DOCTOR CUTIE ???
[Love cures All]
Episode 17.
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By: Racheal Dennis||
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|| Aurora (Phoebe)||
“And that was when your aunt found me under the cliff,,, it’s a miracle I survived”
Brittany reach for my hand on the table, she look so sad, as if she’s imagining being in my shoes.
“I’m sorry, Rora, you’ve been through a lot. I didn’t know you how much you suffered”
I smile.
“Hey, don’t be like that, it happened a long, long time ago,,, I don’t feel sad anymore.
I just want to find my parents murderer and get justice for them”
She nods.
Then she pulls my cheek and glares at me.
“You liar, so you lied about going to the General’s mansion just to make money!”
“Ouch! Ouch! C-can you let go?” I winced.
She lets go of my cheek, I rub it gently to numb the sting.
“I didn’t want to get you involved, that’s what I promised your aunt,,, but now I had no choice but to let you in on everything”
“Now, that I know, I will be extra careful and I won’t let you take reckless decisions”
“Hmm-mmm”
She look outside the window and gasp, it’s dark outside like it’s gonna rain.
“We have to go back home” she said and stands up, packing her bags.
“Why?!”
“My clothes are on the line!”
“You washed?”
She pulls me up from my chair.
“Yes, I’m not as dirty as you” she mocks me.
Ok, I’m not dirty,,, it’s just I don’t like washing clothes, if my clothes are dirty, I just dump that set and buy new ones.
I don’t like stressing myself, is that called dirtiness?.
“What about my hat,,, aren’t we going back to buy it?”
“Rora! If my clothes got wet because of you, I swear I’m gonna inherit your whole wardrobe!!” She threatened me.
I gasp dramatically.
“Alas! That would be my worse nightmare!” I cry out as they do in the movies.
“Then let’s get moving!”
I nod and rush after her.
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Brittany parked her old toyota in front of our apartment and we alight.
She rushes to open the door as I struggle to get off with my twelve shopping bags.
“Britt, you are such a meanie, you didn’t even think of helping me”
“As if I didn’t advise you not to buy so much stuff”
I roll my eyes.
“I need them”
“Then help yourself”
“Meanie!” I murmur.
“I heard that!”
“I meant for you to hear it!”
I struggle with the bag as I walk,,, but God is smiling down at me.
I see a hand grab some bags from me, I breath out in relief.
“Thank yo,,,,,,” I swallow my words and my smile falters as I see my helper’s face.
Dean?
He smiles at me, his pearly white teeth sparkle as he smiles.
Wait,,,, smile? Dean?
I quickly realize who exactly is standing in front of me.
“Phoebe!” He called me.
My name roll off his tongue so perfectly,,, I didn’t know my name could sound so delicious.
“Phoebe, it’s you, it’s really you. You are alive! You are really alive!” He said.
And before I knew what’s happening, I’ve been engulfed in a very tight,,, life squeezing hug.
I try to pull away but I can’t,, I guess I’m too weak.
“Ow! Ow! Ow!” I wince but he wouldn’t let me go.
“I thought you are dead, I was so sad and heartbroken,,, I was lost Phoebe, I thought I wouldn’t see you again, I thought I lost you forever!” He said still not letting go.
I start coughing, I feel life slipping away from me.
“C-can’t breath!”
He quickly lets go and look at me all over frantically.
“Did I hurt you?” He asked.
I step away from him and snatch my bags from him, I manage to hold some but the others fell on the ground.
“What are you doing here?!” I gritt out.
“You left the mansion in a hurry,, so I came to take you back”
“Take me back? So that you can punish me?”
He shakes his head.
“No, no, I didn’t know your identity then,, I’m sorry, had I known it was you I wouldn’t have make you suffer”
I scoffed. So hypocritical.
“General,,,,, ”
He frowns.
“General?”
“Yes, General” I said firmly. “I know I shouldn’t have left like that, but I’m coming with my resignation letter tomorrow,,, I will no longer be your personal doctor”
“I didn’t come for that,, I came to make some things clear between us, there’s so many things I have to tell you”
“There’s no need,, it has already been made clear ten years ago!”
“No, Phoebe, it didn’t happen the way you saw it, just let me explain everything to you”
“What is there to explain? I don’t need your explanation,,, I just need you to stay away from me, let’s just be Aurora and the great General.
We should forget Phoebe and Dean once existed,, just let Phoebe remain dead in your memory!”
I head towards the door but he rushes in front of me and blocks my way.
“How can you say that,, I know you are mad at me but just give me a chance to explain”
“General, I’m not mad at you,, you were just a teenage boy when it happened, what could you have done then,,,, nothing.
I only blame myself for caring too much about you back then, had I not cared for you, had I not insisted on seeing you, my parents would have been alive till today.
I caused their deaths, and I have only myself to blame for that”
“My Phoebe listen to,,,,, ”
“I’m not your Phoebe, not anymore!”
Gone are the days I get goosebumps when he calls me that,, now I have a mission that needs my focus.
“You are my Phoebe, wether you accept it or not”
Ok, I won’t say, that didn’t make me blush but I hide it.
“Just let me explain what really happened”
“No! I don’t wanna hear it,, just stay away from me, that would do me good”
He stays silent, then sighs.
“Ok, I know you don’t wanna listen to me, but you have to come back with me to the mansion”
“No, I’m not going back to that place. I’m doing fine here”
“Please, don’t be stubborn, you can ignore me when we get back but please, come back”
Just then Brittany speaks from the door step.
“Rora, are you coming, it will start raining soon!”
“Give me five!”
She nods and gets back in.
“General,,,, ”
“Stop calling me that, I’m your Dean”
I shake my head.
“No, you are not, Dean is long dead”
“My Phoebe, I didn’t,,,, ”
“It’s gonna rain soon, if I were you I’d head back to my mansion now”
“I’m not going back without you”
“Humph! As you wish”
I head for the door, some of my bags falling but I didn’t bother picking them.
I stop at the door and turn back, my face collide with his hard chest and I glared at him.
“Stop following me and go back home!”
“Home is anywhere you are, you are my home”
“Then don’t blame me for my next action” I said.
He frown in confusion, before he could comprehend what is happening, I slammed the door on his face.
I hear him bang on the door from outside.
“My Phoebe, I’m sorry, open up let me explain!”
“Go back home!” I told him from inside.
I lift myself from the door, ignoring his pleas and head towards my room.
Brittany stops me, she eyes me suspiciously and I frown.
“What?!” I asked.
“Who is that guy?”
“The General”
She gasped loudly, her eyes bigger than the size of an orange.
“The General?!”
“Hmm-mmm!” I hummed.
She rushes to the door and holds the knob but I stop her.
“What are you doing?!” I asked her.
“Opening the door, we can’t leave him outside, it’s gonna rain anytime soon!”
“He wouldn’t be stupid to stay under the rain, he’ll leave before it rains”
“Are you sure?!”
I nod, then we hear Dean’s voice.
“I’m sorry, my Phoebe, just open up! Hear me out! You can beat me when I’m done, you can vent your anger on me, just let me explain”
He continues banging on the door and pleading.
“I don’t think he’s ready to leave, let’s let him in” Britt said.
“No! Ignore him, he’ll leave soon!”
She looks at the door with pitiful eyes, she sighs and nod.
I yawned tiredly, I guess I ate too much at the restaurant.
“Britt, I’m gonna go take a nap”
“Ok, I’ll go put my clothes away”
I roll my eyes.
“You are just the housewife material”
She laughs as I stride to my room.
I toss my shopping bags in a corner and fall on my bed with as s soft moan escape my mouth. I close my eyes and wait for sleep to swallow me.
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My eyes snap open and I quickly sit up. My hand moved to my lip as I look around, as if I’m looking for him.
“So it was just a dream?” I asked myself.
It was a dream but it felt so real,,,I kinda feel sad knowing it was only a dream.
Why? Why did I even have that kind of dream?
Dean is the last person I wanna see, so why am I making out with him in my dream?
I shake that thought from my head,,,, maybe I’m hungry hence that stupid dream.
I will never get intimate with Dean, not in this lifetime or next, it will never happen!.
Right at that moment, my door burst open and Britt rushed in.
“Rora! Rora!” She called panicked.
“What?!” I asked. “Is that ba$tard Eric back?!”
I quickly stand up, I’m so ready to kill him today.
“It’s not Eric, it’s the General”
“The General? What happened to him? Isn’t he gone?”
“He refused to leave”
My eyes quickly move to my window, it’s dark outside and it’s pouring heavily, with thunderstorm and lightening.
No, don’t tell me he’s still outside, under this rain.
“Where is he now?!”
“He is standing outside, under the rain”
I gasp.
“Why didn’t you inform me earlier?!”
“I just saw him”
I push her our of my way and rush out.
I open the main door and see Dean standing outside with my fallen shopping bags in his hands, he is drenched and shaking seriously.
“Dean!” I called.
He raised his head, he smiles when he sees it’s me.
“M-my Pho-ebe, you’re here!” He said in a hoarsed voice.
“Are you crazy?!”
He nods.
“Why didn’t you go home?! Why did you decide to stay under the rain?!” I scold him.
“I just want to explain things” he said.
Suddenly something wet drops on my hand, I touch my cheeks and realize I’m shedding tears.
Why am I crying?
“Don’t you value your life? Do you wanna get sick?” I cried.
Oh my God! Why am I suddenly so emotional,,, I can’t remember when I last I she’d a tear.
“Don’t cry, my Phoebe, I just want to make you understand what happened that day,,, please let me”
I couldn’t stand him staying under the rain no more,,, I can listen to him if that is what he wants.
“Come in, get out of the rain!”
“Are you gonna listen to me?”
“Just come in first”
“No, not until you promise to hear me out!”
Why is he being stubborn,, can’t he see the rain is not good for him?
“Fine! Fine! I will listen to you, just come in”
“Really?! You are gonna listen?!”
“Yes, I swear I’ll listen, just come in already!”
He nods, his smile grows wider as he comes in.
I pull him in and shut the door.
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