Fan Fiction |
by Jenny Tran
It was the annual barbeque get together at Philip and Amy's mansion. They wedded about 3 months after Johnny and Liz got married. It so happened the girls were pregnant at the same time. The fathers were estactic at the hospital with their new borns. Philip had a girl and Johnny had a little boy.
Amy sat on a chair under the umbrella table where their green grass back yard of the mansion as she watched the kids playing happily. They were the best of friends, she could already tell. Her smile was content, there was nothing in her life that could make her frown. "Honey, don't play with that!" she cried when little Angie picked up a handful of sand from the sandbox Philip and Johnny built for the kids.
Her little girl was almost three, wearing her little blue dress she was cute as a button next to Jimmy who was dressed in shorts and a t-shirt. A blue jean cap on his head made him look like a little man.
"You have to let them be kids." Liz's voice appeared from the back of Amy.
She looked up at her friend and happily took the cup of ice coke "Thanks. I know it's hard not to keep an eye on them. But sometimes you just have to make sure that they don't eat something they're not suppose to eat."
Liz laughed as she turned back to where the guys were. They were busy barbequing and laughing at each other's stories. "Don't tell Johnny, but that other day I found Jimmy picking up a cockroach he found in the kitchen."
Amy let out a gasp as she covered her mouth "What? Did he eat it?" she asked in horror.
"No, of course not! Johnny would yell at me for not taking care of the kitchen. I caught him on time. I put out little bug killers in the kitchen now to keep them away." She glanced back at Johnny again "That just comes to prove to you that kids have a mind of their own. You cannot be too careful and you can't be too overprotected. Kids will be kids."
Amy nodded with understanding "You're right." she let out a small sigh "They grow up so fast don't they?" Liz nodded in agreement with a motherly smile on her face.
Soon the guys joined them at under the umbrella table "Snack time!" Johnny announced as he put down the plate of barbeque chicken and ribs. "This one is for you Amy, I know you like the wings." he used the fork to place it on her plate.
Amy eyed him carefully "Did you put hot sauce on this?" she knew he was still trying to get her back. So far she has caught him in the last few attempts.
Johnny looked hurt as he pouted at her "Amy! I'm so offended. How could you think I am that childish that I would still hold that grudge from that trick you played on me over three years ago?" he said haughtily.
"Because I know YOU." she retorted but took a sniff at the chicken but nothing was fishy about it.
"Honey, just eat it, I cooked those myself." Philip coaxed as he waved the kids over. They happily obliged while running over with cries of laughter between the two.
"You don't even trust your husband?" Johnny asked incredulously when Amy wrinkled her nose at the chicken wings. "Anyways, when was the last time I tried to pull something on you?" he asked Amy.
She smiled not remembering the exact date "After you failed to convince me that Philip was cheating on me, I figured you would never give up until you get me. But it has been almost over a year."
Johnny nodded "See, it's been too long. I've grown up alot."
After saying that Liz began to choke on her food as she laughed. She patted her chest in pain but a smile was plastered on her face "Honey, you almost killed me there. Don't say that again."
Amy laughed "Even your wife doesn't believe you!"
Philip shook his head "That should be in the next headlines, Johnny thinks he's more mature." he laughed with the girls while Johnny scowled at them.
He turned to his son who was patiently peeling away the chicken skin before eating it "What do you think, Jimmy?"
The boy raised his eyebrows innocently "I don't know." he said sweetly.
Johnny frowned as he scolded "Oh what do you know, you're only three. Eat your chicken!" his face brightened as he turned to Angie "How about you sweetie? Uncle Johnny is a good person right?"
The little girl looked up with a peeled chicken in her hand with Amy's help. Her face was smeared with ketchup, she shook her head at him "Uncle Johnny funny!" pointing to him. Making the other adults blow up with laughter.
"Oh, even you don't agree? I guess I don't belong at this table. I'm going inside to eat by myself!" he said heatily stomping his foot all the way into the kitchen through the back door.
Philip and Amy glanced at each other and turned to Liz. She looked up after stuffing her mouth full of salad "What?" she mumbled.
"You're not going to see how your second son is doing?" Amy asked.
"No. When he starts to behave, we'll allow him to join little Jimmy and Angie." she smiled sweetly at the kids, who were well behaved.
Amy felt bad for Johnny since she was a little responsible for his outburst "I'll go." she sighed after a moment.
"Be careful, honey." Philip warned as he watched his wife walk away with a quick wave at them. He turned to Liz with a smile "Any way we can stop that war between them?"
Liz laughed with her head shaking "Maybe if we're lucky, the two of them will play each other to death."
Inside the kitchen, Johnny was sitting on a stool at the tile counter. His head was on the counter while his arms were dangling beside him "Hey, you're not mad are you?" Amy asked carefully.
He let out a small sob "No one likes me."
Amy laughed "Since when did you get so sensitive. I thought you were use to being called a clown?" she took a seat next to him.
"Not when I feel like I've matured." he sighed pulling his head up, his back slouching with exaggeration.
She shook her head "You have!" she insisted.
"Really?" he looked up at her "Is this your way of messing with my feelings?"
Amy smiled sincerely "You know I wouldn't do that...again. I promised never to make a guy cry again. You looked so devastated when I told you Liz was married. You remember?"
Johnny had a distant look in his eyes "Yeah, I don't think, I'll ever forget it." he pushed himself off the chair "Okay, enough sulking, I'm getting lonely in here." Amy began to follow him when Johnny's leg fell out from below him.
She watched in shock as he fainted before her eyes "Johnny?" she bent down and shook him.
His eyes fluttered open "What happened?" he asked softly pushing himself up.
"You fainted..." Amy said suspicously.
He frowned "I did?" he let out a sigh "Well, it's not the first time...sorry I scared you, Amy." the sincerity in his voice was too real.
She let her guard down after catching the sad tone in his voice. "It's happened before?"
Johnny quickly looked around and then back at her "Promise you won't tell Liz?" Amy nodded blankly, wondering what it could be "I've been getting this faint dizzy spells lately. I saw the doctor about a month ago and he took an head scan. He found a parasite inside."
Amy wrinkled her forehead with concern "How did that happen?"
Johnny shrugged his shoulders "He said it could be something I ate. Maybe dirty food or uncooked food, could be in sushi, I don't know."
"Can it be destroyed?" she looked at him carefully to catch any signs of a lie.
He shook his head sadly with a soft sigh "The doctor said if it was anywhere in my body, they could trace it, but because it's living inside my brain it will be too hard to find it. If they operate, I could die."
Amy let out a small gasp as she covered her mouth "Oh my God...you have to tell Liz!" she insisted.
Johnny shook his head "No, I don't want her to worry about me anymore. If you were in my shoes, you would not want to tell Philip. Don't worry, I'll let her know one day."
"When? In your death bed?" she asked incredulously "If it happened to Philip, I would want to know." she insisted.
Johnny reached for her hand as he gave it a little squeeze "You promised Amy. Give me time...I'll let her know."
Amy nodded after a moment "Fine. But if you don't tell her in one month, I'll going to tell her myself."
************** 1 month later ************
The four were having dinner at Johnny and Liz's house one night when Philip noticed Amy and Johnny exchanged strange glances "What are you guys up to? What's with the looks?"
Johnny shook his head "Nothing..." he gave Amy a desperate pleading look for her not to say anything but she brought it up.
"She should know!" Amy cried out. She quickly turned to Liz "Have you seen the doctor reports?"
Liz frowned and then nodded "How did you know?"
Amy turned to Johnny "So you told her?" he shook his head blankly "You found the x-rays?"
Liz nodded "Of course, it was sent to me. At first I was a little concerned, but Johnny and I talked about it. No matter what happens, we'll try our best to be happy."
"You're not worried?" Amy asked incredulously.
Philip frowned "What are you guys talking about?"
Amy shook her head at her husband "I'll tell you later. So when you looked at the x-ray...did you...see it? What does it look like?"
Liz laughed with her head shaking "Its just doubled the size of one." Amy winced with disgust "Yeah, that was my same expression, but when I looked clearly, it looked harmless. I told Johnny if he died from shock then I would find someone else to take care of me and my kids."
Amy was shocked at what she heard "What?! I can't believe you could say something like that."
Philip was more confused than ever "Would someone mind telling me what's going on?"
Amy began to open her mouth but Johnny quickly pulled her up "Can you help me get the ice cream, Amy?" he practically yanked her into the kitchen.
She was in shock but let him lead her away. Her breathing quickened at the outrage she just heard "I can't believe she's already thinking about remarrying after knowing that a parasite is killing you!"
Johnny was trying to hush her "Shhh...not so loud..." suddenly he grabbed his head in pain. "Ow..." he whispered softly. Suddenly he fell down into the floors, his fists gripped in pain until he passed out. His body relaxed next to Amy who looked frantically around.
"Johnny!" she cried out "Johnny! Wake up...stop playing!" she hit him across the arm but he was motionless. "It's not funny." she warned but again he did not answer.
Amy began to comb her fingers over her hair "Oh my God...." she whispered. She pushed herself off the floor and stood at the door of the kitchen "Philip! Liz!! Come in here..." she pulled herself down at the ground and flipped his body around "Johnny...." she whispered.
Philip and Liz appeared at the door with frowns. "What's.." Liz didn't have to finish when she saw Johnny sprawled out on the tile floor "Johnny!" she bent down to where Amy was "What happened? Did you push him?"
Amy shook her head "No...he just fainted." she looked up at Philip with a scared expression "Should we call the ambulance?"
Philip bent down "Wait." he held back Amy who was about to get up. He quickly felt Johnny's pulse "It's pretty normal. But maybe we should call the police."
Johnny snapped his eyes open as he sat up abruptly startling the girls. They let out small shrieks "I'm not that normal." he said through an evil grin.
Philip rolled his eyes while Amy hit him clear across the arm "You dork! That wasn't funny!!"
Liz hit him on the head "Yeah!" she agreed while clutching her heart with another hand "You scared the crap out of me."
Johnny laughed "Sorry, I just wanted to scare Amy. I didn't expect her to freak out like that."
"You'll be sorry you ever met me once I'm through with you." Amy threatened as she moved in closer to Johnny who was now up and trotting to the living room.
"I'm the WINNER!!!" he began crying out happily while bouncing up and down on the carpet. He began rolling around doing cartwheels while laughing hysterically. The kids seemed to be intrigued by Johnny's happy mood. They stared at him with a smile on their face while sitting on the couch peacefully.
Amy turned to Liz with a sigh "How could you stand that man?"
Liz snickered "Man? What part of him is a man?" she turned to Philip who opened his mouth, her finger pointing at him menacingly "Don't answer that!" she looked over at Amy who was shaking her head "You want to adopt him? I swear, he'll just sleep, eat and poop all day...you don't have to give him any love." she shook her head convincingly.
Amy laughed "No thank you, I already have a dog." her head shaking as the three walked out to join the giddy Johnny. The four sat down and continued their meal. Every so often Johnny would look up at Amy and stifle a laugh. "Okay, I get it...it's funny. Can you act like a civilized boy?" she snapped.
Johnny smiled "Someone's sounds like a sore loser. Don't be mad because I won this war. I've waited three years! Just when you let down your guard down...BAM!!! That's how I attack."
Amy rolled her eyes as she was about to take a bite "Wait...Liz, were you in on it?" she pointed to her friend.
Liz shook her head "Oh no, don't pull me into your little war...I had nothing to do with it." she said honestly.
"What were you talking about x-rays and stuff." Amy asked.
Johnny and Liz exchanged glances "We're having twins. I just took my first ultrasound today...two heartbeats." she said excitedly. The four exchanged smiles, they knew whatever grudge or war that Johnny and Amy had, it would soon pass from this wonderful news.