Hey guys. Sorry that I like never post anymore, this has been my first year of high school, & I rarely ever went on my laptop anymore. But, I promise I will try to post more often, to most of my stories again! I will try to get back on track.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter. I know where I am going with this story, so that's why I chose to update this one instead of the other ones. I apologize about any mistakes I may have made, haha. I'm not in English this semester, so I kind of forget everything I learnt last semester. Anyways, I hope you like this chapter, and please tell me what you think in a review! Love you all.

Morning came quicker than Sonny would have liked. 7 am rolled around. Although she didn't have to wake up this time, she was so used to waking up this early she was awake anyway. She rolled her eyes, and stalked out of bed. She proceeded to check on Mackenzie. Seeing she was still sleeping away, she smiled and went to make them some cereal with whatever was left of the milk. When she finished, she then went to Mackenzie's room again, to find her clothes for today, then she gently woke young Mackenzie up.

"Sweet Mackenzie…honey its time to wake up baby. Its 7:30, and we have a long day ahead of us." Sonny soothingly said to her daughter.

Mackenzie's eyes started to batter open, as she stretched her arms out long. Her eyes opened completely, and she smiled at the site of her mothers beautiful face. "Hi, mommy. Good-morning."

"Good-morning sweetheart! How was your sleep?" Sonny asked, smiling wide.

"It was very peaceful mommy. How was your sleep?" Mackenzie asked, sitting up in bed.

"Too short if I do say so myself." Sonny and Mackenzie both laugh. "Sweetie, I laid out some clothes for you to put on this morning. They are laying on your dresser, put them on, and come out to the kitchen. I have some cereal made up for us." Sonny said before she left, and shut the door.

A few short minutes later, Mackenzie departed from her room, clothing the door gently. She walked down the short little hall, and sat down on the chair beside her mother and started eating her almost soggy cereal.

"Mommy, what are we doing today?" Mackenzie said, between bites.

"First, we have to walk to mommy's work to grab her cheque, then we have to quickly walk back here so I can pay my last bill." Sonny swallowed. "Then, we get to walk to the store and get some groceries with the remaining money."

"Can we do something fun after that?" Mackenzie asked with a smile on her face. "We never get to do anything fun."

Sonny's heart broke a little with the thought of Mackenzie's childhood pretty much sucking because they never had any money to do anything fun. "I don't know sweetheart. Maybe I can walk you to one of your friends for a little while this afternoon while I clean the apartment. Would you like that?"

"Well yeah, but I meant something fun together. Like, well I don't know. Something fun." Mackenzie explained.

"Maybe, I don't know how much money we will have left after everything we have to do today.." Sonny said, hoping this didn't hurt Mackenzie.

"Okay. But, if we do have some money left over, can we do something fun?" Mackenzie asked with hope in her eyes.

"If we have enough money left over after that, then yes, we will totally do something fun!" Sonny smiled at her young daughter.

Mackenzie's eyes lit up after Sonny finished speaking. "Yay! You are the best mommy ever. I love you."

"I love you too, baby. Forever, and always." Sonny pulled her daughter in for a hug and laughed gently.

Sonny and Mackenzie walked through the door to the diner. She smiled at all her regular costumers, occasionally saying 'hello' to them. "Mackenzie, you stay here while I go get my cheque okay?" Mackenzie nodded, and Sonny walked through the swinging doors leading to the kitchen. She smiled at all the workers, as she walked through the kitchen, leading to the back room where her boss was doing paperwork. He looked up as she walked through the door, and smiled at her. He got up, knowing exactly what she was here for. She looked through a folder, and pulled out an envelope, and handed it to her.

"Thank you." She smiled at him.

"Anytime, Sonny." He smiled back. "Oh! And before you leave, what days off do you want this week? I gave you that raise so that you don't have to work everyday, and so that you can actually spend time with your daughter for once."

"Aren't you supposed to pick my days off for me?" Sonny asked.

"Typically yes, and I think I already have, I just wanna know what your ideas are. You are my best employee Sonny, I should honour that." He explained.

"Oh, well thank you," Sonny smiled. "I honestly don't care what my days off are. As long as I get one day of the weekend off I'm happy."

"That's what I thought. That's why I'm giving you every Saturday and Sunday off. You deserve them, and your daughter deserves to spend time with her mother. By the way, that is starting now. You have tomorrow off. But don't forget that you do have to work hard, maybe even harder if at all possible, Monday through Friday. See you on Monday, Sonny. Take care, and say hi to your daughter for me." Andrew smiled.

Sonny smiled, then exited out, through the kitchen to her daughter.

"Oh my gosh, I am so sorry! Are you okay sir? I was so not looking where I was going! Are you okay? Oh my god, I am so embarrassed!" Sonny cried, as she just bumped into a random stranger, sending all her unbreakable groceries flying.

He smiled. He was gorgeous. Sonny started to blush a crimson red colour. She tried to hide her face, not wanting him to see. "Yes, I am fine. I wasn't watching where I was going either. I am deeply sorry that I have obviously embarrassed you as you are currently blushing, and trying to make it so that I don't see it, which I apologize but you are very much so failing." She smiled, winking.

"I am not blushing. But whatever. I am so sorry. I will pay for anything I may have broken with my complete clumsiness." Sonny said.

"Miss, I am fine. I am positive you did not break anything. There is no reason for you to be sorry. I probably wouldn't be watching where I was going if I had to watch my child?, I am guessing, and carry all those groceries all by myself." He smiled.

Sonny smiled. "Yeah, it is quite difficult if I do say so myself.." She laughed.

"I'm Chad..Chad Dylan Cooper by the way." He smiled.

"And, I am Sonny Monroe." She smiled back.

"Very nice to meet you Sonny." He smiled. "And, who is this beautiful little girl standing beside you?"

Mackenzie giggled, and flashed her beautiful brown eyes. "My name is Mackenzie."

"Well hello Mackenzie." Chad smiled, then looked back up to Sonny. He looked into her beautiful brown eyes. They were almost identical to Mackenzie's. Sonny and Mackenzie looked almost completely identical. They were both beautiful women.

Stop it Chad!

"Well, I better get going. I have a lot to do, Mackenzie and I are having a fun day today!" Sonny smiled. It seemed like she was really excited about this. I wondered how often she actually got to have fun. I didn't see a ring, and Mackenzie looked pretty old. Probably around 7 or something like that. The father was probably gone.

"Okay, I hope I see you two girls sometime soon." Chad smiled, then walked the opposite direction that Sonny and Mackenzie went.

As soon as Sonny and Mackenzie got home, they exchanged very little words as they both quickly scrambled around the apartment to put away the groceries, and some other things they bought to spice up the apartment a little. Sonny smiled at the improvement of their food supply. Maybe things were finally starting to look up for them. Maybe she will finally be able to sleep at night, and not worry about if her and Mackenzie will make it through another year without going completely broke.

Snap out of it Sonny. You'll start to worry Mackenzie! Sonny smiled, and nodded towards the door. Mackenzie smiled, and the two of them walked out of the door the way they came in and started to head for the park to start their very deserved fun day.

The rest of the weekend went by so fast, it shocked Sonny. It was the best weekend she had since she was in high school. Sonny smiled, as she woke up at the crack of dawn and proceeded to get ready for the day. She then woke Mackenzie up, and made them some breakfast.

As soon as Sonny dropped Mackenzie off at school, she basically had to run to work, like every other morning. Sonny though of it as, 'hey at least I'm getting my exercise.'

Work went by slower than usual, until about 12:30 when he sauntered into the diner. She face instantly lit up, but she couldn't let anyone see. He probably wouldn't see her anyway. But she was wrong, he did see her.

"Hello sir, will anyone be joining you today?" Asked the hostess.

"No," He smiled. "I am alone. And I would like to be seated in Sonny's section, if that is alright."

The hostess smiled, and let him to a booth behind another man, whom he had never seen before. He smiled at her, and sat down. "Can I get you anything to drink before Sonny comes to get your order?"

"I'll have a water, thank you." He smiled. She nodded, and walked off into the kitchen. She returned only a few short moments later with his water, laying it down in front of him. She smiled, then walked away to her little booth waiting for the next costumer to walk in.

Sonny walked up to my table and smiled. "I didn't think I would be seeing you this soon."

"Neither did I, but to tell the truth, if I had known you worked here I would have come a lot sooner." He smiled, flashing her his beautiful blue eyes.

"Well, you wouldn't have been seeing me, because I don't work on weekends." Sonny laughed.

Chad smiled. "Well then." He laughed.

"Do you know what you are ordering, or do you need a few more minutes?" Sonny asked, returning herself to her business self.

Chad noticed the change in her, and frowned. But his frown eased quickly because he didn't want her to think it bothered him at all. He looked down at his menu. He really didn't know what to have yet, he hadn't even had time to look through the menu even once yet, but he also didn't want Sonny to leave quite yet. "Umm, to be honest here, I haven't even had time to look through the menu once yet." Chad smiled politely.

"That's alright. I'll go check on my other tables, then come back to see what you would like." Sonny smiled, leaving the table.

It felt like an eternity before she finally came back. He never really looked through the menu that much, he spent most of the time she was gone watching her. He was fascinated with her. But he could also tell that she had walls up. Really thick walls. She'd obviously been hurt. Most girls he had ever been interested in were a open book. He never had to dig deep to find out what went on in their lives because they would just sit there and blab on and on about it all night until he basically had to tell them to shut up. Sonny was different, and he could tell, even though he had only known her for a little while. He would have to make her trust him before she even thought about telling him anything. He, although, did not have a problem with that. It was different. And he liked different.

He smiled at the thought of Sonny.

When she came back, he had been to transfixed in his daze of thinking about Sonny, she had to poke him several times to get him out of it. "Daydreaming much?" Sonny laughed, covering her mouth like most girls did.

"Maybe just a little.." Chad mumbled, covering his face so she couldn't see him blush.

"And what were you daydreaming about, if you don't mind me asking? You were obviously really enjoying it." She laughed again.

"Oh it was nothing really…" Chad said, trying to think of something, anything that he could have been daydreaming about so he didn't have to tell her what he really was daydreaming about. "You know, Sonny, I am a man. A man will daydream about food.. You know, I'm making my mean hamburgers tonight. They are amazing. That is what I was daydreaming about."

"Yeah, I'm sure." Sonny said smiling, pulling her gaze to the floor. "Anyways, have you decided what you want to order?"

"Oh! Yes. I would like…" Chad said, quickly scanning the menu to find something that stood out to him. "I'll have the Chicken Caesar Wrap please, with fries on the side."

"Oh good choice. That wrap is simply delicious!" Sonny smiled, while taking his menu, and taking it back to the kitchen to give the order.

He didn't see her come out again for a couple minutes. That upset him, but he realized that he would be okay. After a couple more moments, she came out again, but she didn't come to his table at all. She checked on all her other tables, bringing out more drinks, and taking plates away.

Finally, after what felt like forever, she returned with his food. She pointed at my glass, and I nodded. She took it, and went to fill it up before quickly bringing it back. "Is there anything else I can get you?" She smiled.

"No, this is perfect, thank you Sonny." She smiled and walked away. He really loved it when she smiled. It was like a little piece of heaven that he could see almost whenever he wanted.

She came to check on him once while he was eating.

The next time he saw her was when he was finished his meal, and she came to take his plate. She asked him if he would like the cheque, and he nodded and smiled. She returned not even 2 minutes later with a rectangular piece of paper and a mint. She smiled and walked away.

He took out a small piece of paper, and started writing on it.

Sonny,

Thank you for being my server, which you really didn't have much of a choice anyway. You were simply amazing, and you satisfied all of my needs. You are a really great worker, and you deserve the best job in the world. It was great seeing you again, and I really hope I can see you again really soon! I might have to start coming in here a lot more, so I can actually see you still. Have a great rest of the day, and I hope this extra big tip will make your day shine brighter, and please, buy yourself something with this money.

Chad.

Chad smiled, leaving a 20 dollar bill on top of the piece of paper. Smiling, he got up and took the bill to the front, paid, and left.

I hope you enjoyed this chapter, again sorry for any mistakes. I do try hard not to make any mistakes, but you know, no one is perfect haha :)

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