When we walked down the stairs, I noticed something very different between me and Tawni. She walked like she owned the hotel, whereas I walked uncomfortably with my arms crossed over my chest. I wasn't used to being in such a fancy place, and yet people smiled at me as I walked by, like If they didn't they'd be fired from their jobs. I smiled back politely, and if any hotel staff asked me how I was on the way to the dining room, i said "I'm fine, thankyou.". But still, it all felt strange. I was used to a warm, cosy apartment, ordering Chinese with Mom and eating in front of the T.v. This was nothing like that. Here, everyone strived to look perfect. If something was out of place, someone lost their job. And everything was amazingly fancy.
Tawni looked at me like she could sense my out-of-place-ness. She gave me a sympathetic look, which was rare for Tawni.
"Link arms with me and put your other arm down or play with your hair with it." Tawni whispered. I quickly followed her instruction, and immediately felt a lot better knowing i had a friend stuck to my side.
"So tomorrow i was thinking, that after rehearsal you and I could go shopping. On the pay cards of course."
"Sounds good, Tawn." I smiled. She smiled back, flipped her hair, and we stopped infront of the seating desk.
"Hey, we need a table for two," She flashed a dazzling grin.
"We're all full, m-miss," The man stammered. Tawni's grin turned into a glower.
"Listen here mister, do you know who we are?"
"T-Tawni Hart a-and Sonny M-Munroe?"
"Yes. And Tawni Hart wants a table. What can you do about it?"
"I'll check to see if anyone will move Miss," He said quickly and left the booth.
"Tawn, I think you scared him," I said, "Poor guy."
He came rushing back with a nervous smile. "One of our occupants is willing to share a table for today with you two. He wasn't willing at first, but when i told him who wanted the table," He shrugged. "He agreed."
"Oh, alright then. As long as he isn't hideous," Tawni sighed.
"Good. Right this way,"
We followed him through tables until I saw him. I froze on the spot, but Tawni and the man kept walking. It wasn't his table we were headed to, no, Tawni was headed to a different table. She looked back at me in confusion.
"Um, you go ahead, I've gotta do something first. I'll meet you there."
Tawni just shrugged and kept walking.
I wasn't sure what to say when I finally stood in front of his table. He was absorbed his the issue of Tween Weekly that he was reading, so I cleared my throat. He looked up at me with surprise.
"Sonshine?"
"What?"
"Uh-Munroe." He covered up.
"Hi, Chad. Can I sit with you?"
"Well, it depends, who's the greatest actor of our generation?" He smirked.
"You are," I drawled, rolling my eyes.
"Go ahead."
I sat in the seat across from him and watched as waiters darted between tables to serve dinner.
"It's really high class here, isn't it?" I said, mostly to myself.
"Yep." Chad answered anyway.
"I kinda miss just walking around in my pyjames at dinner time."
"Who the heck eats dinner in their Pyjames?"
"I do."
"Really Sonny? Really?" He asked, disbelief written all over his face. "What if you spill food on your Pyjames? What would you sleep in then?"
"Nothing, I guess," I teased. Chad went pale for a second before smirking at me.
"Is that so? Don't you get cold?"
"Oh, of course. Freezing," I said, trying to fight off laughter. I actually had a second pair of pyjames to wear incase I ever spilt food on the first pair, but this was fun.
"Well maybe you should call me next time you spill food on them, and I'll keep you warm." He smirked. I couldn't tell whether he was joking or not but it was a little unnerving. Especially the hint of excitement seeping through me at the thought of him possibly liking me.
"I should probably go, Tawni's waiting for me," I sighed, standing up and pushing the chair back in.
"Fine," Chad said, looking a bit disappointed.
"Fine," I responded forcefully. I didn't want to leave either but he'd never let it go if I sat back down.
"Good."
"Good."
"So we're good?" Chad asked snappily.
"Oh, we're so good!" I ground out, stomping away from his table and finding Tawni sitting at hers.
"You ordered already?" I asked, confused.
"Well, you took forever doing whatever you were doing, And I was hungry. And pretty."
"Fine," I sighed, and almost got irritated when she didn't say it back. Then absently, i reminded myself that it was only Chad who did that. "So what are we having?" I asked, gesturing to the plate of what seemed to be, salad.
"It's chicken salad, duh," Tawni said, rolling her eyes. I just shook my head and stuck my fork into something green and put it in my mouth. I sputtered and then spat it into my napkin.
"Oh gross, what the hell was that?" I asked disgustedly.
"Avocado."
"I hate avocado."
"Since when do you hate avocado?"
"Since I said 'oh gross, what the hell was that' and you said 'Avocado'." I said, picking all of the avocado out of the salad and putting it beside the piece I'd spat out on the napkin.
"Sonny, you're embarrassing me," She motioned to the waiter who had raised an eyebrow at us on his way past.
"Sorry," I blushed.
She just shrugged her shoulders. "Sonny, Sonny, what are we going to do with you?"
Just then, a woman stood infront of our table. "Girls," She beamed.
"Aunt Sarah!" Tawni stood to kiss her aunts cheek and the sat down again. "You should join us!"
Sarah had long honey blonde hair, green-grey eyes and a smile to die for. She was, at that moment, smiling warmly at the two of us.
"Oh, I'd love to, believe me," She cast a wistful glance to the empty seat to the left of Tawni, and then went on. "But I'm overflowing with work to do before you guys come to the set tomorrow. I just wanted to meet Miss Sonny. That is you, right? You're Sonny?" She asked me.
"Uh, yes," I said, intelligently. Not.
"Well it's good to meet you. Tawni and Chad both speak very highly of you."
I froze at the mention of Chad saying good stuff about me.
"Do they?" I asked, my eyes wide.
"Yes, all the time-speaking of time, I'm late. I'll see you girls tomorrow at nine."
She then hurried out. Chad...He said good things. Which meant he had to like me, atleast a little bit...
"Sonny, you've got that look." Tawni said, frowning.
"Huh? What look?" I frowned.
"The boy look. Who is he?"
"No, it's nothing to do with a boy."
"Tell meee," Tawni whined. "I have to know!"
"It's not a boy-"
"Sonny, you left this behind."
My voice cracked as i tried to continue and ignore him. "-Seriously, Tawn-i,"
"Sonny," He repeated, shoving my cell phone in my face. "I said you left this behind."
I snatched it angrily.
"Fine!"
"Fine!" He glared back.
"Good!"
"Great!" He was trying to be better at me at this? Seriously?
"Fantastic!"
"Amazing!"
"Brilliant!"
"Just Super!"
"Oh shut up, the two of you!" Tawni groaned. Chad rolled his eyes and stormed off. I glared after him, but apparently the glare softened, because Tawni spoke again. "See, there it is again! That look!"
"What look?" I asked exasperatedly.
"The boy look!" She announced, realization hitting her. "Wait...You like Chad! Oh. My. God."
"Pfft, whaaaat? Pffft. Pfffffffffft."
She just nodded her head smirking. "You do! Of course, it all makes sense now...And I feel alot prettier now that I know." She said the last bit to herself.
"Listen Tawni, Really," I said, hoping she'd drop it. "I don't like Chad. You know what else I don't like? Avocado, so let's order something else. Waiter!"
A waiter walked over with a perfectly fake smile, "What is it that I can do for you?"
"Can you get me the chicken roast please?" I asked, reading the first thing off of the menu that I saw. He wrote it down, and looked at Tawni.
"Blue heaven." She said, finally getting the hint and deciding to let it go.
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Yes, I'm aware that I'm a slow updater, and I am soooo sorry. Well, anyway, here's the next chapter.
In the next chapter, it'll be the next day, k?
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Love, Amy.
