-1So Cold
Chapter 8: When It Rains, It Pours
Previously:
"Chad!" she yelled, "This is a great opportunity! You should be glad Marshall's even considering you! You should be really glad Mr. Condor even let him consider that!"
"Look," he said, his tone softening, "Let me get through this shit with my parents first, then…I don't know. I'm going to have to seriously think about this."
Sonny half-smiled at him. Chad glanced at her out of the corner of his eye.
"Really, Sonny, Really?" he said, shaking his head slowly, "Don't get all excited though. Just because I'm considering this doesn't mean I want to be involved with you and the kid or that I want to get married, or that it's about anything other than me. My world, is me, and that's all. There's no room for anyone else."
Later, that night, Sonny was laying in her room, flipping through the channels when she landed on an old episode of "Mackenzie Falls".
"Look Penelope, summer's almost over and once fall comes back to The Falls, I need to be free."
Sonny sighed, suddenly feeling extremely sorry for Chad. She had spent all this time feeling sorry for herself, when she didn't take the time to worry about anyone else.
She rolled over and grabbed her phone from her nightstand and touched the screen, about to call Chad when a Sharonda update flashed up on the screen. It read: "A Bad Song Turns Into A Great Headline: Does Chad Dylan Cooper Make Good Girls Go Bad?"
"Oh no!"
Sonny sat up and tapped the icon that would take her onto the internet, but was suddenly bombarded with texts. Two duplicate messages from Nico, one from Tawni, three from Grady and one from Zora, all asking the same thing. If she checked the Sharonda update.
She clicked out of her texts and linked to the internet and went to the site. The blog came up and her heart skipped a few beats when the same headline came up above a picture of her and Chad.
She scrolled down and began to read:
"Thanks to an unmentioned sorce, a.k.a. Portlyn of "Mackenzie Falls", I was alerted that there was a not only a hot new celebrity couple on the scene, but a Hollywood baby as well. Yes, you heard it here first, from me, Sharonda, that Chad Dylan Cooper from "Mackenzie Falls" and Sonny Monroe from that second highest rated show, are having a baby, TOGETHER! More details as I get them, and you know I will. Love, Sharonda."
"Chad's gonna be so mad," she whined, "and we nearly made a breakthrough today!"
She got up off her bed and ran downstairs and walked into the kitchen to where her mom was standing, taking a microwave lasagna out of the freezer.
"Mom, have you seen this?" she said.
Ms. Monroe turned and looked over at the screen.
"You know I don't subscribe to that sort of stuff. They're spreading lies about my daughter." she said.
"Not this time." Sonny stated.
"What?" Ms. Monroe took the phone out of her hand and scrolled then read aloud, "A hot new celebrity couple on the scene, but a Hollywood baby as well."
Sonny rolled her eyes in annoyance.
"How did she find out this fast?" her mom exclaimed, "Well, how did Portlyn find out this fast?"
"I guess Chad told her after his rant in my dressing room. I really don't think he would've told though." she said.
"Oh well, there's nothing you can do about it now. Sonny, didn't you figure people would find out?" Ms. Monroe said.
"Well, I kind of figured that, but I didn't want it to happen until later." she said.
"There's nothing you can do now. If Sharonda knows, the whole world knows." her mother said.
"Mom!" Sonny exclaimed.
"Well, I'm just being honest with you, honey. I can't sugar coat something as serious is this." she said.
"Ugh, I know. I wish you could." Sonny replied.
After they ate, Sonny went back up to her room and dared to turn on her computer. It began to rain softly as she pulled up the Tween Weekly page first. As soon as it came up the scrolling headline read: "BREAKING NEWS: Sonny Monroe is pregnant…and you won't guess who's the father!" She rolled her eyes and pulled up another tab. She typed in the address for Perez Hilton. She drummed her fingers on the desk as the page loaded. Sure thing. The newest post contained a studio promotional of her and Chad, back to pack. She then brought up one more and looked on Just Jared. Yep, there was a picture of her shopping with Tawni, then a split screen with Chad's infamous "Falls" picture.
"I am never going to be able to leave my house again." she said slowly, as she heard the rain pick up and a loud clap of thunder made her jump. She quickly shut her computer down to protect it from the storm.
"Just dance, gonna be okay. Just dance, spin that record babe." her iPhone played loudly.
Sonny walked over and looked at the caller I.D. It read: "UNKNOWN NUMBER".
"Who in the world?"
She stared down at her phone, contemplating if it would be wise to answer or not. She bit on the edge of her red painted nail, still staring down at her phone. The ringing finally stopped and the missed call icon came up. She tapped the "Ok" and began to walk back to her desk when the phone rang again. Again, "UNKNOWN NUMBER" was visible.
"Really?" she said.
"Oh well, I can always hang up." she thought.
She pressed the "Answer" icon and put the phone up to her ear, "Hello?"
"Is this Sonny Monroe?"
"Yes." she sighed, already knowing who it was. That Spanish accent was non-mistakable.
"This is Santiago Geraldo. I have heard of your good, or, not so good news."
"You and everyone else in the world." she said sarcastically.
Santiago laughed slightly, "Well that's what happens when there's news about a mom-to-be."
Sonny flinched at his words, "Did you get hired by Chad or Portlyn?"
"Neither," he said, "If you wanted to report on your story. I wanted to be the one that called first, since I am, Santiago Geraldo!"
"Okay, um," Sonny paused, "Chad and I are going to report on a special episode of 'So Random'. So, I'm not in need of your services right now."
Santiago sighed, "Okay. When you do, I'm only a phone call away."
"Thank you." Sonny said quickly, hanging up the phone.
"Great." She said as soon as she hung up, "Now he's going to be all 'Pregnant teen diva chews out your own Santiago Geraldo'."
She rolled her eyes and sat her phone down on her desk. She flopped back-first down on the bed and looked up at the ceiling.
"This cannot be happening. Really. God, when you decide to wake me up, I promise I'll start calling grandma more often. Oh, and I'll finally tell Tawni I got chocolate milk on her favorite unicorn shirt that day when I borrowed it." she said.
Sonny was thrown out of her daze when the doorbell rang from downstairs. She glanced over in the direction of the door, waiting her mothers usual "Sonny, get the door!".
A few seconds passed, nothing happened. The doorbell rang again. She listened closer and heard the pops and cracks of the hardwood flooring, meaning her mother had obviously gotten up to get the door. She then heard the door come open and her mother let out a loud gasp, followed by something she would have never expected.
"Chad?" her mother gasped.
Sonny got up at a lightening fast speed, throwing her room door open, then proceeding to bolt down the stairs.
"Sonny, how many times do I have to tell you to be careful! You cannot get hurt!" Ms. Monroe directed her attention back to her daughter.
Sonny ignored her mother and stared at the boy in the threshold of their home. He was wearing his usual "Falls" outfit, except he had no jacket on and his shirt was drenched with water. His hair was a tousled mess, his hands clenched into fists.
"Look," he said, "I know I didn't agree to help Sonny, but I think, because of certain circumstances that I should. Today, I found out I was going to become a father, I lost my job, and my parents kicked me out. I have no place to go, and I'm sorry."
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This chapter was really short and I'm so sorry! It's going to continue to get longer. Oh, and you guys should know, I definitely love me some Cobra Starship, so the comment Sharona made had nothing to do with my personal opinion, it was just a spark I had. It also sounded like something she would say. I'm going to put up a setlist for this story on my profile so watch out for it! New chapter aught to come out sometime tomorrow.
