Disclaimer: I don't own Sonny With A Chance, Disney does. I'm just using the characters to write a story that is being begged to be told.

Hey, there! This will be the last update in a while, because, as I mentioned before, I am going on a ten day vacation. I hope this chapter will keep you hooked for that long!

So, please enjoy this chapter!


Endamaged & Harmed

When he opened the door, he definitely did not expect her at this hour on his door step. She stood there, her brown eyes wide and a sheepish smile – an attempt to conceal the true nervousness and fright she was engulfed by. But he knew that it was all just a mask – that sweet smile and those feigned innocent eyes.

For after all, she was his daughter.

Jonathan Munroe was slightly surprised to see how much his daughter has grown in the past few years. Even though it seemed impossible for the short Munroe, Sonny had grown at least an inch. He noticed that she had changed her hair back to her natural roots, which he knew from watching Sonny on So Random. Though, he would never admit to that fact.

Connie peeked from behind the wall to see why her husband was taking so long. When she took note of Sonny, she cried, "Honey!"

She dashed to the door and immediately hugged Sonny, constricting the breathing airspace Sonny had.

"Hey, mom," Sonny replied once they broke apart.

"Come on in, honey. Jonathan, welcome her in," Connie ordered her husband, knowing that he was feeling rather uncomfortable at the moment.

"Come in, Sonny," Jonathan replied monotonously and without any obvious emotion.

Sonny exchanged glances with her mother, before responding, "Gee, thanks, Dad."

Connie helped bring Sonny's suitcases in to the living room of their cozy two leveller house. Setting them down beside the sofa, Connie mentioned, "I'm going to make some hot chocolate. But mind you, Sonny, it might take a while for me to boil the water. I'll be right back."

Once Sonny's mom left, the silence hanging heavy over the two resulted in awkwardness.

Jonathan was the first to speak, "How are you Sonny?"

Sonny replied, "I've been better, you, Daddy?"

Something was off about her father's expression when he replied, "Fine." She knew that he was not fine with her being here, but he just had to deal with it.

"How's work?"

Sonny was astonished at her father's question. "Wow, something else other than hi and how are you's, today. I'm impressed, Dad."

Jonathan scolded her daughter's sarcastic tone, "Sonny..."

"What, Dad? Honestly, you probably don't understand what your "communication skills" are doing to me. Because I am so confused, I can't even be happy in a relationship that I know that was going great."

Raising his eyebrow, Jonathan sounded shocked, "You broke up with that Cooper boy?"

It was Sonny's turn to be surprised, "You know Chad?"

"Who doesn't? Your boyfriend is always on that screen of ours," he said, pointing to the television set on top of their fireplace.

Fighting back a stab of irritation, Sonny merely murmured, "Mmhmm." She looked at her father hoping for some other signs of more conversation, but he remained silent. She wanted to ask her father right there and then why he was so disappointed in her, but she couldn`t.

She feared too much of what her father had to say to her and about her. From all the late night fights he had with her mother, she knew that he was not keen with Sonny going to Hollywood. She desperately needed answers to erase some thoughts of confusion residing in her hectic mind. Therefore, she decided to ask the million dollar question, "Daddy, why are you mad at me?"

"Sonny," Jonathan started, "you know my opinion of Hollywood." And that was all he said in response to her question. Sonny was once again astonished by his simply and straightforward answer and she had felt a need to defend her decision.

"Dad, Hollywood is a wonderful place. And I'm not going to be like those washed up movie stars that go to jail every two years."

The confidence in his daughter's voice made Jonathan acknowledge just how much Sonny defended her work and where she was living now.

He still was not persuaded, "I still don't like Hollywood."

"Ok, fine, "Sonny began, "you don't like Hollywood. That's perfectly fine. But why don't you like me? What have I ever done to you?" By the end of her question, tears started to form in her eyes and cascade down her cheeks.

Jonathan finally realized what he had done. To the relationship he had with his daughter and how it separated his family. He finally knew what he had done to his daughter. Ashamed by his actions, he stepped forward to wrap his arms around his daughter in an embrace.

Sonny was startled but felt warm again in her father's arms. She relaxed into his arms and stayed there for a while, as they both caught up on what they missed the past four years.

Neither of them noticed Connie walking in with hot chocolate with a wide beam on her face. "Finally," she breathed out.


"Let me hear you say hey," Chad announced once he stepped into Tawni's dressing room. Tawni simply rolled her eyes as soon as she heard Chad come in. Even though Sonny wasn't there, Chad felt the need to come into their dressing room and intake all the Sonny he was missing. He was still grieving but he did not want it to show, except when he was in his dressing room and at home.

Tawni was on the phone when she muttered, "Hey."

Chad shrugged in return as he decided to walk over to Sonny's closet. The first thing that caught his eye was the black dress that she wore to their first date – the time he threw up over her. Despite his grievance, he couldn`t help but think of the fond memories they shared together.

What caught his attention was Tawni when she yelled, "Hey, can you stay by my phone until she comes back? I have to go to the washroom."

Scrunching his eyebrows in confusion, he hesitated, "Sure?"

Tawni simply jumped up and laughed, "Thanks!"

She started to dash towards their washroom, before Chad asked, "Who is she?"

Turning around with a sad smile, she replied, "Sonny."

Chad's eyes widened and before he could retort her response, she was gone. He stared at the phone and saw the picture associated with Sonny. He felt his heart ache just at the sight of Sonny, smiling back at him.

Tawni had left her phone on speaker, and he felt as though someone was there on the other line, breathing.

Before he was going to say hi, he heard a crackling noise. Then a faint giggle that sounded familiar.

He heard afterwards. "Hey, Sonny, did you say you wanted to go see Lucy?" a deep voice asked.

Then he heard Sonny's sweet voice after a long time. Something about that made his heart jump. "Yeah, I did."

"So, I was wondering if you wanted to eat..." a pause, "liver!" The statement was followed by a loud, booming laugh.

Sonny giggled slightly, "How can you be so annoying, Brian?"

Oh, Chad thought, the deep voice belonged to a guy named Brian. He continued to listen for Brian's response.

"You know you love me."

There was a pause, an agonizing pause when Sonny exhaled and then sighed deeply. "I do. I do love you."

At that moment, Chad felt as though the sky felt upon him. He felt his chest constrict and his heart ache more than he ever knew was possible.

He dropped the phone onto the dresser and stood up. Wanting to escape that room, he ran, only to fly past Tawni.

"Chad?"

Chad didn't hear her and didn't even care. He knew that he had rehearsal almost right away and rehearsal was perfect to distract his perturbed mind at that moment. When he walked onto the set, he noticed a girl speaking very loudly about being very excited guest staring on Mackenzie Falls.

He took note that the girl was rather optimistic, perky and continuously excited. Trying to hold back his anger, he walked to his mirror and took out a comb to comb his hair. Though, it didn't help to avoid the perky girl's excited voice.

Before he knew it, he exploded, "You!" Pointing to the perky girl, he walked menancingly to the girl, who was now cowering in fear.

"Yes?" the blonde's meek voice replied.

"You are fired!" And that caused heads to turn, even though this wasn't the first time he fired someone.

"But..." the girl's lower lip quivered and she was on the verge of crying.

Chad couldn't handle all these emotions; so instead, he turned his back to her. Declaring to the crew and cast that he needed to go home, he rushed to his dressing room.

Closing the door behind him, he leaned against the wall. His eyes were closed as he tried to stop the tears, threatening to flow. When he opened his eyes, the first thing in his peripheral view was the beach picture of him and Sonny.

Angered and absolutely frustrated, he took hold of the picture and threw it against the opposing wall. The loud crash seemed to break his anger as he rushed to the picture, holding the broken pieces of glasses in his hands.

He honestly did not understand what was wrong with him but he only knew one thing.

He was still hooked up on Sonny.

And he still could not answer the question why Sonny broke up with him.

Whether it was to rush to Brian back in Wisconsin or whether it was because she lost interest in him, Chad knew that there had to be a substantial and logical reasoning behind her actions.

Though, he only seemed to think that Sonny went back to Wisconsin to leave the man who made her so unhappy to a man who could.

And it hurt Chad to think that. Especially his heart, which was undoubtedly still in Sonny`s possession, even though she might now know it.


Three weeks had gone by and there was not a day that went by without Chad replaying the four words Sonny uttered to Brian.

I do love you.

It was heartbreaking every single time he thought of it, and there was not a moment when he couldn`t take his mind of it.

Thus, his filming started to suffer. However, Chad would always get the scene right after six takes, when before it only took two.

Once again, Chad found himself walking in the So Random's hallways. Every day he went there and explored the set before winding up in front of Sonny's promotional photo. Chad would always glance into her eyes and ask the same question that had been haunting him for the past three weeks.

"Why Sonny?"

Chad didn't seem to get better. He knew that he had to try at least to show Sonny that he was dealing with it fine. Though, he knew that he couldn't.

Just when he was going to return to his set, Chad heard a familiar laugh. His head darted to the direction of the laugh, and instantly, he felt his heart stop.

Because there was Sonny, exuding radiance and smiling widely. The first time he had seen in quite a long time, actually. He missed her laugh and especially, her smile. He thought she looked at him and smiled, so due to habit, he smiled back at her. He was feeling better instantly, the best he had felt the past few weeks.

His smile faltered, however, when he noticed who was beside her. A tall, brown haired man walked alongside her, allowing her hands to be wrapped on his arm.

And that was when he realized that Sonny was not happy by looking at Chad. Sonny was happy by the man beside her who joined in on her laughs.

Chad then concluded that this would have to be Brian.

And once again, glancing at Sonny's absolutely jovial expression, his heart broke into a thousand pieces. Not expected to be fixed again.

It was all simply because of what Sonny said three weeks ago to this Brian man.

I do love you.

Chad's heart ached once more, knowing that he himself was the man who made her unhappy, having to resort her to care for another man.

His heart was endamaged, and Chad knew that there was nothing that could fix it.

Especially not Sonny.

What he didn't notice was Sonny looking at him retreat in the opposite direction and feeling hurt herself, with her heart falling apart as well.

And she knew that she couldn't do anything to fix it, either.


Always exploring and unleashing,

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