Behind the Veil
a fanfiction by Emma

Chapter Thirteen

Spring
May

I was standing in blackness, I couldn't see anything around me, yet I could see myself.

I looked around through the darkness, I tried calling out to someone ... anyone, I wasn't really sure who, but my voice wasn't working,no sound came out.

Suddenly, I heard footsteps coming towards me, getting louder each time, I looked around frantically, trying to call out, but – again – nothing was coming out.

"Hello Chad." came a voice – wait, no, it was two voices. The same voice, only saying things two times at the exact same time.

It was ... her voice, Sonny's voice, or Charlotte's voice.

Then they appear, smiling evily at me, holding hands.

"Hello Chad." they repeat, "How are you?"

"Long time no see, huh?" Sonny says to me.

Charlotte only laughs, her laughs grow louder, and louder, she's laughing ... at me.

"You silly boy!" Charlotte giggles, "thinking that we would actually come back to you!" she continues laughing, this time Sonny joins her.

"I told you I didn't love you!" Sonny laughs.

"You silly boy!" they laugh together.

I grip my ears in pain, and scream, an ear piercing scream.

I wake up screaming, I slap my hand over my mouth. The night terrors ... they were back. I touched my cheeks, they were wet, I had been crying.

I flip over onto my stomach and bury my head in my pillows and continue sobbing well into the night.

Sonny stood behind her counter, cleaning the various stains from ketchup or mustard off, she was in her own little world, she could hardly hear anyone calling her "name."

"Charlotte!" she finally heard, causing her to lift her head. It was a regular costumer name Jacob, he had his coffee mug high in the air waving it about. – Jacob wasn't very verbal.

Sonny walked over to him and poured the coffee, "Sorry," she says, "I've just been a little out of it lately."

"Yeah, I can tell," Jacob scoffs, "we can all tell."

Sonny sighs, "Fine Jacob, what do you want?"

"Nothing, nothing!" Jacob says, setting his coffee cup down, "." he says fast.

"What?"Sonny asks, completely missing what he said.

Jacob rubs his forehead, "I just want to know what happened between you anc Chad." he repeats quieter, "A lot of us want to know actually."

"Goodbye, Jacob." Sonny said with her teeth clenched.

"C'mon, Char, please!" Jacob begs.

"No!" Sonny feels the tears stinging in her eyes, but she blinks them away fast, "It's none of your freaking business, okay? So just drink your coffee and leave!"

"Okay ... okay." Jacob whispers, "Sorry."

Sonny just rolls her eyes and turns around back the counter, she sits on a stool and rubs her temples. She's stressed, she's busy ... her mind is on other things, she can hardly focus on things. Sonny could only think of ... her mistake. The many mistakes she had made. Currently, it was the one she made a month ago, or a few months ago actually, in early August.

She shouldn't of pushed her friendship with Chad, she should've just treated him like a normal person, who comes in her diner regularly. She knows now why she pushed their friendship ... it was because she missed him, she had missed him so much.

Sonny had made a mistake all those years ago, telling him she didn't love him, because . . . well, at the time, it was true. She didn't really think she loved him, it was all just too confusing. So she decided she didn't, though, truthfully, Sonny thinks she always did.

Now, she had screwed up far too much to actually fix it . . . or had she? Maybe she could fix it, if she just gave Chad some time to calm down, and think.

I swiped a carton of eggs over, and handed them to Kreg, he placed them in the bag, softly, making sure he didn't squish anything in the process, which only caused me to roll my eyes.

"So, Chad, how have you been these days?" Kreg asked, obviously trying to make conversation.

"Listen, Kreg, I'm not in the mood to be communicating with anyone, nor will I ever feel like communicating to anyone. I only have this job so I can make money and live, okay?"

Kreg and the costumer stare at my wide eyed in confusion, completely speechless.

"That'll be $53. 98." I mumble to the customer as she hands me her credit card.

"Chad!"

I freeze, "I have to get out of here." I whisper, then I turn, but a hand grabs me.

"Chad, please talk to me, let me explain." Charlotte or Sonny says to me. I'm not looking at her, I don't want to look at her.

"No." I say to her, and shove her off of me, but she just grabs on.

"Please, Chad, I just want to talk!" She begs me.

"NO!" I scream, causing everyone to look at me, "There's nothing to talk about, Char– . . . Son– . . . . Dammit! What's your name?"

She looks around the whole store, obviously hesitating, "Charlotte." she finally says.

"No, it's not!" I yell, "Your name isn't Charlotte, and you should seriously just stop lying, because it's going to make you loose everyone you ever had! – Hell, you've already lost me! So just tell the world!"

I wait, her eyes are glistened with tears, I bit my tongue to stop me from crying. She wasn't going to tell them, she wasn't, I could tell, she was too afraid.

"You won't? Fine, I will!"

Her eyes widen, as if she's afraid, begging me not to. I don't care, they deserve to know.

"She's Sonny Munroe!" I yell, everyone around us gasps, "That's right ... she's ... S-Sonny Munr-roe. And yes, that is the girl who was my girlfriend eight years ago!" My voice drops down to a whisper, "The girl I loved," then I swallow, and raise my voice again, "So, yeah, she has been lying to you all for years. But guess what? I'm not going to be lied to anymore, because I'm done here!" I start heading towards the door.

"Wait, Chad, you didn't finish your shift!" Kreg called after me.

"Tell Ashley I quit!" I yell at him.

Because I'm done here, completely. I'm packing, and leaving. And Sonny won't ever stop me!

Authors Note:
OMC! OH MY CHAD! :)

GASP? - What's going to happen? Is Chad going to stay? Is Sonny/Charlotte going to ACTUALLY fix things? Why am I asking you these questions? - I ALREADY KNOW.

Sucks to be YOU, huh? Yep, it pretty much does. :)

Review anyways ... :)

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