Fan Fiction |
by Sensitivegal
Gillian thought she could never hate Charlene but that was what she was doing right now. She hated her. How could she do this to me? She took the stairs not bothered to wait for the elevator. She didn’t feel like waiting. She was too angry to wait. He was the first guy she ever loved and Charlene took him away from her.
Making the flight down the stairs she walked to the lobby and out of the building. She collided into someone as she walked out of the building. She looked up to see Edison smiling down at her. How could he be smiling at this time when Charlene is two-timing him? She looked down he was holding on to a bunch of red roses.
‘Hello,’ he said cheery.
‘What do you want?’ she snapped.
His jaws dropped wiping the grin off his face. ‘What the…?’ he began but she pushed him out of her way and made her way down the street. ‘What’s wrong with you?’ he yelled behind her.
She stopped at her track and whirled round to face him. She glared at him. ‘What’s wrong with me?’ she repeated with mockery. She stalked to him to be face to face with him. If only he wasn’t tall. She had to look up to talk to him. ‘Up there,’ she pointed up the building. ‘Charlene, who I thought was my best friend, is making out with Shawn!’
Again his jaws dropped. He shook his head. ‘Charlene would never do that,’ he said believing it with all his heart.
‘How do you know?’ she threw at him.
‘Because she loves me.’
‘Really? If you don’t love her back do you think she’ll wait for you if she had someone else who already loves her?’
He clamped his mouth shut not knowing what to say. He looked up the building. Hesitating at first he ran. He ran inside taking the stairs up. He didn’t want to believe her. But he couldn’t help but think if it was true. He didn’t want to lose Charlene not when he found her.
Charlene struggled to pick him up and carry him back to the couch. She would have to deal with Gillian later. After she put Shawn on the couch she would be too exhausted. When she struggled to keep him up a paper fell out of his inner pocket of his jacket. Her hands were full so she left it there and dragged him on the couch. She went back to picked up the paper and was going to read when someone barged in her apartment. She jumped, then gained back her breath and steadied herself when she saw it was Edison. She ran into his arms and hugged him tightly.
‘Edison,’ she cried out. ‘What are you doing here?’ she asked when she pulled back.
‘I didn’t want to leave you all alone.’ But she wasn’t listening to him. She was looking at the red roses. He sighed and gave her the roses. She took it happily and smelled it. He held his cheek near her waiting for his kiss. She didn’t kiss him on his cheek but took his mouth.
‘Thank you,’ she whispered breathlessly.
‘Oh, your welcome if I get kisses like that!’ they both laughed.
‘Come in, let me put these away,’ she walked to the kitchen looking for a vase in the cupboards. She put the paper on the counter.
‘I saw Gillian running out upset,’ he called out.
‘Yeah?’ she found a vase and went to the sink, her back to him.
‘She said something about Shawn…’ she didn’t hear the last bit as the water running drained his words out.
‘Hold on!’ she yelled. When the vase was half filled she put the flowers in and put it on the counter next to the paper. She walked back to Edison who was looking down on Shawn. ‘His out for the night,’ she snaked her hands around his waist making his body turn to her. ‘So we don’t have to worry about him,’ she whispered huskily.
‘Are you sure?’ he frowned looking once more at the sleeping figure. ‘What’s he doing here anyway?’
She shrugged her shoulders. ‘Probably something happened!’ she felt irritation building up, as he was more interesting in Shawn than her. ‘Forget him,’ she tried once more. She tiptoed to kiss his jaw line.
‘How can I forget a guy that is sleeping in your apartment?’ he pointed out.
‘Because I can!’ she replied, frustrated. ‘If you can’t then come back tomorrow when his gone!’ she pulled back.
‘You can’t be seriously saying that his going to stay the night.’
‘Yes I am! He is my friend and he is not fit to go home right now,’ she raised her voice a little.
‘Fine! I’m outta here!’ he turned to leave.
‘Please, don’t…’ she begged. This stopped him at his track. He looked back. Her eyes were filling up with tears. ‘Not for this reason…’
His face softened. He retraced his steps back to her. ‘Don’t cry,’ he pleaded. ‘I’m really sorry.’ He took her in his arms. She cried even more. ‘I’m sorry. I’m just kinda jealous and worried you might like him.’
She looked up at him wiping her tears. ‘Kinda?’ she couldn’t help but tease. ‘You silly man! I thought I told you I love you! And I won’t stop loving you until you tell me to.’
‘But I don’t know if I love you yet,’ he pointed out.
‘I know. But I’m waiting for you to say you love me.’
‘What if you have to wait forever?’ he couldn’t help but ask.
‘Then I’ll wait forever!’ she yelled happily. ‘I’ll…’
He silenced her with a kiss. ‘Thank you,’ he whispered. ‘But sadly I have to go. I just remembered that I have some work to do.’ He looked at her guiltily.
‘See you tomorrow?’
‘Promise,’ he smiled. He kissed her again then walked to the door taking her with him. Stopping at the still opened door he kissed her again not wanting to go.
‘Aren’t you going to go?’ she teased him.
‘Yes but I want to stay here as well,’ he whined.
‘The sooner you go the sooner you’ll come back tomorrow.’ He grunted. He then forced himself to let her go and then left with a last kiss. She closed the door dreamily and walked to the vase, sitting herself on the stool. She smelt the roses. ‘I’m waiting for you to tell me those three words,’ she told the roses but thinking she’s talking to Edison. ‘Waiting for you…’ her voice trailed off. Her eyes landed on the piece of paper. She didn’t want to pry at what it was but her curiosity got the better of her.
She unfolded the paper. She glanced behind at Shawn thinking his going to wake up and accuse her. She moved her gaze away from him and back to the paper. She read the paper.
It was Shawn’s birth certificate. She scanned through it. Shawn was born on the: … Place of birth: … Time of birth: … Weight: … Height: … Father of child: Shayn Yu Mother of child: Chiara Choi Yu.
She shook her head not believing what she was reading. She let the paper slip off her hand and falls down on the floor. Tears were swelling on her eyes. How could this be? She shook her head not wanting to believe it. But the truth was there, right in front of her.
She went up to where he was lying down. She crunched down on the floor. She examined his face. When she last saw him she thought he looked familiar and he did look similar like her. With the eyes and nose only. It was the resemblance of her. She remembered the conversation they had on the dinner they had at Daniels’ place.
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‘One thing I don’t understand,’ she looked at him straight in the eye. ‘How your mother knew my mother?’
‘Your mother and my mother were best friends since they were young,’ he was lost in thought. ‘She said that your mother was so beautiful that many men fell in love with her along with your father.’ He was back to present now.
‘Do you know how they met?’ she eagerly asked.
‘Yes,’ he hesitated to carry on. She touched his arm to continue. ‘She came to England to study. She wanted to learn literature. Your father went to the same university as her. She was being picked on because she was Chinese. Your father helped her.’ He shrugged.
‘Was she a nice person?’
‘She was a lovely woman,’ he assured her.
‘Tell me about your mother. Is she still alive?’
‘No, she passed away two years ago,’ before she could say anything he stopped her. ‘Don’t pity me. I’m okay. People have to go one day.’ She nodded in agreement. ‘She went with your mother to England to study the same course.’ She leaned forward, interested with his story. ‘She was married with my father…’ he sighed.
‘If you don’t want to continue then you don’t have to,’ she said quietly.
‘I’ll continue. She met another man. I wasn’t born then. She had an affair with him. Had a child with him then left the child and him and went back to my father.’
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‘Were you talking about the same people?’ she whispered to him. When he talked about his mother it was the same person as he talked about her mother. It was the only answer she could get right now. She didn’t know if she should blame him for anything of this after all he did talk about it to her trying to find the answer what she will do if she found out.
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She was really shocked. ‘Where are the father and child?’
‘They’re around,’ he shrugged.
‘Did you ever meet them?’ she was being nosy she knew but she couldn’t help it. She was like a machine. Questions were coming out of her one after another.
‘Yes. They don’t want anything to do with me,’ he paused then looked at her intensely. ‘If you were the child would you want your half brother in your life?’ he asked.
‘Urm…’ she thought for a while. ‘Yes, I would. He is after all family. It’s nobody but the families fault,’ she was outraged.
**************************End of Flash Back***************************
If you were the child would you want your half brother in your life? She didn’t know the answer any more. Did she want him in her life? Of course you do! Her inner voice screamed. She did want him in her life after all she said it was the parents fault not his. She can’t eat her words now. She wanted to know everything, the whole truth. He was still a sleep. She had to wait for him to wake up.
Hours went and he still didn’t wake up. Her eyes were closing but she forced them back up. He would wake up soon, she told herself. After another half an hour she nodded off to sleep. Her head fell on the couch next to his chest. She hadn’t moved from her place for hours.
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Shawn is her brother! You probably knew it anyways so it was not any surprise I guess. Anyways, comment please!
Luv Sensitivegal