The Voice - Chapter Four.
Summary: Yeah, yeah you know it.
A\N: Sorry for the long wait! I love you all (:
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Well then, shall we begin? :D
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Flashback.
| "Hey guys," He gestured to the seats in front of his desk. "Sit."
They eyed each other and hesitantly complied.
"What did you want to speak to us about, Mark?" Chad asked.
"Well, to be frank," Mark said, leaning back in his chair. "The end of this season will end with your character either calling Peyton, Lindsey or Brooke to ask one of them to marry him. Now, I'll be honest, I'd love to see Peyton and Lucas together and all, but it's about the fans and there's just a bigger fan base for Brucas. People love 'em, they were opposites in the beginning - and that was the attraction. They're more alike now, both very sophisticated and caring. So," He linked his hands together. "I was thinking about bringing Brucas back!" He smiled at the surprise. "Fans would be happy, they both have great chemistry, everyone likes them. But," He looked at them both in the eye. "This decision is also yours to make. You're both great actors and I love you both, but I don't want any awkwardness. Just, say the word, it's totally fine if you don't want to, I'm sure people can live with a close friendship and we could always get Brooke another lover."
They were both quiet and then Sophia spoke. "Mark, we're professionals. We've said that since the beginning." She glanced at Chad then back at Mark. "I'm fine with it."
Mark nodded seriously and looked to Chad. "And you?"
Chad looked at his fingers, contemplating. "I'm not sure.." He hesitated, regretting every word, "..if Kenzie would like that.."
All he remembered was two blazing emeralds as everything turned black.
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"Oh, he's awake," A voice said.
Chad blinked twice, staring at Mark who was in front of him. "Dude, you okay?"
He nodded slowly, wincing a little and, in shock, he rubbed his cheek. Goodness, what did she do?
"Man, I gotta tell ya.. That woman can throw a punch. I'm totally gonna have her punch someone on the show."
Hand rubbing his cheek, Chad sat up straight. "Whatever, just don't make it Lucas."
Mark didn't even try not to laugh. "Dude, you deserved it anyway. That was a pretty messed up thing you said there."
Chad nodded. "I know. I need to go apologize..."
The door opened just as he was getting up, revealing a worried Sophia, a water bottle in her hand. "Oh, Chad!" Her arms went around him and he hugged her back. "I'm so sorry, that wasn't right.."
"It's okay," He said as she awkwardly trailed off, her eyebrows still furrowed. "What I did wasn't right either."
She ignored the last thing he said, pretending not to hear it. "I'm sorry." She apologized again.
"Well, then," Mark said and they broke their gaze to look at him. "Guess we know who Lucas picks. You guys can go now."
Startled by his sudden rushing, Sophia and Chad scrambled out of his office.
Sophia turned to look at his swollen cheek, an uneasy expression on her face. "Oh, Chad, I'm really sorry.. Does it hurt?"
He shook his head. "No, not as much anymore."
She looked down, nodding, feeling guilty.
A moment of silence passed.
"So," Chad attempted to make conversation. "Do you think he's bringing back Brooke and Lucas?"
She shrugged. "I don't know. Probably not. At least, not after what I did..."
"Why not? They were great together."
Now feeling uncomfortable, she grimaced. "Yeah." She said. "Were."
He went quiet at her implying on their past relationship, both of them.
She nodded. "I gotta go..." |
End of flashback.
"Are you okay?" Her raspy voice asked as he snapped back to reality.
"Yeah, I'm fine. You?"
She nodded. "I'm gonna go, you probably have stuff to do, so.. See ya."
She walked away again, and, feeling guilty, he went to sit back down and waited for Kenzie.
Flashback.
| He entered her room, closing the door quietly and freezing in his spot when he saw his wife on the bed, the phone in her left hand, and her other hand covering her mouth in horror, muffling her sobs.
He rushed over to her. "Soph, what happened? Are you okay?"
"Get away from me," She said, her face white.
"Sophia.." He pleaded, "Please, tell me.."
She was silent and still for a while and, in a sudden rage, she threw the phone across the room and it hit the wall.
Chad threw up his hands, shocked.
"How could you do this to me?" She asked, looking up at him angrily. "How?"
He sat next to her on the bed, speaking quietly. "I told you, Sophia. It was a mistake. All of it. But that's why I'm here. To ask for a second chance." He looked at her dresser and smiled, turning back to her. "I see you got my teddy bear I sent you."
At her silence, he continued: "Soph, can't we just -"
"I'm pregnant, you idiot!" She blurted, immediately regretting it.
He froze, his mouth open. "You're … You're.."
"In the family way, with child, in a fix!"
His impulse was joy. Pure joy, for this means whenever their child grows up that he could tell he or she that he or she was the reason his or her mother and father found their way again. He almost kissed her, but he stopped himself, deciding to say what exactly his heart was saying. "Soph, we're gonna be parents!"
He smiled widely at her but shrank back when two blazing, green eyes snapped up and glared at him.
He tried to calm her down by talking some sense. "Don't you see, Sophia? This is our reason. We can be together again, I can fix it, I'll do anything you want, buy anything you crave." He placed a hand delicately on her knee. "I will always be here for you, Soph, together or not."
She stared into his eyes, about to give in but she stopped herself and shaking her head rapidly, she stood up and stepped away from the bed. "What if I don't want you here?" |
End of flashback.
Sighing sadly, he once again cursed himself for thinking about all of this. It hurt too much.
Kenzie plopped down into the sear across from him, beaming. "Hi."
"Hi." He replied, rubbing his temples. "What took you so long?"
"Oh, I was in the bathroom. In fact, funny story -"
"Actually, Kenzie, I'm not feeling to good right now." He said, hand on his forehead. "I'm gonna go to bed early, okay? Big day tomorrow." He leaned forward and kissed her. "Can't wait."
"But, Chad," She started, disappointed, "we agreed not see each other until the exact time at the wedding tomorrow and I have to tell you something -"
"Just call me tomorrow, that won't hurt anything," He said, putting his napkin down and leaving the main hotel building to his cabin.
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Flashback.
| He stared at her in disbelief, hurt all over his face. "But.. Soph, come on, you can't really do this.. What.. What do you mean..?"
"I mean," She uncrossed her arms and stood as still as a statue, emotionless. "When I go to my doctor appointment tomorrow to make sure it's positive, I don't want you there."
Why did you just lie? She thought to herself. You never lie.
She walked to her door, "You can go now."
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There's a stillness in the room, nothing is moving, it's too quiet. To silent. To lonely. The world was a cold place, she knew, but why did it have to be so cruel to the people who were actually good? To the people that never lie, cheat or steal, as God was their witness? So many why's, not enough because.
Her head popped up when she heard a door open and with her right hand, she quickly wiped the dried up tears off her face.
"Sophia..? Soph - Oh, what happened?" He ran over to her, like he had done the night before and she sniffed. "Did you go to the doctor? What did he say? Tell me, please, you can't keep this from me.."
The overwhelming, painful feeling came back as she looked into his eyes that seemed so full of hope, were once so full of love and she choked back a sob.
He watched as she struggled on whether she should talk to him or not and as more tears ran down her cheeks, he automatically pulled her into his arms and rocked her, as he would when she would be sad about something.
"I'll wait," He said calmly, "I can wait."
Her red rimmed eyes trailed down to the hand that was soothingly rubbing her arm and she looked up at him with eyes full of pain and sorrow. "False alarm." |
End of flashback.
A\N: HA. I MADE SOPHIA PUNCH CHAD.
back to business.
I wasn't going to originally end it here, I was going to continue it, but then I would put too much, because… Well, we are sadly almost at the end of our journey, lovely reviewers.. :( I'm sad because I have fallen in love with this story, lol, even though I wrote it, just the thought of Chophia make me happy and bitter (: review please for next chapter!