Baby Makes 3
Going back to the corner where I first saw you,
Gonna camp in my sleeping bag I'm not gonna move,
Got some words on cardboard got your picture in my hand,
Saying if you see this girl can you tell her where I am,
Sonny absent mindedly looked across the busy airport gripping her trolley looking around for his face. Just once, before she left. Her breath felt unsteady as she stood in the middle of the bustling crowd frozen. Her chest felt constricted and she was feeling side pains. Sonny bit her lip and held her chest confused, am I having separation anxiety? She wandered. Everything that had happened in the last year wore too much on her shoulders. Frankly she was sick of arguing and crying for a relationship that would never work. At least that's what she told herself, but her heart wouldn't stop her from looking around for his face.
Sonny sighed shaking that thought out of her head and continued down the airport terminal glancing idly at her one way ticket to Wisconsin.
"Well", she sighed absently touching her stomach as she felt a kick. " Sonny you got what you wanted", she told herself and felt tears well up in her eyes again. She looked down the escalator to wave to Tawni one more time but her best friend was already gone.
Suck it up, she told herself squaring her shoulders. Just when she was prepared to hand over her ticket the stewardess interrupted. "Flight 134 has been temporarily delayed, please excuse this inconvenience".
Sonny groaned with the rest of the crowd and parked herself at a bench in a secluded corner where she'd wait. "Just great", she sighed ruffling her long hair.
"Just great", Chad sighed punching hard on the steering wheel when the traffic wouldn't budge. Didn't they understand he had a marriage to save? He wandered. James patted his shoulder in the passenger seat but at the same time he was getting restless too. Tawni was at the airport too, he wandered if he could get her to actually talk to him for once without screaming.
"Move already!", Chad screamed pushing his Versace sunglasses to the brim of his nose. He rammed his fingers against the steering wheel and repeatedly honked the horn. He looked down at his buzzing cell phone and quickly answered.
"Hello?" Tawni asked.
Chad sighed in relief. "Thank god, is she still there?"
"No, her flight just took off".
Chad felt the insides of his stomach go raw. "What-
"Wait", Tawni stated followed by a bunch of static as she squealed. "Her flight has been delayed I'm trying to find her, hurry up there's still time!" she exclaimed. Even through everything, she was still set on her two best friends having a happy ending.
"Okay", Chad quickly hung up feeling his spirit lift. It was crazy it took her leaving to realize how much he really loved her. He envied the time they could've had.
Flashback
"Happy Valentines Day", Sonny beamed tossing red confetti in Chad's face excitedly when he unlocked the door.
"Hey", he replied dryly ruffling his blonde hair casually. He didn't feel like celebrating anything. He was exhausted from his flight from Paris, he forgot that it was actually Valentines day. Chad dropped his Louis Vuton duffle bag casually on the floor of their house. All he wanted to do was sleep and relax, not bother with a cheesy hallmark holiday. They'd been married for two months and it already felt like 2 years.
"Happy Valentines day", he replied less enthusiastic.
"Aw", she giggled. " Thanks Hun", she grabbed his hand dragging him toward the kitchen where she'd prepared a 5 star looking meal.
"Sit, sit", Sonny beamed putting a plate of biscotti, smoked roast and asparagus and turned to fill his champagne glass.
"I hope you like it".
Chad grimaced, he couldn't stand to look at another plate of food. His manager Jett had taken him out on a business dinner and stuffed him completely. He gently pushed the plate further away from him.
"I'm sorry baby, I already had dinner", Chad stated poking at the food. "And what is this? Roast. I can't eat that I'm only eating white meat this month", he complained.
Sonny eyes were burning from the other side of the table. She stood up throwing her napkin on the table choking back tears. "Excuse me for trying to do something nice for you", she sniffed turning to leave.
Oh boy, Chad thought quickly downing the champagne and sprinted to go catch up with her. "Baby, the foods looks great", he squeezed her waist playfully making her smile. "If I knew you made dinner I would've starved myself all day".
"Really?" Sonny smiled.
"Really", Chad lied pecking her lips to satisfy her.
" I got you something ", she smiled walking toward their coat closet and came back with a sleek Carter' box. Chad's blue eyes widened and he suddenly felt like the scum of the earth when he peeled the box open and found a white diamond watch staring back at him.
"You shouldn't have", he spoke honestly at the expensive get.
"Now", she clapped her hands. " What did you get me?" Sonny asked excitedly rummaging through his luggage and smiled excitedly when she pulled out a box of chocolates.
"You got me chocolate?"
" I did?" Chad cleared his throat surprised. " I mean, yeah I did".
Sonny's smile faded when she realized it was just an empty box from the airport. She looked at him disappointedly. " You forgot?"
"Well I was-
"Don't lie", she told him.
"Yea, I forgot".
Present: Chad shook his head gritting his teeth, the night had only gotten worse. He had to leave out again for work, he knew she spent the whole night crying. Chad hated the person he used to be, but was determined to change what he was becoming.
"Ugh", he groaned ten minutes later still in traffic. Now they were only a few feet away from the airport.
"Hurry!" he screamed punching his horn in frustration. "I'm never going to make it".
James sighed. "Man, looks like the only way to get there is run", he joked and as soon as he said it Chad hopped out of the Mercedes and started running. James hopped out to scream.
"What the hell are you doing?"
"Getting my wife back", he called over his shoulder with a smile. People leaning against their cars stood attention and started clapping.
"Go GET HER!" a few of them chanted.
Chad felt his thighs burn and forehead sweat as he ran across the street toward the airport. His black polo was clinging to his chest and he couldn't breathe after 4 blocks but he still hadn't stopped. He blew out a breath of relief when he stopped in front of LAX airport. He entered the air conditioned airport his eyes searching like crazy for Sonny. He jogged shrugging through the crowd in a hurry.
"Flight 134", has landed.
"Sonny!" he screamed looking left to right. His heart felt a nervous jump when he didn't spot her long brunette hair. Chad ran up the escalator screaming her name for dear life, just as an elder woman bumped into him dropping her luggage.
"Sorry", he apologized dropping down to his knees to help her.
Sonny quickly shuffled past the older woman she'd been chatting with earlier to catch her flight, she wanted to help her but a blond man was already kneeling down to help her clean up the mess. Her flats kept moving until a thought flicked in her head. Was that Chad?
She lengthened her neck and began walking back toward the two but the flight manager eagerly took her ticket.
"Happy travels Miss Cooper", the woman guided her through the runway leading to the plane.
"Munroe", she corrected boarding the plane. She looked back once and felt a tear roll down her eye.
"This is what you wanted", she told herself again.
"Flight 134 has officially taken off", someone announced.
Chad felt his whole body quiver and nearly sunk to the floor. Everything on him weighed a ton, and he couldn't feel. Tears pricked at his eyes as he gripped his chest beat slow down. He looked down at his chest and felt his heart breaking. Chad slowly brought himself to sit at a bench in the terminal. A few seconds later Tawni's heels clicked followed by James.
"Chad", she cried wrapping her slender arms across his body mournfully. "I'm so sorry you couldn't catch her".
James stood stoic to hide his emotions, he was rooting for his friend and to see him so heart broken was disappointing. " It's not over", he patted Chad's shoulder.
"She's gone", Chad's voice quivered and it sounded like he'd lost his world.
Tawni stroked his hair attempting to comfort him. " She's still in love with you Chad", she sniffed.
"Try telling it to my heart", Chad stated still gripping his chest.
"C'mon", James stated hating to see his friend in such a bad position. " Let's go to Tawni's and talk this out", he lifted Chad from the bench with one hand.
"No", Chad shrugged him and Tawni away rubbing his blood shot eyes. " If you guys don't mind I want to be left alone", he stated.
"Whatever you want", Tawni stated as her and James reluctantly left Chad where he sat with his head bowed. A part of him thought she'd come back, so he'd wait all night if he had to.
Cause if one day you wake up and find that you're missing me,
And your heart starts to wonder where on this earth I can be,
Thinking maybe you'll come back here to the place that we'd meet,
And you'd see me waiting for you on the corner of the street.
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