It Had to be You
Disclaimer: I do not own Sonny With a Chance, It Had to Be You (by Motion City Soundtrack), or the line from Buffy. Enjoy my first story (I'm really nervous) :)
I get lost, messed up and bored
When I'm alone too long
I can't sleep, function and eat
When I'm not with someone
Late last fall she ended it all
And moved to who knows where
Just like that she vanished and packed
And never even called
Sonny POV
"Chad...I'm sorry but I'm leaving the studio...for good..." Sonny said slowly, wincing as she broke the news to her boyfriend. Chad just stared at her, wide-mouthed in shock.
"Wha-but-but why?" he stuttered, trying hard to form a coherent sentence. Sonny felt a little guilty about leaving Chad behind. He had been such a great boyfriend to her. She just didn't feel like they were right for each other anymore; something just didn't feel right. It felt like something was missing.
Chad POV
Chad stared at sonny in shock.
"I'm sorry Chad I just don't feel like I belong with you anymore.... or in Hollywood either. So I decided to move. I don't know where yet. I'll just see where life takes me I guess. So I'm flying out tomorrow," she continued. He felt like his heart was being ripped from his chest. She was the love of his life. His Sonshine. She was his everything. And now she was leaving.
Do you feel a certain sense of synergy
Between yourself and me?
A kind of macabre and somber
Wonder twin type of harmony
What if it was you?
You that I needed all along
I felt like a fool
Kicking and screaming
And pretending we were wrong
He stared blankly ahead as he recalled one if the many great times they'd had together.
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Let's get wrecked on Pop-Tarts and sex
And see the Taj Mahal
Let's save birds from Prince William Sound
And skateboard through the mall
Let's fight crime with mangoes and limes
And join the PGA
Let's win big with every spin
But hurry I can't wait
"What's up Sonny?" Chad asked, as he walked into the Prop House. Sonny was bent over a table concentrating on something. "What are you doing?" he questioned the brunette girl.
"Oh hi Chad! Didn't see you there!" she answered, giggling and grinning widely. "I'm decorating a cake! Today is my mom's birthday and I wanted to surprise her!"
"Oh that's cool. Now seeing as Chad Dylan Copper does not decorate cakes, I'm gonna get going," he said as he spun on his heel to leave the room.
"No wait! Chad you can help too! How 'bout you mix the icing for me? Just pour half the box of confectioner's sugar in the bowl, then add a teaspoon of vanilla and enough water to make the icing smooth." Chad stared at her.
"You actually want CDC to mix icing? 'Cause Chad-"
"Dylan Cooper does not mix icing," she finished for him. Well now he does." And with that Sonny handed him a blue mixing bowl, a box of confectioner's sugar, and a bottle of vanilla. "Theres a gallon of water on the table over there," she said before going back to work spreading the white icing on the cake. Chad sighed and got to work opening the box of sugar. After cutting ope the plastic bag, he proceeded to dump the contents of the bag into the mixing bowl. The white powder flew up and immediately covered everything around it in a dusting of white.
"Chad!?" Sonny said angrily as age slowly turned to face him. Chad looked away. "What did you do? You just ruined my new shirt I bought with Tawni the other day!"
"I'm sorry?" he tried. Even though Chad Dylan Cooper doesn't apologize, Sonny was really starting to scare him. So he did. Badly. He was awakened from his thinking by a cloud of white hitting his face. He looked at Sonny who was grinning evily.
"Oh you did not just mess up Chad Dylan Cooper's hair!" he exclaimed in shock. Sonny giggled. "That's it!" he said, and threw a handful of sugar at the brunette. It soon developed into a fullfledged sugar fight, and when they were done, the prop house was almost completely white, as were Chad and Sonny. They looked at each other, laughing.
"Look what you did Cooper!" Sonny said, joking.
"No, look what you did Monroe!" Chad countered.
After they stopped their giggling, the pair began wiping down the entire prop house with damp towels, trying to remove all of the sugar before the rest of the So Random cast returned.
Do you spend a fortune on those late night
Prepaid television scams
In search of the perfect blender
Steak knife and nonstick frying pan?
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Chad smiled at the memory.
He had felt like he was on top of the world. He could do anything as long as he had his Sonshine with him. But she was leaving. For good.
"Are you okay Chad?" she asked, worried.
"I'm fine," he replied abruptly. "See you Sonny. Have a nice trip," he said mechanically.
Sonny POV
Sonny watched Chad's retreating figure. She hadn't meant to hurt him so much. But she had to do it. She needed to. It was for the better good of both of them.
Chad POV
What if it was you?
You that I needed all along
I felt like a fool
Thinking we were completely wrong
It seemed like a dream
A beautiful scream
That echoed forever
And made us not afraid to feel a thing
Chad was quickly losing control over his composure. He called the only other friend he had besides Sonny.
"Chad?" Portlyn's voice sounded on the other line. "What's up? You never call me at lunchtime. You're always with sonny..." she trailed off. "Oh god this is about sonny isn't it? What happened?" Despite how she acted sometimes, Portlyn was actually pretty smart and was a great friend to Chad.
"She left. Well not yet but she's leaving. Tomorrow. For good." Chad was trying to keep from crying.
"Are you serious? I thought you said things were going well with you two?"
"I did. At least that's what I thought. Sonny said she felt things just weren't working out," he paused. "I can't breathe, Port. I feel like I can't breathe." Chad managed as he struggled not to break down into tears.
What if it was you?
You that I needed all along
I felt like a fool
Thinking we were completely wrong
It seemed like a dream
A beautiful scream
That echoed forever
And made us not afraid to feel a thing
And after it ends
We'll try to be friends
They say that what doesn't kill us
Makes us who we are
All this time and every thing's changed
But I still feel the same
All good things eventually end
And get washed down the drain
Chad woke up the next morning and lifted his head off his light blue pillow, now stained dark with tears. All of yesterday's events rushed back to him and he let out a sob. After holding back his tears, the heartthrob threw on a t-shirt and a pair of sweatpants and sat on his bed with his iPod in his hand he pressed shuffle and listened to the song. It was one of his favorite bands, Motion City Soundtrack. At least the songs could brighten up his day a little bit. He listened to the lyrics of the song and realized how they matched his relationship with sonny. How he had felt like he could do anything with her by his side, how she had left, how it had to be her.
What a disaster it would be
If you discovered that I cared
A little too much for friends
But not enough to share
What if it was you?
You that I needed all along
I felt like a fool
Now that I'm sure that I was wrong
Chad wiped his tear-stained eyes and realized, as he listened to the song, that no one else would do for him. They couldn't replace Sonny.
It had to be you
It had to be you
It had to be you
He whispered along with the final words of the song.
"I knew it was you."
Ok, so there's my first story. I know it's short, but I felt like I needed to contribute something. I love this song and felt like I should write a story to go with it. This is also a surprise for my biffle Maui (mauigurl26). Please read her story "Forever and Always?" (It's a Twilight story, and it's really good) :) Thank you for reading!! :) Oh and please leave constructive criticism if you have some. If I get enough I might start a different, longer story. :)