Chapter 3

Chad's Talk

"Well, um. Thank you?" Skye's face color matched Chad's beet red face.

Nervously, Chad rubbed the back of his neck.

Stupid! Why would you say something like that to her? This is REALLY bad!

Relief flooded both of their faces when they heard a knock on the door.

Chad watched Skye jump up and rush out to the entry room.

He let out a frustrated sigh as buried his face in his hands. What was he going to do? They both obviosly liked each other. Honestly he had started mentally freaking out when he found out nobody else was home but Skye.

What will her parents think? Yikes! I mean, I would never do anything wrong, but I know that parents tend exagerate scenarios in their minds. The Chamber's are pretty cool and collected though, right? They know me well enough. How long have I been here anyway?

Chad glanced down at his watch. He had come a little before lunch, and now it was dinner time!

Holy cow! How on earth did- let me think. We did watch three long movies and we ate a sandwhich, we did some chores and worked with Champ. Well, I guess it does make sense, but I really need to start keeping track of time.

Chad's mental rambling was interupted by Skye and her family as they walked in and into the kitchen. He peeked up as they passed by him. Mr. Chambers caught his eye and gave him a suspicious look. Chad bit his lip nervously, and broke eye contact.

Oh, boy. He had a feeling he was going to have a little "chat" with Mr. C soon.
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Tom Chambers quickly helped his wife put away the groceries they had bought before he walked into the living room that occupied Morgan, Skye, and Chad.

"Skye, Morgan, will you go feed the horses and get your chores over with?" He asked. The girls began to head to the mud room.

"I'll go help." Chad said, jumping up all to quickly.

"No, stay here a minute please." Tom said.

Chad nodded his head. "Yes sir."

Chad began rubbing the back of his neck. Tom suppresed a laugh.

He's nervous, that's funny for some reason? Oh, well. This wil be fun!

"Chad." Tom said once the girls had walked outside. "Come with me to game room please."

Chad followed him down the stairs to the game room. Tom pulled two chairs to the corner of the room and sat down.

Here we go!

Chad bit his lip nervously again as he turned the chair around so he could face Mr. C while he straddled the chair like a horse. He some how felt more comfortable that way.

"Soooo, is there something you wanted to talk to me about?" Chad asked, knowing fully well why he was here.

"You know what. What happened today?" Tom asked.

"Mr.C , nothing "bad" happened! I swear! I came here to see if you guys needed help and she was the only one home and I just thought she needed some company and... and... and. We only watched some movies and ate and messed with the horses. It was all fine. I promise." Chad rambled nervously; he gasped for air.

Chad looked up to see Mr. C chuckling, which turned into loud laughter.

Chad obviously didn't see how this was funny. Tom held his sides as his laughter began to die down. He wiped a few tears from his eyes.

Chad scowled at him, this was supposed to be serious.

"I- I'm sorry, Chad. It was just- just- haha! Your face, was- I don't kow what to say." Tom said, a large smile plastered on his face.

Chad gave him a fake smile."Yeah, ha ha." he said sarcasticly.

"Now, spill your question. I know the real reason why you came here today." Tom said, seriousness began to settle on his features, but a smile still remained.

"You- how? What a minute, how did you know?" Chad said pointing an accusing finger at him.

"Because, I can tell. It has been written all over your face since I came home. Spit it out!" Tom said, pushing Chad's finger down.

Chad sighed as he brushed his bangs away from his forehead; stubbornly they fell back into his eyes.

"I- ummmmm. Ugggh." Chad hid his red face. This was so embarrasing!

"I would like to- to... date Skye?" Chad squeaked out the last part.

"Sure." Tom said casually.

Chad's head snapped up, bewilderment evident on his face.

"Say what?"

"Sure."

"Wait a minute, no questions, no proving myself, not even any thinking?"

"Well, if you want I can do all that but that would take a while."

"No- no. That's okay. But- but?"

"Look, Chad. I know you very well. I trust you alot. I trust you with my horses even. And now I trust you with Skye. I knew nothing "wrong" happened today. Although I would prefer if that didn't happen again, especially now. But I wasn't nervous or anything."

"Oh, okay."

Chad raked a hand through his dark hair.

"Where were you today?" he asked.

"We were setting things up for Skye's birthday."

"Oh, okay. So hush hush?" he said with a smile.

"Yes. She called us but we just didn't answer."

"Oh, how evil. Poor girl, she had no idea where you guys were. I tried to distract her, thinking that it had something to do with her birthday." Chad smirked.

"So, when are you going to ask her?"

"Her birthday. Now I just got to plan how."

"Well, good luck." Tom said as he stood up. "See ya."

Tom walked out of the room. He quietly looked back to see Chad silently cheering. He was jumping up and down and pumping his fist in the air as he whispered "yes, yes yes YES!"

Chad sat down suddenly, running his hands through his hair. A delighted smile displayed on his face. Nervous chuckles began escaping his lips while deep in thought.

Tom turned around and went upstairs. He had a feeling this was the happiest moment for Chad so far in his life. Soon, it would begin to get even happier.