Just One Mistake
Chapter 10: Some Happiness for My Life of Shame
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Disclaimer: No, I don't own SWAC. Can someone tell me whether we actually have to do this every single time? It's quite annoying to be honest.
Some of you guessed it was Tawni or something. Well, I'm not telling you, you have to read and find out.
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"Sonny! I've missed you so much!" I looked down the frown that was once upon my face turned upside down.
"Chad?" I asked.
"Yeah Sonny, it's me!"
"Chad!" I squealed as I ran to the door, opening it quickly and running down the stairs as fast as lightning and unlocking the door.
As soon as I got it open Chad appeared and I ran into his arms. "Chad," I wept.
I put my head on his shoulder and he laid his on top of mine.
"I missed you," I cried.
"I missed you too. In fact all of Condor Studios misses you," he told me as he looked into my eyes.
"I want to come back, I hate it here," I told him, tears falling from my eyes and onto his shirt.
"Then why don't you?"
"I can't my dad won't let me. He tells me to suck it up," I said as I pushed aside some of his hair.
"That...!" Chad couldn't find the right words to use; I chuckled silently to myself and rested my head on his chest.
"You can call him a cheese ball," I informed him.
"Thanks, I couldn't find the right word; I find him more than just a cheese ball but I don't think what I was going to say is suitable," he smiled down at me with his award-winning smile, oh how I missed that smile!
"You've only been here a week," he told me with a smirk.
"What are you getting at?"
"You already miss me," he teased and I hit him playfully.
"Of course I did you big dummy!" I frowned at him. "I was sad even before I left, the moment I knew that I had to say goodbye it hit me, like a passing bird hits see-through glass accidently because they are stupid, I realised I was saying goodbye to my whole life."
"Well I brought it back to you," he told me smiling. I smiled too and he bent down and kissed my cheek.
"Sonny?" Grandma's voice interrupted mine and Chad's reunion. We turned to face her and I bit my lip. "Why is there a boy in our house?"
"This is Chad," I told her.
She folded her arms, "Chad—Dylan Cooper?" She asked.
"Yes."
She turned to him and came closer. "This is the boy you love?" She asked me and I blushed lightly, hoping they wouldn't see the pinkness of my cheeks.
I nodded shyly and Chad smiled sincerely.
"Good choice girly."
Chad fixed his tie, obnoxiously showing off in front of her. I elbowed his ribs.
"You must be Sonny's mum. You don't look a day over 30," he said to my grandma with a smirk still on his face.
"Actually," my grandma laughed. "I'm her grandma, and thank you Chad. I am quite hip too," she informed him. "Do you want to see my tattoo?" She asked him with a wide smile as she went to lift up her shirt.
"I'm good," he told her and she nodded.
"So Chad, why are you here exactly? It's nearly midnight."
Chad looked down at his watch and laughed. "That time already?" He said in a whisper. "Oh, I am visiting Sonny."
"It's pretty late for that," she said. "Maybe you should come back tomorrow before Sonny's dad comes back and sees you here."
"Well I'd love to, but..." he paused and walked to the other side of me. "I came all the way from Hollywood and I had no idea it would take that long so I have nowhere to stay..."
Grandma groaned and pulled me aside. "Is this a part of your scheme?" She asked me.
"I don't have a scheme grandma; I didn't even know he'd be coming here. Please let him stay!" I whined.
She rolled her eyes, "Very well."
"Chad, you can stay," she told him. "There's a spare room next to Sonny's that can be yours."
"Thank you," he said as he hugged me to his side.
"And no funny business," she warned us, pointing back and forth between us.
We held up our hands, "Of course not."
She smiled and left the room.
We stood there for a moment in the silence. "Do you want me to show you your room?" I asked him.
"Sure," he said simply.
I grabbed his hand and we headed up stairs. We got to the top of the stairs and I pointed to the left, "That's the main bathroom, but I have one in my room and so does Grandma and dad so you will probably get it to yourself," I informed him. "But that doesn't mean you can leave your boxers lying around on the towel rack or on the floor, alright?" I asked.
"Why would I do that?" He asked with a small chuckle.
I shrugged and pointed to the room next to it, "That's the toilet." Then I towed him down the hall, "And," I said as we stopped in front of the spare room. "This is your room."
I opened it up and we walked in, "Very bare I know," I said.
He shrugged, "Anything's better than staying at some hotel," I laughed alongside him. "So that's your room?" He asked me, pointing at the room next to his.
"No, that's dad's room," I said smiling, "That's my room," I said, pointing to the other side. "Did you bring any stuff?" I asked him.
He looked down at the ground. "Well," he started. "This was more of a surprise 'please come home right now' sort of visit. I was hoping to return home tomorrow."
I frowned and opened my mouth to speak but he cut in, "I hope I'm not hurting you by saying I'm leaving tomorrow," I saw the look in his eyes and turned away.
"Chad, I can't just leave," I informed him, "You don't know how violent my dad can get."
"He won't hurt you," he said, more as a statement than a question.
"I'm not the one that should be cautious," I was trying to tell him that I was completely worried that if Chad did something to upset my dad then he'll go crazy like the nut-ball he actually is and hurt Chad in a way that I cannot and will not forgive him.
I really haven't forgiven him about the move yet anyway.
Chad was quiet for a while but turned to me with a scowl, "So, you think I'm incapable of looking after myself?" He asked.
I shook my head, "No, no Chad! You just don't know what my dad is like."
"You say that a lot."
"Because most of the time I know you weren't listening."
I took his hand and towed him into my room, sitting him down on my bed.
"Am I in trouble?" He asked me.
"...No," I whispered.
"Then... what?"
I stood there for a while in silence and Chad's eyes followed me as I walked back and forth.
"I hate my life," I told him.
"What? Why?"
"Everything has turned upside down since I came here, Chad... I had a big fight with Lucy and now she's dating my ex and everything is just bad! I hate Wisconsin without you guys and my mum."
He grabbed me in a hug and I wrapped my arms around him too. A tear fell down my cheek.
"I hate it here," I cried as more tears fell.
He pulled back and frowned at me, "Don't cry sunshine!" He exclaimed as he wiped my tears away with his thumb.
"It's too late for that!" I wept, "The only good thing about Wisconsin is now that you're in it."
He grabbed my face in his hands and pulled my face up into a kiss.
I wrapped my arms around him again and he did too. I moved my hands up to his head and wove my fingers through his sandy blonde hair. He moved his arms around my waist and we sat down next to each other on the bed, still with locked lips.
"Sonny!" My dad's voice called from outside the door.
I pulled away from Chad and jumped off my bed, throwing myself in front of the door so he couldn't open it. Chad looked startled.
The door nob rattled, "Sonny, are you in there?"
"Uh, yeah! But I'm changing so go away!" I called through the door.
Chad got up and came over to me, "What was that for?"
"If my dad came in here and saw me making out with you on my bed he'd use a certain something of yours for a nice game of tennis!" I hissed and his eyes widened.
"He's disgusting!" Chad cried.
I nodded as Chad grabbed me around the waist, in a sidewards, awkward kind of hug.
I backed away from the door and paced back and forth, "This isn't good!"
"What isn't?"
"You!" I cried.
"I'm not? Not what? Not a good kisser?" He asked, shocked and what seemed to be like, appalled.
"No, no, no!" I said, "In fact you're an amazing kisser!"
He smiled cockily.
"You're not supposed to be here!" I cried again.
"But your grandma said-"
"That's my grandma though! She thinks she's 17! She skateboards and does all these crazy stunts! I'm surprised she hasn't had a heart attack or killed herself yet," I informed him.
"Oh so you want me to go?" He asked with his arms crossed.
"No!" I yelled.
"Then what?" He yelled back.
"I don't know!"
"Why are you so afraid that I'll get hurt?" He asked me as he sat down on my bed.
I inhaled deeply and rested my hands over my face. As I took my hands away I noticed Chad staring intently at me. I slowly took another breath and lifted up my shirt.
His eyes fell down to my stomach and they widened.
"Sonny!" He gasped as he grabbed me and towed me back to the bed, still looking at the massive scar that stretched from my belly button to my hip. "What the hell is that?"
"My dad did it to me, when I was seven. I misbehaved and he punished me for it. I lied to everyone and told them I was using grandma's skateboard and fell off onto a sharp object, I have never told anyone it was my dad who did it."
I started to cry again, "And you must promise you won't tell anyone I showed you. If my dad finds out I dobbed on him, I will be in a bigger situation than I already am. Keep it on a down-low, please, for me?"
He trailed his fingers across the scar and nodded rapidly, "I promise, Sonny."
I grabbed him in a hug and rested my head on his shoulder, "Thank you, Chad."
I pulled my head around and touched my lips to his again, just in time for my dad to walk in the room...
"Sonny Munroe!" He yelled loudly, causing Chad to jump up and back up to the other end of my room, I closed my eyes and sighed heavily.
"What the hell is going on here? Who is this boy? More importantly why is there a boy in your room?" His voice boomed through the room and grandma rushed into the room and stood in front of me protectively.
"Nicholas!" She yelled over him and he stared at her wildly.
"What!"
"Don't talk to her that way! I knew Chad was in her room, I said he could stay the night because he came all the way from Hollywood to see her and I don't want him sleeping in his car!" Grandma told him, waging her finger in his chest.
"Mum, I don't want my daughter with a boy in her room, and especially not with her lips all over him!"
"What?" She asked as she stared between me and Chad.
"I walked in the room to see that boy all over Sonny!"
"He wasn't all over me, dad, we were just kissing!" I complained as Chad walked up behind me, a scared look on his face.
"And if I didn't walk in what could've happened?" He asked and Chad shook his head.
"No, no, sir, I'm not that irresponsible!" He said with his hands up defensively, "Besides we're way too young for that."
I nodded, "Chad is very responsible, dad, and..." I looked back at him, pulling his hand so he came up next to me. "And I love him," I said as I looked up at Chad with a smile.
Grandma awed and dad scowled, "You never told me you had a boyfriend, Sonny."
"Well, we're not really..." I trailed off ad Chad squeezed me; I looked up at him and smiled again, "No, I guess I didn't tell you."
"Well, if Chad is your boyfriend, I guess I should get to know him better," he told me, "Boy," he said, catching Chad's full attention. "Do you like hunting?"
"Um, no sir."
"Football?"
He shook his head again and gave me a look, "You can certainly pick them, girl."
"Well, Chad is the star of Mackenzie Falls, he doesn't get time for anything like hunting or football," I informed them.
"Oh I've heard of Mackenzie Falls," dad said and Chad smiled, "I heard it was the number one teen drama show."
Chad nodded, "Yes sir, it is."
"He's got good manners," dad muttered with a shy smile.
"Only when he's trying to suck up to people," I added with a smirk and Chad's smile turned into a frown.
"Joking!" I laughed.
We all stood there in silence for a while until dad broke it, "SO!" He yelled, causing Chad and I to jump. "I guess you better get to bed guys, it's late."
"Yeah," I whispered as dad exited without another word.
Grandma looked at me and Chad and said, "You two make an adorable couple," that left us with a smile.
"Sonny, go grab Chad some pyjamas," she told me as she kissed my cheek and patted Chad's shoulder and left the room. "Night guys!" She yelled back to us.
"Night grandma!" I yelled to her. Chad stayed silent.
I reached into my cupboard and threw him his old t-shirt that I still had and I threw him some khaki knee-length shorts.
"Hey I had a shirt like this," he commented as he walked into my bathroom to change.
I blushed a deep shade of red and sat down on my bed, waiting for him to come back out of the bathroom.
I grabbed a singlet top and some shorts and threw them on before he came back out, I sat back down on my bed and he came out.
"So..." He said as he sat down next to me.
"Yup," I said, popping the 'p'.
I leant over and kissed his cheek as I pulled his hand so he stood up in front of me.
"Better say goodnight," I whispered to him.
"Night Sonny," he whispered back.
He leaned down and kissed me, short yet passionately.
We pulled away from each other and he walked to my door, "I love you Chad," I called before he exited.
He smiled at me, "I love you too."
He closed the door and I sat down on my bed with a giant grin on my face.
Wisconsin has finally gotten better.
Chad's POV
I turned on my phone as I jumped in the covers of the spare bed in the spare room.
There were fourteen messages there and I rolled my eyes. All of them were from my mum.
'Chad, explain this letter you left.'
'CHAD.'
'Call me when you get this message.'
'Are these messages even coming through to your phone?'
'Why did you leave without a proper explanation? You better text back ASAP, Chad, you're in major trouble!'
'Devon informed me that you were talking to him about going after that Sonny girl. Why?'
'Are you in love with her, Chad?'
'Chad Dylan Cooper, answer my texts NOW!'
'Why did you run away?'
'YOU LOVE SONNY MUNROE! And no I didn't read your diary, but I know you have a diary!'
'I know I've sent you a billion texts, but you haven't replied, or answered your phone! When you get these messages I want you to call immediately and explain what is going on with you! You have been acting different lately. I need an explanation young man!'
'Chad, please, I'm not trying to sound like a drama queen but I need to know what is happening to my little Chaddy! I love you young man and if this girl if affecting your career she mustn't be worth it.'
'Scratch that last message. I just want the best for you Chad and don't want you to fall into something you're not ready to fall into. You've never felt this way about a girl, have you? We need to talk, so call me now!'
'Either call me or stay with that girl, you must like her so much to abandon your mum without an explanation. But don't do something you'll regret. I love you Chad. Call me and we'll talk this through. And never leave again without informing me first, I worry about you sometimes Chad.'
I groaned and hit reply, quickly typing a short reply for her...
'I love Sonny. You don't need to know anything else.'
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End of chapter 10. I'm so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so sorry that I haven't uploaded in AGES, but I am apologizing from the bottom of my heart.
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