Chapter 2: Crush (David Archuleta)

Chad's POV

Well that went well I guess…she does look nice today…wait snap out of it Chad! OUT OF IT!!!!!! I'm focusing on Portlyn today. Not that disturbingly cute girl from Chuckle City…I did it again! WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?

"Um Chad, are you ok?" Portlyn said as we walked towards my car for our date.

"Yeah. Sure. I'm fine. Of course I'm fine! I'm Chad Dylan Cooper! So of course I'm fine!" she looked at me and didn't respond.

We had a quiet drive to the restaurant. It went well. It was quiet. We came back, I dropped Portlyn off and I found myself listening desperately to the radio. I thought about earlier. Not Portlyn but Sonny.

I hung up the phone tonight,
Something happened for the first time,
Deep inside it was a rush, what a rush,

I called her. Its not like me to do that, but I felt obliged because she didn't actually threaten me today.

The phone was ringing. I could actually imagine hearing that kooky "moo" she uses as her ring tone, and laughed.

"Hello?"

Cause the possibility that
You would ever feel the same away about me,
It's just too much, just too much

I replied to her, "Hi Sonny, how are you?"

"Rather confused nonetheless but at the same time intrigued that of all people, you, Chad Dylan Cooper of Mackenzie Falls would call me, Sonny Munroe of Chuckle City."

"Um, well I was just calling to say thanks?" I sounded like a doofus.

"I don't know what I did, but you're welcome, I guess. How'd you're date go?"


Why do I keep running from the truth,
All I ever think about is you
You got me hypnotized, so mesmerized,
And I just got to know

Darn it! She changed the subject. Should I tell her the truth? That I couldn't stop thinking about her tonight? That Portlyn could probably tell? "It went…well."

"That's good. You two make a cute couple you know."

"Heh, thanks. Well I was just wondering if you want to hang out some time. I mean I did mention it before right?"

"Are you sure your girlfriend won't mind? I mean after all, we sort of do hate each other."

"Don't worry about it."

"Then do whatever you need to, Cooper." Yawn. "Goodnight."

"…goodnight Sonny."

Do you ever think, when you're all alone,
All that we can be, where this thing can go,
Am I crazy or falling in love,
Is it real or just another crush

IS there something wrong with me? I mean it's her, and I'm me, ugh, Chad Dylan Cooper doesn't fall for girls. Girls fall for me. Am I? Am I really crushing on Sonny Munroe?

The next day she asked me a favor. Were we really going to hang out?

"Chad, can I ask you a favor? I got into a sticky situation with James, he's a jerk, so I need you to be my fake date tomorrow, when Tawni goes out with him."

I just looked at her, surprised; that we were actually going out…but it was fake…still I was going to get a chance to hang out with her…like actually hang out!!


Do you catch a breath, when I look at you,
Are you holding back, like the way I do,
Cause I'm tryin', tryin' to walk away
But I know this crush aint' goin' away, goin' away

"Um, Earth to Chad? Hello?"

"Oh, yeah, okay, tomorrow night is fine."

"Thanks Chad! I owe you!"

"Of course you do."

She rolled her eyes at me yet again.

Has it ever cross your mind when we're hangin',
Spending time girl,
Are we just friends, is there more, is there more,

We went into the arcade and she told me that she wanted us to look believable. She told me that we should hold hands. Of course I agreed, but being who I am I told her that she should stand on my holding hand. Bah! Of course she got angry!

We came to the booth and almost the same thing happened. She suggested I put my arm around her. Again I agreed, but I said she was sitting on my "Pick a game brah!" arm; she forced my arm around her in response to me. In the background we heard some lovey-dovey song and I irked at hearing it but Sonny smiled when she heard it.

We faked James out pretty well because he came up to us and we convinced him pretty well when Sonny kissed me! Well then she said it was fake, as if I were some kind of creature from her worst nightmares. I secretly wished it was real.

See it's a chance we've gotta take,
Cause I believe that we can make this into
Something that will last,
Last forever, forever

After that whole incident in which Sonny proved her point to James, I hoped she didn't notice that when she received a text from him that I felt a little down hearted that he wanted her back. So I made up for it by tricking her into thinking that I was going write in my blog that we really did kiss. Hmm…

Do you ever think, when you're all alone,
all that we can be, where this thing can go,
Am I crazy or falling in love,
Is it real or just another crush

I did some tuck and roll that James had done earlier than ran out. I laughed to myself, wondering what was going to happen next. It wasn't exceptionally late so I went back to the Mackenzie Falls studio and sat in my dressing room. I couldn't help but think about what we said to each other that in theory it felt nice to sit next to each other; that hypothetically we made a nice couple. Hmph. If only half of that was true.

Do you catch a breath, when I look at you,
Are you holding back, like the way I do,
Cause I'm tryin', tryin' to walk away
But I know this crush aint' goin' away, goin' away

I heard my phone ring, and saw it was Sonny. I wondered why she decided to call me.

Why do I keep running from the truth,
All I ever think about is you
You got me hypnotized, so mesmerized,
And I just got to know

"Hello? Sonny?"

"Hi Chad. Um, thanks for earlier. And please don't write that we kissed on your blog, uh, my cousin who is in love with you…reads your website and honestly, she would kill me if she read that. So if you want to spare a life, please do me a favor and don't make me bait for my own family to release their psycho tensions on. Please?

I wondered what to say. Should I tell her the truth about how I felt? Should I just tell her I like her?

Do you ever think, when you're all alone,
all that we can be, where this thing can go,
Am I crazy or falling in love,

"I didn't put it on there…yet. Check tomorrow. I'm going home soon, Sonny."

There was no reply from the other side of the line. I assumed she was annoyed with me again.


Is it real or just another crush
Do you catch a breath, when I look at you,
Are you holding back, like the way I do,
Cause I'm tryin', tryin' to walk away
But I know this crush aint' goin' away, goin' away

On my way home, I couldn't stop thinking about her. It was crazy. Maybe someday I'll tell her the truth. Maybe she'll figure it out soon. Maybe I won't need to tell her at all. I can't believe I actually felt something with Sonny Munroe of Chuckle City.