Love's Ride [FF Challenge] {Complete}

Fan Fiction

Love's Ride [FF Challenge] {Complete}

by Ruwee \:D/

Chapter 1

Love's Ride [Ella's POV]

Love’s Ride

This is all absurd, I thought. It’s been a few years now, yet we, he and I can only remain as friends. Yes, I love him, for all you know! But I don’t know if he knows, if he even wants to know or if ever he’d know. And what would happen if he did? My dad would send me to the nearest orphanage and dump me. And for sure, the nuns and the keepers from the orphanage would dump me as well, because I’m over aged to be kept in a shelter and then I’ll come running back to the once carnival kid who is now a grown up man, my best friend, my consulter and my one-sided love kind of thing. I love him and he doesn’t know.

I’ve always tagged along to wherever he wanted to go. He’s just a typical carnival gentleman and I am a high class lady, who doesn’t think so. This whole friendship thing, not even a part of it does my father want and I never know if he would—ever. The last time I checked, he spanked me when I went home wearing an oversized shirt, baggy pants and a cap, completely drenched wet from the rain that just poured a little while ago from that day.

Now, only I can tell him that I love him. For him to know the truth and for me to know if ever we have a chance of being together or if our love can ever be. I know there are many possible answers to what may happen when I do, but all I could do now is to tell him that I do, because I just can’t wait, I just can’t keep it all to myself—that I love him and will always.

I walked to the longest route leading to the carnival on an early Sunday morning during the winter season. It was nearly the 25th, in fact, only it is two days from now that the celebration would happen and I’d see people laugh and be merry once again. Whether it is that they’re opening presents or caroling alongside the streets.

I was thinking twice whether I’d really push through with the plan. I was thinking twice of everything. For this decision could send me crying on my room for a whole year or maybe squealing in joy, because he’d be willing to accept me.

I know usually is it that the man proposes to the woman, but I’m different. I know how to handle things; I know how to deal with things, because I’m studying psychology. So usually is it that I also get the right answers to my questions, concerning the physical capabilities and common sense a person has. Now that I think about it, maybe because it’s a leap year that I’m actually doing this. But no! Actually, it has nothing to do with leap year. It’s just a saying that when it’s a leap year, the woman confesses to the man, but I really don’t believe it, so I don’t think that counts.

In a few while later, I huffed and puffed the icy cold air that surrounded me, that embraced me and prevented the nervousness away. I withdrew my hands from my pockets and then sighed because I’m now at the very front entrance of the carnival. I was wearing something nice, indeed. I was wearing a gray dress-like shirt that stopped three inches right from my upper knees and white pants with white ballet flats. Not to forget my scarf that had color green, orange, and grayish white blends wrapped on my neck. I was ready to walk through the entrance gate when a hand held onto my hand and pushed me with full force going inside the carnival.

I knew who it was and I need not to look back just to see who it was. It was Chun, the once carnival kid that I was stating to you guys that I love! The man who my father doesn’t and wouldn’t accept ‘till the day he dies. And no matter how I drool over him and praise him for his Adonis-like features, he, my father still wouldn’t understand.

He spun me around gently, like I was a five-year old, needing the assistance I could possibly get at a tender age. Gosh, I was stunned and was jaw-dropped for a while! This is the first time ever that I’d see him in such stylish clothes. I looked at him from head to toe just to examine what he was wearing. He wore a white shirt, beige pants, rubber shoes with white string laces and an orange belt. And to top all those off, his green scarf that had random letters outstood all those.

“Where’d you get that?” I pointed to his outfit, with a small smile on my face, trying to hide the blush and the cheesy stuff to appear on my face just because he looks so handsome right before me.

“Erm…” He paused for a bit, trying to think of what to say as I waited patiently until he spoke again, “Your mom got me this as a gift.”

I smiled, wider this time. For one, because my mom understands our situation and only my dad is the one who hates Chun. And two, because—because… I’m more than encouraged now to confess what I’ve been longing to tell him ever since we were kids.

“Look…” I paused and found the ground utterly amusing right at this moment. I lifted my head up again, just to meet his hazel brown orbs, a few inches away from me. I didn’t think twice, I stomped at his foot for having me shocked and he whined in pain because I did it for the hundredth time that we knew each other.

“Ow,” He glared at me and jumped with one foot like he was playing hopscotch or something. I laughed and cupped my mouth to control the undeniably hilarious moment happening right before my very eyes as he glared even more.

And then I stopped, knowing that fun time is over. “I have something to tell you.” I think I looked to serious, because eventually was it that he stopped whining in pain, stopped playing the imaginary hopscotch and stared back at me seriously as well.

“You seem serious. What is it about?” He asked me, messing up my short, messy, raven-black hair.

“Accompany me to the Ferris Wheel, yeah?” I ignored his question and back and forth massaged my forehead down to my jaws, because I was nervous and I think this would, even for a just a little while, prevent everything from going out of control.

“I’ll just get us tickets from my uncle,” He chimed, running to his uncle Tony who is managing the Ferris wheel ride. Believe me, they weren’t really in any way related, but in this carnival, they treated each one as family, getting you in the wrong thinking that they’re too close not to be.

So, we rode up and up the Ferris wheel ride until we reached the topmost and then down once again. We were sitting across each other. The ride was so quiet, neither one of us spoke a single word to each other. I could only look at him and he could only look back, both of us not knowing what to start with and what to talk about as a possible conversational topic that wouldn’t get us feeling uneasy towards one another.

“So…” I paused, sighed and continued, “I just want to tell you that I…” I gritted my teeth, I looked sideways, down the machine that kept the Ferris wheel ride going round and round, bit my lower lip and shut my eyes close. Knowing that I can’t say it, I just acted it out. I shook him a couple of times and looked straight in his eyes. I hesitated for a second or so, and then kissed him—kissed him—kissed him. And knowing that I was still sane, knowing that I still didn’t know how he felt about me, I broke off the kiss I initiated and shouted down to Tony, “Let me down!” I stood up from my seat, my head hitting the metal bars up the Ferris wheel, because there’s no way possible that this slot we’re riding on is a lot taller than me.

The people that were riding lower and upper than us were looking at me, like I was someone crazy, but I didn’t care. All I could care about now is how I was so crazy to kiss him. To kiss him, even though I didn’t yet know what he felt back for me.

“Stop it, Elle!” Chun shouted, gripped on my hands and pulled me down onto his lap. I tried with all my might to let him let go of me, but it won’t work. He was too strong; he was too strong indeed that I couldn’t possibly fight back.

And I think Tony didn’t hear what I just said, because the ride didn’t stop. Once we reached the lowest part the Ferris wheel ride could ever, the ride went round and round once again as if it were playing tricks on me and letting me stay for a couple more minutes with Chun.

“Just tell me what you feel for me and I’m sure it’ll all work out the way you want the outcome of things to happen,” He assured me and pressed his forehead on my back.

“I love you,” Those three words escaped my mouth as if those were just simple words to say. My eyes shot out wide and I cupped my mouth in an instant when I heard myself saying those three words. “No, I mean…” I paused and cried as my hands found its way to cup my face, because of all the embarrassment.

He held onto my hands, he held them for a while and then placed it back to its original place. He sat me beside him, unwilling to let go of my hand. He swiped the tears away that were forming right at the corner of my eyes and cupped my supple cheek with his free hand. “If that’s the way that it should be…” He paused and licked his lips, “I love you more and you alone…” It sounded cliché, yes! Although it sent continuous shivers down my spine and goose bumps. “…ever since the day I met you, I knew you were the one.”

And just as he said those three words back ‘I love you’, I knew he loved me back, right at that very moment, because I felt a pair of lips taking over mine. Claiming it as if it was already his, he’s mine and I’m his. And we couldn't care less. Whether my father thinks that this love is absurd, it's only what he thinks. What about me? Did he even care?

RIGHT FROM THE START
by: © 2008 Ruwee ;; Meng Rui Fan ;; arioM
Approximately: 258 words, excluding the title and the 'chorus' thingy and 'coda'
Duration of time made: 30 minutes (8:20 - 8:50)
Date: 11/30/08

I lay my head
Under the shade of his warmth
There’s nothing more I could search for
He’s everything I’ve needed right from the start

Our destiny’s been written
Through literature arts
And it will never fade
It will never subside
I’ll continue to love him
‘Till the nexts of my life

CHORUS:
Why does it always stick on my mind that you’re all that I need?
You’re all that I hope for
You’re everything I’ve needed, right from the start
You’re everything I thought I knew
You’re everything I’ve waited for, right from the start

If I’d live another day
Just to be with you (just to be with you)
I’ll be sure that you are safe
I’ll be sure that you’re protected
Away from the harm that I know would cause you pain

They say dreaming about a life isn’t unlimited
But if it’s dreaming of you
Can it ever be?
Is it ever possible?
What kind of life would you give me if I were to live in with you?

CODA [more of a girl saying it, rather than singing it, itself]:
In a short span of time, I fell in love.
Fell in love with someone who I least expected to meet.
Fell in love with someone who they were all against
And it was all different
His love is different
Because it sent me right from the start

*Note that the word ‘nexts’ in the song is intended, just so everything would fit and fall to place.

Whoa! Ella’s POV is done. :] One more to go and that’s Chun’s, but if I have the time, I’d do a free verse as well.

Productions Notes:

1. Did this in one hour or so, and it was so stressful. 12:00 AM to 1:48 AM, I know I should be sleeping, but I also need to finish this as I have so many deadlines.

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@ 1:49 AM
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