I rushed outside and found myself practically lost on a warm, pitch-black night. I was unfamiliar with this part of the studio…and I left my phone in the back pocket of my skinny jeans. What if Chad left? Where did he go? Oh no! It was just like my dream! He's probably with Portlyn right now! I caught my breath and sighed. I told myself to relax. Chad isn't a total jerk. Well…actually, he is Americas most hated puppy-shover...
"Hey, Cutie" said a deep, unfamiliar, not Chad voice.
I felt rough hands on my shoulders. I looked up and in the dark night all I saw was a dark silhouette just barely looming over me.
My first and only reaction was to scream. So I did.
What the hell is going on? Where's Chad? Jerk… those are the thoughts that went through my head as I was running and screaming simultaneously. Hmm… I'm a multi-tasker… the creepy silhouette behind me wouldn't stop following me. He just kept running. I didn't have my phone and I was in valuable pair of Tawni's heels. I couldn't possibly keep running. So I turned around. And. I . Hit. Him..
I Hit. Him. I swung my tiny (but heavy) purse and I hit him. In the jewels. Pearls. Treasure chest. Cash and Prizes. Nuts. Huevos? Get what I'm saying? ..Whoopsies! Somebody's not gonna have kids……and that's when the silhouette hunched over and yelped. He seemed to be reaching towards me, he was totally out of breath and all I understood was an extremely squeaky :
"S-s-onny its m-mee Ch-chaad."
"Oh my god Chad I'm so sorry…" I didn't have brothers so I wasn't sure how to deal with this…I kneeled by his side and encouraged him the best I could. I mean I'm not a guy I can't feel his pain.
"Do squats! Do squats!" I rooted.
"S-s-onny sh-shut u-p!" yelled a squeaky voice.
I giggled a little. The voice made me feel like I just kicked mickey mouse in the cash 'n prizes. I cant tell Chad that though. He'd be humiliated. I hate seeing pain in his beautiful eyes.As he was hunched over I saw a small, what looked like a button fall out from the collar of his polo. As I patted his back with my left hand I picked it up with my right hand. I smelled it, squeezed, it and even looked for an "on" or "off" switch. It looked totally unsuspicious. Just a plain old button. Okay.. I swear I saw tears in his stunning eyes, but he could never know I said that.
"I'm so sorry Chad……
…You Jerk!" That's when I noticed it. The button like clip thing was a voice changer! My apology turned out so much deeper than it was supposed to be. Chad got what he deserved! He was trying to scare me!
"Chad! What the heck is this? What crap are you trying to pull?" I practically yelled.
"S-sonny it w-was a j-joke." he whimpered the face he put on was unbearable for me to stand. He looked so …in need.
He was being a jerk, an arrogant, stupid, beautiful jerk but I felt a pang of sympathy for him. I was still mad, considering how frightened I was, my life practically flashed before my eyes… but he was Chad Dylan Cooper, and maybe if I helped him he would apologize. He needed me right now and I wasn't going to abandon him like a puppy or something. I reached over and did something I would've never done if he didn't look so vulnerable.
I grabbed his face gently, looked him straight in his striking sapphire eyes and I told him to hold on to me as we walked. I took a deep breath and told myself that I was in control. Any other day I would've ran and hid at the thought of being so close to perfection. Arrogant perfection. But today, perfection wasn't so perfect and he needed me. I grabbed his arm and wrapped it around my shoulder, I held it in place. He smells so incredible I thought, dazed. I shook off his charm and continued with operation "Save Chad and his two friends." I wrapped my other arm around his waist and with a team effort I was able to drag him into a coffee shop.
The café was playing soft jazz music, as couples sat around in booths sharing fluffy pastries and stealing flirtatious glances. I was immediately jealous.
"I want that" I whimpered softy.
Luckily though Chad had recovered mildly and was in the restroom…umm making sure he was…okay. I knew he was going to be a while. He was probably looking for a window or a passageway to escape out of in the bathroom. Why would he still be here after I mauled his buddies with my purse?
I rested my head in my hands and I finally managed to look down and notice what I was wearing. Not too shabby I thought, as tears rolled down my cheeks and decorated the white a-line skirt I was wearing. "Nice job Tawni, looks great" I murmured. I half smiled at the thought of Tawni fixing me up for my "dream date". I pictured the look on her face when I would tell her of how horrible it went and it pained me. Tawni went around like a crazy person interrogating everyone she could find, ruining her reputation and everything in her way to get tonight for me. I chose not to look up because my make-up was probably running down my face, making me look like a raccoon. My first thought was how can I get out of this date without hurting Chad any further and without him seeing me like this. Then I looked out of the corner of my eye, and I saw him walking ever so confidently out of the men's washroom. He didn't walk. He would strut. He stuck out in this room of average people like a carrot did in a fruit salad.
I quickly covered my face with my overgrown bangs so that he wouldn't see my smeared mascara, and he smoothly slid into the booth next to me. Not across from me.
"Their fine" he said calmly.
"Excuse me? I didn't understand what he meant.
"Uhm..their fine.." he said as he smirked at me.
I could tell he was searching for my eyes through my mop of dark bangs but I wouldn't let him.
"Oh right them...I'm sorry about that" I giggled loudly. Chad could be a jerk but he knew how to make me laugh.
Then he reached into a small case in his pocket, and even though it was nighttime he whipped out large aviator sunglasses and handed them to me.
"Sonny I know what happened. Put these on and walk out with me. No paparazzi will see you're ...uhm… dirty face." He smiled at me. It wasn't a smirk though, it was a real smile, his bright blue eyes flickered with hope, joy, and curiosity all at once.
I put on the sunglasses and he gently pushed back my dark waves with his hand. Everything was tinted a very dark blue.
I couldn't admire him as well through the sunglasses, all of his godliness, kind of, dissipated. His eyes were less bright, and his skin less dewy. Everything felt less wonderful. I wasn't ready to complain though. This was Chad at his sweetest.
We walked outside and he pulled my cold hands out of my jacket's pocket. He held onto it tightly as he gently ran his large fingers one by one over the painted nails of my smaller ones. Paparazzi caught the whole scene with cameras and video. Surprisingly though Chad wasn't hiding me. He wasn't ashamed at all. Instead he squeezed my hand tighter and turned to wave at the Paparazzi with his free hand. He was being extremely confident for a guy I'd just hit in the ego.
We strolled up and down the streets like a couple. It was weird for me. But we talked and laughed, at one point he leaned into me and told me something I would've never guessed before. I was really hoping for another set of words but this was alright. He told me he could've been on "So Random" with me. That if "The Falls" ever killed him off (which probably wouldn't happen since he's the main character Mackenzie) his next choice would automatically be "So Random" and that he was considering it so much more now. After hanging out with me.
Chad abruptly pulled me onto a bench and we continued our conversation. It was one of the only times we had talked when we didn't fight. And then came reality and smacked me in the face.
"Hey Chad what time is it?" I wondered, Tawni would kill me if she had to hear about this stuff tomorrow.
"Almost 11:30..Why?" I could feel his cinnamon-y breath on my face. He leaned into me and asked so sincerely. There was a look of desperation in his eyes.
"I….." I was completely speechless. I felt like sooooo unexplainable. Chad looked perfect in the glow of the street lights.
He leaned in even closer. The tips of our noses were just barely brushing each other
"you…?" He said murmured confidently.
"I've g-got to g-g-et home s-soon." I just stuttered. Wow. I'd never been nervous around Chad Dylan Cooper in my whole life. Just starstruck that one time in the cafeteria...
He didn't move in closer, but he didn't back away either. I could feel his warm breath on my face. "Really Sonny, do you really?"
At that moment I could tell he was going for a kiss. And here's exactly what I did.
I leaned in… I could tell he got excited because he sat up…and I kissed the small gap between his nose and his upper lip. It was "the perfect way to end the date and keep him wanting more" as said by Tawni. I leaned back and I watched his expression go from overjoyed, to curious, to anxious like a little kid at a toy store.
"Chad," I put my index finger over his anxious lips. "The time for talking is over…"
I said in an exaggerated "The Falls" voice. "Now go home and put your sweet little dreams of kissing me to sleep."
He gasped and broke out into a fit of laughter. "You're not sure how that scene end's are you Sonny?" He said confidently. "I bet you didn't watch the end of the episode."
"Actually Chad you're right, I'm not sure how it ends." Tell me, how does it end, I whined curiously.
Chad leaned in and gave me a long hard kiss. He kept one hand on my waist and the other on the small of my back. It was perfect. I felt fireworks, and churchbells and all of those other clichés you hear about going through me.
Just as I was feeling more passionate about the kiss he pulled away. He's good at this game I thought.
He maintained the distance he was at before. Our noses brushed against each other lightly. And in a confident murmur he told me that Mackenzie plants a hard kiss on the girl he's with" and he doesn't forget to add that "the time for talkings over" is his line.
