Author's Note:
Hey guys! Sorry for being extremely late. I had writers block. Trust me, I was writing this chapter the whole week. This is what, my 3rd attempt at it? I didn't know whether to write the next day or get on with it and write the back-to-school day. Hopefully, I decided to write the day after! :D I'll give you a heads up; this isn't one of my best works… It's kind of justa regular day :D And also, don't forget to read the authors note at the end. It's an important one. One more thing, who else saw the VMA's? Demi's performance at the pre-show was AMAZING! She looked absolutely stunningly beautifully perfectly gorgeous- I can go on forever :D And, she totally deserves the moon-man that she took home!
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Chapter 4: Just a Regular Day
Sonny's POV
I woke up to the sound of my annoying alarm clock. Ugh, I groaned and threw the clock across my room. It's too early to get up! I tried to force myself back to sleep. After 10 more minutes, I finally accepted the fact that I'm up and there's no sleeping back again. What happened last night, you ask? Well, we celebrated my birthday by cutting the cake, holding the balloons (for my family's sake…) Derek videotaped it, while Jake just launched the confetti.
Dad gave Jake the easiest job as he didn't want him to mess up my birthday party, again. Every time dad used to appoint Jake an important part in arranging the party, he always messed it up. Like, on my 12th birthday, he was given the job to videotape it, but ended up putting his hand on the eye of the camera, for the whole video! But, I still love him. He would do or say the most random thing to make me laugh. And, he's also the most fun person I know!
After lying in bed pointlessly, I finally decided to freshen up and carry on with the daily routine. I got up from bed and headed towards the bathroom. You know what I hate about this house? It's too damn small. I don't even have my own bathroom! I took a shower and brushed my teeth. After I was finished with the bathroom work, I went downstairs. I didn't even change. I was still in my tank top and sweats.
I joined everyone on breakfast. I sat next to mom and started nibbling on my toast. I feel really tired today. Like, I don't even feel like walking! After I finished breakfast, I sat on the couch of our living room and decided to call Alex. She's my best friend. I checked the pockets of my sweat-pants, which I was wearing. It wasn't there. Oh right, It must be in the shorts that I wore yesterday. I went back into my room and opened the closet. I took the shorts and checked their pockets. Nothing. Where did I leave my phone?! It had all my contacts and music and photos and- and everything!
I checked everywhere in my house. I couldn't find it! Too exasperated and tired, I plopped on my bed. Great, I lost my phone. I know I have a new one that Derek gifted me, but all the phone numbers are lost. Along with my photos, and my music that I bought from iTunes. After half-an-hour of lying in bed pointlessly, again, Derek came into my room and sat on my bed. I felt the weight of the bed shift.
"Hey, mom's going to the neighbors' house because their daughter died. You wanna go?" Why would I wanna go? Not even one percent.
"Nope." I simply replied, popping the 'p'.
"Are you okay? You seem tired." I'm so not okay. I can't find my phone!
"No, I'm not okay. I lost my phone!"
"So? Not a big deal. Just use the one I bought ya." Only if it was that simple… I smiled and nodded in response. It's a kind of thing that girls would understand. Derek stood up and left the room. Now, where did I last leave it? It was there when we went to Wal-Mart yesterday; I didn't use it after the…accident. I ma- That's it! It must've fallen out when I fell! So, basically I've lost it forever. Chad must have just left it in the trolley. Or, he could have taken the phone and…went through it. My face turned red at the thought.
I left my room, taking my blanket with me and dragged my feet to the living room. Some TV might take my mind off things. I plopped (A/N: I love that word!) on the couch, which was the nearest to the TV. I took the remote and switched on our television. Jersey Shore was on. Ugh, I hate that show. Even though I haven't really watched, I know its complete crap. But, I heard it's gonna be cancelled! I switched the TV off. I sighed and yelled for Jake.
"Yeah?" He shouted back. I waited a few more minutes before I heard, "I'm coming, I'm coming."
"What do you want?" He folded his arms and stared me down. I'm guessing I interrupted something important…"Look, I really have to finish my game. So, can you hurry up?" Yep, it was something important. Not my sarcasm.
"Can you play Ted on the DVD?" I turned on my cute-mode; pouting and looking at him with pleading eyes. He threw his hands up in frustration and pursed his lips.
"This is why you made me walk all the way here?" I'm sure exaggerating is one of his personality traits. "You could've done it yourself." He continued. He went and picked out the CD from the shelf, and put it in the DVD. He grabbed the DVD remote tossed it towards me. I caught it like (A/N: Boss xD) pro. I guess the 'family baseball nights' we used to have once in a month, paid off. I used to be the family champion. But as the years passed by, everyone lost interest. But I still (secretly) love it.
"Don't bother me for something stupid, again." He said as he walked through the stairs. But I can't not bother him. It's what I live for. "Love you, too." I yelled, sarcastically. I was watching the intro of Ted. It's a really entertaining movie. I wrapped my blanket around my body.
*\~~WatchTed The~~ Movie~~Watch~~Ted~~The~~ Movie~~Watch~~/*
I didn't realize I fell asleep before I woke up in my bed. Aw, I feel so loved. I glanced at the clock on my end table. It read '2:01 PM'. Oh. That means I slept for 2 hours. I felt a bit energized but still tiered. I guess I could walk without dragging myself, now. I got out of bed and walked towards my closet. I picked out a simple T-Shirt and jeans.
What to do now? I have absolutely nothing to do now. Oh! I know. I can go shopping! But, not the clothes kind, the games kind. Oh yeah, I'm a gamer-girl. If that's what you call it. I called out to Jake, yet again. "What?!" Was his (clearly annoyed) response. I waited a few more minutes before I heard, "I'm coming, I'm coming." Feels like déjà woo…
"What, now?" He folded his arms for a second, and then let them fall to the sides. "It better not be stupid this time." He muttered. It's not stupid, trust me. I'm gonna ask him to drive me to Wal-Mart. Not stupid at all… You may be thinking that I can take my own brand new car, and drive. But I can't, I don't have my driver's license yet. And I don't know how to drive.
"Can you drive me to Wal-Mart?" He sighed and sat on a chair. "I can do a lot of things." Then his face turned into a one with disgust. "Wait, this isn't to meet that Chad guy again, is it?" Nope. Although, he was cute… I'd be glad if I meet him again. Maybe he would return my phone. I shook my head, no, to the previously asked question. "Good." He replied. "But, why can't you ask Derek to do it?" He whined, whilst he tapped his foot. Cause you're much more fun to bother! Derek would just help me without questioning it. He's a good brother. Jake stood up.
"Because, you're the best brother, ever!" I bribed him. And then, out of the blue, I hugged him. And he hugged back. It didn't surprise me. Jake's a sucker for compliments. I let go of him and took a step back. We were standing way too close. He smiled and I smiled back. He stared at me in awe and said, "You can say that again," His smile turned into a smirk. It was nice while it lasted. He grabbed a jacket and put it on. "Let's get going."
"Kay," I replied and took my new iPhone with me. I unboxed it last night, when we got home. I don't know why I'm taking it with me, though. It's useless. If I hadn't lost my old phone, I could've just spent my time transferring photos and adding contacts to my new one and stuff. We reached his car and got in. Oh no, not again! And the awkward silence follows… Gosh, I'm really starting to hate car drives. I looked out of the window. It's a very boring view; it just helps with cutting the awkwardness. Jake (A/N: I just made a typo! I wrote 'Joe' instead of 'Jake'. My mind's messing with me…) noticed the awkward air and turned on the radio.
'La la land' by Demi Lovato was on. "I love this song." I squealed and started to sing along. Really loud. I didn't care that I was singing off tune, I was just having fun. Jake snickered and started singing along, too. I guess car drives aren't that bad after all. Well, I can't really say that, as I'm with the second most fun person I know. First being Alex. Like I told you, we're best friends. We're like each other's personal entertaining systems. She's been my (best) friend since I was seven. We both understand each other really well. She's just a month older than me!
Just after a couple of minutes, Jake stopped the car, and said, "We're here." And then, opened the door of the car. I got out right after him. He was ahead of me, as he didn't wait for me. I casually jogged to catch up to him. As I reached him, I started walking normally with him. We were walking for about 5 minutes or so, until Wal-Mart could be seen. Wow, that was fast.
"I'm guessing we took the shortcut." I said, finally breaking the silence. It wasn't an awkward one but not a comfortable one, either. Actually, I didn't even realize it was there. Walking can be one heck of distraction, eh?
"Yep." He simply said. We finally reached the automatic doors of the market, as we were walking. It was hard keeping up with him. He walks really fast. And then, I noticed something unusual.
"Hey, why are you coming with me?" was it because of Chad? The hot guy that he thinks I'm here to meet?
"…To hang out with my fun sister!" And with that he poked me playfully. Liar. And, great. Now I'm gonna be followed around with him by my side.
"Is this because of Chad?" I asked. I already knew the answer to that. I just wanna know if he tells the truth or not.
"…um… psh,n-no. What are you talking about?" So, he chooses to go with not.
"Let's just go," I suddenly wanted to get this over with. I think you know why. Jake can be fun but only at certain things. He comments on everything I buy. And, makes me choose other stuff that are of his liking. I walked quickly towards the gaming section. You see, I come to Wal-Mart very often. I know every corner of it. After a minute, I reached the gaming section, where a lot of dudes happen to be. No surprise to me. Like I told you, I come here very often. I know how to deal with stuff like this. But Jake doesn't know that. (A/N: Jake doesn't know that she can deal with it, if you were confused.)
As I made my way over to the PC games, I saw his muscles stiffen. He quickly took my hand. Oh god, no! He is gonna be all protective-brother on me. But, I can see why he did that. There were a couple of hot dudes over here. One of them winked at me. He seemed familiar. He was a brunette… Right after he winked, a blonde haired guy smacked him on his head. I couldn't see the blonde ones face as he had his back to me. I let go of Jake's hand, and picked out the game I wanted; Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3. I've played all the COD's and hope this is just as good as them.
I was walking back to Jake when I felt a pat on my shoulder. I turned around to see a blonde haired guy. Oh my god! Not just any blonde haired guy, it was Chad!
"Hey, you lef-"Chad was about to say something but, Jake cut him off, yet again, by saying, "Okay, that's enough. Let's go, Sonny." He roughly took my hand and dragged me towards the cashiers. Gosh, why does he have to hate cute guys so much? Don't answer that. Whoa, I just remembered something. We ran out of snacks at home. I literally live on snacks. My family doesn't really eat snacks. Jake and Derek go out, whenever they want to eat something. But I can't. Because, and I quote I'm 'a young girl who's too pretty and naïve for her own good'.
"Hey Jake, I'm not done shopping yet. Can you wait here?" I asked him. He nodded and made a hand gesture for me to go. I started to walk really quickly. "Be careful!" he yelled after me. Everyone looked at us for moment then, went back to minding their own business. As I was walking, I saw Chad leave with the rest of his friends, out of the corner of my eye. Aw, I was hoping to talk to him without being interrupted! I continued walking to my destination. I finally reached the Chips' section.
When I was reaching the cheerios, I heard a familiar voice say "Need any help?" Oh no. Not this guy again. I'll give you a hint; it's my most hated ex. I turned back around, but didn't look him in the eye. I don't like his presence. Caden came closer to me and whispered, "Remember me?" He was trying to be sexy, but was failing miserably. Sure, he is good looking, but that doesn't change the fact that he cheated on me.
"What do you want?" I hissed through my teeth. I backed off a little. We were standing way too close. This was even worse than standing close to Jake, and that speaks a lot. To my disappointment, he leaned in again and said, "You." He was standing so close that his (disgusting) breath was hitting my face. And for some reason, my breathing rate picked up. I think I know the reason. I do not like this. Where's Jake when you need him? I tried pushing him. But as I did so, his one hand caught my two hands and clasped them behind my back.
I didn't realize his head was moving. Oh no. I do not like where this is going. He was going to close the gap in between us. He was going to mould our lips together. He was going to press his lips in to mine. He was going to kiss me! I cannot let this happen. He fooled me once and he's not gonna fool me again. I finally came back to my senses and easily removed my hands from his. Oh yeah!, I'm way stronger when I'm thinking straight. I jerked backwards and continued to shop for snacks.
"I don't like you anymore, Caden. I moved on. It's time you do, too." I said that as nonchalantly as possible, when I was burning inside. I had a hard time reaching the cheerios on the top shelf. I felt my shirt pull up a bit. I ignored it, and finally got the snack. I heard Caden groan. I turned around to face Caden. He dragged his hand over his face in frustration.
"You can't possibly be telling me that you don't want me." Yes, I don't want you! Doesn't he get it? I walked closer to him.
"Yes, I don't want you." I snapped at him. Wait, why would he be willing to get back with me? Oh, I know… "She broke up with you, didn't she?" He sighed and said,
"…yeah." Knew it! But I hate him even more now. I'm his second option, if I even was an option. I guess I'm just the 'plan B' in his eyes. His eyes locked in mine. He was looking at me with…lust. Oh no, he was gonna try to kiss me again. He was slowly making his way to me. We were still looking at each other before I looked away. But he still kept coming forward. I searched for people nearby, with my eyes of course.
I spotted Jake leaning on a counter. He was anxiously looking here and there, and kept checking his watch. His eyes finally met mine. He looked at me, while furrowing his eyebrows. He was probably confused why I was sweating. He then finally looked at Caden. Without even sparing a second, Jake came rushing to where I stood. I looked at Caden again. I felt his breath on my face, again. Yep he's that close, again. Jake reached us and pushed Caden away.
"Stay away, from her!" He snapped at my ex. He took my hand and started walking (or should I say stomping,) really fast. I looked back; just to see Caden glaring at me. I stuck my tongue at him and looked forward again, before he could respond. Jake finally stopped, near a bunch of watermelons. He looked at me fiercely. My heart started beating faster. What was that feeling that I was feeling in the pit of my stomach? Was I...scared? Couldn't be! I looked at Jake again. He looked even angrier, if that was possible… Okay! I admit, I am scared…of Jake.
He closed his eyes and sighed. He opened his eyes again and put on a goofy (obviously fake) smile. "Don't go anywhere near him." He bluntly said, as he put a hand on my shoulder. "Okay." I said, meekly. He removed his hand and quickly changed his composure. He was the normal cool dude, again. Well, at least that's what he calls himself.
"Good, now take these car keys and sit in the car," He handed me the keys. Yeah, like that's gonna happen. "Don't even think about roaming here and there, alone." Humph. But, I'm still not gonna bore myself sitting in the car. "I gotta' go to the bathroom." He said. And with that, he sped off to the men's room. Okay, now let's see. I looked around for something fun to do… C'mon, it's Walmart! There's always something to do in here! While I searched around my surroundings, I spotted a name tag. Should I? I dunno… I guess it's worth a shot.
I hesitated a bit, before I went and picked up the name tag on the counter. I giggled when I read the name of the person. It read 'Bing Cherry'. It's a pretty unusual name. And the thing that made it funnier was the picture. It was a picture of a chubby, dark skinned guy. I put it around my neck and chuckled. Haha, I look professional. Ooh! This deserves a picture! I took out my phone from the back pocket of my jeans. I turned it over backwards, so that the camera lens was facing me. I took the card of the name tag in my hand, and cocked my right eyebrow. I pursed my lips, in order to look silly. I like silly pictures… They're fun!
I snapped a picture. I grinned as I put the phone back into my pocket. I was just about to take the name tag off, when I felt a hand on my shoulder. They tapped my shoulder. Oh my gosh, I hope it's not Jake… or Bing Cherry. I squeezed my eyes shut, as I crossed my fingers. I turned around. It wasn't who I expected at all. (A/N: Go take a bathroom break or something, it'll add to the suspense xD)
It was a complete and total stranger. He was talking on a phone, with a coffee in the other hand. He seemed like a busy person. And, he also looked like he was in his late twenties. He finally ended his call and put it back to its place. He looked at me and said;
"Um, Bing, is it? Can you get me a watermelon?" Wait, Bing? Oh no, he thinks I work here or something… I nervously looked into his eyes. He waited anxiously and hurriedly took a sip of his coffee.
"Oh, I don't wo–" I was about to inform him, but he rudely interrupted me, By saying; "And can you make it fast?" He really seemed to be in a hurry. I'm assuming he's a business man; he was wearing a suit.
I sighed. Selling one watermelon won't hurt right? I hesitantly made my way over to the watermelons. They were only a meter away, so no big deal. As I was picking up the fruit, I heard him say; "Ooh, make it a juicy one!" Okay, this guy is officially creeping me out. How am supposed to know if it's a juicy one, or not? I absentmindedly tapped a watermelon. I did the same to another one. I nodded on this one, in appreciation. I don't know what I'm doing… I handed him the watermelon. He tapped it and smiled.
"Ooh! This is a juicy one. Thank you!" I forced a smile. How does he know if it's a juicy one or not? This is really stupid… He searched in his pockets for something. He handed me a…100$ bill? Oh my what. What is this? What the bloody hell! This is awesome! Did I really just get 100 dollars as a tip? I should mess around more often. I looked at the money in my hands, and then at him. I grinned toothily. He turned away and headed for the exit.
I am so happy! Before he could leave the building, I yelled; "Come again next time!" I happily put the money in my back pocket. I didn't realize I was still wearing the name tag, until someone else approached me. I politely smiled and said, "I don't work here." This lady seemed to be nice, as she didn't cut me off. I took of the professional necklace (A/N: I just wanted to use a different word..) off and happily skipped over to the exit.
Oh my god! I totally forgot about Jake. I hope he's not in the car already. I sprinted to Jake's car, once I was out of the market. I was a little less sunny (see what I did there? Never mind, it's lame...), now. It's kinda weird for me to feel scared by Jake. I'm sure I'll get used to it, but I hope I don't get the feeling often.
After running for 2 minutes or so, I finally found the car. I slowed down and started walking around the car suspiciously. I quickly glanced at the driver's seat. I didn't see anything. Yay! He's not here yet. Which means I'm not gonna be in trouble. I happily slid into the backseat and slammed the door, shut. Then something caught me off guard…
"Oh, you are in so much trouble."
I gulped loudly, before I shrank back into my seat.
Author's Note:
Um, so yeah… like I said, I'm not really proud of this chapter but, it could've gone worse. Trust me. So, anyways I'm so sorry for not updating for more than 2 weeks! I truly am! It's just that my finals are here… and all that yadi yada. But don't worry! I'm here now :) And, I have a few (eight) announcements to make, here we go;
1. Oh my gosh! Did you guys watch the X Factor? (USA) it's so freaking awesome! C'mon Demi's in it, how can it not be awesome? That's it for the first announcement! I know, lame announcement…
2. It was my birthday on 11th sep! I'm 15 now! (I know it's too young for the type of language I use…) I feel the same, but just a bit weird. I mean, I've just never really turned 15 before! …haha. I had an awesome party with my friends and family. I know, I know, another lame announcement.
3. I told you guys in an earlier chapter; Chad's in a higher class than Sonny. I just realized, not all high-schools are like my crappy one. So, I changed it. Now, Sonny was bullied in her previous high school, so she's gonna transfer to this school in a few chapters.
4. I changed my name to 'summer619' hope you don't mind! :D if you haven't been to my profile, you probably didn't know that my names Summer. Now you know ;)
5. I also changed the description (summary) of this story. The last one was short and lame :/ I hope you like this one better! :D
6. This is the longest chapter yet. Cheers! :D
7. This one's pretty exciting, I'm gonna start a new story! It's gonna be about 'Sonny with A Chance'. I don't write stories on any other shows. I haven't really decided what to name it, but I think it'll be name 'Lost' or something close to that. If you guys have any ideas for the name, feel free to share ;) The thing is, it's not gonna be AU and it's gonna have an actual plot, unlike this one… Also, it's gonna be in third person point of view. It's my first time writing that way, so please excuse me if I make any mistakes :-)
8. So the basic plot line is; Sonny and Chad get lost. It's gonna be epic! :D I'm super excited! But I'll have to start writing it… I think my head's gonna burst with all the idea's I'm getting. If you guyz get lucky, I may even post the first chappy next month! Yeah, I'm that slow… Once again, I'm sorry!
Constructive criticism is allowed, please no flames! :( It'll ruin my day, if you do so. I would be grumpy the whole day. I'd become Simon.
Bye, Guyz! xxSum