"Sonny With a Real Chance"
By tenshi noyo ryu taiga
Chapter Fourteen (Part Two):
"Look at this!" Chad exploded, shoving a tabloid newspaper down on the table in front of Tawni.
Grady looked over where Chad's arm was to look at the headline.
"Good Girl Gone Bad With Mysterious Beau?!" Chad yelled as he pointed to the picture, "Who is this guy!? 'Cause I know that James is still in Austria! And this guy is definitely taller with brown hair, not black."
The picture showed a smiling Ally, clearly having fun, dancing with a tall brunet man. Chad flipped the page to the main article which displayed several more pictures of Ally, all with the same guy, "Can you make out his face? Because I can't. Here, it's cut off. Here, his back's to the camera and here…" Chad seethed, "His face is to Ally's."
It was no secret (to everyone but Chad and Ally) that Chad had a crush on her. Before Ally met James, it could even be said that the feeling was mutual, but afterwards, the entire thing was shelved as one sided. You'd have to be blind to miss how much Ally cared about James.
The picture Chad was speaking of was of course the front page shot that had Ally's arm around the man's neck, his face down next to hers with Ally looking almost directly at the camera, a large smile on her face as they appeared to be dancing.
"Huh. He looks hot," Tawni remarked, uncaring.
Nico looked at her, "How can you tell? All you see is his back."
"A girl just knows these things," Tawni replied, standing up, "A guy's back tells a lot about a guy's hotness level."
Nico and Grady quickly tried and turn their head to inspect their own backs, failing miserably.
"Can we get back to the point?" Chad asked warily.
"What point?" Ally asked from behind him, causing his to jump a little.
Chad opened his mouth to reply when he was cut off, "Who is this guy!?" Nico asks forcefully.
Ally looked on in confusion before she spots what they're looking at, "Wow, I had no idea there were vultures in there."
"That's not the point," Chad crossed his arms, "Who's the guy?"
"My friend," She replies, flipping through the newspaper, trying to find the article.
Tawni asks, "I thought you were still with James."
Ally looked up in shock, "I am. Rob's just a friend!"
"Is it the same friend from coffee yesterday?" Zora asks curiously.
Ally 'hmm'ed in response, agreeing in a non-committal way as she picked up the tabloid and walked out with it, completely ignoring her friends unanswered questions.
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Ally smiled as she walked out of work. She headed to her car, looking through her purse, trying to find her keys. She gasped when she looked up to find James standing in front of her.
Ally grins widely, squealing as she throws her arms around her boyfriend and plants a large kiss on his mouth, "What are you doing here? You didn't tell me you were coming! I thought you were filming until-" She cuts herself off, voice fading as she sees what James has angrily clutched in his hand, "Oh."
"Anything you want to tell me?" He asks, shoving the tabloid in her face.
"No!" Ally yells, drawing stares. She grabs James' arm and leads him into her car to talk in private, "Rob's a friend of mine. We just went partying, no big deal. He's my best friend; only a friend."
"Wait, Rob? This is the guy? The guy you were with on your birthday. The Brit," James looked angrier.
"Rob. Is. My. Friend!" Ally spoke clearly, enunciating the fact, "You have no reason to be jealous. I love you."
Hearing this, James calmed down, "I know… I know. I'm sorry. I keep getting angry and then I get angry at the fact that I'm getting angry. I know you wouldn't cheat. It's just… the distance. It's really getting to me, that's all. I'm sorry."
Ally reached out and held his hand, "When do you have to go back?"
"Tonight," He replied.
She nodded before putting her keys into the car and heading out to his place in LA.
"We're going back to mine? What about yours?" James asked, smiling as he held Ally's hand.
Ally hesitated before smiling, "It's a total pigsty. I need to hire a maid or something," She laughed.
James seemed to buy it as she parked in the building's garage and they moved to the elevator. Ally, worried her lip as she thought about the lie she just told her boyfriend. It wasn't that she wanted to lie, but she knew that if James found out that Rob was staying with her, that it would lead to another fight and she didn't want that. James was just overreacting. He needed to get used to the idea of her best friend being a guy.
James started nibbling on her neck, his hand slipping up her shirt as they stumbled out of the elevator and to his door. He hastily unlocked it and slipped through where he wasted no time in throwing her shirt over her head. James backed her to the bedroom where he lowered her to the bed. He had been gone a long time and he missed his girl…
"God, you look more beautiful than the last time we made love…" He smiled down lovingly.
