Here it is chapter 2! Sorry it's taken so long I'm in the middle of exams so I've been revising A LOT. Anyhow, hope you enjoy it :P
Chad and I had been dating for just over a month now and things were going great. He took me to the cinema and out to dinner. He even cooked for me himself on a few occasions. We spent most evenings together and I loved every second I spent in his company.
The only downside to our otherwise perfect relationship was that no one at work knew about our relationship. Actually we hadn't told anyone about us. We were both worried that if we told people the press would find out and we wouldn't get a moments peace. So we kept us quiet. But keeping us quiet meant we had to pretend we still hated each other when other people were around, which was far from ideal.
I eventually motivated myself enough to get out of bed and started to get ready to go to work. It was still early but Chad and I got there early most mornings to spend some time together before other people arrived.
I pulled up in the parking lot I noticed Chad's car was already parked in its usual place so I made my way straight to his dressing room.
I knocked on the door and Chad answered straight away.
"Good morning beautiful," Chad smiled, giving me a peck on the lips.
I smiled and made my way over to the couch and helped myself to some pancakes. Chad always picked up some breakfast on his way to work because he knew I usually skipped it.
Chad walked over and sat next to me on the couch, picking up a blueberry muffin as he did so.
I finished my breakfast and noticed Chad was staring at me.
"What? Do I have something on my face?" I asked, turning away and wiping my face.
"No, there's nothing on your face," Chad smiled.
"Then what is it?"
"I just can't believe after all these years here at Condour studios, we're finally together. I fell for you the first time I saw you but I never thought you would feel for me as I feel for you."
Chad tucked a piece of hair behind my ear and started to kiss me. It started off sweet and gentle but slowly got more eager. I swung my leg over him so I was straddling his lap and he began to kiss down my neck. I began to grind my hips against his and his hands worked their way up to my chest and I jumped back so far almost fell off the sofa.
"What is it? What's wrong?" Chad looked confused.
"Nothing, nothing at all," I replied quickly and began to kiss him again, only to jump backwards once more when his hand reached my chest.
"Sonny if you think we're going too fast just say and we can slow it down," Chad was looking a little upset by my reaction.
"No, that's not it at all, and I certainly don't want to slow down."
"Then what's the problem?"
"It's just when you touch my chest. It's uncomfortable."
"I thought you just said you didn't want to slow down?"
"No, not that kind of uncomfortable, they just feel really tender and – ," I was cut off as I felt my mouth begin to water and bile rising up my throat. I ran to the bathroom and threw my breakfast up into the toilet.
"Sonny are you okay?" Chad sounded worried as he pulled my hair back from my face and gently rubbed his hand on my back.
I sat in silence as I put some pieces together in my head. I'd felt ill the past few mornings but I'd not actually been sick until today. I was getting mood swings and ... I counted back in my head ... I'd missed my last period.
I looked up at Chad who was looking more uneasy by the second.
"Chad do you remember Chastity's party?"
"Yes, but I don't see how that's relevant right now."
"You know after the party when we went back to your house?"
"Yes, again not quite sure how this is relevant."
"Did we use protection?"
"Why do you ask? You don't think you could be – ,"
"That's exactly what I'm thinking and you didn't answer my question."
"I thought you were on the pill so no I don't think we did."
My face fell.
"Guess you weren't on the pill then," Chad mumbled, "I'm sorry Sonny I should have checked with you first. I've been so stupid."
Now it was my turn to comfort him.
"Don't be daft, you're not completely to blame. Granted it's a silly thing to assume but it's partly my fault for not saying anything. Anyway, we're jumping to conclusions, nothing's certain yet."
"You're right, we might still be in the clear, not that having a baby with you would be a bad thing it's just we're still very young and we have good jobs and –,"
"Chad calm down, I know exactly what you mean, you don't have to explain yourself to me," I smiled, well more grimaced really, and Chad let out a deep breath.
"Okay, here's what we're going to do. You wait here and I'll go to the store and get a test. I'll be straight back." I gave him a hug and headed for the door.
"Wait a minute, I'm not letting you go by yourself, I'll come with you." Chad went to move towards the door before I stopped him.
"Are you stupid? We can't just walk in there together and buy a pregnancy test! It'll be obvious what we're doing and the media is already suspecting that we're together."
"Yeah you're right only one of us can go but why don't you stay here and I'll go and get it?"
"No it's okay I'll go, you probably don't even know what you're looking for."
I had him there. I smiled and gave him a kiss on the cheek before I left for the store.
Thankfully I made it to the store and back to the studios without being noticed by anyone. It was not until I was heading back to Chad's dressing room that I ran into difficulties. As I was making my way through the corridors I spotted Tawni and darted into the janitor's closet hoping she hadn't seen me. I soon realised luck wasn't on my side today as the closet door was flung open.
"Erm Sonny, what are you doing? This isn't our dressing room."
"Oh, hey Tawni, yeah I know I was just ... erm ..."
"Yes," Tawni prompted.
"I can't remember now, come on we might as well get ready for rehearsals." I couldn't come up with an excuse to get to Chad's dressing room so I'd just have to go with Tawni.
"Whatever," Tawni waved her hand at me. Clearly it was still too early in the morning for Tawni's brain to function properly. I text Chad as soon as we got back to our dressing room;
'Hey, I got caught by Tawni. I'll meet you in your dressing room in an hour xx'
The mooing of my phone signalled Chad's reply;
'Okay, try to be quick, you know I worry xx'
"Who was that?"
"No-one," I was quick to reply, maybe too quick as she got more suspicious.
"Well if it's no-one you won't mind me taking a look will you?" She said snatching my phone out of my hand.
"No, not at all," I tried to act as though I didn't care, hoping she'd lose interest and give my phone back. Unfortunately she wasn't falling for it.
"Why are you texting Chad Dylan Cooper? And why are you going to meet him in his dressing room?"
"I ... erm ... well I ..." Once again my lack of imagination let me down. I really needed to practice my excuses!
"Yes, do go on," Tawni sat on the sofa and crossed her arms, "I'm waiting."
"Well ... it's just ... erm ... Urgh that's it! I'm tired of keeping secrets from you. Make yourself comfortable we could be here a while."
"I'm all ears."
"Right, first off, do you remember Chastity's party?"
"Erm, most of it," Tawni blushed.
"Well do you remember bursting into the pool house and seeing Chad on the floor?"
"Yes that I remember."
"Well the reason Chad was on the floor was because I pushed him there. He was on the sofa with me and we were sort of hitting it off."
"Right," Tawni seemed a little confused but I carried on anyway.
"Okay, after you burst in on us Grady started to wake up so we left and I spent the night at his house."
"Wait, you did what? Please don't tell me you slept with him!"
"Can we get onto that in a minute?"
Tawni looked annoyed but nodded slightly so I carried on.
"Well since then we've been kind of dating and he's been so nice to me. I really love being with him and when I'm not with him he's all I think about. I really like him Tawni and I'd really appreciate it if you could keep this between us for now. If the media get hold of this news they won't leave us alone. Please say you won't tell anyone, not even Nico and Grady."
Tawni just stared at me, clearly still in shock from the news.
"Tawni?"
"Fine, I won't tell anyone. But first can we get back to the part about you sleeping with him please?"
"Oh thank you Tawni, that means so much to me. Okay well as you've already discovered I did sleep with him," Tawni gasped but I put my hand up to silence her before continuing, "But I think there's something else you should know since you'll probably find out soon enough anyway. We were having breakfast in his dressing room, as we do most mornings, when I felt really ill and ended up throwing up in his bathroom. I put a few things together and realised that it's a very high possibility that could be ... pregnant."
"WHAT!"
"Tawni, please there's other people around. And yes it's quite possible. When you saw me this morning I was on my way back from the store. That's why I need to see Chad so urgently."
"Well I have to say Sonny I thought you of all people knew better than to sleep with people and not use protection."
"Not people Tawni, just Chad. And it only happened once."
"That is not the point, you don't see me and N – ," Tawni suddenly stopped mid sentence.
"What were you going to say there Tawni?" I could've sworn she was about to say Nico.
"Nothing, and we're going off on a tangent here."
"No I don't think we are. And surely it's only fair that after everything I just told you, I'm entitled to know who you're sleeping with?"
"Who said I was sleeping with anyone?"
"I'm not stupid Tawni."
"Debatable."
"It's Nico isn't it."
"What! What makes you think that?" Tawni made a 'pfft' noise so I knew I was right.
"Well I see the way he looks at you and you never want to spend any time with him when other people are around and I don't think it's because you don't like him. I think it's because you feel awkward."
"Fine, if I say you're right will you stop bugging me?"
"Tell me I'm right and cover for me so I can go to see Chad and we have a deal."
"Urgh, fine," Tawni huffed.
"Thanks Tawni." I gave her a quick hug as I scurried out of the door.
I heard my phone moo as I left our dressing room and noticed I had a text message. It was from Tawni.
'And if you do dodge the bullet this time, please use protection in the future! ; ) xx'
I couldn't help but smile; she certainly knew how to lighten the mood.
I knocked on Chad's door and he answered straight away.
"Sonny! I wasn't expecting you for ages yet."
"Oh, I got Tawni to cover for me. Which reminds me before I do the test I have something to tell you."
"Go ahead."
"Well Tawni caught me texting you and I ended up telling her everything. She promised me she won't tell anyone. Please don't be mad at me."
"How could I be mad at you? It must be hard keeping something like this from your best friend."
"Thank you Chad," I said hugging him tight to me.
"What for?"
"For being so understanding."
"Then you're very welcome. Anytime."
"You're the best."
"I know," Chad smiled at me, "Right are we doing this test or not?"
"I'm scared," I looked up at him and I could see he was also feeling uneasy but he was doing his best to hide it from me. This made me love him even more. Wait, love! Did I just say (well, think) love? It must be the hormones.
"I know me too. But just know that no matter what I will be right here with you through thick and thin."
I smiled up at him nervously before going into the bathroom and taking out the test.
I read the box and it said to pee on the end of the stick and then wait for five minutes and if a little pink plus sign showed up in the window, chances were I was pregnant.
So I peed on the stick ... and I waited ...
"Sonny are you okay in there?" Chad asked through the door.
"Yeah, I'm nearly done."
Just 10 more seconds to go ...
Something was starting to appear ...
...
No. It couldn't be. According to this little piece of plastic, I was pregnant.
And that's when I started to cry.
"Sonny can I come in?" He must've heard me crying.
"Y- Yeah." Was all I could manage.
Chad came into the bathroom and pulled me into a comforting hug.
"I guess this means it was positive?"
I looked up at him with tears in my eyes and nodded.
"What are we going to do Chad?"
"I have no idea. Do you want to keep the baby?"
"Well I don't want to abort it if that's what you mean?"
"Good," Chad sighed, "I don't believe in abortion. So I guess that leaves adoption or keeping it."
"I guess it does."
"I don't think we should make a decision like that right now. First off we need to make you a doctor's appointment and I think you should take the rest of the day off."
That's when it dawned on me. What was I going to do about work? I couldn't exactly work on a children's show while I was pregnant. And what sort of role model would I be to my fans if I did stay on the show and had a child at the age of 19 out of wedlock? Tears started to pool in my eyes once more.
"Hey," Chad soothed me, wiping the tears from my eyes, "What's the matter, everything will work out, don't you worry."
"But what about my job? I can't exactly work on a children's programme while I'm pregnant and I can't come back if I have a child at the age of 19 out of wedlock!"
"Don't worry about any of that just yet. What's more important is that we make sure everything is running smoothly with you and the baby."
"But – ,"
"Hey, as my grandmother used to say, 'Cheer up, it might never happen'."
"But it already has!"
"I know that's what I used to say. I never did understand that saying."
I laughed.
"How is it that you always know what to say?"
"Just talented I guess," he gave me a quick kiss, "Now come on, we need to get you to the doctor's."
After making some excuses to Marshall, Chad and I managed to get the rest of the day off and we booked an appointment at the doctor's.
We arrived at the doctor's surgery and sat down in the waiting area. I clung to Chad's hand while we waited for them to call my name. When they eventually called me through my heart started to hammer in my chest. I looked up to Chad for support.
"Don't worry, everything will be fine," he smiled at me and helped me to my feet.
"Ah, you must be Miss Munroe. I'm Dr Penrose. And you are?" Dr Penrose asked Chad.
"I'm Chad Dylan Cooper."
"Oh, of course you are, how silly of me. My daughter loves your TV show. And you, Miss Monroe are her favourite character on So Random!"
"Thank you doctor but please will you call me Sonny?"
"Of course. Now, what can I help you with today?"
"Well I think ... I think I'm ..."
"We think she's pregnant." Chad finished for me and I smiled at him.
"Okay, and have you taken a pregnancy test?"
"Yes."
"Have you been getting any symptoms?"
"Well I was sick this morning and I've been feeling ill for the past few days, I missed my last period and my breasts are feeling very tender."
"Well with those symptoms I would say you are almost certainly pregnant but if you don't mind I would like a urine sample from you to make sure."
"Of course doctor, please excuse me a moment."
I returned a few minutes later with the sample.
"Thank you. Please wait here, I won't be long," Dr Penrose said as she left the room.
"You look scared," Chad said putting his hand in mine.
I nodded and lay back on the bed, waiting for Dr Penrose to return.
After a few minutes the door opened and Dr Penrose walked in.
"Well I think congratulations are in order," Dr Penrose smiled.
I managed a feeble smile and felt tears welling in my eyes. Chad noticed I was upset and spoke to the doctor on my behalf.
"Thank you doctor that is wonderful news," Chad smiled.
"You're quite welcome. I don't need to see you again for a month but don't hesitate to give me a call if you're having any problems."
"Thanks again. But if I could just ask one favour ..."
"Of course, anything."
"Well, we haven't told anyone that we're together let alone having a baby so we would be very grateful if you could keep this news quiet for the time being. Especially from your daughter, it would kill us for children to think what we've done is acceptable behaviour at such a young age."
"Yes of course I completely understand. However, I would recommend telling someone sooner rather than later."
"Yes I completely agree," Chad shook Dr Penrose's hand as we left.
"Thank you doctor," I mumbled as I headed out of the door, closely followed by Chad.
I managed to hold back my tears until we were in Chad's car. He immediately noticed I was upset and hugged me to him.
"Hey, what's the matter?"
"I'm not r-r-ready for t-t-this," I managed to get out between sobs.
"Of course you're not, neither am I," I looked up at him, confusion written all over my face.
"But we will be ready by the time the baby comes along so don't worry your little cotton socks."
He gave me a kiss on the forehead and left one arm draped over my shoulders as we drove to his house.
I made myself comfortable in the living room while Chad made us some drinks.
"Chad do you mind if I stay here tonight?" I asked as Chad entered the living room.
"Not at all, I'll make up the bed in the guest room."
"I was kind of hoping to sleep in your bed," I said blushing and staring down at my lap.
"I think that can be arranged," Chad's face lit up.
"Woah, hold your horses. When I said sleep I meant sleep, not that I didn't enjoy it last time, I just think it's too soon."
His face fell a little, "Yeah I understand I guess, I don't want to pressure you if you're not ready."
"Thanks."
"Anyway won't your mum wonder where you are?"
"No she's gone back to Wisconsin for a week; she'll be back by the week end."
"Ah okay. Sonny there's something we need to do ..." Chad drifted off.
"Yes," I prompted.
"We need to tell Marshall. I know that's the last thing you want to do right now but you need to talk to him sooner rather than later."
"You're right. I'll speak to him tomorrow."
We spent the rest of the day at Chad's house relaxing and preparing for what was sure to be an interesting journey to say the least.
Hope you guys enjoyed it! Hopefully I'll get the next chapter up soon but I make no promises, these are important exams! In the meantime you could always review ; ) or you could read my other story 'A Perfect Storm' and while you're at it you might as well review that one too :P
I know I'm cheeky but please let me know if you like it otherwise there's no point in me continuing.
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