Chapter 19

CPOV

CRAP! Why do they always do this? Do they not understand that stars like me need their privacy? "How about the back door?" Sonny asks from beside me. But before I have chance to answer, the twins walk in. "Yeah, I don't think that's going to work, they are all round the house." Lilly said, answering Sonny's question. I looked at Brad and mom. "Any ideas?" Mom shrugged, indicating that she didn't. "Right, go to the garage and get either mine or mom's car, and wait. Me and the twins will try and clear the way a bit, and when we knock the garage door 3 times, open it and drive. Fast. Now go." Brad told me. I grabbed Sonny's hand and pulled her towards the garage. I grabbed the keys to Brads black Toyota Camry Solara Convertible and pulled Sonny towards the car. "Can you pass me the remote behind you please?" I asked her. She passed it to me while asking "Are we gonna be able to get out, the twins said they are all round the house." We were in the car now, I look across to her. "Brad will clear a way for us, but when we're shopping, we'll have to do some major acting. So that'll be fine for me, but we have to do some work on your acting skills." I replied with a smirk. She was about to say a comeback when we heard 3 loud knocks on the garage door. "You ready?" I asked while pressing the open button. Before the door was even fully open I pushed down on the gas and got straight out on to the driveway. I looked in the rear view mirror and saw that Brad had got Big Chris and the other guards to help keep the press back. I turned out of the drive way and on to the street and reduced may speed. I looked at Sonny and asked "You okay?" She looked at me.

"Yeah, fine ." She answered. A smile came to my face. "You don't get chased by the press, do you?" I asked, while keeping my eyes on the road. "Only at the studio." She replied. "Yeah, they don't usually come to the house, they must have guessed that when we left together you were coming to meet my family." I stopped at a red light, so I turned to look at Sonny. "So, where do you want to start our shopping spree?" The lights turned green so I looked back to the road. Sonny was about to answer when my phone started to ring. I pulled it out of my pocket, saw that it said 'mom' on the caller ID, handed it to Sonny and asked "Hey could you answer that and put it on loud speaker please" She took it out of hand while saying "Sure." She pressed the loud speaker button and held it in the middle of us. "Hey mom, what's up?" I asked.

"Hi sweetheart, can you pick Portlyn up from the food court in 1 hour please?" She replied. "Sure, but why?" I asked in confusion. I glanced at Sonny, but she just shrugged. "She's going to be staying with us for a while. There has been a small fire at her house, her-"

"Is she alright? Was she hurt?" I blurted out before she could finish her sentence. "Chad Calm down. Let your mom speak." Sonny said in a calming voice. I was suddenly calm. "Ok. Sorry mom, what were you saying?" I asked her. "It's fine Chad, she's okay. Her parents called and asked me if she could stop at ours, and I said yes." She answered.

"Yeah, but where will she sleep? I'm in the guest room." I said to her.

"She can share with Sonny. Is that alright Sonny?" She asked Sonny. I glanced at Sonny as she was answering. She doesn't have the best of relationships with Portlyn. "Sure, that'll be fine; it'll give us a chance to get to know each other." She answered with a smile. "That's fantastic. I'll get Brad to put the spare bed in Sonny's room, I'll see you later, have fun." She replied. Me and Sonny both said "Bye." At the same time before hanging up. By this time we were in the parking lot at the Mall. Sonny handed me my phone before getting out of the car. "Thanks, so where to?" I asked as we walked to the door that led to the Mall. I was just about to open the door to go in when Sonny stopped me. "Aren't you forgetting something?" She asked me. I gave her my confusion look. "Well, there's going to be people in there, people who think we are dating." I could see that she really hated the fact of us fake dating, when I was hoping that it would lead to something else. Then again, Portlyn did say to Tawni that she had a plan to get us together, so I'm banking on that working. "Oh yeah," I held my hand out towards her. "Come on Sonshine." I replied smiling. She couldn't help but smile back as she grabbed my hand. I pulled her through the door and into the mall. On one side of us there was the electrical store and on the other side of us there was one of the most popular clothing outlets in the whole mall. "So which first: Clothes or Gadgets?" I asked her, praying that she would say gadgets. But instead of answering me, she just pulled me towards the clothing outlet. I was immediately regretting giving her the choice. "Oh boy." I muttered under my breath. But Sonny must have heard me, since she came back so that she was in step with me, put her head on my shoulder and said in a sweet voice "aah, come on Chad, it'll be fun. I'll be picking the clothes and you'll be buying the clothes. It'll be perfect." She finished with a giggle before we walked into the store.

SPOV

This feels so right! Just walking through the mall, hand in hand, my head on his shoulder, like we are an actual couple. As soon as we walked into the clothes store the manager walked up to us. "Hello and welcome to our store. Is there anything that I can help you with?" she said with a smile that was almost up to her eyes. She is trying way too hard. Chad put on his cute, charming smile and simply said "No thanks, we'll be fine." and pulled me towards the women's section. "Just ask if you do." The manager called after us. By this time we were in the middle of the women's section, next to a rack of both day and evening dresses. "Pick whatever you want, or mom will kill me. But if you want to be really nice to your boyfriend, you'll pick cheap stuff up." Chad said in a hope hopeful voice. I giggled before turning to the rack of dresses. How was I meant to choose from them? I started with the evening dresses. After looking at three or four really cute ones, I found the perfect one for me. It was a knee-length, one shoulder dress that is a beautiful sky blue at the bottom, but gradually fades to white as it moves up the dress. It also had a tie around the waist. I held it towards Chad. He held it up so that he could see the whole thing. "Why do you need a dress like this?" he asked. "For Ashley Olsen's birthday party." I replied while looking through the other dresses. "Do we have to go to her party?" He said in a whinny voice. I sighed and turned so that I was facing him. "Yes we do. Nothing is going to stop me from going to Ashley's party. Especially not you, Chad Dylan Cooper!" I was now right up in his face and our lips were just centimetres apart. I could feel his cool, minty breath on my face. He was staring straight in to my eyes, and I could feel myself falling deep into his. I pulled away from him and turned back to the clothes. His arm suddenly reached over my shoulder and took a yellow Maxi dress off the rack. "This would look amazing on you." He said while putting it over his arm with the other dress. We spent the next twenty minutes in the clothing store before Chad paid and we left. We went and put the bags in the car before going to the electrical store. "So, are we going to spend twenty minutes in here as well, because we have to meet Portlyn in forty?" Chad asked as we walked in. "I only need a laptop from here so we won't be long." I answered as we walked over to the laptop area. I was stood in front of a wall full of laptops, with no idea which one to choose. So I turned to Chad. "Chaddy, why don't you pick a laptop for me." I said in my 'I want something' voice. But Chad could see straight through me. "You have no idea which one to choose do you?" I said with a small smirk. I dropped the 'I want something voice' and went back to my normal voice. "Not a clue." He then had an even bigger smirk as he stepped in front of me and started looking at the different makes of laptops and the stuff like memory or whatever. It was then that I realised that Chad still had his fingers linked round mine. Chad then turned back to me. "This is the best one here." He said while handing me a laptop box. It was the laptop that had just come out . It's meant to be one of the fastest laptops you can buy. It came with a laptop bag and a skin of your choice. Then I saw the price. "It's also $1410.00! It's the most expensive one here." I said. He just looked straight back to me. "And...? You're having this one, now let's go pay." He said as he pulled me towards the till before I had chance to object. "We'll take this please." Chad told the cashier as I reluctantly but the box down on the counter. "Here's the booklet of skins, would you like to choose one?" the cashier replied as her handed me a booklet of the skins I could have. When I got to the TV show page, Chad pointed to the Mackenzie Falls skin and said "Get that one."

"No, I'm not getting a Mack Falls skin; I'm getting a So Random skin." I replied, pointing out the So Random one. It was purple, my colour. All of the stars get their colour, Tawni has pink, Nico has green, Grady has yellow, Zora has orange and I have purple. "Why do you want a random skin? The Falls skin is so much better." Chad said as he looked at the skin like it was the most disgusting thing he had ever seen. "Because, I'm on So Random, not Mackenzie Falls." I said in response.

"Well, you're actually on both, remember?" he replied with a smirk. "This is the end of this discussion; I'm getting a So Random skin, not a Mackenzie Falls skin. Done!" I said to Chad before turning to the cashier. "I'll have the So Random one please." I told him in a sweeter voice than I had been using with Chad. "Of course." He replied before going out back to fetch the skin. Me and Chad were still holding hands, but we weren't even looking at each other. When the cashier came back with the skin, he put it in the carrier bag with the laptop. Chad paid for it and we walked out of the store, still holding hands, in silence. We went to the car so that we could but the laptop in the boot. After we did that I turned to Chad. "I'm sorry I yelled at you, I shouldn't have." I told him. He turned to look at me. "No, I should be apologising, I was being bossy and controlling. It's your choice on what laptop skin to have." He held his arms out to me, indicating that he wanted a hug. I put my arms round his neck and placed my head on his chest. After a couple minutes just standing there, we pulled apart. "Come on, we've got more shopping to do." I said as i pulled him to the doors. "Urgh. Why did I agree to this?"