Chapter one : kiss
I walk down the hallway for rehearsal. I jog a little because I am a few minutes late but they never start on time anyway. When I get there I was right and haven't started yet. I see Nico and Grady poking each other for god knows what reason , I see Tawni starring at herself in a small make up mirror applying makeup to her face , then I see Zora talking to herself in the right corner. I decide Tawni is the best bet to start rehearsal off atleast fairly normal today.
"Hey Tawni," I say as I approach her while she still applies make up.
"Oh , hello Sonny ," obviously trying to send me the message she doesn't want to talk right now. But yet I persist because lets face it I have nothing better to do.
"Whatcha' doin' ?" I ask her. She then turns her head and stares directly into my eyes and says.
"Doing my MAKEUP ." she has made her point very clear I must stay atleast 5 feet away from her when she is doing her makeup for now on. So I walk away from the drama queen and play with my hair until Marshall comes in to start rehearsal,.
"All right! Are we ready? Lets get going!" he says while he walks over and sits in he special chair. "Lets start with the Rock star sketch."
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At about 12:30 rehearsal is finally over and I feel hungry. I decide to take a trip the studio cafeteria. I walk down the red carpeted hall ways until I reach the 5th door to my right. The cafeteria doors. I open the 2 wide doors to be welcomed by the smell of beans and mystery meat , and all the other actors of condor studios. I walk to the front where the kitchen is and grab a tray.
I walk down the aisle and grab a fruit cup , a brownie , and a yogurt. Next the lunch lady hands me what looks to be a sandwich wrapped in yellow paper. After I get my food I find an empty table and take a seat. I am just about ready to eat when guess- who Chad Dylan Cooper comes in.
"Hello Random ," he says with a sly smirk.
"Oh , shut up Chad," I reply trying to get back to my lunch but yet again Chad persists
"Don't try to act like you hate me. I know you want me," he says while leaning back in the chair he is in at the moment with the same smirk on his face.
"Don't make me gag," I rebuttal. Trying to get him off my case so I can eat peacefully with no interruptions. Chad then gets out of his chair shakes his hair bangs to the side and walks off.
When I am sure Chad will not come barging back into my lunch I take I bite of my sandwich and start to think about what Chad said. I don't want Chad but then again I never thought of him in that way. I mean I know nothing will never happen I mean we are rival shows. But what if I did have feeling for him? But I soon dismiss those thoughts from head.
I soon finish my lunch and head back for the prop house to have a relaxing afternoon. When I get there it was like rehearsal all over again. Nico and Grady were doing their thing. Tawni was doing her make up and
Zora was in her tomb.
I walk over to the couch and turn on the television. Some celebrity gossip is on and its about you-guessed-it Chad Dylan Cooper. I turn the channel to some good ol' fashion cartoons until I soon fall asleep. I don't know what time it was I'm guessing it was 3 or 4 in the morning but I wake up on the couch and I look around and nobody is there.
I decide I am to tired to go home to I just stay there and fall back asleep.
"Sonny ………….Sonny ….," I hear a faint boyish voice calling me. I grumble something that I don't even know what it is. Then I open my eyes to see Chad. He is leaning over me calling my name.
"What are you doing here Chad?" I ask while sitting up.
"I always come in at 6 to get the good parking spot," he replies sitting down next to me.
"The good parking spot?" I ask
"Yeah the one right in front of the studio. I always come early to get it," he says while leaning back on the couch.
"What brought you here," I ask wondering why he was here in the first place in the SO RANDOM prop house.
"Well I saw your car in the parking lot and you are never here this early so I decided to check it out," he says and most of it sounded truthful.
"Oh , ok well I'm still tired so I'm just going to turn the tv on and relax until everybody else shows up," I say grabbing the remote.
"Whatcha' whatchin?" he asks. I guess this means he is staying. Which means that this won't be as relaxing as I thought. I turn on the t.v. and again cartoons are on. As i start to watch TV Chad doesn't say anything and it actually turns out to be relaxing. And soon I am falling back asleep. Before I know it my head is rested on his shoulder. Chad must be falling asleep because he doesn't move my head. And soon enough when he thinks I'm asleep he starts to stroke my hair off my forhead over and over again. And I like it.
At this moment I feel his warmth and I don't want him to leave. I want to stay like this forever. But all good things come to an end.
After at least 20 minutes I'm asleep.
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We must have both fell asleep because the next thing I hear are voices screaming at me but I could still feel Chad. But I don't feel Chad's shoulder I feel his legs covered with kaki pants. I must be resting on his lap. But his legs aren't the only things I feel, I feel his one hand on my head like he was stroking my hair. And his other arm on my waist.
I feel so perfect in his arms and I don't want to move. I feel his velvet sports jacket , his kaki pants and his soft hands. I can still hear the yells and the screams but I pretend not to hear them. But that didn't last for long. Tawni who must have been the person yelling comes and shakes me awake. I open my eyes and say "What," like I don't know what's going on.
But I DO know what's going on. They are probably furious that they found me resting my head on the competitors lap. But it feels like more than just resting my head on my lap. Chad and I took a step forward in the frenemy relationship.
"WHAT! Do you know what you are doing your laying down with the enemy! What were you doing!" Tawni screams at me with the rest of the So Random cast backing her up.
"Noth-," I was cut off by a tired Chad before I could finish.
"Whats goin' on," he says in a morning grumpy voice.
"You tell us," says Nico stepping forward
"Yeah," Tawni , Zora , and Grady chorus together.
I sit up and stand up. When I stand up Chad realizes what they were talking about and jumps up out of his seat.
"Nothin' happened I swear," Chad says in an almost scared voice. He is probably feeling intimidated by the room full of angry rival show cast members with no back up.
"Yeah you guys didn't wake me up yesterday when I was watching TV. So I ended up staying here over night. Chad came in this morning and saw me here. We started to watch TV and fell asleep. That's it!" I say having to have to take a breath. But I know that wasn't just it. I felt something and I can't deny it.
"Yeah," Chad agreed.
"Fine but Chad you have to leave immediately," Tawni barks and fold her arms to show that she means it.
"Ok I'm out," Chad says giving me one last glance and then exiting the prop house.
"What were you thinking?" Tawni asks. And truthfully I don't have an answer.
"I don't know," I reply. And in reply to what I said I get 4 glaring faces.
"I'm gonna' go get changed," I say and walk off to my dressing room.
When I get thee I look around for something to wear so I'm not stuck in the same clothes 2 days in a row. I find some jeans, a blue zip-up hoodie, and a zoo t-shirt I got a year ago. So I go into my bathroom and change into what I have. When I come out I notice it's 8:07. Rehearsal doesn't start for another hour. So I sit at my vanity and pick my Tween Weekly magazine. But as I flip through I'm not focusing on the magazine I'm thinking of Chad.
I know what happened wasn't major but it was something . At least I felt something. Did he feel anything? Am I taking something out of nothing? Or was he just being nice? All these questions run through my head. But like he was on queue Chad comes walking through the door. When he enter he closes the door behind and walk up to the chair I was sitting in.
"Sonny I need to talk to you," he says an urgency in his voice.
"What?" I ask looking up from my magazine like it's no big deal. But in my mind I'm screaming.
"About what happened…..," he says while scratching the back of his head. And instead of his overconfident smirk he has an insecure shaky smile.
"Yeah," I reply.
"Well….um…I kinda…," he says. But I try hard to hold it in. I can feel it coming. He going to say he has feeling for me!
"Kinda what Chad," I ask like I have no idea what I'm talking about.
"Well," he says right before it happens.
He kisses me.
