Of All Choices

One shot

5:11 pm Condor Studios

"Chad, just text me later when you're ready to admit it," Sonny called out behind her. They just finished one of their hourly arguments. This time it was about how Chad won't admit that he watches So Random! But Sonny knows he does for a fact because she walked into his dressing room while it was on.

"Never gonna happen, Monroe," Chad yelled out from his dressing room.

Six Hours Later at Sonny's Apartment

Sonny was lying on her couch watching t.v. and waiting for her hot chocolate to get hot in the microwave. The microwave beeped and she got up and took out the hot water. She was dumping the chocolate mix into the cup and started searching everywhere for her marshmallows. Suddenly, her phone rang.

"Oh, shut up! I am trying to find my marshmallows whoever's calling me! Wait, who is calling me?" She became interested and rushed to her phone on the couch.

"This is Sonny," she walked back into the kitchen and finally found the marshmallows.

"CDC, what it do?" Sonny placed one huge marshmallow lightly on top of her drink and took it to the couch.

"Chad? Why are you calling me at," Sonny checked her watch, "11:11? Ooh, make a wish!"

After the minute ended, Chad continued the convo.

"Well, I am ready to admit…," he started.

"Yeessss?" Sonny asked eagerly.

"I am ready to admit that I do watch So Random," he continued.

"Ha! I knew it," Sonny was practically jumping up and down on her seat.

"…to make myself feel especially exceptional." He concluded.

"Well, I should've expected that. Anyways, seriously, I told you to text me. Next time, text me," She knew he wouldn't listen to her but it was worth a shot. He never texted her. She didn't know why. You'd think it was easier for him so he wouldn't have to waste his voice on a Random.

"Sure, why? Are you busy at," he paused, "11:22?"

"Well, not tonight, but usually, people would be asleep by now," To Sonny it was obvious, to Chad, a mystery.

"So are you saying you don't want to talk to the all mighty and powerful Chad Dylan Cooper at night? Most girls would love to talk to a God," You could almost hear him pop his collar.

"Well, of course I would like to talk to a God, when you see Zac Efron let me know," Sonny just started cracking up knowing her comeback ended the conversation.

"Sonny, Sonny, Sonny. You are so naïve. You actually believe Zac is better than me! Honestly, he's like a Demi God. I am Zeus. You know you want Zeus," he said. Oh goodness, no.

"Chad, I'm gonna let you go for now since I am tired and about to hang up on you in three, two, o—"

"Wait, let me say goodnight first," Chad interrupted.

"Okay, you said it, goodnight," Sonny said about to hang up but Chad cut her off again.

"No, that wasn't me saying goodnight. This is, goodnight Sonny, my favorite random," Chad sounded sweet and just plain cute. Sonny could imagine his award winning smile and him in his pajamas (probably with his face on it); beautiful.

"Goodnight Chad, my favorite… something, I'll figure that out when I'm not half asleep. Haha, love you Chad, I'm hanging up now like I was going to five minutes ago," Sonny yawned and hung up.

"Love you too," Chad kept the phone to his ear just to reminisce in the moment where Sonny told him she loved him. Of course, she was half knocked out when she said it, but still, she did. And she wonders why I don't text her, Chad thought and smiled to himself as he closed his eyes to sleep.

The next day

"Hey Sonnayyy," Chad greeted with a smile on his face and a sparkle in his eye.

"Hey Chaddd," Sonny tried to put emphasis on the last part of his name but it didn't really work since he only has one syllable.

"Never do that again. It just doesn't match my name like it does yours," he chuckled and sat on the couch on Tawni's half of the room.

"So what are you doing here?" Sonny asked while she got up and went to her changing room to get into her next costume. She was rehearsing the Check it Out Girls sketch for tonight.

"What? No, get out you jerkface! Or Leave you jerkthrob! Nothing? Wow, I'm impressed, you must actually love me," he started to ramble on.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, what? Back it up there, did you just say I love you? What are you talking about?" Sonny came out from behind the changing curtain and sat back in her vanity.

"Well, of course you don't remember. But you told me you love me last night. I think I have it recorded on my phone," Chad took out his phone and started playing around with it.

"That's crazy," Sonny scoffed.

"I know right, I can do everything with this phone; record, watch McKenzie Falls, not watch So Random, OH, AND, I can give myself sideburns with this app I found! It is pretty crazy," Chad was way too interested in his phone.

Sonny just stared at him dumbfounded. She would laugh if it was Tawni or Grady or Nico, but it was Chad. She couldn't give him the satisfaction of making her laugh.

"Well, I'd love to see you with sideburns, I really would, but I gotta go. I have to rehearse," Sonny headed for the door.

"Kay, love you," Chad called out.

"Love you too," Sonny said but instantly realized what she said, "I didn't mean that like that. It's automatic. I seriously didn't mean it, not that I don't, well no, I don't. Well, I do, but not in that particular way that I do, I don't. 'Ya know?" Sonny said.

"Yeah, I get it. You're trying to say you didn't mean to say Love you too as an automatic response," Sonny sighed as a relief he got it, "you meant to say it with more passion and love because you love me. I get it, thanks for explaining," he got up and walked over to Sonny's door. He winked, pecked her cheek and left.

"Chad Dylan Cooper, you are something else. And no, I don't love you! And do NOT call me tonight!" Sonny yelled out after him.

"Look, I'm never going to text you. If we ever communicate through cellular phones, it will be a call. The best things happen when I hear your voice. First, even though you didn't know it, you told me you loved me. Next, you say it again which enforces you're love. And... have you ever noticed that I take the long way to my set and to the commissary and the parking lot, just so I can 'accidentally' run into you? Sonny, you make my days better. Every night, I think about the highlight of my day, and somehow, someway, it turns out to be the first minute I see you and your gigantic smile and your beautiful eyes and your gorgeous glow of sunniness that you bring with you everywhere. Haven't any of your cast mates ever noticed that I come here to see you and not them? Haven't you noticed that you're the only girl that doesn't love me and you're the only girl I've ever thought about for more than two minutes? Come on, I think it's obvious why I don't text you. I would never hear your voice. And your voice is the only thing that makes my cold heart beat. I love you, get it now?" Chad said pacing back and forth in front of Sonny. She couldn't think. She was absolutely speechless. But there was one thing she could say,

"Never text me"