Author's Note: Hey everybody! Sorry for the wait my life has been SUPER busy and crazy recently! But thanks SOOO much to those who reviewed: ObsessedwithDisneyChannel, kitkat299, ChannyFan97, Dewfrost314, LilRockerStar, and DannySamLover20. I really, really appreciate it. Hope you enjoy this next chapter, it includes some Demi Lovato lyrics. Obviously I don't own these, they're far to awesome for me to have written, but go check them out if you haven't heard them. They're World of Chances and Lightweight, and as I said before, both by Demi Lovato. I don't own So Random or Sonny with a Chance. Enjoy this chapter!

Sonny's POV:

Grabbing a hair tie off my dressing room table I quickly pulled my hair back in a messy bun and sat down on the bean bag chair in the corner of the room. I pulled my guitar onto my lap and adjusted it before grabbing my song notebook off the floor. I had been writing songs for so long that I had gone through several of them since I was a kid, but this one hadn't been used in a while. As I scanned the notebooks pages I realized I had only written about three songs since I had left So Random. And all of them were sad.

I sighed and flipped to the beginning of the notebook and began to thumb my way through it. I smiled as I saw the familiar lyrics of Me, Myself, and Time, and Work of Art come into view. I had loved singing those on the show. After that my smile faded. as I flipped through a few more pages and found a song I had been trying to forget. The page was dotted with tear spots and the corners of it were filled with storm clouds and broken hearts. Slowly I read over the familiar words I had written shortly after my break up with Chad.

World Of Chances

You've got a face for a smile you know
A shame you waste it when you're breaking me slowly
But I've got a world of chances for you
I've got a world of chances for you,
I've got a world of chances,
Chances that you're burning through

I've got a paper and pen
I go to write you goodbye and that's when I know
I've got a world of chances for you,
I've got a world of chances for you,
I've got a world of chances,
Chances that you're burning through

Oh, I'm going my own way
My faith has lost its strength again
Oh, it's been too hard to say
We've fallen off the edge again
We're at an end
We're at an end

Maybe you'll call me someday
Hear the operator say the number's no good
And that she had a world of chances for you,
She had a world of chances for you,
She had a world of chances,
Chances you were burning through
Chances you were burning through
Chances you were burning through

You've got a face for a smile you know

I looked up quickly as someone walked into the room. "Oh!" Shayne looked surprised to see me. "Sorry, I was looking for Tawni. Do you know where she went?"

"Yeah, I think she's in the cafeteria." I waited for him to nod and leave, but instead his eyes slid to the notebook in my lap.

"What are you writing?" He turned his head to read the writing on the front cover. "Song Notebook. That's right, you write your own songs. Wow, you must be really talented." His flirty grin caught me off guard.

"I guess you could say that. But I don't know about really talented." I paused a second. "I'm sorry, is there something else you needed?"

He laughed. "Nah. I was just trying to think of an excuse to stay so I could hear you sing."

I raised an eyebrow. "You want to hear me sing?"

He walked over next to my bean bag chair and sat down. "Well, since you insist."

I hesitated. "Uh, I don't know about this. I haven't sung in front of anyone in a really long time."

"Well, you gotta start small. And trust me, I'm easy to please. Play me whatever you want."

I smiled in spite of myself and nodded. "Okay. But if I suck... lie."

Shayne laughed again. "Don't worry. I'm an actor. I'm awesome at lying."

I rolled my eyes. "What do you want to hear?"

"The best love song you have in there." He wiggled his eyebrows suggestively.

I ignored him. "Alright then." I adjusted my guitar again and started playing the opening notes to what I considered to be one of the best songs I had ever written.

The slightest words you said
Have all gone to my head
I hear angels sing in your voice
When you pull me close
Feelings I've never known
They mean everything
And leave me no choice

Light on my heart, light on my feet
Light in your eyes I can't even speak
Do you even know how you make me weak

As I continued to sing Shayne's teasing grin faded, replaced by a softer smile. As I sang the last words and played the final notes he continued to stare at me. I finished and waited for him to say something. The silence stretched long as he stared at me. "Uh, Shayne? Are you okay?"

"Yeah. Yeah I think so." Shayne sat up straighter and blinked a couple of times, as if coming out of a dream. "I know what he was talking about now."

"Uh, who? And what was he talking about?" I cleared my throat a little awkwardly. I didn't exactly like the way Shayne was looking at me.

He barely seemed to notice my awkwardness. His gaze switched to my lips. "Chad... he was talking about you."

Electricity shot up my spine at the mention of his name. I clasped my hands quickly. Shayne's eyes came back up to mine. "What? What's wrong?"

"Uh, nothing." Quickly I clambered to my feet. "Not that I care or anything, but what exactly was Chad saying about me."

Shayne looked a little annoyed. "I don't remember." He stood up too and walked closer to me, his flirty smile reappearing. "Now where were we?"

I sighed. "No where Shayne."

His eyes widened. "What?"

"I'm not interested in a relationship right now. Or whatever else you had in mind." I said quickly, trying and failing to keep some of the sarcasm out of my voice. I hope this guy gets the message. I can't handle this kind of drama right now.

"Ouch." He looked away, then back at me. "Is it because of Chad?"

I raised my eyebrows at him. "Not that thats any of your business, but no. I am fully over Chad Dylan Cooper. I don't want him in my life or anywhere near it. I'm over him, and if I could have it my way, I'd never have to look into those stupid blue eyes again!"

"Woah." Shayne held up his hands. "Clearly I touched a nerve."

I sighed. "Shayne, I have a lot going on in my life. I can't encourage you cause I don't even have time for a relationship right now. But thanks, and I'm looking forward to getting to know you as a friend." I kept my voice as firm as possible.

He looked skeptical, but nodded. "Okay. If you're sure. Hug?"

I laughed. "A friendly hug?"

He nodded. "A friendly hug."

"Okay then." I wrapped my arms around him and squeezed. I thought I heard a noise coming from the doorway of the dressing room, but when I turned around no one was there...

Chad's POV:

"She was hugging him. That's all. Hugging him." I looked around the table. "That doesn't mean anything right?"

I saw Damien exchange a glance with Nico. Grady just sighed. Matthew rolled his eyes. "Chad, we don't know if it means anything. I promise you though, if we could read women's minds, you'd be the first to know."

I put down my fork. "So you think it did mean something? She's only been here a day! Is it even possible that Shayne would think its okay to make a move on m'lady a day after she comes back to the show?"

Grady bit his lip nervously before saying, "Well Chad, technically she isn't your lady anymore. You guys haven't been dating for almost a year and a half now."

I clenched my fists in my lap, trying to control the urge to pound my head against the table. "Yeah, Grady I know. Thank you for stating the obvious."

Nico patted his buddy on the back. "Don't mind him Grady. I don't think he's been getting enough sun...ny."

Grady and Nico started laughing so hard the girls, who were sitting at the other table looked over. "Uh, what's up with them?" Tawni said.

"What isn't their problem?" I replied, then stared at Tawni imploring. "Hey Tawni... can I ask you something?"

Tawni looked creeped out. "You can ask me anything as long as you quit looking at me like that. You look like a sick puppy."

"Has Sonny said anything about me? To you or Zora or any of you girls?"

Zora laughed. "Nice try. But even if Sonny had said she was going to kill you in you sleep with a rubber chicken, we wouldn't tell you."

Audrey nodded. "Its like the girl code."

"Girl code? That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard." Nico snorted.

Grace raised an eyebrow. "Oh, is it?"

"Uh, unless you follow it, then its the best thing ever. Like, perfect. Uh, I mean, yeah." He stammered awkwardly.

Grace laughed. "That's better."

"But seriously Chad," Bridget added, "no can do."

I sighed and rubbed my forehead. "Sometimes I wonder why I joined this show..."

"Uh, because Mr. Condor finally woke up and realized the plot of Mackenzie Falls was L-A-M-E so they had to take it off the air while they re-wrote the entire next season? I think that was part of it." Zora chuckled as I glared at her.

"Well, yeah... there was that." Suddenly I sat bolt upright as Shayne walked into the room.

Matthew noticed. "Dude, play it cool, okay? There's no point in-"

"WHAT WERE YOU DOING IN SONNY'S DRESSING ROOM?" I yelled without thinking.

"-doing that." Matthew sighed and sat back.

Shayne stopped. "Uh... I was looking for Tawni." He turned toward her. "You forgot your script in the prop house."

"Thanks." Tawni took it from him.

"If you were looking for Tawni, why did you feel the need to get all huggy with my ex?" I said, fighting the urge to strangle him.

He shrugged. "She sang me a song. We talked. We hugged. End of story."

I clutched the table, feeling my anger being replaced by sadness. "She sang for you?" He nodded. I slumped back in my seat. "Great. She's been here a day and we haven't spoken but you and her have talked, hugged and done a duet. Fantastic."

"It was pretty fantastic." Shayne grinned.

"Shayne!" Damien slapped his shoulder. "Not helping!"

Tawni sighed. "Chad, if you want to change things, just talk to her. Its as simple as that."

"I-I can't." I stuttered. My cheeks burned as I remembered what had happened when I first saw her. "I don't think it would go well."

Grace rolled her eyes. "Well, I've gotten about as much drama as I can take. Come on Audrey, Bridget, I'll help you run lines."

"Okay." All three girls walked to trash cans to dump their trash and then walked towards the door. As they passed Nico put on his flirtiest expression. "Hey Grace! How about a little sugar before you go?"

"Yeah. Not gonna happen. Didn't the burger you just ate have onions on it?" She laughed and walked out.

Zora chuckled. "Man, Nico. Grace is perfect for you."

Nico rolled his eyes. "Shut up."

A text message beep suddenly rang through the air. Grady grabbed for his phone as a smile broke out over his face. "It's Mel!" He opened the message and read it, his grin slowly getting bigger. "She wants to meet at the Patio tonight and hang out." He sighed. "I seriously cannot believe how much I lucked out. She's my girlfriend now. It's so awesome."

Nico smiled. "Hey man, do you think you guys would mind some company? Grace and I were going to go out tonight. It'd be fun to hang with you and Mel."

"Sure thing." Grady smiled. "Anyone else want to join us?"

Tawni sighed wistfully. "I wish I could go out tonight."

Damien stared at her. "Why don't you?"

She bit her lip. "I'm in between boyfriends right now. And I hate going out with random guys I don't know. It's so awkward."

Damien took a deep breath. "You could go with me. I mean-if you want to. At least you know me, right?"

"Really? Oh, wow, that'd be perfect Damien!" Tawni smiled, and it almost looked like she was blushing. I quirked an eyebrow. What's that about? Tawni and Damien?

"Great." Damien grinned. "See you soon then, I got to go get some stuff done if I'm going out tonight."

"Okay!" Tawni bubbled. As he left the room Zora rolled her eyes at her. "What?"

"Subtle, Tawni. Reeeeal subtle." Zora laughed. "Although I'm happy for you. I mean, you've had a crush on him basically since he came to the show."

Tawni giggled. "Yeah."

Matthew coughed. "Wow, its like there's something in the water here. I guess we three will just be on our own tonight. You want to grab a pizza?"

"Matthew?" An extra and a dancer on the show walked up to our table, looking a little scared. When he turned toward her, she blushed. "Hey... I'm Cecelia. Most people call me Celia though. I don't know if you even know who I am-"

"I know." Matthew said quickly, then cleared his throat. I almost laughed at his awkwardness, but then remembered my puking episode yesterday and decided I was in no position to laugh at anybody. ]

She smiled and continued. "Well, I was wondering if you'd want to go out tonight. Like on a date. With me."

He smiled. "Sure! That sounds great."

"Really? Awesome! There's just one thing.." she nodded to a girl sitting at a table by herself in the corner of the room, "I have a friend. Rebecca Douglas. She's an extra on the show too, and I'd love for her to come along as well if thats okay. Do you think you could ask one of your friends to take her?"

Matthew looked at Shayne. He shook his head. "Sorry Matt. I've got plans."

"Oh..." Matthew sighed. "Well, Celia, I'm sorry but-"

"I'll take her." Woah Cooper. Did those words just come out of your mouth?

"Um, Chad, are you sure? With everthing that's been going on lately?"

"Yeah, I'm sure." I tried to smile confidently. "I need to get out sometimes right?"

"Okay, if you're sure." Matthew turned back to Celia and grinned. "We'll see you this evening then. A bunch of my friends are going to The Patio tonight. Would you want to join them?"

Celia smiled. "Sure! I'll tell Becca. She'll be so excited."

After she walked away, Shayne nudged Matt hard. "Wow, man. Apparently you're pretty popular with the ladies."

"Uh, Shayne? Remember we're not twelve, okay?" Matthew smiled. "I'm just happy to be going out with someone like her. She's quiet, but she's also sweet, kind, and funny. I've been watching her for awhile and she seems great."

"Not to mention she's smoking hot!" Shayne laughed as Matt and I rolled our eyes.

I laughed as Matthew blushed. "It's kinda true though. You really scored on that one."

Matthew laughed. "Okay, I'm leaving now before you guys torture me more. Thanks Chad, I owe you."

"I'm going to go shoot some hoops before we get called back to rehearsal. See ya later dude." Shayne and Matthew walked out.

I sighed and leaned back in my chair. I am not trying to make Sonny jealous. I am not trying to make Sonny jealous. That'd be immature and stupid and just idiotic. Right? Right. I am not trying to make Sonny jealous. I am not trying to make Sonny jealous. No really, I'm not. Really! Okay, maybe a little...

"Chad?" I looked up and froze.
"Sonny?" I don't know quite what happened next, but the next second I was on the floor.

"Oh my gosh Chad! Are you okay?"

"Yeah, uh, I'm fine." I stood up quickly and brushed myself off, trying to get back what shreds of dignity I had left. "I, uh, dropped a penny."

Sonny raised an eyebrow. "Yeah. Right. Whatever you say. The point is... we need to talk."

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