| Fan Fiction |
by Jowyn
[Flashback - Two years ago]
The first time I met him, I knew he was the man I wanted to be in my life…His charming smile made me go weak in the knees and his voice sent shivers down my spine…
“Hello, you must be Ella.”
But it surprised me when I realized he was married, and his wife turned out to be my best friend, Hebe…
“Hi, I’m pleased to meet you.” I said.
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Selina and Hebe were my best friends since high school. After high school, I was offered a scholarship to further my studies in Hotel Management course at University of Queensland, Australia. Now I’m back at Taiwan after three years and a lot of things had changed for good. Hebe was married to Chun, while Selina and Calvin had already engaged and will hold their wedding in three months later.
A couple of weeks later I was invited to a Christmas party at Calvin’s house. Selina told me that Hebe and Chun would also be there.
I almost forgot the initial feeling I had for him as I hadn’t seen him since the first time we met at the reunion dinner. Everything changed when we met again…
Finally, I arrived at the party. There were many people inside and the music was opened loud. I stepped inside trying to search for Selina and Hebe, but they were not anywhere around in the living room.
So, I walked to the backyard and stopped for a second at the doorway. Suddenly, I heard a voice behind me.
“Hey, I’ve caught you under the mistletoe!!!”
I turned around and out of sudden before I could react, he took me in his arms and kissed me. Although it looked more like a welcoming kiss as it only lasted for a two seconds, but I knew I couldn’t hide my feeling anymore because I had started to blush at this sparkling moment…everything will never be the same anymore.
Hebe came shortly behind and slapped him playfully on his arm.
“Oh honey…I knew you would take advantage of the mistletoe. Look at what you have done to poor Ella.”
Hebe turned to me, “Ella, please don’t mind him. He always loves to play around when it come to Christmas. He watched a lot of Santa’s movies.”
“Hebe, it’s okay, let’s get back inside to join the others.”
After that night, I realized that I had fallen for him badly. This is going insane, I need to stop it. I need to bury the feelings deep inside of me. I couldn’t let Hebe know how I felt about her husband. I couldn’t hurt my best friend and I knew I shouldn’t have fallen for him. How am I going to face him again? Maybe I should stay away from him...
[End of flashback]
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As time went by, I had found someone who loves me. It was Jiro. He was a wonderful guy, and the most important was he loves me.
We met on the plane during my business trip to Singapore a year ago. He was sitting right beside me. That time I was feeling lonely and needed someone to talk to. It was a torment moment for not able to see Chun for the whole week.
Actually I was supposed to go together with Chun to get the business contract, but in the end Chun couldn’t make it as Hebe had been hospitalized due to food poisoning. On the brink, the whole conversation with him was merely to pass my time, and also to avoid from thinking more about Chun. We chatted and laughed at his humorous jokes throughout the whole journey.
After the business trip, we still keep in touch and hanging out together. No one would have predicted that I have become his fiancée today. Everything happened too fast and when he proposed to me, I agreed to let go my dream of being together with the man I loved and convinced myself that I would be much happier if I married Jiro. We agreed to engage first and hold our wedding six months later.
Sometimes, it made me wonder do I love him as much as he loves me or was he just a substitute for the man I loved? Did my decision to marry him was right or it was wrong from the beginning? Seriously, I don’t know. I knew I couldn’t stay on like this forever and it would be better for all of us if I stayed out of Chun's life.
Chun…I thought I was over him…but the truth was I never and couldn’t forget the moment I given him my first kiss. It was a spark of moment that both of us shared.
Before I forgot to mention, I was working with him. Yeah, in fact I’m his personal assistant now. A few days later after the gathering at the Christmas party, he offered a personal assistant post for me knowing that I was looking for a job after graduation from university. I was shocked when I first heard the news, but Hebe assured me to take the job since I’m the most suitable candidate Chun was looking for.
I didn’t know what came into my mind, and in the end I accepted the job to work at the same hotel with him. I just hoped that I could be by his side everyday despite knowing that he could never love me.
Arrrgghhh!!!!!! What am I supposed to do? I knew I was playing with fire…I had fallen in love with the wrong man at the wrong time.
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Chun’s POV
Five years of marriage life I spent with Hebe had made me into a complete man. Married to Hebe was the most wonderful thing that ever happened to me.
I met Hebe when I dropped by at the florist shop in town to buy a bouquet of tulips for my mom on her birthday. Hebe was working there after finished high school and studied part-time in a secretarial course. I won’t forget the sweet smile on her face when we first met. We exchanged phone number and from there we became FRIENDS, then from friends turned to LOVERS and finally as a HUSBAND and WIFE.
I knew she loves kids and more than willing to have our own kids, but I told her to wait for my career to turn stable first before we decided to go on with the plan.
Everybody thought I’m a happy married man. I used to think I am, but now I’m not sure anymore. Everything started to change when I met Ella.
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A/N: As I promised earlier, here is the first chapter for today. Please leave your comment if you think my story is interesting. I will come back with more chapters. Stay tuned :)
18 June 2008
9:13pm (Malaysia)