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Broken
"Well, well, well...look at what we have here." Ollie grinned slyly. I've had it up to 'here' with that kid. Chad and I were tied to a chair, gagged and made to watch reruns of The Brady Bunch. To be honest, I was kinda enjoying it, but Chad...let's just say he would've enjoyed being in a cave full of hungry grizzly bears more than watching re-runs of The Brady Bunch.
"Are you gonna let us go or what?" Chad asked, but it came out more like: 'Mph m Mpmph mph m mm mmh?' Ollie just laughed; I'm guessing this isn't the first time he's done something like this.
"You know what, I'm gonna leave you guys to enjoy your program, I've got better stuff to do anyways...like breaking a few of mom's vases and blaming it on you guys, see ya!" He grinned and ran off to go break some of his mom's vases. Ugh, I swear there must be something wrong with that boy...then again, he is a Cooper.
My eyes darted to the t.v, and then to Chad. He looked like he was about to faint being forced to watch something funny and happy. He looked at me, his blue, blue eyes seemed to pleading for help. If I wasn't gagged right now, I would've laughed my head off at this. Drama boy needs a little bit of comedy in his life.
I snickered a bit and Chad glared at me. You know, this Ollie kid may not be as bad as I thought he was, who knows, we could even be friends and team up to annoy Chad all day long. Now that's living the high life.
A whole thirty minutes went by and now even I was sick of watching the show. In fact, I was even about to drift off to blissful sleep when I heard footsteps. Chad raised an eyebrow.
"Mom, dad...I'm home!" The voice called. It was a girl's voice so that meant it was either Chad's sister or maybe Chad has a girlfriend no one knows about...not that I'd care or anything.
The girl walked into the living room, where we were bound and gagged, immediately laughing when she saw us. She was definitely not what I expected. She kinda had the whole bohemian style going on and judging by the fact that she looked almost like a replica of Chad, I'd say that she was his sister.
"So, I'm guessing Ollie did this...am I right?" she asked. We both just nodded. "Hmm, Chad, we are so going to have to get him back for that one." She said and came over to us and started untying the ropes.
"So, you're Chad's sister? It's so great to meet you; I'm Sonny, a friend of Chad's." I smiled once she had finished untying the both of us.
"Yeah, I've heard all about you from Chad. Trust me...you're all he ever talks about." She smirked and glanced at Chad, who had gone bright red. So he talks about me a lot? Probably about how much I annoy him at the studios or something.
"Sarah, quit trying to embarrass me, I'm Chad Dylan Cooper and CDC doesn't do embarrassed." Chad said. We both rolled our eyes. "Now can you please go?" Chad asked, exasperated.
"Aww, you want Sonny to yourself, that's so sweet...oh, and look you're even holding hands, I just know you two would make the cutest couple." Sarah cooed. I blushed a bright tomato red and Chad did as well. And when did we start holding hands...not saying that I wasn't enjoying it.
"Sarah!"
"Look little bro, you're not getting rid of me that easily. Oh, I know! How about I tell your fortune! I learnt how to do it a few weeks ago an-"
"Don't you have a college to be at or something?" Chad mumbled receiving a glare from his sister.
"I've always wanted to get my fortune told!" I said excitedly. "Please Chad." I batted my eyelashes at him. He shook his head.
"Sonny, I don't believe in that bunch of baloney. Like cards can really predict your future." Chad said.
"Of course I believe in it...who doesn't?" I responded.
"Great, I'm going to go get everything ready, I'll be back in a second." Sarah said. I still had a bone to pick with Chad, I mean how can he not believe that fortune telling works?
"Chad, please. Don't you want to know what your future holds?" I asked.
"I already know what my future holds," he said, smirking. "I'm going to be a big Hollywood actor, way bigger than Zac Efron, everyone will know my name, not that they don't already. I'll have a giant big mansion with ten cars and I'll be living the high life." He smirked. Pfft, that's not much of a future, I mean he already has all that. But I couldn't get this one question out of my head.
"So...will I be in your future?" I asked. I mentally kicked myself. Great Sonny, just great. So much for keeping the whole 'liking him' thing on the DL.
He stared into my eyes, almost as if he was gazing and took my hands in his.
"Well...actually..."He stuttered and started playing with my fingers, something he only does when he's nervous. So he's nervous? "Sonny, in my future, you're my-"
"-I got the cards! Everybody ready for a little bit of fortune telling?" she asked, walking into the room. Sarah's really nice and all but she chooses now to interrupt? What was he going to say? I was actually his what? I sighed, I suppose I'll never know, but there's no point getting worked up about it.
Chad groaned. "And you decided to come in now. I was actually in the middle of saying something important here." Chad said, still playing with my fingers. Sarah shrugged.
"Yeah, well there's no time for that. I've set everything up in the kitchen." She said. I inwardly groaned and followed her into the kitchen. Chad started mumbling incoherent things under his breath.
"Woah..."
The kitchen would be in complete darkness if it wasn't for the many candles lying around, and the kitchen table had a dark purple velvet sheet over it with one of those crystal balls on top. We both took a seat at one end and she took a seat at the other.
"Okay, Sonny, you can go first. Look deep into the crystal ball," I did as I was told. Honestly, this was kind of exciting. "And Chad, you do the same."
"No, this is dumb." Chad said, leaning back into his chair. "I've got better things to do with my life."
"Ugh, Chad stop acting like such a kid and just do it!" Sarah said, beginning to get frustrated. Chad sighed and looked into the crystal ball. "Okay, now I want you both to pick a card from the pack." She motioned to a pack of cards, neatly lined up in a row.
"Fine, let me just get this over and done with." Chad said and picked a card. "Love? Why does it say love?"
"Oh, you picked the love card? Awesome!" She grabbed the card from his hands and started wavering her hands over the crystal ball. She stopped and smiled. "Oh my gosh! Not only are you going to have a great life but it's going to be with your one true love!" She said excitedly. Chad rolled his eyes but I could see his cheeks turn a light shade of pink. I couldn't help a feeling of jealousy overcome me...I'm not in love with the guy, that stuff only happens in fairytales, but it's just the thought of Chad spending time with another girl...b-but I'm only jealous b-because we won't be able to hang out together as friends as much.
"This is bogus Firstly I already knew I was going to have a great life, I'm Chad Dylan Cooper, how can I not have a great life?" Chad said. I, on the other hand couldn't wait to see what my future would be like.
"Now Sonny, pick a card." I did as she said and quickly picked a card.
"Broken? What's that supposed to mean?" I asked, reading from the card. Uh, oh. The look on her face told me that this card wasn't good.
"Oh my god, you got the broken card?" I nodded, kinda scared now. "Sonny, that card...that's one of the worst cards you can get... But, uh, I've got to meet up with my boyfriend now so, uh bye." She said and left.
Now I was scared, really really scared. That was the worst card? What does it mean?
"Do you get what this means Sonny?" She asked, her face serious for the first time since I've met her.
I shook my head.
"You're going to have a terrible life, full of misery and anything but happiness. Everyone close to you in your life will eventually fade away...or become jinxed. But on the bright side, you'll own a puppy called max."
"What?" I asked shakily.
"Oh, yeah, I know right, Max is a really bad name for a dog-" Sarah peered at her watch. "Well I've got to go, so bye guys and Chad," She turned to her brother. "Try not to get jinxed while hanging out with Sonny." She smiled a big smile and left.
Did she just say what I think she said? I could feel myself starting to shake; I really believe in stuff like this and when someone tells my fortune I take it seriously.
"Sonny? Sonny, you okay?" Chad asked. "You've gone really pale and you're shivering." Chad said. I didn't even hear him though. I was too busy hyperventilating at that very moment.
"Sonny?" Chad asked worriedly. "Sonny!" he put his hands on my shoulders to stop me from shaking.
"C-Chad, did you hear that? It was the worst card out of the pack. That means my future's going to be a bad one." I said, close to sobbing. It's not my fault, I really believe in that kind of stuff, fortune cookies, tea leaves, palm reading, you name it. Just before I came to So Random! I got my fortune told. The old fortune telling lady told me that very soon, all my dreams would come true. And they did!
Chad embraced me with a comforting warm hug, to which I immediately hugged back and took in the scent of his cologne. Why was it that he of all people could just make me forget about all the bad things in life? He pulled back.
"Sonny, she was just probably trying to scare you, that's how she is. And Sonny, no one controls your future except for you."
"But Chad, the cards never lie." I said sadly. The next thing he did took me by total surprise. He put his hand up to my cheek caressing it. I think the sparks nearly caused my face to explode.
"Sonny, its okay...it's not real. Just trust me on this one, okay?" I of course trusted him and nodded.
"Good...now I don't know about you but I kinda liked that hug...so?" he opened his arms wide. I laughed and embraced him with another hug, a warm and welcoming hug and I didn't want to let go, so I didn't and weirdly enough, neither did he.
"Eeew! Chad and Sonny sittin' in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G!" We both sprang apart and glared at Ollie, who stood in the doorway smirking, for ruining our special moment together.
"Shut up! And we weren't kissing, we were hugging, it's a perfectly normal thing for friends to do." Chad said, still glaring at him.
"Yeah, you're right it is when it's not for like forever. And I couldn't care less anyway. I just came to tell you that I'm starving over here!"
"Uh...well, what would you like to eat?" I asked politely. Ollie thought for a moment.
"How about burger, fries, pizza, more fries and fried chicken with more fries." He said. He has got to be kidding me.
"You do realise that you're not getting any of those things." I said. He pouted and so did Chad.
"Come on Sonny, you only live once." Chad said. Ugh, boys.
"Chad, I don't really want you to have a heart attack at the age of thirty so no." I said, sticking to my decision.
"But Sonny!"
"No!"
"Sonny, please!"
"Nope."
"Sonshine..." I stopped, what did he just call me?
"Umm, what?" I asked. Did he just call me what I think he did, or is that just my imagination acting up again?
"Sonshine. I just thought that, you know, it would be a cute nickname for you." Chad smiled. Seriously
"Uh..fine." I said, the only thing that would come out of my mouth.
Chad smirked. "Fine."
"Good."
"Good."
"So are we good?" I asked, involuntarily smiling like an idiot. What's wrong with me, I didn't used to smile at our banters.
"Are we getting pizza, burgers and fries?" Chad asked, interrupting our bantering.
"Isn't that what I just said?" I responded.
"Well then we're so good." Chad grinned. We turned back to Ollie who looked at us like we were aliens from outer space or something.
"Did you two just have a fight? Or were you flirting?" He asked, confused. Flirting? Psh, that's ridiculous, we don't flirt.
"Fighting, definitely fighting." I said. Ollie looked at us suspiciously but dropped the subject.
"So we're getting pizzas, fries, chicken and burgers?" Ollie asked. I nodded. He smiled widely.
"Way to go bro!" he said and they gave eachother a high five. Weren't they just fighting about a minute ago? Whatever, boys are so confusing.
"Hey, there's a fry maker in the kitchen, why don't you make some fries with that instead of wasting money?" I suggested. Ollie and Chad both looked at eachother and burst out laughing.
"Sonny, have you not noticed that we're rich?" Chad said. I frowned, one day he's going to run out of all that money.
"Okay fine...but I'm making a salad to eat with all that junk as well." I said, motioning for Chad to join me. "Ollie, you go order all the food."
"You're really making a salad? For what? They've got lettuce in the burgers you know." Chad said, following me to the kitchen. I rolled my eyes and ignored his comment.
"How come you actually like junk food now? I thought you only ate lobsters and stakes." I said, curious. He just shrugged.
"Remember when we went to McDonalds together?" I nodded. To get Chad away from Sam before they murdered one another...come to think of it, whatever happened to that guy? I even tried calling his cell but...no answer. Whatever, he's probably still mad at us or something. "Well I got addicted to it." He grinned.
"So I've created a junk food monster?"
"Yep, so now you're going to have to live with the guilt of getting the greatest actor of our generation addicted to unhealthy food." He smirked. I smiled.
"I think I can live with that. After all you're the one that got me to babysit your little brother with you." I said, while searching for some vegetables to make my salad with. Mmm, ceaser salad with Romanian cheese and dressing...now that's what I call food.
"True. But you remember, we're still betting," He said. I'd completely forgotten about the whole bet thing. "If you get too annoyed and walk out then I win." He said triumphantly.
"And if I stay and keep helping then I win." I said. I was gonna win this anyway, I mean; to be honest even though his brother's real annoying, he's definitely not as bad as Chad described him. Chad and his weird habit of always making a mole hill out of a pebble.
I got all the ingredients I needed to make my ceaser salad and laid them all out in front of me.
"Now Chad, I need you to go get two aprons and wash your hands," I told him. He rolled his eyes and started walking to go get the aprons when I spotted a chef's hat.
"Chad, wait." I said and grabbed the chef's hat. He stopped and spun Chad's head.
"...and pefect!" I grinned, smiling at the now new and improved Chad Dylan Cooper...though there really was a lot to improve on.
He frowned. "Sonny, didn't anyone ever tell you that Chad Dylan Cooper doesn't wear hats?" he asked, his arms folded in front of him. I giggled.
"Well, it looks kinda cute on you..." His frown quickly transformed into a smile. Darn it, tell me those words did not just come out of my mouth.
"Oh really, you think I look cute? Well, we all knew that you couldn't resist me Sonny." Oh great, he's being all conceited.
"Puh-lease. You've called me cute millions of times." I smiled at my response. But now that I think about it, he did actually comment on how cute I look a lot of times. Maybe he's just going through that guy phase or something, who knows.
He frowned again. "Y-you know, we should just start cooking before the food arrives..." Cad trailed off awkwardly. I couldn't help but laugh at this. "But first-" he took off the chef's hat and threw it on the ground. "Chad Dylan Cooper doesn't do hats."
"Whatever, go get the aprons drama pants before I glue the hat to your head." I threatened.
"Yes ma'am!" Chad mock saluted and went off, leaving me laughing slightly.
I separated the vegetables while I waited for Chad to get the aprons. How slow does that boy walk, they're just on the other side of the kitchen. Drama snobs these days.
After Christmas came and went, or at least that's what it felt like to me, Chad came back with the aprons and we both started cutting up the vegetables and I sneaked behind him and put the chef's hat back on his head. I just couldn't get over how cute he looked in it.
I was cutting the lettuce, holding the knife very carefully-
"-Ouch!" I exclaimed. The knife slipped from my hands and cut the back of my hand. Chad looked up from the vegetables he was cutting.
"Oh my god, are you alright?" he asked, worried again for the second time today. Wow, Chad really has changed since when I first arrived at So Random!
"No, I think I accidently hurt my arm-"
"Well..." he grinned. "I know how to make it all better." He said and took my hand and kissed it. He kissed my hand! And yeah, it did feel better!
"Uh...thanks Chad." I smiled and turned away from him because there was no doubt that right now I was so red that I would've put Rudolph the Red nosed reindeer to shame.
Wait...that was no accident. My fate is actually coming true. Why did I have to go pick the broken card, now my life's probably gonna be one big jinx. Stupid card.
"Chad, don't you see what's happening, it's starting!" He turned to me with a confused look on his face.
"What's starting?" he asked. I rolled my eyes, now's not the time for amnesia.
"My fate, you know the card I picked." I said. That lightbulb in his head did not turn on.
"Me being jinxed?"
"Nope, doesn't ring any bells?" Chad responded, trying to remember.
"Ugh, you picked the love card, I picked the broken card." I reminded him. He rolled his eyes.
"Really Sonny, really. I thought you were over that. She was just trying to scare you, my family's weird like that-"
"No Chad, you don't understand!" I said, cutting off his explanation. "I'm going to have a miserable life with no friends and my dreams crushed with only a dog called Max for company." I said sadly.
"Sonny, that was just a coincidence, okay. Bad things are going to happen in life whether you like it or not. But you control the good stuff that happens so just forget about everything my sister said, okay." Chad's really good at comforting people; even I have to admit that. I nodded and went back to making my delicious salad.
Fifteen minutes later we were finished with the salad, all the junk food was ordered and Ollie, Chad and I were sat on the couch, in front of the t.v. I doubt that we'd be allowed to eat like this if Mrs Cooper was here.
"Now, this is what I call good food!" Ollie said, his mouth stuffed with every fast food known to man. "I just wish we'd gotten chocolate as well."
"I know, right. Do you think it's too late to order some chocolate fro-yos?" Chad asked, his mouth also stuffed with unhealthy food. Though I'm kind of a hypocrite because my mouth was stuffed with fries and half a burger; my ceaser salad was sitting in the corner of the room, completely untouched. Eh, I've never really liked salad anyway. Besides, they've got lettuce in the burgers.
"You know, this is actually a great idea for a sketch." I said thoughtfully. Chad shook his head.
"Sorry Sonny, but this is a funny free zone." He smirked. I just poked my tongue out at him and I'd make sure that I'd force him to watch an episode of So Random!
After we'd eaten until we couldn't feel our mouths, we sat on the couch together, completely unable to move, I knew this was a bad idea.
"I feel like I'm gonna be sick." Ollie said.
"I told you guys this was a bad idea, but does anyone ever listen to Chad Dylan Cooper? No." Chad said.
"Chad, I'm the one who said it was a bad idea and anyway, I believe I won a bet." I said, proud of myself. Chad managed to heave himself up. He helped me up.
"That's true Ms Munroe, you did win the bet. But before I pay up," he guided me to the door. "I kinda wanted to finish what I was going to say earlier." He said, fiddling with a strand of my hair. "You know how we've been hanging out together these past few months?"
I nodded and ushered for him to go on.
"Well, I really don't want that to stop and in my future or whatever, I want you to be right there by my side the whole way. I mean, we used to be enemies and now we've gotten to be really good friends. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I don't want any of that to end." There are many sides to Chad Dylan Cooper, and I think that I've just found the deep side.
"Aww, Chad!" I said before launching myself in his arms. "That was so sweet and very un-Chad Dylan Cooper-ly.
"Wait, I'm not finished. I was maybe thinking that since we've got that prom Mr Condor set up for us, that maybe you'd be my d-"
I didn't get to hear the rest of what Chad had to say because Mrs Cooper burst through the door.
"Mom?"
"Chaddypoo!" I tried to stop myself from snickering. "I'm sorry did I interrupt anything between you?" Mrs Cooper said.
"Mommy, I was in the middle of something here!" Chad groaned. Mrs Cooper's eyes grew wide then she gave Chad a wink.
"Oh...I get it." She beamed. "I'll make myself scarce." She said and walked around the corner but I had a feeling that she was spying on us behind a wall.
"Well as I was saying-" before he could finish his sentence, my phone beeped, telling me that I'd gotten a message. I opened it up and it was from my brother who was telling me that something urgent happened at home. I rolled my eyes; he probably got his shirt stuck in the waffle maker again. I sighed.
"Chad, I've got to go, call me or I'll see you at the studio on Monday." I smiled. He kinda looked disappointed. "Bye Chad." I said and walked out of the door, not before giving him a kiss in the cheek.
I really don't care if some card tells me that I'm going to have a bad future, as long as Chad's there with me every step along the rocky road of life then I know that everything's going to be alright.
I'm so sorry if you didn't like this chapter, it's probably full of mistakes and errors because I wasn't supposed to post it yet and it hasn't been edited...
I decided to make Chad's family really weird; Ollie's a trouble maker and Chad's sister is...well she's just weird.
This was such a tough chapter to write because 'Broken' makes you think of angstie stuff. The whole fortune reading thing is based on when one of my friends (who coincidently has the name Sarah) told me my fortune when she'd gotten some cards and I had to pick a card and got the death card and I started freaking out, lol. Very weird chapter but I hoped you guys like it. =)
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