Chapter 13

Chad's house really seemed to be surprisingly modest. The house was very large, but not overwhelming. Two stories stood in a gated neighborhood of various other larger homes. The yard was filled with what would have been large trees and flowers had the wind not murdered them and it seemed like a large pool and trampoline sat in the back. The whole house was guarded by a very white picket fence. The house had a paint of shimmering white, and overall it looked like an expensive home. It looked stable enough, and everyone wondered what would lie inside.

"This is my house." Chad told everyone, pulling a key out of his pocket and unlocking the door. A woman came running to the group. She hugged her son, blue eyes softening at his sight. The blonde boy sighed, looking slightly embarrassed at her outburst of affection. "And this is my mom." He told the group.

The room echoed with, "Hello Mrs. Cooper!" and "Nice to meet you, Mrs. Cooper!"

"I wasn't expecting guests, but I wouldn't want you all to be out during the storm." His mom pondered for a moment, examining her dark hair in the hall mirror while she did so. Then her face lit up and she began pulling her son into the kitchen. Everyone followed. "Oh, we can make pizzas! There was a sale at the grocery store so I bought five!"

Chad shook his head. "You know you don't have to buy everything there's a sale on?" The teen joked.

"Of course I know, sweetie, but I had a feeling we'd need them."

Five minutes later, Cheese, Pepperoni, Hawaiian, Veggie, and Barbeque Chicken pizzas sat cooking in the Cooper's extremely large ovens. The group had changed clothes, some of which were Chad's mom and sister's. But nobody minded, really. Chad's sister was off at a sleepover with one of her friends, anyways.

"Do you think I should tell my mom about what we're doing?" Chad asked Portlyn. He didn't have any other choice but to ask her. Of course, there was always Sonny, but his newly discovered feelings for her made that a bit harder.

The brunette thought for a moment, but shook her head. "She'd be too worried about you if you said something about it. I still wonder if this whole 'apocalypse' is real. It sure seems so, but what if it's not? We'd all look pretty stupid."

"I won't tell her, okay?" Chad told the girl. "But there are storms all over the world! Don't you think this is the apocalypse?"

"I don't want to say something untrue." She said bluntly, then walked over to Tawni.

Chad shook his head. What was up with girls anyways? And Sonny, why couldn't he just be seductive like he normally would be to get a girl and have her be his? Of course, this strategy probably wouldn't work too well on a girl like her.

This was just about the time when the wind began to pick up and the storm raged outside. Rain poured heavily, and lightning began constantly striking and thunder loudly boomed. Chad looked over at Sonny and for some reason they both got the same idea in their head: Get out.

They both knew it would be interesting. Chad took a deep breath and stood up. "I think this storm is going to be really dangerous. And I have a feeling that this will hit our house. So I love you mom. I hope you make it."

"I love you too Chad. If we stay strong, we'll both make it." She said, before a defining crack ran through the air.

"We've got to get out." The blonde announced. "NOW." As the group all ran outside, they noticed a tree stuck right in the roof not too far from where we were sitting in the kitchen. Another two dropped right on the house, really killing everything in its path.

Sonny looked around. "Where's Zora?" She screamed out. "Zora? ZORA!" The brunette yelled, looking panicked. She ran towards the house, to find herself stopped by Chad and a tree falling in her path.

"Trees really want to kill you today." He joked, turning her around and looking the brunette right in the eyes. "Hey Sonny, all these people dying make me want to become your boyfriend. I guess you can say I've become slightly paranoid that you'll die on me. I really like you in that way, or I wouldn't be asking you out." He began blushing a bit and had to move his glance. "So what do you say?"

She looked around, a bit confused and beginning to blush as well. "I-I don't know."

But Chad wouldn't take that for an answer. He pulled her into a kiss, not doing anything suggestive. It took Sonny a moment to respond, but finally she kissed back. The two pulled away, smiling a bit in the midst of the storm. "I see you enjoyed it." The blonde replied smugly. She shook her head.

"I'll be your girlfriend." She responded. "But only because we'll probably die in a day." Looking around them, Sonny noticed the rest of the group was rolling their eyes and looking shocked, while Chad's mom smiled and cooed at the couple.

"Break up the love fest, everyone." Alexis demanded. "We can sleep in the basement tonight. Chad can take first shift, Sonny second, I'll take third, Tawni can take fourth, and Portlyn can take fifth. We'll take two hour shifts and watch for storms and murderers." The girl glared at all of them and began walking inside.

Sonny and Chad held hands, locking their fingers. "Alexis has issues." Chad explained. "And should really stop telling us to, 'Break up the love fest.' It's getting annoying." He said mockingly to his new girlfriend.

She just smirked, her mind off of the dead girl under the trees. "I second that."

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I think this is one of my favourites out of all of these chapters. I think I wrote it well and it's got a little bit of fluff. And thanks to all my reviewers!

Disclaimer: I haven't done this in a long time, so I feel the need to now. I do not own SWAC, any of the songs mentioned in my chapter names, or anything else remotely recognizable. I'm doing this for fun. On the bright side, guess what I actually own!

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