SO… yeah. I'm really bad at this updating thing, so I am going to update every single one of my stories over Christmas Break! How about that for being ambitious? Lol. So… if you like any of my other stories, they will all be updated, except for It's kinda a werewolf bird kid thing, because it's not my turn to update and therefore I can't update it. I don't own SWAC… blah blah blah. The line in this story is…
But you love me still,
And keep me safe at night.
Sonny's POV
Well tonight is the night of the stupid Halloween ball that Chad invited me too. I didn't really want to go, but when Tawni found out that she hadn't been invited, she forced me to go take her with me so that she could say she had gone.
It's actually Halloween. Just the word brings back the horrible memories from my past. I really wanted to just stay at home and watch some of our old home movies, where I was holding hands with David in the park or helping him up from falling down. I had been forced to watch them last night though, with my mom arriving home early from work.
She had said that since I would be gone the next day, that we should watch them together.
Anyway, Tawni forced me to go shopping with her, which I would highly advise you to never go shopping with her if you are ever given the chance, and carry her bags around for at least two hours before we got to the Halloween store.
There were a lot of gory costumes, but one thing stood out to me. It was a beautiful baby blue gown that was tight in the bodice, and expanded down below. The top twisted across the waist, and there was a beautiful pattern of sparkles down the whole dress. Then, right next to it was a perfect baby blue mask that covered just my eyes with sparkling designs as well that shot up on the left side like a flame. It would be a perfect Cinderella dress.
Tawni almost refused to let me buy it, saying that a dress that beautiful would only look good on someone just as beautiful.
But in the end, she let me buy it, seeing as she found a cute and flirty Strawberry Shortcake dress.
As we were checking out, the man looked at the dress I bought, looked me over, and smiled. "Are you buying this to impress a guy? Because it surely will work." He had said.
I stuttered and just finished paying, dragging Tawni out of the store before she could make fun of me for not having anything to say.
And that leaves me with where I am right now, which is sitting on the couch in my dressing room, staring at the beautiful dress that I was supposed to have on by now.
"Sonny!" I heard Tawni's 'tell me I look pretty' voice say, "I look so cute and adorable in this dress don't I?"
She walked in, in all of her strawberry shortcake wonder, and plopped down on the couch beside me, putting on another layer of bright red lipstick.
"Of course you do Tawni, just like you always do." I replied in a flat tone.
"Tee hee! I know." She finally looked at me and scoffed. "Get into your outfit so I can do your hair!"
Oh crap. Tawni was going to go to town on my hair tonight. Might as well get it over and done with.
I grabbed the bag with my dress in it and walked into my closet. Putting it on, I realized that I could actually have a little bit of fun tonight, if I just put my past behind me.
I walked out of my closet and looked into Tawni's full-length mirror and gasped in shock at how perfectly the dress fit me, accentuating everything that I had. I put on the mask and made sure that my hair was bounced up before walking over to Tawni and tapping her on the shoulder, only to receive a shriek.
"What are you doing here? I'm not supposed to talk to strangers! When Sonny gets out here, you'll be sad that you messed with me! She knows karate!" Tawni shrieked, hitting me with her bag.
"Since when do I know karate?" I asked, taking off my mask.
"Sonny? That's you? You're too pretty to be you!" Tawni laughed.
"What do you mean?" I asked quietly, trying to get Tawni to actually compliment me for once in a lifetime.
"You look too pretty to be yourself!" She repeated before she had time to suck in what she was saying.
I smirked a tiny bit and then looked down at the ground embarrassed at what she had said.
"Well, anyway, we need to start heading over to the party, we don't want to be late!" She said, turning back to her mirror, trying to erase what she said out loud by changing the subject.
"What about my hair?" I asked.
"It's perfect, now lets get going!" She said, giving me yet another compliment.
And that's when my night got even better.
We drove all the way to where Chad was having his party, which was at a beautifully set lake house about 10 minutes away from where the studio was. Tawni was let in, only because she started to flirt with the semi-cute bouncer that was placed outside.
Once Tawni opened up the door, I heard giggling and people having fun. She was about to say something to announce her arrival, but then I walked in and everything was silent but the song that was playing. My cheeks turned a bright red and Tawni fumed to the middle of the room.
I looked at the clock, which read 9:59. I was supposed to meet Chad in the middle of the floor at 10:00, so I was cutting it a little bit close. I walked gently down the stairs and made it to the middle of the room. Everyone around me was staring and I was alone in a big empty circle.
Even though this might sound cheesy, there was a big clock hanging above the DJ's turntable, and it started chiming.
On the last of the ten chimes, I saw Chad walk through the crowd of people, and make his way to me.
I was instantly aware of how much this scene looked like a scene in the movies, but I don't care. Everything seemed so perfect. When Chad saw me, both of his eyes started to sparkle, and he smiled a genuine Chad smile at me, not the cocky ones that he gave normally.
He seemed to be at a loss of words until he was only a foot away from me, looking down into my eyes.
"Words can't even explain how beautiful you are right now Sonny." He said, and for once, I actually believed that he didn't want anything.
Instead of saying anything, I blushed and looked right back into his beautiful blue eyes, loosing myself in them.
"Would you like to um… dance?" He asked, stumbling a little bit.
"Of course I would." I answered automatically, ignoring all of the looks that I was getting from people surrounding us.
The song changed to a slow song, as if it were just taunting us to get closer together. Chad held out his hand, and I took it in mine. We swayed to the music for what seemed like a lifetime before Chad could get up the courage to talk to me.
"Sonny, you are an amazing person. You brighten up my day whenever I see you. If it was one of the worst days ever, all I would have to do is look into your deep brown eyes, or have one of our daily arguments. Sonny, you are the most amazing girl I have ever met, and you've changed me for the better." In my mind, I was trying to go through cheesy movie quotes and make sure that he wasn't using a quote from a well-known movie to grab my heart out of my chest.
"This isn't one of your Mackenzie Falls quotes is it?" I asked silently, hoping not to ruin the moment.
"Never." He said, and then pulled me closer, resting his head on mine. "Now, I need to tell you something, and there's nothing you can do to stop me. Sonny I lo-"
I gasped, and my head started pounding. Even though Chad had said it in a romantic calm voice, those were the same exact words that my dad said to me before he took my little brother and killed him. I felt the urge to vomit and I collapsed to the ground, my dress spreading out around me. Chad's voice became urgent and he helped me get up, before I ran away from him, ignoring his protests.
"And there's nothing you can do to stop me!" He taunted, and then threw me into the closet.
Those were the last words I ever heard out of my father's mouth, and Chad had unknowingly repeated them, causing turmoil to erupt inside my brain, sending shockwaves everywhere.
Everyone was staring at me as I tore through the crowd, making my way outside. Around a side of the lake house, there was a big tree, and I made my way over to it. I sat myself down and started to sob, sending shakes throughout my body, causing tears to cascade down my face.
After doing that for ten or so minutes, I thought about Chad and how hurt he look when I cut him off in the middle of his sentence. I hadn't heard what he said after he had repeated my dad's words, so I felt horrible.
I picked myself up and started to head to the lake house when all of a sudden a hand wrapped around my head, covering my mouth.
"You be a good girl, and do what I tell you to." I heard a masculine voice whisper in my ear. "I'm just going to unzip right back here…" He lead off, and then let go of my mouth.
"CHAD!" I screamed, more scared than I had ever been before. I don't know why I screamed his name, it would have been better to scream help, but it just felt right.
"Why you little…" the man said, and then slapped my cheek, hard.
He put a gag in my mouth and went back to attempting to take off my dress. My eyes teared up again, and I collapsed to the ground, taking the guy with me.
"Just stand up why donchya?" He said in a southern twang.
I could see his fist rise in anger, but before he could lay another hand on me, I heard him let out a scream, and I heard someone else fighting with him.
Not wanting to get in the middle of it, I reached my hands around my waist and tried to prevent myself from falling apart. It only took a minute or so before the noises of the fight stopped, and I felt a hand on my shoulder, slowly turning me around. I cringed away from the touch, but when I saw a flash of blue, I settled down.
His soft hands untied the gag from my mouth and pulled me into his lap.
"Shh… shh. It's okay, he won't hurt you now." I heard Chad whisper into my ear. "How about I take you home?" He said, already picking me up in his strong arms.
I leaned into his chest, tears staining his shirt, and replied with "But don't you want to go back into your party?" I said, trying to be reasonable.
"It's not worth going to without you there." He whispered.
We got to his car, and he set me carefully in the passenger's side, and then made his way over to the driver's side. As he started the car, my head leaned up against the headrest and I began to fall asleep. As I fell asleep, I could have sworn that I heard Chad say…
"I love you."
Blah. Hit or miss?? Probably a miss. But, a girl can hope. Anyway, the next lines are….
You hold me close,
Keeping me safe and sound.
You pick me up
When I've fallen to the ground.
The first two lines weren't enough to base a chapter after, so I added a little bit more so I have something to build off of!
~Del3195