Vampire in Chuckle City

xStarletx

A/N: It's been a very long time people. And I'm SUPER sorry about this. I've been crazy busy with school, writing my own stories and of course my stupid mini little Acer went and died, took all my progress with it to laptop hell. Anyways I have a new laptop now a lovely green Sony Viao whom I have named Elphaba and I plan to treat amazingly :) Once again I have a goal for the summer and that is to complete 10 of my existing 85 or so stories. This story is already completed I just need to finish typing up the draft. Figured I'd get on that. Hopefully I have a few watchers still out there and raring to see what happens next. Review and tell me if you're still here.

Chapter 4

When Kimberly had broken up with Chad for the first time Chad had been devastated. Yes, he'd admit that he had been going out with her for the media attention, but that was only the reason he pursued her to begin with. Spending the time with her that he did he realized that she was generally very nice that they got along really well and he actually liked her very much. But just when Chad had decided he was going to start treating Kimberly right like he should have from the beginning she had decided she had had enough. It was then, right after Kimberly voice the horrid words that severed them completely, that Chad realized that he had changed his mind because he loved her.

Chad had begged her not to leave him; he had begged her to give him one last chance. He wanted to show her he could treat her right, that he could be what she deserved. But her mind was set, she was leaving and that was that. It was an act of desperation that had Chad thrown his true feelings out in the open for her to see. There had been a pause between them and for a moment he thought Kimberly might throw his feelings back at his face. Instead of mocking him or stabbing his already breaking heart over and over Kimberly sighed that though she cared for him very much she didn't quite love him and they were still breaking up.

She had apologized and Chad had hung up the phone feeling as if someone had ripped out his heart and then performed a perfect flamenco dance on it in front of him. He had sat himself down outside stage one and cried. He didn't care who saw him, well he only half cared, but this wasn't a show for the cameras. This was raw emotion, he wasn't sure how to go on without Kimberly at his side, and he hated that she could make him feel that way.

Chad had vowed that no one would be able to reach him in such a way but then he met Sonny and he felt the familiar attachment growing on him more and more. Now Chad knew he cared for Sonny a lot more than he ever had for Kimberly but as soon as Kimberly was talking about breaking up with him again, even if it were fake, he felt all those feelings of regret, depression and rejection fan up in the pit of his stomach again.

Kimberly must have noticed the discomfort on his face for suddenly she was frowning at him. "Dylan? What's wrong?" she asked

Chad quickly turned away, he sat down and leant against the sofa. Chad took a few deep breaths trying to calm his breathing and his racing mind. He looked back at Kimberly and noticed that she was awaiting an answer. "Nothing." Chad lied, hoping that would tide her over.

"Come on Dylan, you can tell me." she urged instead. "Is it about Sonny?"

"Why do you call me Dylan?" Chad suddenly cried. He wasn't sure why he was asking that now, but it was something he wanted to know.

"It's your middle name silly. It's never bothered you before. I can call you Chad if you want. "she answered. The answer is vague and she knows this, she knows that's not what he asked her. She had been calling him Chad since they had started dating all those years ago, it was weird that she was still calling him that now.

"Don't call me Chad, I still associate that with you being mad at me. But that's not the point and you know that. Why are you still calling me Dylan?" he rephrased.

Kimberly started chewing her lower lip like she always did when she was nervous. "I thought it would help us get less awkward." she admitted.

Chad nodded and smiled to himself a bit. He looked down to his shoes afraid to admit to her what he could barely admit to himself. "I think I like you again." he whispered.

He could feel Kimberly's stare on the back of his neck, it was probably her confused face. Chad nearly laughed at the mental picture but refused to meet her gaze.

"More than Sonny?" she wondered aloud.

Chad shook his head. "I don't know, I can't tell anymore."

"Well, what makes you think you like me again? Maybe you're just sick?" she asked.

Chad chuckled at this, sick indeed. "I don't want to fake break up." Chad admitted. He turned to stare into those hazel eyes so similar to someone else's.

Kimberly's face is serious, the most serious Chad had ever seen on her before. "O.K. then. We won't just yet, not until we figure all of this out. How about that?" she offered.

Chad smiled at her, he leant in and hugged her tightly, her face in his neck, his face in her neck. "Thank you Kim."

Robert Improved greatly at the whole comedy thing, and though he and Sonny spent a great deal of time together, he never once tried to kiss her again. Sonny wasn't entirely sure if she even wanted him to try. After the skit was finish and they performed live, they would be going public with their fake relationship. It was a great plan, be in the media's focus, break up publicly and remain friends.

Sonny hadn't seen much of Chad or Kimberly since Kimberly's accident and the near beat down between Chad and Robert. Sonny didn't want to be worried, but usually Chad dropped by to So Random to goad her or tease her. Kimberly had apparently absorbed all of Chad's attention, or maybe the two of them had just up and disappeared together. Sonny didn't know what she'd do If that were the case.

Luckily she didn't have to wonder longer, for just when she thought she'd never see Chad again, he waltzed into studio two, coincidentally the one day she was completely alone.

Sonny didn't want to seem excited to see him, but as soon as he was strutting into the prop house she was on her feet with a big bright smile.

"Hello Sonny." he greeted, in that same cocky manner.

"Chad! Haven't seen you in a while." Sonny gushed. She remembered to keep her turbulent emotions in check and tried to calm herself down. "How are things with Kimberly?"

Chad's cocky smirk changed into a worried smile. "She's doing fine actually, except she's super serious and that's kind of weird for her." Chad replied.

Sonny nodded and frowned lightly. Maybe that meant that Kimberly was still depressed about Robert. Maybe there was still a chance that she and Robert could make Kimberly jealous.

"So, how has – Pattinson – fared?" Chad asked growling lightly when he said Robert's last name.

Sonny couldn't help but smile at this, maybe Chad was getting a little jealous. "He's actually doing great. We're performing our skit tomorrow and I think he'll do fine. He's gotten quite funny recently." Sonny explained.

Chad nodded and once again there was a silence between them again.

"Are you happy with him?" Chad asked breaking the silence.

"Yeah, really happy. What about you and Kim?"

"Oh of course, can't get enough of her." Chad responded all too quickly.

Sonny nodded. She hated this. That they were suddenly so strained. She just wanted things to go back to the way they were, back before Robert and Kimberly. Where they would argue and say they couldn't stand each other. She'd do anything to be playfully arguing with Chad again.

"Things are weird between us now." Sonny sighed, moving closer to Chad.

"Yeah, tell me about it." Chad murmured.

"Maybe we should argue, maybe that will make us more comfortable." Sonny offered.

"Fine."

"Fine"

"Good."

"Good."

Before Sonny can even finish the last word Chad had grabbed her and his lips came crashing down on hers. It wasn't like Robert's whose was soft and gentle, Chad was forceful and hungry, he demanded her mouth and she crumbled to him as the sparks shot off in her head and made her knees weak. Sonny had her arms wrapped around Chad's neck and he pulled her closer so he could probe deeper into her mouth.

Then, just as quickly as it all began, Chad darted away from her. For awhile the two stared at each other. Chad's face was bright red, his eyes wide and his mouth open. Sonny was sure that she was red too and she felt out of breath though neither of them had been physically exerting themselves. Sonny took a step forward, hoping to calm Chad down and talk about what happened, but Chad turned on heel and walked away from her.

Sonny put a hand to her lips and smiled. She had kissed Chad Dylan Copper and liked every single second of it.

Chad skipped into The Falls, heading straight for the dressing room that he now shared with Kimberly. He found her sitting in front of the mirror, she was assessing her wound. She looked up to him through the reflection in the mirror as he stood behind her.

"I just kissed Sonny!" Chad cried. Kimberly turned to him with an excited grin on her face.

"That's great Chad! See! I knew she liked you." Kimberly congratulated. She threw her arms around him and hugged him tightly. "So how should we celebrate? Frozen Yogurt? My treat."

Chad smiled and brushed her bang away. This reveals the scar lying underneath, she didn't need stitches but the long mark reminds him of the day when he rolled her over to see blood streaming down her face. It was a scary moment that he didn't ever want to relive.

"It's not that bad. It'll fade soon." he promised.

Kimberly smiled brightly and grabbed his hand and then dragged him out of the dressing room.

They walked shoulder to shoulder through the sets eating their Froyo and telling each other stories. It was like back in the good old days when they were dating and they liked each other. Chad realized, as he was laughing at another one of Kimberly's jokes, that he was still conflicted.

"I don't know Kim." he suddenly murmured. "I just don't know who I like more."

Kimberly came to an abrupt halt. She pulled his frozen yogurt out of his hand and then set both hers and his down on the floor beside their feet.

"Kiss me." she ordered.

"What? Right… right now?" Chad stumbled.

"Yep. That's right Dylan. Kiss me, NOW." she ordered.

Chad jumped at the demand but did as he was told. Placing his lips onto hers he counted to three very slowly and then pulled away. As they parted they didn't notice someone sneak out of the shadows and slip away.

"So Verdict?" Kimberly asked him.

"Nothing." Chad mused.

Kimberly smiled brightly. "See! You're in love with Sonny! Smitten as a kitten!"

"Well at least that's settled. What are you going to do about Robert?" Chad wondered.

Kimberly winced. "I'm still thinking about him. I miss him very much and I would love to ask him to take me back, but I was so horrible. I don't deserve his forgiveness, and I doubt he'd take me back, even if I begged him." Kimberly mused.

"Well you have to try."

"Yeah, I know. I guess I'm just too scared to face him." Kimberly shrugged. She looked up to Chad who was staring down at her with concern in his light blue eyes. She padded his shoulder. "Go woo your Sonny." she encouraged.

"Don't be scared Kim, I bet he misses you too. He'd be crazy not to." Chad whispered, he kissed her lightly on the cheek and then ran off to go see Sonny.

Sonny had been sitting in the prop house contemplating what she had just done with Chad, and what she should tell Robert. She wasn't sure if she should, Robert's temperament had gotten more and more volatile as they grew closer to the skit airing. He was never directly awful to Sonny or the gang but he was a loose cannon, especially when Kimberly was mentioned. She knew what she was going to do when Robert suddenly stormed into the room pacing about like an agitated cat and muttering angrily to himself. Robert suddenly kicked the couch hard, only it didn't do much damage to the couch. Robert however, swore loudly and then hopped up and down on his good foot.

"What did you do that for?" Sonny asked jumping to her feet. Maybe he already knew.

"I'm just so ANGRY! She's over me Sonny! Kim is OVER ME!" Robert raged.

"What? What are you talking about? Calm down! Tell me what's going on." Sonny ordered.

"What didn't you get? She's over me! She was just making out with Chad like she didn't even care she broke my heart!" Robert growled.

Sonny was going to say something comforting but she was interrupted.

"Cee-Dee-Cee in the house!" Chad called sauntering in.

Sonny cursed his suddenly horrible timing. Robert rounded on him immediately his rage apparently still not spent.

"You!" he growled. Robert puffed out his chest making himself look even bigger like a cat did when they really wanted to scare their opponent. He rushed Chad who was wide eyed in shock, having apparently not noticed Robert in the room. Robert wound up for the punch and Chad had the brains to duck and run away. Robert gave chase however, once he recovered from the missed swing that had sent him off balance. Chad put Sonny in between he and Robert. Sonny didn't really want to be the human shield in this situation but it seemed to stop Robert, even if his eyes were on Chad and not Sonny who was in between them.

"What is your problem?" Chad cried.

"You KISSED HER! I SAW YOU! YOU KISSED HER AND SHE'S MINE!" Robert bellowed.

"I'M SORRY!" Chad yelled back. "I can't help the way I feel about Sonny! It wasn't supposed to happen it just did, ok!"

Robert deflated quite a bit as he stared at Chad with shocked eyes. "You kissed Sonny?" he questioned.

Chad's eyes shifted between Sonny and Robert. "Yes? Is that not what you were talking about?"

"You're cheating on Kimberly." Robert whispered.

"Ok, that's not what you were talking about." Chad replied lamely.

"How could you? How could you be with the most amazing person EVER and cheat on her? How dare you take her trust and stomp on it in that way?" Robert cried, getting quite hysterical.

"I'm sorry! I couldn't figure out who I liked more! I had to decide somehow!" Chad tried to defend.

At this Sonny turned to Chad. "You were conflicted?"

"No… well… yeah…" Chad admitted.

"What you just couldn't decide, thought you'd have a bite of both cakes? You know what! I'm choosing for you. Robert. Pummel him!" Sonny ordered stepping out of the way.

Robert cracked his knuckles, and though Chad tried to run away again, Robert's fist managed to knock him flat on the ground. Robert jumped on top of him, ready to beat the living daylights out of the boy when Kimberly walked into the prop house.

"ROBERT! What are you doing?" She cried. She rushed to Chad's side, pushing Robert up and then kneeling down beside the dazed Chad.

"He admitted to kissing Sonny today! He's cheating on you!" Robert declared.

"We're not dating anymore." Kimberly clarified.

"Oh and what? That means he gets to move in on my girl?" Robert argued.

"He likes her Robert. If I remember correctly you moved in on me when I was his girl." Kimberly countered.

"Yeah, back then I thought it was worth it. If I knew how much of a diva you'd be and just how awful you'd make our relationship I wouldn't have bothered." Robert snarled.

Kimberly stared at him, those hazel eyes clear with hurt and sadness. She stood with Chad leaning on her.

"I'm sorry Robert. I'm sorry Chad made a move on Sonny, I'm sorry I used you and I'm sorry I keep hurting you." She whispered. She took Chad to the door but stopped on the way out. "I hope you find every happiness you're looking for. It's what you deserve."

And with that Kimberly left, taking Chad with her.

Robert let out his breath in one shaky exhale and collapsed to the couch.

"She wants me to be happy." he murmured.

"So? That's a good thing. Chad was conflicted? What sort of nonsense is that?" Sonny asked.

"That's it. It's over. She's over me Sonny, Kimberly is finally and completely over me." Robert translated.

Sonny turned to him, his head was in his hands and he was crying silently. "It'll be ok Robert. I'm sure there…" She started but Robert cut her off.

"NO! Don't you see, she's stopped arguing with me! That's how you know she's over you, when you're no longer worth fighting with." Robert cried. He stood up and stormed out after that.

Sonny just sat there, seems Chad was over Sonny too, or at least, he wouldn't come anywhere near her after she let Robert near kill him.

Seems Sonny's plan had failed. She couldn't get Kimberly back with Robert, so she'd do the next best thing. She'd get Robert over Kimberly and maybe in the process Sonny could get over Chad.

Well that's it. What do you think? I think it's pretty awesome. Not many chapters after this one. Just two more :) With any luck I'll have it done with in the next few weeks. Reviews make me want to work harder. (Just putting that out there)