| Fan Fiction |
by juicyy
�Don�t look at me! I did what you told me to. I Pre-heated the oven to 175 degrees like you said,� Louis defended as Jessica shot him a deadly, warning glare.
�Celsius?� Jessica retorted. Her eyes were round and audacious, like she was ready to pounce on him.
Rubbing the back of his head, Louis whimpered, � Fa-fa-Fahrenheit.�
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Michelle walked into her apartment hand in hand with Ron to discover a piercing scream coming from the kitchen.
She looked curiously at Ron and both ran straight to the kitchen to see what all the commotion was about. They both found Jessica chasing Louis around the island in the middle of the kitchen with a rolling pin in her hands. It looked as though she was about to skin him alive.
�Jess, I�m sorry! You should�ve been more clear with your instructions,� Louis screamed, as he dodged Jessica�s grab.
�I�ve never met anyone so dense in my life!� She screamed, still running after her clueless boyfriend.
�Calm down, Jess. You can just pop them back into the oven, I�ll help you with them,� Michelle offered as she made a motion for Louis to leave the kitchen at once.
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�Thanks for helping me,� Jessica sighed as she pulled on her oven mitts, taking the gingerbread men out from the oven. �We are the only two our of the four who takes after mom. Vicki and Niki are just as bad as Louis...and dad.�
�Haha. I guess you can say we�re the only ones who are culinary competent. Besides I love baking Christmas cookies with you. We haven�t done this in years, � Michelle replied cheerfully as she placed the cookies on the cooling rack.
�I remember the first Christmas mom taught all of us to bake cookies. Niki almost burned down the kitchen while Vicki�s cookies were raw. Mine and yours were the only decent ones.� Jessica reminisced as she put the dirty dishes into the sink. The two sisters burst into laughter as sweet, innocent thoughts of their childhood came pouring back.
While the two were washing dishes side by side at the sink, nudging Michelle on the side, Jessica asked teasingly, �So what�s the deal with you can Ron. I saw you guys come in together.�
The bashful smile and the immediate shade of red dispersing across Michelle�s cheek was enough to answer Jessica�s question.
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�Yummmm...these are the best gingerbread cookies I�ve ever tasted,� Ron murmured with his mouth full of cookies. Everyone was gathered around in the living, stuffing their face with Jessica�s gingerbread cookies.
Grabbing a gingerbread man off the festive Christmas plate, Bobby took a huge bite off the smiling head. �They�re pretty good, but I think you went overboard with the sugar this year, Jess.�
Louis looked away aguishly before Jessica shot him her famous look of death.
�I know,� she replied crossly, �But it�s not gonna happen next year, right Louis?� All Louis could do was meekly nod, avoiding her glare at the same time.
�So Michelle, are you gonna introduce me to your new boyfriend?� Bobby teased as he looked from Ron to Michelle.
�Bobby!� Michelle squealed, her face turning as bright as a tomato. Ron couldn�t help but melt as he gazed upon his adorable girlfriend.
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�Are you ok, Alec? You�ve been in there for an hour,� Vicki asked worriedly as she knocked on the bathroom door.
�I�m fine, I�ll be out in a second,� Alec managed to groan back. He felt weak as he dragged himself to the bathroom sink.
�Baby, I�m worried about you. Are you sure it�s not food poisoning from my cooking.� Vicki�s voice was filled with worry.
�Oh course not, honey,� Alec grunted as he walked out of the bathroom holding his stomach, �you�re food was top notch.� Even while he was in pain, Alec still managed to put his sugar coated tongue to good use.
Helping her pain stricken boyfriend to the couch, Vicki asked, �Do you need me to make you some congee?�
�NO!� Alec cried a little too loudly, �I mean I just probably ate to much.� He loved her, but her food was a hazard.
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�One more thing, I better not hear any wild stories about you at Julian�s bachelor party tomorrow,� Jessica asserted into the phone.
Louis grinned as he changed the receiver from one ear to the other. �Yes Ma�am. You know I only have eyes for you. And I better not hear any wild stories of YOU at Gigi�s bachelorette party.�
Jessica rolled her eyes as she rasped, �Shut up, get some sleep. I don�t want you to look like a racoon in a tux the day after tomorrow.�
Louis grinned as he said softly, �Ok, sweet dreams, hun. Night.�
�Night,� Jessica said, settling down into her fluffy pillow. After hanging up, Jessica closed her eyes and dreamed of what her wedding with Louis would be like.
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�Oh my god, turn it off before Niki sees it!� Bobby screamed at Michelle, who frantically searched the couch room the remote. It was too late, Niki walked into the room dressed in her Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer pajamas.
�Don�t let me see what?� she asked suspiciously while glancing at Michelle then to Bobby. The two sat frozen as Niki�s eyes made its way towards the television set.
The 11:00 news was flashing an image of Kevin and Charmaine walking side by side, deeply engaged in conversation.
�I�m going to sleep,� Niki said in a voice low and dreary after watching the news regarding her boyfriend and some other girl.
�That�s odd,� Bobby whispered to Michelle once Niki had left the room, �normally she would be blowing a gasket by now.�
�She must be really hurt,� Michelle replied sadly while shaking her head. �...Hello,� she said after flipping open her cell phone to answer the sudden vibrate. To Michelle�s surprise, the person on the other end of the line was Kevin.
�What the hell were you doing talking to that bitch again?! Are you cheating on my sister! If you are you can say good-bye to your family jewel!� Michelle exploded into the phone after hearing Kevin�s voice.
Kevin felt like his ear was bleeding as he changed the receiver from one ear to the other. �What you saw on the news was misleading! I called her out to clear things up. I even told her father I had nothing to do with her. He got pretty pissed off and almost called security on me. He said he would�ve killed me if I hadn�t saved his daughter�s life.� Kevin crossed his fingers, hoping the explanation was good enough.
�Why are you telling me?� Michelle said earnestly, crossing her arms over her chest, �shouldn�t you be telling Niki this?�
�I�ve tried, but she wont answer my calls.� Kevin�s voice was raspy and shaky. He was clearly worried about his stubborn girlfriend. �How can I get her to forgive me?�
Sighing, Michelle replied, �Her favourite book as a kid was �Sadako and a Thousand Cranes.� Are you smart enough to figure out how to make her happy now?�
�Thank you so much, Michelle! I owe you dinner. You�re my absolute favourite sister in law!� Kevin beamed into the phone as he jumped off his bed.
�Not so fast there buddy, let�s see if Niki forgives you first,� Michelle rebutted. Her eyes were sparkling with mischief.
Even if Kevin wasn�t cheating on Niki, he needed to be taught a lesson since he didn�t do anything to repel Charmaine sooner.
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�Gigi, throw it to me!� A girl screamed from the crowed.
Another piped in, �Over here Gigi!�
�Me, me!� One of the bridesmaid yelled, waving her hands frantically in the air.
A group of screaming girls were crowding around the bride, pushing and shoving each other, hoping to be the lucky one to catch the bouquet.
�Will you look at them?� Julian whispered to Louis, �they look like they�re ready to kill each other for a cluster of flowers.�
�Are you girls ready?!� Gigi yelled while turning her back to the crowd of rowdy girls. The group of females went wild as Gigi was ready to throw the bouquet. Giving a discrete wink to the girls after briefly turning around for a sneak peek, Gigi quickly threw the cluster of roses over her head into the crowd from the top of the stairs at the garden where the wedding ceremony was held.
The groups of girls started pushing and shoving each other as the bouquet of fresh, red roses made it�s way swiftly through the air, landing in the hands of a very pretty girl.
Jessica stared at the delicate arrangements of flowers in her hands as Niki screamed, �OH MY GOD! Jessica caught it!�
The bunch of girls began to crowd around Jessica, congratulating her. She could feel her face fluster as she looked at Louis, whose mouth was agape and eyes round in bewilderment.
Gigi quickly jumped down from her spot atop the stairs and threw her arms around her best friend.
�I guess you�re next,� Gigi exclaimed as the two girls embraced each other tightly.
�Well my man. Are you ready?� Julian asked as he threw an arm around his Best Man�s shoulder.
Louis replied with a confident nod, saying, �Of course.�
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Louis wiped his sweaty palms on the leg of his pants as he got up from the head table and walked over to Jessica, who was talking to a group of girls on the other side of the room at the wedding reception.
�May I have this dance?� Louis asked gallantly as he held out a hand once he reached his girlfriend.
Jessica stared at him in amazement as she replied, �Are you sure?� She shuttered as she remembered the last time Louis and her were on the dance floor. Her feet were black and blue for an entire week.
�Of course,� Louis croaked.
Leading Jessica to the dance floor, he gave the DJ a quick wink as a signal. The song �This I Promise You� filled the room as Louis and Jessica made it to the edge of the floor. Louis made a nodding gesture to the DJ, who mouthed the word �you�re welcome� back to him.
Louis� heart was thrashing against his chest as he led Jessica to the music. His hands were encircling her slender waist while she rested her head comfortably on his broad shoulder.
�I love this song,� Jessica whispered softy letting the music take her to her fantasy world.
As Louis led her smoothly to the music, Jessica exclaimed, �Wow, have you been practising? Your dancing is way better than last time.�
�Of course,� Louis said, beaming with delight, �I needed to be perfect for tonight.�
�Perfect? Tonight?� Jessica giggled, �its not like it�s our wedding dance...�
�Actually,� Louis interrupted, �I was hoping tonight would be the beginning of something that would last forever...�
Suddenly getting down on one knee, Louis pulled out a red, velvet box from the breast pocket of his tux.
Jessica stared at her boyfriend with a confused, dazed expression on her pretty face.
�Jessica,� Louis started as he opened the velvet box to reveal a dazzling pink, princess cut diamond, �Will you marry me?�
Jessica felt her knees get weak as he stared at Louis� adorable, hopeful face.
Her answer was soft at first but her voice eventually bursted with excitement, �YES. I WILL!�
Louis thought his ears were playing tricks on him as stared at Jessica with a stupefied expression, frozen in the proposal position for thirty whole seconds as people stopped dancing and began to crowd around the couple out of curiousity in the middle of the dance floor.
�Well?� Jessica replied nervously, �are you just gonna stay like that?�
Louis slowly stood up and pulled Jessica into his powerful, passionate embrace. Jessica closed her eyes, absorbing the love that her boyfriend, now fianc�, was sending to her.
�I�ll love you till the day I die,� Louis whispered as the two continued to stay entwined in each other�s arms while claps were echoing through the room.
Jessica couldn�t contain the steady stream of tears flowing down her cheeks. �I love you,� she said softly.
Louis stood up, slipping the ring gently onto Jessica�s finger and they continued to sway steadily to her favourite song. Louis looked over at a smiling Julian and Gigi, giving them a thumbs up.
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�I�m so happy for Jess,� Vicki sighed as she looked at her oldest sister drowning in happiness, �I hope that can be us one day.�
Alec placed a peck on Vicki�s forehead while his eyes glistened with sparkles.
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�Awww, that�s so cute,� Michelle said, watching her sister from atop the balcony of the dining hall in the hotel.
�Not as cute as you,� Ron said, approaching her from behind. He pulled her around so that she was facing him and playfully planted a kiss on her luscious lips.
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As Niki was admiring her oldest sister�s special moment from across the room, her eyes accidentally darted over towards Kevin, who was on the opposite side of the dance floor. Niki quickly looked away, pretending that they were complete strangers.
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�Niki, can you do me a favour? Our landlord just called and said our pipe burst, can you go home and check it out?� Bobby said in a distressful tone after tapping his youngest niece on the shoulder.
Normally she would snap at him for ruining her fun, but Niki wasn�t in the mood for celebrating tonight.
She took a deep breath and simply said, �Sure.�
Bobby smiled to himself as Niki disappeared through the doors of the hotel.
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Handing the cab driver a twenty dollar bill, Niki climbed out of the taxi onto the sidewalk in front of her complex.
She leaned against the walls of the elevator within the building with her eyes fixed on the increasing numbers displayed on the top of the metal sliding doors. The elevator stopped with a slight jerk on the twelfth floor.
Niki sighed as she shoved her key into the fancy lock. There was four hours left of Christmas and she wished it would all be over soon. Niki hated spending Christmas alone.
She immediately rushed to the kitchen to check out the pipe problem that Bobby was raving about before.
�There�s nothing wrong with the frikkin pipe!� Niki cried aloud in frustration. �Stupid Bobby made me miss the wedding for a false alarm.�
Walking back into the living room Niki�s eyes widened as her mouth shaped into an �o.� She didn�t notice the 6 ft Christmas tree decorated with paper cranes of all sorts of colours from top to bottom before when she first entered her home. Her heart melted as she gazed upon the assemblage of paper cranes, which was the only thing decorating the tree.
Niki slowly made her way towards the Christmas tree to discover a single gift, the size of a shoe box, sitting at the foot of the tree. Ruled by curiosity, she knelt down and picked up the box wrapped in shiny silver paper. Niki opened the wrapper carefully to discover another box, slightly smaller, wrapped in bright red paper this time. Niki quickly tore it open only to find a smaller box covered in yellow paper. Being an impatient girl, Niki tore open the next 7 wrapped boxes, each smaller than the last, in less than thirty seconds. She was dying to see what kind of trick her family was playing on her.
�What the hell?� Niki cursed once she got to the last box and opening it to find nothing but a piece of paper within. Unfolding it slowly, Niki squinted her eyes, reading the few words that was scribbled across the sheet, saying, �Look on top of the tree.�
Following the paper�s instruction, Niki stood and up and strained her neck to see what was on top of the tree. She found an angel dressed in white perched on the very top and a little shiny reflection from the angel�s hand caught her attention. Niki looked closer at it�s hand, gasping when she realized it was a solitaire, white diamond ring.
She stood on her tip toes and wrestled with the tree, hoping to retrieve the diamond from the angel. Since the tree was twice her size, it snapped back against Niki, causing her to fall backwards.
Before she could hit the hard wood floor, a strong pair or arms supported her from behind. Niki looked up to find Kevin�s handsome face. He was trying hard not to laugh.
�Wouldn�t it be easier to grab a chair?� He teased while helping Niki back onto her feet.
She stared at Kevin in disbelief, not being able to mutter a single word.
Reaching for the diamond and grabbing it effortlessly from the angel, Kevin held it out towards Niki while saying, �Will you forgive me?�
�You buy a diamond and expect me to forgive you?� Niki said crossly, glaring at Kevin in doubt and anger.
�No, I expect you to forgive because I understand what an idiot I�ve been. I explained to Charmaine that I was madly in love with someone else and not her. No matter how immature, clumsy, or stubborn this girl may be, my heart could only see, hear, and feel her. I realized that I cannot live without this girl and that�s why...� Kevin got down on one bended knee to finish his sentence, �...and that�s why I want to ask for this girl to be my wife. Forever.�
Niki could feel her eyes swell up with tears. �Am I the girl you�re talking about?� The look in Kevin�s eyes gave her the answer.
�Niki, will you marry me?� The ten seconds that it took her to answer was the longest ten seconds of Kevin�s life.
�Yes,� she whispered softly.
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This is a present to LJ and KN fans. MR and AV fans, your present is coming during new years *wink.*