A/N: Hey! So I totally forgot to explain Lucy's family in the last chapter. I went back in an added it. It's really simple so you didn't miss much.
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Sonny'sPOV
I woke up to a beautiful sunrise after the first night at the house. I checked the clock, 6 AM. No one was up yet from what I could tell. The temperature was perfect, so I sat on the balcony outside my room. It was nice to just sit and relax, but it got boring pretty fast. I don't know how the adults can do that all day. So I went inside and brought my guitar out.
Since I was the only one awake, I knew I could play whatever I was feeling and no one would know. But I didn't wanna wake anyone, so I decided to play a soft song. I picked Give Love A Try from that show that the Jonas Brothers were on.
You, you're like drivin' on a Sunday.
You, you're like takin' off on Monday.
You, you're like a dream,
A dream come true.
I was a face you never noticed.
Now, I'm just tryin' to be honest
With myself, with you,
With the world.
You might think that I'm a fool
For fallin' over you.
So tell me what can I
Do to prove to you
That it's not so hard to do?
Give love a try,
One more time.
'Cause you know that I'm on your side.
Give love a try,
One more time.
How did it play out like a movie?
Now, every time you speak it moves me.
And I can't get your smile
Off my mind.
And your eyes, when I saw them for the first time,
Knew that I was gonna love you for a long time
With a love
So real, so right.
You might think that I'm a fool
For fallin' over you.
So tell me what can I
Do to prove to you
That it's not so hard to do?
Give love a try,
One more time.
'Cause you know that I'm on your side.
Give love a try,
One more time.
One more time…
When I finished the song, I sat there for a while just thinking. Then I put my guitar away and decided to go make breakfast.
Within the next hour, everyone was awake. I made several dozen pancakes, bacon, sausages, and eggs. Never have I cooked so much in my life.
When breakfast was over, we took a group vote on what everyone wanted to do that day.
Naturally, all of us teenagers said, "Beach!"
The younger kids agreed with us, because they wanted to play in the sand.
Some of the adults wanted to use the pool, beach, or go grocery shopping to stock up supplies in the house.
So we split into several groups. People staying at the house or using the pool, people who wanted to go to the beach, and people who were going grocery shopping.
My Aunt Natalie, Uncle Jason, Aunt Melody, Uncle Cory, and Mr. & Mrs. Johnson stayed at the house.
Uncle Aaron and Aunt Violet took AJ and Ryan to the beach with Uncle Mitchell and Aunt Hayley with Jenna and Claire.
Brian, Matt, Lucy, Shane, Carrie, Cassie, Nathan, Tess, Ian, Tyler, Zach, Chad, and I all went to the beach.
That just left my mom and my grandmother to go shopping.
Faster than you can say "Last one there is a rotten egg," we hit the beach. Luckily, no one seemed to recognize Chad or myself. The only people on the beach were some adults and their little toddlers. School probably wasn't out for a lot of the kids and teens.
"Can we go wave jumping? Please?" asked the "almost triplets", the twins, Tess, and Nathan simultaneously.
Wave jumping was when you go as far out into the ocean as you want and wait for waves and try not to get caught in the brine. If you do it correctly, the wave picks you up for a few seconds. It's loads of fun.
"Sure, let's go!" Lucy said.
In between waves, we all talked about Hollywood. Well, it was really just everyone asking me and Chad about Hollywood.
"I always knew our little Allie would be famous someday! Isn't that right, Matt?" Brian grinned.
"Yeah! She's one of the funniest girls I know! Now if Lucy over here could do the same…" he smirked.
"Hey! I'm workin' on it!" she said, punching the side of his arm playfully.
"So what's it like in Hollywood? Like, have you met a lot of famous celebrities?" Tess asked.
"Well, she's already met me…" Chad smirked.
I just rolled my eyes and splashed him.
"Yeah, I met Chad almost as soon as I started working on So Random. Who else have I met? Let's see. Uhh… Selena Gomez… Trey Brothers… Blake Radisson…"
"You met Trey Brothers and Blake Radisson?" Carrie and Cassie squealed simultaneously.
"Yep," I nodded.
"No way! What were they like? Were they cuter in person?"
"Yeah, they were cute. But they were real jerks. Trey tried to steal my song and Blake was just obnoxious."
"That's Hollywood for ya." Matt said, rolling his eyes.
Then some sort of unspoken alliance was made and the boys decided it would be fun to attack the girls.
Brian, Matt, Shane, and Chad went after me and Lucy while the trio and Nathan terrorized Carrie, Cassie, and Tess.
Matt got me several times until finally I dunked him under. And that sparked the rebellion of the girls against the guys. I managed to get all four of the older boys.
Around 1:30 we decided to go back to the house. Three of us at a time headed back to use the bathrooms and wash off while the rest sat around in the sand just chilling out.
Once we were all back at the house, we talked about school and work experiences as we devoured two whole pizza pies.
Cassie began, "Once, our teacher told us she'd be absent the next day and we'd have this annoying substitute teacher. We'd had him once before and he'd always yell at everyone for—"
"—totally pointless reasons! He wrote up a girl for passing back a textbook to a boy and fake hitting him with it!" Carrie finished for her.
"He's ridiculous! Anyways, we knew he believed in mythical creatures and aliens and all that." Cassie continued.
"So Cassie and her classmates arranged some strange, uh—" Carrie said, pausing to choose the correct word.
"— 'coincidences'—" Cassie filled in.
"—to happen during class." Carrie finished.
"And he didn't know I was a twin! So when he wasn't looking, I texted Carrie to come by and ask to use the pencil sharpener. The look on his face when he saw me sitting in my seat and Carrie at the door was priceless!" Cassie laughed.
"That's not all! He fainted! When he woke up, Cassie and I were standing next to him and he ran out screaming like a little girl!" Carrie said, high-fiving her sister.
As everyone laughed, I glanced over at Chad who gave me a look that said, 'Do they always finished each others' sentences like that?'
I shrugged and nodded, 'Pretty much.'
"There's this crazy substitute teacher we have a lot and she told us she has an invisible gnome friend." Nathan said.
We all just looked at him and he continued by saying, "Yep. She told us a leprechaun killed her husband so she hates St. Patrick's Day."
"You guys have strange teachers…" Chad said.
"What's your teacher like, Sonny?" Tess asked.
"Ms. Bitterman? Well, she's single and has a lot of cats if that tells you anything."
"Skyler calls her the ginger bird." Chad laughed.
I looked at him and said, "Seriously? That's—…Totally true."
Everyone just laughed. When we finished our pizza, we split up into new groups. Most went back out to the pool to swim for a little. That left Brian, Matt, Lucy, Chad, and myself inside.
"So… What should we do now?" Lucy asked.
"I don't know about you guys, but I'm gonna go practice my guitar," Chad said, walking upstairs.
"Well that's one less person to disagree on an activity with." Matt shrugged.
"I bet I could beat all of you at Mario Karts!" Brian said.
"You're on!" I exclaimed, racing everyone to the game room.
Chad's POV
What a long day. By 8:00 I was already exhausted, but even hours later I was still awake.
After everyone had gone to sleep, I laid awake in my bed. Finally, I decided to play something on my guitar. Maybe music would make me sleepier. So I took my guitar out on the balcony and sat against the wall. I just sat there for a few moments, letting my hands play whatever came to mind.
Don't you want the way I feel,
Don't you want the way I feel,
Don't you want the way I feel for you?
I couldn't remember any other part of the song so I switched.
I am in misery
There ain't nobody
Who can comfort me
Why won't you answer me?
The silence is slowly killing me…
I didn't bother even finishing the chorus. 'Nah… How about this?' I thought to myself.
What, what kind of fool
Tears it apart,
Leaving me pain and sorrow?
Losing you now…
How can I win?
Where will I be tomorrow?
Forevermore, that's what we are to be,
Without each other,
We'll be remembering when...
Surrendering to the lack of sleep, I sighed and put my guitar away. Then I drifted off into a dreamless sleep.
A/N: I believe you should all review this story to make it better! ...For the children! :D