A/N: Hey, guys! Thank you so much for the amazing response! You people are awesome :) I would have updated this yesterday, but I had no time since I had to get to the Jonas Brothers concert early. (I actually got to see Nick Jonas and Jordin Sparks close!) Ha, as much as I would want to ramble on about how amazing it was, I won't. lol. This story was supposed to be all in Chad's POV, but in this chapter, I realized that it wouldn't really work out, so I guess it'll switch off from time to time. But it'll be mostly in Chad's since I love that boy's mind xD
Oh and thanks to Cherie my new beta! :D
Chapter Two
Welcome to Wisconsin
[Chad's POV]
I am dead sure that my favorite part of this trip would be the airport, and trust me when I say that it was not something special. First, I had to wake up at seven-freaking-AM to get to the airport in time to meet Sonny and her parents. Mother, being the dear she is, dragged me out of my bed by pulling me, no not by the ear but by my hair and pushed me into the shower—with my clothes still on. Yeah, getting soaked with cold water definitely wakes a guy up to his dismay.
So after my 'mourning issues', I finally arrived at the airport. I saw Sonny at the front, waiting for me I suppose. She welcomed me with a hug and took me inside. We gave the workers our luggage to load and headed further inside. I tried not to roll my eyes once I saw Connie and Arthur Munroe. They were wearing the most hideous outfits I have ever seen in my life. But if they were going camping they would have been in the perfect attire…wait…never mind.
"I am so thrilled to go back home! I miss Wisconsin so much." Connie said enthusiastically with excitement written all over her eyes. Arthur was just as eager as his wife as he smiled widely at us. The look on his face said that he was jumping up and down like a child in the inside. Connie glanced at me and smiled warmly. "Are you excited to visit our hometown for the first time, Chad?"
Uh, no. Not at all. Not even close.
Before I opened my mouth to say the obnoxious and rude truth (the truth nonetheless), Sonny squeezed my hand tightly to the point where it was white. I tried not to wince as the feeling in my hand began to grow numb. I stared down at her while she glared at me, subtly warning me to not upset her parents. Subtle but painful!
"Uh, yeah, totally." I lied, putting on a fake smile. Sonny stopped suffocating my hand and smiled at me. I glared back at her before averting my eyes onto her parents to see if they fell for it. Connie and Arthur smiled at me before turning to each other to have a conversation of their own. Looks like they bought it. But how could they not? I am Chad Dylan Cooper, the greatest actor of our generation.
"Jeez, woman, you practically stopped my blood circulation." I mumbled to Sonny as we walked into the checkpoints. Sonny grinned innocently up at me as she placed her shoes and backpack into the gray tray. I rolled my eyes and took off my shoes along with my belt, placing it into another gray tray before following my girlfriend towards the metal detector. We walked through it with ease before grabbing our belongings. I sat down on one of the chairs first while Sonny rummaged through her stuff.
"Ehmagawd! It's Chad Dylan Cooper!" I smirked to see three tween girls running up to me. They began to gush out their creepy (yet flattering I must say) obsessions over me while confessing their undying love for me. What can I say? I'm Chad Dylan Cooper. I smirked at them, laughing at their…love I guess would be the nicest word to put it. "Chad, come on, my parents are already over there." Sonny said, already in her shoes with her backpack around her shoulders.
"Ehmagawd! It's Sonny Munroe! Ah, Channy date!" one of the girls screamed. Sonny and I had to laugh at our stupid couple name. Hey, it's cute…I guess. "Ehmagawd, where are you guys going off to? A romantic vacation to the Bahamas or something?!" they squealed. Pfft, I wish.
"Sadly no," I muttered underneath my breath, standing. I grabbed Sonny's hand and flashed a smile at our fans.
"Bye, guys!" Sonny waved before we headed off to the waiting areas.
She leaned her head against my shoulder as we walked in between the groups of people who were rushing towards their destinations. We got a few stares here and there, but we mostly saw adults so the call for security was not necessary. (Or at least I hope it wasn't.)
Sonny and I plopped down on one of the seats with her parents next to us. It didn't take long until they called up first class to board on. I frowned and tried to stay planted in the seat, but Sonny grabbed my hand and forcefully pulled me up, leading me into the plane. If she wasn't my age, people would have been mistaken that she was a mother trying to drag her stubborn son in.
"But I don't wanna go!" I huffed, trying to keep my feet cemented to the ground.
"Chad Dylan Cooper, you are coming this instant!" Sonny replied motherly, jerking me into the plane. I saw a glimpse of the rest of the people near us before I unwillingly entered the plane. They now probably think that Sonny and I are the most pitiable human beings on the planet. I reluctantly sat on the seat next to Sonny, glaring at her. She smiled sweetly at me and pecked my lips. "Come on, Chad, this is gonna be so fun. You'll love camping!" I rolled my eyes. Me—love camping? Fat chance.
I sighed and looked out the window. Next stop: Wisconsin.
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[Sonny's POV]
Our plane finally landed. I grinned excitedly out the window to see my hometown again. Gosh, I missed Wisconsin so much. I was really happy when my parents announced that we were going to have a camping family trip this week. I thought it was going to be the best week of my life since I was going back home to my family, but then I remembered something…or someone.
Chad.
I couldn't enjoy myself without my boyfriend at my side. Chad and I practically spend everyday with each other. I knew that I was going to be miserable without him. When I told my parents that I didn't know if I can go without being able to see Chad for the next week, they (unenthusiastically) said that I could bring him if I wanted to.
Ha, one problem. He doesn't want to come. (But you could probably tell that.) Heck, the rest of my family back home wasn't that ecstatic either. You're bringing that puppy shoving jerk to come camping with us?! Was the response I was hoping not to get from my family members. Oh God, please don't make this next week disastrous.
So now we are sitting in the plane, my parents already heading up front. "We'll meet you at the baggage claim. I gotta wake Mr. Drama Snob up first." I told my parents, grinning. They nodded their heads before walking out of the plane. The first class seats were all practically empty except for me and Chad, and the flight attendants looked like they were getting impatient by the second. Okay, Munroe, you gotta do this fast.
I stared at Chad and poked his face. Chad stirred and turned to the other direction, leaning against the backrest. Aw, he looks so cute when he sleeps! Ugh, I can't believe I'll have to wake him up. (Let's just say that my boyfriend does not enjoy his sleep getting interrupted.)
"Chad," I whispered into his ear.
"Hmm, Sonny," he …umm…groaned? Oh God, what the heck is he dreaming about?! "Yeah…right there…"
"Chad Dylan Cooper!" I yelled furiously into his ear. Chad nearly fell of his seat as he jumped up in shock, hitting his head against the ceiling.
"Ow!" Chad yelped, rubbing his ear. "Why are you yelling at me?" he hissed.
"Well why were you dreaming inappropriately about me?" I retorted. Chad turned red but hid his embarrassment with an eye roll and an irritated look. He stared at me normally, trying to put on that cool guy façade he normally wears.
"Where are we?" he asked, quickly changing the subject.
"Wisconsin," I smiled, looking out the window again. Chad groaned once more.
"I shouldn't have asked." He complained.
"Chad, please don't whine." I begged, grabbing his hand. I slung my backpack onto my shoulders and dragged him out of the plane. Chad held onto the door, desperate to not step foot on Wisconsin. Oh now he wants to be inside of the plain. "Don't be stubborn!" I said, trying to pull him away from the door. Chad gripped onto it tighter, as if he was holding onto it for his dear life. I sighed, frustrated. Curse those stupid work-out gyms for making Chad stronger.
"Don't make me go camping!" he pleaded pathetically. I almost laughed except I was too aggravated to.
"You are going camping, mister! Don't make me call security!" I warned. Chad sighed grumpily and let go of the door, causing me to fall back with him landing right on top of me. Chad's back suffocated me. Ugh, he has been working out. "You're too heavy!" I said, trying to breathe while attempting to push him off. Chad rolled over and stood up.
"Hey, this is all muscle, woman." He said. I rolled my eyes. Oh Chad. He smirked at me and lent his hand down to pull me up. "You know you like it." He teased before placing a quick kiss on my lips.
Okay, I do like it. Psh, it's not like I'm going to tell Chad though.
"C'mon, let's get to the baggage claim before my parents get worried." I said while trying to fight a blush. Of course, I epically failed and my face was ruby red. The worst part was that Chad noticed. Oh God, why?
Chad snickered and wrapped his arm around me. "Okay," he said smugly. I rolled my eyes and we traveled over to the baggage claim.
On our way stumbled into a few fans—and many, many Chad obsessing girls. It's kind of a downer to know that the state I was born and raised are also home to Chad fanatics. (And a fanatic is just a nice name to call them.) Seriously, if I had to encounter another Chad Dylan Cooper loving maniac I think I'll go insane. Not that I'm jealous. These are…kids! Pfft, I'm not jealous. I'm not jealous, seriously.
Chad wasn't helping either. His ego is increasing by the second. One more moment of: 'Yes, yes, I am amazing. I know, isn't Mackenzie Falls just the best show ever? Even better than So Random—no offense, Sonny' or anything like that, I will shave Chad's beautiful hair while he's sleeping. (I'm not kidding.)
"Chad, we have to go." I muttered, trying not to look visibly angry in front of a bunch of preteens.
"Alright, alright, before the jealous monster bites you too hard." He said.
"What? I'm not jealous." I scoffed. I bit my lip down in frustration once I realized my voice raised a couple octaves higher.
Chad raised an eyebrow at me. "Are you, Sonny? Are you really?" he asked with another arrogant smirk. I groaned and smacked his chest.
"Let's go before I dump you." I said, grabbing his hand and dragging him.
"Pfft, you can't dump me. You love me too much." He stated.
"Wanna bet?" I joked. He frowned at me and pouted.
"That's harsh." I laughed and kissed his nose.
After retrieving our luggage, we took our rented car and drove all the way to the Thomson Lake Campground. It could have been a nice car ride, well it could. You know: the kind when you play cute car games, sing to the radio, roll down the window and just let the wind take you to wherever it leads you to. Ha, but then I remembered I had Chad Dylan Cooper in the car.
Chad, being the spoiled brat he is, complained about everything. I was in no mood to argue with him though…well verbally.
"Ugh, this car smells like crap." What did you expect it to smell like—flowers?
"I bet the campsite is dirty and filled with bugs." Um, we're camping.
"Why do we have to be so cramped in this piece of crap? We could have ordered a limo. Wait, does Wisconsin even have limos? Do they even know what one looks like?" You won't after I give you a black eye for annoying me!
"I wanna go home." Say that one more time and I'll run you over with this car!
"Ew, is that a deer?" Oh, Chad.
My parents are so lucky they didn't have to go through that miserable few hours of listening to the many complaints of Chad Dylan Cooper. So freaking lucky.
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Once we finally got there (Thank God!), I met up with my family members. It was like all of my annoyance—thanks to Chad—was instantly forgotten once I saw my brothers. I screamed and ran over to them, practically knocking all three of them with my hug.
"Sonny!" they all cheered.
"Devin!" I said first. Devin is my oldest brother, twenty-two to be exact. He's under a football scholarship and is your average jock. "Josh!" I exclaimed next. Josh is not just a typical science nerd. He's a twenty year old scientist who looks like he should be trainer at a gym because he has more muscle than Devin. "Ben!" I squealed lastly. Ben has to be my favorite. He's eighteen years old and loves to goof around like me. But he's also like Devin and is under a sports scholarship, just for hockey, and is attending in the same college.
"How is my baby sister?" Devin asked, throwing his arms securely around me and lifting me up into the air. I squealed and laughed, begging him to put me down.
"All grown up if I do say so myself." I grinned.
"Psh, you'll always be my baby sister." He teased. I rolled my eyes and smiled.
"How's Hollywood? Meet any interesting people?" Josh asked, smiling genuinely at me. He adjusted his glasses and looked at me interestingly. The guy always looks like he's analyzing something even when he's just making a conversation.
"Actually, I met Selena Gomez!" I said.
"Damn, she's hot." Ben said. I laughed and smacked his arm playfully. "But of course you are too—in a non-disgusting incest way—since you apparently scored yourself a hotshot boyfriend?"
I turned red as my brothers glanced over behind me to catch a glimpse of Chad. I followed their gaze and inwardly groan to see him looking around, an obvious look of disgust written in his eyes. I slapped my forehead while my brothers stared at my boyfriend weirdly. Then their eyes then were on me. I could see the questionable look on their faces.
"Why did you pick a conceited jerky player for your boyfriend?" Josh asked incredulously. "The guy doesn't even look like the type who would be caught with a stain of dirt on his pants."
"He isn't." I muttered underneath my breath. "And guys, he's not…okay maybe he is conceited and a jerk, but he's really sweet…to me. But Chad's not a player. He loves me, and I want the four of you to get along." I said. My brothers gave me a knowing look. I rolled my eyes and turned back to Chad. He was scuffing his feet against a tree to shake the dirt off. I sighed and ran my fingers through my hair, frustrated. "Chad!" I called before he did anything stupider. "I want you to meet some people!"
I swore I saw him roll his eyes subtly as he walked over. "Hey," he said to my brothers nonchalantly. He looked at me with a bored appearance. His face read, 'Can I go now?' I quickly glared at him before looking at my brothers' expressions. They were all wearing false smiles, but I could tell in their eyes that they disapproved. They really disapproved.
"You must be our little sister's boyfriend." Ben gritted through his teeth. It must have taken him all the strength in the world to be nice to Chad right now.
"Crap, you're the overprotective brothers." He mumbled quietly enough for them not to hear. I giggled silently and held onto his hand for reassurance.
"Yep, this is my boyfriend Chad! Chad, this is Devin, Josh, and Ben." I said. "I can tell you guys are going to be great friends!" I said enthusiastically. Hey, I'm an actor too. I can lie about anything—even when I say that my brothers and Chad are going to be great friends. (Which I think that they won't. But fingers crossed.)
"Don't bet on it." Devin whispered. My brothers shared mischievous smiles and silent snickers. I gave them a harsh look and they immediately looked down at their shoes, trying to contain their laughter.
Chad scoffed in return. "Like I want to be their friends too." He whispered. I nudged him, mentally telling him to be the higher person. But who am I kidding? Chad as the higher person? Pfft, yeah right.
"Sonny, Melanie and Travis are here!" Mom called out.
"Melanie!" I screamed, running over to her. Melanie is my twelve year old cousin. Sure, she's younger than me, but we've been close like sisters ever since. I engulfed her in a hug. Travis on the other hand is my age, and he's closer to my brothers than I am, but he was like my best friend growing up.
"Sonny!" Melanie laughed, hugging me tightly. "I missed you so much! Do you have any idea how lame it is back home without you around? The only time I can actually see you is when I'm watching So Random." She looked behind me and her eyes widened. "Oh my God…is that…that…it's Chad Dylan Cooper! Oh my God, those magazines were telling the truth! You are dating him! Oh my God!" she squealed.
Oh great. I forgot. My favorite cousin is one of those Chad Dylan Cooper obsessing girls. Perfect.
Melanie ran up to him and knocked him by surprise with a suffocating hug while rambling on about how much she adores him. Chad stared down at her uncomfortably, looking like he's trying to get out of her hold. I giggled at his helpless state while my brothers laughed and made fun of him.
"How's my famous cousin?" I heard Travis ask. I turned and smiled at him, giving him a hug as well.
"She's fine, but how's my partner in crime?" I giggled. Travis popped his collar and smirked at me.
"Still hot as ever, but single for some reason." He said. I laughed and ruffled his hair.
"You still haven't changed, Travis."
"Neither have you, Sonny. But hey, can you do me a favor? Can you give me Tawni Hart's phone number? She is smoking." I rolled my eyes and thumped his head. Do all guys just want to be with a girl just because she's 'hot' or 'smoking'?
"Sonny, get this kid off of me!" Chad yelled. He was beyond frustrated. I had to laugh at him this time. I walked over to my poor boyfriend and pried Melanie off of him.
"I remembered back home Sonny and I always talked about you! We always talked about how much we loved your show and how unbelievably cute you are!" Melanie squealed. I looked at Chad embarrassingly and clasped a hand over Melanie's mouth. This sixth grader seriously needs a muzzle. She still kept on talking while my hand was above her lips and her words ended up getting muffled.
"Oh, I was cute, Sonny?" Chad grinned smugly. I blushed and glared at Melanie. She pushed my hand away and continued.
"Oh, yes, she had the biggest crush on you back home! She even had this huge poster above her bed! And all over her notebooks she would write Mrs. Sonny Cooper all over!"
"Melanie, I think that's enough." I laughed nervously.
"No, actually go ahead." Chad urged. His freaking conceited hot smirk was on his lips again. "I would love to hear what Sonny thought about me back then."
"I thought nothing! What Melanie's saying are all lies!" I said, my voice squeaking again. Stupid squeaking voice!
"Were they, Sonny? Were they really?" I groaned at Chad's overused line and dragged Melanie away from him. I walked back to him to see another bored look on his face. I sighed again and frowned. He looked absolutely jaded that it was sad. I wrapped my arms around his stomach and looked up at him desperately.
"Can you please pretend to enjoy? You're 'our generation's greatest actor', you can pretend right?" I whispered.
"Sonny, I hate it when you guilt trip me. It turns me into this pushover of a boyfriend." Chad said, annoyed. He then looked down at me with a small smile. "But I will because I love you…but I have one condition." I rolled my eyes.
"What is up with you and your conditions?"
Chad ignored me and continued on. "I want to know what else you thought about me before we met." He said.
I sighed. Of course he'd ask that. And as much as I wanted to brush through it, I thought that I could use some fun with this little topic. I pulled Chad over so that his ear was right against my lips. "I thought you were so sexy in that school's uniform." I whispered seductively into his ear. Chad shivered and grabbed onto my waist, smirking at me as he faced me. I grinned innocently at him, giving him the purest look ever.
"That angelic girl people think you are is a total lie. You're such a bad girl." He teased.
"What can I say?" I giggled, pressing my lips onto his. Chad kissed me eagerly back, causing me to forget where we were…or who we were around.
"Sonny!" Devin said, pulling me off of Chad. We both glared furiously at him for interrupting. "And Chad." He said, his voice less enthusiastic. "We need to start setting up the tents."
"Wait, we actually set them up? Like, by ourselves?" Chad asked.
"Yeah, what did you expect? The employees to set them up for us?"
"Well…yeah." Chad said truthfully. Devin rolled his eyes while I tried to stifle a groan. You have to excuse Chad; he has never been camping before.
"No, Cooper, we set up on our own. So you better start setting up your tent instead of sticking your tongue down my sister's throat." He said. I blushed for what seemed like the hundredth time today while staring wrathfully at my brother. Oh God, he didn't!
"I wasn't sticking my tongue down her throat!" Chad yelled. Everyone quieted down and stared at the three of us awkwardly. Chad cleared his throat and quickly hid the humiliation that he was feeling. He glared at Devin and folded his arms across his chest. "Besides, I don't even know how to set up a tent."
"Well you better learn if you want a place to sleep tonight, pretty boy." Devin sneered.
"Me…set up a tent?" Chad laughed. "C'mon, Chad Dylan Cooper does not set up tents."
"Did you just refer to yourself in third person?" Josh asked, walking up to us.
I sighed hopelessly. "Yeah, you better get used to it." I muttered.
