Fan Fiction |
by Jenny Tran
She slept late that night after studying the gangster movies. The next morning, she woke up and felt a great deal of stress overcome her. She ran a few errands and when she returned she had lunch by herself. She heard the phone ring and wondered if it was Mel. But she never gave him her number “Hello?”
“Kathy?” Neil’s familiar voice came on and it brought a smile to her face. “Why haven’t you called me?”
“Well, you know. I’m out of money…can’t afford to call you anymore.” She joked.
“Oh…is that why? I’m sorry, I’ve been such a bad friend. You’re always the one calling. I should be better than that.” He apologized.
Kathy was smiling “It’s alright. You’re still my favorite person in the world.”
He laughed and let out a sigh “I miss you.”
Her heart thumped at his words “I miss you too…just one more year.”
“Is that all?” he asked in shock “Has it been four years already?”
“Almost. But I’ll be home soon. I’m counting on you to pick me up.” She teased.
“Of course. You don’t have any other friends.” He laughed.
She pouted “You don’t have to remind me.”
Neil smiled into the phone “Anyways, I’ve got to run. I’ll talk to you later. We’ll have a longer chat next time.”
“Definitely.” She promised. “Bye.” She hung up the phone and sighed dreamily. She felt like she was walking on air. She was smiling the whole time she began to change for her show that night with Mel. It was hard to wipe off the grin even after Wong came to pick her up.
“You keep smiling like that and Janet will slap it off your face.” He warned.
Kathy grinned even wider “That’s nice.”
“What’s the matter with you? Are you on drugs or something?” he asked worriedly.
Kathy laughed “It’s a natural high.”
Wong frowned as he glanced over at her on the passenger seat “Is that a new one? I’ve never heard of that drug.”
She rolled her eyes “No, you don’t have to take it. It comes from inside your body.” She leaned in closer to explain “You know when you’re so happy that nothing can make your mood go down?” he shook his head and she hit him on the chest “Why am I explaining that to you?”
“I don’t know.” He grinned as he looked at her “Hey, you look different.”
“I look like a prostitute?” she rolled her eyes.
“No…your makeup, it’s darker tonight…it looks good.” He complimented.
Kathy smiled “Thanks.” The car stopped in the back way of the underground party that was going on. She could hear the booming sound of the music when she stepped out of the car. “Show time.” She whispered to herself and popped a gum into her mouth.
“Ready?” Wong asked.
“Do I have a choice?” she sighed “Come on. Let’s get this night over with.” They entered the busy party with an aura of importance. Kathy walked down the steps without looking down at her feet, instead her eyes stayed glued to the girl that was hanging all over Mel. He looked uncomfortable as he pushed her away gently. Kathy had to smile, being a tough guy as he was, he was still a gentleman. She walked up to the group that was hanging around the bar “You want to take your paws off my man?” she asked the girl. Kathy stood their with her hands on her waist, while the jacket was pushed to the back, it showed off her figure to perfection.
“Get lost.” Janet spat.
Kathy only smiled as she chewed her gum adoringly, she inched her way between Janet and Mel. She smiled sweetly at the girl “Excuse me.” She leaned over and gave Mel a light kiss on the lips “Hi baby. Miss me?”
Mel was enjoying the attention as he wrapped a hand around her waist inside her jacket and twisted her around “Always.” He reached his free hand up and brushed the hair that was covering her eyes.
“Ahem!” Janet cleared her throat and it was her boys cues to come out. Randomly about ten guys stood up and walked behind her “If you don’t mind Mel Gor, could you step aside while I take care of that thorn for you.”
Mel turned to face Janet but Kathy put a hand on his shoulder “Its okay baby, I got it.” She stepped up with one hand on her hip “What do you want?”
The guys behind Janet looked like they were ready to charge at Kathy. She remained calm even though her heart was racing “I don’t want to fight.” Janet said gingerly “But I want to play a game…”
“What game?” Kathy asked with her eyes narrowing.
“A game that will determine who gets Mel Gor.” Janet said matter of factly.
Kathy smiled “It won’t matter if I win or lose, Mel is mine.” She tilted her head towards Mel who leaned in and kissed her on the cheek.
“Whatever bitch! If you lose, you cannot see Mel Gor again. If I catch you hanging around him, you’ll be sorry you ever tried to take something thats mine.” She said with much hatred.
“What if you lose?” Kathy put up her fingernails pretending to look at them, she did not look too interested.
“I won’t.” Janet said with firm confidence.
Kathy laughed “Then we have no game.” She turned to Mel “Come on, babe.”
“Fine! If I lose, I won’t ever call or see Mel Gor again.” Her eyes looked ready to fire when Kathy turned to her with a knowing smile.
“What game?” Kathy asked shortly.
Janet smiled “My game. Pool. One game, one winner.”
Kathy shrugged her shoulders carelessly “Fine.” She turned to Mel with scared eyes “I’m not good at this game.”
Mel smiled “Give yourself more credit. You can do it.” He urged gently. He nodded as she turned and followed Janet and her gang into the pool room. Before they got started, Mel came behind Kathy and hugged her, his lips touched her neck giving her goosebumps “I owe you one.” He whispered and gave her a peck on the neck while his eyes looked up at Janet. The girl glared at them in envy. He decided to take it one step further as he turned Kathy around and kissed her full on the lips. She knew she could not fight it but she wondered when he would let go of her. His hands came over her shoulders and took off her jacket in one swift movement. When he finally let her go, her eyes gave him a warning signal. Her shoulders were bare and her waist was cold but she took it like a good sport. She walked over to the pool stick stand with a stride and grabbed one coolly.
Janet smiled as she snapped her fingers and one of the guys behind her pulled out a pool stick container and twisted the two pieces together “The bar pool sticks are so old. I like using my own.” She sneered at Kathy.
“Good for you. It will be embarrassing losing with your own stick.” Her quick tongue did the trick as Janet was suddenly flustered. Roach and Wong chuckled at her slash.
The game started shaky with Kathy still having 6 balls on the table while Janet had two left before the black ball. The girl was getting smug “Not such a good pool player huh? Tsk, tsk, tsk…too bad.” She bent over and hit another striped ball into the pocket.
Kathy knew she could not let her nerves get to her. She prayed that Janet would not get the last ball in “A little cocky aren’t we?” she snickered when Janet missed her last shot. “Tsk, tsk, tsk…too bad.” She mocked the girl's comment earlier. Kathy began to concentrate harder as she took one shot at a time. Five in a row to be exact. By her fifth ball, Mel’s guys were cheering her on. Kathy turned to Mel and blew him a kiss. He smiled and winked at her. Her last ball was tricky since it was blocked by Janet’s ball.
“Don’t tell me you can do a jump ball?” Janet asked with a laugh.
“No.” Kathy shook her head “That’s the easy way out.” She checked out the angle of the shot she would have. She remember some part of the geometry work she did. Her eyes moved at the table and then she called the shot “Last ball, corner right pocket.”
“That’s impossible.” Janet snorted.
Kathy smiled as she aimed it to perfection, with the right strength she would be able to get the ball into the desired pocket. She let out a short breath and hit the ball. To her shock and amazement, the ball went into the corner pocket. The boys broke out in a huge applaud while Mel smiled proudly. “Did you say impossible?” Kathy asked with a laugh. She looked on the table and surely enough the black ball was still in its position. She concentrated and got the ball into its pocket with ease.
Wong and Roach clapped their hands “Wohooo! Go Kathy!”
Mel walked over and wrapped his arms around Kathy as she smiled sweetly at him. Her arms trailed over his neck “I told you.” He whispered.
Kathy only smiled as she slowly let go of him and turned to Janet “I’m sure you’re a woman of your words?”
Janet’s face was as red as a tomato when she threw down her pool stick “Let’s go!” she cried with her eyes piercing at Kathy. “We’ll meet again.” She growled before disappearing out of the club.
Mel’s boys laughed as they scooted her out of the room. When she was finally gone, Kathy let out a long deep sigh “Oh my gosh!!”
Mel laughed as he hugged her “That was great!” He cleared his throat when Kathy gave him a strange look. He was even more excited than her. “I mean…you did well.” He patted her on the back.
Kathy laughed “You almost looked like a proud father. So…I did good huh?” he nodded and her face turned solemn “Don’t think I’m gonna let that kiss go.”
“You’re thinking about it too huh?” Mel smiled and his guys began to laugh and whistle. Roach and Wong stood there shocked, they could have sworn that Kathy was going to slap the sense out of him.
“No, if I thought about it, I would throw up by now.” She said sarcastically making the other two laugh but only long enough to earn a glare from Mel. “I guess I should have told you about the rules. Hey, I’ll let it slide this time though.”
He smiled “When did you learn how to play pool like that?”
Kathy looked at him thoughtfully “Hmm…about two years ago when a couple of my classmates took me to the poolhouse and made me learn. I told them it was useless but I guess I should thank them now huh?”
Mel smiled “Remind me to send them a basket of fruit.” He was teasing.
“So what now?” Kathy shrugged “Can I go home?”
“No, unless you want Janet’s boys to attack you. She’s not exactly a gracious loser.” He replied darkly. “We’ll hang around her for a while and then I’ll take you home. How about a game of pool?” he was daring her.
Kathy laughed as she grabbed her jacket and put it over herself “Sure, if you don’t mind losing to a girl.”
“OHHH!!” Roach and Wong cried at her insult. “Damn, I think she’s getting too comfortable in those fishnet stockings.” Wong commented.
Kathy turned to Mel with a grin “Ready?”
He shrugged his shoulders carelessly “Sure.”