Fan Fiction |
by Mimosa & Carmen
After a hard day’s work, Flora returns home and throws herself hard on the sofa. What a day! She had over 20 scenes of “At The Threshold Of An Era” to film, and after 12 hours of endless torture, she can finally rest now. She switched on the TV, which was showing one of her works with Bowie, “Untraceable Evidence II”.
It was showing a scene at Pauline’s (Lip Po Yin) house with Ka Yuen. They were sitting on the sofa and had just made up after a quarrel.
PAULINE: Shall I drive you home? (waving his hand)(Chuckles) Won’t you go home?
KA YUEN: (covering his face) (reluctantly) Ok, I’m going home. (gets up slowly)
PAULINE: (walking towards the door with Ka Yuen) You look so lethargic. (Ka Yuen walks to the door, stopped in front of it, and turn around)(Pauline chuckles again) Why should I open the door for you? (she opens the door, and the gate)
KA YUEN: (walked out reluctantly, turned and looked at her) Goodnight. (bends down to give her a kiss on the forehead)
PAULINE: Drive with care.
Ka Yuen waves his hand, indicating Pauline to close the door, Pauline gave him a smile and closes the door. After a few seconds, she opens the door again. To her surprise, Ka Yuen hasn’t left.
PAULINE: (curiously) Why are you squatting down? (pulls him in)(Ka Yuen enters and smiled at Pauline, closing the door behind him, and carries Pauline up, proceeding to the room) Let me go!
She smiled at the scene. In real life, Bowie was her good friend, and they got along really well. She remembered on one occasion……
*FLASHBACKS*
They were in a pub in Lan Kwai Fong, and it was around 8.30 p.m
FLORA: (Yawns) Where are they? It’s so late.
BOWIE: (looks at her) Late? It’s only 8 plus. (Phone rings) Hello? Huh? Ok, take care then. Bye. (Hangs up)
FLORA: What’s the matter? They’re not coming?
BOWIE: Yup. Nick says Esther is down with flu, so he’s accompanying her.
FLORA: (sighs) I’m a bit sleepy, can we go now?
BOWIE: (exclaims) Wow, you look like haven’t slept for 3 days! Do you drive here?
FLORA: (shakes her head) You know I sleep early…
(outside the pub)
BOWIE: (pointing to his left) Hey my car is over there. (notices something wrong) Hey, wait. (pulls Flora closer to him)
FLORA: What’s the matter?
BOWIE: I think we are being followed. It must be the reporters.
FLORA: What’s the big deal? They’re practically doing this now and then. (walks in front of him and almost slip but Bowie quickly hold her steady from behind)
BOWIE: Are you ok? Be careful. Let’s go before the reporters get any chance to distort facts. (they quickly get into the car)
FLORA: Can you drive faster? I’m getting more and more sleepy.
BOWIE: I wonder what the reporters will write…
FLORA: Who cares?
After 20 minutes, he finally reached Flora’s house. He stopped the car, opened the door, and proceeded to open the door for Flora. He then walked her up for fear she would pass out before she gets home…
(In the lift)
BOWIE: (seeing that Flora is falling asleep) Hey I can’t believe that! You can sleep on your toes! (Laughing)
FLORA: (opens her eyes) How dare you! (tickles him)
BOWIE: (defending himself) Hey, stop that, stop…… (the lift stopped, and darkness surrounded them) Look at what you’ve done!
FLORA: (screaming) Help! I’m afraid of the dark… Help!
BOWIE: (got a shock and comforts her) Hey calm down Flora… Flora… (stroking her) Don’t worry, I’m here with you…
FLORA: (squats down, getting nervous, about to cry) Help, it’s so dark here, I can’t see anything…
BOWIE: (hugs her tightly) Don’t worry, I’m with you…
Flora feels warm, in her heart, and she kept quiet, closing her eyes and put her head on his shoulder, the moment of silence is like eternal… Before she knew it,….
BOWIE: Flora, Flora…
FLORA: (wakes up) Huh? What? (looks around) It’s back to normal… (sighs with relieves) Thanks Bowie…
BOWIE: (smiles) I’ll see you home, get up… (and helps her up)
*END OF FLASHBACKS*
She smiled at her flashbacks, and realized how much she enjoyed his company, but she just had too many choices. She switches off the TV and starts to play a song. “When I need you…”
*FLASHBACKS*
It was the 3rd day of filming “Mr. Diana”, today Flora has 5 scenes altogether, and she was marking her scripts when Gallen approached her.
GALLEN: Hello. Are you nervous? You look so. Why don’t we rehearse this scene first…
FLORA: (smiles) Ok…
(half an hour later)
LOUIS: (shouting) Let’s get ready. In your positions please! Quick, get moving, we still have many scenes to complete… (to Flora and Gallen) Over there, not here! (to cameraman) You’ll position here… (to Roger) Where are the props? The coffee ready?
ROGER: Yes, director.
LOUIS: Ok, the whole world be ready… Camera roll… Action! (in the midst of the scene, Louis shouts) Cut! (signals Flora and Gallen to come to him) We’ll retake from here… Where you two will need to discuss the location of the commercial (pointing at their scripts) Here, ok? (they nods their head) Camera roll… Action!
BENG KUEN/GALLEN: (back facing Flora) Assuringly, charmingly, lovingly, I kiss her. (Flora is giving an irritated look behind, drinking coffee) Let’s choose a swimming pool! (sits down)
CHRISTINE/FLORA: (objecting, puts her coffee down on the table) Sorry, Mr. Tang. We’ve spoken to the production firm. (Beng Kuen stares at her from head to toe) We’ve chosen the beach because it has natural charm. Besides…
BENG KUEN: (shouting impolitely) What do you know! Sea water is bad for our hair! A woman should not interrupt when a man talks! Be grateful I’m saving the cost of a shark for you! (picks up the cup of coffee, drank it, and give a weird expression)(stares at her) How come there’s no sugar? (shouts) Go add some sugar! (Christine is angry yet don't know what to say)(Beng Kuen shouts again) Go!
LOUIS: (shouts) Cut! Good take! Take a rest, all of you.
FLORA: (smiling to Gallen) Wow, you was so fierce just now!
GALLEN: (chuckles) That was just acting, are you put off by me?
Flora smiled and shakes her head. The real Gallen she knew was just the opposite of this Beng Kuen. Gallen is a shy and passive guy, and he would never raise his voice like Beng Kuen did, so rude! This was the first time they cooperated in a series, and she surely had high expectations of herself.
*END OF FLASHBACKS*
The song ended, and Flora’s thought diverted to a crystal tulip ornament on the table. It was a gift from Gallen when they were filming “Mr. Diana”… She stared at it without moving her eyes, and her eyelids felt heavy… Soon, she fell asleep on her sofa…
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PS: Very sorry, I rushed this chapter out and hope it's not that bad. :) Moses and the others will be out soon...