Hey guys! Here is Chapter 3! Sorry for not putting it up sooner!
Caroline's POV
I woke up the next morning, ready for work. Yeah, I know, I'm only 6 but I have the most important job in my mom's life. Matchmaker. Time to do some matchmaking! I talked my mom into letting me go to work with her today by pretending to be sick. That's right. Don't tell me I can't act! Other than acting, you also need a flashlight and really good cough reflexes. What Chad and my mom don't know is that my first stage of the scheme is complete. It was simple. First, get Portlyn to confront Chad about him liking my mom. Thank goodness I was right or this would have gone a completely different way. But that wasn't the hardest of my problems. Next, I had to get my mom to stumble upon Chad and Portlyn's conversation, which wasn't easy. My mom, at the time, was 2 minutes away from rehearsal that she wasn't allowed to miss, so it took a lot of my willpower to get her to go. I could tell that it worked because she came back looking all distraught and confused. I would know that look anywhere. The look of LOVE… Anyway, Stage one complete! Now what? Well, now I have to get my mom to admit it in front of Chad either with or without her knowing. This'll be a bit tougher considering how stubborn my mom is. Alright, time to get to work.
Sonny's POV
I woke up the next morning, completely not ready for work. Nevertheless, I had to go anyway. I kept thinking about what I heard Chad and Portlyn talking about. Chad likes me. I still couldn't believe it. One day, who knows when, I'll be able to tell him that I like him too. But wait! What if he was lying? What if he just said that to get Portlyn off his back? Gosh, this is getting annoying. It's like stuck to my brain and it won't come off, like a nasty Math problem, it just won't suffice. Caroline faked being sick today, so I took her to work. I found the flashlight. She may be a good actress but she isn't to good at hiding things. But I took her to work anyway because I didn't really want to, or have time to, deal with the implications. "Hey mom, going to rehearsal so soon?" she asked me. "Yup, I had to be here early today. So, stay here and don't go looking for Chad. Please and Thank You." I said hurriedly as I ran out the door and headed for rehearsal. I knew she wasn't going to listen but I was like a minute away from being late.
Caroline's POV
Muah ha ha! Time to go find Chad. I know how I'm going to achieve Stage 2. It actually wasn't that difficult. Just do the same thing that I did before but only in reverse. I'm going to question my mom and Portlyn's going to ask Chad to find Sonny to talk about girl stuff. See, with the switch, it won't be suspicious. If Portlyn was doing the questioning again, Chad would think something was up. But I just thought of something. Our plan was suppose to go into action now. Portlyn is probably asking Chad to go get Sonny RIGHT NOW! I popped my head out of the door just in time. "Hey mom, wait!" "Caroline, what? I have to get to rehearsal." "I just wanted to ask you something." She nodded, urging me to go on. I heard distant footsteps around the corner. Time to talk. "Do you like Chad?" I asked, hurriedly.
Sonny's POV
Um, well… DUH! "Uh, I don't know." She rolled her eyes at me. Obviously, she knew something. What is she hiding? Apparently, she is good at hiding things. "Come on, mom. Spit it out." It's just her and she does keep secrets when she wants to. "Alright, fine. Maybe I do. Now can I go to rehearsal?" She nodded and ran back into my dressing room. Something's up.
An Hour Later…
Caroline's POV
Okay, my plan definitely worked. Chad hasn't stopped smiling for an eternity. Time to commence Stage 3! I knocked on his dressing room door 3 times in honor of Stage 3. And in honor of Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory, of course. "Hey, Caroline. Come on in!" Yup, way to perky for Chad. I walked inside and immediately blurt out, "I know you like my mom." "Psh, where did you hear that? Psh." I rolled my eyes. "From Portlyn." I sated. That was probably the wrong thing to say. She is going to get it later. His eyes widened so much that it looked like his eyes were going to pop out of his head. "What?" he asked. His tone then suddenly changed to nervousness. "Your mom doesn't know does she?" he asked. "No," I said in the most sarcastic way ever and yet he still didn't notice, "but I have a proposition for you." He put on his cocky smirk. "Spit it out. I can take anything you give me." My plan was starting to work. "Wanna bet?" He scoffed. "I don't do bets." Uh oh, time for Plan B. "What, to…Chicken?" I asked. "CDC is not chicken." "Then do the bet." "Alright, I will." Ha, sucka! "Good." "Good." "Fine." "Fine." I turned to leave his dressing room when I was stopped by Chad once again. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait. You never told me your proposition." "You'll ask my mom out." And there go those eyes again. "What?" "No backing out. Bye!" I yelled as I ran out that door and towards the one that lead to my mom's dressing room.
Sonny's POV
I walked into the cafeteria from rehearsal to get some food. I hadn't really had lunch so I was starving. After getting my burger, I picked a table and sat down at an empty one. I was ready to take a bite when, "Sister!" Caroline ran up to me and, thankfully, remembered to use our secret code word. Gosh, can't I eat one bite! I put my sandwich down and turned to Caroline. "Yes, Sweetie?" I asked. She looked me over quickly and suddenly started fixing my hair, fast. "What the-! Caroline, what are you doing?" She suddenly stopped, looked at me, and said, "Gotta go. Bye," and ran out the door. What the hell was that about? At least I can eat. "Hey Sonny." I freaked out and dropped my sandwich on the floor. Okay, Sonny. Stay calm. Stay…calm… "Yes Chad?" I breathed. "Am I interrupting anything?" "No, I'm good," I said, "Maybe I'll eat next year." I mumbled. "So, um, I was wondering if maybe you wanted to go to dinner or something, with, you know, me." Did he just ask me out? "Where is this going?" "Where do you want it to go?" I shrugged my shoulders. "I don't know. I guess I'll come." "Cool. Then it's a date. Wait, sorry, not a date. Um, it's a… a…" I stopped picking up my discarded food and faced him. "It can be a date if you want it to be…" I said. He smiled. "Cool. See you at 8." And with last message of information, he left. I can't believe it. Chad asked me out. Well, in kind of a weird twisted way. Finding out that he likes me all just seems like a speck of dust now compared to this. It's all so exciting. I have to get ready. As I got up, I stopped in my tracks. "But first, a sandwich." I said to myself as I turned and went back to the lunch person.
Caroline's POV
Did I call it or what! I was watching the whole thing. But there is still one problem with my plan. Now that they know they like each other, they still don't know that the other person knows about them liking them. For example, Chad does not know that Sonny knows that he likes her, but she does, and vice versa. So now, when they go on their date, it's going to be kind of awkward. Oh well, I'm sure I'll think of something by then. Now, all we can do now is wait and watch. This should be interesting. I walked into my mom's dressing room and found myself swamped in an enclosed area of clothes. What happened in here? My question was soon answered when a flying purple dress hit me in the face. "Mom? What are you doing?" I yelled out. I had no clue exactly where she was, but I assumed the closet. "I'm guessing that I hit you in the face with that dress, huh?" she spoke out from behind the curtain. "Good guess," I replied, "Now, can you answer my question?" I asked. "I'm getting ready for my date with Chad." I gasped with fake surprise. "You have a date with Chad?" "Oh, don't pretend like you don't know. I saw you peek your head out from behind the corner of the cafeteria door." Darn, she IS good. "You can't be sure that was me." I responded. "Could I be sure if I saw you 'happy dance' from the left side of the door to the right side?" she asked sarcastically. I did one of my 'I know I meddled but I'm still cute, right?' smiles. To my disappointment, it didn't work because she mocked me right back. Man, that thing never works. "How 'bout I make up for it by helping you choose an outfit for tonight?" I said, blinking my eyes as I did so. " Fine, I'm desperate." Yay! I ran into the closet and then back out. "But first, that outfit? Gotta go!" She looked at me with a shocked, open mouth. "This is cute!" she fought. I walked over to her. "Oh, mom," I put my hand on her shoulder. By the way, I had to stand on my tippy toes to do that, "Sure it's cute." Then my tone turned serious, "For someone who's going to a hearing at court." I said putting pressure on the T in court. She did her puppy dog face. "Nope, not gonna work. Come on. Let's put a real outfit on you." I dragged her into the closet and started looking for clothes. By the look of this place, it's gonna take a while.
2 Hours later…(You are KIDDING me!)
Caroline's POV
"Okay, I am the best daughter you've ever had!" Wow, she looked awesome! "Caroline?" she asked. I looked up. "Yeah?" I responded. "You're the only daughter I've ever had." She stated. "Oh yeah." Duh… Suddenly, the phone rang so I went to pick it up. "I'm hoping this is Caroline?" "Chad, why are you calling? Your date is in 10 minutes!" Is he crazy? "I'm know but I'm not ready." Yup, I'm going with crazy. "What do you mean you're not ready?" I added. "I'm not ready, as in, please help me pick out clothes." What am I, the stylist? Actually, I like the sound of that. "Fine, give me a minute." "Caroline, we barely have 5." "Just don't move." I hung up the phone and dialed a new number. "Meet me at the studio, NOW." I said and hung up for the second time. "Mom, I'll be right back. Stay here." She nodded and I ran out the door. My best friend, Caitlyn, was an expert on this stuff, just like me. I met her at the studio gates, then I went to Chad and Caitlyn went to my mom. And…break!
Sonny's POV
I heard the door open and turned around but I didn't see Caroline. I saw Caitlyn, her friend from school. "Um, hi Caitlyn. Where's Caroline?" She shrugged her shoulders. Oh yeah, I forgot. As weird as it may seem, Caitlyn doesn't talk to people that she hasn't known for at least 4 months. "What're you doing here?" She walked over to me, put her hand on her hip, looked me over, and spun her finger around signaling me to turn. I started spinning slowly and she had her curious, thinking face on. Suddenly, she put her hand up as a stop sign, waited a couple of seconds, and then put her thumbs up while smiling and nodding. I did it back. Apparently, she liked my outfit. Life must be difficult when you don't talk.
Caroline's POV
I have been knocking on Chad's door for a minute and a half. Doesn't he want my help? When he opened his door, he was covered in clothes. I'm serious, he was wearing a shirt hat! "What happened? Get lost in my mom's closet too?" He glared at me and opened the door further to let me in. "Waz up, homie?" I asked. "Please help. I don't know what to wear." "Wow, you're just as winey as my mom. Come on, let's make you presentable." I said, grabbing his hand and dragging him into his closet. Wow, who knew my mom had a closet in 2 places. "What's that?" I pointed to a bright pink shirt-looking thing hanging in the corner. "You don't want to know." He stated. "Yes I do." I responded. "Fine. One day, I had a bet with my friends. I lost. It didn't go to well." "I thought 'CDC' doesn't do bets?" "After that day, yes." I started looking through all of his clothes. We had 5 minutes. Couldn't he have called earlier?
Sorry for my absence! I haven't had any inspiration! Anyway, a lot of stuff has happened to me so far. On the day that Camp Rock 2 premiered, I was getting my blood taken at the doctor's and I fainted for the first time ever! OMG! On September 19, I went to the Jonas Brothers/Camp Rock 2 concert! So fun! But my friend had an allergic reaction and had to miss the whole thing! I feel so bad! And I'm so excited that I'm a High School girl now! Plus, we took a test in Geometry and I got an A so they moved me up to Honors Geometry! WOW! And, I'm going to my first Homecoming Dance on Saturday! So exciting! Again, sorry for not putting up chapters! Next chapter is called "Chapter 4: The Date"! WOW! Bye!
