When Chad arrived at Sonny's he was still a bit white. He let himself in and walked toward Sonny's bedroom where he found her sitting back against the wall, knees pulled tightly up against her chest. He walked over to her and slip down the wall, mocking her position.
"Hey." He said, letting out a breath.
"Hey." Sonny replied back in the same manor.
-Silence-
"You slept yet?"
"Nope. You?"
"15...20 minutes top."
Sonny turned to face Chad, "Sorry.."
"You can sleep now if you want."
"I don't think so."
"Ill just go lay on the couch or something."
"No, I can't."
"No, really, I wont mind."
"No Chad!" Sonny stood up, "You don't get it. I can't sleep!" She paced back and fourth, "Every time I close my eyes…I see his."
"But your safe." Chad replied, standing and putting a hand on Sonny's back, "That's why I'm here."
"I know, but I still can't."
"Well maybe if you lay down, you'll get tired."
Sonny sighed, "Okay." she agreed and pulled back the covers to get queen sized bed, slipping her legs under one by one and pulling them back over her body.
Chad sat down on the outher side of the bed and folded his legs in Indian style.
"Getting tired yet?" He asked.
"Nope."
"Well, you will. Just give it some time.."
Sonny fell asleep just under 10 minutes after she laid down. Chad and he had talked for a while about nothing in particular to help her sleep and it worked.
Gently, Chad stood up, Careful not to shake the bed enough to wake her, before slipping out of her bedroom and closing the door.
'Now what?' he thought to himself.
As Chad eyelids became heavier he stumbled into the living room to sleep on the couch just in time to watch the picture window be shattered by a rock.
'What the hell?'
Now wide awake Chad ran out the door.
"What the hell are you doing!" he screamed down to the parking lot below.
"Hey there Cooper."
"Derek." Chad gritted his teeth, "You need to go."
Derek jumped on top of the hood of his truck and threw his hands in the air, "Last I knew this was a free country."
"I'm not kidding Bentley, you've got about two minutes before I call the cops!"
"Ha, to scared to come down here yourself huh?"
"I'm not scared of you."
"Oh yeah? How's you eye?" Derek sneered
Chad's hand when up to his still bruised eye, "Fine actually, no thanks to you dirty shot."
Derek laughed.
"You've got one minuet Derek."
"Having fun sleeping with my bitch?" Derek laughed, Jumping from the hood of his car over to Chad's and began to stomp up and down on it.
"Sonny is not your bitch!" Chad yelled
"Oh, she's my bitch." Derek replied back matter of fact like.
Chad grabbed a rock and chucked it at hard as he could down at Dereks twisted face. He missed though, and the rock broke the window to his own car sending Derek into a laughing fit as he jumped down.
"Nice shot Cooper."
"What are you accomplishing by doing this to her?"
"Just ignore him Chad." came Sonny's voice form the doorway behind Chad, causing him to jump.
Chad turned around to see her standing there, hiding tears in her eyes. It made him sick looking at the peppy girl cry.
And Derek herd her come out as well.
"Hey Baby! Change your mind? You know ill be better in bed than that looser!"
Chad turned back around to Derek, his face fuming, and raised his voice even louder.
"Derek leave right now!" Chad yelled, words hard as steel.
"Well why don't you just come down here and make me! Huh?" Derek laughed.
"Chad, just come inside, its not worth it." Sonny pleaded, but it was too late. Chad was already halfway down the stairs heading for Derek.
Without any thought Chad sprinted up to Derek and began to take wild swings at him. The first two missed causing Derek to laugh even harder, but the third connected square on his nose, which shut him up pretty fast.
Derek stumbled backward as blood poured from his likely broken nose and he led out a never ending string of cuss words.
Chad drew in another deep breath, still not satisfied with himself, and pulled back his leg.
The blow connected again, this time with Derek's chest, and left him breathless on his knees gasping for air.
"Get the hell out of here." Chad spat, looking over his work before turning around to walk back up too Sonny.
Leaving him vulnerable.
So he couldn't see Derek jump back to his feet.
Or the look of fire in his eyes.
Or reach into his pocket.
Short, but SO important. : )
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