I am so sorry for the two month hiatus. I originally intended to update on May 14, the date of my last AP test, but then I realized I had finals, and I was faliling Chemistry... and yeah. I have no excuse. But I beg for your forgiveness. Without further ado, chapter tres.


Sonny brought a hand up to her eyes and let out a groan. Everything was spinning, and even the slightest of movements pained her head. Her brain felt swollen, her eyes unfocused, and she just felt like crap.

"Umm… Allison? Are you okay?" a scared voice asked.

Sonny groaned for a second time, now opening her eyes. She squinted to block her eyes from the light and said, "What happened? Where am I?"

"Oh, right. Well, I'm Leia," a girl gesturing to herself. "I live across the hall, in the flat in front. You apparently fainted, and scared us all half to death. Even Dylan was scared. I've never seen him like that… Anyways, are you feeling alright?" said Leia. She was a short girl with dirty blonde hair, who looked about the same age as Adam-the-secretary. She was staring at Sonny with big, startled eyes that expressed concern. Next to her was another girl, about Sonny's age, who wasn't in the room before.

"What? I fainted? Sweet baby Jesus." the two stared at her oddly. "Oh, yeah. I'm fine. Just really tired and have the worst case of jetlag ever. It's nice to meet you Leia," Sonny responded, offering her hand to both girls. The other girl shook it first, and Leia followed.

"I'm Bex, Leia's sister. We need to go tell the others that you're okay. Dylan went to go get an AED and Annie is looking for a first aid kit."

"Please tell them I'm okay. That I'm just jetlagged and need rest."

"Sure thing," Leia said brightly. "It was nice meeting you, Allison." And without another word, they walked out the door and closed it quietly. Sonny got up from the floor (with blood pounding in her head), and walked over to her bedroom and plopped on the bed. Thank God she had arranged for the furniture to already be installed before moving in.

What a day. First, her hotel reservation had screwed up. After that, she had met up with James the Man Whore. Then, her credit cards had all been declined. To top it all off, she spent about an hour bawling her eyes out on the street. At last, she had arrived at her new home, and after meeting her new neighbors… BAM! She faints.

Her new neighbors… Her new neighbors… Why was that bothering her? Suddenly, she remembered and the image came back to her head.

She had seen Chad Dylan Cooper in her sitting room. She had seen Chad Dylan Cooper in her sitting room. She had seen Chad Dylan Cooper in her sitting room.

It couldn't be. Not at all. Of course not. Who was she kidding? Chad in London? What were the odds? Sonny finally convinced herself that she was probably just delirious. Ha. Chad being her neighbor? As if.

But his name was Dylan. Chad Dylan, maybe?, said a small voice in her head. Nah.

After dismissing that fairly ridiculous idea, she decided to explore her flat. A month before the move she had called Annie Roth, whom Tawni had recommended, to hire her for her moving necessities. Tawni had explained that Annie owned a flat complex and specialized in interior design, you just said the magic words and she completely transformed the plain, empty flat into something livable, furniture and all, for a reasonable price of course.

So far, so great, Sonny thought. The place was lovely. Annie had made the small studio-sized flat into just what Sonny needed. It felt like she had won one of those home makeovers on some reality show. It was amazing, like if girly retro had mixed with modern chic. Sonny moved about her new home, heading for the kitchen, when the doorbell rang. She went towards the door and opened it slowly, it was probably Adam-the-secretary with the paperwork.

She opened it and a tall, blonde guy appeared. He had high cheekbones and sparkly blue eyes. It was a guy she had not seen in person in five years. His name was Chad Dylan Cooper.

"Hello, Sonny," he said quietly.

Sonny's eyes started to swell with tears and she covered her mouth with her hand. Slowly, a tear escaped the prison that her eyes had become. She gasped and wiped her eyes with her palm.

"I'm sorry. Ummm, come in." Chad walked in carefully, and Sonny shut the door.

"So, Sonny… What a surprise," he smiled but it didn't quite reach his eyes.

"I'm sorry, I just didn't expect you to be here. I've had a really rough day, can we just save it for later?"

"I think this can't wait, Sonny. How about we go out to eat?" Chad looked up, awaiting her response.

Sonny absentmindedly touched her stomach. She was hungry, and they definitely did need to talk, but was today the right time? As if answering her mental question, her stomach growled.

"All right. At what time?"

"Well, we could go right now, but I'm guessing you'd like to freshen up a bit. You look a mess…" Chad sympathized. "…No offence," he added in a hurry.

Sonny smiled, "None taken."

"So, does six sound okay?"

"Six sounds perfect." Chad smiled and walked towards the door, but Sonny stopped him. "Where are we going? I wanna know how much money to take."

"We're going to a world famous international restaurant. Don't take any money, I'm taking you. Plus, it's not that expensive, so you can order whatever you want. A little welcome present from your best friend Chad."

Sonny laughed dryly as Chad closed the door behind him. As idea of what she had just agreed to sunk into her head, the more confused she got. She had just agreed to have dinner with a guy who five years ago had… she couldn't even bring herself to think of it. He seemed so different, this time both of his eyes were sparkly… Wait, she hadn't been staring at his eyes, she hadn't thought of him at all. Or so she thought.


Yay! They finally met! It was about time, huh? Once again, I am VERY sorry for not updating. But on the bright side, I am nearly finished with the outline for this story, and once I am fully organized, I will try to update WEEKLY.

Much love, Deenah:)