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Chapter Twenty-Six

I managed to avoid Chad for the rest of the day. I was taken to the police station where I was asked a lot of questions about what happened. When I told them about what Chad had said, they just nodded and asked me to tell me everything I could about Mouse and Teddy and the rest of the guys. I had never been so confused in my life! Unfortunately, Chad managed to catch up with me when I was waiting for my mom to pick me up. It was almost midnight, and I was outside, so as you can imagine, I was tired, cold and cranky. And I really wasn't in the mood to talk to him.

"Hey, Sonshine!" he smiled, jogging over to me. I just scowled and looked away.

"What's up with you?" he asked when he reached me.

"You, Chad! You're what's wrong with me! How could you think that after everything that happened I would just come back to you?"

"What? Look, I'm sorry that you got involved; I know I shouldn't have taken you, but I gave you a chance to get away, but you wouldn't leave, Sonny! It kills me that I put you in danger like that, but I tried to get you out of it!"

"That's not what bothers me, Chad! After all that you said, how could you think that I'm upset about that?" I cried, exasperated.

"What? What did I say?"

"All that stuff about 'taking my V-card', and how you don't really love me! What, did you think I would blink and miss all that?" I shouted.

"What? I didn't mean that. Any of it! Didn't you get that? It was all lies! I told him it happened weeks ago, Sonny. Surely you realised that was a lie? I thought you would figure out that it was all lies!"

"Well, I didn't. And everything you said, Chad, that's all the stuff I have been worried about since we got together. I knew your reputation, Chad! Why else do you think I was panicking yesterday?"

"I thought you were worried about your mom finding out?"

"I was, but not too much. Chad, I was worried that you would leave me, once you had gotten what you wanted! I had thought that after the thrill of the chase was gone, you'd leave!"

"Oh. I'm sorry. But you have to know, I didn't mean a word of what I said in there, Sonshine! I love you, and I would never do that to you!"

"Then why, Chad? Why say all that?"

"To distract him! To give him a reason to let me leave, so I could get help. The police were there all along, Sonny, watching. They were planning to come in if there was any sign of trouble, but I knew that you wouldn't scream, because you wouldn't want to put me through that. So I had to get out there, I had to go get them!"

"What? Why were they there?" I was less angry now, but even more confused than I was before.

"Because I called them, Sonny."

"What? When?"

"Yesterday, when you told me to. I wanted to call them all along Sonny, I just needed someone to tell me that I didn't owe it to anyone, and that's exactly what you did."

"So why didn't you tell me?"

"I thought you might give it away. Mouse may not look it, but he's seriously intelligent."

"Chad, I'm an actress!"

"And I'm an actor. I'm sorry; I know it would have been easier on you if I had told you. But I couldn't risk you, Sonny. A secret is easier to keep if less people know about it. And if he had figured it out, we would have been in a lot more trouble. He has a gun, Sonny. It would have gotten ugly."

"Oh. Well, that makes sense, I guess, but I just…I can't…I don't understand what you see in me, Chad!" I didn't mean to say that. It just slipped out.

"What? Sonny, I feel the same way! About you, of course! I mean, I don't understand what you see in me!"

"Well, what wouldn't I see in you? You're gorgeous, obviously, and you're a bad boy, but you let me see what's underneath that, and that's a sweet, loveable guy who cares about people even though the things that have happened to him in the past would screw a lesser person up completely. You're annoying, and conceited, and sometimes you're a jerk, but you make me feel things I've never felt before, and you make me smile, and laugh and you make me love you!" I paused, trying to read his expression.

"Really? You really see all those things in me?"

"Yeah, I do." I smiled when he broke out in a huge grin.

"Well, what wouldn't I see in you? You're smart, funny, beautiful, witty and perfect. I treated you exactly the way I treat everyone, and you still managed to find the good in me. No-one else, except my family, has ever done that. I love you! I love how you always argue with me. You never let me have the last word. You don't let me get away with anything. You make me smile when I'm down, even if you don't mean to. You mean everything to me. And I can't believe I just said all of that! You make me sappy!" he smiled, and I hugged him.

"I don't care if you're sappy, as long as you're sappy about me."

"Only you, Sonny. Now, you want to go home?"

"Well, my mom was picking me up, but I can tell her I want to stay with you tonight."

"You can't tell her that! Imagine what she would think! She'll never let you stay!" he stared at me in mock horror, and I started laughing.

"Shut up!" I giggled, pulling my phone out to call my mom.

"Hello? Sonny? I've been held up, I'm sorry, I'll be about an hour late."

"Oh, that's fine, mom. I was calling to ask if I could go to Chad's place."

"Wasn't that where you were going originally?"

"What? NO!" my voice rose with the lie, "I was planning to go to one of the girls' house. It's just, after everything, I just wanted to spend some time with Chad."

"Look, Sonny, I'm not stupid. I know you were lying this morning. You can go to Chad's house. Just text me a couple times, okay, so I know he isn't taking advantage of you…or vice versa."

"Mom!" I shouted, blushing.

"Sorry. Couldn't resist."

"Okay, then. See you tomorrow, mom."

"Bye sweetie. Oh, and Sonny?"

"Yeah mom?" I sighed, bracing myself for some embarrassing question I would refuse to answer.

"Be safe!" she chuckled, then hung up. I went even redder, before putting my phone away and turning to face Chad.

"What did she say? Why are you blushing?" he asked, smirking when he noticed my red cheeks.

"Nothing. But I can stay at your place. I'm so tired, I could just sleep for days!" I said, yawning and stretching my arms.

"Well, I hope you can manage a few more hours."

"What? Why? Where do you live?"

"Only a few minutes down the road."

"Then why would have to wait a few hours?"

"Really, Sonny, really? I'm a teenage guy, you're my girlfriend, and you're spending the night in my house, where my aunt won't be, meaning we'll be all alone…" he wiggled his eyebrows suggestively, and I finally got it.

"Chad! Please! Don't say that! What about your aunt?" I felt like I was on fire, I was blushing so much. Surely this aversion to…that topic should have gone, or at least lessened after my first time?

"She's on a business trip. That's why she wasn't there today, remember."

"Oh, yeah, good point. Look, can we just go. I'm cold."

"Sure Sonny. Let's go home. I'm sure I can figure out some way to warm you up…"

"CHAD!"