Acting Out Chapter 6
Chad went over to the 'So Random' set after he had finished shooting for the day. All five cast members were currently rehearsing and all glared at Chad as he walked in.
"Just waiting for my wife, I'm her lift home." He defended himself, sitting down in the chair next to Marshall's one.
Marshall didn't say a word to him, he just watched as Nico and Grady acted as toddlers, diapers and all.
Chad didn't find the skit the least bit entertaining and recalled back when he guest-starred on the show. He remembered how he wanted Sonny to kiss him; it seemed like a lifetime ago.
The actor pushed his fringe out of his face tidily as he relaxed back into the chair; he knew he'd be waiting at least half an hour for Sonny to be done.
...
An hour later Sonny and the others were completely happy with their rehearsal and all went their separate ways to go to their respective homes for the night.
"How did you find what you saw of the rehearsal?" Sonny asked as they exited the studio parking lot. As in the morning, there was paparazzi waiting outside the gate and Sonny smiled happily and waved through her window at them before they pulled off.
"I was extremely bored." Her partner replied, turning onto the main road.
"I'm sorry if you don't have a sense of humour."
"I do, I guess you can say 'So Random' just doesn't tickle my fancy."
"Hey!" Sonny exclaimed, "I seem to recall you watching it when we went out and I recall you laughing."
"I was acting to try and spare your feelings because we were going out." He justified himself.
Sonny knew better, "Whatever, Chad."
"I seem to recall you being obsessed with 'Mackenzie Falls'." Chad countered her.
The actress bit her bottom lip, "I kind of stopped watching it after we broke up."
Chad quickly glanced over at her in the passenger seat, she indicated for him to look back at the road.
"You know that's kind of how we got together, you becoming obsessed with my show?"
Sonny remembered this clearly, "You thought I was talking about us being together when I was talking about characters on your show. You asked me out because of it."
She smiled faintly at the memory; she really missed being a teenager sometimes.
...
It was the following morning when Sonny woke up to discover that Chad was already up. She was amazed; she never would have anticipated this.
She walked out of the bedroom and saw that Chad was nowhere in sight, "Chad?" She yelled out.
"Yes, muffin?" Chad asked, appearing out of the kitchen.
"Why are you up?"
"Well, I thought I may as well be as you'd be up soon enough. I even went to the courtesy of getting you a new workout outfit."
Sonny stared at him oddly as Chad pulled out a shopping bag off the dining table, "I got you a red crop top and some nice black shorts." He said, pulling them out the bag to show her.
Sonny gave him a look, she was not one of those girls that would wear something as revealing as that.
"So basically you want me to show off cleavage, show off my stomach and my legs?" She asked, letting out a small snort of laughter.
Chad threw down the tiny outfit melodramatically, "My father was right about women. You all are a bunch of teases who wear nothing in the beginning of the relationship but then as soon as you get married, hello baggy clothes and granny panties!"
He stormed off in a huff and Sonny almost double-over in laughter. She couldn't believe that he could be such a drama queen.
It was like he was the wife in the marriage.
...
Mr Condor requested that the two to finally do an interview as a married couple together so they could answer questions.
That's how Sonny found herself sitting on the couch of the 'Good Morning LA' talk show. Chad wasn't with her; he was over talking to the camera crew who were told to follow them again for the event.
Sonny glanced down at her sparking diamond ring; it had appeared in every magazine in the country. There were fans in the audience yelling out to her so she got up and went over to them, something most guests on the show wouldn't ever do.
The actress went over to some girls in the front row who were holding some 'So Random' posters and she gladly signed them.
"How are you girls doing?" She asked bubbly.
"Oh my god! Good!" One answered squealing, this simply made Sonny laugh, she loved her fans.
"Congratulations on the marriage." The red head said.
Sonny forced a smile, "Thanks."
"What's it like being married to Chad Dylan Cooper?" The remaining girl asked as Sonny signed her poster.
She glanced over in Chad's direction quickly before returning her gaze to her fan, "It's wonderful," Sonny lied, "We couldn't be happier."
"Sonny and Chad to the stage please." Sonny heard the stage-manager say over the sound system.
Sonny said a 'thank you' to the girls and returned over to the couch and sat down again, Chad shortly joined her and sat down besides her, making sure to wrap an arm around her.
The host, Benji McBrians, sat down opposite them and waited for the cue for the show to begin.
Sonny felt Chad lean his head down so he could whisper something in her ear, "Right now everyone is going to think I'm whispering something adorable into your ear when in reality I'm telling you to react in a loving way to what I'm saying."
He pulled away and Sonny looked up at him, making sure that a smile appeared on her face.
She mouthed an 'I love you too' to him, knowing most people would pick up on it.
"And we're back," Benji said enthusiastically, indicating they were recording again, "We have with us today newlyweds Sonny Monroe and Chad Dylan Cooper. How are the two of you doing today?"
"We are doing great, Benji." Chad answered almost instantly.
"So I think the main question that has plagued everyone's minds is why didn't you tell us that you were seeing each other again? Why keep it a secret?"
"Well, that's simple." Chad began, "Sonny." He said, passing the question over to her.
"We had a lot of supporters that wanted us two to be together forever and we didn't want the pressure this time. But now we do plan on being together forever so our fans definitely had the right to know." Sonny made up on the spot. She was quite proud, it was pretty plausible.
"So why a wedding in Vegas? Why not a huge lavish wedding like most celebrities? It was reported that you two were drunk when you got married, is that correct?"
"We had been drinking, yes," Chad answered, "But we knew what we were doing, we had planned about a week beforehand to get married in Vegas as it would be the easiest thing to do."
"So how long ago did you propose?"
"About a month ago." Chad replied.
"What was the proposal like Sonny?"
Sonny paused for a second, they hadn't prepared an answer for that, "Well, Chad took me out to dinner that night."
"I did a lot more than that Sonshine," He laughed, giving her a nickname, "After dinner I blindfolded her and took her to 'Look-out Mountain', it's where we had gone to a lot as a couple. I had rose petals and candles everywhere and took her blindfold off and just proposed right there under the stars." The actor said entirely convincingly, as if he really was reminiscing.
"I couldn't say no to that." Sonny gushed.
"You were never seen with your engagement ring." The host noted.
"We didn't end up getting it until we got to Vegas, I know a jeweller there and had it arranged and bought on the night by my assistant. I didn't want to get Sonny a ring and not let her wear it whenever she wanted."
The questions went on and Sonny made sure to be extra-smiley, making sure to look in love with her husband.
When the show was over the audience began cheering for the couple loudly, "I feel like we should kiss for them." Chad winked at his wife.
"This is as much as you're getting." Sonny whispered, kissing him on the cheek.
...
"Chad, what the hell is this?" Sonny shrieked.
Chad grinned and walked into the bathroom to see what Sonny was shrieking over.
"I was being nice and got you a selection of lady products and when I say I, I mean my assistant."
"I don't think I'd use this many products in a lifetime, Chad."
"You're right; you got to stop PMSing sometime." Chad grinned, "Plus I didn't know what brand of anything you preferred so I told my assistant to get everything in the store."
The brunette muttered something under her breath that Chad couldn't quite make out and grabbed a whole lot of the products, shoving them in the cupboard under the bathroom sink.
"It would have been sweet if you were the actual one who bought these you know?"
"Chad Dylan Cooper does not go out to some gross little supermarket to purchase tampons and pads." He shuddered at the thought.
"See you can be a normal guy, normal guys freak out about girls getting their period too."
"No, I was shuddering at the thought of going into a gross supermarket." Chad said matter-of-factly.
"Chad, I've known you since I was sixteen and I know you are capable of being a normal guy. I know you better than you think." Sonny told him, shoving the rest of the products under the sink.
"So what?"
"Why don't we go do something normal?" Sonny suggested.
Chad snorted at this, he was by no means normal, plus he couldn't just do something ordinary, practically every person in the country knew who he was.
"Suggest me something that doesn't include us being mobbed by fans?"
"Why don't we just go for a drive?"
"A drive, that's it?" He asked incredulously.
"Yeah, come on. Driving around aimlessly is always fun." She said.
Chad wasn't so sure, "And if we get lost?"
"All the more fun to try and find our way back; worst case scenario is that we have GPS."
Chad finally relented and pulled his car keys out of his pocket, "Fine, let's go before I change my mind."
They were met by some photographers as they drove Chad's car out the building, but Chad didn't mind too much. He just wanted an afternoon away from everything; with Sonny he was sure they could do that. Sure, he loved being famous and everything but he needed a break sometimes.
"What are you thinking about?" The voice from besides him asked, breaking him out of his little trance.
"Nothing really, this is a good idea though." He admitted.
"I told you." Sonny smiled, clearly happy with herself.
Somehow they ended up at the beach a little over two hours later, "I can't believe we drove this far." Chad confessed as they got out the car. Sonny had wanted to go down to the water even though it was getting late, it was already dark.
"It's spring; the water won't be the best for swimming, especially at night." Chad tried to change her mind. He knew this was pretty much hopeless though, he knew that Sonny rarely changed her mind when it was set on something.
"Come on, the beach is deserted. We can just go in up to our knees, just roll up your pants." She instructed him.
"It's easy for you because you are wearing a dress."
"Well next time we come to the beach unplanned, I'll make sure that you are wearing a dress too." She teased him.
Chad let out a small laugh at this, following the bouncing brunette down to the water. She kicked off her shoes and immediately walked into the water, going in up to her knees.
Chad smiled at the sight of Sonny enjoying herself, the moon lighting up the water.
He rolled his pants up as far as he could before joining her in the water, "Oddly enough, this is pretty refreshing and calming even."
"You need to be more spontaneous."
"I'm spontaneous." The actor declared, walking in deeper to get closer to Sonny.
"Prove it."
"How?"
He watched as Sonny's smile turned into a mischievous one, he couldn't even attempt to get away as she almost instantly splashed him, getting his shirt wet.
"Sonny!" He exclaimed, irritated, "Why'd you have to do that?"
Sonny shrugged her shoulders, "It's what people do; we're at the beach."
Chad responded by splashing her back, making Sonny giggle.
The two ended up completely soaked before they ended up back at the car.
"Don't you dare get in my car like that!" Chad warned Sonny, "We are drying off before we get in."
"With what, we don't have towels. Come on, it's cold now that we are wet. Be spontaneous for once."
Chad rolled his eyes and relented, "Fine, get in."
"You know, we won't get back home until like midnight."
"So?"
"Maybe we should just get a hotel out here somewhere, I'm pretty sure you don't want to be in your current condition for the next two hours or so. You are going to want a hair dryer for your hair." Sonny teased him.
"Oh, so you want to get a room?" He winked at her.
"Hey, we're married," Sonny defended herself, "It's not like there is anything wrong with it. Plus we will definitely have separate beds."
"Yeah, because asking a hotel for two beds just screams 'happily marriage'." Chad commented, sarcastically.
