Fan Fiction |
by Jenny Tran
For weeks Allie followed Sunny around wherever he went, she soon figured out his whole day schedule. He wakes up in the morning and heads down to the shelter and manages it for a while. He gets money from sponsors who have a big heart but don't want to get involve so they just donate money. He is the current project of actually making separate rooms, although they would be tiny, it was better than nothing for those that are homeless.
She sensed that he wanted to pour his heart into the work to forget about her. Yet each time she thought he had moved on wiht his heart, he would come to her grave to talk to her. Allie was always five steps behind him, she was beginning to fee depressed since she has not met the person that can see her yet. Each time he visits her grave site, she would sit next to him and literally watch him cry.
It broke her heart to see him that way and she wanted more than anything to hug him and tell him that's she's in a safer place.
At night, he would return home and Amy constantly cooked dinner for him. They have a quiet dinner consisting of Amy talking about her day on the set. She was still working with Nick after all this time. Allie could tell Sunny was trying hard to listen to her. "She's talking to you!!" Allie would yell over and over when his attention would be on something else. She soon became frustrated at the whole situation. Amy was so patient and so loving, she wondered how he could not see it?
One day, Amy set a breakfast date with Nick since he has not seen Sunny for the longest time. "Sunny!" Amy called from the living room. "We're gonna be late, dear."
Sunny came out in a tan collared shirt and black slacks, he put on a smile that looked too fake "How is this smile? You think he can read through me?"
Amy smiled "I think anyone can read through that plastered smile."
He let out a long sigh "Well, let's get the show on the road." he took her hand as they walked out together. Allie followed them. Sunny locked up the house and walked down the driveway, he looked up and saw a huge moving van.
Allie followed his gaze "New Neighbors." she muttered.
Sunny looked at Amy "New Neighbors." he said nodding to the moving trucks. On the lawn were huge boxes sitting there waiting to be opened.
Allie watched on just like Sunny and Amy "Be careful with that!" the owner of the delicate lamps barked at the moving guys. "You wouldn't be able to buy that with half of your salary!" the guys rolled their eyes and walked past the owner.
Sunny smiled "It's Steve." he said as he and Amy walked over to say hi to their new neighbor. "Steve!" the guys shook hands. "I haven't seen you in over a year!" due to Nick's influence, Sunny had began to hang out with Steve about 1 year and a half ago. "How was California? Nick said you were on vacation."
Steve nodded "Yeah." he looked over at Amy "Congratulations, I heard you two got married."
Amy nodded with a smile "Yeah. Too bad you couldn't make it."
He sighed "Dutie calls." his eyes wandered to the girl standing a few yards from them "I'm sorry, I didn't know you guys were busy." he nodded to the girl.
Sunny and Amy followed his gaze "Yeah, we have a date with Nick." Sunny said "How did you know?"
Steve pointed to Allie "Well...she's been standing there waiting for you two..." Sunny and Amy turned back but didn't see anyone. "You don't see her?" he asked in shock.
Allie's face brigtened, finally she found the person she was looking for. She was so happy, she skipped her way over and Steve's face began to turn pale. He stepped back knowing who he was facing, Allie quickly shook her head "It's okay Steve. They can't see me..." she said.
"AHH!!" he cried as he stepped back. Sunny and Amy stared at him strangely.
"Are you okay, Steve?" Amy ask out of concern. She wondered why he looked like he's seen a ghost.
"Please, don't tell them, they're not suppose to know." Allie begged with pleading eyes. The same eyes that use to tease him so much. Steve wondered why he was able to see her.
"Uh...Nothing." he smiled "You're gonna be late for your date with Nick."
The two nodded "That's true." Sunny glanced at his watch. "Come on, Amy. I'll see you later Steve."
After the two left, Allie looked at Steve like she saw her best friend "I'm so glad to see you!!" she hugged him happily while his arms were shaking. She pulled away "What's wrong? You look like you just saw a ghost!" she kidded.
He snorted "You're telling me." he saw the moving guys give him strange looks. "Maybe we should go somewhere else..."
Allie looked at them and smiled "Sure, but to be honest, people think you're strange as it is. What's a little talking to yourself gonna do to your image?" she laughed when he dropped his jaw in shock. "Oh don't act like you're normal." she pointed to his sequined top and too tight jeans "Look at that?!"
He looked down with offense "What's wrong with it?" they began walking to his car. "Do I have to open the door for you?"
Allie nodded "Treat me like a normal person. I'll explain in a minute." he did as she said and when they began driving away Allie continued "Yes, I am dead."
Steve had a shiver run through his spine "Why me?"
Allie furrowed her brows "I'm not sure. I had an interesting talk to God."
"You met him??!!!" Steve cried in shock. "What does he look like?"
Allie laughed "Like Nick Cheung."
"Nick? Nick is God?" Steve was at lost for words "Wow, all this time I thought he was just a normal guy with a good talent that can make people laugh."
Allie shook her head, her forehead creased "No, no...you don't understand. God is just this magnificent being that you cannot see. But he transformed himself into a replica of Nick so that I can talk to him. His aura is too strong for spirits to see him. He's quite the fan of Nick." Allie smiled when Steve widened his eyes.
"Wow...This is hard to digest." Steve sighed. He was just driving in circles so they can talk.
"Tell me about it! My reason for returning is to help Sunny move on with his life. My death had a huge impact on his life, the only way for me to return to heaven is if I can accomplish my mission." Allie explained.
"What do I have to do with it?" Sunny asked.
She shrugged "Im not sure myself. God did tell me that no one could see me, except one person. That person is to help me with my mission because I will be able to help them too." she looked at Steve "What do you need help on besides your wardrobe?"
He frowned "I don't need help!" he replied haughtily "I dress fine, thank you very much."
She turned her head to the side to look at him "Let me ask you, how did it go with that one girl?" he stared her blankly "You remember, that one girl you use to look at when you ate at Phoenix Inn."
He opened his mouth in recollection "Oh her...I don't know. She stopped working there and I never knew where she went. You know what's strange? Its happened to me like five times in the past year."
Allie laughed "That's strange?" she shook her head "Oh God, I know why you want me to help him." she looked up towards the sky."
"Why?" he asked glancing back to her nervously "I promise, I was not being bad! I've only done good in my life, so I stole that bad of cookies, I was four for goodness sakes, how did I know it was wrong???!" he was frantic by now "Tell him not to condemn me to hell please...I hear it's really hot down there."
Allie smiled secretly to herself "Don't worry, you'll be okay." she assured him "As long as you help me!" she added.
He nodded "Anything to keep myself out of hell." he wiped the presperation off his forhead and it almost made Allie burst into laughter. "So what can I do?"
She sighed "I'm not sure." and she wasn't. "There must be a reason why God chose you to help me." She seemed to read his thoughts "I'm here to help you with your love life." she explained at his nagging question.
He laughed nervously "How did you know that?" he wiped more sweat off his face "Can you read minds?"
"Yeah, and I have magical powers to turn anyone into rats. And pigs into gold. I can make any woman want you." she nodded firmly. He widened his eyes in fear or she could have mistaken it for greed.
"Really?" he breathed.
She rolled her eyes "I'm not God. Just a messenger. I can't do anything except walk through ojbects, but only if I was meant to." he looked at her in confusion "Don't ask, I'm not even sure how to explain it." they passed by a supermarket and she quickly waved her hand "Stop here!"
He screeched his tires as he stopped making them bouce back against the seat. He groaned at the pain on his neck "Why didn't you say it sooner?"
She was not bothered by the impact, she no longer felt any pyshical pain "Come one." She pointed to the store "This is the best place to meet women!" he practically jumped out of the car rushing to her side door and letting her out.
"What are you waiting for? Let's go!" he quickly ignored the odd looks he recieved from passerbyers.
Allie was the only one that noticed as she pulled away from his tugging "Wait! Steve, rule number one, try not to talk to me in public." he was about to say something as she covered his mouth "Listen to me. People will be sending you the insane asylum if you don't stop talking to me. I will talk to you and if you want to respond, cross your arms. I will ask you yes and no answers only. Okay?" he nodded as she let go of his mouth "Let's go."
The two walked into the store and she made him get a cart, they walked down each aisle looking for any available woman. But each one that she pointed to was not good enough for him. Too skinny or too chubby in the hips or too old. Allie sighed as she soon realized it was going to be a harder mission than she thought. Steve sighed after an hour in the store "Can we go now?" he asked after looking around for people. He spoke when teh coast was clear.
Allie nodded "I guess." they felt defeated as they returned to his new home. The house smelled musty and dirty. He had alot of cleaning to do. "Don't mind me, I don't really sleep." she said taking a seat on one of the unopened boxes.
"What do you do?" Steve asked.
She shrugged "Sit around and watch tv."
"Didn't they hear you?" he asked in wonder.
Allie laughed "I didn't watch tv when they were sleeping, I just sat in the room with Sunny and occupied my thoughts on how to help him."
"Did you figure out anything?" Steve asked in hope. Maybe then she would be able to help him with finding the perfect mate.
She shook her head sadly "Not a thing. I'll tell you if I think of it." she turned on the television and flipped the channels around looking for something good to watch.
Steve let out a yawn "Good night." he took a few steps and then stopped "Wait, you said you stayed in the same room as Sunny?" Allie nodded, not sure where he was getting at "So you actually saw them..." he fluttered his eyebrows upward.
Allie rolled her eyes in disgust "NO! Oh my gosh, no. Ew! Anyways, they never did do it...on their wedding night that is or ever for that matter. He is not over me."
Steve's eyes looked like they were going to pop out of the sockets "Really?" he pushed her aside on the box and sat next to her "Tell me more." he said hungry for gossip.
"It's pretty sad." she began telling him about what she has observed in the past three weeks staying with Sunny and Amy.
After she finished Steve had a whole new outlook towards Sunny and Amy "Wow...I had no idea that was going on. Sheesh, no wonder you want to help them. I want to help them now too." he sighed "Love, it makes people suffer."
"I wish there was a way to show him what a great girl Amy is, so that he can be content with his life and realize that he has a gift of a wife. A better contender than I could ever be." she sighed.
Steve patted her on the back "Don't be so hard on yourself, I'm sure you would have made a great wife as well. It just wasn't meant to be." together the two stared at the television watching an old american movie 'Ghost'.
The two seemed to be thinking of the same thing as they turned simultaneously "A movie!" they said as the same time!!
"That's a great idea!" Allie exclaimed "I wonder why I didn't think of it sooner..." her smile broadened as she realized why Steve was there to help "You're a producer, you can make it happen."
Steve laughed "I'm also a writer!" he shook his head in awe "There is a God." he clapped his hands with excitement "Should we start tonight?" Allie nodded in agreement "Great, what should the story be about?"
Allie smiled "Our lives. Sunny, Amy's and mine. How everything happened...how I died. Then he can see that he should move on, just like the main character...which reminds me. I remember Nick mentioning that he wanted to do a serous movie. Maybe this is his break?"
Steve nodded "That means we have to let him in on the secret...that you are here."
"No, no can know that I still exist. Only you." she frowned "I don't know what would happen if people found out."
"But if we can't tell Nick, won't he get suspicious if the story I wrote was a duplicate to your life and Sunny? His high school friend. And how about Amy? His assistant? I can explain that I hear the stories but it would be like that I was there first hand." Steve sighed "This is going to be harder than I thought."
Allie's face was covered by a smile "Maybe not?" he looked at her with questioning eyes "You are a writer and producer? Why can't you come up with this story yourself? I mean, you people are very talented right?"
Steve nodded "That is such a rational reason...I think it might just work. Okay, we'll stick to that reason." Allie nodded while Steve sliced one of the taped boxes open and pulled out a notebook and pen "Let's start."
Together the two came up with the perfect storyline. A romantic story with as much pain as it can have. The reason being is to have Sunny feel the same as the main character. While the girls' roles are to be almost opposite in personality to contemplate the fact that the main character would not confuse one girl with the other. It was a rough night for both as they worked to 6 am in the morning, Steve having too much cups of coffee that he got shaky after the third cup.
A week later, he set up a meeting with one of his favorite directors to present the new story he came up with on his own entitled "To Love is to Forget". Allie stayed up at nights typing out the story and script for Steve. The director loved the idea as he sealed their deal with a handshake and a signature on the ready documents that Steve had. "It will be a success!" Steve assured him.
"I am very optimistic that it will be." the director nodded with a wide grin.
Allie stood by Steve smiling happily "Our hard work paid off!!" she exclaimed as she jumped up and down. "Does this mean you get to cast the roles?"
Steve nodded, remembering his promise not to talk to her in public. "We'll start production in a week." the director announced. "Who do you have in mind to play the main stars?"
Steve smiled "I don't know about the girls, but I really want Nick Cheung to try for the main guy role."