Hello, lovely reader! I wrote this story ages ago and just saw it's still getting views! How exciting! It is one of my favorite pieces to look back on, and I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

If you like this story, in all of its fluff and cheesiness, might I suggest a couple of my other ages-old fics that will give you all the Sonny feels: This Is Tiring, A Day Well Spent, and Sonny Trek.

Now here's the story in her original form:

So basically Harper's Bazaar posted this article today and it had a pic of David and Victoria Beckham and I was like awwww and then BOOM. STORY IDEA. WRITERS BLOCK, BE GONE.

Also

IM HORRIBLY HEARTBROKEN RIGHT NOW OVER AGENTS OF SHIELD AND MORE IMPORTANTLY MY BABY FITZ. LIFE ISNT FAIR.

Disclaimer: Still don't own anything...not even the idea or the section titles:(

ANYWAYS ENJOY...

1) He always brags about you

It had been a big week for Sonny. She'd dropped her first single since So Random! and it had almost instantly become a hit.

She had spent 2 months perfecting the song: parts had been rewritten up to 3 times, recorded and re-recorded, and re-mixed during that time. The song was her baby.

After being pushed back a couple of weeks, Sonny and her camp had sneakily released it out to the world- which buzzed almost instantly over the tune.

It took only a week to go platinum.

In 14 countries.

The black-haired beauty was booked solid with appearances and performances across the nation- to the disliking of her longtime boyfriend- but nonetheless, he had been all over Hollywood bragging to anyone with ears.

"There she is," Chad's face lit up as Sonny arrived at an award show after party late due to a delayed flight home from New York, "Girl of the hour."

Sonny was more than thrilled to be wrapped in her man's arms in a welcome-home hug after a never ending week. She still wasn't sure what time it was, "The jet lag is real right now," She pecked Chad before turning her attention to the group of people her boyfriend had been chatting with.

"No big deal or anything," He faced the group of fancily dressed people, "But this girl right here has the biggest song in the world right now," he said in the cockiest voice he could muster up.

"Stop," Sonny hit his arm but couldn't detain her grin, "I wouldn't say it's the biggest song..."

"Except that it is," Chad corrected her and then effortlessly shifted back into the previous conversation with his friends. Sonny raised an eyebrow but the smile stayed in place. She knew she had made the right choice with Chad.

2) He makes sacrifices for you

"You're home early," Sonny looked up from her laptop panicked as Chad came inside from the garage.

Chad shrugged, "I finally realized I was gonna bomb the audition."

"Oh," Sonny slyly closed her laptop screen so that he wouldn't see all the online recipe pages opened. She was working on her master plan of seduction by food.

The surprise was spoiled as Chad saw the bags of groceries sitting on the table next to her, "Whatcha working on?" He slid into the open seat next to her.

"Dinner," Sonny smiled and tried to keep her secret.

"What's the occasion?" He looked confused and suspicious as it was a rare event that Sonny would make something that wasn't Kraft Macaroni and Cheese.

"Uh... No occasion?" Her voice got higher and she knew he knew she was lying.

"How are you even an actress if you suck at lying?"

She held up a finger, "Acting is portraying, not lying," Hashtag TOLD, "And speak of the devil..."

"What's up?" Chad's eyes went from playful to curious.

Sonny pulled a bag of chocolate out of one of the grocery bags, "Guess who's about to be the biggest, most feminist face of action movies?"

Both of their faces lit up again and they proceeded to doing a congratulatory (and dorky) handshake and were nearing the metaphorical line of which they would cross to make out on the kitchen table.

"There is one downside," Sonny pulled away for a second and felt the anxiety coming back. Chad didn't ask, just cocked his head, "I have to move to England for a year to film."

Mood = dropped.

Silence.

Sympathetic smile.

"You're gonna love London," Chad said, "It's so you- the style, the music, the people... It's you but in the form of a city."

Sonny tried to smile but was greeted with a lump in her throat. There was no way she was leaving her boyfriend, no matter how much she pretended to hate him, all alone for a year. She physically couldn't handle it.

"But I don't-"

"Sonny, you're gonna die when you see the countryside. It's all green and yellow and there's sheep running around," he said dreamily, "Maybe we could rent a place in Essex and hang out in the city on the weekends," he tapped his chin, thinking out loud.

"We? Us?" Sonny's smile came back at a fuller brightness than before, "But I couldn't make you do that."

"That's fine but I'm still going with you," He kept on being stubborn.

She looked deep into his eyes, "Why?"

"One, because I can," His trademark sarcasm returned, "Two, because I can't live without you for 2 days, let alone 365," Sonny felt like she was melting into their gaze, "And three, because we have to become best friends with the Beckhams."

"Sounds about right," Sonny shook her head.

"I'll start looking for houses and you start the dinner you promised," He winked and she took her hint.

Dinner nearly got overdone because she was thinking so deeply into the future.

3) He shares the same values as you

"Do you ever just want a normal life?" Sonny asked Chad as they sat on the steps of St. Paul's Cathedral in London enjoying some Starbucks in sunglasses, "Just for a second?"

"Suburbs," He nodded and took a sip, "Soccer parents."

"Carpool and all the neighborhood kids playing outside," Sonny smiled thinking of her Midwestern upbringing.

"Fresh air," Chad added and she was reminded of a time when her snot wasn't black- stupid pollution.

"Movie night," Sonny verbally 'aww'ed.

"Cookouts with our neighbors Gwyneth Paltrow and the Beckhams."

Sonny shrugged, "Couldn't complain about that."

The two sat and exchanged ideas on the cathedral steps among other tourists for a while longer. A commotion came from behind them, and they both turned back to see what was happening.

Chad turned back facing the statues and the street after noticing the wedding party, but Sonny stared a minute longer. She leaned her head onto Chad's shoulder when she turned back and took in the moment.

Whoop I'm 1/6 of the way done. LAST HOMECOMING DANCE TONIGHT IM SO EXCITED BC IMMA LOOK SO CUTE

MY GRAMMAR DOES A COMPLETE 180 ONCE THE BOLD FONT COMES BACK ITS KINDA FUNNY. OOPS

i pulled from my own London experience for the last one nbd:)) I WANNA GO BACK SO BADLY (aww don't worry past Linz, you go back to study abroad for a full semester! And you see Harry Styles at the O2!)

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND

-Linz