Fan Fiction |
by Sensitivegal
She descended the stairs of her condo and just in queue the doorbell rang. She straightened her blue plain dress and swung the door open. ‘Happy Birthday!’ Charlene stepped back. Her six models and their partners that include Stephen and Sam congratulated her. She asked for them to come early to help her start the party.
‘Come on you guys,’ she motioned them to get in. They entered with amazement except Jerry who already seen the place. The wrapped up presents each held in their hand they put it on the table at the side. She wasn’t going to open it ‘til later. After couple of comments of how each other looks Charlene got to the point about the party. ‘I need help with the barbeque out back,’ she added.
‘I’ll help you,’ Daniel volunteered.
‘Who’s going to take care of the drinks?’ she asked.
‘I will,’ Rain held her hand up. ‘I was a great waitress in Daniels’ restaurant.’
‘Okay, drink is cleared. What about the fireworks for later?’ she looked from one to another.
‘We’ll take care of that,’ Stephen and Sam said in unison.
‘Great, everything else is done. So, now we start the party!’
They all cheered. The girls danced holding hands with their partner out of the condo and to the beach at the back. Everything was ready. Lights were all around brightening the beach. There was a stage with a DJ. When he saw them come he boomed music through the boom boxes. The barbecue pot was already there. Daniel and Miriam went straight there. Rain with the help from Vicki and Barbie went to get the drinks. The guys walked over to the DJ to chat about the music.
Charlene stayed back in the condo; she was waiting for Edison to come. He did say he was going to be late. He had something to do he had explained. The doorbell rang. She went to open it. ‘Hey,’ she smiled at Vic. He wasn’t alone. He had a tall beautiful lady beside him.
‘Hey to you too, birthday gal,’ Vic laughed. ‘This is Gigi, Gigi Leung, my girlfriend. Gigi meet Charlene, she’s a designer in My Studio.’
‘Are you a model?’ she gawked at Gigi. She was like an Eiffel tower to her.
Gigi laughed. ‘Happy birthday! And…Nope, I’m an interior designer.’
‘Really?’ Charlene asked in interest. She ignored Vic who showed the bored look.
‘Yeah,’ she inspected the place. ‘I really adore your condo. It’s perfect. I like the way you designed it.’
‘It only took me from Saturday.’
‘Wow, that was a quick one. I’m no expert but this is amazing.’
‘No expert?’ Vic repeated. ‘You are the very best at the interior and you’re saying you’re not’
‘Whatever,’ Gigi dismissed the comment. ‘Where’s the party?’
‘Out the back,’ Charlene replied. Vic and Gigi were going to go when they noticed that Charlene wasn’t following them. They asked her to come. Charlene shook her head. ‘I’ll be there later to talk about hiring you so don’t hide,’ Charlene joked. The couple left her after leaving a present next to the others. She sighed. She wouldn’t be in a party mood till Edison was here that was for sure.
She was going to flop down on the chair when the doorbell rang. She went and answered the door. ‘Are we early?’ Joey sang out cheery. Her arm was ringed around Nicholas’s.
Charlene quickly hid her hand so no one can notice her ring. It will be really hard since it was like a huge rock! She and Edison had agreed that they would announce it at the party together. Her models weren’t going to say anything. She didn’t have to hide it from the guys since they already know. Kenny was shocked but Vanness didn’t seem effected in anyway. It was like he knew that this was expected.
‘Nope, the party started 5 minutes ago,’ Charlene said.
‘Aww, I wanted to be the first,’ Joey pouted. ‘It’s all your fault,’ she blamed Nicholas.
Charlene chuckled. ‘Are you guys going to come in or stay out there and argue?’
‘They would choose more like argue,’ said the voice behind them. Gillian appeared from behind Joey with Shawn. Charlene smiled when she saw they were holding hands.
‘What’s with the holding hand?’ she teased.
Gillian quickly let go of Shawn’s hand and flushed with embarrassment. She looked away. Shawn grabbed Gillian’s hand. ‘We are an item and we’re proud of it,’ he declared.
‘Yeah, yeah,’ Nicholas muttered. He still didn’t trust Shawn completely. He was really protective over Gillian even more because of the incident. ‘Lets get in.’
Inside the others went straight to the beach leaving the presents with the others. She still didn’t join them. She was waiting for Edison. Finally he came but he wasn’t alone. Her family was there, her father, Cecilia, her uncles and aunts.
‘Omg! What are you guys doing here?’ she shrieked happily.
‘What? You don’t want us here?’ Clark joked.
‘Of course I don’t want you guys here!’ Charlene played along.
‘Edison invited us,’ her father said. Charlene looked at him and hugged him.
‘I’m so glad,’ she whispered. She gave a thank-you smile to Edison. He mouthed ‘Pleasures all mine.’
Now she was in a party mood. She escorted them to the beach. Edison took her hand while they were walking behind her family and whispered, ‘You look beautiful.’ No one seemed to notice her ring that was turned in. She was glad. She wanted to surprise most of them. Especially the ones that thought Edison weren’t romantic. She could hardly wait. Everyone partied, ate and danced. Her birthday cake was bought in. Daniel had made it. The cake was huge.
They sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to her. Edison kissed her fully on the lips when the song ended. She cut the cake with her father. Edison wanted that. He knew that it has been years that they didn’t celebrate her birthday together.
‘Speech! Speech!’ they all chanted in unison.
She walked onto the stage and held the mike the DJ handed to her. ‘Thank you all for coming and celebrating this special day with me,’ she began. Her eyes gleamed of happiness. She scanned the room where everyone’s attention was on her. ‘Not only are we celebrating my birthday but,’ her eyes stopped at Edison. She motioned him to come up the stage. He walked slowly to her, all the way smiling. Everyone was confused and curious as well. He took her hand and faces the ‘audience’. ‘This morning…’ she loving looked at Edison, ‘…Edison proposed to me.’
There was silent. Charlene broke her gaze away from Edison to the ‘audience’. They were all shocked. Well not everyone, her models and their partners knew except Stephen and Sam. When they were over the shock they cheered for them. She showed them her big rock that she turned back out.
‘This last song is to the birthday girl,’ the DJ spoke through his mike. ‘If they would start the dance then everyone can follow.’
Holding onto her hand they walked down the stage eyes locked into each other. Everyone watched them admiring the lovely couple. Slowly in each other’s hand they swayed with the music. One at a time the others joined in.
When the music finished the bonfire started up. Everyone sat on the beach and watched up at the sky. The DJ was packing up. Rain and Vicki went inside to bring out all the presents. Ten minutes later where everyone was sitting in a circle staring at Charlene. Her presents were in front of her. First Gillian and Shawn started to hand there present since they were next to her. They were going around the circle to hand over the present but not before saying something.
‘You really surprised us with the announcement,’ Gillian said. She then turned to Edison who was sitting besides Charlene. ‘Congrats! I never knew that you would even pop the question,’ she spoke honestly.
‘Yeah,’ Shawn went on. ‘The way Gillian talks about you I thought it’ll take you a year or summa.’
‘Thanks, I think,’ Edison didn’t know if he should take that as a compliment or not.
Hugging Charlene they then went back to sit down. Nicholas and Joey came next. ‘I think me and you are going to have a competition with whose wedding is going to be more better,’ teased Joey.
‘Forget that! You’re going to forget me when you’re married!’ whined Nicholas.
Edison chuckled. ‘She will be imprisoned home when we’re married,’ he joked.
‘Either way congrats, man!’ Nicholas laughed. They touched their knuckles. After hugging Charlene they went and sat back down. Vic and Gigi came up next.
‘Even though I don’t know you much, I still want to congrats you and hope that I could come to your wedding,’ Gigi smiled.
‘Of course,’ Charlene replied. ‘Vic will be invited.’
‘Thanks,’ Gigi beamed. She turned to Edison. ‘You guys make the perfect couple.’
‘Really?’ Edison asked.
‘Yeah,’ Vic chirped in. ‘If you want a photographer for your wedding I wouldn’t mind.’
‘We’ll call you,’ Charlene answered, laughing.
It was Vicki and Sam. ‘Hey, gorgeous, what a lost you’ll be married with this guy,’ Sam joked. Everyone laughed. ‘Forget him, lets you and me run off?’ he winked.
‘What about me?’ Vicki pouted.
‘I’ll come back for you,’ Sam replied.
‘Stop trying to take my woman from me,’ Edison threatened him mockingly. ‘She don’t want you. She’s got a macho man.’
‘Unlike a she-man like you,’ Stephen retorted. ‘She needs a guy like me,’ he added.
‘And there I thought you were going to back me up,’ Edison said.
‘Our men want to leave us,’ Rain said to Vicki.
‘Don’t worry we don’t need men,’ Charlene got in. ‘We got each other.’ She hugged them both. The two couple went back. Kenny and Ruby were next.
‘I don’t know what to say but congrats and happy 26th birthday. How do you feel?’ Kenny teased.
‘Don’t tease,’ Ruby warned him. ‘We women don’t like to think of our age.’
‘Well you – ’ he stopped when he realized what he was going to say. Not again would he say you women. ‘She looks young for her age, anyways.’
‘That was a close one,’ Edison knew what Kenny was going to say. ‘Don’t go there.’
‘Anyways congrats,’ Ruby interrupted. She pulled Kenny with her. Miriam and Daniel came beside her and handed her present.
‘It was so romantic the proposal. I cried,’ Miriam said, wiping her tears away.
‘She hit me as well,’ Daniel muttered. ‘Why I wasn’t that romantic? She says.’ He rolled his eyes making everyone laugh out loud.
‘I know what you mean,’ Vanness grunted when Daniel and Miriam went back and he and Cecilia came.
‘Hey, I didn’t hit you,’ Cecilia pointed out. ‘But you have to admit it was the perfect proposal.’
‘Yeah.’ They went back to sit down.
‘Happy birthday, sport,’ Carl pecked Charlene on the cheek. ‘And I’m so glad that you found someone.’
‘I’m so happy for you two,’ cried Grace.
‘Come on,’ Carl wrapped an arm around Grace and guided her back.
Clark came and pecked both Charlene’s cheeks. ‘Call me if he mistreats you,’ he told her.
‘I don’t think he will,’ Riana assured him.
‘If he knows what’s best for him he won’t,’ Chase warned him playfully.
Edison held his hand in defense. ‘I wouldn’t do anything, trust me.’
‘Charlene can take care of herself,’ Jane laughed at how protective they are being. ‘You made sure of that,’ she added she linked an arm around Chase’s and hugged it.
‘And if he tries to escape and hide I can always find him,’ her uncle Calvin said who is a detective.
‘My gosh, you guys are going to scare him off before I reach the alter,’ Charlene pouted. ‘I don’t want a runaway groom, thank you very much.’
‘I will never leave you,’ Edison looped an arm around her neck and tugged her in a hug. ‘You can never escape me. Remember you are mines always and forever.’
‘Aww,’ all the women went. ‘That was so sweet.’
‘And you’re mines always and forever,’ Charlene said. Their eyes locked together the inched closer for a kiss.
‘Eh,’ Her father interrupted them before they shared a kiss. ‘There will be plenty of that for later,’ he teased.
‘Father!’ Charlene gasped out. She shyly hid her face in Edison shirt.
‘I think you made her shy now,’ Edison told him.
“My Charlene shy? Nah!’ everyone laughed.
‘When was Charlene ever shy?’ Nicholas got in.
‘There’s always a first time,’ Edison defended Charlene whose face kept going redder. ‘Aww, my poor baby, will turn into a tomato if you don’t stop.’ Charlene hit him. ‘Ouch! I was only helping you!’
‘I don’t think you’re actually helping,’ Cecilia pointed out. Charlene looked up at her stepmother and smiled. ‘You should have called me the second you said yes,’ she scolded her.
‘I was really busy,’ she excused herself. ‘I was going to call.’
‘My present last,’ Edison cut in. ‘Open it,’ he ordered her.
Charlene smiled and obeyed happily. Unwrapping it she took out a velvet box. She beamed when she realized what it could be. Opening it she gasped. It was a diamond choker. It went with the ring. And next to the choker were two earrings. ‘Thank you,’ she cried out. She showed everyone the choker. They too gasped and then admired it. ‘This is beautiful. Do you mind?’ she held the choker up from him to take it and put it on her. Without saying anything he took it and slowly placed it on her neck all the while watching her. He then took her lips into his. Everyone clapped and cheered.
Later one by one they left to go home. Her family was staying at Edison’s mansion as his guests. Edison stayed behind to talk to her for few minutes. His butler will open the door for her family.
‘I wanted to talk to you,’ she started when everyone was gone. They slouched on her couch in each other’s arm. She sat up and looked at him seriously. ‘About our future…’
‘We got plenty of time to talk about that later,’ he lazily said. He closed his eyes and wanted to fall a sleep but she shook him back awake.
‘No I want to talk about it now. What kind of wife do you want me to be?’ she asked.
‘The kind of wife who lets me go to sleep,’ he muttered and tried again to go to sleep.
‘Would you like me to change?’ she didn’t take his last response as an answer.
He gave up and sat up straight. ‘Listen to me, I don’t want you to change one bit because I love everything about you now and forever.’
Here’s her chance now. She had to tell him who she really is. ‘What if your wife was richer than you?’ She didn’t know how to begin or how to tell him.
He laughed. ‘Please! My wife richer than me? No way!’ he shook his head.
‘What’s wrong with your wife being richer than you?’ All her confidence in telling him was evaporating. Her anger was forming.
‘Well, if my wife was richer than me how will I take care of her? It will be the other way round,’ he explained not noticing that Charlene didn’t like his answer.
‘It’s just your male ego,’ she dismissed his answer. ‘Okay. Let me try this. What if you have to have a choice in choosing? What if your wife is richer than you? What will you do?’ her voice was shaky and desperate.
‘Char!’ he grabbed hold of her. ‘What has gotten into you? What’s with all these questions?’ he asked in concern. She didn’t reply just cried in his arm. He looked down at her confused.
What will she do? She can’t tell him about herself. She didn’t want to lose him. She just can’t. He is her life now! She didn’t know what to do but just cry. Her life was perfect until now.
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