"Sonny! Sonny, you won't believe what happened!" Connie screamed at Sonny when she came walking through their apartment door. "What!" Sonny asked, wondering what her mother would be screaming about now. "I got my job back!" Connie exclaimed. Sonny put on a puzzled face. "Mom, that's great, but I don't think you would wanna go all the way back to Wisconsin just so you could work at the cheese shop again-" Connie shook her head eagerly. "No, no! Remember that 'Advril for Marine Science' place? Well, they told me the person that took my place had retired, and that they would like for me to come back!" "Oh Mom, that's fantastic!-but, what about So Random?" Sonny realized. "Well, I'm afraid you'll have to come with me-being alone is out of the question. I'm sorry sweetie-that's just the way it's going to have to be."

Chad was walking back from lunch, and decided to relax in his dressing room for awhile. He flopped on the couch, but felt something under him…it was a, now crumbled, note from Sonny! He felt under him for awhile, until he found the familiar pink and blue stationary.

Chad,

I need you to meet me at my dressing room now! It's urgent!

-Sonny

Chad was worried that she could be hurt, so he practically ran to her dressing room. When he got there, he saw a disheveled Sonny, all balled up in a chair crying. He ran over to see what was wrong with his girlfriend. "Sonny, what happened?" he asked her urgently. "I'm leaving, Chad. That's all I have to say." She said, struggling to get the words out. "Sonny, why? Are you homesick? What did I do?" he asked urgently. "It's not you; My mom got an…amazing job offer in Tennessee and she's taking it. I have to leave the show." "No! Can't you just stay here?" "You don't know my mom: she'd never leave me alone for that long." Chad head fell, but then picked back up after he got an idea. "Then I'll go with you. I'll quit too." He offered. Then Sonny gasped. "No! If you do that, then you're letting everyone down. I have to go." "Well, when do you leave?" Sonny couldn't bear to tell him. "In the morning." She said lightly. "Sonny…I don't know what to say…" Then she walked out so it would be easier for both of them.

Sonny sleepily slugged out of bed at 5:00 the next morning; she had had a sleepless night. Her mom already had some cereal poured when she walked into the kitchen. Sonny took the glass of milk beside her, and poured it over the cereal. She changed from her red, plaid PJs to jeans and a Wisconsin Badgers T-shirt. Then, she packed a couple snacks for the long trip: an apple, Nutri-Grain bar, Go-Gurt, and celery sticks. Sonny and Connie drove for about 30 minutes to LAX for their 7:00 plane. Sonny walked into a news stand to buy a magazine, and sat down at the terminal. It was particularly packed at the airport that Saturday morning. Too bad Sonny Munroe didn't notice the handsome stranger sitting beside her…