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Disclaimer - i dont own SWAC... :(

SPOV

I was sitting there just daydreaming about tonight's sketch and…Chad… Wait! Did I say Chad? No, my mind must have just slipped to him because of that stupid argument earlier, not for any other reason. "Sonny! Hello anyone there?" Zora said waving her hand across my face. "Huh? Oh yeah right. Hi Zora" I said snapping out of my daydream. "Yeah, Hey miss forgetful. Its time for rehearsal. Like now!" she screamed and walked out of the prop house. I hopped up and nearly ran to rehearsal; I didn't need to give Tawni another reason to moan at me.

HOUR LATER

"Ok everyone start getting ready for the live show tonight" said Marshal, who was already giving us a pep talk. After that everybody split up to go to there dressing rooms to get ready, well apart from Zora who nobody actually knows where she goes to get ready.

I started walking to my, well mine and Tawni's dressing room when my phone started to buzz. "Hello?" I said into my phone. I was wondering who would call me at this time of the day, everybody I know, knows I'm at work. "Is that Miss Monroe?" the voice on the end of the line asked. "Umm yes may I ask who's speaking?" I asked getting a bit freaked out. "Don't worry Miss Monroe I'm your landlord" the voice explained. "Oh right, how can I help you? I'm up to date on my payments" I jumped to conclusions. I was coming up to the door of our dressing room now. "Its more serious than that I'm sorry but you apartment was set on fire" as he said it I froze with my hand on the door handle. "Oh" was all I could say. I dropped my phone and just stood there. It must have been ten minutes before Tawni came out and found me still like this. "Sonny what's wrong?" Tawni asked with actual concern. "Mmm… My house. Fire" was I could manage to say but Tawni caught the drift. "Omg you better go I will tell the others you can't make it to lunch" she said and with that she handed me my cell phone and walked off. I got myself together and started walking to my ageing truck. I sat down and turned the key in the ignition but all it did was hummed and then spluttered. I tried again but nothing. I got out of the truck so I could walk instead. But as I was locking my truck I heard an all too familiar voice.

"Sonny, Sonny, Sonny. Have you seen the error of your ways, with that old, rusty thing" Chad said looking at my truck in disgust. "Leave me alone" I said looking down and starting to walk away.

Chad's POV

HUH? That one was a perfect way of starting one of our 'fine fine' arguments and I do love them, but she didn't even react. "Sonny… what's wrong?" oh here we go I'm not gonna live this down – caring. I waited for an answer but there was none because she had just carried on walking. Something must really be getting her down. I ran up to her so I could talk to her properly.

Sonny's POV

I heard Chad say something but couldn't be bothered to listen so just carried on walking, the next thing I knew he was standing in front of me just staring into my eyes, that's when I got lost in the deep pool of glimmering blue. "Sonny, what's up?" he's voice pulled me into reality. "Nothing you need to worry about" I said bluntly, I felt a bit bad for being rude to him but I didn't have time to worry about hurting Chad's feelings right now. I pushed past him and started running down the street to my apartment leaving a stunned Chad behind me.

20 MINUITS LATER – Sonny's POV

I just arrived at my apartment and saw fire-fighters piling out of my doorway, just inside the door was my landlord when he saw me he walked over and gave me a apologetic smile and said he would give me time to get what was left of my stuff together. I just nodded and walked into my apartment in a daze. I looked around and not a lot was left and I just broke down in the middle of the room, I mean I'm not a material person but my whole life was gone. All my memories were gone, everything. I got up and walked into where my bedroom was meant to be, I ran to my bed side table to see if my most important possession was ok but to my dismay it wasn't it was charred and you couldn't read one word, it was a letter my dad had written to me just before he died. I couldn't take it anymore with tears running down my face I got up off of the floor and started to run threw my apartment to the door but tripped on a bit of charred wood. I was in too much pain to bother getting up, both emotional and physical pain – physical because I had hit my head as fell – so I just stayed where I was sobbing.

Chad's POV

I just stood there watching after her as she ran away, it hurt, what she said hurt Chad Dylan Cooper. I wasn't used to this so I couldn't respond, after about five minutes I walked into condor studios. Instead of going to the Mack falls set I went to the So Random! Prop house, I had to find out what was up with Sonny; I mean no one hurts CDC. I saw Blondie and the weird girl sitting on the sofa so I went to ask them. "Hey, Blondie. What's up with Sonny?" I asked forgetting to be nice; I mean she's just a stupid random so it doesn't matter anyway. "What do you care?" she answered in her annoying voice. I just glared at her "Just tell me" I said bluntly. She explained what happened and that's why I'm here, walking into the building of Sonny's apartment. I walked slowly up the stairs, wondering what I was gonna' find, some charred bits of furniture? Nothing too bad. When I got to her door it was wide open so I peered in, what I saw was shocking, there was nothing of her apartment left, sure there was some furniture there but it was all ruined. I took a step inside and saw Sonny, just lying on the floor, I could hear her sobbing roughly. "Sonny?" I said softly.

Sonny's POV

I must have been lying here for ten minutes and then I heard someone's voice; I couldn't tell who it was because of the sound of my tears. Then I felt strong arms slide around me and move me into a sitting position, I was leaning into the person's chest, I inhaled their scent, it was sweet and calming. Then I realised it was Chad. "Shhhh it's gonna' be ok shhhh" Chad repeated over and over again. It must have been 20 minutes before anyone had spoken apart from Chad's soothing humming. Finally my sobbing had died down and I had calmed down a bit. "You ok? I know stupid question" Chad said breaking the silence. I just shook my head and winced as pain shoot across my forehead. Chad looked at me properly for the first time and he must have seen the cut on my head from where I fell. "Oh Sonny! Are you ok?" he said in alarm, softly touching my head. "Its f… fine" I sniffled. He turned me around so I was leaning against my singed sofa and stood up, once he had stood up he bent down and put his arms around my waist and pulled me up so I was standing. I was exhausted, I just couldn't stand up and I think he noticed as my legs started to give way; he put his arm around my back and held most of my wait. He led me to my coffee table - it had been scared by the fire but still stood sturdy – and lowered me down so I could sit on it. "Ok let me look at your head" he said simply. "Fine" I said expecting him to reply 'fine' but there was no sound apart from the ripping of his brand new shirt. He bent down and gently dabbed my head with the soft cloth, he was very careful while wiping away the blood. Once he was done he stood up straight and threw the blood stained cloth on the floor. "Come on we will find what's left of your belongings and I will take you wherever you wanna' go" he said while holding out his hand, I took it with a thankful smile.

1 HOUR LATER Sonny's POV

It had taken an hour to find what possessions I had left and pack them up; I was even more upset when it turned out that everything I owned fit into one cardboard box. After we had finished I told Chad to just take me to the studio and we got into his shiny black convertible. Straight away after sitting on the cosy chair I drifted into an uneasy sleep. "Sonny… Sonnnnnneyyy" Chad stretched out my name trying to wake me up – it worked. I sat up right, hoping that it had all been a dream, but it wasn't. "Are you sure you want me to drop you off here? I could take you anywhere" he asked again. I just shook my head " I have a live show" I explained he just nodded and got out of the car on the way round to my door, he picked up my box of possessions. He opened my door and when I had slid out of the car he slid his arm around me while kicking the car door shut. We walked like that in silence until we reached my dressing room. "Thank you, really" I said looking down. "It was nothing" he said obviously feeling as awkward as me, after that he brought my stuff inside for me and left.

1 HOUR LATER – Sonny POV

"Sonny, hey I didn't think you were coming back tonight" Tawni said as she walked into the dressing room, I just smiled back at her. "So… umm are you gonna do the sketch with us?" she asked. "No sorry Tawn, I don't feel up to it" "That's fine, don't worry. You do what you need to" she said being really nice and with that she left.

I had been sitting here, in the same place, starring into space for I don't know how long, I finally snapped out of my day dream – well nightmare – and looked at the clock hanging above Tawni's mirror, it was 8 o'clock. Wow, the time flew by and nobody would be here apart from a couple of guards. That meant that my plan had worked, I stood up and got one of the blankets that was draped over my chair and settled down for the night on Tawni's cosy seat.

Chad's POV

Ughh I can't believe I fell asleep here again, I mean that's what I have the bed for yeah but it was 11 o'clock and I really need to get home. So here I am walking the lonely, deserted halls of the studio I was just reaching where Sonny's dressing room was, when I heard I muffled scream. I stood by the door to see if it was coming from there and it was so I opened the door carefully hoping that if it was a robber they wouldn't harm me. I walked in and looked around, to my surprise I saw Sonny laying on Tawni's chair, screaming into her blanket while asleep. I walked over to her and sat next to her sitting her up slightly so she was leaning on my chest and I gently shook her arm in an act to wake her. "Sonny, come on Son wake up." I said gently. "Fire! Noooooo" Sonny screamed right before coming too. "Huh. What? Chad what are you doing here?" she asked while panting for breath and looking pretty freaked out. "I heard you screaming, don't worry, its ok." I said reassuring her. She clung to me like she was going to fall, if she let go. After a few minutes of me sitting with her and rubbing soothing circles on her back her breathing went back to normal.

"So, um why are you here I thought you had somewhere to go?" I asker her. She shook her head and said "I… have nowhere. No one, nothing everything I had was in that flat, and everything in that flat is gone." I stood up and grabbed her box of possessions and then pulled her up to my side by her hand. "Come on, I have more than enough room at mine. You can come and stay with me." I said while leading her out of the dressing room door. She looked up at me with that wide, toothy grin and looked … hopeful. "Really? I mean you would do that for me? That's so lovely" she asked and looked like she was shocked. "I have my moments" I said with a true smile.

Sonny's POV

I can't believe Chad is letting me, I mean ME! Stay in his house or apartment or whatever he has. I mean yeah I know he can be nice sometimes but I didn't think he was capable of being this nice. We were now exiting the studio doors and the crisp cold wind blew past us, making me shiver and cringe away from the icy air, doing this caused me to lean back and fall into Chad he just chuckled and put a supporting and warm arm around my shoulders. I looked his way and smiled a thankful smile at him.

About 20 minutes later we arrived at an enormous mansion like house. "Oh" was the only word that escaped my mouth.

Chad's POV

I looked over to Sonny as we pulled up to my house; she was how I would say Chad-struck. "WOW! Chad your house is… wow" she finally blurted out. "Yeah, it's I'ght" I said in a bored tone just looking at her face. Her cute, button nose and her perfect pouted lips, that stretched into a toothy, yet cute grin and not to mention her sparkling, deep brown eyes. Over all she was amazingly, beautiful and super cute. No bad Chad, bad bad Chad she is the rival. The rival that is now going to be staying with me for who knows how long, the rival that has lost everything, the rival that always looks so cute. Stupid cute.

Sonny's POV

Chad led me into the mansion, he placed my box of things near the door. I walked through the large doors, I spun around in the area that was bigger than my whole apartment, but here it was just the foyer. I was AMAZED! I heard a chuckle behind me, I looked over my shoulder to see Chad laughing at my twirling. "Shhhh, Copper. You would be doing this if you were me, coming from a little apartment (that now has been burnt down) to this" I said with a slight frown. "Hey, don't get defensive. I thought …" Chad mumbled something at the end but I couldn't hear properly.

Chad's POV

When I led her through the door, she just entered in a dream like daze. She spun round in the foyer, smiling like crazy. I couldn't hold in the chuckle that was trying to escape my lips, she heard. Damn! "Shhhh, Copper. You would be doing this if you were me, coming from a little apartment (that now has been burnt down) to this" she said, her smile fading.

"Hey, don't get defensive. I thought it was cute" I said the last bit quietly, I didn't want to say it out loud.