Fan Fiction |
by Jenny Tran
The maids giggled with delight at the thought of playing a little trick on some girl. Normally, Yuk Jei would disapprove of the horrible idea of lying to someone like that. But after hearing Jacky describe this girl, she felt that he needed to leave her, FAST!
Everyone knew what they were suppose to do, Jacky and Johnny were in the bedroom practicing their 'lines'. They didn't even realize that it was a quarter to eight. Suddenly they heard the doorbell ring, like a cat on its prey, they jumped on the bed and threw the covers over their bodies.
"Should I lean on your or you lean on me?" Johnny asked.
The voices were getting a little louder, but it was still incoherent. "You be the girl." Jacky said as he moved his head up on the pillow while Johnny leaned on his chest. "Wait, take off your shirt!" Jacky said, he wanted it to look real.
"Are you sure you're not gay?" Johnny asked, he covered his laugh when Jacky's face turned beet red. "Shhh...she's coming."
They quickly lied down and closed their eyes, trying to relax their heavy breathing. Jacky could hear Mindy's demanding voice "Let me in! He told me to come."
"But Miss, let me wake him up first. He gets very upset when his sleep is disturbed." Yuk Jei explained with a perfect acting voice.
"No, he knows that Im coming, please get out of my way. I don't want to use force." her voice rising. She tried the door and it gave way easily. "Jacky!" her sweet voice sang like a bird, but when she saw another man in bed with him. Jacky peeked one eye half open and saw her red face. Was that fumes he saw coming from her nostrils? He fought every urge to start laughing. "JACKY!!!" she yelled at the top of her lungs.
Jacky moved his head to the side as his hand reached for his head "Oh gosh, my head..." he grabbed it. Slowly he opened his eyes and saw Mindy hovering over the bed, her eyes glued to the adorable guy laying next to her boyfriend. "Mindy!!" he acted surprised. Looking down at his bare chest, he pulled up a blanket to cover himself "I can explain everything." he said.
"What the hell is going on??!" she cried. Not knowing if she should be humiliated or mad.
"I...I..." he stuttered, suddenly Johnny fluttered his eyes open. He smiled at Jacky sweetly, but when he saw his bulging eyes, he followed the gaze to a flaring Mindy. "Honey, I can explain." Jacky quickly said, his eyes on Johnny.
"Well, go ahead... honey!" she yelled sarcastically.
"I...I meant Johnny." he said weakly while Mindy tried to hide her embarrassment.
Johnny looked from one person to the other "Sweetie, you don't have to explain anything." he wrapped a strong arm around Jacky's waist as he looked up at Mindy. "Is this the girlfriend you told me about?" Jacky nodded.
He looked flustered as his gaze returned to Mindy. "Im sorry, I should have told you sooner." his voice full of fake concern.
"Oh you don't have to tell her anything!" Johnny said as he got up from the bed, releasing his grip on Jacky. He stood face to face with Mindy "Its a new century, everything is possible." he crossed his arms delicately while he examined her figure and face "You're not THAT bad looking, you can always get another man." flicking his head to the side dramatically.
She glared at the tall guy in front of her "He's mine! You stole him from me. I think you should be the one to leave!" her teeth clenching with anger.
"Tsk tsk tsk, poor girl. No one belongs to anyone, although I do belong to Jacky." he smiled sweetly at Jacky and gave him a wink.
"Im sorry Mindy." Jacky said weakly.
"Can't you say anything else??!!!" her voice was so high pitched, he had to strain to make out the words.
Jacky got off the bed and stood next to Johnny "I love him." he said simply.
"You two make me sick!!" she spat out the words before stomping her way out of the room. The guys made sure she was out the door. They heard everyone downstairs clap their hands with delight. The guys jumped up and down, their plan had worked perfectly! High fiving each other as Jacky gave him a hug, laughing so loud that he forgot they were both bare without a shirt.
Suddenly he stopped laughing and pulled away from Johnny abruptly "That did not feel too good." he was talking about their bare chest rubbing against each other.
Johnny put his arms on his hips and tilted his head "That's not what you said last night." he was teasing his new friend. They turned over to the door in time to see Yuk Jei standing there in disbelief. A disgusted look crossed her face while the guys burst out laughing again.
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Tia walked up the steps to the run down place. Its been so long since she's visit her friend that she forgot what a horrible place she lived in. Knocking on the door as she looked around with disgust. The wooden door creeked open and appeared a sick looking Annie. "Oh my gosh, you look like a ghost!" Tia exclaimed.
"Thanks, I think I was invisible yesterday." she sniffled and let Tia inside. A blanket wrapped around her shoulders. "Visiting me?"
Tia nodded "I thought I should. Afterall, I have to check for your corspe once a week." she teased.
Annie tried to laugh "If you come tomorrow, maybe you'll find one." her voice was so raspy and her nose was congested. "Who knew a cold would come overnight?"
"What happened to your head?" she nodded to the bandaged forehead on her friend. Annie's hair was ruffled around the white cloth.
"Nose bleed, fainted, bruised head...the usual."
Tia shook her head sadly, her friend was such an accident prone. She was surprised nothing was broken in the process. "Why didn't you call me?"
Annie shrugged her shoulders nochalantly "Im still alive aren't ?."
"But if you're dead, how are you gonna call me." she sighed as she put a hand on her friend's shoulder "Annie, you forget that Im your only friend here? Your parents abandoned you and you got no boyfriend. Sheesh, I feel like a boyfriend sometimes."
"Im very thankful, Tia. But you do have your own life, Im still following my dreams. I can't bother you for every little thing. You've helped me too much already."
The girls met about three years ago, when Annie was at rock bottom. She was broke with a low paying job, she was kicked out of her apartment because she couldn't afford it. Tia met her at the restaurant where Annie worked and caught her bossed yelling at her. Tia felt sorry for the girl so she wanted to help.
She stood outside the restaurant that day and waited til Annie was off work, she offered to find her a job. Annie had a habit of doing everything on her own. She wasn't use to anyone helping her, but she had no choice so she agreed to let Tia help her. She found her a place to live and got her a mail clerk job at one of the big companies that her company worked with.
Tia was a fashion consultant, her sudden love for the field opened her eyes. She began to dress more stylish, got a shoulder length cut to match her look and began to use a little more make up. She offered to help Annie with her appearance, but she refused her offer over and over.
"How did that interview go?" Tia asked. Annie told her about an interview that she was going on. From the way that Annie described it, she knew it was important to her.
"Pretty good, I won't hear from them for at least another week." she said as she reached for a kleenex.
"Where is it at?" Tia was curious to know since Annie never told her what company it was.
Annie smiled "I prefer not to say since Im not even sure if I can get that job. I don't want to embarrass myself."
Tia nodded understandingly "Well, come on, I'll take you to breakfast."
"So I can cough all over your food and get you sick?" she joked as she covered a cough with her tissue "I think I'll stay here."
"Well, let me get you something to eat." Tia offered.
Annie looked at her friend adoringly, her eyes watering from the cold "Why aren't you a guy?" she asked through her stuffy nose.
"Because Im too cute." she winked at her friend and got up "Rice porridge sounds good?"
"Hmm mm, thanks." Annie said with genuine gratefulness.
She left the apartment and came back about 15 minutes with a big container of hot rice porridge and a few grocery bags of fresh food. "Early Christmas gift." she smiled when Annie gave her the evil look. They had plenty of conversations about Tia helping her out. Tia wasn't about to watch her friend detteriorate from lack of food.
"I've gotten 10 'gifts' from you this year already and its barely April!!" she said sarcastically. "yeah, I count. I swear Tia, one day I'll pay you back for all this."
"Thats fine, just don't die. Because if you do, who's gonna pay me back?" she glanced at her watch while she put away the groceries "I've got an appointment with some friends. So I'll swing by tomorrow."
"Sure. Thanks again." Annie said.
"Hey, remind me to introduce you to them. I think you'll like them." she smiled.
"Are they guys?"
"Uh...sort of." Tia answered, unsure of how she could describe Johnny.
"You mean half a guy?" Annie asked while Tia nodded slowly "That's okay then, just as long as he isn't a straight guy. You know I have a hard time talking to guys."
"You know, Annie, they're not as scary as you make them sound." Tia never understood why her friend was so unwilling to meet guys. She's only taken her to a club once since they met and Annie stuck to her side like glue the whole night. Needless to say, she never took Annie to another club.
"True, no one's as scary as me." she smiled awkwardly, showing her metal braces. She looked dorky with the smile and it made Tia laugh.
She shook her head "Oh stop! I'll see you later!" she waved goodbye before she disappeared out the door.
Annie looked around as she returned to her rice porridge. The peace and quiet were her friends again.