"I hate my life!" bellowed Chad as he threw himself onto his bed guzzling down night quill.

He had been coughing, sneezing, and rolling around in his bed all day- trying to find some kind of relaxation from his pain.

He had ice on his head trying to get his fever down to any acceptable temperature. But, the ice added to his already cold chills and so he covered himself with what seemed to be a mountain of blankets as well. He had been trying to cheer himself by watching Mackenzie Falls all day, but it wasn't working. Every sound was still echoing and rising to twice the volume it truly was, so all he could do was lay there and look at the ceiling. At least his cough medicine put him to sleep long enough for the hours to pass, until his cousin's return. As unfond as he was of his cousin any sight of another person would be a greatly uplift his spirit.

Suddenly Chad was awakened by a slamming door and a "Yo Yo!"

Great! Chad thought, maybe having him here would be the worse of two evils instead!

"What's up Cous?…How was your day of lounging?"

"Fine…" Chad said not in the mood to share in his part of the conversation and quite frankly there was nothing to talk about anyway.

"How did everything go at work?"

"Well…" Chris proceeded to tell Chad all the circumstances of the day-Running lines, Dealing with cast mates, and just generally dealing with the show biz of the day.

"You weren't nice to anybody were you?"

"Well I was for a while, but James took me aside and reminded me what a jerk you are …" Chad gave a sarcastic smile "Funny"

"Dude, I think my Cooper strut is even better than yours…" Chris strutted across the room in a very awkward manner. "But, don't worry man, Ill give you some tips!"

Chad just rolled his eyes and followed with a sarcastic "Great!"

"Dude, I even picked up a chick!"

"Sweet!"Chad sniffled.

"Yeah, we've got a date tonight"

"As me?" Chad asked annoyed

"Yeah sorry 'bout that I had to be sure to keep us under wraps!"

Chad shook his head "Fine, but don't go makin' commitments, complimenting her, keep it light, basically no turnin' on the Cooper charm, and please try not to be seen with her… If people see one girl with me one night and another girl the next they'll think I'm a player or something"

Chris glared at him with his eyebrows lifted.

They both new that that was basically Chad's reputation anyway, but, he had been working to change it since a certain somebody came into his life.

"Well, just keep it on the DL man ok?"

"Don't worry Dr. Smooth's got your back! I'll make you look better than you've ever looked before… But, Ill need to wear your clothes so no one gets suspicious"

"Fine…" Chad said again annoyed. "Just pick something out of there… but don't look too good" he tilting his head toward the closet. "Thanks man".

The rest of their afternoon was spent making small talk about cast members and some about family back home. Chad was glad to talk about anything as long as there was somebody there to talk back to him.

After the hours past Chris got dressed to leave for his date.

"Well, I'm outie!"

"Alright man, see ya"

Chris left with another slam of the door.

"Uhh…" Chad moaned in frustration, as he climbed out of his bed. He needed to stay awake for a while if he was going to be able to get any sleep that night. He was feeling a little better, so now was a good opportunity to make a little dinner and watch some TV in the living room- away from the boredom of his room.