drop by later tonight after his early shoot."
Allie smiled "You have something planned don't you? Let me guess?" she clasped her hand with his as she brought it up to her chin "Dinner and dancing?"
He laughed "You read my mind." the two walked out of the restaurant smiling as they chatted away. "Let's walk home." he suggested. "It's not that far."
Allie nodded "Sure, we have plenty of time right?" he smiled in return "Yeah, I think I better freshen up, I always feel so sticky after a day of work."
He smiled as they dodged the crowd coming towards them, he wrapped an arm around her "You want to take some time off?" he asked casually.
"Hmm...maybe, depends if you're going with me." she teased.
He nodded "I can make some arrangements. I am the boss."
They continued down the street and he heard the sirens from a distance, they were police cars. The two stopped like many others did as they listened and looked around to see where the sirens were coming from. In a swift moment, a regular car sped by and at the same time, Allie felt someone bump her roughly. She stared at the stranger and he continued on, the obvious car chase was not intriguing to him.
Suddenly a gun shot rang out and everyone ducked from the natural reaction. Only Allie clutched her chest as the quick pain shot through her body, she did not realize that she was shot until her vision began to blur. It took a while for Sunny to comprehend as he looked around and when he felt her falling backwards, his eyes widened in horror. His reaction was to catch her as he did while her head was inches from the cement "Allie..." he whispered.
Her eyes fluttered and a rush of pain crossed over her face, the world seemed to slow down for them as he did not pay attention to what was going on except his beloved being shot in the chest. Her blood spilled all over his clothes while he clutched her fragile body close. "Sun..Sunny..." her voice was scratchy. She was in shock.
"Allie!!" he cried after the realization hit him. He was losing her. He looked around frantically, trying to find help. He felt her hand reach for his face, only then did he returned his gaze at her. His eyes collecting the tears as they began to fall like rain on her wet cheeks. She too was crying. "Don't leave me." he whispered as he grabbed her hand on his face. Her blood smeared on his own face. "Please.." he begged.
She smiled through the tears, her vision blurred completely. She knew he was there from his touch "Don't be sad..." she said calmly "Remember...my love is like the wind...you can't see it...but you feel it.." she breathed the last few words before falling limp in his arms.
He shook his head while sobbing like a child "NOOO!!!" his cries were heard from miles away. At the restaurant, Josie felt her heart skip a few beats when she heard a gun shot. Feeling uneasy, she and Josh ran out the street. A block away, she saw a huge crowd forming and the ambulance car pulled up.
The two rushed to the surrounding group as Josie pushed through to get to the center. Her heart nearly stopped at the sight she saw. She clutched her mouth to keep from screaming, her eyes filling with tears at the sight of her friend's blood coated body. Sunny was clutching onto her body for dear life while he rocked her back and forth. Josh was in total shock but he returned to reality when Josie felt lightheaded and fell straight into his arms. "Josie!" he cried.
The ambulance crew stood aside as some tried to pursuade Sunny to let go of Allie so they can take her to the hospital "Please sir, you need to move aside. We have to do our job."
He continued to sob and rock her body in his arms "Don't leave..." he was still whispering in her ear "Please...Allie..."
He fainted from the overwhelming situation and the emergency crew pulled him away and took her weak body. They placed her on the stretcher and one guy carried Sunny onto the van as they drove away to the hospital, the sirens wailing in warning.
Josh carried Josie in his arms as he rushed to the parking lot where his car was. He was completely out of breath by the time they reached the car. During the drive to the hospital, Josie woke up slowly. She looked up at Josh and then realized they were in the car. A flash of memory came into her head as she realized it was not a dream. She did see Allie bleeding to death. "If you want to cry, go ahead. It's good to let it out." Josh said quietly as he patted her on the hand.
Josie was already crying before he even said it "I hope she'll be okay..." she said with not much feeling.
"She will be. Allie's strong, she's a survivor." Josh said reassuringly. Inside he was praying that she would make it.
They got to the hospital five minutes after the ambulance had drop her off. Josh quickly parked in the full lot as they both rushed to the Emergency area. They found Sunny lying on one of the empty examination tables. There was a room full of them, the only things that separated each table was a curtain that can be pulled around the table to make a closed area. "He's over there." Josie pointed as they rushed to him. "Sunny!" she cried when she saw him lying on the table, his eyes open and staring into space. Josie was scared for her friend, she turned to the nurse "What's wrong with him?"
The nurse shook her head sadly "He's in shock. Are you two his friends?" Josie nodded "Maybe you two can help him." she left them to be with Sunny by himself.
"Don't scare me, Sunny...." Josie was the first to speak up. "Talk to me...say something!" she cried with frustration.
Josh touched her shoulder to calm her "Give him some space." he knew what Sunny needed. They stood there while Sunny continued to lie on the table, the area was silent until one of the officers was led by the nurse over to them.
"Were any of you present during the shoot?" he knew someone was from the nurse.
Josie looked at Sunny and when he didn't budge, she replied for him "Yes, he was." her tears slowly came back when she said the next line "His girlfriend was shot..." she choked back the tears.
"We caught the man that shot that fire." the officer said slowly to Sunny.
He gave a response as he sat up suddenly "Why did he shoot her?" Sunny asked finally speaking up.
"He was aiming for someone else. Apparently, he was hired to kill someone, your girlfriend was there are the wrong time and wrong place. I'm sorry." he said with sincerity.
Sunny snorted with a laugh "Wrong person?..." he laughed harder but tears began to fall down his face "She's fighting for her life because someone aimed at the wrong person?!! AHH!!!" he cried while standing up and waving his arms as he pushed away the equipment and tables. They crashed to the floor like toys while the policeman and Josh tried to control Sunny. He was breaking everything he could touch. Josie stepped back, her hand over her face as she cried openly, her heart in pain for Sunny.
She felt the nurse rush in, her hand was holding a needle. Josie saw the nurse jab the substance into Sunny as he slowly closed his eyes "That should calm him down for a few hours. Maybe you two should stay with him until he calms down. I don't know if he'll hurt himself." the nurse said she tossed the needle away and began cleaning up the area "I've never seen anyone take it so hard." she shook her head.
"How is the girl that was shot?" Josie asked.
The nurse shook her head "I heard the gunshot was too close to her heart, the doctors are trying to remove it. But there's a 90% chance that she would not live." she was saddened to have to bring bad news.
"90%?" Josie whispered while Josh hugged her dearly. She wept for the third time that day.
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It felt like she was sleeping for ages. Allie opened her eyes and found her surroundings to be only white. It looked like a dream, she touched her chest and remembered that she was shot. But nothing was there, she pushed herself up and looked around, there were clouds surrounding her. "Where am I?" she asked herself. She looked down and found herself in a white dress "Am I dreaming?" she said out loud.
"No..." an echoey deep voice answered her.
She stepped back into the soft clouds, her feet tickled by the soft feeling under her toes "Who is there?" she asked spinning in circles to see where she was. "Where am I?" she asked again.
"Heaven..." the same voice said.
"Heaven?" She whispered "I'm dead?" she looked around and the place was beyond her imagination. She did not feel pain neither was she scared. But her thoughts remembered clearly of one person "Sunny?"