CHAPTER3.

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Chad was walking down the not so familiar hallways, with his hands in his pockets.

He was trying to think of some good excuses, in case anybody would run into him and ask him why he is here, at So Random.

I got lost

my dog ran away, and I'm looking for him.

I'm here to see Sonny

Chad almost laughed out loud at the thought, but something inside made him wonder why he thought it was so ridiculous. Why was he really here? Did he really just want to see her? That wasn't weird was it?

...Yeah, yes it was.

Its not like he had feelings for her or anything, some people would say Chad Dylan Cooper had no feelings at all.

But all of a sudden he doesn't know how true that is, when he sees someone coming down the opposite end of the hallway.

"Chad?"

Of course, he sighs. Perfect.

"Chad what are you doing here?" She asks stopping in front of him, he notices that her hair is kind of messy, and her cheeks are flushed.

"I-" he thought for only a moment "I don't know. Where were you?" He questioned, it almost looked like she was blushing even more. "You look... weird."

"Oh thanks Chad," She said, fixing her hair. He actually didn't mean to say that,

"I uh... didn't mean it like that. I'm not saying you look bad, you look... good."

She smiled at him, and this time it was a genuine smile, he almost felt like smiling himself.

"So you don't know why you're here? Just wandering around."

"Nah," he said trying to keep his cool. "I'm uh, waiting for someone."

Her eyebrows scrunched together, "Oh really? Who?"

You.

He quickly erased the thought from his mind and found a name in his head. "Cameron," He sighed relieved by his save. "Have you seen him?"

And suddenly her face got even redder, like she was embarrassed or something. It was pretty cute.

"What?"

"Oh nothing I just saw him a couple of-" she was cut off by a voice at the end of the hall

"Baby there you are!"
Chad froze as Cameron moved towards Sonny, not even bothering to look at him.

"Hey hon, you ready?" he asked, whispering in her ear.

Chad was still standing there frozen, watching the two of them as Sonny, embarrassed, tried to push Cameron away. "Yeah, I'm ready."

Finally Cameron looked up at Chad, "Oh hey man."

"Hey" was all Chad could say.

"I'll see you tomorrow; I'm just taking my lady for a night on the town." He said,

and turned back to Sonny and whispered something in her ear that sounded like ' I'll meet you in the car.' He left and an awkward silence clung the air.

She was the first to break it,

"Chad...?"

He was still totally frozen. "Are you- Dating him!?"

"Yes," She said, and all of a sudden all the embarrassment from her face was gone.

Only raw determination. "I have known him for such a long time, he is such a great guy and I like him alot."

Chad put his hands in front of himself, like a surrendering, trying to keep his cool. "You don't need to convince me about your relationships, I really couldn't care less."

And he watched her, and for a second it almost looked like a flash of sadness crossed those determined eyes.

"Good, because I don't care about you."

"Good, because I hate you."

"Good because I hate you more."

"I hate you so much."

"I hate you so much more."

And with that she quickly turned away from him and left, the same way Cameron had gone.

And Chad stood there in the middle of the hall with his hands in his pockets and some nagging feeling in his chest.

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They had been dating for a week now.

Sending the texts messages, streaming with x's and o's, flowers delivered to the dressing room with tiny cards scribbled with poetry, and the occasional box of overpriced chocolates.

People said they loved each other, Chad Dylan Cooper rolled his eyes.

He was asked so many times if he was jealous, his typical answer was a snort and 'Me, Chad Dylan Cooper, jealous?'

He cared though, you just knew it.

"Look at him, sitting over there with the comedians." Chad pretended to gag as he watched Cameron and Sonny feed each other at their table in the cafeteria.

"I wonder if they realize that Public display of affection is disgusting. PDA- not o.k." He picked up a dinner roll and started chewing on it, never taking his eyes off the happy couple.

"Chad are you sure you're not jealous?" Portlyn asked, Chad turned and looked into her seductive brown eyes. "No, I'm not jealous."

"Oh really Chaddy, You look kinda bummed." She whispered in his ear, and he could feel her hand touch his leg under the table.

"Portlyn, what are you doing?" He asked, looking at her.

She was biting her lip now, "You want Sonny Monroe, don't you?"

"What are you talking about?" Chad gulped nervously as she moved her hand up to his thigh. She leaned in closer, "You're Jealous of Cam and I'm jealous of Sonny,"

Her hand inched closer and closer and finally Chad pulled away, "Portlyn not now." His voice shook a little bit. He tried to cover it up.

"Imagine how Jealous you could make her," Portlyn hinted, and pushed her chair back and standing up.

She gave him one last sexy look over her shoulder before she left the Cafeteria.

And even though Chad had never took the time to listen to what Portlyn actually had to say, she wasn't as dumb as he thought she was.

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