Chapter 4: It's Not an Even Day; It's an Odd Day!
Famous movie actor, Aaron Cole, walk towards Chad and I, already bruising Chad's too-cool aura. "Hey Sonny! Who's your friend?"
I giggle, and look at Chad's reaction: astonish and mouth gape. "Hi Aaron, this is Chad Dylan Cooper." Then, I face Chad and introduce him to Aaron, "Chad, this is Aaron Cole. Aaron pulls out his hand, and Chad reluctantly shakes it as he feels my forcing stare.
"Chad, as in Chad Dylan Cooper?" says Aaron, boosting Chad's self esteem.
"Oh, so you know about me?" Chad asks as the two let go of their shaking hands with his signature cocky smile.
"Yes, you're Sonny's ex, right?"
I lightly fidget, and I swear I see Chad fidgeting as well. "Yes," Chad says.
"Well, nice to meet you," Aaron says too-nicely. Then, he faces me. "So, I was thinking after lunch we can practice some lines. You in?"
"Sure," I say. "You do need some practice…you're just a little too weak as a comedian," I tease.
Aaron chuckled. "Cool, see you later."
Aaron left toward the exit, but not to the cafeteria. I guest as a high-paying movie actor; he doesn't do cafeteria food, which makes me wonder…why does Chad even eat in the cafeteria?
"Sonny, what was that?" Chad asks, pulling onto my arm.
"What was what?" I say, pulling my arm away from his grasp.
"Why were you flirting with him?"
"I wasn't flirting with him!" I say all squeaky.
"Uh-huh, sure," Chad says all sarcastic. "So, now, I bet you probably don't even know that he's trying to date you!"
"No, he isn't!" I say.
"Sonny, he's clearly asking you out on a date!" exclaims Chad. "I use that pick-up line all the time!"
My heart stops right at that moment. I remember how he asked me if he wanted to run lines with me when guest-starred on the show, trying to make me kiss him, but thank goodness my weird Chad dream prevented that from happening. This makes me realize that I wasn't as special to Chad as I thought. "Wow, Chad. How can you be that shallow?"
After a while, Chad finally realizes what had just happened. "Sonny, I'm sor—"
"—Just don't Chad," I say.
"But, Sonny, I just don't want to see you to get hurt!"
"No, Chad, you're just thinking of yourself," I say, crossing my arms. "You're always like that; it's always about you! You just hate the fact that Aaron might have a shot with dating me! I don't blame you, though. Aaron is a handsome gentleman, and knows how to treat women right."
Chad doesn't reply, as he thinks through my words. I know that he's just jealous. I guess he doesn't want to deal with pain that someone might actually be better for me than him.
"Look, Chad, even if we are exes and apparently enemies; you are still one of my friends, so I'll give you some advice. If you never going to get hurt again, are you ever going to feel?" I say, looking straight into his eyes; for once, not getting lost. "Sometimes you need to take risks. Think about it."
I leave him with that note. I enter the cafeteria, and see that my costars were still sitting in the same table for since ever. I walk over to the familiar table. They all greet me as I sat right in between Tawni and Zora.
"Hey guys," I reply in return.
Tawni asks, "Why did you come here so late?"
"I just had a talk with Chad."
"Wait, Sonny, is Chip giving you a hard time again?" Nico asks protectively.
"Yeah, because we can give him what he should deserve," Grady adds, cracking his knuckles for effect.
"Yup! I actually got a taser, now!" Zora says deviously.
We all look at her with disbelief. Look, how many twelve year olds do you know that keeps a taser just for the heck of it?
Then, I lightly smile because of my friends concerns. "No, I'm good. But I'm just really hungry," I explain. "I'll be right back."
As I push back my seat, Nico stops me. "Sonny, no, how about Grady and I get you some food? Don't worry it will be nutritious and delicious!" The two of them leave the table and head towards the cafeteria lady.
"Well, that was weird," replies Zora.
"Yeah, those two doofuses are always weird," Tawni replies as she takes a glance at her nails.
"C'mon guys. They're just being considerate," I say as the guys come back with a tray full of chips, cake, and then there's just one red apple.
"Nutritious," Grady says pointing to the apple.
"And delicious!" Nice says pointing to the rest of the tray.
I smile. These were my doofuses. "Thanks, you guys."
So, I grab for the apple and eat it. Truthfully, I actually ate some chips and cake, but I never really did finish it. After my stomach became satisfied, I left for Aaron's line practice, or, if Chad's correct, date.
I walk to Aaron's dressing room and knocked on the door once, twice, and thrice. Then, Aaron opens the door…shirtless. My stomach did a flip as I see his tan chiseled chest. I shiver and goose bumps form.
"Hey, Sonny!"
"H-hey, A-Aaron."
"Sorry for being shirtless. I just did some workout," apologizes Aaron. "Oh, come in, get comfortable. I'll be right back, let me just put on a shirt."
He leaves to the bathroom, and I circle around his dressing room. It's not messy; pretty much clean. There was the foam mat, realizing that is where he just did his work out. I sit down in his couch, and by this time, he comes out of the bathroom.
"You're back!" I say.
"Yup, so let's get to practicing!"
So we practiced. We practiced for a while, but something was partially distracting me. Is Aaron really going to ask me out? Instead of saying my next line, I ask him instead, "What was the purpose of this?"
"Sonny, that's not the next line," Aaron says.
"I know, but there's a reason why you asked me to practice with you, but I don't know exactly what the reason is."
"Am I that transparent?" Aaron asks, running his fingers through his dark locks.
"It seems so with Chad," I reply.
"The Chad, as in your ex?" he asks.
"Yup, so what's the deal?"
"I like a certain girl and I need your help," he says. I shiver slightly.
"Really? Who?" I ask, acting as if I don't know the answer.
"Tawni," he says, and I think I did a double-take. I guess he saw my reaction, and explains, "Yup, I have an embarrassing crush for Tawni Hart."
Geeze, everything is not what it seems. So, really, Aaron wanted to get close to Tawni by becoming friends with her best friends; genius. So, really, Aaron never even liked me—now I feel stupid. Remind me to kill Chad the next time I see him…
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