Sonny With a Real Chance
By Tenshi noyo ryu taiga
WARNING: ADULT THEMES! HEAVY DRINKING OCCURS IN THIS CHAPTER!!!
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Chapter Ten (Part One):
Ally smiled at yet another person as they waved to her on her walk to the back of the set. She nodded at a person as they wished her happy birthday before continuing her trek. She finally made it off the set and walked toward the busy street in front of her. She stopped by the side of the road and held her arm out, hailing a taxi. She walked down the street a little toward where a taxi has passed her before stopping at seeing her arm. Ally opened the door and stuck her foot in, about to swing her body in when she felt someone come up behind her. She twisted her body around in shock, but relaxed when she saw Rob holding his hands up in surrender.
"Sorry. Didn't mean to scare you," Rob smiled.
Ally grinned, "No problem. What's up?"
"Just wanted to wish you happy birthday and to give you your gift."
Her eyebrows raised in surprise as her mouth twitched into a smile, "You didn't have to get me anything."
"Well, we all did," Rob shrugged.
"What?" Ally asked in confusion. Rob merely grinned in obvious amusement and nodded his head to something behind her. Ally turned around to see her cab filled with people that had gotten in through the other door while she was distracted, "You guys!"
"We have to take our girl out on her 18th birthday!" Ally's best friend Nikki grinned, pulling Ally's arm and dragging her into the car, Rob soon following, "We have to get you good and drunk on your first legal night out!"
"I am not getting drunk! We have filming tomorrow!" Ally exclaimed.
"So?" Ashley laughed, "I'm sure everyone'll understand. It's not every day you turn 18."
Kellan laughed, "Yeah, how does it feel?"
Ally smirked playfully, "It's weird. I'm getting all these sudden adult urges," Everyone turned to look at her in surprise at the slightly racy comment, "I feel the need…" She continued in a low, sultry voice, "…to vote."
Everyone paused as their brains caught up with her words before they all broke into laughter.
"So where are you kidnapping me?" Ally asked as she settled back into the seat and wrapped her arms around herself to fight off the chilly air.
"We're taking you out to dinner," Nikki replied as she texted, "Peter, Elizabeth and Jackson had to run back to their hotel rooms to grab your presents, but they say that they're on their way now and should be at the restaurant soon."
"Wow. Everyone's coming, huh?" Ally shivered again as a particularly icy wind swept across her bare arms. Kellan answered her question, but Ally was barely paying attention when faced with Rob's hot breath on her neck as he leaned in close to speak by her ear.
"You cold?" He asked in concern, raising an arm to wrap around her shoulders, using his hands to rub her arms and get them warmer.
"Thanks," Ally smiled, internally melting while her conscious screamed the name of her boyfriend again and again. It was so unfair. No man should be as hot as Rob was. He wasn't even really flirting with her; he was just being nice and her brain just had to interpret it the wrong way.
Ally tore her eyes away from Rob's face to focus on Nikki when she exclaimed that they were there and they all started to climb out of the cab. Ally reached for her back pocket to pay for the car, but Rob stopped her as he pulled out a small wad of money at the same time as Kellan. The two men looked at each other and combined several of their bills to give to the impatient cabbie.
"Elizabeth, Jackson!" Ashley cried out, seeing the duo at the door of the restaurant, "Where's Peter?"
Jackson grinned, giving a hug to the birthday girl before stepping aside to allow Elizabeth the same, "His wife called," He nodded his head to a head of blond pacing across the street, "He said to go on in if you came and he wasn't done yet."
Ally nodded and they all walked into the Chinese restaurant. They grabbed several tables and moved them together to make on large one as they sat down. A waiter came over to get their drinks and hand them menus. Several minutes later, Peter walked in, an apologetic grin on his face as he kissed Ally's cheek and took a seat.
After ordering their food, Nikki pulled out her present from her large tote bag and handed it to Ally, "Here, while we're waiting for our food."
Ally smiled and took the largish package. She removed the card taped to the front and opened it. Her eyes moved quickly as they read through the lines and her mouth twitched into a wide grin as she removed a gift card from where it was taped to the front of the card, "Ooh! A gift card!"
Nikki grinned and gave her a half armed hug, "That was my original gift. We could go shopping together sometime. This," She gestured to the parcel, "I found yesterday and just thought it was so you, so I had to get it."
Ally unwrapped the large present and gasped at the dark leather motorcycle jacket [SEE LINK ABOVE], "Oh. Uhm, this is very beautiful," She smiled awkwardly.
Nikki rolled her eyes, "Don't worry. It's faux leather."
"Oh!" Ally smiled and touched the jacket, feeling how soft it was, "Thank you."
"Well, great minds think alike!" Ashley chirped and handed over a similarly sized gift bag.
"A jacket?" Ally asked as she tore through the tissue paper, "Oooh! Old school military style. It's so cute! Another one? It's off white; very pretty color!"
Rob handed over a card which Ally smilingly took.
"A card, dude? Lame!" Kellan teased. Nikki hit him to make him shut up, not wanting to embarrass Rob.
"Looks aren't as important as what's underneath," Rob smiled. As if on cue, Ally let out a small shriek.
"Concert tickets! Thank you!" Ally gave a tight hug to Rob just as several waiters arrived with their ordered food.
"Thanks!" Kellan grinned as his food was set down, "Hey, can we get beers all around?"
"Sure, sure. ID?" the waiter grinned.
Everyone held out IDs and Ally grinned a little as s he held out hers, now that she was finally legal.
Suddenly, she felt her cell phone ring. She reached down and pulled out her iPhone to read her new emails.
'Hey, Sonny. Just thought I'd send you an ecard. I sent your gift yesterday, so it should be there by now. Happy Birthday! –Chad'
Ally 'awwed'.
"What is it?" Peter asked as he forked a shrimp from his plate.
"My friend Chad just sent me an ecard. He said he sent my present already; I wonder if it's at the hotel…' Ally continued reading her emails.
'Hey, Sonny! Happy birthday! We're really busy at the studio today, so we want to video chat with you tomorrow, okay! See you tomorrow night at nine! –Your friends at So Random'
'Hey, Baby. I've missed you. Hope you remember our plans to web cam tonight. I'll see you then. Happy Birthday. –James'
"Just one beer, guys," Ally said looking serious, "I have to get back to the hotel. My boyfriend is video chatting with me to wish me happy birthday."
"Aww," Ashley grinned.
"You never really talk about him," Elizabeth spoke.
Ally smiled a little, "It's sorta hard. We both work all the time. He's filming in Australia right now, I think. He just started a new movie last week."
"Alright, if we can't get you drunk here, we'll have to come back with you and drink in your room!" Nikki declared, "One cannot turn 18 and not get drunk."
"That's very true," Rob remarked, "It's a tradition that everyone continues."
Ally rolled her eyes but said nothing. Almost two hours later, the group finally stumbled out the door.