Sonny With a Real Chance
By Tenshi noyo ryu taiga
Disclaimer: Chad's birthday gift was taken from Sonny in the Kitchen With Dinner.
WARNING: ADULT THEMES! HEAVY DRINKING OCCURS IN THIS CHAPTER!!!
Chapter Ten (Part Two):
Rob wandered away from the others a little bit and pulled out a cigarette. He was searching for a lighter in one of his jean pockets when Ally walked over to him.
"Hey. Can I try one?" She asked curiously.
Rob paused in his searching, slightly surprised, "You want a smoke?"
"I'm 18 now," Ally replied defensively, "I've always been kinda curious."
Rob shrugged and cautiously gave her a cigarette before reaching out the lighter he finally found. Ally took a small breath and gave a tiny cough causing Rob to smile a little.
"Impressive. My first inhale had me coughing and basically choking."
Ally breathed in again, "It's not bad," The two turned to listen to the others speak as they both continued their smoking.
"Alright, guys! Who's going with us to Ally's for drinking and whose being a wimp and going home?" Nikki cried out.
"I'm being a wimp," Peter grinned.
"Me too," Elizabeth waved as she started to walk away, "You'll find I'm much too old to be drinking like a teenager again."
"Nonsense!" Kellan laughed as he waved down a taxi, "So, this is all of us?"
There stood Robert, Ally, Ashley, Jackson, Nikki and of course, Kellan.
"Ally! You're smoking?" Nikki cried out in surprise, causing the other three to look at the duo a few feet away.
Ally shrugged, finishing off her cigarette and flicking it to the ground and stomping on it, "I figured I'd give it a try. You know, satisfy my curiosity."
"That's how it always starts…" Kellan warned, his hand reaching into his pocket to take out his own cigarette, but Ashley slapped it away.
"If you want to smoke, smoke at Ally's. She has a balcony. We have to get in the car now before the short, angry cabbie-man murders us and gets rid of our bodies."
They all squeezed into the taxi and arrived at Ally's hotel shortly after.
As soon as Ally entered her room, she turned on her computer before leaving her bedroom to go back with the others in her common room. Nikki had picked up the phone and she and Kellan were calling in an assortment of beers for room service to bring up. They also ordered ice cream and some snacks so that the alcohols wouldn't go to their heads too quickly.
The six of them put in a movie and talked as they drank their beers and just generally hung out. An hour later, Ally looked up at the clock before swearing.
"Oh, shit!" Ally screamed as she jumped up from the couch. She leaned heavily against the arm as the world whirled around her before stumbling to the bedroom to video chat with James.
"Sonny? Finally! …Are you drunk?" James asked incredulously from her computer.
"Noo… A little," She slurred, "I'm just buzzed."
James laughed, "I guess you're celebrating in style. Happy birthday, Baby," James smiled.
"Haha! Happy birthday!" Ally replied before pausing, "Wait, that's not right."
"Wow, you are gone," James laughed, "Maybe I should call back later, okay?"
Ally opened her mouth to respond when Rob stuck his head through the door, "Hey, Luv. Are you coming back?"
Ally replied, "In a minute," and watched as Rob walked out the door in front of her.
"Who was that?" James asked coldly.
"What? Oh, that was Rob. We're working together," Ally smiled.
James scowled, "He's British? What does he look like?"
Ally blinked, "What?" Her eyes widened in comprehension, "You're jealous? That's so ridiculous!"
"Is it? I haven't seen you in months and you're working with some guy. I'm not stupid. I know you find British accents attractive!"
Ally shook her head, "I also find blonds attractive, but I'm not dating one. You have no reason to be jealous."
"Yeah, right," James crossed his arms.
"Okay, I think we should stop right here before we say things that we can't take back, okay. I'll talk to you tomorrow," Ally spoke, reaching her hand out to shut off her computer.
"Yeah, go back to your Brit," James sneered causing Ally to pause before pressing the off button firmly, watching his face fade to black.
Ally stood and walked back to the common room where the group had put in another movie,
"Everything alright?" Rob asked as she sat down between him and Ashley.
"I just got into a fight with James."
"What happened?" Nikki asked from a chair across the coffee table.
"He just got really jealous of Rob."
"What?" Rob asked in surprise, turning to face her.
"He heard your voice and got really upset. He says that because we haven't seen each other in a few months, that I must be seeing someone else," Ally curled into herself.
"That's crap," Kellan responded.
Ally nodded, "I know. I'll call him back tomorrow and hopefully he'll have cooled off. I think he was just upset, I'm sure he didn't mean it."
The group nodded and politely changed the subject. Two hours later, the movie was finished. Rob was sleeping, his body tilted so far to the left, he was practically falling off. Ally had her head in his lap, her body spread sideways with her legs in Ashley's lap. Ashley was curled up facing Ally with her legs curled up under Ally's thighs and her head lowered to rest on Ally's calves.
Kellan, Nikki and Jackson, not wanting to wake up their friends, took the remaining beers and went into Ally's room.
There they found a package on Ally's desk.
"We shouldn't open it, it's probably a gift," Jackson scolded, but made no physical move to stop them.
"Come on, she won't care!" Kellan prodded.
"Wait! There's an easy fix!" Nikki walked back into the other room to prod Ally awake. Giving sleepy permission, Ally went back to sleep, "She said yes!" Nikki exclaimed and made a beeline for the package.
She opened it to reveal a picture frame of a smiling blond, "To Sonny, my biggest fan. Happy birthday. Chad Dylan Cooper."
"Who's Chad Dylan Cooper?" Kellan asked.
"Beats me," Nikki responded, carelessly tossing the picture onto the bed.
