Okay so this is the 14th chapter as I promised. Hope you like it…. *fingers crossed*
Sonny's POV
"Allison! You've got a call from Lucy." My mom called from downstairs. I ran down the stairs and took the phone.
Hey Ally, look, we've got some change in plans.
"What?"
Um…well, Chris and I are kinda going together to the Prom. And…
"Oh… so that's the thing? Don't worry, I'll not disturb you guys."
Uh…Thanks, see you at the Prom!
"Bye, oh Lucy wait!"
Uhuh?
"Best of luck" I chuckled and put down the receiver.
"Mom! I need a ride to school"
Chris' POV
Good. The plan is going good so far. Lucy and I are being each other's 'dates'. One, because we can stay together to get the plan in action. So here I am driving to her house.
"Show time." I whispered before ringing the doorbell. Mrs. Shawaski opened the door.
"Oh hey Chris. Come in, she's just touching up." She said giving me a warm smile. Just as I looked up I saw Lucy coming down. She looked gorgeous.
"Hey, you look…wow" I whispered. For the first time I was at a loss of words.
"Yeah…you too…shall we go?" She smiled as I opened the door for her. On our way to school, all we discussed was about our plan. Now that I think over it, it's not that great though. But still, it's the only thing we could come up with in such a short period of time.
Sonny's POV
"Thanks mom. See you later, bye!" I kissed my mom good bye and promised to be back by nine thirty. Just then I saw Chris' car driving up to the parking lot. I smiled and walked towards it.
"Hey guys!" I said as stood behind the car. But I don't know why, they both jumped in their seats, scared, as if they were not expecting me.
"H…hey So-Ally!" Chris stammered. I gave them a confused look from which they seemed to calm down.
"So excited for the prom, huh?" Lucy said grinning. I smiled back. Honestly, I was not that excited. As we walked in, everyone roared in dismay. I know that it was because of me. Some people gave me dirty looks while some gave me sympathetic smiles.
"Don't look at them. They are all jerks." Lucy whispered. But obviously, how could one not notice almost 20 pairs of eyes staring at them. I decided to go and have something to eat.
"Lets see what we have…ice cream… peanut butter balls…chocolate cakes…shrimp…chicken nuggets….totally cheese?" What is that?
"This is has a big amount of cheese in it. Want some?" A girl noticed my confused expression and told me what it was.
"No thanks, I'm…dieting." I said. I did not like a lot of cheese. It was all a Nico and Grady kind of stuff. I smiled at how they could've reacted if they saw this. They would probably rob away the whole store of 'totally cheese'. Just then I realized what I was thinking and a tear threatened to escape from my right eye. I quickly wiped it away and went to talk to some people who don't hate me.
(an hour later, 8:30pm)
All most everything here at the prom is taking me back to Condor Studios. The prom queen made me think of Tawni, the security guard made me think of Zora. I swear I will faint if I get more.
"Okay guys! Here's a new activity for our lame prom. Karaoke!" Yelled Lucy and everyone buzzed in excitement. Lucy was the host of the prom.
Chris' POV
That's our plan. And in that bowl from where Josh will pick a card has the cards bearing only one name, Allison. I know, old trick. But that does work sometimes.
Allison's POV
"Josh, can u please come and pick a card?" Lucy said politely. He went up the stage and gave one card from the bowl to Lucy.
"And you have to sing with… Allison Monroe!" She said in a sing song voice. At first I could not understand a thing. Then Carter, Lucy's lab partner, pushed me ahead.
"C'mon Ally!" Lucy smiled. I just walked timidly to the stage and took the microphone. Many people roared in disgust. I looked at Josh and he just gave me a warm smile. I looked at the song- Cause we belong together. I took a deep breath and started but nothing came out. I looked at Lucy and gave her a 'I can do it' look. Just then I felt Josh take my hand in his. He gave me and smile. We looked up at the teleprompter and I started. The song was divided so that it was duet.
Guess this means you're sorry
You're standing at my door
Guess this means you take back
All you said before
Like how much you wanted
Anyone but me
Said you'd never come back
But here you are again
Now, that thing came out timidly. I took another deep breath and sang with Josh.
'Cause we belong together now, yeah
Forever united here somehow, yeah
You got a piece of me
And honestly,
My life (my life) would suck (would suck) without you
I don't know what was happening, but I felt sad. I thought of So Random, Mackenzie Falls, the studio, my secret prom and everything from back there. It was like a video playing with the suave voice of Josh in the background.
Baby I was stupid for telling you goodbye
Maybe I was wrong for tryin' to pick a fight
I know that I've got issues
But you're pretty messed up too
Either way, I found out I'm nothing without you
Why is this happening? What is happening to me?
'Cause we belong together now, yeah
Forever united here somehow, yeah
You got a piece of me
And honestly,
My life (my life) would suck (would suck) without you
Being with you
Is so dysfunctional
I really shouldn't miss you
But I can't let you go
Oh yeah
'Cause we belong together now, yeah
Forever united here somehow, yeah
You got a piece of me
And honestly,
My life (my life) would suck (would suck) without you
'Cause we belong together now, yeah
Forever united here somehow, yeah
You got a piece of me
And honestly,
My life (my life) would suck (would suck) without you
I had enough. I just ran off the stage as the song ended. Tears falling freely from my eyes. I heard Lucy and Chris calling after me but I ignored it and ran out in the parking lot. I sobbed as all the memories refreshed. I leaned against a car and cried my heart out. Suddenly I heard someone speak softly. "That's my car you know?"
I looked up to see Josh standing there with his hands in his pockets, smirking at me. Just like Chad did…
"I'm…sorry." I hastily getting up and wiping away my tears with the back of my hand.
"No, no, it's…okay" he said softly. Then there was complete silence. That silence was making me go back into my emotional outburst. I controlled myself and spoke up.
"You have a great voice."
"Ah…thanks…I…your voice is fabulous too." He shuttered.
"So you wanna go for a walk?" I guess he understood that I could not go back in. I nodded and walked with him. There is a park just opposite to the school. We decided to go there. For about five minutes we walked in silence.
"So um…why were you…I mean…why did you run off the stage like that?" he asked in a soft voice. I knew that was gonna come. I closed my eyes for a second took a deep breath and decided to tell him.
"I just…I miss LA…a lot. I don't know what happened but that song somehow seemed similar to my life. When we were singing it…it just got refreshed. And now if you want to run away from 'jerkessa', you're free to go and make fun of me." A tear rolled down my right eye as I said that.
"Why would I do that?" he asked timidly.
"Cause almost the whole school hates me."
"But I don't come in 'almost the whole'."
"How is that possible. You're a friend of Beth and she is the one who hates me the most."
"Honestly, I don't like her. She is rude towards everyone and I don't like rude people. And, I kinda think you are innocent." I felt better hearing that the boy I liked was on my side. Yes, I liked him and I thought no one could be better than him. I thought no one could be better than anyone here. But I was wrong, totally wrong. There is a boy who is better. There is a girl who is really cares for me. There are two boys who are funnier than anyone and there is a girl who is weird but is also smarter than everyone.
"Thanks."
"Can you…I mean if you don't mind…what happened that day?" he asked still in a really soft voice. I sighed and told him everything. Tears spilled continuously from my eyes.
"….and that's how I got my life ruined. Apparently she kept her word. She did ruin my life." I finished. He looked really dumbstruck
"That's so evil of her! That's so evil of everyone. I mean…they were your friends and….why did they take her side.?" He asked.
"Well, I guess cause she is a old friends and I was just a new comer."
"Jerks…you know? Forget them. Forget everything. You're here now. You have your friends, mum and grandma all here to be with you forever…even me" He spoke so timidly that I could not help but smile at his cuteness.
"Ah…Allison…um…I was thinking…I mean just if you have no problem…will…will you go out with me?" he looked really nervous when he said that. He was the first boy who had asked me out, (well after that James Conroy) this was really special. It felt good. As if I was floating in the air. But it was not extreme happiness. There were no fireworks in my head.
"Yes. Sure." I said hugging him. I felt good. He hugged me back and we stood there like that for about 2 minutes.
"Thank you." He muttered as we pulled away. I looked in his eyes and saw pure joy. They were a great shade of brown. At first glance you would think they are black. But then there is this chocolatey tinge in it. I like that clam oceanic blue better… I pushed that thought away listened to his plan for tomorrow.
"Oh! It's almost 9:30. I gotta go home, bye!" I said as I looked at my watch in horror
"Wait, I'll drop you" We walked to his car silently. The ride home was also not that happening, we just talked about school.
"Well, thanks for everything Josh." I said as we stood outside my door.
"That's nothing. Anything for you… Sonday." Sonday? That's a cute nickname. Not a really cute one but still it's good. But before I knew he gave me a quick peck on my cheek.
"Good night" he said timidly.
"Night" I whispered as he walked away. I unlocked the door and entered my house to find mom standing there ready for a speech.
"Allison Jane Monroe. You're late!"
"Well mom, there's a reason…"
"That better be good."
"You know Josh?"
"Yeah"
"He asked me out!" I said and she hugged me so tight that I was out of breath. I told her everything. Yes, everything, even that song thing.
"Well that's great darling. Now go wash up and go to bed. You gotta wake up early for school."
I kissed my mom goodnight and went up to my room. I got out of those itchy clothes ,washed up and did all those things I daily do before going to bed like brushing, flossing and stuff. I laid down on the bed and just then my phone beeped.
From: Josh
To: Allison
Hey, can't wait to see you tomorrow!
From: Allison
To: Josh
Aww…That's cheesy 3 3
From: Josh
To: Allison
I really like you Allison.
From: Allison
To: Josh
Same here Josh, Good Night…
From Josh
To: Allison
Good Night
I sighed as I read the last message. I bit my lip in excitement and turned my phone off. As I turned to keep it on the side table, something caught my eye. His photograph. A tear slipped down from the corner of my eye. I closed my eyes and soon fell asleep but the voice inside my head kept bugging me. You are just settling for him…You don't him…Your settling for him…
And this is it. It took a lot of thinking to bring this out. And yeah, that karaoke thing is too… old. Anyways, tell me how you thought it was. How is Chris and Lucy? Don't worry I'm not gonna do their story. How is Josh? Is good to you? I made him sweet but not better than Chad. Readers please review! Please' o please' o please' o!