Fan Fiction |
by Mimosa & Carmen
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(In a pub)(10 p.m.)
JESS: (walks towards Moses) Moses Gor, why are you looking for me?
MOSES: I wanted to ask you something… it’s about Bowie… I was in the hospital just now…
JESS: You mean you heard what that Charcoal told me?
MOSES: Who’s Charcoal? Bowie’s brother? (Jess nods her head) Emmm… I want to ask you whether you told Flora what that boy told you… (Jess nods her head again) What was her response?
JESS: She cried and said that she owed Bowie too much.
MOSES: Jess… (looks at her seriously) Do you think Flora likes Bowie?
JESS: Huh? I don't know… but she was saddened and touched by what he did for her…
MOSES: (took a deep breath) I saw Roger coming to visit her too, I wonder what he told her…
JESS: Did you visited Dai Ka Jai just now? I didn’t see you…
MOSES: I didn’t went in… I wanted to, but I held myself back when I overheard your conversation with Bowie’s brother… Then I took a walk and returned later, only to find Roger visiting her with a boutique…
JESS: Don’t give up if you truly loves her, Moses Gor!
MOSES: (firmly) I do! But… (holds his mug and drinks)
JESS: (puts his mug down) Stop drinking, this doesn’t solve the problem…
MOSES: (looking at her) You’re right, I should go home now… Do you need a drive?
JESS: (spots someone) No thanks, I sees a friend, take care, Moses Gor…(walks towards Sammul) Sammul Gor, why are you drinking here alone? Where’s Michelle?
SAMMUL: (drunk) She should be at home… and why are you here too?
JESS: I came here to look for a friend… Hey, tell me, what exactly happened to you?
SAMMUL: I may lose my job soon…
JESS: (shocked) Huh? But why?
SAMMUL: I made a grave mistake in my research and had caused my patient to suffer… I was distracted that day…
JESS: Distracted? Why?
SAMMUL: Michelle… I saw her behaving intimately with a guy that day, and if I was not mistaken, it was Ray!
JESS: (exclaims)That charcoal again?
SAMMUL: What charcoal?
JESS: Emmm… I mean… Ray… what exactly did you see? Was it a misunderstanding? Why would Michelle fall for him? It’s impossible… (she did have her misgivings about her sentence)
SAMMUL: That day I wasn’t supposed to come back to my office, but when I did, I saw Ray hugging Michelle!
JESS: (taken aback) She did that? Why didn’t you clarify your doubts with her?
SAMMUL: (getting emotionally down, in a drunken tone) I didn’t want to, because I’m so afraid I’ll lose her… I already don’t have a complete family, and I don’t want to lose Michelle… She is too important to me! Although our relationship may be too stable to have any sparks, I really love her a lot… I would rather lose this job and keep her by my side…
JESS: (feeling his grief) Sammul Gor, even if, Ka Jai really did you an injustice, you’ll let it pass? But what if she chooses that Char… Emmm… Ray…?
SAMMUL: Please help me, Jess… Sound her out for me, please…
JESS: (confidently giving a pat on his shoulders) Emmm… don’t worry… you can count on me… I’ll support you, all the way…
SAMMUL: Thank you Jess… I…(before he could finish his sentence, he fell on Jess, and his lips touched Jess’ face, which turned red immediately) I’m sorry… I didn’t mean it…
JESS: (lowering her head) Emmm… it’s ok… I’ll get going… take care… (walks off hastily)
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(At Michelle’s residence)
JESS: (stepping into the house, looking for Michelle) Mum, where’s Ka Jai?
MRS CHAN: (pointing) In her room. What's wrong, Siu Yuet? (Jess shakes her head)
Jess walks steadily along the corridor with a heavy heart. She certainly do not want Sammul to be hurt, because he is such a nice guy to be with. She stopped in front of Michelle’s door, thinking about how she should go about probing her about it. Seconds later, she took a deep breath and knocked on the door before twisting the door knob…
JESS: (walks in with a serious expression) Ka Jai.
MICHELLE: (turns and smiles at her) What’s up, Jess?
JESS: Emmm… I have something to ask you.
MICHELLE: What?
JESS: Are you dating Raymond?
MICHELLE: (taken aback and keeps her smile, pauses for 10 seconds) Why do you ask? Of course not!
JESS: Please… tell me the truth…
MICHELLE: Who told you that? I……
JESS: (butts in) Sammul Gor saw that with his own eyes… Why do you have to do that, sis? I’ve reminded you before not to…
MICHELLE: (protesting) There is nothing between us!
JESS: But Sammul Gor said he saw that Charcoal hugging you in his office that day…
MICHELLE: (stuttering) It was a misunderstanding, he was just putting his measuring tape around me to help me take for measurements…
JESS: Taking measurements?
MICHELLE: Yes, I wish to have a gown tailor-made to attend a ball soon…
JESS: But why can’t you take it yourself… Or it should have been taken by the tailor… That Charcoal is not a tailor! I wasn’t born yesterday!
MICHELLE: (lowering her head a bit and diverting her view) Yes, I admit Raymond likes me, and I……
JESS: You do have tender feelings for him too?
MICHELLE: (nods her head) That day, I was planning to borrow a book from Sammul… and Ray came in, then we had a chat… I almost fell, and he held me by the waist, we froze for a moment, and break away… it wasn’t what Sammul had made out …
JESS: (nods her head) Oh… So that lecherous blackie was using the chance to hug you… and you was somehow aroused by his action?
MICHELLE: (turning her head against Jess) Jess, don’t ask anymore…
JESS: (raises her voice) How can you be so indecisive, Michelle? You’re doing Sammul Gor such a great injustice, and he is so good to you… He…
MICHELLE: (turns her head suddenly, faces Jess) And why are you so concern about him? You had been in love with him for a long time, haven’t you… (before Jess could make a response) You said that I am doing Sammul a great injustice, then aren’t you also doing me a great injustice?
JESS: (eyes moving in all directions) What… what do you mean?
MICHELLE: I saw him kissing you… in the pub, just now!
JESS: (stutters) It… it wasn’t an intentional one, he just lost his foothold… and fell on me…
MICHELLE: But you like him, don’t you? And don’t deny it, my dear sister, you can’t lie…
JESS: (takes a deep breath) Yes, I admit I likes him, but I knows he likes you, Michelle… so I have long given up hope… Now, I just treat him like a brother, or a brother-in-law… There’s nothing between us… (looks at her) And you know it… But… but what about you and Ray?
MICHELLE: I can’t deny we do have feelings for each other, but we have not started…
JESS: Then you’ll better don’t…
MICHELLE: (shakes her head, deep in thought) I don't know…
(The next day, in the hospital, ground floor)(Jess was visiting Flora with Sammul)
JESS: Sammul Gor, I’ll make a phone call first… Stand here and wait for me , ok?
SAMMUL: (smiles) Ok…
JESS: (smiles) I’ll be right back (walks towards the entrance) Moses Gor! You are here too!
MOSES: (walking in) Hey, Jess… you’re here to visit Flora too?
JESS: Emmm… (notices something wrong about him) Moses Gor, what’s wrong? Are you worried about Dai Ka Jai’s injury? The doctor said she’ll recover gradually, don’t get so worried… (Moses forces a smile and nods his head) Or is it about… your competitors?
MOSES: (gets uptight) Shhh, keep your volume down… (pulls her to a corner) You want the whole world to know?
JESS: (sighs) Are you still a man? You don’t seems to have any guts! Then I don’t think you’re serious about Flora…
MOSES: (protests) I am serious about her, but… (lowers his head) she already got Roger, Gallen and Bowie around her, who am I to her?
JESS: (smirks playfully) So you’re worried about that? How can you ever give up without trying, Moses Gor……? I do think you stand a good chance, since you’re the one who’s always besides her… Roger is just a brother to her, and as for Bowie, he’s just a buddy… although he did make sacrifices for her, but even Dai Ka Jai herself is unsure how she feels exactly towards him…
MOSES: Then what about Gallen?
JESS: Hehe, I don't know… but Flora mentioned that he was a nice guy, that’s all… (looks at the depressed Moses) Hey, buck up, brother! Give me your hand! I have something for you…
MOSES: What? (stretches out his hand)
JESS: (opens her hand and gives something to Moses) This is courage! Now you should muster your courage and tell her what you feel… you’ll never know the answer unless you seeks to search for it… (Moses smiled at Jess’ little gesture, “She is right!” he thinks… “I really need to do something before…” (Jess saw someone at the entrance) The path of enemies always crosses…
MOSES: Huh? (turns to look towards the direction Jess is looking) Bowie?
JESS: And that blackie… that Charcoal… MICHELLE??? Why is she with them? (walks towards Michelle, at the same time, Sammul spotted them) Ka Jai… (looks at Bowie and Raymond) You all came together? What a coincidence!
BOWIE: (smiles) No, we’ve arranged to visit Flora together.
JESS: (looks at Michelle unhappily) Oh I see… (Sammul is besides Jess now)
MICHELLE: Sammul… you’re here too?
JESS: (interlocking Sammul’s hand) Yes, we came here together… (Sammul looks at her while she gave him a soft press on the wrist)
Michelle was shocked, completely shocked. She looked at Jess, and then at Sammul, Jess was smiling… and Sammul smiled too… Raymond scrutinizes Michelle’s reaction, and suddenly feels a tinge of joy out of nowhere…
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PS: What is Michelle and Raymond's real relationship? What about Sammul and Jess? Will Moses take action soon? Will Bowie confesses his love for Flora again? And where are Gallen and Louis? Stay tuned... :)