Fan Fiction |
by Jenny Tran
“She’s right here!!” Johnny bellowed through the crowd while pointing a finger to Amy.
She slumped into her seat and covered her face with her hand “Stop it!” she hissed.
“Yeah, I see you Amy.” Philip spoke menacingly “I’ll start off a song.” He pressed a button and the music to the theme song came on as everyone began clapping. The minute he began singing, everyone quieted down as they listened to him sing. A few couples came out to dance.
Despite the drunken stage Johnny was in, Amy was mesmerized by Philip’s voice. He sang the song with much passion that she almost forgot where she was. She turned over to Johnny who was still drinking away. She eventually pulled the glass cup out of his hand although he was almost done with it “Stop drinking.” She scolded lightly.
“I’m thirsty.” He whined.
Amy sighed “Here, drink mine.” She handed him her orange juice.
Johnny wrinkled his nose “Fine.” He was about to drink but suddenly turned towards the stage where someone was starting to sing “What the hell is that?!” he groaned and got up “You stink!! I can sing better, hell, Amy can sing way better!!!” he yelled uncontrollably making Amy so embarrassed because she was next to him.
“Johnny, sit down!” she practically yanked him down to the couch. “Be quiet!” she covered his mouth but he was giggling too hard, finding everything she did amusing.
“What’s wrong with him?” Philip asked as he came up to them.
“Drunk, what does it look like?” Amy snapped. He looked at her hurtfully as she relaxed her tone “Sorry. I didn’t mean to be…” he smiled and shook his head, understanding. “Should we take him home?”
Philip shook his head “No, let him sober up first. I don’t want to scare his roommate.”
Amy nodded “Too bad we can’t tape up his mouth.”
He laughed as he looked over at Johnny who was still laughing “I know what you mean.”
“You can go mingle.” Amy nodded “I can watch him.”
“No, I’ll stay here with you. You look bored. Not having fun?” he had seen her walk out to the balcony at least two times already.
She shook her head lightly “No. It’s just not my thing. I don’t like parties.”
“But you came for me?” he asked with a surprise tone. “Aww, isn’t that sweet.”
“Hey, you gotta be nice to the one that pays you.” She joked.
Philip smiled thoughtfully at her “Thanks for coming. Hey, you’re going to sing aren’t you?” he pointed out. She shook her head “Just because you’re my assistant doesn’t get you off the hook. Everyone is singing and that includes you too.”
“I’d rather jump off the balcony.” She groaned.
“You don’t have to sing alone, if you’re shy. Pick someone to sing with.” He said lightly. “Maybe that drunken sailor next to you.” He nodded at Johnny who was rocking his head back and forth like he was dancing.
“I’d jump of the balcony and climb back up and jump off again.” Amy concluded making Philip burst out laughing. The two stopped talking when they heard that the director decided to do a duet with Joanne. While she sang, Philip seemed to be into her voice as he turned his full attention to her “She’s not bad.” Amy pointed out.
“Not at all. You think she’ll sound good with me?” Philip asked nonchalantly.
“I don’t know.” She said shortly.
After the song was over, an applause broke out from the crowd. The director’s voice spoke up “Who’s next?”
“Amy!” Mary blurted out from the dance floor.
Amy groaned as she hid herself behind Philip “Don’t make me sing, please.” She begged.
He twitched as she pushed him in front of her “It’s not that bad.”
Suddenly, everyone began chanting her name. She was cornered and no where to run except sing. She was near tears before Johnny suddenly jumped up “She’s right here!” he pointed at her. He brought out a hand and bowed “Would you like to sing a duet?”
Philip covered his apparent smile but Amy was too embarrassed to even move. “Johnny!” she hissed him back down towards the couch but he wouldn’t budge.
“Come on, it’ll be fun. We’ll show them how it’s done!” he didn’t wait for her to move as he grabbed her by the hand and yanked her up. He pulled her all the way up the tiny stage. “What song do you want to sing?” he asked brightly, his face was red from the alcohol.
Amy was getting nervous seeing the smiling faces looking at her. She scanned through the crowd and found Joanne looking at her with a smirk. She looked over at Johnny “Any song you chose is fine.” She mumbled. He handed her the microphone as she took it with reluctance. “God, help us both.” She let out a sigh as the music began to play.
The male got to sing first as the colors appeared on the small screen in front of them for easy access. Johnny bounced his head to the beat as he let out a bellow of words, singing at the top of his lungs, missing every note. Amy frowned as she stared at him strangely with the microphone gripping in her hand. The crowd began to giggle and chuckle watching Johnny sing with so much gestures. He was so into the music that he was singing off key, maybe he was doing it because he was drunk. Amy wasn’t sure but soon she found herself shaking her head and laughing along with the crowd. Maybe it was his way of covering up?
After his verse was done, it was her turn as she pulled up the microphone to her mouth and before she began to sing Johnny looked up at the crowd and blew out a loud “Shhhh!!” into the microphone causing a burst of laughter ringing through the crowd.
Amy couldn’t help but blow up with laughter at his action. She laughed through her verse and kept saying “I can’t do this…” she shook her head. When she looked up to find Philip walking out of the balcony with Joanne on his arms. Her smile quickly faded as she turned to Johnny looking distress. She had to shake the image from her head and nodded to Johnny as they began the chorus. She let her voice go as she began to sing, but it was hard to hear her voice from Johnny’s loud obnoxious voice.
He was looking at her adoringly when she began to sing, suddenly he let his voice fade out and the whole place finally heard her sweet voice singing. She was gripping on the microphone so tight that her hands began to turn white. Johnny continued to smile as he stared at her with his head nodding. They both eventually finished the whole song with everyone mesmerized by her hidden voice. Johnny seemed proud after they were done singing. “Wasn’t that great?” he spoke into the microphone.
Mary started a new chant “Encore! Encore!” and they began to clap hysterically for Amy to sing again.
Amy looked around with a stern face “No.” she spoke into the microphone and walked off the stage.
Mary ran up to her friend and hugged her “I can’t believe you sing so well. Why have you been hiding this from us? Does Philip know?”
“He should know now. Everyone heard it.” One of the camera guys standing around commented.
“No, I don’t think so, he was outside with Joanne the whole time.” Another guy pointed out.
Amy knew it that’s why she was able to let go and just sing. She shrugged her shoulders “It’s okay. Maybe he would disagree with you.” She said to Mary. Amy wanted to leave, but since she hitched a ride with Philip, she couldn’t leave just yet. She didn’t want to hang around for another minute as she walked over towards the balcony. She saw Joanne holding onto Philip’s hand while he continuously pushed it away. He backed away and she would step closer to him. Amy didn’t know what to do but clear her throat.
“Can we have a little privacy?” Joanne snapped rudely.
Amy narrowed her eyes at the girl “Sure, I was just going to tell Philip that I’m leaving.” Her eyes landed on Philip, who was looking distraught.
“Already?” he asked surprisingly “I’ll give you a ride.” He was glad someone came to his rescue. He didn’t expect Joanne to throw herself on him when she told him she needed to talk to him. Philip turned to Joanne looking apologetically “Sorry, but I gave her a ride here, I couldn’t expect her to take the cab. I’ll be back.” He said hurriedly and took Amy by the arm and led her out of the area.
“Not having fun with Miss Joanne?” Amy teased, knowing that he was uncomfortable.
“Can you tell?” he sighed “We use to date.”
She looked up strangely “Really?”
He nodded “A long time ago, but I guess she’s still hung over me.” Philip sighed lightly “No one can resist the Cheung charm.”
Amy laughed “Oh, spare me the details.” She looked around for Johnny and found him dancing wildly on the dance floor. “Should we take him now?”
“No, I kinda want to see what he’ll do next. He’s putting on a show, we can’t leave now.” Philip pointed to Johnny who looked like he was trying to do a handstand, of course unsuccessfully.
Amy shook her head sadly “Poor guy, he’s gonna hear about it tomorrow morning.”
“I think it’ll take him a day to recover from the alcohol and another day to recover the fingers pointing and laughing at him.” Philip sighed as he walked towards the floor. Amy followed close behind as she watched him tap on Johnny’s shoulder “Come on, let’s go home.” He said to Johnny and a few people booed and hissed at the distraction.
“My fans need me.” Johnny said brightly and conducted for everyone to back him up. They clapped and yelled for Johnny. He turned to Philip “You’re not the only one with fans.” He said it in a smug tone that hinted to Philip his friend was envious of him.
Amy decided to step in noticing the tension arising “Hey Johnny. Come on, we’ll take you home. I’ll get you some hot tea to clear up your mind.” She reached for his hand but he yanked it back.
“No, Amy! Stop being nice to me.” He cried with frustration “Do you know how hard it is for me not to express my true feelings? To see you everyday and knowing that I can never tell you the truth.” He turned to Philip “And you, Mr. Bigshot, I can have every woman I want. You’ve got the best one next to you and you’ll never know it, you know why? Because you are so damn busy with building your stardom that you can’t even stop to look and see what a great girl you have as an assistant!” Philip sighed as he wrapped an arm around Johnny’s shoulder but he pushed him roughly away. The crowd began to quiet down as they watched the argument between two good friends going out of control “I’m not done!” Johnny pointed to Amy “You have no idea don’t you? She’s got the most beautiful voice, did you hear it? No, because you’re outside trying to rekindle that relationship with Joanne, that same relationship I recall you telling me that it was over and you never loved her.”
All eyes moved over to Joanne, who was near tears as she listened “Thanks, Philip.” She looked hurt as she raced towards the exit with the director following her. He didn’t turn back where Philip stood staring at them apologetically.
“That’s enough, Johnny.” Philip’s voice was telling everyone he was in no mood to mess around.
This time Johnny pushed Philip away so roughly that he fell to the floor. Amy was quick to be by his side as she helped him up “See, just look at that. She’s by your side every second of the way. But do you appreciate her? No. Why do you always get all the luck?”
Amy was tired of the drama as she cut in and pushed at Johnny “Stop it! You’re making everyone uncomfortable. If you were sober enough to understand, you’ll see that he does appreciate me. He’s a great boss and he does not like me nor does he have to because YOU think I’m a great girl. Johnny, listen to yourself. You’re drunk.” Her voice was more gentle this time as he reached for him “Come on, let’s go home. You’ve had enough fun for one night.” Surprisingly, Johnny let her take him into her arms as she led him out of the room with Philip on her other side.