"Never again Munroe! Never!"
Chad Dylan Cooper was Hollywood's resident bad boy. He was without a doubt the best actor of his generation, according to himself. Doing favours for Chuckle City actresses was not a part of his act.
"Sorry, did you say something?"
The young man in front of Chad was tall and gangly. Mousy brown hair obscured his eyes and freckles dotted his pasty skin. He had instantly wiped his feet on the doormat as Chad had let him into Sonny's apartment, looking down as he did to unsuccessfully hide the curiosity that lurked in the shallow depths of his bright eyes, a look Chad had grown used to recognising in the past few months. He's led the way muttering to himself which is when the ears that stuck out of the boys head had picked up the last sentence he had muttered to himself.
"Yeah. Is said Sonny will be out in a minute. She likes to take her time putting all that useless make-up on."
He refused to waste time being nice. He watched the boy (he also refused to admit this was a grown man and that Sonny was a grown woman) take a seat in the couch opposite him, instantly disliking him even more for reasons unknown.
"So…your good friends with Alison then erm… Mr Cooper?"
The man (whatever his name was, something like Ryan but who knew, its not like Chad had ever paid attention to anyone's name but his own three) stuttered under Chad's harsh stare as he leaned forward to rest his chin on his palm. His stare turned cold at the mention of Mr Cooper. Did he look like an old man? He was only 21 for goodness sakes. And who actually used Sonny's full name? He hadn't heard anyone use it since her mother had added it to the verbal onslaught that Sonny had received after slacking in college whilst filming.
"Ok, listen here. I'm Sonny's best friend and I don't like the look of you. I want you out of our apartment and I want you out now."
Why waste time on explaining when he could just cut this short and get it over with.
With wide eyes Sonny's date rose shakily from the chair, staring at Chad in shock as if he was expecting him to pounce on him form the opposite side of the room. Slowly turning towards the door he shouted towards Sonny's bedroom door
"Sonny erm…something's come up. I have to leave. Erm…now"
He turned and fled at full speed, only stopping to fumble with the lock and chain on the door. The door shut noiselessly behind him and footsteps echoed on the wooden stairs that led down to the ground floor of the apartment block.
"Coast's clear Munroe. Took me 5 minutes at the max. You owe me."
He watched as Sonny exited her bedroom, in jeans and an oversized hoodie she didn't look ready for a date at all. Of course she hadn't planned on going since she had rang Chad earlier in the evening to say she needed his help again.
"So what was wrong with this one? Was he too tall? Too chatty? Too wide eyed Bambi looking?"
"Weird looking nose"
Those three words sent Chad into a fit of laughter. He gasped for breath only to continue laughing, blonde hair fell over his eyes, combined with the tears that were gathering in his blue eyes, he was nearly blind. Once he had regulated his breathing and returned his heart rate to normal he managed to stutter
"His nose? You had me dragged half way across the city to play the overprotective best friend because your date for the night had a funny looking nose? You really have lost in Munroe. This is the5th time in the last fortnight that you've had me do this for you. CDC doesn't do favours for just anyone you know."
She sauntered past him to put the kettle on, smiling as she did.
"Good to know that you think I'm special enough then Chad"
"That's…no not what…forget it" he flustered, finally looking down to cover the blush that had covered his high cheekbones. "Never again Munroe!"