Hi guys! Here's another chap for you. I've noticed how little attention I've given to all my other stories, so I will try and get through this one non-stop for those of you who read my other stories. I haven't forgotten them, I'm just on a roll with this one and it's coming quicker to me than any others. Thanks for your patience! (i hope ;))
Chapter 21-Until You Were Gone
Chad's POV
I'm lucky some of the Munroe's drive. I'll admit, it'll be a little awkward now that I've confessed to Sonny and she hasn't confessed back. So, Mickey's driving me back to the airport. I know there are no flights to California till Thursday, but I'm gonna see if they can give me some kind of route back. I know whatever I do, I can't stay here. I can't face Sonny anymore. When she gets back to Hollywood, sure, but not now, not here, where everyone's heard about the whole "I love you" thing. Luckily, I haven't unpacked yet, so I can get out of here before Sonny finds out.
"Chad?"
Too late.
"Where are you going?" Sonny asks, looking confused.
"Home," I say, not looking up from the boot of Mickey's car. "You don't want me anymore, so what's the point?"
She sighs, "Chad, I never said that."
"True," I say, "But I don't want to be here anymore."
"Why?" Sonny asks, offended.
"This place is getting too much for me." I say. I daren't mention the whole thing about my…gulp…feelings.
"Is this because of what just happened?" She asks, and I sigh.
"Yeah," I say, "I'm gonna go, get out of your hair."
Sonny sighs, "Chad, you can't…"
I look up for the first time, noticing she's almost crying and I smile.
"Hey, you'll be able to see me again soon." Sonny looks guilty, and I frown. "You will come back Thursday…right?"
"Sure, sure." She says.
"Promise?" I ask, and she sighs.
"Promise." She says. I smile, nod and get in the car, and Mickey gets in the drivers seat.
"Bye, Sonny." I say out the window and she smiles.
"Bye Chad." She says, waving. Mickey backs up the car, before heading out the driveway. But not before Sonny can chase the car…man, that girl's fast.
"Chad!" She yells, and I open the window, "Chad! I want to tell you something!"
"What is it?" I yell out the window.
She sighs, slowing down, getting out of breath. "I…"
"What was that?" I ask, unable to hear her the first time.
"I said, I…"
"Sonny, I can't hear you," I say as Mickey speeds up a little and Sonny stops running behind us, out of breath. "Tell me when you get back!" I say, and she nods.
"So," Mickey says as I close the window, wondering what Sonny was trying to tell me, "To Madison, right?"
"Any airport," I say, "Just as long as I can get back home, quickly. I'll be dead if I don't get back for work tomorrow."
"OK," He says, "Let's try Mosinee." He says, turning right.
I have no idea where that is, but hey, as long as I can get out of this cheese-loving, cattle-farming, loved-by-Sonny state, I don't care. I need time to think about what I'm gonna say to Sonny when she gets back, just as long as I can get away from her.
Sonny's POV
I watch, powerless, as Chad drives off with Mickey, clueless of what I was about to tell him. And to think I ran after that car to say that I loved him too. Why couldn't I have got it out easier than that? Said it when we were watching Mack Falls earlier? We'd have kissed happily and fallen in love all over again. I mentally kick myself for my stupid mistake, before realising I'm going back to Hollywood in two days, and I will make sure I tell him the truth. That I truly, truly love him, and I will forever, no matter what happens.
I sigh, watching him drive off, planning exactly what I'll say when I get back. One thing I know is that I will head out for California as soon as I can, or sooner, to be back in Chad's arms once again. Just like it should be, forever...
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Song: Until You Were Gone by Chipmunk and Esmee Denters (mainly coz I'm listening to it right now, lol)