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Chapter 2: Stage One- Meet your new roommate!
Chad's POV
This little "bonding" plan Mr. Condor had was never going to work! I mean come on! Be friends with the Randoms? That's never going to happen! I didn't want to share my dressing room with anyone let alone a Random. I mean come on, I'm Chad freakin' Dylan Cooper! Why should I have to share with people? When I found out it would be Sonny rooming with me I felt relieved. But why? I hate her. I hate all the Randoms, but her and I constantly fight. Shouldn't I be wishing I got stuck with one of the others? As much as I thought that, it wasn't how I felt. Was I actually looking forward to spending the week with Sonny? On the plus side, I wouldn't have to walk over to stage 3 to have my daily fight with her. We could do that in the comfort of my dressing room. I was getting anxious sitting around waiting for her so I decided I would walk over there one last time before the week began. As I was walking down the hall I noticed Nico already moving his stuff into Chloe's room. Yes I did know his name, but that doesn't mean they need to know that.
"Rico! I hope you know that just because you're rooming over here doesn't mean you're welcome at the Falls. You are still on my do not admit wall and you better not go anywhere near my stuff!" I said with a smirked.
I could see him get angry at the fact that I called him Rico. Oh man I loved messing with them! If I'm being honest, I don't know why we all fight. It just happens. Yea we are all fighting to be the number one tween show, but I suppose the fighting could end once the cameras turned off. They weren't bad people, in fact, they were nice people. Over at The Falls, we aren't exactly friends. I would never be able to talk about private matters with my cast mates. It just didn't happen. But the Randoms were like one big happy family. In a way, I was jealous of that. They all had someone they could trust and count on. They all had a friend… I didn't. I had people who worshipped me. They did whatever I asked. But no one would ever just hang out with me. I made them all nervous. Plus, I'm an ass. I know that. It's part of the image. I rounded the corner to Sonny and Tawni's dressing room. I was about to walk in when I could hear them talking inside.
"Look, I'm sorry I yelled at you before. But it's so frustrating! You're practically perfect together and you don't even realize it!"
"Don't even apologize Tawni, you're right. Truth is I really don't know what is going on between us. He is so arrogant and rude and annoying and conceited! But then every once in a while there will be a small moment when he is nice. I like that side of him, but I rarely ever see it…"
"Well why don't you tell him that? Maybe he would be willing to change.. Its like he would do almost anything for you."
"I can't ask him to change who he is Tawn, if your truly supposed to be with someone you should be able to accept them for who they are. It's not like he would change, even for me. He doesn't actually care about me Tawni, he acts like a jerk for a reason. I guess that means we are just meant to be exactly the way we are…"
I stood on the other side of the door stunned. Were they talking about me? I couldn't think of any other person Sonny could be talking about. I was everything she just described. She didn't think I would change for her. Maybe it was time to prove her wrong…
Sonny's POV
"I can't ask him to change who he is Tawn, if your truly supposed to be with someone you should be able to accept them for who they are. It's not like he would change, even for me. He doesn't actually care about me Tawni, he acts like a jerk for a reason. I guess that means we are just meant to be exactly the way we are…"
Tawni didn't have anything else to add. She just smiled sweetly at me and turned back to her mirror. Just then there was a knock at the door.
"Come in!" Tawni yelled at the door.
I was surprised to see Chad when the door opened. He never came here when he knew I wasn't alone, and he also never knocked. He was CDC, he didn't have to ask permission to enter a room. I was still kinda bummed from my conversation with Tawni and seeing him really wasn't helping.
"What do you want Chad?" I snapped at him. I didn't mean to sound so rude, but the realization I had come to about my feelings for him and knowing he didn't feel that way back was upsetting me. Of course I knew he didn't like me, he wouldn't treat me the way he does if he did.
"Geeeeze Sonshine what did I do?" he asked raising his eyebrow. His blue eyes sparkled as he stared right into mine. I was getting lost in them, I think I forgot how to breathe. He called me Sonshine, that was probably the cutest thing I have ever heard, especially from Chad.
"Soooonnnnny?" he was slowly walking closer to me. I had almost completely forgot Tawni was in the room until I heard her speak.
"You won't get a response out of her unless you look away."
"Why?" Chad asked without breaking our eye contact.
"Because you're making her nervous. I'm pretty sure she isn't even breathing right now."
Chad came even closer to me, he placed his hands on the arm rests of the chair on either side of me. Now I really had forgotten how to breathe. I felt like an idiot. He would never let me forget about this. Was this really my fault? After all, he was unleashing his so-called irresitable Chad Dylan Cooper Charm. He smirked at me and then finally he turned away to look at Tawni.
"So… excited to be rooming with Skylar?" he asked. He was making conversation with Tawni? What was even happening right now?
"A bit… he seems nice enough. Plus, I don't have to move any of my stuff so I'm happy about that." she replied and smiled at him and he smiled back. A genuine smile, the one I loved but rarely got to see.
"He isn't a bad guy really. I think you two will actually have a lot in common… So Sonshine, recovered yet?" he turned to me and smirked. He looked away from my eyes quickly, obviously not wanting to cause what had just happened again.
"Uhhh yea… what are you doing here Chad?" I asked softer this time.
"Well, I figured since you are a girl that you would probably have a lot of stuff to bring over and would most likely need help carrying it all. So are you all ready to go?" he asked looking at my suit cases.
"You came over to help me? Since when do you help?" I asked him. I was in complete shock. I didn't understand what was happening.
"I have my moments." he smiled as he picked up the biggest case and walked out of the room. "See ya later Blondie!"
I looked over to Tawni and saw she had the exact same shocked expression on her face.
"What… just… happened?" she asked slowly.
"I have absolutely no idea… but I think I like it." I smiled as I picked up my other stuff, said bye to Tawn and headed over to my new room for the week.
I walked through the set of Mackenzie Falls towards Chad's dressing room. I had only ever been there couple of times to yell at him but he never let me fully into the room. I had to admit, I liked the Falls set. It was always so much nicer than ours and I sometimes felt like all the sets were real and I had entered Mackenzie's world. I saw Nico as I passed Chloe's room and I smiled and waved at him. I got to Chad's room and I just stood outside the door looking in. He had his back to me and hadn't noticed me there yet and I watched as he was clearing up one side of the room. Was he making space for me? I expected to have to sit on the floor for the week! He turned around and saw me standing in the hallway and he smiled at me.
"You are allowed to come in you know.. It's your room too for the week." he motioned his finger for me to walk in.
"I cleaned up this side a bit for you, uuh bathroom is there on the right, the gym is on the left and eat as much from the mini fridge as you would like because the studio pays for it." he winked at me.
I sat my stuff down and began to unpack some things onto the vanity he had cleared off for me. Of course he had two! He gave a little wave to me and then headed into his personal gym. I was tempted to go watch him work out, I pictured his muscles in my head, but that would be creepy. I began to walk around the room looking at everything. I had never had the chance to actually look at everything in there. I noticed on a shelf he had a bunch of pictures. Some I assumed were his family since beautiful blue eyes all stared out at me. He had some pictures of the Mackenzie Falls cast and he had one of himself holding all his awards he had won.. Typical. I noticed only one picture sat on his vanity. I walked over and picked it up and I couldn't believe my eyes. He had a picture of the two of us after the fake date we had. When we left the arcade the paparazzi had surrounded us and Chad wanted to pose for pictures getting all the publicity he could. He had printed one of those pictures and here in sat in a frame on his vanity. What did that mean? Did Chad like me? I was still staring at the picture when I felt hot air against my ear.
"Reminiscing on old times Munroe? I bet that fake date was better than any real date you have ever been on." he whispered in my ear.
I sat down the picture and turned around to come face to face with Chad. He had a smirk on his face and I realized just how close we were, and he was getting closer. My back hit the vanity and I couldn't move any further from him. I felt his chest against me and his head was leaning in closer to me. Was he going to kiss me? I forgot how to breathe again as I watched him get closer and closer to me. I closed my eyes and waited.
"I always knew you would fall in love with me. I'll see you tomorrow, roomie." he whispered right in my ear. I opened my eyes and Chad winked at me then turned and walked out of the dressing room heading home. My head was spinning from the lack of oxygen and my legs felt weak. Oh god! I was falling head over heels for the one person I never wanted to. Chad Dylan Cooper!
