As soon as his lips touched mine, all thoughts flew out the window. I pressed mine against his harder and Chad moved his hand from below my chin to my hair. He grabbed a fistful and held me to him. His other hand went to my waist as mine went around his neck. I tilted my head, as did he, to deepen the kiss. Chad pressed me against the wall, keeping me between him and the wall.

After a while, we needed air so we broke apart, keeping at a close distance. I was panted as much as Chad was.

"I'm surprised you asked me to kiss you." Chad joked, chuckling.

I looked in his eyes, smiling. "It was more of a command than a question." I looked at him and leaned my head on his shoulder. He rested his chin atop my head. "Can I ask you something?"

"Sure."

"Can I change what I want?"

Chad paused before answering, no doubt confused. "Uh, sure. What do you want?"

"For you to come with me to see my father's grave." I pulled back and looked at him. "But if you don't want to go, that's fine. You don't have to-"

"Sonny." I shut up. He smiled a small smile. "I'll go. If that's what you want for winning the bet, I'll go."

I sighed and groaned, banging my head against the wall. "But I don't want to force you to go! I want you to want to go."

He laughed. "Sonny, I want to go. If it'll keep you calm and sane, I'll go. I told you I'm here for you."

"You're being so un-Chad-like." I mumbled. I leaned forward and I hugged him, resting my head on his shoulder again. "But thank you."

"No problem." He brushed some of my hair away from my face. "You need more than one person to go with you for comfort so…" he trailed off.

"Also, we need to film down in Wisconsin because that's where the forest and houses are." I muttered quickly.

"Oh." He paused. "So I would've gone down anyway?"

I slowly nodded, careful not to bump his chin. Today went from great, to horrible, to just dandy really fast. I just have to wait two days to see if my week will be happy or dreadful.

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"Sonny, why are you going to Wisconsin again? Are you leaving the show?" Tawni put her hand over her heart, worried.

I shook my head, smiling. "No, I'm staying. I have to visit for something."

"Oh," Tawni calmed down and sat next to me on our dressing room couch. "So, what are you doing for your birthday in two days?"

I shrugged. "I didn't plan anything."

Tawni hesitated. "Did you tell Chad when your birthday is?" I looked at her innocently. "Oh, come on, I KNOW what happened between you two- you're glowing." She chuckled her high-pitched chuckle.

"Shut up." I grumbled. But I was happy someone else knew and was okay with it without me having to explain. "I didn't tell him because I feel that it'll just be a burden on him, as everyone else. That's why there's going to be no party and I don't want gifts."

Tawni pursed her lips. "Sure, no party, no gifts. Got it."

Her tone made me cautious and wary. One/Two words: Uh-oh.