– They will get together eventually, I promise! (They always do in my stories)

Chapter 3!!

Sal walked over to Alex's booth a few minutes after he saw Dean and his crew approach the booth. "I can't believe those drunken idiots are back again." He leaned onto Alex's pretzel stand.

Alex rolled her eyes. "Tell me about."

"Do you see these idiots trying to hit on her again?" he scoffed. "Like any of them actually has a chance with her." Alex listened attentively. "I mean, she turned me down. It's not like she's going to date trash like that."

"So, I'm guessing you like her." She picked at her nails.

He nodded dumbly. "I mean, who wouldn't like her. She was so cool when I had to train her."

You could tell a lot about a person when you teach them how to blow up a balloon. "I guess. I only spoke to her once."

"But only speaking to her once is enough." He nodded with a dumb smile. "You know she's a virgin, right?"

Alex did a double take. It was sort of a shock that someone that pretty could be a virgin. Well, she was a virgin too, she just expected every other prep to have widely spread legs. That might have even been why her and Dean broke up. Every time he made a sexual advance, she would always turn him down. "I wouldn't know something like that after only speaking to her for a few minutes."

"She's totally girlfriend material. It's too bad her parents are so strict about when she has to be home. I probably would have a date with her by now." Alex rolled her eyes. What the hell is so great about her? She's hot, I get it but seriously!

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Alex left her booth with her temp and rolled up her apron. She had no idea what she was going to do for only fifteen minutes, but she definitely knew that she wanted to stay as far away from Dean as possible.

"Hey, Alex." Her cheerful tone made her jump.

"Hey, Sonny." She said nervously as she tried to calm her heart down.

"I'm on my break." She announced proudly as she bit her lip.

"That's cool." She answered dryly and turned her attention back to folding her uniform.

Sonny shifted her weight from her heels to her toes. "So, I was wondering if you'd like to spend it with me…" she trailed and hoped for a yes.

Alex turned around, very surprised. "With me?" she asked dumbly.

Sonny nodded with a huge smile. "That's if you want to. You don't have to if you're busy. I could always just grab something and…"

"Sure." Alex finally said and interrupted her rant.

It almost looked like Sonny was about to burst. "W-where do you want to go?" she asked excited. "We can go get some fried oreo's, or some funnel cake, or we can hang out in the parking lot?"

"Okay." Alex laughed.

"Great. We have thirteen minutes." She said as she grabbed Alex by the wrist and ran off into the parking lot.

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"I totally love Paramore!" she squealed.

Alex nodded. "I'm actually saving up to see them. That's why I got this stupid job in the first place."

"That's so awesome!" Sonny inched closer to her. "Who are you going to the concert with?"

"Well, I'm was supposed to go with my boy friend."

Sonny nodded, disappointed. "Oh, that's cool."

Alex cleared her throat. "But me and him broke up two months ago." she began playing with the seam of her shirt.

"Oh, well if I can pay my own way can I come too?" she asked hopefully.

Alex nodded as the idea grew on her. "Yeah, that sounds awesome."

"So, how much are the tickets?"

"The ones I want to get are about two hundred." Sonny agreed instantly, despite the price. "I just have one more week of working at this place until I go back to working at my parent's sandwich shop."

"Oh, they own a sandwich shop?" she asked. The more she heard about her, the more she wanted to get to know her. "I never met someone as interesting as you."

Alex looked at her, surprised. "Really? Oh, thank you."

"In Wisconsin, the most interesting this there is when the town fair comes around." Sonny laughed. It was true. There weren't too many exciting things that happened in her small town. Even some of the simplest activities as bowling was considered a "night out".

"What brings you here?" Alex asked when she realized that she wasn't just new to the carnival. She was new to this state.

"Well, my mom got a job in New York, and I didn't exactly fit in there either, so I'm glad I moved."

Alex gave her a questioning look. "How could you not fit in?" Alex looked her over and it didn't seem like she would be an outcast. Her hair was amazing, her clothes were amazing, even her teeth were unnaturally white.

Sonny swallowed hard and looked away. "I'm sort of have a more liberal view about life."

"What do yo-"

Alex's sentence was interrupted by Sonny's alarm. "Time to get back." She shrugged, disappointed and relieved all at once.

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"Hey, Alex." Sonny ran up to her immediately after she closed up her booth. Alex greeted her with a smile. A genuine smile. "I was wondering if I could get your number so we can stay in contact about the whole concert thing."

"Yeah, sure." Alex happily gave out her number and Sonny saved it in her phone. "Just call or text me any time. I have unlimited everything."

Sonny smiled wildly. "Definitely." Suddenly her cell phone rang. "One sec." she picked up the private call. Inaudible screaming came through the phone making Sonny jump and slam her phone shut.

"Who the hell was that?" Alex questioned as she noticed Sonny's uneasy manner.

She took in a deep breath. "Just some prank call." She mumbled. I really need to change my number.

"What're they, 12?" she scoffed at the immature phone call.

"No." she pouted. "Just immature jerks."

"Yeah, they totally sound like assholes." Alex checked the time. "I have to catch my train, but I'll see you tomorrow." She gave her a smile and hoped that Sonny would reflect it. Though it was very slight, it was still a smile. "Feel better, Dart Girl."

That sounds like a superhero. "Thanks, Pretzel Girl."

A/N: Any suggestions?