Awkward

We pulled up to Chad's driveway after twenty minutes of panicking – and seven Hannah Montana songs.

I sighed and buried my head in my hands. My mind flashed back to the day I saw Chad with the girl.

I started to shake, close to tears. Tawni seemed to notice, because she wrapped an arm around my shoulders, her head resting on the crook of my neck. She smiled, and started to croon softly, probably thinking it would make me feel better.

"I'm super cool, super hot, livin' like a rock star, you think I'm super, you think I'm super, on the cover of your magazine, wherever I go they make a scene, I'm super, super, I'm super-duper, so you wanna be just like, so you wanna be just like-"

"Shut up, Tawni."

She rolled her eyes, sitting upright again. She patted my shoulder before getting up from my car. I stayed for a few more seconds before finally getting out.

I saw Tawni gaping at Chad's driveway, probably intimidated by its hugeness.

"It's big, huh?" I smirked.

"I'll say… Geez, Sonny, you have good taste in guys! Hot, rich…," she trailed off. "Hey, um, if you two don't work out, can I-"

"No, Tawni."

We walked inside the house, on our way to Chad's room, when I decided to stop by the kitchen to greet Mrs. Cooper.

"Hey, Tawni, I'm just going to the kitchen, okay? I have to-"

Tawni cut me off, rolling her eyes for the seventy fifth time, "Sonny, I know you love this guy, but stealing his food to add to your shrine won't-"

"I'm going to greet Mrs. Cooper."

"…Oh."

I walked away, shaking my head. If Tom's anything like Tawni, I think I should at least warn Mom.

I entered the kitchen, holding my breath. Chad's exactly like his Mom, excluding some of Mrs. Cooper's Taylor Lauthner memorabilia-collecting fetishes Chad didn't seem to have, so if Mrs. Cooper likes my new 'look', then maybe Chad will, too.

She was sitting by the counter, reading the business section of her newspaper, her cup of coffee by the sink.

"Hey, Mrs. Cooper," I greeted her, trying to sound nonchalant.

"Good afternoon, Allis-" she started, not looking up from her paper. She stopped in mid-sentence, finally looking at my appearance. "Sonny?"

"Hey…" I muttered awkwardly. "Uh, notice anything, um, different?"

Her eyes went wide. She tried to speak, but her perfectly glossed mouth just formed an "O" shape. All of a sudden, she ran to hug me. Her bright smile caught me off guard, because I expected just a small, "You look nice," since Mrs. Cooper is usually elegant and reserved.

I awkwardly wrap my arm around her, not really knowing what to do.

"Dear, you've grown up so much…," she mumbled happily. "Boy, Chaddy is going to be so surprised!" She pulled away, not really noticing that it was extremely uncomfortable for me. "Don't worry, Sonny. He's going to be blown away."

"Um… Thanks Mrs. Cooper." I smiled. Just then, Frank walked inside, his sloppy auburn hair now a dark brown, a bottle of Man Colors in his beefy hand.

"Hello, Allison," he greeted. He turned to Mrs. Cooper and asked, "Sweetie, is it normal that I found a louse in my head?" his smooth voice full of confusion. It was a little freaky how he and his stepson were so alike; they had the same eyes and voice. Chad and Frank seemed almost like they were blood relatives…

Frank shyly walked up to us, scratching his head furiously. I took a small step back, along with Mrs. Cooper.

I'd never tell Chad, but when I was younger, I used to have a crush on Frank Cooper. He was hot in that older man, sorta geeky way. If it weren't for his huge glasses and hair, he almost looks like Jesse McCartney. Maybe that's why I used to like him, because of similarities to Jesse, who was – and is, if Chad and I don't work out – my dream guy.

Seriously, I could go on for hours about Jesse McCartney, but since all you readers of my diary, that might be leaked on the Internet once Tawni finds out that I actually have this thing, I'll stop right here.

"Oh." Mrs. Cooper sighed. She gave me a small smile and then pulled Frank into the bathroom with lice shampoo in her hand. I don't know why she didn't just give him the shampoo and let him take his bath on his own, but hey, if that's their thing…

I ran to Chad's room, slowing down when I heard a male voice when I was near the door.

"Hey there, gorgeous." I stopped dead in my tracks. I turned around.

James was behind me. Crap.

He was smirking in a way that made me want to punch him, because it was his signature I-am-so-getting-it-on-with-this-girl smirk, but refrained myself, since it will probably give me away.

"So, you're Sonny's stepsister she told Chad about?" he asked, that smirk still on his face.

I started to stutter, "Uh… Well, I…" He raised his eyebrows, his impatience evident on his face.

"Are you Sonny's stepsister?" he asked again.

I looked around, looking for a thing to stall him with. "Uh… Hey, look," I pointed to my foot, "there's a birthmark on my foot."

He looked confused for a moment before looking at my heart-shaped birthmark. His eyes went big, and I immediately regretted what I said.

James was the first one to notice my birthmark when I was eight.

"Sonny?"

Then what I expected the least happened.

He winked at me.

"Dang, Munroe. What happened to you?" He slyly grinned at me, a small gleam in his eyes.

"W-well… I, uh, I'll tell you later when the rest of the guys see me." I crossed my arms defiantly, even though I was almost close to hyperventilating.

He smirked at me, and then moved his face close to mine. "You know, Sonny, you didn't have to do all this. We both know you're trying to impress someone… A guy, to be exact."

My eyes narrowed as I moved a few steps backward. "And how do you know?"

"I've known you for years, Munroe. I know how you act when you like someone. I was the first to figure out that you liked Chad's step-dad, and I was the only one who knows about your little fling with that guy last summer."

I opened my mouth to speak, but was cut off by James.

"I know you like one of your best guy friends, and it turns out, he likes you too."

My eyes lit up. "He does?"

"He always has…"

I was about to ask him how he knew, but my lips seemed to be, er, quieted.

My eyes went big, and I did what I always do when I got surprised: I punched his eye.

He stumbled backward, his head crashing on the floor. He stood up, his hand covering his eye and shouted, "What the heck, Munroe?! I thought you liked me?"

"I don't! I was talking about-" I stopped in mid-sentence, thinking for a moment. "Someone that's not you!"

He glared at me, his face turning red. Out of embarrassment, out of anger, I don't know. All I knew was that I had my first kiss and it wasn't with Chad. I was about ready to wrap James' ears around his ankles for that.

"Well, who were you talking about then? Ferguson? Grady? Chad?"

I blushed immediately after hearing Chad's name. I was about to speak when I heard a gasp behind me.

It was Chad.

"Sonny? Is that you?" His eyes were big, his eyebrows were raised, and he was gaping at me.

I smiled awkwardly as I raised my arms above my head. "Surprise?"

I was now in Chad's room, surrounded by the boys. I was uncomfortably playing with my hair while everyone – except Tawni – was staring at me.

"I can't believe it… Sonny's in a dress!" Grady exclaimed. I turned to glare at him, since he was behind me, but all I saw was Chad's chest.

He was hugging me.

"Chad… why… are… you… hugging… me?" I managed to breathe out, since Chad's death grip was squishing all the oxygen out of me.

"Because, Munroe! You can help me!"

I looked up at him, confused. His eyes were shining and a huge grin was on his face. It was sorta creepy. Creepy-cute, but still creepy, nevertheless.

"What are you talking about?"

He let go of me, which kinda made me sad and relieved at the same time. Sad because he wasn't hugging me anymore, and relieved because five more seconds of Chad's arms around me and I could have suffocated. And I don't mean that in a romantic way, I mean that I couldn't breathe properly because Chad's triceps grew last year and they were squeezing the living crap out of me.

"Well, my Mom wants me to bring a date to her boss' parties…"

My heart started to beat faster and faster. Was he asking me out?

"And I need a fake date!"

My face fell. A fake date? "I thought you already had a girlfriend? The girl you were with yesterday?"

He raised his eyebrows and chuckled. "Um, she's my cousin."

"YOU'RE COUSIN?" That wasn't me. That was Tawni.

We both turned to look at her, her eager face creeping both of us a little. But Nico, on the other hand, just moved closer to her. James glanced at them, an almost jealous look on his eyes, and then winked at me.

Chad raised his eyebrows at me and James, and asked, "Why'd you wink at her?"

Tawni grinned. "Is that jealousy I hear?"

I rolled my eyes at them and looked at Chad. "Fine. I'll go to the party."

And that is the story about how I became Chad's girlfriend. A fake one, but still his girlfriend.

Mkay...so yeah I have been REALLY busy lately so be patient for the next one lol that actually took me like five minutes to proof-read that...ENJOY AND REVIEW! PEACE 3