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You Belong With Me

Chapter 3: Untouchable

SPOV

I sent an anonymous text to Sharona that Chad and I were dating. We took a picture of the two of us together and sent it in to Sharona to use in her blog about the text I sent from some random person off the street's phone.

Soon, everyone heard the rumor and saw the picture.

Several people requested interviews. Since we had to pretend to be upset that people found out, we refused all interviews, but Mr. Condor decided an interview would be perfect publicity.

"So, how long have the two of you been dating?" Santiago asked. Chad and I had figured out every answer to just about any question Santiago might ask.

"Two or three weeks," I said smiling nervously.

"Really? Did you know that Chad was dating his co-star Mimi?"

"Yes, I did know, but they weren't really dating. See, they were just promoting their movie. Mr. Condor made them," I said, still nervously smiling. Chad's emotions were unreadable to anyone watching. His face gave nothing away, but I was holding his hand and I could feel the sweat. I could also feel the vibrations from him shaking his knee, which I assumed to be from nerves.

Santiago raised his eyebrows in surprise.

"Really? Chad is that true?"

Chad bit his lip before speaking.

"Yes, it is. I wasn't supposed to tell, but… my… love for Sonny is just too strong."

If you don't know him like I do, then you wouldn't have heard what I heard. You would've heard Chad pausing for dramatic effect as he always does. I heard Chad struggling to say the word 'love'. Even worse, it had to be in the same sentence as 'my' 'for' and 'Sonny'.

After the interview, I had to go to a practice for my newest sketch, News Cast-astrophe.

I got to the set to find three angry teens and an angry eleven-year-old waiting for me. They started to scold me, but everyone was speaking at once. It didn't really bother me. I just agreed with everything they said and soon they cooled down. They were still angry though. I would've told them that we were fake dating, but they might have spilled it to Santiago or Sharona or someone.

I walked out of the prop house, over to the Mackenzie Falls set. Before I got there, however, I bumped into just the person I was looking for.

"Hey Chad," I said.

"Hey, Sonny! You did an awesome job and Mr. Condor said I could stop fake dating Mimi, so we don't have to fake ate anymore! It's about time, right? Sonny?"

My eyes filled with tears. Did he really hate fake dating me that much?

I ran. I ran as far as I could as fast as I could. I ran all the way home.

"What's wrong?" My mom asked.

"Mom, I'm going back to Wisconsin. You can stay here, I'm going to Uncle Mark's ranch," I muttered.

My mom looked confused.

"Okay, if that's really what you want, honey," she sighed, "If you hurry you can catch a flight."

I hurriedly packed, throwing random things in my luggage bags. I went through my favorite things, only packing the most important. I found my teddy bear (packed), my first tiny sandals (left in the box), and the picture Chad had signed for me. The one he wrote 'I'm sorry' on. I wasn't sure if I wanted to take it to remember Hollywood, or leave it because it would remind me of Chad.

With a sigh I threw it in my suitcase. How could I leave something so special behind?

My mom drove me to the airport. She gave me a kiss on the forehead and said good-bye as best as she could through her tears.

They had plenty of plane tickets. Turns out, most people don't want to go back to Wisconsin once they're in Hollywood.

The plane ride was quite boring. I listened to my ipod the whole time, mostly Taylor Swift's 'Forever and Always'.

I arrived at my uncle's ranch around 5 o'clock. He was happy to see me, but was sad to see I had quite my acting career.

"Dinner's ready, honey," Mark said (I don't call him Uncle Mark, just Mark.)

"I'm not really hungry. I think I'll just go visit Galaxy."

Galaxy was a horse that was born on my tenth birthday. In honor of that, Mark gave him to me. When he was sick, I was the only one who could get him to eat.

I walked into the barn, checking each stall to see the horses I haven't seen in like forever. There was Platinum, a pure white stallion, Calypso, a light gray mare with a black mane and tail, Ambrosia, a mare with a coat that looked almost like pure gold, and Galaxy. Galaxy was pure black with a few streaks of white in his mane and a white patch on his forehead that resembled a star.

I patted him on the head, muttering, "Hey, boy. Long time no see."

At around 8 o'clock I fell asleep in my bed, staring out my window at the sky. It was a perfect night for stargazing. I was making constellations. Somewhere between being awake and being in a dream, a constellation seemed to light itself up in the sky. When I traced my eyes along it, it made a C, then an H, then an A, then a D. Ha ha, real funny sky.

How was it? PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASE tell me!? Thankies!

"In the middle of the night,

when I'm in this dream,

It's like a million little stars spelling out your name,

You gotta,

Come on, come on,

Say that we'll be together,

Come on, come on,

Little taste of heaven…" –Untouchable, Taylor Swift