A/N: Sorry it took a while to get this up, i've been working on my other stories and have had a lot of school work. But with school wrapping up I should be able to update more frequently (read: only one month between chapters :) and the more reviews I get, the quicker I update. so read and review if you want to know what happens next (:
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Chapter 4
"Oh my god, I'm so sorry! Here are some napkins!" I apologized profusely, hoping it wasn't Tawni. I looked up to the person's face, and was completely shocked with what I saw.
"Chad?" I asked in disbelief.
"You…You're the girl!" He sputtered out.
We locked eyes like we had last night, but this time they were filled with confusion instead of attraction.
"Actually, I'm Sonny," I corrected him.
"What are you doing here?" We asked each other at the same time.
"I work--" We both tried to answer at the same time.
"I work here!" he shouted quietly. "Mackenzie Falls?"
"Well so do I!" I exclaimed. "So Random?"
"You've got to be kidding me," he said, rolling his eyes as I looked at him blankly. "I hooked up with someone from So Random!"
I stared at him in disbelief, his arrogance flowing from every pore in his body. What was his problem? I thought as I turned around and marched out of the room, leaving my costars behind.
I slammed the door shut of the dressing room, sitting down on the couch with tears brimming in my eyes. I knew that hooking up with Chad had been a mistake. Instead of taking my mind off of him, now all I could think about was Matt and his betrayal.
Wiping my tears on the edge of the coach, I ran over to my bag to grab my phone. I dialed Megan's speed dial, hoping she would pick up.
"Hey," I heard her chirp when she finally picked up. "What's up?"
"Megan," I cried. "I…Him…Last night was a huge mistake."
"What happened?" she exclaimed, clearly dismayed at my mood swing from this morning.
"I…" I tried to start, but found it too hard. "Chad…Chad's a complete jerk."
"What? You saw him again?" She asked, confused.
"Mackenzie falls shoots here, Meg. And we don't like them. Especially not him," I tried to explain.
"Whose we?"
"I don't even know! I ran into him downstairs and he started going off on how he couldn't believe he hooked up with someone from So Random!"
"I'm sorry," she apologized. "It's probably my fault, anyways."
"You know it's not," I rebutted. "But the worst part is it's just making everything else worse."
"You mean Matt?" She quickly understood.
"Yeah," I sighed. "I thought it would get my mind off of him, but it's just…not working."
"Well, I really am sorry. And if it makes you feel any better I heard that he could dumped in front of his entire team!"
"Still doesn't compare," I sighed. "I better get going, though. The rest of the cast is probably wondering where I disappeared to," I said goodbye, and hung up a minute later.
I sat on the couch for a few moments, staring at the floor and trying to muster up the will to go face the cast, when Tawni bursted out of the side room.
"I can't believe you!" She shouted. "Hooking up with Chad Dylan Cooper? That's treason!"
"What?" I asked in shock. "Where you just listening to my conversation?"
"No," she denied. "Your talking interrupted my thoughts!"
I rolled my eyes at her stupidity as she stood staring at me. "What?" I demanded.
"Don't you get it?" She asked, unable to comprehend how I didn't understand her question.
She breathed in deeply, as if talking to a young child, and started to explain things very slowly. "Here at So Random, we don't assosciate with any of the members of Mackenzie Falls. Especcially not Chad."
"Look," I replied, imitating her voice, "thanks for the warning, but you don't have to worry about Chad."
"We better not," she said icily. "Or else we'll have a major problem."
I returned to the cafeteria for a snack later that evening, after rehearsal had wrapped. It was deserted except for the cafeteria lady, and I quickly filled my bowl with a mound of frozen yogurt.
Grabbing a handful of napkins, I was about to sit down at one of the tables when Chad walked in. After looking around for any other people, he motioned for me and then walked out of the cafeteria.
I grudgingly stood up and followed him out of the door, hoping it would be the end of my disastrous relationship with him. "What do you want?" I spat out once I saw him around the corner. "I thought us being together would 'ruin your image.'"
"You do realize that we are talking in a deserted hallway, right?" He countered.
"Good point," I admitted. "But what do you want? Because I really want nothing to do with you anymore, Chad. It was a one night thing."
"Don't worry, Sonny, I don't either. I'm just tying up loose ends," he answered smugly.
"Loose ends?" I questioned.
"Just don't go telling anyone, and I'll keep it a secret too. All scandals avoided, no reputations damaged," he smiled.
"Well, too late," I said, bursting his bubble. "So Random! Cast already knows. And so does my friend back in Wisconsin. But don't worry," I added quickly as he was about to interrupt me. "No one's going to sell us out to the media. That would mean hurting me, too."
"Fine," he sighed, starting to walk away. "But If I see my face on the cover of some magazine without the headline, 'Chad nabs another beauty award!', I'm blaming you."
The young assistant stood behind the Mackenzie Falls sign next to the cafeteria, recording every second of the interaction. Maybe now Laurie would actually trust her with a real assignment…
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