Alright, love me? Yes you do lol. Here's chapter 7 for you. Hope you enjoy it and please, let me know what you think of it. So far, this is the longest chapter of this story. Yes, 3,165 words! Hopefully I can keep them around this length. So, again, enjoy :)
Wow was all Joe was thinking when they were introduced to Sonny Monroe. With her chocolate hair, big brown eyes and pretty smile, Sonny was definitely someone Joe could see himself falling for. Joe had hoped that when they shook hands, Sonny hadn't noticed how sweaty his hands were. Or how, when she blushed, his smile became even bigger.
But there was one thing that took Joe by surprise. She didn't seem to know who they were, or that fact that they were the band called JONAS. She didn't seem to be starstruck or dazed like all their fans. Maybe she's just not a fan. Joe thought. But he didn't want to think that. He wanted Sonny to be a fan of theirs... of his.
It was true: Joe was going to love the idea of working with the beautiful, dark haired So Random cast member they called Sonny Monroe. He was going to enjoy her company and her smiles. Hopefully, she wouldn't mind his company either.
"So, have you heard any of our music, Sonny?" Joe was pulled from his thoughts by the sound of Kevin's voice, directed at Sonny.
"Yeah, I-I mean, I -somewhat." Sonny stammered, but the boys just nodded. She mentally hit herself on the back of the head, thinking of how lame her response was. She wasn't trying to stammer, it just came out that way. It did not sound at all like that in her head.
"Got any favorite songs?" Joe asked with a smile and Nick slapped his arm. "What the heck?" Joe looked at his glaring brother. Why was Nick acting so weird lately? Was it just because Nick didn't have Macy around to cuddle with, or talk with? Joe wasn't sure, but it was really starting to get on his nerves.
"You know what." Nick replied with a raised eyebrow. Joe gave him a confused look. What the heck are you talking about? he thought. Joe shook his head and turned back to Sonny, seeing an uncomfortable expression on her face.
"Sorry, we just- my brother is being really weird lately." Joe smirked at Sonny and she blushed again, his smile growning bigger... again.
Nick was glaring at his brother, wondering why he had just said that. I'm the one being weird lately? he thought to himself. I'm pretty sure you mean yourself, Joe. Nick sighed and turned away from Joe, who was too busy staring at Sonny.
"What's up with you two?" Kevin asked Nick in a whispered voice. He was confused by his brothers actions, by the way they had been acting ever since the plane ride. He had to wonder what was going on.
Nick shook his head at Kevin. "I don't know, but he's the one who's acting weird, not me." Nick spoke back in the same whispered voice. Kevin shrugged and walked over to Nico and Grady to try and have a conversation with them.
Perfect. Tawni Hart thought with a smile on her face. Nick's all alone. She fixed her hair and walked over to the curly haired boy, seeing they stood the same height.
"Hi Nick," Tawni said in a perky voice. Nick turned to her, surprised by her presence, and gave a small smile. Nick suddenly noticed that Tawni was actually kind of cute. Her blonde hair, brown eyes and little nose were definitely some of the things that made her cute, but her voice was kind of nice to hear aswell.
"Hey, Tawni, right?" he asked and she nodded.
"Right. Hey, would you mind running lines with me?" Nick thought for a moment. Running lines with the girl would let him get to know her and spend a little time with her.
"Sure, why not?" Tawni smiled at Nick's response and they walked over to a couple directors chairs, sitting and running lines.
Joe and Sonny stood awkwardly by themselves, watching the others talk and smile, getting to know each other and running lines. Sonny was starting to wonder why she and Joe weren't running lines.
"Um," Sonny got his attention imidiately. She smiled. "Maybe we should run lines?" Joe smiled back at her, thinking, Yes, of course. Anything to see you smile.
Zora, Nico, Grady, Tawni, Sonny, Joe, Nick and Kevin were all on the set, running a practice take of The Overly Obsessive Fan Girls Who Were Overly Obsessed. The set was a stage where the boys would be standing, doing a soundcheck before their concert. There were three microphone stands and two guitars on stands, one for Nick and one for Kevin. There was a red curtain hanging for the background, making it look even more like an actual stage. The cast was very impressed.
As the boys stood on the stage, playing one of there songs, Tawni and Sonny came running over like they were supposed to, screaming and shouting out the boys' names, and interrupting the boys soundcheck.
"Oh my gosh! It's JONAS! Ahhh! It's JONAS!" Sonny squealed with a huge smile on her face, jumping up and down, along with Tawni, who was also screaming.
"It's totally JONAS! Oh. My. Gosh." Tawni screamed and the boys looked at each other, but when they turned back to the girls, they burst out laughing.
"Sorry," Joe said, holding his gut. All their faces were now turning red from all the laughing. Tawni and Sonny looked at each other, then a moment later, start laughing themselves.
They all finally caught their breath and settled down.
"Alright, Sonny and Tawni," the girls turned to face their boss, Marshall.
"Yes, Marshall?" they asked in unison.
"Why don't you girls start on the last page, line-" Marshall paused for a moment, scanning down the page with his finger "-ten." The girls nodded and turned back to the boys. They nodded and the girls began where Marshall told them to, talking in unison.
"Kevin!" they both shouted, then looked at each other. "Joe!" they looked at each other again, glaring this time. "Nick!" Both girls covered each others mouths, murmuring things through their hands. Sonny pulled Tawni's hand away from her mouth.
"Kevin! Will you sign my forehead?" Sonny asked, hopefulness written all over her face. Tawni pulled Sonny's hand away from her mouth.
"Nick! Will you sign my armpit?" she asked and all three boys went wide eyed like the script said. Sonny pushed away from Tawni and stood closer to the boys.
"Joe! Will you marry me?" she clasped her hands together, pretending to beg. Joe took a few steps back.
"Secerity!" Joe shouted. Nico, Grady and Zora all came running over, wearing sunglasses and ear pieces. The girls saw them and shrieked, running all around the set as they were chased by the JONAS secerity gaurds, running up on the stage, passed the boys, running down the stage, passed the boys again.
Marshall called it a wrap and the girls stopped running, bent over with their hands on their knees, trying to catch their breath. Kevin, Joe and Nick all high-fived each other and jumped off the stage, meeting the tired girls at ground level.
"You girls were awesome!" Kevin told them, a huge smile on his face. Joe and Nick smiled too.
"Yeah," Joe jumped in. "you girls are really good." Sonny blushed at Joe's compliment and he smiled at her.
"I wish we were that good." Nick added.
"You mean you, Nick. Joe and I were doing just fine." Kevin said and Nick rolled his eyes, chuckling.
"Everyone take a break!" Marshall shouted and everyone walked over to the snack table, eating fruit and junk food as they joked and talked about normal everyday things.
Sonny was really starting to like Joe a lot more than she already had. She found out they had a lot in common and liked a lot of the same things. Like, their favorite color was red, they both loved music, both wrote songs, played guitar, watched reality shows when they were bored and talked in their sleep. Sonny was starting to believe she had finally found the perfect guy.
Joe's day was just getting better and better by the minute. He found that he and Sonny had so much in common, it was almost too good to be true. He was shocked by how relaxed she was around them, seeing they were famous rock stars. Not that Joe was full of himself, but they were definitely more popular then So Random.
Sonny and Joe liked each other, but neither was going to admit it unless they knew the other felt the same way. And neither was about to ask, mainly because they were both too nervous to ask. I'm a rock star. Joe thought. I'm a rock star and I'm too nervous to ask her if she likes me.
Sonny had thoughts of her own. I wonder if he likes me? Oh Sonny, why are you too nervous to ask him?
Tawni and Nick had ended up walking away from the group to talk alone. Nick was curious about Tawni. She was definitely different from Macy, definitely more outgoing and somewhat mysterious. Nick wanted to find out if Tawni was just acting or really who she appeared to be.
Kevin, on the other hand, was talking with Nico and Grady, coming up with new sketch ideas that no one would pick, new games to play and new ways to mess with the MacKenzie Falls cast.
Sonny would have been worried about Chad coming by and ruining her day with JONAS, but she was too busy staring into Joe's chocolate brown eyes. They were like pools she was drowning in. Beautiful brown pools of mystery.
After running another practice take the group had pretty much gotten the whole sketch down. They had to do a good job on this, they'd be doing it live, in front of an audience of teenage boys and girls, plus cameras to record it all for TV. Talk about pressure.
It was 3 o' clock by the time Marshall finally told everyone that was it for the day and that they'd shoot it live tomorrow after a couple more practice takes in the morning.
After Marshall left the set Sonny took off her pumps and dangled them from her hands as she walked over to her personal chair. She sat down, tossed her shoes to the floor and pulled her phone from her purse, checking her inbox to see if she had missed any calls. Two calls, three notifications. One call from her mother and one from her best friend, Lucy. And all three notifications were from her Facebook account. Sonny logged onto her account and posted an update. Just finished the practice takes for the new sketch w/ special guests! Getting ready to go home and sleep. Night ya'll ;)
Sonny was too busy updating her status to notice Joe walking over to her chair. He smiled at her, watching her tap her foot up and down as she smiled at her phone.
"Hey," Joe spoke, startling Sonny. "Sorry," he walked closer, sticking his hands in his front pockets as he tried to see what she was smiling at. Sonny looked up, eyeing him suspiciously.
"Can I help you with something?" she asked, pressing her phone to her chest. Joe ran a hand, awkwardly, through his hair and stepped back a little.
"Sorry, I-I was-I was just..." he trailed off, not knowing what to say.
"Joe, is something wrong?" Sonny asked, sitting up a little straighter. She wanted to know why he was acting so uncomfortable around her. Why was he stammering and running his fingers through his hair like that? Sonny thought and Joe sighed.
"I just... I wanted to say that... you were really awesome today. I'm not much of an actor, but I think you guys could really help us in that department." Sonny deflated some, sighed and then nodded.
"Yeah, absolutely." She spoke in a monotone.
Now Joe was confused by Sonny's expression. Why was she, all of the sudden, so flat? Did I say something wrong? Joe thought and stepped a little closer, taking his hands out of his pockets.
"Sonny, is something wrong?" Joe asked and Sonny looked at him for a moment before setting her phone on the counter beside her chair and sighing.
"Joe," Sonny started, pausing for a moment. "I'm... I'm just tired." She smiled a little, reasuring him that everything was okay. Joe smiled, nodded and stuck his hands back in his pockets. Joe looked over at the others, seeing them all still talking.
Sonny wasn't sure of what else to say to him. She wasn't sure if there was anything else to say. She watched Joe watch the others, smiling. Sonny cleared her throat and grabbed her phone and purse from the counter. "Uh, hey," Joe looked back at her, his gorgeous brown eyes making her melt a little. "I should be getting home."
"Do you need a ride?" Joe asked as Sonny bent over and picked her shoes up off the ground. Sonny stood up and smiled at him, surprised by his generosity. She wasn't sure what to do. Should she take up his offer and get a ride home, or should she nicely say no and just drive home alone? Sonny bit her lip, thinking.
Sonny had no idea how much Joe wanted her to say yes. The more time he spent with her, the more he'd get to know her and see her beautiful smile.
"Sure. I'd like that." Sonny smiled and Joe smiled even wider. "I just need go change and then we can leave." Joe nodded. "I'll be right back." Sonny said and walked off to her and Tawni's dressing room. Joe watched her, her bare feet on the shiny, black floor and her toned, pale legs just above them. Joe let out his breath and walked over to his brothers.
"Hey guys," he spoke and Kevin and Nick turned to him.
"Hey," Nick said with a smile as he slapped Joe's shoulder, softly, of course. "Are you ready to go?"
"Actually, I kind of told Sonny she could ride home with us."
"What?" Kevin asked, wiggling his finger around in his ear. "I don't think I heard him right." Nick looked at Kevin, then at Joe.
"Joe, I know you're trying to be nice, but you can't just go giving out free rides to people."
"Nick, relax. Sonny's cool. She's not going to go all crazy on us." Nick sighed, shaking his head.
"I hope you're right."
Sonny changed into dark wash boyfriend jeans, a fitted white v-neck tee and pink Chuck Taylors. Sonny hung Tawni's dress back up in her closet and tossed her own pumps into her closet.
Sonny couldn't believe it, she was actually getting a ride home from JONAS! They were giving her a ride home in their limo, not her mother's SUV. She was going to be hanging in a limo with JONAS! She could not believe it.
Sonny grabbed her purse and phone from her chair and walked out of her dressing room, heading back over to the set where the boys were. Joe was the first to look up and see her. Joe smiled and waved at her, then turned to his brothers, telling them something. They looked up and smiled at Sonny.
"Hey," Sonny smiled at them, not sure of what to do. She'd never gotten a ride home from anybody like JONAS before.
"Hey, you ready?" Joe asked, running his fingers through his hair again. Sonny smiled and nodded. She liked it when he did that.
"What are you doing?" Sonny asked over the music playing in the boys limo. Joe was on his phone, typing something. He looked up from his phone and smiled at her, tipping his phone to the side so she could see. She could already see the screen before he tipped it, they were sitting three inches from each other.
"I'm just texting our manager, telling him that we finished our practice takes for today." Sonny felt Joe's breath on her face. It smelled like mint. Sonny nodded and shivered a little. Joe went back to typing and Sonny looked around the limo again. She watched as Nick drummed his knee to Hot Chelle Rae's song "Tonight, Tonight" and Kevin played the air guitar along with it. She smiled. JONAS definitely had music in their blood. It was like they lived on music. Ate it, breathed it, drank it, slept on it.
Joe hit send and looked at Sonny, seeing her watching his brothers. Joe smiled, leaning closer to Sonny, his mouth inches from her ear, he whispered, "They always do that. I perfer to just be in a quiet room with my guitar and my voice." Sonny looked up at Joe, smiling.
Oh my gosh, Sonny thought. I could just lean in and that would be 'd kiss and fall in love. But she couldn't. She didn't have the guts to. She was such a chicken. She would never have the courage to do something like that.
"You got any favorite bands, or musicians?" Joe suddenly cut the silence.
"Uh, yeah. Ke$ha, Nikki Minaj, Paramore and -" Sonny motioned toward the music "- Hot Chelle Rae." Joe nodded his approval and smiled, listing off his favorite bands and musicians. Ke$sha, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars and Allstar Weekend. Sonny approved of his and they ended up talking about all kinds of music. Stuff they hated, stuff they loved.
"This is my street." Sonny spoke up and Benjamin looked at her through the rearview mirror.
"What building?" he asked her.
"The big apartment building up ahead." Benjamin nodded and continued driving for ten more seconds before slowing down and pulling over to the curb. Sonny unbuckled her seat belt. "Thanks guys, I mean, for the ride. That was really nice of you." They all smiled.
"No problem." Joe said and she blushed, thankful for the darkness of the car. "So, you want us to pick you up tomorrow?"
"Really?" she asked, surprised. He was offering more rides? Why was Joe being so nice to her?
"Well, you did leave your car at the studio."
"Right." Sonny breathed. She had completely forgotten about her mother's SUV. Guess I'll have to bring it back tomorrow. She thought. "Well, I guess you can pick me up tomorrow, but I do usually get there around nine... not twelve." Sonny smirked and Joe chuckled.
"Of course."
"I guess I'll see you guys tomorrow."
"Yeah, see ya." Nick called.
"See ya." Kevin called and Sonny smiled at them as she started to climb out.
"Goodnight, Sonny." Joe said and she faced him, smiling.
"Goodnight, Joe." she waved and stepped out of the limo, closing the door and watching it pull away. She waved again and once she couldn't see the limo anymore, she walked up to the building, going inside her apartment and falling asleep in her bed.
So, what did you think? Did you like it? First interactions and reactions from Joe and Sonny. And what did you guys think about Tawni and Nick? Think I should go any further with them? Let me know. REVIEW!