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Chapter 13 Seeking Comfort
"So did you guys have a plan set up?" Sonny couldn't help but ask after seeing the two F4 members arriving to the designated spot right on time. The designated spot was in front of Sonny and Lucy's work place where the two girls have arrived a couple of minutes prior to the boys arrival.
"Not really. We never do." Devon spoke honestly nodding to himself as if recalling all past childhood events that would ever fit into this situation. "Nope we just kind of go with the 'flow'"
Lucy only sighed as she can already feel the headache coming in so early in the morning. Yes, everyone got up bright and early, and currently it is 8:30 in the morning, and of course a school day. Somehow these two were going to have both of their absences excused from the record. With their amount of power it's no surprise.
"Well, we don't have much to go on..." Sonny couldn't help admit feeling a little depress at their small amount of evidence. Was all this foolish to do? Nico's firm hand on her shoulder stopped her from continuing her thoughts.
"Don't worry, we got this!" Nico's contagious smile was enough to set a smile spread to Sonny's face.
"Thank you, all of you."
"Hey, Hey! Don't get too emotional already!" Devon quickly caught on the dangerous tone, that he knew all to well. It already felt awkward as it was, being with Sonny and her strange friend, adding tears to this situation would just add to it. "Thank us, after we catch that guy!"
"Yeah they're right Sonny!" Lucy patter her friend on the back, and all tears brimming in Sonny's eyes disappeared within an instant. Sonny smiled, determined more than ever to prove her innocence.
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"Chad? Are you in here?" It was a feminine voice that echoed through the quiet room. the presence of the room still had the same feeling as before, the heavy atmosphere made it feel like there was no oxygen in the room, no room to move around.
"Who the hell are you?" Was the response she received, and being startled with the vicious response the female jumped and held back the scream itching to come out from her throat. She turned around to find the man sitting in his own miniature living room inside his own bedroom. She approached him, to find him blankly starring at a complete jigsaw puzzle.
"It's me Portlyn, Sonny's friend." As if on cue, Chad reacted to the name and turned to look at her. Portlyn could tell it took a couple of seconds for the man to recognize, and then he nodded and turned away from her.
"So? What are you doing here?"
"I-I came here to help you."
Chad only chuckled as his rested his hands on his knees squeezing his hands together, frustrated and annoyed with the woman's appearance.
"Enlighten me, help me with what?"
"With your curiosity. I know you are dying to find out whether Sonny is speaking the truth or not. Chad, I will help you find that answer." Portlyn fought hard to keep her voice from sounding desperate. Her eyes however betrayed her, her steadied gaze on Chad was unfazed. She observed him continue to look at the puzzle piece, not sparring her a second glance, it irritated her.
As if some stupid jigsaw puzzle was more beautiful than her.
"Don't make me laugh..." Chad sarcastically remarked bringing Portlyn's attention. Chad's smile, instantly melted down to a frown, as he turned to look at Portlyn. Chad noticed the familiar gaze the woman was giving him, it was no different from any other girl at school that craved for his attention. "You make me sick, get out of here."
"But Chad-"
"Don't make me repeat myself..."
Portlyn knew that the man was serious as he stood up and gave her a bone-chilling look that showed his dominance. A shiver of electricity ran down her whole system infecting her heart as she observed the man's back as he walked to the window. How infectious that look was? It fried her whole system, leaving her a little shocked for a couple of seconds.
"Leave already!" Chad snapped back at her turning around yelling, getting more irritated that the woman wasn't listening to him at all. Portlyn noticed the look of disgust flash in his eyes quickly as he yelled at her, he hasn't changed at all.
Portlyn only nodded as left the room closing the door behind her. Portlyn stood still outside his room, leaning against the door to support herself.
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A short knock echoed in the room, Chad only rolled his eyes in frustration knowing that the world was against him having a little privacy within his own thoughts. He barely had any time to sort anything without having some sort of interruption bother him. The sound of the firm clicks on the floor made from someone's shoes gave Chad the feeling it wasn't the person from before. The noise was not that of a woman's pair of shoes, but a man.
"Chad." The voice he knew all too well, Mr. Condor in the flesh looking professional as ever where ever he went. Chad nodded his latest form of greeting people these days. The maid that followed Mr. Condor closed the door leaving the two to talk in private.
"What's up?" Chad didn't know what to say to him. It's not like he could go up to him and hug him and say how much he missed him. In fact, it was the exact opposite he hated this man. How dark the whole house felt the instant the man ever sets one foot inside the house, all the smiles of the butlers and maids disappear.
"'What's up?' Really, Chad?" Mr. Condor's tone didn't sound to pleasant at all. Chad didn't even at all flinch when his voice became all the more dominant and vicious.
"What? Are you upset from the long plane-ride here?"
"Cut the crap Chad. I am sick and tired of you fooling around!" Mr. Condor's loud voice was heard through the closed door, and out the hallways scaring some of the passing by maids cleaning.
"What are you talking about?" Not losing his cool, if only the same thing could be said about the older man. Mr. Condor shook his head as he retrieved something from his suitcase. It was a large envelope that was close to being overfilled. Reading Chad's questioning expression, he opened the envelope and dumped all its contents on the floor. Chad this time walked closer to observed the pieces of paper that had fallen out.
There was photos, of himself and Sonny.
And some of the pictures of Sonny that were released at school yesterday.
"Do you know how hard I had to work to keep this from being leaked out to the press?" Mr. Condor questioned pointing to the scattered mess of photos on the floor. Stayed quiet as he observed that majority of the pictures were of Sonny.
"Are you seriously associating yourself with this kind of woman, Chad?" Mr. Condor's face was beginning to turn beet red from anger, out all his children Chad was the hardest one to manage. Tawni always did as she was told, and was by far more smarter than him. Chad had always been a troublemaker since he first got him.
Breaking vases, and expensive dishes. There was a time when Chad spoiled an important contract by drawing pictures all over every single page. The Chad in front of him however; is much older now yet hasn't yet matured. Chad has continuously expressed his wishes to bring this company down to the ground, rather than inheriting.
"Think of the company image!" Mr. Condor was fueled as he recalled all the past pranks Chad had done to him. "You little ungrateful fool! How can you inherit the company with this following behind you?"
"How many times have I told you? I won't ever inherit that thing."
"You know you will." Mr. Condor challenged the young man as he sat down on the sofa already showing the typical signs of being bored.
"Chad, I don't want you to associate yourself with these kind of women again? Am I understood?"
"'Kind of women?'" Chad mumbled out loud not liking how his father spoke of Sonny.
"Yes, A whore. A tramp, a hooker-"
"Shut up!" Mr. Condor was a bit surprised when Chad suddenly raised his voice. Yet he didn't show it for too long, as he turned to look at Chad to explain himself. "S-She's not..." Chad find it hard to defend her when he didn't know what to believe in.
Was she a- he couldn't even bring himself to say it again, saying to her face yesterday already hurt him enough as it is. He couldn't bring himself to label her that yet.
"Isn't she?" Mr. Condor asked pointing to the pictures that were still left on the floor untouched. "You can't prove me wrong. Don't ever associate with this hideous woman." Mr. Condor sighed as he noticed Chad's distant gaze not really listening and left the room more angry than when he first stepped in.
"Prove you wrong, huh?" Chad chuckled blinking back the familiar sting in his eyes to control his feelings. Chad knew him perfectly well, he must have done some sort of background check on Sonny. The only reason he was able to talk to bad about her, is because he knows of her social and economic status. As if those words set fire prove him wrong he was going to do.
Chad stood up, grabbing his sweater off the coat rack and marched out the room, and house easily enough. His father had retreated of to his room, where he would most likely stay and rest.
"Young master?" Will questioned, as he noticed the hurried man run down the stairs and selecting a key from the wide variety of keys on the case.
"No time to explain Will, I'll be back before dinner!" With that Chad left the house with keys in hand.
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"So this is where the ring was bought?" Sonny asked, standing in front of the elegant building, that was all perfect with its catchy fashion advertisement, models, and clothes.
"Yep. My people looked it up awhile ago, let's go." Nico explained as he walked into the store without any hesitation. Sonny and Lucy instantly felt like going in there was asking one of the two of them to accidentally ruin something horribly expensive. Oh, just imagine the price?
"You heard him, let's go." Devon pushed the two girls to continue walking and forced them to enter the building. The strong aroma of the building infatuated Sonny's sense right away, it smelt nice but it felt too strong. Sonny and Lucy just stood by the entrance and observed the two in action.
"Where is the manager?" Nico asked one of the floor employees folding pair of shirts, to match the fold of the rest of the shirts.
"Let me go get him..." The employee replied sort of nervous as he quickly went behind the counter to open the door to where only employees where allowed to enter, and out came a different person. Someone obviously rich enough to be wearing brand name clothing head to toe.
"How may I be of service of you, Sir?" The man still carried his manners.
"I gotta question for you." Nico smiled as he placed his arm around the man's shoulder in a casual way, as he retrieved a picture of a dragon ring to present to the man. "Who has purchased this ring?"
"I'm sorry but that is strictly confidential."
"Oh boy. You know Nico, I fell like opening a store lately, wasn't there a vacant spot next to this place?" Devon smiled hoping to pressure the man, and judging by his shuffling feet the man knew the threat in Devon's comment. "I bet it can suck this place dry, no?"
"Let me go get the files." The man dashed off behind the counter, and called them over as he retrieved a big white binder filed neatly of all their products. The man took a couple of minutes before he found the product in question.
"That's strange..."
"What is?"
"It's registered in two different names." The man read the file carefully thinking that he misread something. "It was bought a young woman named Portlyn, but someone by the name of Kevin filed for insurance on that ring shortly after."
Nico and Devon turned to Sonny who had walked up to the counter shortly after they did, she heard the names the man had said.
"Portlyn?"
"Kevin, is that the name of the guy?" Devon asked, Sonny only responded shortly after still confused on the facts. Where did Portlyn fit in all this? Sonny's mind drifted off half-listening to Devon and Nico continue to ask the man questions. The next thing she knew Lucy was dragging her out, realizing that the business was all done.
"So, she bought the ring here, and according to the man he say's Kevin goes to a club near here. I think that's going to be the next spot to get information on him." Nico explained everyone nodded along with him, and he turned to Devon. "That's all you man, you can get information there much faster than I can."
"Leave it to me." Devon smirked a little delighted that his skills will come in handy for the situation.
"Don't jump to conclusions, yet Sonny. Your friend could have nothing to do with this." Nico spoke to Sonny knowing that Sonny was still confused with the information that was just given.
"Thank you guys so much. So, while Devon's at the club, what are we going to do?"
"That's the most vital part," Devon spoke looking down the sidewalk remembering where the club the man described. "You can't do anything until everything is solid."
"You hungry?" Devon asked everyone, the quick response from both Sonny and Lucy made him laugh. "Nico I'll need help carrying the stuff over here."
"Oh, right." Nico caught on to what Devon was implying and followed the man to a near by restaurant.
"You okay, Sonny?" Lucy asked once both men had left to give them privacy. Lucy couldn't help but smile at the thought of how kind, and thoughtful Devon really was. He was quick to read the mood, and understand when enough was enough. Lucy didn't want to admit it, but she kind of liked that in a guy.
"Yeah, I'm fine-" Sonny didn't continue as she caught sight of something very familiar to her. There was a couple walking on the opposite side of the road from where Sonny and Lucy where. The bright blonde hair that shined in the sun was so very familiar. Yet there was someone next to him, that made Sonny's throat squeeze tight.
"Sonny?" Lucy turned to look at what she was looking at, a couple that was now frozen stiff. Sonny stood up blinking thinking she was hallucinating, but she almost felt her knees give in under pressure. It was Chad, and Portlyn.
"Chad?" Sonny asked feeling something pound hard in her chest that made her lungs dry up, and her throat shrink.
What was he doing here, with her?
Chad's expression didn't change at all, he stood still faintly hearing her voice. His heart raced at the sound of her sounding so breathless. He could tell she was in shock seeing him together with this woman. Portlyn however pretended to not see Sonny as she placed a hand on his arm, some what linking arms together.
"What's wrong, Chad?"
Chad let the woman touch her, half-hoping it would cause something in Sonny to get mad. However she didn't react, she only dropped her jaw slightly at the sight.
"Nothing, let's go." Chad spoke purposely making eye contact with Sonny, and turned away as if it was nothing. He continued to walk down the street with the annoying woman triling behind him.
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"This is the room." Portlyn stopped at the wooden door that had matched the same number on the card. "D310." Portlyn swiped the card on the advanced look that the hotel used that would only be used with an activated card. Chad was the first to step inside the room, and he took his time observing the room with indifference. There was nothing special of it. He didn't question how the woman knew of the room number or which hotel it was, she somehow knew.
He forced his legs to walk to down the small hallway that led down to the bed, in the red covers. Chad reached inside his pocket to retrieve the incriminating photo and looked down to the bed. It matched perfectly. Chad placed himself in the angle that the picture was most likely taken and everything matched it perfectly.
Chad visibly imagined everything in great detail.
The man touching Sonny's smooth skin, feeling her lips upon his own, and slowly coming to the bed to take her. It hurt too much to continue from there. Chad defeated of energy laid down on the bed, somehow providing himself with comfort that Sonny laid on this very same bed.
"Chad?" Portlyn asked wondering if the man was okay, seeing how he didn't respond she walked closer to find him starring at the ceiling. She quickly recognized the photo in his hand, and nodded. "It's hard to believe Sonny did that."
She sat down next to him, expecting him to answer but he said nothing. He kept to himself and didn't bother to show any reaction to what she said.
"I would have never imagined her to that way," Portlyn tried again to strike something within the man to respond, yet he hasn't even moved at all. "You know, it feels like she lied to me as well." Portlyn tried to earn some sympathy from Chad who was still keeping to himself, not really listening to what she was saying.
He was still absorbed in the fact that he was jealous of someone touching Sonny like that. If he could, how much he would enjoy to bring pain to that man.
"Chad?" Portlyn's voice was still something in the background to him. He could feel the bed moving, making way for her body as she was now lying down beside him. She called out his name two more times, yet he still didn't respond to her calls. This was a bit of encouragement for Portlyn.
After all the man needs some comfort, Portlyn smiled at the idea and knowing very well this was an opportunity. Portlyn used her left forearm to support herself as she slightly brought herself to hover above Chad's chest, and slowly making her way to his face. Chad noticed the face in front of him, mentally picturing that this was the situation that occurred last night. This was probably the position they were in last night.
"Get the fuck off me." Chad finally spoke just in time, before Portlyn could have kissed him. Chad didn't bother giving her any other warning before he violently pushed her off. He heard her gasp and yelp but he honestly couldn't care less. Being in here only infuriated him more, and he quickly left the room not wanting his mind to continue the horrible mental pictures.
Portlyn only gasped as Chad left the room without saying anything else. She sat up, angry. She noticed that on his rush out of the room, he had forgotten the picture on the spot where he was laying on. Portlyn looked at the picture more angry as she starred at Sonny, defenseless state. Without thinking Portlyn ripped the picture into the tiniest pieces, if only she could do something like this right now to her.
Why was she so special?
Her body was so much better than hers, even celebrities would die for her body. Her face was much better, her hair. Sonny was only filled with flaws compared to her.
To shred her into tiny pieces, and make sure that there would be no trace of her left.
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"That bastard." Lucy snickered speaking loudly as if he were standing right in front of her. Lucy turned to Sonny who sat down on the bench with a hand over her chest with an unreadable expression.
"I don't like it." Sonny mumbled to herself somewhat lost to the feeling attacking her system that left her wordless. What was this feeling that made her feel like some sort of territorial dog? Sonny swallowed it all down, hating to admit to herself but she felt possessive. The mental thought of Portlyn touching his arm sent fire to her heart. "I didn't like that at all."
"Sonny?"
"Lucy, I don't understand. Why?"
Lucy sighed letting go of the grudge she was holding out on Chad, and sit next to Sonny trying to make sense of the question she asked. Sonny's frozen stare on the same where the couple once stood made her feel sorry for Sonny, she could only imagine the pain she must feel. She couldn't even bring herself to imagine the pain if her boyfriend did something like that.
"What do you mean?"
"It hurts. It hurts to see him with someone like that." Sonny had to force the words out still not comfortable as the aching in her chest was still very much present and refused to leave. What was this? It hurts?
"Sonny..." Lucy started out not sure what to tell her best friend, she wanted to tell her that maybe she has fallen in love with that bastard. But at the moment she felt like saying something like that would only overwhelm Sonny more. If she pushed too hard, it felt like Sonny would crumble. Sonny awkward laugh made Lucy do a double-take to make sure it was really Sonny laughing.
"I should just stick to Hayden, right?" Sonny asked bitterly somehow trying to break the awkward atmosphere between the two of them. Lucy forced herself to smile along with Sonny's broken laughter that sounded all to fake.
"Well you know what I believe?" Lucy turned to look straight ahead, avoiding eye contact as she too felt a bit embarrassed to be talking like this. "Love begins when you least expect it to." After that Lucy turned to look at Sonny who smiled, at her friends wise words. Sonny was always amazed at how wise Lucy was concerning this subject, maybe perhaps it was because she already has a boyfriend. And had one prior to the one she was dating now, who Sonny vaguely him remembered at all.
Was this really love? Is that you call it?
She didn't want to admit this feelings to herself, why has it barely made itself known until now? It was like a virus inhabiting her whole body, she never noticed any of the symptoms at all. Until the virus decides to strike at the most unpredictable moment and you suddenly feel so strange, and make even the most logical things sound absurd.
Was this love?
Why does it sound so scary, all of sudden? Girls dream of falling in love all the time, yet she didn't feel any of the giddiness she was expecting to feel when she was a child. It felt so scary to open your heart like this, it honestly felt like leaving gold in the street. Someone was going to pick it up right? Either the person will cherish that money found, or waste it all away, and it will soon become a forgotten memory.
Was love something that could bring joy?
She didn't know much of Chad at all, she was able to spend time with him and somehow come to understand him better. But she was no where near knowing him at all, was that okay? Do you have to know everything of love? Or of the other person? Was that what is required to succeed in love?
Isn't only fair to give it a shoot?
She wasn't going to lie somehow hearing what Lucy said, has made the aching in her chest go away and leave her with a ticklish feeling of joy that made her smile. Is that what this feeling was?
Sonny smiled looking down at her knees feeling a bit pathetic at the idea of being in love and not really realizing it.
"Sonny you should do what you feel you must." Lucy said answering Sonny's previous question. "Don't force yourself to like someone. I think that your feelings for him are sincere enough, and those two over there have nothing to worry about." Lucy smiled as she nudged over to the two F4 members now walking closer with food and drinks in hand.
"Thank you, Lucy."
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"Hello. This is the Munroe residence." Sonny spoke as she picked up the house phone quickly. Right as soon as she got back home the phone went off, and Sonny had to dash to get to it.
"Sonny is that you?"
"Portlyn?"
"Hi, Sonny." There was a brief silence following that, what should she say?
"H-Hi?" Sonny responded sounding more like a question.
"I know what you saw earlier, and it's hard to explain."
"Really? I'm listening." Sonny was still surprisingly calm, not wanting to sound sarcastic, but it probably still did no matter how hard she tried. She couldn't control her own tone.
"Yes, and well that's why Chad wants to apologize to you." Portlyn stated rather slowly as a way of walking herself down.
"Really? Like night now?" Sonny couldn't fight the smile that spread and she was jumping in delight hoping to hear Chad's voice come onto the phone next.
"Yes, but you see he wants to do that in person." Portlyn tried to sound excited for her.
"Oh, well.. great!"
"So, he's here waiting for you at my house, so don't keep him waiting!"
"Alright I'll be right over there!"
"Kay! Bye!"
"Bye!" Sonny slammed the phone back to the receiver as she quickly got ready to leave making sure that her image was at least decent.
"I can't believe it." Sonny mumbled to herself, there was no avoiding it she was honestly happy and anxious and wish to be at Portlyn's house already.
"Zora! I'll be back!"
"Okay!"
With that Sonny closed the door as she left and sprinted to Portlyn's house that was more closer to the school than her actual house. The sun was already going down as she continued to dash through the side walk and being careful not to bump into anyone. With every step she took the closer she was getting to him.
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"Now let the show begin." Portlyn mumbled to herself as she hung up and placed herself down on the table. Portlyn opened the black boom, and starred at the picture with anger. She noticed the shiny pair of scissors on the table, and without thinking twice she brought the scissors onto the page. Scratching the image out slowly, being happy as how the sharp edge of the scissors were destroying the picture.
A picture up until now she cherished.
"I better get changed." Portlyn put the scissors down, and rushed into her big walk-in closet getting everything she planned for ready, as the book was left carelessly open.
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"Gosh he's so handsome!" A girl squeaked from the dance floor as the most unpredictable person walked thought the door. All the girls in the room went ecstatic, and all the men turn to look at the person with secret envy.
"It's Devon from F4." Someone whispered.
"The Devon, the heir to Baymore Ceramic Industry?"
"As I hear, yes. He has inherited his father's talent, and his mother's looks"
"Doesn't he have an older brother?" A girl said excited when Devon made eye contact with her.
"Yes, he does! But Devon is so much more good-looking than Jason!"
"Hey ladies, am I such a target of gossip?"
"Oh no! Please don't get the wrong impression."
"Of a beautiful lady such as yourself, never." Devon smiled and delivered a wink as he and walked to the bar and talked to the barkeep while the attention he was getting faded and everyone resumed doing what they were doing. Devon slid a good amount of money onto the table and slid it quickly to the barkeep who only raised an eyebrow and made sure no one was looking. The barkeep counted the money and smiled.
"What is it that you want to know?"
"Kevin."
"Oh that guy!" the barkeep trifled and some what shocked. "Well he's back there in the right corner in the black jacket with the bunch of girls. He typically only hangs out with only one girl, but I guess she dumped him." The man nudged his chin to the corner which he spoke of, and surely enough there was the man sitting in a U-shaped sofa.
"Do you know her name?"
"Nope, sorry I'm afraid not." Devon nodded and smiled as he caught his prey, seeing how the girls around him were flirting with him, and how we would slyly react. It would be to bad to do anything right now under public eye, especially if he was friends lurking about. Devon was going to strategize all his coming moves studying how the man wasn't exactly muscular. He smiled this was going to be easy.
"All I have to do is wait for him to be alone."
"Beg your pardon?"
"Ah, nothing. I was just talking to myself."
"I know you get asked this a lot but is your father really, John Baymore?"
"Yep, that's my dad..." Devon spoke bitterly obviously not liking the conversation, yet the barkeep continued his rambling on how much he loved his and his fathers' pottery lines.
"It is true that Victoria and Jason got married? I saw their picture on a magazine a long time ago, gosh they looked so adorable together!" The barkeep acted like a star struck idiot that kept on rambling on. Devon feelings were being ignored as the barkeep continued his rambling. Devon couldn't take this anymore and stood up not wanting to her any more comments about their happiness.
"He doesn't even say thanks... what a jerk."
Devon kept his eye on Kevin as he relocated himself at a good distance away from the talkative barkeep but still had a good view. Getting more and more impatient by the minute, Devon thought of something else that might work.
"Hello." Devon casually greeted everyone, all the women went crazy when they saw who it was. "Do you mind if I sit here?"
"Sure go right a head!"
"Kevin you didn't say anything about being close friends with Devon!"
"Well... no one asked!" the man looked awkward but saw this situation as an advantage for him, and played along with a awkward laugh.
"Oh that reminds me Kevin," Devon smiled and turned to look at the lying man. "There was something I wanted to discuss with you in private if you would be so kind..."
"Oh yeah! Sure." Kevin played it off trying to be casual but failing in Devon's eyes.
"Oh, not here. Let's go outside."
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"Who the hell put you up to his?" Devon asked having the man perfectly pinned to the wall and holding both arms behind his back. Every single time he struggled he would squeeze further back, or push him harder against the wall.
"Okay! Okay! I'll talk man!" Kevin almost immediately gave up it wasn't even five minutes yet and the man looked scared as if he was about to cry. "Just loosen up bit, Kay?" he pleaded.
"I will, once you say the name."
"Okay! Portlyn!" Devon let go of the man instantly and he fell to the floor scarred, but not running away. "She put me up to all this, I swear!"
"Why is she doing this?"
"I don't understand it myself much, but she says she wanted to get back at the guy who called her ugly in elementary school." Kevin rubbed his sore arms.
"Which elementary school?" Devon couldn't help but feel like his story was familiar, so very familiar. "Do you know who it is?"
"I don't know who he is, or what school, but I do know that his initials are C.D.C." Kevin spoke unsure if this information was actually true.
"Alright, thank you very much!" Devon rushed off getting his phone from his pocket calling Nico before doing anything else.
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"Hello?" Sonny peeked her head inside the door that she's used plenty of times when she visited Portlyn when she was sick. All the lights were on, yet no one was around to respond to her.
"Where is she?" Sonny asked walking to the bed thinking about waiting for someone to show up. The maid did say to go to Portlyn's room directly, did she make a mistake? Sonny turned to her right where the table was, and noticed something very familiar.
It was that book she was banned from touching.
"Would it be okay?" Sonny asked herself, making sure no one was in the room before getting off the bed and walking tot he table. "Well one look won't hurt." Sonny picked up the book, and observed the pictures.
"Oh, its a elementary year book." Sonny smiled as she saw unrecognizable faces and names of people, and something caught her attention. It was Chad name was listed, but the photo of him was destroyed. "What the heck?" Sonny asked touching the photo feeling the damage that was dealt to the picture. There was a bunch of little colorful hearts surrounding his picture, does that mean Portlyn has feelings for him?
"Did Portlyn do this?" Sonny asked as she continued to scroll down the names and faces, stopping when she saw the other F4 members names as well, and finally Portlyn. The picture was something Sonny didn't expect to see. "Is that really her? It looks nothing like her." The picture of a chubby child with different facial features than she was used to seeing now.
"Are you having fun?" Sonny turned around to find Portlyn dressed in a dark green one-piece dress, and matching heels the perfect image of a young girl ready to go to a club. "Are you judging me?" Portlyn asked in an unrecognizable voice Sonny never heard of before. Before Sonny could respond to the question two muscular people came through the door.
"Your late! Dumb asses, what are you waiting for restrain her." Portlyn ordered and the two men instantly grabbed onto Sonny's arms, and taped her both shut. Portlyn smiled as she saw the fear in Sonny's eyes, and laughed hard. "Chad won't be joining us yet, but he will now." Portlyn walked closer placing her hand underneath Sonny's chin to get a good look of her face.
"Your really ugly, you know that?" Portlyn asked throwing her chin away as if it were garbage that tainted her clean hands. "I honestly don't understand what he sees in you."
Sonny's mumbled words only added to Portlyn's amusement, and she walked to the dresser and in a small drawer, the got a pocket knife. The blade shined in the light painfully, Sonny could feel tears streaming down her face, is she going to die?
"Don't cry yet, idiot!" Portlyn shouted, and also tossed the men rope, and they used in accordingly and tied her hands together behind her back. "The fun has barely begun."
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"What the hell is it?" Chad yelled as he picked up his phone without checking who it was. He has returned as promised and was in his room sulking still to even go down to dinner, the thought of being with his father alone and eating spoiled all his appetite.
"Hi Chad."
"You again! Why don't you do me a favor and leave me alone?"
"Oh, but you don't want that."
"Oh, I very well do! Hanging up now-" A sudden scream caught his attention, his ears perked at the familiar sound. It was Sonny screaming he knew that scream from anywhere it was just the same as when she was close to falling off the elevator.
"You bitch."
"Now, now Chad. I would watch your language, especially with such important package of yours I carry." Portlyn laughed as Sonny's chocked up sobs could be heard lightly. "You don't want it to be damaged do you?"
"Don't you fu-" Chad cut himself off listening to her previous warning. "Don't touch her."
"That a boy! Now if you really want to get her back, come met us at the school cafeteria. Bye."
She didn't even give enough room for Chad to respond to that. Chad's heart beat increased as he felt his system on fire and out of control. He felt scared honestly, and he didn't know what do. He thought of calling Nico and Devon but who knows of the consequences of bringing other people will be.
He couldn't risk it.
He couldn't risk her getting hurt.
Chad dashed out the room without only a sweater he had on, and ran out of the house not bothering explaining himself to Will or anyone else. Will only nodded, as he saw Chad rush of the house with such an odd expression on his face. He had never seen it before, or rather he has never seen Chad look so scared and in such a hurried state. He could only imagine he was off to see that girl he was infatuated with.
Chad didn't think about getting his keys when he started running, but he figured it would be much more discreet this way, and continued running. It was already nightfall, but that wasn't gong to stop him. He continued running never stopping, not even on the busiest streets where he almost certainly cheated death. Sure people cursed him, but hell he didn't care at all.
They didn't matter to him.
There was someone out there, far more important they were and he needed to get to her right away.
Such feelings opened up to him, just barely know?
Wasn't he mad at her earlier? Chad didn't even try to remind himself why, he pushed that away knowing that all that wasn't important right now.
"Damn it!" Chad stopped when he felt his phone vibrate and he quickly answered it thinking it was going to be Portlyn and awaited for the other person to speak.
"Chad is that you?"
"What the hell do you guys want now?" Chad asked still walking taking advantage of the moment to catch his breathe.
"Listen to me Chad, do you remember the girl in our old pre-school class?" Devon asked as he flipped through the pages of his own year book at home. "She's out to get revenge on you-"
"Chad where are you?" Devon asked when he heard strange noises of cars and honking on the other line.
"It doesn't matter!"
"Yes it does! Chad-"
"I got to this on my own." Chad spoke as he hung up the phone not wanting to be interrupted of what he had to do.
He had to safe her.
He was going to protect her with his own two hands.
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"Let me know when he arrives." Portlyn advised the two men as they kept watch for anyone coming. Portlyn was walked over to Sonny and removed the tape from her mouth. The lights were kept at minimum, not wanting to attract attention from outside.
"Why are you doing this?" Sonny asked trying to find some sort of trace of the friend she used to know. The one she would have lunch with, or called frequently when on one bothered to get to know her in this whole school.
"I'm trying to even everything out." Portlyn laughed as such a typical question. "You saw that picture, can you imagine what if felt like to be embarrassed by the whole class because of how I looked?"
"I like you, Chad"
"Ew, Who are you? You're ugly get away from me!"
"But I-"
"But nothing! Your ugly and there no going around that!"
"Of course I can imagine that! Did you not see what I had to go through?" Sonny tried to communicate with her using her feelings, maybe striking some sort of chord of the same note will cause her to realize what she was doing was wrong. If they could just see eye to eye.
"Yes, but now you see why do think I did this to myself?" Portlyn asked pointed to herself, and playing with the pocket knife bringing it close to Sonny's face.
"Sonny!"
"Idiots I told you to let me know when he gets here!" Portlyn nudged to Chad, and the two men instantly went to either side of him, restraining his arms just inc case he would try something.
"Let me go." Chad tried to struggle against the two of them without any success. Portlyn just laughed at all his weak attempts. "What the hell do you want?"
"Your love. Your attention."
Chad wanted to back away from her as she left Sonny and approached him slowly, the knife was safely closed but still in her hand. Sonny could was too scared to do anything but witness what Portlyn had planned.
"Aren't I Pretty? Beautiful?" Portlyn asked as she showed off her dress and she smiled hoping to somehow capture his heart. His heart was all she really wanted, his love and attention to be solely focused on her.
"Sonny are you alright?" Chad ignored her and looked past her to see a shaken Sonny with red eyes, she was scared stiff. Oh, how we wished to be there next to her to comfort her. How close she was, but he couldn't do anything for her. Just thinking that made his heart feel like it he had just swallowed up fire. "Don't worry."
"You still don't notice me, do you?" Her voice cracked with envy as she turned to look at the startled Sonny. "I did this all for you Chad, I changed myself to become beautiful for you. Only you Chad." Portlyn confessed as she walked backwards to Sonny, and push her down to the floor.
"What is it about this filthy thing you like?" Portlyn lightly continued to apply pressure on pushing Sonny down, having her knees rub against the marvel floor. The result of this caused the wound on her knees to reopen and bleed lightly. Chad tried to break free, and it only hurt more when Sonny hissed in pain.
"Stop it! You're mad at me, aren't you?" Chad yelled finding it sickening to see Sonny in pain. "Take it out on me." Chad spoke with confidence as he stopped struggling, Portlyn nodded enjoying the terms.
"One wrong move, and she get it." She opened the sharp pocket knife and brought it along Sonny neck tauntingly, Sonny only whimpered in fear as she felt the cold blade come close to her neck. She was too scared to make any other voice in fear of it grazing her skin lightly. Chad made eye contact with Sonny, he tried to calm her down by not panicking himself. But he was still very scared.
"Deal! Just please..." Chad quickly agreed and relaxed when the bladewas lightly removed from Sonny's neck.
"Well then let's sit back and watch the show." Portlyn said talking to Sonny as Portlyn nudged the two and they nodded quickly and cracked their fist in unison. Sonny's eyes widen in fear now fully understanding what Portlyn commanded Chad to do.
"Leave Chad, just go! I'll be fine." Sonny whimpered, Portlyn only laughed.
"I'm not going to leave you." Chad's response if this had been any other situation her heart would have melted at his words, but in this state she couldn't help but feel terror shake her up.
"Enough, Get on with it!" Portlyn ordered, getting annoyed with their display of affection. It sickened her, and she wanted to get rid of it. If Chad were to give up then, all his feelings for Sonny would disperse and she would be free to claim and own his affection.
One of them started by punching him in the face, the impact caused him to take a couple of steps back. He wiped his lip, and noticed the blood on his fingers, and smiled.
"I barely felt that."
That infuriated the two men and didn't bother to show him any more mercy, they were throwing kick and punch at him with all their strength. Yet he would still continue to get back up again. Despite all that, he turned to look at Sonny who was crying and screaming in his place. He felt himself energize with that sole glance and prepared himself for the upcoming hits.
"Fight back Chad!" Sonny yelled but he still wouldn't fight back at all. He took every single hit they dealt to him. Portlyn however; was still watching with cautious eyes as she noticed that Chad wasn't putting a struggle. He was turning into a bleeding and limping mess. Sonny didn't want to look at such a horrible scene, yet she didn't remove her eyes from him. As scared as she was, she was more concerned with his well-being at the moment.
Why did he continue to get back up again?
Why was he so determined?
Portlyn finally caught on, Chad has been constantly keeping an eye on Sonny as she continued to cry and yell at him to fight, but never bothered to do so. Was she his motivation to continue? As much as she loved him, and hated the idea of him being with someone else she found it admirable what he was doing.
Was all this for her, really?
His hair was tangled up and messy due to the times they would pick him up or drag him by his hair and throw him across the room. His legs felt too weak to support his upper body anymore, but he wasn't going to give up now. He looked at Sonny who still crying, never ending tears, he smiled for a second hoping she was crying because she was sincerely worried about him, not because of guilt or fear.
"Why isn't he fighting back yet?" Portlyn mumbled as she walked towards Chad caught in the middle of being a punching bag. "Why aren't you fighting back?" Portlyn yelled and the two men stopped and Chad had a bit of difficulty standing up on his own but still managed.
"I-I don't want Sonny to get hurt." Chad mumbled feeling dizzy from all the blood loss, and he was getting used to the taste of blood due to his bleeding lips. Chad turned to give Sonny one last look before facing Portlyn.
"Why? All for her?" Portlyn asked her voice now desperate. "I love you Chad."
"I'm sorry, but I only have feelings for Sonny." Chad answered his voice now betraying how he felt. His voice now felt weak and so fragile he must be reaching his limit. Sonny noticed Portlyn's movement to grab a chair, Sonny knew all too well what Portlyn was going to do. One of them men pushed Chad down to the floor, they too knew as well what was going to happen. Sonny without thinking twice ran to him, and used her back to shield him, as Portlyn swung the chair and it hitting Sonny on the back.
Chad tried to push Sonny out of the way, but it was all too late. The chair hit the floor now, as Portlyn cried as she stared at the couple. She was shocked to discover that Sonny had taken the blow for Chad. Her heart almost skipped a beat, it hurt to it but it hurt more now to destroy such emotion. Without saying anything more she left the room, disgusted with them but more at herself. She was in awe, and shocked by their display of affection, surely something like this proved to her something.
Their feelings for each other were mutual.
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Yay! another chapter down~ wouldn't it be funny to end it right there with both of them dying? lol~ but I'm not that mean, you'll see of their condition in the next chapter! The next chapter will follow right after this one, so stay tuned! i hope you guys understnad Portlyn's crazed behaviour it's honestly hard to describe.
Explanation: [skip if needed]
The begining I think should be easy to follow, so basically its Sonny and the group trying to find the culprit, while Chad and Portlyn go out and try to find out the truth. (which only Portlyn knew at the time.) She was trying to get under his skin and get him to end his feelings for Sonny and to seduce him. Once she fails to do so, that's when she resorts to violent measures.
She tricks Sonny into thinking that Chad was there, and well she ends up using Sonny as bait to lure Chad there. The whole reason to Chad being beat up is because Portlyn wanted to test how sincere his feelings for Sonny were, and once she saw him actually taking it she was surprised. And it wasn't until she sees Sonny taking a hit for Chad that see's that she can't possibly stop them. Or rather their emotions for each other.
There was abit of Devon's past revealed by the way. I made up the last name Craig, because I thought it would go great with it~ ^.^ So don't mind it at all. So remember from the previous chapter, Victoria is his one true love but she instead got married to his brother, Jason! Oh~ what a twist! Anyways more of this will be revealed later~
And Lucy started to feel something for Devon once she saw him being more mature, and basically manly. ^.^ More of the progressing relationship in the upcoming chapters!
And The book has finally explained! So Chad rejected Portlyn once before when they were in elementary school, and embarrased her infront of the whole class~ And she bore a weird and sick grudge agaisnt him ever since then.
Done!
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