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"Sonny?"

I froze. This is not happening. Chad put a finger to my lips. I swallowed and stared at him with a panicked expression. He held up a finger and turned his head to listen more intently.

"Sonny? Are you there?"

I finally recognized the voice. It was Jake. Crap. Of course it was him. Could the situation become any more worse? What was I thinking? I wasn't thinking at all, I realized.

We waited for a few more moments, but he didn't seem to say anything else. He had probably gone back to the dinner party.

"Is he gone?" I whispered.

Chad leaned over to check. He nodded. I breathed in a sigh of relief. God knows what would have gone down if Jake would have found us. My head swam in confusion. Taking a deep breath, I tried to collect my scattered thoughts.

"This," I breathed, finally moving out of the way. "This never happened, okay?"

"What, Monroe? You mean you don't want to relive it?" He reached for my waist.

"No!" I squirmed out of the way.

Not again. But deep down, I knew it was difficult to ignore my body's desire. I guess I wouldn't mind... no. I was alarmed at the direction my thoughts were headed.

"Chad, this was a mistake." I said as firmly as I could. "I'm with Jake."

"Are you now?" He raised an eye brow and smirked.

I groaned in frustration. I hated that he was enjoying this. He is such a jerk! I can't even begin to comprehend how I got so caught up in this.

"I have to go," I said dismissively, glaring at him.

"Good." he grinned, amused.

"Good."

"Fine."

"Fine!"

With that, I turned on my heel and stomped off. I could literally feel the impact of fresh air that hit me. I could breath again. Now I could gain control over my body's reactions. Yes, I told myself. I can do this. I have a hot date looking for me and he really likes me. Yes, forget that jerk. Because that's all he was. A jerk.

I scanned the room. I almost instantly found Jake. Once he saw me, he made his way over.

"Hey." He took my hand in his and planted a small kiss on top. Ah, always the gentlemen. This is how I should be treated. I deserved it.

"Hi."

"Where were you? I was calling you."

"Oh, I- er.. didn't hear you," I tried to lie convincingly, but I felt the rush of heat flood my cheeks. "I'm sorry."

"It's okay," he eyed me warily. "Here's your drink."

"Thanks," I smiled gratefully.

I definitely wanted to take my mind off a certain three-named-doofus, as Grady calls him. The rest of the night felt longer than I thought it would be. Jake introduced me to people in the industry I only dreamed of meeting. It was all so exciting!

At one point we met up with Jackson. He's very sweet guy, apart from having such good looks, of course. He told us how well his movie was doing in the box office. He seemed very proud of it.

"Congratulations, Jackson." I told him politely.

"Thanks, Sonny," he grinned, pleased.

Suddenly, the pale woman I had seen before appeared beside Jackson. She smiled slightly at us.

"Sonny, I'd like to introduce you to Katia Romer. She played my love interest in the recent movie I was in," Jackson explained.

"Of course, Sonny Monroe. We never got a chance meet officially at the premier. It's a pleasure. I'm a big fan of So Random!" Katia flashed her perfect white teeth.

Whoa.

Not what I was expecting. But of course, it felt nice to meet a fan.

"Thank you, Katia. I'm happy to hear you enjoy the show," I smiled.

"Have you guys by any chance seen Chad?" she asked.

Chad?

I felt Jake tense next to me. I glanced at him and his eyes tightened. What was happening here?

"I think I saw him getting drinks with David," Jake said calmly.

"Thanks," she smiled politely and walked away.

When Jackson left short after, I turned to Jake.

"What was that?"

"What?"

"With Katia," I frowned.

"Nothing." But he seemed deep in thought for a minute, "I really like you Sonny. And I want to make this work. I want to be honest with you. Katia is my ex. Our relationship happened two years ago and it didn't last long. I have to admit, it's weird seeing her after all this time. But she's the past. I want nothing to do with her. We've both moved on."

He gazed at me with sincere eyes and I felt my heart swell. Okay, I'm going to let this go now. I grinned my goofy grin he smiled back. Before I knew it, he was leaning in. And I let myself go in the kiss.

Chad's POV:

I finished my drink with one sip and placed it on the table. I watched as Sonny made out with that idiot, Jake Tyler.

Man, I hated that man right now. Not because of Sonny... of course.

"Looks like Jake is getting it on. She looks mighty fine."

I turned and saw David offering me a drink. I glared at him before taking the drink and gulping it down.

"Whoa, slow down there, man." he eyed me warily. "This is a dinner party not a bar. What's with you."

I ignored him and fixed my gaze back on Sonny. That jerk was still kissing her. My jaw set.

"Is it Jake Tyler or Sonny Monroe?"

"What?"

"Do you have a thing for her or do you just hate Jake like you hate Zac Efron?" David smirked.

I rolled my eyes, "I just don't have a good feeling about the guy."

"Who cares?"

"I think I'll have another drink."

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~The Next Day~

SONNY'S POV:

...

"Tell me everything!" Tawni demanded as soon as I stepped foot in our dressing room.

"It was... amazing," I sighed dreamily, sinking into the armchair.

"Details!" Tawni squealed, curious. "Did he kiss you?!"

I nodded, grinning. "It was..."

I relived it for a moment, the way our lips moved, our body's so close together... I stopped. My eyes widened when I realized I wasn't imagining Jake's kiss, but- but... Chad's! There must be something wrong with me. How could I- he was so honest with me yesterday, and I did this to him. I needed to tell him.

"Um, Sonny?" Tawni raised a plucked brow.

"I kissed Chad!" I blurted out.

Tawni's eyes grew wide. "You what? When?!"

"Last night at the dinner party," I shut my eyes feeling a huge amount of guilt.

"What?! That idiot was there? Of course he was..." Tawni rolled eyes.

I hadn't even processed all of yesterday's events correctly. It was all coming clear now. The fantasy was gone. It wasn't just a date. Because that wasn't all that happened!

"I snapped out of it... and then Jake was so honest with me about his ex girlfriend and- and-,"

"Sonny, calm down," she sat down on the couch, "You're not a terrible person."

"Im not?" I blinked.

She shook her head.

I sighed, "I have to tell him the truth."

She nodded. Wow, Tawni was being nice. I liked the place our friendship had gone to.

"Now get ready," she announced.

"For what?"

"We're going to the mall! You look terrible, honey."

And there it goes. I sighed.

"Thanks, Tawni. But I'd rather just go to the commissary and get some Fro-Yo."

"Are you sure? There's a sale." she tempted.

"No, I'm good," I giggled at her attempt.

"I'll go with you then," she stood up and walked to her vanity mirror, "Let me just apply some more Coco Mo- where's my lipstick?!"

"I don't know."

"NICO! GRADY!" she ran out looking for them.

Oh, boy. I wished them luck. Well, I guess I'll go on ahead to the commissary. As I was on my way walking, I felt someone grab me and pull me aside.

"What the-," I stopped mid-sentence when I came face to face with beautiful ocean blue eyes.

"We need to talk," he said firmly.

"No, we don't."

"Yes, we do."

"No-,"

And his lips were on mine then. He wrapped his arms around me, pulling me closer and deepening the kiss. And I don't know what it was, but he made me forget everything, and it was just the two of us. I just could not help it, as much as I tried to resist, I could deny the feeling that cursed through my body. So I kissed back, roughly, and passionately. After it felt like forever and we had pulled away, we gazed at each other, out of breath.

"I can't," I shut my eyes tightly.

"Why not?" he breathed.

"Jake."

"Forget him."

"I should forget you. We should forget this."

"Fine, stay with him. But don't forget us."

"There's no us."

"There is."

"What are you saying?" I was growing frustrated. I didn't like what he was suggesting at.

"You know."

With that, he backed away, winked, and walked off. What. Just. Happened! No. He can't just- what does this mean?! Did he want us to be something while I was still with Jake?! He's crazy. Downright crazy if he thought I was going to do that! Who does he think he is?! I didn't want that. I didn't want this. Did I?

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