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Chasing Sunrise

Chapter 1: I Don't Wanna Be In Love

C.D.C and S.M.

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Kill me. Kill me now.

Can't you see I'm in pain?

Can't you see that I'm never going to see her ever again?

Ugh. Kill me. Kill me now.

I don't wanna be in love. Love sucks. Love is overrated. Love. Love. Love is what I need. But no. I don't wanna be in love.

I went over to Chuckles City for a laugh. It was their last episode on air, and I stood at their prop house, waiting for it to end. It seemed long for me, but I bet it felt short for them. It was their last day in Chuckles City. It was soon to be over.

"Chad?" Sonny took off her white gloves from their last sketch.

"Sonny." I said plainly.

"What are you doing here?" she sat on the couch, and so did I.

"I wanted to say goodbye. You know, so the last words frome me would be goodbye, not fine."

"Fine." she said.

"Fine. Oh great. We're doing it again." I sighed. "Good bye." I stood up and started walking away.

"Wait!" she hollered. "I have something for you." she smiled and leaned in for a kiss.

Flash.

"Wait!" she hollered. "I have something for you." she grabbed a small wrapped box and told me it was for me. Hmph. I would have prefered the what happened in my thoughts.

I opened the box, and I pulled out the lemon scented air freshener that she just gave me. "Wow, an air freshener."

"You know, for your new car." she grinned, hoping I would love it.

"Uh, thanks. I wish I would have gotten you something."

She came closer and kissed me. "You don't have to."

Flash.

That didn't really happen. But I sorta wish it did. "It's okay, Chad. You don't really have to fet me anything."

"So I guess this is a farewell?" I said hoping that it wouldn't be a goodbye.

"Not necessarily." she said truthfully.

"I better go. Last scene for the day." I told her. She nodded. I looked away. She started sobbing. I went in to comfort her.

Flash.

That didn't happen either. She sobbed, but I went away. I was not the person that she needs right now. I am Chad Dylan Cooper. The Frenemy. The monster who lives next door.

I went out and caught up with Portlyn and her current boy-toy, Arnold, her new love interest on the Falls. "Hey guys. What's up?"

"Nothing much. Arnie just told me a hilarious joke and I laughed so hard that I spit out my diet cola." she said. Gross.

"Okay, actually, I don't care." I said and rushed towards Set B. I browsed through my script and started shooting.

"Oh, Mackenzie, I love you but not in that way."

"Lena, you make everything in my world a better place for me. You're the one who makes me, me. Lena, you complete me. Don't let it go." I held her hand tight.

"I can't do this, Mackenzie. You have to let me go. Father had arranged me with someone, and I can't disobey his orders." she looked into the dusk sky.

"But is this what the heart wants? Is this what you want?" I looked into her eyes.

She merely stared into my eyes for more than ten seconds.

"AND CUT! That's a wrap. You can go now. Sleep well. Tomorrow, we'll start shooting the final episode of the season!" the director rose from his chair and grabbed his clipboard, heading out. I watched the replay of what I just did. It was a little hard to do, 'cause I can't stop thinking of Sonny. I don't wanna be in love. I will vow to myself that if it isn't Sonny Munroe, walk away.

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I couldn't stop sobbing. I watched him go, and that was more painful. I got a job offer and my mom/agent/manager said yes to it, without saying what it is. I listened to my iPod, then I remembered the time when I staged a prom that I didn't even go to, but Chad stayed and we danced together, listening to the music on his iPod.

I long for the news when I got home. Mom was all smiley when she was starting to tell me. "You got a big job offer, my little sunshine!" Mom sat down after jumping up and down.

"Mom. Just tell me already!"

"You are the leading lady in—"

"In what?"

"In..." she prolonged it.

"Please tell me already!"

"Mackenzie Falls! You start tomorrow, on their final episode!" she said and I widened my eyes.

"You're kidding."

"No. Isn't this exciting? You don't have to leave Condor studios just yet!" mom smiled in excitement. I stared blankly into space. That means I'd have to work with—

Chad. Dylan. Cooper.

Great. Fantastic. Horrible. I don't wanna be in love. I don't wanna fall for Mackenzie. I vow to myself that I will never fall in love with CDC.

A/N: Well, this is the end of Chapter one. If someone noticed I named this chapter "I don't wanna be in love" after the song, give yourself a round of applause. It is right.

So here's the story if you didn't understand that. Chad was beating himself up because he knows he'll never see Sonny again. So he visits chuckles city for one last time. Chad kept seeing what he wants to see, and realizes reality afterward.

Then Sonny was still sad about the end of So Random. She was then told the good news that her mom thinks is good news. Sonny was shocked, but sort of relieved she won't be leaving Condor studios just yet.

If you got all that, give yourself another round of applause.

It's rather short, but it's good enough. I'll be posting chapter 2 by next week. Thanks for reading!

- thephoenixflewsouth

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Sonny With a Chance and iPods by the Apple company.