Fan Fiction |
by Jenny Tran
Becca was the first that arrived to headquarters. She sat in the conference room by herself, staring dazily at the large diamond sitting in the center of the table. Her chin rested on the table. Doug walked in looking at her strangely, he took a seat across from her and mimicked her position “What are you doing?”
She sighed, “Do you think Chuck will let me keep it?”
Doug sat upright with a snort “Yeah, keep dreaming.”
Becca moved back her head and slumped back into the chair “Hey, you know what I was thinking?” Doug looked at her with a shrug “You know how Ted and Erin…”
“Yeah.” Doug said before she even finished.
“And how Darren and Mia…”
“Oh yeah.” Doug replied with a grin.
“I was thinking, maybe we both should…you know.” Becca shamelessly flirted with him.
Doug leaned over the table smiling “Yeah, I’m listening.”
“We would be a dynamite couple. We’re the prettiest of the group and not to mention you’ve got killer dimples!” Becca complimented.
Doug flashed his famous dimpled smile “Thank you, but I’m not asking Chuck if you can keep the diamond. We both know what the answer is.”
“You suck!” Becca snickered.
“Awww…Doug doesn’t suck. Sure he’s a little dense, but he doesn’t suck.” Mia teased from the doorway.
Becca turned to her new target “Mia! Did I ever tell you that you are my favorite person in the whole world?” she gushed while pulling a chair out for Mia to sit.
Mia looked at the girl cautiously “No…I thought your favorite person was Erin?”
“NO!” Becca denied quickly “She’s not as sweet or cute as you…”
Mia turned to Doug who was stifling a smile “I’m almost afraid to ask.”
Becca frowned “Why are you guys so suspicious? Can’t someone give another person a compliment without wanting something?”
“Yes, but when it comes from you, it’s like you’ve got these huge flashing letters above your head that read ‘beware’.” Doug animated.
Mia laughed after imagining the picture in her head “Yeah…you make a good point.” She pointed at Doug “What does sweettalker want?” she pointed her thumb at Becca.
“I wanna know if Chuck will let me keep the diamond! Can you ask him Mia? He likes you.” Becca asked wide-eyed.
“What?” Mia shook her head “Did I just hear right?” Doug nodded vigorously while Mia chuckled “Becca, be serious. You think he would let us keep something like this?”
“Not US, just ME.” Becca corrected, “Fine if you don’t ask, I’ll ask Erin. He seems to favor her anyways. But you know it’s a little creepy the way he smiles and winks at her. Maybe he has a crush on her or something? Someone should tell him to get in line behind Ted.”
“I guess denying that I like Erin is out of the question.” Ted spoke up from the entrance. The three were startled and all turned away guiltily. He let out a sigh and limped his way over to the seat next to Doug “It’s okay guys. Just because no one talked about it before doesn’t mean it isn’t true. Speaking of Erin. Where is she?”
Becca shook her head “I don’t know, last night Chuck mentioned that she wanted to stay with you overnight. I got up this morning and didn’t see her. I figured she was still sleeping.”
“No.” Ted shook his head “I don’t know where she could have gone.”
Darren walked in casually thinking he was the earliest just to find everyone there already “Wow…did someone forget to send me a memo?”
“No, you just overslept.” Becca quipped.
He greeted everyone with a nod “Where’s Erin and Chuck?”
Becca widened her eyes “See!!” she screamed suddenly “I knew my assumption was right! They are dating!”
“Who’s dating?” Darren asked.
“I don’t think so.” Mia chimed in “I mean the age difference is a huge gap and you think Erin would move on so fast? Even if she did, there are better choices.” Her eyes moved over to Ted. She could sense Darren’s smiling gaze at her from the corner of her eyes “What?” she turned to him.
Darren shook his head but the smile remained “I can’t get over how much you’ve changed. You use to be the one that had to put your foot in your mouth and look at you now…mature and so logical.”
“Was I that bad?” Mia asked “Brad told me I was a practical joker and Ethan was always a victim of my jokes but did I need to put my foot in my mouth?” she looked around the table and they were dodging her questioning eyes.
Becca rolled her eyes “Don’t listen to him Mia. He’s just trying to get into your pants.”
Doug covered his mouth with a fist and coughed out “Foot, Becca foot!”
“Look, I’m just saying how it is.” Becca leaned back in her chair with her arms crossed “We’re all adults, we should be able to put everything out on the table and not feel obligated to hold back. Plus we all know Ted’s in love with Erin, Darren is still in love with Mia, but she can’t remember him. And Chuck has a thing for Erin and I have fallen for Doug, who is still mourning over Jessie’s death. It’s clear like the sky.” She said it so nonchalantly that no one seemed to catch it.
Ted wrinkled his brows and then turned to Becca “What did you just say?”
She had a look of exaggeration “I said a lot of things, I can’t remember exactly what I said.”
“No no…about you and Doug.” Ted turned to Doug, who’s face was as blank as a piece of white paper.
“Oh. I said I was falling for him.” Becca said casually “I thought you guys knew?”
Ted shook his head, Mia hid an apparent smile but shook her head also. Darren shrugged with no answer, only Doug sputtered out “Yo…you….what…but…why?”
“And all this time, I thought it was obvious. Do you ever see me flirting with Ted or Darren?” Doug shook his head slowly “Surely you don’t think that I’m the kind of girl that just flirts with random men.” He was about to nod but decided to shake his head instead, he was dumfounded, not to mention not ready for the wake up call “It’s okay to reject me now, but I’m just warning you…you’ll fall for me one day.” Becca was so sure of it.
Mia couldn’t hold it in as she began cackling with laughter “Does anyone have a mirror? Doug you’ve got to see your face!”
Becca reached into her purse and handed the mirror to Doug, who took it and looked at himself briefly. He closed the compact and gave it back to Becca “Thank you.” He said flatly.
She turned and nudged Mia in the ribs “Does he react like this every time a girl confesses her love?” she whispered.
Mia nodded with wide eyes “Every time. I remember when this girl named Jody Cheng came up during a dance and asked Doug for a dance, he smiled and declined. She then leaned over and kissed him unexpectedly and thanked him even when he said no. He stood there for almost 2 minutes without moving. I even timed it.”
“Wow…” Becca turned to Doug and then back to Mia “I think his face is going to freeze up.”
“Should I take him out of his misery?” Darren offered.
“No, then who’s going to give me my two beautiful children? We’re going to have a girl and a boy.” Becca nodded firmly.
Ted smiled with his head shaking, he didn’t know the girl could be so forward “You better stop Becca, he’s getting more pale. The blood is going to drain out of his body if you continue.”
Becca tilted her head at Doug “Would if help if I told you I was just kidding?”
Doug let out along sigh of relief “Thank you.”
“About the kids…but I’m still in love with you.” Becca nodded with a grin as she got up and sat on the table, sprawling out her body on the table in front of Doug. And he was back to the pale face again. Darren, Ted and Mia began laughing at Doug’s reaction.
They quieted down when there were voices coming from outside the doors “Great, you guys are all here.” Chuck quickly walked in with Erin behind him “Ted, how’s your leg? Good. Becca, get off the table, I just cleaned it last night. And no, you can’t keep the diamond. Mia, can you turn off the lights? Doug, snap out of it, you look like you just saw a ghost. Darren, stop staring at Mia, it makes her uncomfortable. Erin…” he turned to see her handing a file to him “Perfect…as usual.” He smiled as she returned to her seat.
“Creepy, isn’t he?” Becca asked the team.
Mia frowned “Hey, so all that mix up with the name thing was all an act? Why do you seem a little different today, Chuck?”
“Yeah and where did you take Erin?” Becca asked with her eyes narrowing suspiciously.
Erin turned to the team in the dimmed light “I went to the hospital to get the crutches from Ethan for Ted. It’s outside.” She said to Ted.
“Thanks.” He smiled gratefully.
“I ran into Chuck at the deli. We caught the morning news.” Erin explained.
Chuck turned on the television “We’re on it.” The screen showed security cameras catching the team stealing the diamond with the shoot out following shortly after.
The reporter stood on the roof of the bank “And this is where the six thieves apparently jumped onto a waiting helicopter. Clearly it was a planned burglary and at this time, the FBI are still investigating who the culprits are. Currently we have no leads. We will give you an update tonight at 9. Thank you, I’m Chiu Lai Weng for Jade Channel.”
Chuck turned it off and turned to his team “The good news is they don’t know it’s us. The bad news is, if they find out…think of the worse possible thing.”
Mia raised her hand “We shut down, they take us to jail and all the guys becomes someone else’s bitches.” Mia said. Everyone turned to her with surprised looks “I watched this documentary about prisoners in jail. It was very realistic.”
“I think Ted would make someone else their bitch cause he looks intimidating.” Becca added.
“Thanks…I think.” Ted frowned.
Chuck nodded at Mia to turn on the lights “You guys won’t go to jail…you have nothing to worry about. But we might run into some problems. Right now, I want all of you to stay out the public eye, just in case you guys become recognizable. Thank goodness for the night goggles huh?” he laughed.
Becca shook her head “No, that wasn’t funny.”
“You’re right. Nothing’s funnier than your face.” He cracked.
The team laughed while Becca scowled at her so called co-workers “Now that’s funny!” Doug pointed out.
She snapped her head over to him and he quickly dodged the glare “Soon.” Becca said in a low and threatening voice “Soon.”
Erin smiled as she nod her head at Doug “Don’t listen to her threats. She’s all talk.”
“Even about crushes?” Doug asked pleadingly.
She shook her head “No, when Becca falls, she falls hard. Think of the spider web and a fly crawls onto it. The spider spins a web quickly around the fly, making it impossible for him to fly away. It’s just like that.”
Doug slumped back gloomily “Anything but the spider…”
“Hey, I’m not THAT bad.” Becca argued.
“You could have fooled us.” Chuck muttered under his breath.
She turned to him with a look that could burn through walls “This is an A and B conversation, C your way out of it.”
“Ooh, a quip. I better hide.” Chuck said with sarcasm, he nodded at Erin “When you have time, step into my office. I have some things to discuss with you.”
“Okay.” Erin smiled as she watched him exit the room. When she turned, Mia and Becca both sandwiched her “What?” her brows wrinkled together.
“What was that?” Becca asked.
“What was what?” Erin shook her head.
Mia crossed her arms “Don’t lie Erin, you were never good at it. What’s going on with you and Chucky?”
“Nothing! And don’t call him Chucky, he hates it.” Erin widened her eyes in shock “I can’t believe you guys would think that. We just happen to be very compatible, he has a lot of insights and not to mention very smart.”
Becca turned to Ted sadly “Sorry, she’s apparently moved on. To the fat and bald!” Ted shook his head with a laugh and limped outside to retrieve the crutches “Are you crazy, Erin? He’s our boss!”
“Anyways, isn’t he a little old?” Mia added
“Girls, leave her alone. She has the right to chose who she wants to date.” Darren said with reason.
“Thank you.” Erin nodded at her only supporter.
Mia turned to him and snapped “Thank you Dr. Love.” She took a hold of Erin’s arms “You can’t just pick the next fish you see in the sea.”
“Metaphors! Owe, my head…” Erin mocked her friend, but then it occurred to her that she probably wouldn’t remember “Oh sorry…forgot you lost half of your brain.” She rolled her eyes “Look, I don’t like Chuck. He is like a mentor to me, that’s all. Now if you will excuse me.” She pushed her way through and walked outside while Becca and Mia shook their heads at her.
“Denial.” The girls said in unison.