Chapter Two

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"I knew it!" He said as he reached out towards me.

Chad POV

I held my breath hoping he didn't see me. He would see the cutout and realize that's all he ever saw. A cardboard cutout. Yeah. Okay I'm not even doing a good job convincing myself...this isn't good.

His arm reached just to my left and picked up a poster.

"See look it's you in your first sketch! I'm going to take this and put it up in my apartment!" He said with a huge smile.

"Aw thanks, Jake," Sonny replied, "That's so sweet of you. I didn't think anyone would ever do that for me," she said, astonished. 'I would Sonny! In fact I already have! I did that way before that Jason guy!' I thought in my head desperately. But Sonny couldn't hear me, of course, and she leaned in to kiss his cheek.

"Come on Jake! I need to get to rehearsal," she said with a huge smile on her face as she grabbed his hand and skipped out of the closet. I sighed in relief, knowing I hadn't been noticed. 'So Sonny has a boyfriend,' I thought to myself, 'Great.'

I exited the closet and walked back to my dressing room in silence. 'Now how can I get him out of the picture?' I thought. And I began to think up possible plans. After a bit of thinking I decided this would be the time to go talk to Portlyn. She really was pretty good at this sort of thing...kinda like a 'relationship wizard' like Selena! So I knocked on my best friend's dressing room door, prepared to tell her what I had found out today. I didn't need to break to her how much I liked Sonny, since she already knew. I didn't tell her at first, but she ended up figuring most of it out by herself, so I told her all of it. Isn't that what best friends are for anyways?

"Yes Chad?" She asked when she saw my face in the doorway. "What's up?"

"Hey Port. I wanted to talk to you about- er-" I lowered my voice so no one could overhear me, "Sonny?"

"Okay. Come on in Chad," Portlyn said with a knowing smile. God I must have looked pretty stupid right there. Oh well, I'm Chad Dylan Cooper, and no one makes fun of Chad Dylan Cooper.

"Okay, so what happened?" she asked, closing the door behind her.

"Well, I was going to a storage closet to get a life-size cutout of me," Portlyn rolled her eyes at that part. Okay well, some things never change. She should've gotten used to it by now. "...When I saw Sonny inside talking to her boyfriend. He's like head-over-heels for her you can tell. But I could also tell that she liked him too...oh god, what do I do Port? I'm so worried."

"Well first of all, stop stressing," she started, "It's just one boyfriend. It's not like she's going to be with him forever. Something will go wrong between them and they'll break up. It always happens. It's life. Then you can go up to her and ask her out. Until then just be her friend. Be nice to her for a change and hang out with her. Make sure you're there for her. Then just wait."

Chad stared at Portlyn, still noodling through everything she'd just said to him. Finally a smile graced his face.

"Thanks Port! That's exactly what I'll do. You know what? I'll even start now!" And with that Chad waltzed out of the room prepared to go find Sonny in the cafeteria.

"Step one: be nice to Sonny," he mumbled under his breath, as he turned the corner and abruptly bumped into someone.

"Oh god, I'm so sorry," the person said hurriedly. Chad looked down and saw just the person he was looking for. He remembered his plan to be nice to her and offered his hand.

"I'm so sorry, I was in a hurry. Need a hand?" He asked politely. Sonny looked up and saw Chad, her face filled with confusion. "Hey, just because I'm the best actor of our generation doesn't mean I can't be polite every once and a while." He said with a smile. Sonny's look softened.

"Well thanks, Chad!" She said with a smile as she took his hand, stood up and skipped down the hallway. Chad stared after her. Step one was definitely working.

Ok, so there's chapter two. Now, I don't know if I'll write much soon, since it's the week and all, but over the weekend I'll write another chapter (or more) and hopefully post it before the beginning of next week. :) Let's hope it'll all work out... :)