This is my first "Mamma Mia!" story, so please be kind.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything.
Sophie woke up with a surge of energy. It was May 20th. Finally, she was seventeen. She jumped out of bed and squealed excitedly. She ran to her full length mirror, tugging at her long blonde hair.
"I can't believe it's finally here!" Since Sophie was a little girl, she counted down the days to her birthday basically since the day after Christmas. "This one is going to be so special! I can tell."
Suddenly the door swung open.
"Happy birthday, Soph!" her mother, Donna, yelled.
"Shush, mom! You don't want to wake up the entire hotel!" she commented quite hypocritically.
Donne smirked at her daughter. "You already did, sweetie!"
Sophie jumped into her mother's arms. "Oh mom, I'm so excited for tonight! And Chad is going to be there!"
"Yes, hun, it should be really exciting!" Donna wanted to change the subject quickly. Donna never liked Chad much. There was something about him. "Anyways, I know it's your birthday, but Dimitri had an emergency and can't work the front desk. Do you mind?" she gave her daughter the puppy dog face.
"Oh, mom, of course I'll help!" Sophie laughed. "I'm in such a good mood, I'll do whatever to help!" she gave her mom quick peck on the lips.
"How'd I get so lucky?" Donna put cupped Sophie's face with her hands.
"I can't answer that, mom." She yelled as she ran to her closet.
"I'll see you in a bit!"
Donna sighed as she entered her office.
God, she loved Sophie so much, but she had the worst taste in men. Sophie hadn't had that many boyfriends, but when she did, she fell very hard, and usually would end up with a broken heart. And as someone who has personally been through that, the last thing she wanted was to see her baby go through it, too.
Donna wasn't alone in this. Most of the staff was aware of Sophie's love life. It was a small island, after all. Even her best friends, Lisa and Ali, knew this Chad was trouble. But there was no changing Sophie's mind once it's made up. Damn that stubborn child! If she wasn't so much like her mother.
"I have to trust her judgment, I know that." She spoke aloud, in an attempt to convince herself. "She's a damn, bright kid. She won't get herself into trouble."
Donna tried to brush it off, as she opened a folder labeled, Party Plans.
Sophie slowly walked her way to the front desk, feeling confident in her cream colored camisole, and dark red boho skirt. She pushed her bouncy, blonde curls out of her face to the left and put on very little make up, as she didn't really need it.
She was glowing.
Working the register was pretty easy, seeing as not that many people knew of this place. She figured she could daydream.
She took out her sketch book and was about to begin when she heard someone.
"Hello?"
She slammed her book closed, causing it to fall open on the other side of the desk.
The man standing there bent over to pick it up as she bolted her way across, hoping to get to it first.
"No, its okay, Sir, I've got it!" she said frantically. But it was too late when she got to the other side of the desk, the book was open in his hands as he sat on the ground.
"These are very good." He said as he closed the book and handed it to her.
"Thank you, but they aren't meant to be seen." She snatched the book back rather coldly.
"I'm sorry, Miss." She heard his British accent, and as she was once again behind the desk looked up finally taking in his features.
He had brown hair to match his dark brown eyes. He had a slight tan, with a smirk that seemed permanently on his face. If she hadn't been so head over heels for Chad, she might think he was cute.
"I guess I'll forgive you." She said as the man laughed. "Can I help you?"
"Yes, actually, I need a room. If you have any available." He said.
She stared at him for a while, and rolled her eyes. "Are you kidding? We always have rooms available. No one knows this place exists." She mumbled as she began to type excessively.
"That's a shame. It's a really beauty." His eyes looking right into Sophie's.
She was taken off guard by the comment and smiled a little bit.
"Uh…how long will you be staying with us?" she suddenly looked down.
"Indefinitely" he replied, "And I'd rather like to help with the party tonight."
"How do you know about that?" she looked at him strangely.
"You seem to have forgotten the flier behind you." He chuckled. "I believe it says Sophie-palozza."
Sophie turned around to see a huge poster with thousands of colors. Her face turned bright red.
"Oh my gosh! I can't believe her." She laughed.
"So I take it Sophie's a pretty big deal around here?" He asked.
"Hardly," she laughed, "That's me, Sophie Sheridan." She put her hand out and shook his.
The man was about to speak, when suddenly an arm slunk around her waist.
"Happy birthday, babe." Sophie turned around to see Chad standing behind her.
"Chad! I'm working!" she giggled playfully. "I'll talk to you later, okay?" she said quickly.
"Okay, Soph, I'm excited about later." He winked and placed a quick kiss on her lips. Then he was off.
Sophie turned back to the man at the desk. His look was a little off and Sophie was oblivious to why.
"Okay, so your room is number 112. Just around the corner to the right." She smiled.
The man left immediately without looking back. Sophie felt a pang of sadness watching him go.
"Wait!" she ran after him, "What's your name?"
He smirked, "Sky. Sky Palmer."
Wow. Controversy.
Do you think Donna has reason to be worried about Chad?
How will the party go?
What's Donna gonna think when she meets Sky?