Her final breath eased away, and Sonny found death much easier than she'd found life. Death was peaceful. Easy.
"Sonny," a voice breathed, interrupting her thoughts and startling her.
How could someone be here, and how could she hear them? She was dead.
She opened her eyes, and suddenly she was 20 again. The age she was when Chad had died.
Then she lifted herself off of the bed.
"Chad?"
The words twirled and twisted, like a whisper into an empty wind.
He was standing in front of her, in all his glory, shining like everything around her.
"You lived for me." He said, smiling that smile Sonny was so deprived of.
"You told me to." She retorted, smirking.
It was easy to fall back into the same patterns with Chad.
"Good."
"Good."
"Fine."
"Fine."
"So we good?"
"No, I don't think we are."
Chad's brow crumpled with confusion, and Sonny laughed. It wasn't the laugh she was used to, either. It tinkled and rang like a chorus of bells. It sounded like she was happy.
Brushing that aside, she stepped forward and slapped Chad on the arm.
"Ow!" He complained, "what was that for?"
"For leaving me!"
His face was suddenly sympathetic.
"I'm sorry, Sonny."
"Why? I never understood why."
"I… I realised how much I was hurting you. It didn't seem fair that I should hurt you like that and live."
"Thank you." She whispered.
Her fragile state must've invoked something in Chad; he wrapped his arms around her and held her tightly.
"What for?"
"If you hadn't, I would've lived my life all wrong. I would've never been happy at all. You made me realise how much I love you."
"I love you too, Sonny. I never stopped."
Their heads had been slowly leaning together for some time, but both had only just realised.
Sonny wrapped her arms around his neck and their lips met.
It was a sweet, passionate kiss they shared; like two lovers uniting again after a lifetime of being with someone else.
When they finally pulled away, Chad stroked the side of Sonny's face with his thumb.
"If you ever leave again, I swear I'm going to die." Sonny said, her voice light and joking, but with that hint of extreme seriousness.
"You can't die, silly. You're already dead."
"Forever?" she asked, referring to how long they'd finally be together.
Chad kissed her lips lightly, and then smiled at her.
"Forever and a day."
T H E E N D .
A/N- I'm sorry, okay, but I just couldn't give it a sad ending. I tried. It's just too depressing to make SWAC things sad, 'cause I would've had to make Sonny sad... and well, let's just leave my Demi obsession out of this.
Anyway. I really hope you guys enjoyed reading this story as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Thank you for reading.