Hey you guys! Sorry about another late update. :| yeah, well I found a song that matches this chapter. Check out Demi Lovato's song "Stronger". I somehow really like it. If you know the guitar tabs for the song, help me out! :) And, I'm studying for a test for "vocab". I'm gonna use the words here... wow, I'm so random. Haha. Thank you all for your reviews, alerts, and faves! PLEASE REVIEW!


You? Sonny looked around hoping that this was another of her weird dreams. For the first time, she was unhappy that this was not an odd dream. She looked at the young blonde chatting away with her brother. In confusion, she pulled a chair out and sat at the edge of the table. She was positioned so that she was a magnate at the head of a board meeting.

"Hello, Sonny," Tyler said picking up one of the carrots on his plate and lifting it into his mouth.

"Hey, Sonny," Chad casually said with his always smooth tongue.

"Come here!" Sonny whispered to Tyler before dragging him to the edge of the cafeteria. After they got an ear's distance away, she starting ranting. "What in the world is he doing here?"

"Haven't I already told you! He is visiting some family here, sheesh you're slow." He said looking back at the table.

"Okay, yes you told me. But why is he here?" She said pointing at the table.

"Oh, well. He's not a bad guy. Plus, closer to my age. Does that answer your question Miss Monroe,"

"It didn't exactally satiate me, but it works... for now." Her eyes shrank into small slits as she walked back to the table, crossed her arms, and just sighed.

The sun was starting to set by this time. Even if Sonny had a tenuous grasp of what was going on, she still had some things straight. Chad was here, Mom is in the hospital. She sat down and started to slowly put the food into her mouth, ignoring the questioning looks that Chad would give her every few minutes. Tyler excused himself to go back to the hospital bed, leaving Sonny and Chad alone.

"So..." Chad said, trying to get some talk out of her. Sonny held back the expletive that was forming in her mind and concentrated on the important things.

"So what?" Her mind seemed to go overdrive after all the events. Everything was haywire from her head to toes. It seemed as the macrocosm was slowly depleting to nothing but pain, fear, and sin. Nothing.

"What? I was just trying to get you up,"

"Up where!? What do I do? My mom's in the hospital, and now you are here! How do you think I feel." She almost screamed, but held her breath right after what she said.

"Take a walk with me," Chad responded calmly. This brought Sonny's mood just below ferocious and she responded by nodding silently. In her mind, all she could think was "Chad Dylan Cooper, the megalomaniac,"

The greeks did have a very sophisticated way of speaking, but their roots were just insanely crazy. MegasGreek. "great" Megalomaniac.

The two started talking. They were talking like they did before the Valentine's Banquet. Before everything happened, back to their daily minuscule arguments and sweet spots everywhere. The tension inside Sonny's inside's were finally loosening up. Her mouth finally complied with her mind, go with the flow. Keep it safe.

"Well, yeah. My mom's side lives here. Well, most of it." He admitted, keeping it to a more shy-er level. He put his hand behind his neck before looking at Sonny in the dim moonlight.

"Why didn't you ever tell me?"

"Why should I?" He responded too quickly.

"Jerkface,"

"I'm gonna let that go, only for tonight," He said blandly.

His gaze was drawn upon the stars. The magnitude was much greater than the previous nights he has been there. He looked, finding constellations he would used to search for as a little boy. The clear Wisconsin air was replete with glittering stars and commets. It seemed as the heavens was giving a lightshow, just for them. The sidewalks were surrounded by thick brushes that would get in the way of the walk once in a whole. The copious sky was filled with stars that seemed to twinkle at the right time.

"Hey, look over there," Sonny pointed out behind a small bush. A bunch of bugs, almost microbe, were buzzing around with little "night lights" on their bottoms. They danced around with the soft wind that was soflty carrasing Sonny's hair. Chad took careful notice of the lightning bugs. They circled the small pond in the hospital courtyard. He smiled, looking at the reflections they made when they passed the small body of water.

It was almost seven-thirty when they finally decided that it was a good time to walk back in. Nothing out of the ordinary was happening inside. It seemed as if everyone in the hospital were at peace for once. Sonny walked to the elevator with Chad at her left side. She hesitated to press the up button. It was an odd feeling that overtook her. She involuntarily stopped her hand right before hitting the button with the up arrow on it.

"What's wrong?" Chad asked, noticing Sonny's reaction to the button.

"N-no, nothing. It's just-"

"Let me help you out," He cut in, immediately placing his masculine hand on her small, delicate one. He guided her hand to the arrow and pushed lightly so that the red light went on.

The two remained silent, even to the slow walk down the corridors of the hospital. As Sonny reached the enterance, she knocked softly two times. Her head popped into the room, finding her dad asleep and Tyler completely indulged into his video game. At the same time, Chad stayed out waiting for Sonny to come out.

"Dad?" Sonny whispered, shaking her father's shoulder a few times until he stuttered out a 'yeah'.

"Sweetie?"

"Yeah, I'm here," She said, in a louder tone than before.

"You can go home if you want to," he paused before adding something. "I'm staying here for the night."

"Who's going to take me home?"

"Your brother can-"

"No," He replied like a robot with urgency and purose.

"Okay, then. How about your boyfriend of yours?" He said, skimming through his golf magazine.

"What! Are you kidding me?"

"Sweetie, keep your voice to a minimum. There are other people here, too." He hushed.

"Sorry," She was about to walk out of the room before adding to what she said. "But, how about-"

"No, just let him drive you home."

"How about Ty-"

"He can manage, just go home." His voice was now stern.

"Okay, I love you, dad." She said, leaning down for him to kiss her.

"I love you, too. I'll call your grandma thirty minutes from now. If you're not home..." Mr. Monroe didn't need to continue for Sonny to get any hints.

"I promise you I'm gonna make the boy drive me home right away." She said with slight disgust in her voice. Disgust: A way for Sonny to disguise herself.

"Good, now hurry home." He said, waving off the the anxious teenager waiting outside the door, still pacing back and fourth.

Sonny walked back in time of the heart monitor, which was already at a steady pace. The doctors had already informed Mr. Monroe that his wife would come back into conciousness in a few hours.

"So," A nervous Chad immediately spoke up at the sight of Sonny.

"Take me home," Her voice clearly said through all the low mumbles coming from the other areas of the hospital.


Sorry for another filler chapter. Well, I'm having another test! And another one. I aced the Vocab, Math, and Science. Now I have history and english. All in a time period of 8 days. :(