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Sonny walked into the dressing room, shutting the door behind her.
"Why are you all...not-Sonny?" Tawni, who was sitting at her vanity table, curling her hair, asked.
"Yeah, this is the first time you walked in here without your usual annoying, perky greeting," Zora slid the vent open and poked her head into the room.
Sonny slumped across the sofa, her face thunder-like. "Nothing. I just saw something I wish I hadn't."
Just then, Nico and Grady swaggered into the room. "Gosh, it's hot! Let's go get some fro-yo. Who's up for it?"
"Well. I need to get some parts for a new robot I'm building. So, sure!" Zora replied.
"I've got better things to do.. but yes." Ten points if you can guess who said that.
"Yeah, sure," Sonny replied with a half-hearted smile. The three girls stood up and they all left to get fro-yo from the cafeteria.
They chatted and laughed along the way. They all took a sideways glance at Sonny every now and then. She really didn't seem like herself. Even insensitive Nico and Grady could see that.
They got to the cafeteria and took their various seats at their usual table.
"Hey! Isn't that Cha-Woah, Woah, woah, wait. Grady, isn't that your soon-to-be girlfriend's hand he's holding?"
"Hey, you're right, that's Mel, Grady's crush. Well, you can't say You're surprised. I'm certainly not." Tawni let out a snort of laughter, which let to an outburst of mirth.
"What do you mean?" Grady spluttered hysterically. "You don't have the gift of pretty is what I mean."
Everyone's attention was so centered on Grady, Chad and Mel that nobody noticed Sonny's downcast face, or the fact that she was fighting back tears.
"Do not cry. Chad means nothing to me. Do NOT cry." Sonny repeated softly, mantra-like.
Even to her, the words sounded like a lie. A lie that she was trying to convince herself of. "I...I need to go to the washroom," Sonny mumbled, before fleeing to the toilet. In the toilet, Sonny tried frantically to stop the tears from flowing, but they just wouldn't obey her command. She pulled out a wad of tissues and attempted to staunch the flow of tears, but to no avail. She flopped onto the couch in front of her dressing room and continued crying.
"Why so saddd?" Zora suddenly materialised behind Sonny, startling her. "
"It's...it's...nothing." Sonny, torn between her heart and her brain, could not decide for the life of her what to do. Her heart told her to continue sobbing her eyes out and confess, while her brain told her to pretend that nothing was wrong and that she was just being emotional.
She went with the latter.
"So you expect me to believe that sunny, cheerful Sonny is just sitting here, weeping her eyes out because she is 'emotional'. Really?" Hearing the word 'really' just evoked more memories of Chad, and she started sobbing even harder, body rocking from side to side. By now, even freakishly smart Zora was at despair on what to do.
"You saw Chad and Mel. Need I explain anymore?" Sonny explained in between sobs.
"I knew it! You're not over him, are you?" Zora questioned. "No! I...I don't get it. I though Mel was supposed to help me get over Chad. I guess I was wrong." Sonny whispered dejectedly.
"Well, to be fair, she didn't know you still had feelings for him. If you want him back, ask Portlyn or someone to talk to him to find out if he feels the same was about you," Zora suggested wisely.
"I can't do that! Just because I'M not happy doesn't mean I'm going to mess up someone else's relationship!" Zora attempted to reply but Sonny cut her off,"They seem happy together and I'm not going to ruin that. I'll get over Chad. All I need is time." Sonny smiled forlornly and wiped her eyes, then took a deep breath and walked out out of the bathroom.
Zora looked at Sonny's retreating figure for a long moment, then shook her head sadly. Reaching into her pocket, she took out out her pet lizard, Fizoragerald and cooed,"Darling, you would never run away from me, right? C'mon, let's go get some frozen yoghurt."
She headed out after Sonny and saw her smiling brightly, but just a tad too artificially, walking out of the cafeteria. Zora sighed and joined Nico, Grady and Tawni at their table.
"What's with her?" Nico asked, pointing at the door with his half-eaten sausage. Apparently when Nico and Grady went to the cafeteria, they could not resist the temptation of sampling everything that looked edible..
"Look at Grady. Same problem," Zora replied. "Sonny's jealous of Chad because he gets to hold Mel's hand and she doesn't? I didn't know she was-" Zora slapped the back of Nico's head and cut him off. "No, genius, Sonny's jealous of Mel! She's not over Chad...yet."
"Innocent little Sonny just had to fall for Chad. She knew he was a player! You know, I really thought he had changed since he started, well, I'm just going to say this, dating Sonny," at this point, their faces all turned up in disgust and there were a few groans, "but apparently he's still the Chad Dylan Cooper we know and hate." Tawni said primly, while painstakingly dabbing at her lips with a napkin.
"You know what, guys. This is the perfect opportunity to get back at Chad. Not because we care so much about Sonny, it's just that since the day he won the award and totally dissed us, I've been dreaming of dumping his head in toilet water. Now we have reason to do it without seeming like sore losers. TO THE BATHROOM." Zora slammed her fist on the table and they all stood up. Everyone in the cafeteria stared at Zora, but they just continued to march to the bathroom for privacy.
"So, genius, what's the plan?" Tawni asked sarcastically while applying another coat of her favourite Coco Mocco Coco lipstick.
So here is the second chapter :) thank you all so much for the wonderful reviews. I'm so sorry I didn't update earlier.. I've just been super busy. Anyway, please review! Bye! :)