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Chapter 2: The Psychological Work of Connie Munroe

I walk inside of my apartment and see my mom on the couch with her eyes glued onto the TV.

"Mom! Why are you still watching Mackenzie Falls? You know the season finale ended weeks ago, right?"

"Sorry, sweetie, but I got confused. I just wanted to make sure that if it was Chloe's biological dad that tried to kill Mackenzie or was it her brother," she replies without even taking a glance at her daughter.

"It was her dad. Her brother tried to kill her," I explain. "Now, you know. Can we move on and focus on me, now. I've had a bad day. Seventy-five percent of it was me crying, and I need someone to talk to…preferably a mother, not some crazed forty-year-old Mackenzie fan."

My mom nods and flashes the TV off with the remote. "Come here, sweetie," she says, patting the place on the couch right beside her. "What's wrong?"

I plopped right next to her. "Chad." That one name; that's all I said, and it was already killing me.

"Oh, sweetie, what did that boy do this time?"

I gulp a painful breath of air. "Um, first it began with agreeing that we should be back to normal, and then, Tawni asks me if I was okay with that. So, I ended up crying for like two hours. And then, on the way here, I hear on the radio that Chad is going off to Australia in three weeks to shoot a movie, and never even told me about it, even back when we were dating. And I think I have gotten Chad Crazy."

My mom rubs my back soothingly, acting the same way Tawni did. "Oh, honey. What is 'Chad Crazy'?"

I shrug my shoulders. "Seeing Chad everywhere I go when he's not physically there."

My mom momentarily stops rubbing me and whispers, "Imagine that! Seeing Mackenzie everywhere you go!"

I stare at her with disgust. "Mom, that is disgusting. You're like twice his age, and Mackenzie's practically my ex!"

"Sorry, honey," she apologizes and continues rubbing my back soothingly.

"What should I do, Mom?" I ask desperately. "I don't want to see Chad ever again! Every time I see him, hear his name, say his name, I feel like I need to jump through a window."

"Well, how is that gonna work? You both work in Condor Studios," my mom says. "It's not like one of you guys is just gonna leave only because your relationship didn't work out."

"I will."

"What?"

"I will leave Condor Studios," I say. "I'll just leave because Chad would rather stay in Mackenzie Falls."

"Honey, you're not making any sense. There's no point for you into leaving. I thought you said Chad was gonna leave for Australia in three weeks?" my mom reasons. I groan because she's true.

"But three weeks is too long!" I whine unreasonably.

"Really, Sonny, really?" my mom says, sounding awfully like Chad. I shiver. "So you would rather quit So Random!, your dream show to be on, and leave your friends just because you don't want to see Chad?"

"But, but…I never said of leaving my friends," I whimper.

"Well, if you quit, how are we gonna pay for this apartment? I don't have a job, so we're just gonna go back to your father in Wisconsin," my mom explains.

"I'll just find a job then…another acting job."

"Right, so you're gonna betray your friends to go on another show, and steal their viewers," my mom says. "And of course, all casting directors are looking for girls like you who leave their shows once there's something wrong."

Ugh, I hate my mom right, now. As much as I want to deny it, she's true…all of it is true. "So what should I do?" I ask, desperate.

"I don't know what you should do," Mom says vaguely. "What should you do?" Wow, thanks Mom.

I concentrate real hard. Then, a light bulb flashes in my head. I smile. "Mom, I have a compromise!"

"That's my girl!" Mom compliments. "Now, what is your plan?"

"Well, how about I take a vacation for these three weeks, so I won't see Chad until he comes back from Australia, which won't be until a couple months."

"You sure you want this?" my mom asks me.

I nod.

"'Kay, it's your call, Sonny," my mom says. "Go ahead and call Marshall."

I lightly smile and kiss her cheek. Mom left to her bedroom, probably continuing to watch Mackenzie Falls. I pull out my cow phone from my back pocket and ring up Marshall:

Hey Sonny!

"Um, Marshall, can I take three weeks off from work?" I ask on the phone.

Sure, but not for the rest of this week because we booked a special guest star to the show.

Five days? I have to see Chad for five more days? How will I survive that when I am diagnosed with Chaditis? "But, Marshall it's really important!"

Sonny, I can't let you go! How can I cancel Tridark Saga's Aaron Cole? Jackson Tyler already cancelled once; Sonny this will boost So Random!'s viewers!

Wait, did he just Aaron Cole, as in the werewolf of Tridark? "Fine, I'll stay for the rest of the week," I say, trying to sound nonchalant, but really inside I was screaming as much as I did when I believed Jackson Tyler was coming to the show.

But then I realized…what if Aaron Cole cancels? Will that result in Chad becoming the special guest star again? I hope not.

This is great Sonny! Well, I have to go, mother just made mashed potatoes! Ooh, with gravy too! It's getting wild! Bye, Sonny! See you tomorrow!

I roll my eyes with a playful smile forming. Geeze, the people I work with… "Alright, Marshall! See you tomorrow!" I say, and think, Along with Chad Dylan Cooper and Aaron Cole. Oh dear, this is going to be an interesting week.

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