Fan Fiction |
by Jenny Tran
The next few days at work, Virginia would often think of Freddie, wondering if he was okay. Sometimes she would even call just to check and make sure that he was fine. After the third day, she let her guard down and stopped worrying about his migraine. He claimed that they never came back.
She was deep in thought one day when a annoying ring of her office phone disrupt her thoughts. “Hello?”
“Hey Ginny, its me, Remy. Are you busy?” he seemed to be driving somewhere.
“Not if you call staring at the ceiling busy.” She answered lightly. “What’s on your mind?”
“Nothing really. Just asking to see if Deana dropped by your office at all this week.”
“Oh, checking on your girlfriend already? Tsk tsk tsk…I’m shocked.” She teased.
He laughed comfortably “No no, I was afraid Jim’s incident might have made her think too much.”
“But you know, even if she did come to see me, I have the right not to tell you.”
“That’s understandable. How about from a friend’s point of view?” he asked more casually.
“That’s different. And yes, she did come to see me the other day. We chatted about her feelings and worries about Jim. She doesn’t seem too traumatized by the situation.”
He smiled into the phone “That’s because you’re a great head doctor.”
“Wow, and all this time I thought you only knew how to compliment Deana.” She teased.
“Of course not! I am an all rounded person.” He chuckled at his own remark. “Thank you, Ginny.” He said it more seriously.
“Anytime. She’s very lucky to have you.” Virginia commented.
“I think its mutual. How about you? Made any decisions yet?”
“No…indecisive is my middle name. Why do you have pick in mind? Now, let me guess…Jeff?”
Remy paused for a few seconds “Actually, I was thinking of Freddie.”
“Freddie?” her heart skipped a beat when she heard him say Freddie’s name. “Why would you say that?”
“Just the way that he is so worried over everything that happens to you. Sure, he claims to be gay, but I personally think he has deeper feelings for you than just friendship.” His observation wasn’t out of the question and it made Virginia feel the more uncomfortable.
“That’s absurd.” She replied.
“Not really. Consider this factor, its coming from a third person’s point of view. I admit that I use to like you, but that’s in the past now. I would much rather help you find an ideal mate then to see you between two guys, with a definite outcome of one broken heart. It’s always nice to make a decision sooner then to drag it out and cause a deeper wound.”
She smiled despite what he said was true “I didn’t know you were Dr. Love.”
“Well, years of dealing with teen love can do that to a person. You have no idea how many times I’ve made that same speech!” he was kidding, obviously. “But seriously, I hope you think about it clearly.”
“Are you telling me to chose Freddie over Jeff? Who do you think is the better candidate?” she was interested in what he had to say. “I want to know your opinion.”
“Well, for me….I would personally pick Jeff. Because I know him since, God knows…forever. He’s a wonderful guy with a strange love for nature, but everyone has a false.” He laughed humorously “He’s caring and so ready to help others. Sound familiar?”
“I don’t want to say yes, because if you’re not talking about me then my face will be very red.” They laughed together at her comment.
“But as a third person’s point of view, I see Freddie as a better match for you. But again, that’s just my opinion. You don’t have to base your decision on what I said. I wish you the best of luck. Okay, my cell phone is giving me that warning beep. Batteries is gonna run out soon…”
She smiled “Thank you Remy, you might have just given me another dilemma.”
“You’re very welcome. Bye now and Thanks..” his voice cut off from the lack of batteries in his cell.
She placed the receiver back to its socket. She sat back in her chair and closed her eyes. She has been dodging the signs coming from Freddie for the longest time. Not to mention acting as if it wasn’t even there. She knew the feelings were there but she had no way of approaching it or taking it in. But hearing it from Remy, it made it more real. What she was afraid of was that Freddie’s affection towards her was out of loyal friendship. She still believed that Jo and Freddie would have a great chance together but it seems that Freddie has no interest in Jo.
As for Jeff, she knew that she cared for him like a dear friend. Their friendship grew thicker by the day and she guessed there would be a chance for love if she allowed it to go further. Yet, she couldn’t bring herself to let all worries go and just give him a chance. Things were more difficult now, how could she possibly make a decision without hurting either one? There was no way.
Virginia avoided Jeff and Freddie for the next few days as she tried to come up with a conclusion. It was easy with Jeff since she didn’t see him that often to begin with. As for Freddie, he was home every night with her. Although she tried to lock herself in the room, he would find some kind of an excuse to enter her room and chat with her.
On Saturday, she and Joanne went shopping for a dress. They found her a cute sky blue dress with tiny white flowers around the bottom hem. It fell above the knees, showing off her girly legs. “You look adorable!” Virginia gushed when Joanne walked out of the dressing room as she tried to pull the dress down lower below the knees. But as she did this, her other hand was placed over her chest, trying to cover it up. “Stop that! The neckline isn’t even low!” Virginia scolded as she yanked her hands away. “Stand up straight!” she commanded. She pushed Jo’s hands to the side. “That’s better.” The smile coming back on her face again.
“Ew…I feel so girly!” she cried with embarrassment, when a few guys walked by and gave her a glance or two.
“If you check in the mirror over there..” she pointed to a full size mirror outside the dressing room “you are a girl.” Virginia spun Joanne around towards the mirror. “See?”
“But…do I really have to wear this?”
Virginia sighed “No, but if you want any attention at all, you will have to dress like this more often. He’ll tease you for a few days or weeks, but the more he teases, the more he thinks you’re cute.”
“How do you know so much about Freddie?” she began to twirl around in the dress, getting use to the soft material against her skin.
“I’ve lived with him for almost two years, I know every intimate details of his secret. Of course I know what he finds attractive.”
“He’s never complimented me before.” She pouted.
“Well, there’s a first for anything.” Virginia said brightly “You gonna get this dress or what?”
“Yeah…I guess.” She seemed reluctant but Virginia saw her grinning at herself in the mirror before she went back to change into her jeans and t-shirt.
Sunday night, when Virginia was writing in her journal, she noticed that Freddie hasn’t bothered her at all that day. She saw him leave early that morning but he didn’t return until around 10pm. When he did, she heard a slam from his room. She figured he probably had a bad day and didn’t want to be bothered.
The next morning she went to work as usual, when she didn’t hear any sounds from Freddie’s room, she knocked on it softly. There was no response so she opened it lightly “Freddie?” she asked softly.
Virginia peeked in and found him peacefully sleeping on his bed. She smiled as she closed the door behind her and headed off for work. The day flew by for her as she worked and spoke to new patients. She decided to stay at work for lunch due to her piling paperwork that she needed to type up. Virginia got a cold sandwich from the little food shop below her suite. As her fingers danced across the keyboard, she paused only a second to take a bite out of her sandwich. Her heart nearly jumped out when the phone rang annoyingly. “Hello?” she normally didn’t answer the phone but decided to this time.
“Ginny? Hey, its me Linda.”
“Hey there! It’s been a while. How have you been?” she stopped typing as she chatted with Linda for a few minutes. “Did you need something?” she finally asked when Linda was about to hang up.
“Oh, gosh that’s right, I wanted to ask you where Freddie was?”
“Home, sleeping. Why?”
“Well, he was over here with my mom last night. They were talking in my mom’s room for the longest time and when he left her room he rushed out of the house looking very distraught. I wanted to check and see if he was okay.”
“Really? No, he didn’t say anything last night. All he did was go to his room. I just figured he wanted to be alone. This morning, I found him sleeping like a baby. I think he mentioned a few days ago that he had the day off today. So he’ll sleep until the sun is still up.” Virginia recalled the last time she tried to wake him up when he was sleeping. He used his pillow and hit her over the head with it.
“Well, can I come over to chat with him?”
“Sure.” Virginia gave her the address to the house “There’s a spare key taped to the bottom of the mailbox. You can use that to get in.”
“Okay, thanks.” The girls hung up.
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Linda drove up to the house about 10 minutes later. She reached the mailbox in the front of the house and touched the bottom part and found the key like Virginia said. She opened the door and found it dead silent wondering if Freddie was even home. Then she remembered his car was parked in the driveway. She walked down the hall and found the bedrooms, both were closed shut. Linda opened the door on her right and was glad it was Freddie’s. Just like Virginia had anticipated, he was still sleeping. It was close to 1pm, so she decided to take the initiative and wake him up herself. “Freddie.” She shook him lightly. When he didn’t respond, she used more force “Freddie!” she yelled louder. “Freddie!!” her heart began to thump louder and panic finally took over when she took a hold of his hand and pulled it upwards just to watch it fall lifelessly on the bed again. “FREDDIE!!!” she cried out.
Tears quickly welling up in her eyes as she began to breath harder as she searched her mind on what to do. “Oh my God…” she repeated it over and over while she stumbled to get her cell phone out. Her hands were trembling so bad that the little device dropped from her hands crashing into the ground. She picked it up to find it broken. “Damn!!” she cursed loudly. There was no time to waste, she had to get him to a hospital fast. Pulling his arms around her neck as she used all her might to pull him up. She finally got a secure position as she practically dragged him out the door.
Linda drove at lightening speed to get him to the hospital. She was followed by a cop at one point but she yelled over the traffic sound and the annoying siren that her brother needed help. The cop looked inside the car and found the unconscious young man and nodded as he opened the road for her.
When they reached the hospital, the cop ran inside to call for the ER team. They set up in five seconds as they put him on the rolling bed and pulled him into intensive care. Linda suddenly remembered Michael had just moved his job there. “Dr. Lam, Michael Lam, is he here?” she asked the receptionist.
The girl’s face brightened up “Yes, he just came back from lunch. Let me page him.” She paged him over the speaker and within minutes he was at the front desk.
He saw Linda and knew something was not right, her hair was a mess and she was pacing the front desk. “Ga Jei, what’s wrong? Is it mom?”
She couldn’t help breaking down when she saw her brother “Michael, its Freddie…” she covered her mouth to keep from bursting out.
“Oh no…” he turned to the receptionist “Order an MRI right now. Is the patient in Intensive Care?”
The girl nodded quickly in response “Yes, he just rolled in about three or four minutes ago.”
“Thanks.” He said grimly and turned back to Linda, placing a comforting hand on her shoulder “Ga Jei, don’t worry, I’ll be here. Have you called mom?” she shook her head unable to stop shivering “Call her and let Virginia know. I don’t want you to be alone. Call anyone else that you want.”
She nodded as she reached for the phone at the corner of the receptionist desk. The girl moved aside for her to use it. Her mom wasn’t home but she left a message on the machine. She must have had the worst luck because Virginia wasn’t in her office either. She left a message there for her too, hoping that she might get it. Linda called Jeff and Remy last.