Behind the Veil
a fanfiction by Emma

Chapter Twelve

Spring
April

I rolled over in the bed, the morning light shone brightly in my eyes.

Then I remembered what happened last night; I smiled. I was happy.

I sat up, then slid myself out of the bed, quietly got dressed trying not to wake Charlotte.

I lied back down beside Charlotte and rubbed the side of her arm, her back was facing me.

Charlotte moaned softly, she didn't turn to me, but she mumbled "Hello" and "Morning" to me.

I stared at her back, my hand stopped at her shoulder blade, I stared at it in horror. It was a birthmark, soft brown marking forming the shape of a giraffe. Joe the Giraffe.

The beach was quiet that day, I twas also beautiful, and peaceful.

"What's this?" I asked, pointing at her shoulder blade.

"Oh that?" Sonny said, "That's my birthmark. Cool, huh? It's shaped like a giraffe."

"Yeah, it is cool." I said.

"When I was five, me and my Mom decided to name it something, so we named him Joe. Chad, meet Joe the Giraffe. ... Say 'hello' Chad, don't me rude!"

I laughed, "Hello Joe the Giraffe."

She noticed my lack of rubbing, she turned to face me.

"Chad?" she asked.

I stared at nothing. My face was struck with horror. My mind was blank.

She had got up and pulled on a nightgown, she walked up to me.

"Chad?" she asked, resting her hand on my shoulder.

I slapped her hand away hard, she gripped it in pain, I must've looked crazy.

It all made sense now, the way she acted towards me. When she dropped everything when she first saw me, she was surprised, but not the way she said she was. She was surprised to see me in general, she wasn't surprised to see Chad Dylan Cooper, the ex-teen heart sensation, she was surprised to see Chad Dylan Cooper.

The "good goods" and the "fine fines", that was my thing with ... Sonny, not my thing with ... her. No one knew about that, other than our cast mates, and it wasn't really a big story to tell in the first place.

She looks like her. How could I have not placed this before? Her eyes are that brown, her hair is red, but it's obviously dyed red, the roots are showing her eyebrows are BROWN.

The dreams, the dreams finally made sense.

I ... moved here when I was eighteen."

You need to get over it! Because she's not here! She's not here Chad! You're n-not near h-her!"

Chad, I don't know why I look like S-Sonny, I've n-never noticed it before, but I do, and you've apparently noticed.

Chad, I-I'm not–

You were ... close to Tawni Hart?

Well, if you think about it she probably is with someone else.

The dreams were telling me that ...

"Chad?" she said to me, one last time.

"Don't speak." I hissed through my teeth, "You do not have the right to speak."

"Chad, what are you talking abo–"

"Joe the Giraffe!" I yelled in her face.

Her face went ghostly pale, sudden fear rolled over her.

"Chad I–"

` "What did you think you were doing?" I asked her, "Letting all this happen?"

"I-I don't know ..."

"You ... you're sick!" I yell, by now I was standing up, across the room, "What kind of human being does this? You took an innocent hurting man, and fixed him, just to break him again!"

"Chad, I'm sorry."

"That doesn't CUT IT!" I screamed.

"I know, but ..."

"But what?"

"I don't know!" she screamed back at me, "I'm human, I make mistakes!"

"You are definitely not 'human' right now S- ... Char- ... WHAT THE HELL IS YOUR NAME ANYWAY?" I scream at her face, "How the HELL am I supposed to fucking address you if you fucking LIE about who you are?"

"I ..."

"Why did you do this?" I ask her, "Why did you let it get this far?"

"I don't know.

"HOW CAN YOU NOT KNOW! YOU FUCKING MESSED UP THIS SHIT!"

"Chad, calm down!" she scolds me.

I scoff, "Calm down? Calm down? NO, I'm NOT going to CALM DOWN. This is YOUR fault!"

"I know it is ... I just need to ... think."

"Too late! You apparently couldn't think last night, or the day before that – Oh, how about when you were trying to get me to get over you? You should've 'thinked' then!" I yell, I'm now half way across the room, not letting her near me, touch me, look at me.

Tears started running down her cheeks, now, no matter how much I hated her right now, I loved her, I wanted to run to her side, and hold her close. There was still that thing, she was Sonny, the Sonny I have missed so much for all these years, and I wanted her, no matter how much she hurt me. It took all of my strength not to run to her right now.

I bit my lip, "Why did you leave?" I asked, water forming in my eyes.

"I ... missed my old life. I missed Wisconsin, so I left, thinking that everything could go back to normal, but everyone knew who I was there, and I knew it would get out and you would come looking for me ... so I moved here, and changed my name. My legal name is Charlotte Adams."

"That's not good enough for me."I whispered, "You're sick, you ... disgust me. You ... you are a bitch."

More tears streamed down her face, calling me, ordering me to come to her, but I couldn't. The closer I got to her, the more it hurt.

I turn to leave, but she calls to me.

"Please, Chad, please! Please, listen! I'm sorry! CHAD!"

Tears now running down my cheeks I turn to her, "That didn't work last time. So it's not going to work this time." then I turn around once again going out the door.

She grabs onto my arm, "Chad, please try to understand!"

I squeeze my eyes shut, the pain is too much.

"I never stopped loving you."

I open my eyes slowly, and rip her hand away from me, "I wish I could believe that." I whisper, not turning to look at her.

Then I leave, and walk to my house. It's raining, wet and cold in the early morning. Tears are running fast down my face, and I couldn't control them, people were staring at me, whispering, wondering what happened.

"Chad?" I heard Ms Maria say, "Chad, what happened? Did you and Charlotte fight? Chad? CHAD!"

I walk past her, I'm staring at the ground, I'm looking at nothing. Cars were swerving past me, dodging me, old men yelling at me to get off the road. I ignore them all.

"I never stopped loving you."

I really do wish I could believe that.

Authors Note:
Now to FINALLY answer the question everyone's been asking since the beginning: Is Charlotte Sonny? Yep, she is. :)

It was really interesting to see who people thought Charlotte was, I think someone said she could be Sonny's cousin, some I think thought she was a friend of Sonny, and some of you were just like, "Charlotte IS Sonny. T_T" it was fun to see that.

But now you know, and this story I believe has maybe about three-four chapters left :) I know what's going to happen, and I'll tell you something.

Tawni will be in one of these chapters, I really wouldn't be mentioning her so much if she wasn't, so she will be, I'm just not sure when yet, probably in the next chapter or two.

Also, I'll be switching from Chad's perspective to third person, because we're going to see Sonny, not just Chad's feelings.

OMG OMG OMG, this story almost as 200 reviews! THANK YOOOUUU GUYS, you guys are SO great, this will be my most reviewed story ... well, it IS my most reviewed story right now!

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Thanks guys,
Emma