A Vampire in Chuckle City

xStarletx

A/N: Here we are! Chapter 5 :D and we're almost done. One more chapter after this one :D Are you guys excited? Review and I'll get the 6th chapter up :D

Chapter 5

The episodes aired and were met with wondrous reviews. Robert and Sonny went public with their relationship. Tawni was furious with Sonny for stealing her celebrity heart throb. Chad wouldn't come anywhere near her. As far as Sonny knew Kimberly had disappeared the second she was done filming. Nico and Grady couldn't have cared less. Robert was completely depressed. He never smiled, nor did he crack a joke and he was generally in a sour mood, all day, and all the time, with everyone.

His mood got sourer when the newest Kimberly rumour hit Condor studios. According to Robert's small nervous assistant Kimberly had gone to England for some alone time and met a very popular British actor named Bradley James. According to the British tabloids, Bradley and Kimberly were often seen together and they were convinced that the two of them were dating. This enraged Robert so much he whipped a vase of flowers at his assistants head. It took Sonny three hours to calm Robert down.

Things with Chad got worse as well. He couldn't avoid her forever, but whenever Sonny saw him he could barely look her in the eye. He wouldn't joke around with her anymore, he didn't come over to the Prop House to gloat or tease and he couldn't even stay in the same room as her for more than five minutes.

Due to the fact that she and Robert were still in a fake relationship they had to keep up appearance. They hung out rather publicly and alone whenever they could, but Robert wasn't much fun anymore. He was sullen and depressed. He wasn't happy about losing Kimberly and definitely not happy that she may have found someone else.

So it was needless to say that Sonny wasn't that excited to be out with Robert once more, even if he was taking her to a very fancy restaurant she never would have gotten into without him. The only plus side to having all the camera's flashing in her face and in the background while they ordered was that Robert seemed to be in a better mood today.

"How are you feeling today?" Sonny asked.

Robert smiled lightly to her and sipped on his ice water. "I think I'm finally over her," Robert told her.

Sonny beamed. "Aw, that's great Robert! That's really good,"

"How about you and Chad? I thought if I stopped coming by the studio he might behave a little better with you," Robert asked.

"He won't look at me let alone talk to me." Sonny sighed, sipping on her own glass of ice water.

Robert shrugged. "Well, you did let me beat on him," Robert reminded her.

Sonny scowled. "He deserved it."

"This is true," Robert mused. "He'll come around at some point. He can't stay mad at you forever."

Sonny sighed and folded her hands into her lap. "I hope so."

There was a commotion outside and two people came in. Robert took a sip of his water thinking the photographers were trying to snap a few more pictures of him. However once he noticed who it was who had walked through the door he promptly spit out his drink all over Sonny. Sonny yelped and looked up. Behind Robert a familiar brunette paused. She was on the arm of a handsome blonde man with beautiful blue eyes. She looked down at Robert with a surprised smile.

"Hello, Robert," Kimberly said.

Sonny smiled and Robert turned around. "Hullo," he said. His eyes were on the blonde who had his arm around Kimberly's waist. "What are you doing here?" Robert asked.

"Oh, Chad wanted my expertise for his new project. Seeing as I've put out so many albums and this is first one. So I came back," she explained. Robert nodded, he continued to eye the blood with silent disdain. "Oh, how rude of me. This is Bradley James. He... uh... came out with me."

Robert glared up to him, Sonny winced. "It's very nice to meet you," sonny smiled to them. Robert still said nothing.

Bradley nodded to Sonny and turned to Kimberly. "Honey, the waiters waiting for us," he said to her.

"Okay. It's very nice seeing you. Both of you," Kimberly said, bidding farewell. She then laced her hand with Bradley and then they walked away.

Robert watched them go, a distracted smile on his face. He barely responded to Sonny's questions or attempts to make conversation. He was silent and sullen all the way back to Condor studios. He kissed her on the cheek and mumbled some sort of farewell.

Sonny reached out and grabbed his arm. "I'd ask if you're ok, but I know you're not," she said.

Robert laughed lightly and sighed. He looked back to Sonny and she saw the tears he was trying to hold back. "No, I'm not okay."

"It's about Kim isn't?" Sonny asked.

"No," Robert growled.

"You're lying," she said.

"Clearly I'm not over Kimberly," Robert admitted.

"Clearly," Sonny echoed.

"Look, I've got an interview to get to. You know the one where I talk about you and I and how awesome we are. So I've got to go," Robert said. He moved in slowly and kissed her cheek. He walked out of the prop house and suddenly Sonny had a plan.

Chad strummed the last chords of his song and was shocked to hear a soft clapping. He turned and found Sonny standing at the door to his dressing room. He bolted out of his seat to stare at her, and he wondered how long she had been standing there.

"I ran into Kim today," Sonny said. "She said something about you possibly putting out an album of your own. I'm rather upset you didn't think I'd like to know that."

Chad nodded. "Ah, good ol'Kimberly. Did you meet that new Beau of hers? Quite the handsome fellow. Rarely says a word, and follows her around like a shadow. But he's a nice guy and that's what she deserved," Chad said.

"Robert is a nice guy." Sonny growled, suddenly defensive.

Chad took his guitar off his shoulder. "That's not what I meant."

"Then what did you mean?" Sonny asked. Chad sighed and looked away from her. Sonny took a few steps towards him and Chad stiffened like he expected her to hit him. "Why can't you look at me?" she asked him.

"I can't. Not while you're with... him..." Chad growled.

Sonny groaned in frustration. "That's just stupid Chad! Why can't you?"

"Cause it hurts Sonny! That's why!" Chad cried. Sonny stared at him with wonder. Was that seriously what he was so upset about? Her and Robert had been the problem all along? "I'm afraid I just can't talk to you until you leave Robert," Chad announced.

Sonny laughed loudly and then threw herself at Chad. She kissed him with all the pent up passion she felt for him. For a moment Chad was frozen with surprised but once he got over his initial shock he wrapped his arms around her and began to kiss her back. They stayed together their lips practically glued together, never straying far from each other.

"Alright," someone announced from the door. "I got our soy half the fat double mocha lattes," Kimberly paused halfway in the room. She froze as she took in the sight in front of her. "What are you doing?" Kimberly cried. She ripped the first coffee out of the carrying tray and whipping at Sonny. Luckily Sonny ducked. "How dare you cheat on him!" she screeched, throwing the other. Sonny threw herself behind the couch to avoid it.

"KIM! Calm down!" Chad cried.

"Robert is so good to you, YOU LITTLE TRAMP!" Kim yelled running at Sonny. Chad got in between them. "Robert deserves so much more then you! He deserves someone who'll love him and appreciate him and you're just a little harlot!" Kim continued, trying to scratch at Sonny.

"Then why don't YOU do it?" Sonny asked.

Kim paused and backed away from Chad. "I can't," She sobbed. "She doesn't want me anymore. Besides, I left the job of loving him to you. I thought you wouldn't be as bad as me, but clearly..." Kimberly paused, a stray tear leaked from her eyes. She then turn and fled the room.

Sonny's mouth fell open. "I need to get to Robert before he goes for that interview," Sonny cried.

"What? WHY?" Chad cried after her.

"Cause Kim still loved him!" Sonny explained running for the door. She had to get to Robert before he told everyone just how happy he was with Sonny.

[Flashback]

Robert walked out of the back door of the theatre. He was at some boring premier he'd rather not be at. He took out a cigarette, Kristen had been on him to quite but he didn't have a good enough reason to right now. Why quit a good thing with no reason? The alley was dark and stinky, and he didn't plan to stay long. It wasn't until he got the cigarette lit that he heard it.

The distinct sound of sniffling.

Robert inhaled sharply and looked around. As he blew out his smoke he spotted a bit of blue dress behind a dumpster. Robert snuck up and stole a peek. There, leaning against the wall with her face covered by her hands was Super Star Kimberly Berkley. Robert quickly withdrew before she caught sight of him. He didn't know Kimberly well, but he knew that she was dating some small time actor from a teenage drama show. If he could believe the tabloids there was a lot of drama in their relationship.

Robert wanted to walk away, but for some reason her sobs were heart wrenching. Robert came to stand in front of her. For a moment she didn't notice him, so Robert cleared her throat. Kimberly yelped, pushing herself farther into the wall. She eyed Robert suspiciously.

"Uh, hey, you okay?" Robert asked.

Kimberly blinked her big brown eyes at him. She sniffed lightly and brushed a few of the tears away. "I'm just fine," she snarled.

Robert nodded, he knew that tone well. It was a 'leave-me-alone" tone. He wanted to go, to leave her to her sulking. But he liked her eyes, they were breathtakingly beautiful. He was a little angry that someone had put tears into them, and he wanted nothing more than to see them sparkling with happiness. Robert wracked his brain for a joke he could tell her, but he had always been depressingly unfunny.

"Are you sure?" Robert asked. He was hoping to buy some more time with her.

Kimberly glared at him and threw her hands up in frustration. "Yes! HONESTLY! I'm fine! Just go back to the party. I'm sure everyone's dying to know that the great Kimberly Berkley is out here crying behind the dumpsters," she growled.

Robert's eyes crinkled in confusion. "I'm not going to tell anyone anything. I just want you to stop crying," he told her. He was starting to regret this choice of action. If he knew that she was going to be this difficult he would have just left.

Kim was staring at him oddly. "You're not?" she asked.

"Why would I?"he wondered.

"Everyone does. No one talk to me just to talk to me. They always want something from me," Kimberly explained.

Robert suddenly understood. "I don't want anything from you but to see you smile," Robert whispered. Kimberly smiled sheepishly at him. "See, that's what I'm talking about."

This time Kimberly rewarded him with a giggle. Robert smiled and moved blindly forward. Kimberly blinked her big moist eyes at him. Robert offered her a tissue. His cigarette had been forgotten and was not burnt out. He dropped it to the ground. He had one hand to her bare shoulder. She was shivering slightly. Robert immediately shrugged off his jacket and draped it around her shoulders.

"You're very nice Robert," Kimberly whispered.

"And you're too pretty to be crying." Robert told her.

That night he took Kimberly to her apartment and left with her number and a lunch date the next morning.

As Time went on Robert and Kimberly's friendship flourished. They texted often and he learnt more and more about her. She learnt to trust him a little more each day. Robert enjoyed hearing from her, enjoyed talking to her. His days revolved around talking to her, or seeing her. He went out of his way to make her smile. But Robert wasn't fully aware of how deep his feelings for her were until she showed up at his apartment at two in the morning. Those accursed tears were back in her eyes.

Up until that moment Kimberly had been in the Caribbean shooting scenes for her upcoming music video. The island she was on had been very remote and Robert had been her only life line to civilization, whenever her phone had service. Robert had purposely left out all the lies Chad had been spewing to the media while Kimberly had been gone and unable to defend herself.

"You lied to me!" She cried, jabbing her finger into his shoulder. "You said he wasn't saying anything about me!"

"I know! I'm sorry Kim! But, I wanted you to have fun! You deserved a little tropical vacation," Robert explained to her. Kimberly threw herself at him. She buried her nose into his chest. Robert instantly brought his arms around her.

"Good intentions or not, you still lied," she mumbled into his chest.

"I'm sorry," Robert whispered into her hair.

"You should be sorry," Kimberly snarled. She looked up to him. Robert suddenly wanted to pummel Chad until he died. Robert knew if he was with Kimberly he'd treat her well. She'd never cry, no he'd dedicate every spare moment of his life with her to making sure those tears were never in her eyes again.

Robert's hands captured her face and then he kissed her. It was one of the softest kiss he had ever given a girl and it didn't last as long as he wanted to. In mere seconds the kiss heated up to the point where they began tearing at each other's clothes. Robert began to pull her towards his bed and Kimberly followed him willingly. Like she needed more of him.

The following morning after that passionate night Robert awoke to his arms around Kimberly and her nose pressed into his chest. Robert pressed a small kiss to her forehead and then to her nose. Kimberly groaned and lifted her lips up to him. Robert took the invitation and dropped his lips to hers. She opened her eyes sleepily and smiled.

"Leave Chad," Robert ordered.

Kimberly nodded and pressed her face back into his chest. "Okay," she mumbled before falling back to sleep.

This routine was repeated for a whole month. Kimberly would come to his apartment in the middle of the night, they would make love, Robert would tell her to leave Chad and Kimberly would tell him she would but never did. Finally, Robert came back from a long day on set of his newest movie to find Kimberly already in his apartment. She sat on the couch staring at him with expectant eyes. She seemed almost nervous.

"How did you get in here?" Robert asked her.

"We need to talk." Kimberly countered.

Robert felt his mouth run dry. He took the seat beside her on the couch.

"I broke up with Chad today." Kimberly announced. Robert immediately perked up. "But I don't want to get into another relationship if it's going to go the same way."

"But I wouldn't do that to you!" Robert complained.

"Yes! I know that! But it won't stop the media from causing trouble. I want to keep us a secret Robert," Kimberly explained.

Robert paused briefly. "Hey that can be cool! We can be like spies. Code names, secret meetings and all that," Robert told her.

Kimberly smiled and launched herself at him, kissing him solidly on the lips. She smiled against his lips. "You're always so good to me Robert," she whispered.

Robert smiled and kissed her again. "You're worth it."

Robert brushed that one stray tear away from his eye. Kim had been worth everything he had gone through. Even now he'd go through every aggravating second to have her back.

"We're ready for you Mr. Pattinson. We'll tell you when to go out." A techie told him.

Robert nodded, mentally preparing himself to go out and tell the world just how much he loved Sonny Monroe.