'Ok, I'll be there' I hung up and threw the phone on the couch. Tawni just invited me to a party that I really didn't want to go to, but I couldn't really ditch. Tawn has been planning this party for her boyfriend Nick who, in my opinion, a total ass and I was in charge of invites. She had told me to stop by her place after work. We both worked at a fashion store called 'Hips'. Tawni didn't come to work today because she had a doctor's appointment in the morning and our boss, Marshall didn't think there was much point in her coming in for an hour. I was sitting on the staff lounge couches on my lunch break and I was thinking about-
'Allison Monroe!' Just then Tawni burst through the door slamming it shut behind her. I hate it when people use my full name. That's why Lucy started calling me Sonny. 'Did you just hang up on me?' She shouted.
'No, we lost connection' I lied.
'Oh' she shrugged satisfied with my answer. She walked over to the vending machine and put a coin in and pressed a button.
'What are you doing here anyway?' I asked, 'I thought you'd be enjoying your day off' I said bitterly.
'Well,' she started, grabbing the can and throwing herself on the couch next to me, 'I thought I would do a bit off shopping on my afternoon off!' she boasted. She opened the can and took a sip. 'I was shopping in Hollister when you so rudely hung up on me' she said giving me a glare. 'It wasn't my fault that the connection was-'I stopped mid sentence thinking about what she just said, 'You were shopping in Hollister!' I asked her. Hollister was the fashion shop opposite ours and it was putting us out of business. 'We agreed that no of us would shop there! The rival!' I shouted.
'They have really cute clothes' she said in defence. 'And they're manager was nice to me unlike mine!'
'I can't help it if you think Marshall's a mean boss' I said crossing my arms.
'Sonny, he fired the last employee because he came in 40 minutes late 'She shouted at me.
'He shouldn't have been late at all!' I shouted back, 'He was right to fire him, 40 minutes is pushing it' I said
'Well, at my last job they didn't care if you were late at all' she boasted. She had never let me forget the 5 days she worked at this really cool shop, 'Flawless fashion', a really laid-back shop.
'And how long did you work there, Tawni?' I asked her, raising my eyebrow
'Five days' she answered hesitantly.
'I rest my case' I said
'Well, he is still really mean' she insisted.
'Well, he's never mean to me' I said
'That's because his son fancies you' she said in an obvious tone.
'We're just good friends' I said
'Sure...' She said dragging it out. She had been trying to set me up with a boyfriend since her 19th birthday last week; I was only a couple of months younger than her.
'Whatever' I said getting up from the couch and heading towards the door.
'Where are you going?' She shouted, getting up
'Not all of us have a the day off' I told her opening the door
'You still coming to my place after work?' She asked
'Do I have a choice?' I asked
'Ummm...' she pretended to think about it while putting her index finger on her chin, 'Nope!' She said, slipping in front of me and skipping out the door. I walked out after her to see that she was already gone. I spotted Marshall and started walking over to him when I felt someone tap my shoulder. I jumped, screaming in the process and turned around.
'Jake, you scared me!' I said hitting him playfully on the shoulder. Jake was Marshall's son. He had brown eyes and brown hair. He was kinda good looking, but not my type.
'Hey, Sonny' He said, 'what you up too?' He asked
'I was just about to talk to Marshall...' I trailed off turning around. Great, he wasn't there.
'No need' he said. I raised an eyebrow in confusion at him, 'I talked to him and convinced him to give you the rest of the day off' He said proudly
'Really?' I asked, a smile spreading on my face, 'Thanks!' I said.
'No biggie' he shrugged.
'Thanks, you're the best!'I squealed, giving him a quick hug before skipping away. I went to the staff room to get my stuff and ran out the door. I stopped outside the shop. I wasn't supposed to meet Tawni for another 4 hours, so I could go now and get a head start on all those stupid invitations or I could go shopping...
I was thinking about what to do when I felt a pair of arms wrap around me.
'Boo' the person whispered in my ear. I turned around in his arms to find Chad Dylan Cooper. Remember that shop I was telling you about? Hollister? Well, Chad was the owner's son. He had blond hair and the deep blue eyes that I could get lost in, so I had to be careful. I unwrapped his hands from around me and placed them at his sides.
'Keep your hands to yourself, Cooper' I said folding my arms across my chest.
'You like it' he said, smirking at me. I did like it, Not that I was gonna tell him that...
'Sure I do' I said sarcastically, walking by him. I decided to go to Tawni's instead of running the risk of bumping into Chad again. Chad is known as the school bad boy, but he has his moments. Not very often...but...Tawni and I both hate him. That's right. Me, Tawni and Chad all go to the same school. But we were on summer vacation so we weren't at school. Stupid me thinking I could get away from him for 12 weeks. I threw my stuff in the backseat of my car and got in. Whilst I was driving I was thinking about what Tawni said. Could Jake really have a crush on me?
'Sonny? Sonny?' A voice distracted me from my thoughts. I turned to see Tawni.
'What?' I asked, slightly annoyed at her for shouting at me.
'You've been parked in my drive way for 10 minutes' she told me
'Oh, sorry' I said getting out and grabbing my jacket.
'My god, what were you thinking about?' I opened my mouth to tell her nothing but she interrupted me, 'Y'know what? Never mind, Come on' she said pulling me into the house. She took me to her room which was all, of course pink and sat me on the bed.
'Ok, this is a list of people and addresses I want to invite' she said handing me a mile long list of addresses. 'Here are the invites you need to fill out' she said heaving a brown sack off the floor and throwing it in my lap. 'Rsvp's' she said throwing another sack at me. I looked at her with a kind of look that said 'What the hell?' She shrugged. 'Oh, and in case you run out of pens...' she said walking over to her pink desk. She handed me a box of 30 pink sparkly gel pens. I raised my eyebrow at her.
'Really?' I asked
'Yes!' she obviously, 'now go I have to make myself pretty' she pushed me out of her bedroom and slammed the door. I shrugged and made my way down stairs. I opened the door, with much difficulty, seeing as I was carrying two sacks, a box of pens and my jacket was in my mouth. I threw them all in the backseat of my car, hopped in and drove to my house. I let myself in with my key and found my mum on the couch watching TV. I quietly tip-toed past her, determined to start writing the invitations, which would not happen if my mum started talking. Apparently I was not quiet enough.
'How was work, sweetie?' My mum shouted from the couch, eyes not even moving from the TV.
'Fine' I muffled through my jacket, 'I have a load of work to do so I'm gonna go to my room' I said struggling with all my stuff.
'Ok, sweetie' she called. Luckily she was too much into watching a Tween drama show to start conversation. I kicked my bedroom door open and threw all my stuff on the bed. I took out the list of addresses and invitations and sat at my desk to start.
I woke up to the sound of my alarm clock going off. I lifted my head to find I had fallen asleep on the desk. I turned my alarm clock off and looked at the time.
'Holy crap!' I screamed. I had 20 minutes to get to work. I quickly got dressed, grabbed my jacket and backpack off the desk chair and ran out to my car. I quickly drove to work. I had 3 more mins. I am going to make it. Just then I pulled in to a traffic jam.
'Oh, come on!' I shouted, slamming my hands down on the steering wheel.
'Sorry I'm late!' I shouted as I ran in to work. I was now nearly an hour late because of that stupid traffic. Marshall looked at me with a sympathetic look in his eye,
'Sonny, our employees have to be very punctual' He said with a stern look on his face.
'I know but there was-' I started
'I'm sorry, Sonny' he said, 'But you're fired' He said. I felt my mouth drop open and I was about to protest when I felt an arm around me.
'Come on, Dad' Jake said. I looked up at him wondering what he was doing, 'Give her one more chance, it's not like no other employee has ever been late' He said.
I looked over at Marshall hoping Jake's little speech worked.
'Alright, Sonny,' He gave in, 'but don't let it happen again' He said sternly.
'It won't, I promise!' I squealed. He walked away and I turned to Jake.
'Thank you so much!' I screamed, giving him a hug. I felt his hands a bit low on my back. Hell, they weren't even on my back. I pulled away from the hug to look at him.
'Thank you, Jake' I said stepping back a bit.
'No big deal' He shrugged.
'No big deal?' I asked, 'He was gonna fire me' I said obviously. He shrugged again.
'Ok, well thanks' I said turning to walk away.
'Wait, Sonny' He grabbed my wrist and pulled me back. I looked at him.
'Hey, wanna go out sometime?' he asked, 'Y'know like a date?'
'Umm...' Whoa, didn't expect that. I didn't know what to say. He wasn't my type. 'I think it would be best if we just stay friends' I said slowly, waiting for his reaction.
'That's cool' he shrugged. I smiled relived. He continued 'but I could call my dad back and tell him I made a mistake' I was totally confused now
'What do you mean?' I asked,
'I could call my dad back and tell him to ignore me and fire you. If I told him that I was mad with you then he would have no reason to hold back on firing you' He said. I can't believe he was saying this. 'And you turning me down made me very angry with you' He said smirking. My mouth fell open as I was trying to fathom what he just said. The store wasn't open yet so no one was around and Tawni was probably in the staff room. What was I supposed to do? If I didn't go out with him, then I'd lose my job, and I really need this job. My mum isn't working, so I need to come up with the rent, food and essentials. 'So how 'bout it?' he asked 'Can I take you out?' he asked with a smirk on his face.
'Yeah' I mumbled turning and running to the staff room. I sat on the couch and thought about it. Maybe it will work out. Maybe I'll go on the date, and he'll turn out to be really nice. What am I saying? I got up to work my shift. Tawni was already working. She gave me a wave and I managed a small smile. I decided not to think about it all day.
I had finally finished what felt like an 8-hour long day, but it was only 5. I packed up my stuff and hurried to get out the door before I ran into Jake. What had happened to him? He used to be so nice and my friend, now he's... I rushed out the staff room when Tawni stopped me.
'What are you in such a hurry for?' She asked. Should I tell her? No, he might fire if he finds out she knows.
'My mum wants help at home' I lied.
'Oh, ok' She shrugged, 'See you tomorrow!' She skipped away. I basically ran to the door when someone grabbed my arm and spun me around.
'Hey,' he said roughly, 'pick you up at 7'he said with a smirk on his face
'Can't wait' I said sarcastically. He winked at me and went to go meet his dad. What happened? We used to be such great friends. I sat on the bench outside the store thinking about what I was going to do. Suddenly, I felt someone sit next to me. I looked up to see who it was, only to look away again, angry.
'Sonny, are you alright?' Chad asked concern in his voice. I turned my head away from him. 'Sonny?' He asked gently, I turned my head a little towards him so I could look at him. 'You're crying' He stated. My hands flew up to my eyes. Only then did I realise that the tears had been flowing uncontrollably. I wiped my eyes with the sleeve of my jacket. 'What's wrong?' he asked.
'Why do you care?' I said harshly.
'Because then not only would I be known as the hot guy, but the sensitive guy too' he said, popping his collar. I grabbed my bag and stood up.
'You know? For a moment there I thought you cared' I said turning away from him.
'Sonny, wait' he started, but I just carried on walking.
I was sitting on bed looking at the second hand turn.
'Sonny!' my mum shouted, 'a boy is here for you' what? He's early. I got up from my bed and grabbed my stuff. When I got to the front door, I realised it wasn't Jake.
'Chad?' I asked, 'What are you doing here?' I said slightly angry because he followed me home.
'I just wanted to see if you were alright' he said cautiously.
'I'll just leave you two alone' my mum said backing in to the kitchen. I didn't want Chad to see Jake. I had to get him out.
'I'm fine, Chad' I insisted, 'you can go now' I said pushing him out of the door.
'You're sure?' he asked, ''Cause you seem a little annoyed' He said, over his shoulder.
'Yeah, at you' I said, 'and your multiple personality disorder'
'I don't have-'
'Bye, Chad!' I interrupted and pushed him out the door, slamming it shut behind him.
I leant my back against the door when I heard another knock. I took a deep breath and turned to open the door.
'Hey, babe' Jake said as I opened the door. I gave him a small smile.
'Mum, I'm leaving' I called, my voice slightly wobbly. Jake took my hand. 'I'll be back before 10'I called my voice breaking.
'Not if I have my way' Jake whispered in my ear, as I closed the door. Jake took me to his car and opened my door for me. 'In you get' He said with a smirk on his face.
I muffled a quiet 'Thanks' and got in. I kept to the far side of the car the whole drive, bringing my legs up on the chair and wrapping my arms around them. I shuffled so I was as close to the window. He noticed, turning to me.
'I don't bite' he assured me, 'unless you want me to' He winked at me with a smile creeping up on his face. I turned to the window quickly to avoid looking at him. We were driving through a street that I have never seen before.
'Umm, Jake?' I croaked out.
''Sup babe?' I actually wanted to puke there and then.
'Um, where are we?' I asked.
'Oh, this is where I live' He said. He lived here? The car pulled into a drive way. The house was the most decent looking out of all of them. Probably because Marshall is such a neat-freak. Jake got out and walked around to my side and opened my door. I smiled at him and walked ahead of him. He opened the front door with his key and let himself in and gestured for me to enter. I slowly walked in to the house. His house wasn't bad. It had old hardwood floors, sideboards with flowers on and a TV area. Just then Marshall walked in the room.
'Hello, Sonny' he said nodding at me.
'Hi, Marshall' I smiled at him. At least Marshall and his wife would be here.
'Jake, me and your mother will just be down the road' Marshall said looking at Jake. Spoke to soon.
'K, see you!' Jake said. Just then Jake's mother came down the stairs.
'Hello, I'm Belinda' she said holding her hand out for me to shake, 'Jake's mum'
'Hi, I'm Sonny' I smiled at her.
'Ok, Jake' Belinda said, 'you and Sonny have a good time' She said giving Jake a quick hug whilst trying get all her make-up in to one bag. They both headed for the door. As they went out the door, Marshall shouted,
'Have a good time, kids!' Jake shut the door after them.
'I intend to' Jake said whilst smirking at me. He walked over to me. 'I had planned for us to watch a movie but I think it can wait' He said moving a lock of my hair behind my ear. He was about to kiss me when I ducked out of his arms.
'A movies good' I said, walking over to sit on the couch.
'Ok,' Jake said, walking over to the enormous stack of DVD's in the corner.
'What movie?' He asked me, 'even though we probably won't be watching it' He added with a wink. I looked away, repulsed. I wanted to choose a movie that he might want to watch.
'Ummm, you choose' I said. He picked up a random DVD from the floor and popped it in the player, grabbed the remote and started towards the couch. He sat a bit too close to me. Scratch that, he was basically sitting on top of me he was so close. The opening credits opened and I discovered that he had picked a horror film. I hate horror films. Last time I watched one was at Lucy's and I stayed up the whole night scared monsters were in her closet. Jake moved closer to me, if that were even possible. He noticed my nervousness.
'Scared of horror films?' He asked, like he was talking to a four-year old.
'No, I love them!' I lied. Thankfully, I am good actress. He shrugged and turned to the TV.
Halfway through the film, I was scared shitless! It was so scary! I wanted him to turn it off. But I knew that if I asked him, then he would want to do other stuff. Suddenly, I felt a hand on my leg. Suddenly wearing a skirt didn't seem like such a great idea. I moved his hand of casually. About five minutes later he put his hand back on my leg, higher than last time. I moved his hand off. Suddenly he stood up. I looked up at him.
'Alright Sonny, what's up?' He almost shouted.
'What do you mean?' I played innocent.
'Every time I put my hand there,' he said pointing to my leg, 'you brush me off!' He shouted at me. Ok, I was getting scared now.
'Umm, I think it's' I struggled to find the right words, 'too soon' I settled with.
'What the hell?' He shouted, 'I've liked you for about a year! What do you mean too soon?' He stepped closer to me. I backed up into the couch seeing as he had me cornered. He sighed and sat back down on the couch.
'You know, I talked to my dad and told him I was mad at Stacy' Stacy was another employee at Hips. She was the same age as me and Tawni, maybe a year older, 'and he fired her. All because I had a problem with her' He turned and smirked at me, 'you wouldn't want that to happen to you, would you?' He said smirking at me.
'No...' I mumbled.
'Good' he said looking at me. He leant in to kiss me. I closed my eyes, wanting it to be over with.
'Hi! We're back!' I opened my eyes to see Marshall and his wife walking through the door. They hung their coats up, seeing as it was raining. 'So, did you guys have fun?'
Jake sighed and backed away from me.
'Yeah, it was great' he said. Yeah, for him.
'Umm, my mum's expecting me home' I said to Jake. He sighed and looked away. 'In five minutes. So, I'm gonna go...' I said.
'Oh, I'll give you a ride home' said Marshall, grabbing his coat and keys.
'Oh no, its fine' I didn't want to put them to any trouble, 'I can just walk' I said
'Nonsense!' Marshall said throwing his hands up into the air. 'I am not letting Jake's girlfriend walk home alone' I swear I saw Jake's face turn into a smile. So now I'm his girlfriend? When I didn't want to go out with him in the first place?
'Ok, thanks' I said, accepting the lift from Marshall. He opened the front door for me and we stepped out. We walked to his car in silence. He opened the door for me to get in. 'Sonny,' he gestured for me to get in.
'Thanks' I smiled at him. We drove in silence until he asked me for my address.
'So, Sonny,' he started, 'how do you feel about my son?' He asked.
Well, that caught me off guard. Just then my phone started mooing I pulled it out to see that I had one text form Jake.
Don't tell
I swallowed and put my phone back in my bag. I turned back to Marshall.
'He's great' I said as cheerfully as I could. He nodded,
'That's good to hear' he said, 'you're the first date he's had in ages, he usually hits on girls and leaves 'em' I nodded. We got to my house,
'I'll see you tomorrow, Sonny' he said whilst reaching over me to unlock my door. I stepped out and turned back to face him. 'On time' he added in a firm tone. I smiled timidly and shut the car door. I basically ran up to my apartment slammed open the door.
'Hey, honey' My mum said coming out of the kitchen, 'How was the date?'
'Fine, I am really tired though' I said hoping she would just let me go to my room.
'Ok, sweetie, but don't forget to set your alarm' She said, 'We don't want you being late again' she scolded.
'I won't mum, promise' I said, 'Night'
I woke up before due to the ray of sunlight shining through my window. I turned over in my bed to pick up my alarm clock. Five more minutes until it goes off. I shut it off and got up to have a shower. I washed my hair, brushed it and then I put my make-up on. I went into the kitchen to get my breakfast, and found a note on the counter.
Sonny,
I had to leave for a job interview. It's back in Wisconsin, and then I am going to visit your cousins and stay with them for a couple of days. I didn't know about it until this morning, I will be back on the 22nd. In this envelope there is 200 dollars. This is for food and supplies.
Love you,
Great. So my mum wasn't going to be back for two weeks. Fan-bloody-tastic. I noticed the time and didn't want to be late again so I grabbed my half eaten pop tart and ran out to my car. I threw my jacket in the backseat and headed off to work.
I arrived at work ten minutes early so I went into the staff room and stuffed my things into my locker. I threw myself into the couch and closed my eyes. Before I knew it the bell signalling the opening of the shop went off. I sighed and got up.
As I was working I was thinking about how my mum could just leave like that. For two weeks. Well, at least she won't be able to see me dating Jake. She knows when I am upset and she would know something is wrong. Before I knew it, it was my lunch break. I grabbed my bag and walked out the shop thinking what I would do for lunch. I sat in the food court with a piece of pizza in front of me. I did not look appetizing. I thought about how my mum had just left me and how much I would miss her in two weeks. I couldn't help the tears that fell from my eyes. Suddenly someone sat opposite me. I didn't bother lifting my head, it would either be Jake or-
'Hey, Sonny' Chad said, 'just thought I would tell you about this really hot girl who just gave me her phone number' He boasted, waving a little slip of paper in my face. What happened? He actually seemed like he cared yesterday when he stopped by my apartment. I looked up to meet his smirk, but his face fell when he saw I was crying.
'Sonny, what's wrong?' he said sounding concerned. I cannot fall for that again. He doesn't really care. I turned away from him. 'Sonny,' he whispered turning me towards him with his finger under my chin. I looked at him and he wiped away a tear that was running down my cheek.
'It's not your problem' I mumbled starting to get up. He grabbed my hand and pulled me back down.
He looked into my eyes. Probably knowing I would get lost in them.
'Sonny, what's wrong?' he asked again. I looked down. He was still holding my hand across the table.
'My mum is leaving me to live by myself, just for two weeks but I know I'll miss her so much and I had to find out over a letter that I found this morning' the words came out in a rush. I decided not to tell him about Jake. He had told me not to tell anyone.
I started crying again. I put my hands over my eyes. I heard a chair scraping across the floor. I assumed Chad had left but I then felt a pair of arms around me, hugging me. I lowered my hands and hugged him back. We stayed like that for a while, then I realised, he was the enemy. I pulled back and looked at him. He cleared his throat and leant back in his chair.
'It'll all be ok' He assured me. I was astounded at him. Was he really trying to cheer me up? 'You'll have the house to yourself' I smiled at him and let out a small laugh. He smiled back.
'So,' he started. 'How has your day been so far?' I giggled slightly at his pathetic attempt to start conversation. He smiled at me. 'See, it worked'
'What did?' I asked, confused.
'Being in the presence of the amazing CDC' he said, 'it cheered you up' he said popping his collar.
'See? There you go again' I said angrily. He looked confused. 'Your giant ego' I said obviously. I started to get up to leave. He grabbed my wrist.
'Please, don't leave' he said, 'I'll be good' he said, with a pathetic attempt at puppy dog eyes. I sat down again and we had lunch together.
I looked down at my watch and realised the time.
'I have to go now' I said, getting up, 'end of my lunch break' I shrugged. He stood up with me.
'Let me walk you back' He said walking around to meet me at the other end of the table.
'Ok, thanks' I said, smiling at him.
I was hanging up clothes on hangers thinking about mine and Chad's lunch. It was actually quite fun. We told jokes, talked about our problems and had a few laughs. I told him about Tawni's party and how I had to write all the invitations and he said he was sorry he wouldn't be able to see me that day. So, one moment he was nice and sweet then his ego takes over.
Before I knew it was the end of my shift. I went in to the staff room to find my stuff. When I came out, I saw Jake talking to a girl. I didn't want to talk to him, so I quietly walked behind some racks of clothes to avoid him. It worked. I walked out of the shop and got in my car. I drove home thinking how I would have to live on my own for two weeks. I unlocked my door and let myself in. I threw my stuff anywhere and collapsed on the couch. I groaned when I remembered Tawni wanted all the invitations done for tomorrow. I walked in to my room and started on the invitations. She had put the names and addresses in alphabetical order. It took me absolutely ages just to get through the A's and then I had to go down to the B's. I finally got down the C's to find that Chad was on the list. I pulled out my cell phone and texted Tawni.
From: Sonny
To: Tawni
y is Chad on the invite list? :S
From: Tawni
To: Sonny
Nick's best friend :pi don't want 2 invite him
I sighed and put my phone away. It might be quite fun to have him there.
I got the J's to see that Jake was on the list. Why?
I finally finished all the invitations. I decided to give Chad and Jake theirs tomorrow at work. You know, save on stamps and all that. I put them all in my work bag and collapsed on my bed.
The next morning I got up and then remembered that mum wasn't' here. I got up reluctantly and got ready. I pulled my hair into a ponytail and headed out the door.
I got in my car and started driving. I stopped at the post box on the side of the road to post all the invites.
I got to work and went to talk to Marshall.
'Hi, Marshall' I said, as I reached him. He turned around with a confused look on his face.
'Hi Sonny, didn't you get my text?' he asked. I fished in my pocket and pulled out my phone. I looked at the black screen.
'Must have run out of battery' I said.
'Well, we don't need you in today' He said, 'So you can have the day off' He said.
'Really?' I smiled.
'Yes' he sighed.
'What about Tawni?' I asked
'She called in sick' he said turning around to continue his conversation that I interrupted. I squealed and skipped out the door. I turned around to see Jake walking towards me. I pulled the invitation out my backpack.
'Hey babe' he said as he reached me. He pulled me in for a kiss. He kissed me very roughly. He forced his tongue in my mouth. I figured if I did nothing then he would back off. I was right. He pulled back, licking his lips. 'Can't wait for you' he said with a smirk. He leant down for another kiss. I held up the invitation between us so he ended up kissing the envelope.
'I have something for you.' I said cautiously.
'Mmm?' He said raising his eyebrow and taking the invite and holding it up. I nodded. He opened it and studied the invite.
'You going?' he asked. I nodded slightly.
'I'll be there' He leant down for another kiss but I ducked around him.
'I gotta go' I told him backing away, 'more invitations to deliver' I said holding Chad's up. Before he could say anything else, I turned around and started fast-walking toward Hollister to see Chad. I entered Hollister and looked around for Chad. Wow, Tawni was right. They had really amazing clothes in here. I decided to just browse through the clothes before I saw Chad. I'm already here so...oh that tops awesome! I picked it up and held it against me. Then I looked at the price tag and slowly put it back. Just then two hands poked me in the sides.
'Eash!' I jumped at the contact. I turned around and Chad had the biggest smile on his face. 'Chad!' I scolded hitting him on the arm.
'You're the one who screamed' He said holding his hands up. I rolled my eyes at him and gave him the invitation.
'What's this?' he asked.
'Open it and you'll see' He opened it and read it through. 'Oh, these are the invitations you told me about the other day on our lunch date' he smirked at me.
'It was not a date, Chad' I said calmly. He folded the invitation and put it in his pocket. He stepped closer to me.
'Two people, alone having lunch together and enjoying it. Hmm...' He pretended to think, 'what do you call it Sonny?' he asked
'First of all, we were not alone there were loads of people there' I stated, 'Second,-' I was about to continue when I felt an arm around my shoulders. I looked over to see Jake.
'Hey babe' he said. Oh, he makes me want to throw up. He pulled me in for a rough kiss. He was so forceful. He pulled away and looked at Chad and then me again. 'Why are with him?' He asked, spitting the word him out. Tightening his grip on my shoulder, digging his nails into my shoulder. I winced. I could see Chad looking at me with a worried look on his face.
'I umm,' I started, 'had to give him his invitation' I finally said.
'Oh, ok' he said, 'do you wanna come round mine later?' He asked. I really did not want to go there again. I didn't want to be alone with him.
'Umm, actually' I started; I could feel Chad's eyes burning into me. 'My mum's out of town and she doesn't really want me to go out when she's not there-'
'Perfect, we'll go round yours' he said, he leant down to kiss me again. I closed my eyes and it was over. He whispered in my ear, 'we won't be interrupted' He turned and walked away. I shivered. I have to work on my excuses.
'Sonny, is everything ok?' Chad asked.
'Yeah, its fine' I said, 'I have to go' I ran out of the store desperate to get home.
CPOV
I didn't like the way he looked at her. Like she was an object. And when he kissed her? She always made a face of disgust. 'We won't be interrupted' Ugh. What a sleez. I don't believe she wants to date him. Heck, it's obvious she doesn't want to. So why is she?
SPOV
I was sitting on my couch, dreading tonight. Maybe, I could just lock the door? No, he'd fire me. I could go out? No, he'd fire me. I can't do anything. Whatever I do would result in me getting fired! I was thinking when I heard a knock at the door. I nervously got up and answered the door.
'Hey, beautiful' Jake said, pushing his way past me and sitting on the couch.
'Hey, um Tawni's picking me up to go out in a bit' I called her and told her I wanted to go out. She didn't ask why, she was just happy to have an excuse to go shopping; 'you walked away so fast earlier I didn't get a chance to tell you' He turned to look at me.
'So, she gets you and I don't?' He asked getting up from the couch and walking over to me.
'We still have an hour' I said to him, afraid. He looks like he was going to hit me or something.
'Well, I guess we'll have to make the most of it' he whispered, leaning down to kiss me. Before he could, I spoke,
'I recorded a programme I wanted to see' I quickly said, 'do you want to watch it with me?' I asked. Please say yes, please say yes, please say yes... He sighed.
'Yeah, sure' He said leading me over to the couch. He sat next to me and I grabbed the remote and put it on. I'm not even sure what it was. He started to put his hand up my legs again, halfway through the programme. I left them there, in case he got mad like he did the other night. But then his hands got a bit too high so I stood up.
'What's up?' Jake asked.
'Umm...' I tried to think of an excuse, 'I um, have to get ready to go out' I said quickly, running into my bedroom. Bad idea. He followed me in and locked the door behind him. He walked toward me and started kissing me, rougher than before. He forced my mouth open and his hands were running all over my body.
'Jake-' I said trying to push him off me, 'Jake, stop!' I shouted. Tears starting to fall.
"Sonny don't be sad, I know you have been waiting for this!" Tears run down my cheeks. "J-Jake, p-p-plea-ea-se d-do-nt." I managed between sobs.
"It will be over before you know it honey" He whispered, putting his hands up my shirt. "I DON'T EVEN WANT IT TO START!" I shout at him, he grimaces. He forces his mouth onto mine and starts to put his hands up my skirt. I close my eyes.
Suddenly, I hear knocking. Jake hears it too. We both turn to look at the door.
'Don't make me use my key!' Tawni shouts. I duck out of Jakes way and run to open the door.
'What happened to you?' Tawni asks. Only then did I realise I was still crying. I looked over at Jake and he had that kind of look that said, if-you-tell-you're-dead kind of look. 'Nothing' I said, 'I fell down the stairs' I lied.
'Ok,' she shrugged, believing me again. Ok, this girl was really gullible, I didn't even have stairs! 'Can we go?' she asked.
'And that's my que to go' Jake said, heading toward the door. He slipped past me and whispered in my ear.
'Catch you later' I shivered and closed the door behind him.
'Aren't you ready yet?' She shouted at me. I looked down at my clothes, confused. I was wearing leggings with a long top. I thought I looked ok.
'Tawn, we're only going shopping' I said, trying to calm her down.
'Yes, but you'll be with me' she said in a duh tone, 'you have to look good so go change' she said shooing me away. I didn't want to go shopping. I didn't want to go anywhere.
'Tawn,' I started, 'I don't really want to go shopping after all' I said and braced myself or Tawni's wrath. She smiled at me.
'That's ok,' she said to my surprise, 'I have a date with Nick so I was gonna rush anyway' she said heading to the door. I would've been angry that she planned something the same time as going out with me but I had other things to worry about.
'See ya, Sonny!' she said as she skipped out the door. As soon as I had shut and locked the door, in case Jake came back, the phone rang. I went to pick it up and then I thought what if it's Jake?I looked at the caller id, Mum. I answered it.
Hey mum, I said trying to sound cheerful.
Hey, baby, how you getting on? She said, in the background I could hear a lot of talking and glasses. She was in a bar.
Fine, mum yesterday at work-
Yeah, honey I can't talk right now. I just called to say I'll be here another 2 weeks.
Four weeks? I asked in disbelief.
Yeah, sorry honey. If you get lonely you can ask one of your friends to stay. I'll send you some more money in the post. Bye! Mwah! She blew a kiss and hung up. I stared at the phone in my hand, not believing she would be gone for three weeks.
I threw the phone on the couch and threw myself on it and started crying. I was crying for about 30 minutes and had gone through about three tissue boxes when I heard a knock at the door. Oh no, what if it's Jake? Maybe he won't know I'm here I thought. I rummaged through all the things on the coffee table, desperate to find the keys.
'I know you're in there, Sonny' a voice came from the door. Wait, that didn't sound like Jake.
CPOV
I decided to go and see Sonny, to ask her about this whole Jake thing, I refuse to believe that she wants to date him. She should be dating me. No, that's not what I meant. Yes, it is No, it isn't. I just want her to be happy. But only with me. No, I don't mean that, yes, I do. Ugh! Before I knew it I was at Sonny's door. I knew her mum wasn't here so she was on her own. Unless she was still on her date with the creep, but he should of left by now. I knocked on her door and I heard a small gasp. Then I heard some keys stuff falling on the floor.
'I know you're in there, Sonny' I shouted. I heard her slowly walk to the door and unbolt it. She stuck her head out into the hallway.
'Chad, what are you doing here?' She asked. She looked terrible. Her eyes were all puffy like she'd been crying, her nose was red and her cheeks were still stained with her tears. She stared at me waiting for my answer.
'I came to check up on you' I said, 'clearly for good reason' I pointed to her eyes.
She wiped them and tried to shut the door on me. I put my foot in the way to stop it from closing. She started pushing on the door, trying to move my foot.
'Sonny, please talk to me' I pleaded. CDC, pleading. She better appreciate this. She was too weak to push on the door anymore. Finally, she collapsed on to her floor, crying. I opened the door further and stepped in. I sat beside Sonny and put my arms around her. I held her like that while she cried for about 5 minutes before my leg started to cramp. I stood up and pulled her with me.
'Sonny,' I said pulling her chin up so she'd have to look at me, 'why are you crying?' I asked.
'It's not your problem' she managed between sniffs.
'I want to know anyway' I said. She shook her head.
'I brought you a present...' I said, trying to bribe it out of her. Her head lifted and she wiped her eyes.
'Really?' she asked her voice weak.
'Yep' I said, popping the P. I brought out a pink bag from behind my back and held it out for her. She looked up at me, her face bright, and smiled. She reached into the bag.
CPOV
She reached into the bag and pulled out the long flowery top she had looked at in the shop. She gasped.
'Oh, Chad,' She said, 'why did you do this?' she asked.
''Cause I saw how much you liked it,' I shrugged, 'and clearly you need cheering up' I said pointing at her.
'Thank you so much, Chad' she said, she leant into give me a hug. We stayed like that for a while until the tension got too much for me.
'So, you gonna tell me what's wrong?' I asked. I felt her head shake under my chin. She left me and sat on the couch staring at the top in her hands. I sat down on the opposite side of the couch. We sat in silence for a bit.
'Sonny, you know you can tell me anything' it took her a minute, but she then nodded slowly. I moved closer to her on the couch.
'My mum just phoned and she said she is going to stay for another 2 weeks' she told me, 'so she's gonna be away for a whole month!' She started to cry again. 'And she said if you ever get lonely go to one of your friends houses for a couple nights or have them stay but I left all my friends back in Wisconsin, and the only friend I have here is Tawni and she's out with her boyfriend every night and I work and I have to do Tawni's jobs and I don't like being alone for an hour let alone a month because being alone really freaks me out and I-' Whoa, she was talking super speed now.
'Sonny? Sonny?' I said trying to get her to stop talking, 'Sonny!' She stopped abruptly and looked up at me. She looked down ashamed.
'Sonny, would you like to stay with me for a couple days?'
SPOV
'Sonny, would you like to stay with me for a couple of days?' He asked, 'you know to get over your fear of being alone?' he asked.
'Yeah, Chad' I said, 'that'd really nice' I said. He smiled.
'Now, what was the other reason you were crying?' he asked smiling, ''cause no one can cry that hard just for one reason' He said.
'Umm,' what was I supposed to say? Could I trust him? As if he was reading my mind,
'You know you can trust me right?' he asked. I smiled and then nodded. I took a deep breath and started talking,
'About a week ago-' I started but he interrupted me,
'Does this have anything to do with Jake?' He asked, I opened my mouth to protest but then I closed it and nodded. He muttered something that sounded like 'I knew it' under his breath.
'About a week ago' I started again, 'he asked me out' I saw him wince at that part, 'and I said I'd rather we just be friends' He raised an eyebrow. 'Then he said if I didn't go out with him then he would have me fired and to prove it he fired some girl in our department' I said.
'Who?' he asked, not that it really mattered.
'Stacey' I told him
'Ahh, I remember her,' he said thinking, 'I went out with her once' He smirked. I hated the fact that he went out with other girls. No, I didn't mean that, I meant I hated it when he went out with girls who are not me. No, I-
'Wait, did you say that he said if you didn't date him then he would fire you?' he asked outraged. I nodded slowly. My eyes started to tear up again. Chad flew up from the couch and started pacing around. He ran his hands though his hair and then they rested on his hips. 'Why are you still dating him?' He asked almost yelling at me.
'I, um, need this job really badly because my mum isn't working and I have to provide the rent and food and stuff' I mumbled. He started breathing more heavily and pacing faster. 'Chad, please calm down' I said quietly. He looked at me and sat down. My eyes started to tear up again and Chad saw. He pulled me into a hug.
'I'm sorry, Sonny' he said, 'I didn't mean to get so worked up'
'No, it's not you' I managed between sniffles, 'Jake-' I choked not able to continue.
'Sonny, what did he do?' Chad asked softly. I just cried and shook my head into his chest. I was gripping onto his shirt and staining it with my tears but he didn't seem to mind. He pushed me back and looked me in the eyes.
'Sonny,' He said more sternly, 'What did he do?' He asked seriously. I cried some more.
'About 2 hours before you arrived he um,-' I sniffed, 'he tried to, umm...' Chad looked at me.
'Sonny, tell me' He said looking in my eyes, 'he tried to ra-' I started crying fully now. My hands flew to my eyes, desperate to hide the tears.
'Sonny,' he pulled my hands down and looked at me again, 'did he try to rape you?' he asked. I winced when he said that. He looked at me for about 2 minutes until I slowly nodded.
'And he would've done too, if Tawni hadn't have had a key' I said looking at the couch. When I looked up Chad had his head in his hands.
'Chad...?' I asked, he didn't move, 'Chad?' I asked again, reaching out to touch one of his hands. He looked up at me and then really lost it. He started pacing again faster. He ran his hands through his hair and then spoke.
'How could I let this happen? I should've said something sooner when I saw the way he treated you. Why didn't I do anything? That's right, 'cause I'm an idiot! God, how could I let this happen? I should be protecting you! Nothing should be happening to my Sonshine! I should have been protecting you! Oh my god, I am so stupid!' He said ending his monologue and throwing himself down on the couch and putting his hands on his face. My Sonshine. I reached over and put one of my hands across one of his.
'You're not an idiot, Chad' I said, 'you couldn't have known, why would you?'
CPOV
'You're not an idiot, Chad' Sonny whispered, 'you couldn't have known, why would you?' she asked. I decided there and then that when she was asleep, I would visit this all-powerful Jake.
'Right, come on' I said, trying to be as cheerful as I could,
'Where?' She asked.
'You're gonna stay with me aren't you?' I asked. I don't care what she wants, I am not leaving her here alone tonight.
'Oh, yeah' she said remembering.
'Go on then' I said shooing her into her room. As she disappeared into her room, I collapsed on the couch.
SPOV
'I'm ready!' I said, excited.
'Right, come on then' he spat through gritted teeth jumping up, 'let's go' He said. We got in his car and started driving. We drove in silence. I looked over at Chad and his hands were tightly wrapped around the steering wheel, his nails digging into the leather. I could tell he was getting worked up about this.
'Chad?'I asked, breaking the silence. He looked over at me and sighed and quickly turned his head away. After 2 minutes I asked again.
'Chad?' I asked, more desperately. He didn't answer me and just continued staring ahead. I decided it would be safer to leave him and wait for him to talk. We drove in silence for a while.