Love:
"Do you believe in love?"
Sonny almost dropped the handful of popcorn she was about to place in her mouth and her jaw fell lax. What kind of question was that and why would he of all people ask something like that? She was, for lack of better words, stunned.
"Sure," Sonny shrugged, "Why not?"
"But real love?" Chad prodded, "Do you believe that two people can be together forever if they are meant to be?"
"Well I guess," Sonny's brow creased with confusion, "Why are you asking me this?"
"Oh, it's in our next episode of the Falls. Portlyn is leaving to live with her distant aunt in New York and I have to try to talk to her and tell her that we'll still be together because our love is strong and yada yada yada."
"Oh," Sonny nodded, understanding, "So you're just wondering if the lines you have to read are the truth and if people really can be together if they are supposed to be?"
"Yes."
"Well, I think so. But only if it's true love. Crushes and puppy-love doesn't count. You have to be sure that both of you are positively in love with one another. There can't be any question about it. It just has to be…real."
"Real?"
"Yeah. No scripts, cameras, or rehearsals. Just two people standing in front of each other asking for one another's love. Simple, plain, and real."
"Portlyn and I have scripts and cameras and rehearsals."
"Well that's because you two are just together onscreen. Off-screen you two are just friends, right?"
"She wants to be more."
"Do you want that?" Sonny asked.
"No. I mean, she's hot but I can't be with someone who thinks they're hotter than me. That's just bad for my esteem, you know?"
"Heaven forbid," Sonny laughed.
"Sonny?"
"Chad?"
"How do you know if you love someone?" Chad's face was flushing and his voice was cracking with nerves.
"Well," Sonny sighed, "It's simple really. You know you're in love with someone when they are all that you can think about. When you go to bed thinking of them, dream of them in your sleep, and wake up with them on your mind. When you see something blue and it reminds you of their eyes. When everything you say or do reminds you of them. And when you would be willing to give everything – all that you have and all that you are – for that person. That's how you know you love someone."
"Sonny?"
"Chad?"
"I…I think I love someone."
Sonny smiled and rested her head on his shoulder.
"I think I love someone too," she added as he kissed her on the forehead.
