Fan Fiction |
by Sensitivegal
Charlene got off the elevator to her level and headed for her office. She was surprised to see everyone there. Her six models, all their boyfriend/fiancé/husband and Vic. They were in deep conversation and didn’t see her coming.
‘Wei, guys!’ she called out. The whole bunch jumped when they heard her. They quickly covered up their surprise with a smile and came and hugged her. She thought that this was odd. What they were talking about, they didn’t want her to listen in. ‘So did anything happen when I was gone?’ she asked.
They all paled. They glanced at each other. ‘Nothing,’ they said in unison.
‘Are you sure?’ she asked, in doubt.
‘Yes,’ again they said it in unison. Kenny who didn’t want her to find out carried on, ‘we only had ups and down, nothing we couldn’t handle.’ They laughed at that. Charlene just stared at them confused. ‘Anyways how was England? Bring us anything?’
‘Yeah it was the same. Raining everyday. It’s winter November now,’ she said. ‘But I did get something,’ she smiled at them showing her bag that had all the souvenirs. Her models jumped and squealed excitedly. The guys just stood there embarrassed at their girlfriend/fiancée/wife.
‘What did you bring me?’ Miriam shrieked.
Charlene set her bag on Vanness’s desk and rummaged through it. One by one she gave out each of them their presents. The guys – even though they pretend that they aren’t excited about it – Charlene knew otherwise. It was so nice to give things out. After that they left. Vanness went behind his desk to do work, she knew better. He was going to admire his present when they are out of site. Charlene and Kenny went inside the office. He held his antique silver lighter that was worth hundreds.
‘Stop staring at the lighter and do some work before you burn it by looking at it too much,’ Charlene said. Kenny, who is once again sitting opposite her, and would never, be seen sitting at his desk only if Daisy is around.
‘Man, I love this lighter! I am so glad you are my friend other than my boss,’ he sighed. He was lucky to have a boss like her.
‘Well get over it,’ Charlene huffed. She wanted the work to be done and over it. There was a long pile of work on her desk that filled up from last week. ‘As your boss that’s a demanding Order!’
‘Yes, boss. Whatever you say, boss. Woof woof, boss!’ he joked.
‘Ha, ha! You’re so funny that I forgot to laugh!’ she sarcastically said.
Edison sat on his desk still thinking of yesterday. Everything happened in one day for him. He couldn’t believe anything like that will even happen. First with Daisy, second Charlene jumped on him because of the spiked drink and thirdly Charlene’s place getting ransacked.
‘Charlene’, he whispered her name out. He was starting to fall in love with her. He didn’t know if he was right for her. She wanted someone romantic. He was really bad with relationships. Charlene was actually the only one who lasted more than two days. She was the person who he actually cared for. She was the person who he actually wanted a long relationship.
He opened her present she had post him that had been lying on his desk. He unwrapped it. What he saw was a silver antique watch. He gaped at it for a while. It must have cost thousands.
Automatically he reached for the phone and dialled her private number. After couple of rings he put it down. She wouldn’t answer his call. He tried her mobile but again she wouldn’t answer. He knew she was avoiding him. He thought of letting her get her way for now.
She was screening her calls. It was really bad of her but she was too embarrassed to speak to him. She had sent her present to him by post. No doubt he already got it and phoning to thank her. She didn’t know what got into her yesterday. This had never happened to her before with any guys. She must really be in love with him. That’s the only solution she can come up with.
‘Hey, I checked the last months bill of My Studio and look what I got,’ Kenny came in the office holding papers and skimming through it to check it twice.
Snapping out of her thoughts she looked up at Kenny. ‘What?’ she asked, her attention all focused on him and the papers.
‘Two million was transferred and guess what?’ he piped excitedly. He was pleased with himself. She glared at him daring him to carry on. Uncomfortable with her glare he finished with, ‘I got the account number of the thief.’
‘No doubt in my bone it is Daisy,’ her gloom face was lighten up now. ‘Now all we need is to get the evidence that it’s Daisy’s account.’
‘Way head of you, gorgeous,’ Kenny grinned widely. ‘Give me the end of the week and I’ll get through the digits.’
‘How you gonna do that?’
‘Gor, just leave it to me,’ he answered in a cocky tone.
‘Fine,’ she said trusting him. ‘But what’s with the ‘gorgeous’?’
‘Baby, you are gorgeous!’ he declared.
‘Stop sucking up,’ with that she went back to her work not caring about his gaping look. He went out of the office. He was working at the 10th floor with the photographers. Plus it is easier for him to get information of Daisy from there.
Few minutes later her mobile vibrated with the Friends theme tone. Checking the ID just in case it isn’t Edison, she sighed of relief when she saw it was Cecilia, her stepmother. ‘Hello,’ she said happily over the phone. Before coming back from England she made sure that everything was cool between her father and her stepmother.
*******************************Flash Back*****************************
‘Can I come in?’ all three turned to the door after talking about Chiara and her miserable life she heard Cecilia whisper. She had popped her head only at the now open door.
‘Sure,’ Charlene answered before her father could say otherwise.
‘I’ll go out for a bit,’ Shawn excused him knowing that two visitors per time.
Charlene nodded. She wasn’t going to go out now. She had to sort out her father and her stepmothers’ relationship. ‘We were talking about the misunderstanding that has been happening with everyone,’ Charlene began. She motioned Cecilia to come closer to her father with her eyes. Cecilia understanding that Charlene is helping her obeyed, she inched closer to the bed until she was next to it.
‘Clive,’ Cecilia breathed out his name.
Clive on the other hand had been avoiding looking anywhere but Cecilia. He then held his gaze at Charlene. ‘I’d like to rest now,’ he said.
‘But father,’ Charlene started. ‘Cecilia is here to see you.’
‘Why so she can make sure that this time she takes my whole family away from me?’ he snickered.
Both Cecilia and Charlene gasped at the same time. ‘Father! /Clive!’ they said in unison. He huffed at them and fidgeted to get comfortable on the bed. Cecilia was about to run off but Charlene stopped her and dragged her to him. ‘Please, father. Don’t you think that she knows her mistake? That she’s miserable enough?’ she begged him to understand.
‘No!’ he yelled. ‘And she deserves the misery.’
‘Listen to me,’ she pleaded. ‘People make mistakes. I made loads of mistake that I am not happy with but I forgave and learned so I could move on with my life. Please why can’t you?’
‘Because it hurts,’ he shouted then lowered his voice. ‘It hurts that the one you love went behind your back to break up the family.’
‘I’m so sorry,’ Cecilia cried out. She was in tears now. She fell on her knees and held up her hands clasped together near her heart. ‘Please forgive me,’ she begged through her tears. ‘I know what I have done is not forgivable but I just want you to know that I am sorry with all my heart to go so low like that.’ Then when she finished she bowed her head and cried still apologising.
Charlene’s heart sank just seeing her at that stage but she stood still not moving to help her up. She was waiting for her father to let his stubborn pride of a mind go and listen to his heart for once. She prayed that he would make the right choice.
She watched her fathers face soften. She saw his face sadden. And she knew that he had just done what she had prayed for. He pushed the blanket off him and got out of the bed. He walked to Cecilia, bending down to tilt her head up.
‘Don’t cry,’ he whispered. ‘I’m sorry.’ Cecilia realising that he had forgiven her jumped on him and hugged him tightly. Charlene left the room quietly not wanting to disturb them. But before she went she heard them promising to make things right for each other from now on. Charlene wiped her tears away and closed the door behind her.
**************************End Of Flash Back***************************
‘Hiya, Char,’ came the identical happy reply, snapping her out of her thought. ‘How’s everything there?’
‘Okay,’ Charlene tried to hide the sadness.
Cecilia’s voice had doubt when she said, ‘are you sure?’
‘Nothing I can’t fixed,’ she answered not wanting to carry on. ‘Is there anything I could help you with?’
‘Your birthday,’ Cecilia started. ‘Are you going to come down for it? I’d like to throw you a party.’
Charlene who didn’t realize that it was coming lost her self in her thoughts again. She wanted to spend it with her family. It was going to be for the first time in ages but she wanted also to spend it with her friends. And Edison, the little voice in her screamed. She couldn’t deny it that she wanted to spend it with him as well.
‘Charlene?’ again Cecilia’s voice snapped her back to reality.
‘Sorry,’ she apologized. Then, ‘I’m sorry as much as I love to celebrate with everyone but…’
‘You want to spend it with your friends,’ Cecilia finished off. There was no sound of irritated nor any anger in her voice but a little disappointment. ‘Am I guessing right that there’s a guy involve?’ She heard the teasing in her voice.
‘No-o!’ she gasped. Then, ‘Okay there is.’
‘Omg! I can’t believe this! How can you not tell me?’
‘Because you were too busy trying to fix your problem?’ she offered.
‘I want to meet this guy of yours!’ Cecilia squealed excitedly. Yeah, she knows it’s hard to believe that a cold person can turn so easily. She wouldn’t have believed it herself. People do change for the better or for the best even though some say that it can never be. Because she seen it herself.
‘You already met him.’
‘O?’
‘Yeah at uncle Chase’s wedding. It’s Edison Chen. He was the guy who stuck up for me when you were, you know?’ She still found it hard to speak to Cecilia about before.
‘So, you met your Prince Charming, eh?’
‘Urm… Yeah I guess,’ she answered warily. ‘But we’re…err…having a slight problem right now.’
‘Anything I can help you with?’ Cecilia eagerly asked.
‘Nothing.’ She sighed. ‘Anyways if there’s nothing else I have loads of work to do that had piled up while I was away.’
She hung up promising to phone later on and busied herself at work. She still wouldn’t answer Edison’s calls. Not yet, she kept telling herself.
End of the week as promised Kenny had come up with the account holder. It was no other than Daisy. But now the problem is that Daisy used it cleverly. She made the account up. Now to get the proof that it’s Daisy’s they have to get her statements. All that week and the next Charlene avoided him. If he comes down she would talk to him for few minutes then make an excuse to leave.
She spent her days with Shawn catching up with everything. Both of them tried to talk to Gillian but she wouldn’t answer her calls. Shawn was really frustrated and she knew that he liked her more than friends. She was happy for him but not happy that Gillian wouldn’t hear their explanation. So they got Nicholas to tell her that Shawn is her brother nothing else. Even though Gillian did speak to Charlene but not Shawn. Shawn waited for a good moment to get her back.
It’s been two weeks he let her avoid him. She had enough time now to get over the incident. Next week was her birthday and he wanted to get their relationship back to normal so he can do something special plus he has something special to say to her. He just hoped she wouldn’t be stubborn as her father.
I sit and watch the time go by
Can someone please tell me the reason why
How can a man stay dignified
When all he does is cry inside?
I need to know
And question how I'm feeling
I have to know
Why girl, it's still been keeping us apart (yeah yeah)
If I ask myself
What you mean to me
If I could reach inside
I'd see that you're everything I've waited for
And I tell myself what you mean to me
I'm down on my knees for you
Praying you'll hear what I'm saying
Believe me its true (yeah yeah)
I'm waiting for you
Do you feel alone
On your own tonight
And would you like someone to hold you tight
We've gotta keep this love alive
Hand in hand and side by side
I need to know
Please tell me how your feeling
Guess you should know
Why girl its still been keeping us apart (yeah yeah)
If I ask myself what you mean to me
If I could reach inside
I'd see that you're everything I've waited for
And I tell myself what you mean to me
I'm down on my knees for you
Praying you'll hear what I'm saying believe me its true (yeah yeah)
I'm waiting for you
Right here for you
Waiting for you
I'm waiting for you
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
i can not believe that i made a mistake. plz 4giv me
Luv Sensitivegal