Hello again, my lovlies. Chapter 3 - I just love you so much I've updated again! There will soon be a skip in time...getting over the slow parts soon! Shout out to LiveLaughLovePeaceChocolate - my first ever reviewer, so I officially love you! Enjoy the chapter everyone!
Disclaimer: No I do not own SWAC, but can I own Chad? No. Oh, okay then. :( On with the story! :)
Chapter 3 – Dinner with the doctor
I was sitting on the step second to bottom on the staircase and was waiting for Dr Cooper with very ill grace. After I had hung up the phone my mum forced me to take a shower, dress up in a new dinner dress and even wear the wig! So here I was, sitting on the step, in a pale yellow dress, which was undeniably pretty, but too flouncy for my taste.
The house had been cleaned; the dinner was almost done in the oven and the smell of roasting chicken wafted through the house. It seemed like an awful lot of effort for a doctor. I mean, yes he'd possibly saved my life, and I was grateful. Very grateful! But it was his job after all. And it hadn't all been fun and games. There'd been tones of tears from just about everyone and there'd been so many different medicine and techniques tried on me I had felt like a hamster. There'd been times when we were all so close to just giving up, but we didn't. And here we are, four years later, setting up to have dinner with the very same doctor, but preparing for it as if he were the president, or the Queen of England!
Just then my mum came rushing out of the living room and began patting her hair and skirt. My dad reluctantly followed, looking thoroughly miserable and rubbing his very clean cheek ruefully. I'm guessing mum attacked him too. The only thing I could guess was that mum had been spying out the living room curtains and had spotted their car. I raised my hand to my head, but when my mum glowered, I lowered it. I couldn't help it if the wig itched! I don't know why I was wearing it because Dr Cooper would know that I was bald – a girl doesn't grow a head of hair over night.
Knock, knock. Dr Cooper rapped his knuckles confidently and firmly on the other side of the door. I heard voices from the other side and that puzzled me. Who else was here? I didn't have long to wait to find out because my mum swung the door open with a gracious, welcoming smile on her face. She either hadn't heard the voices or she had expected more than one person. Hmm…maybe Shakira was here after all. Lucy was going to be disappointed.
When the door opened it revealed four people standing there, framed by the doorframe and looking like models. I mean, granted Dr Cooper had always been a handsome doctor and he obviously brushed up well, but it was still a surprise. He stood there confidently and smiling. He leaned forward to kiss my mother's cheek before shaking hands with my dad. He came into the hallway and a tall, graceful woman walked in behind him, smiling a little more nervously. She had strawberry blonde hair, which was tied up with a grip so that it puffed out of the grip and flowed down like a waterfall.
Lastly, behind her came two children. One was perfectly relaxed, whereas the other looked more nervous like her mother. The strangest thing was each of them was oddly familiar and not just because of the similarities between them and their parents.
The girl, I realised, must be an older version of the girl in the photograph on Dr Cooper's desk. She had long, silky blonde hair with tinges of red in that she hadn't had when she was younger. She must've got it from her mother. She gave me a hesitant smile, which I returned just as hesitantly.
Where I knew the boy from was a complete mystery though. I doubted that there was a picture of him in the office because I would have remembered. He was the older of the two, but not by much. He had messy blonde hair that looked like he'd just got out of bed, but it suited him. He had the same dazzling blue eyes as his sister. I know I knew him. It was just so aggravating. The only thing I could make a connection about was Tawni Hart, but how she fit into this I did not know.
The boy graced me with a smile, but it seemed condescending. It was almost as if he thought he owned the place. Despite of this I smiled back – it was just my nature; I couldn't be rude to people even if I tried. I was a perpetually happy person, just like a ray of sunshine, or so Lucy would tell me. He smiled wider when I smiled back and it seemed to me just a little more genuine. [Has anyone guessed who this golden haired Adonis is yet?]
We all went through to the sitting room and the adults made small talk while we waited for dinner to be ready. I was a little shy and the girl appeared to be too, but she came up to me and offered me her hand.
"I'm Selena." She told me, with another small smile. I shook her hand.
"I'm Sonny." I smiled back. Her smile widened.
"That's pretty. It suits you."
"Thanks." I mumbled, embarrassed.
"Is it your full name?" She asked.
"Nope." I said, popping the p. "My real name's Alison, but I think it's a bit boring. So I'm Sonny or Ali."
"Yeah, I prefer Sonny and Ali to Alison." She continued to smile at me and I felt sad that we hadn't been introduced sooner. I really felt we could have been good friends.
"I'm ten. How about you?" I asked.
"I'm ten too!" She giggled at the coincidence.
"Cool. You know I've seen a picture of you at Dr. Cooper's office. You're riding a horse. Do you like horses?"
"Yes! I love them. That's my horse in the picture, by the way!" She seemed so proud and she pulled out a key ring with a few keys dangling from it out of a bag that hung on her shoulder. I took this opportunity to take in what she was wearing.
She, too, was wearing a dress, but she seemed quite comfortable in hers. It was pale purple – pale colours were in fashion at the moment, no doubt, but me wearing a pale colour was more coincidence, because I'm not all that fashionable. She had little white high heels on too. They weren't big heels, but I could tell that she was a fashionable person. She showed the key ring to me and on it was the exact picture from Dr. Cooper's office!
"Aw. What's his name?" I asked, gazing at the picture.
"His name's Chestnut. I guess I wasn't that creative when I was four." She giggled and dropped the keys back into her bag.
"Do you want to come see my room?" I asked, making sure the parents were in conversation first.
"Okay." She said and then whispered, "Do you mind if my brother comes too?"
"Of course I don't mind" I whispered back, "but could you kinda, introduce us first? It would be weird without knowing him."
"Err," She seemed confused. "Don't you know who he is already?"
"No, but he does seem familiar." I said back, confused too now.
"But he's Chad Dylan Cooper!" She informed me. [Yep you guessed it.] In response to my nonplussed look she continued, "He's going to be the greatest actor of our generation! He already got that part with Tawni Hart on TV, you know, on the Goody Gang?"
"Oh!" I laughed at my stupidity. I recognised him now. He was older, but still recognisable as the young star.
"Yeeaah!" She giggled with me. "He can be a bit of a pig at times though, so just try to ignore that." She said grabbing my wrist and dragging me over to him the minute she'd stopped laughing.
"Hey, Chad. This is Sonny, my new best friend!" She introduced me and I smiled at her words, glad that we were getting along. I mumbled a small hello to him and he smiled back, but didn't say anything. "She didn't know who you were at first Chad!" She giggled again.
He raised his eyebrows at me. And I giggled nervously. "We're going to Sonny's room if you want to join us." Selena added.
"Erm, okay then." He said hesitantly.
I walked up to my room and the siblings followed me, glancing at photos on the wall as we passed them. Luckily there weren't any of me since I'd lost my hair. I didn't know if they knew or not.
"Why are there no school photos of you?" Selena wondered out loud.
"Oh that's 'cos I don't go to school." I blurted unthinkingly. "I mean, err, I'm home schooled." I added quickly.
"Oh, cool. Us too." She said and I didn't feel so uncomfortable. The rest of the evening passed quickly and I enjoyed dinner immensely, laughing with Selena and even Chad smirked once or twice. I had to admit he was really cute and despite him being so full of himself I was beginning to like him. My first star crush! I was sad when it was time for them to go. Dr. Cooper pulled me, gently, to one side.
"Hey. Look after yourself, okay, kiddo?" He asked. We really had become friends after all this time.
"Okay." I mumbled, smiling.
"And no silly games or alcohol or boys until you're twenty?"
"Oh, err, I kinda already have my eye on someone." I giggled. I told him everything. His family were waiting in the car.
"Well isn't that just going to break my son's heart" he muttered. I don't think I was meant to hear. "Well, okay then, but not until you're twenty okay?" He continued the joke. "Bye, sweetie. I always did promise you I'd make you better, didn't I?"
"That you did. Thank you." I said, embarrassed.
"You're welcome. We'll see each other again. I think the world's got big plans for you, Sonny Munroe."
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