* A/N: First of all, I'd just like to say thank you to everyone for the awesome reviews. Please let me know what you think of this chapter, as I'm getting near the end. Also, thank you to scifichick07 for saying that I really stayed in character. That is one of my pet peeves sometimes on FF, so I really try not to stray too much from how I think the characters would really be. Enough rambling from me... enjoy!
Chapter 7- Chadness
The last chapter ended with this sentence, so I'm continuing the story from there:
"Then Chad Dylan Cooper headed to the prop house to go check on his enemy."
But before he left the party he went over to Blake and said," First of all, you're not as cool as you think; you'll never be like me. Secondly, I've seen you're new show; you're a horrible actor. And third, Sonny Munroe is too pretty for you; you don't ditch Chad Dylan Cooper's friends. I could go on, but I'm not going to waste my breath on you."
Then Chad Dylan Cooper headed to the prop house to go check on his enemy.
Back at the prop house…
Sonny had now gotten out of her beautiful dress and into her comfy pajamas. She had thrown her hair up in a ponytail, and was lying on the couch watching sketches from So Random! She was honestly trying to hold back tears, but the resistance stopped, and she let them run down her cheek.
Why me? Blake is such a jerk; how did I not see it? I cannot believe Chad was right. Why did he tell me about Blake's plan? Was he trying to rub it in my face, or was he genuinely trying to help me? I never know with him because one minute he acts like my friend and the next I find out it was all part of his plan to keep his show number one.
Then there was a knock at the door.
"Who is it?" Sonny yelled?
"Pizza!" Chad exclaimed through the door, deepening his voice. He knew she'd never answer the door if she knew it was him.
"But I didn't order any pizza," Sonny announced through the door.
"Well someone did," he responded.
Sonny stood up to figure out what was going on, but first wiped the last few tears from her eyes. She was embarrassed to open the door; her eyes were all puffy from crying, so she just cracked it open and peeked outside.
"Chad?" Sonny questioned. "Now's not a good time."
"Well, we missed you at the party, so I decided to come check on you."
"Who missed me?" Sonny asked.
"Well, Tawni, Nico, Grady, Zora, and…"
"And?" Sonny repeated.
"Me, I guess," Chad muffled under his breath.
"Are you saying that you missed me?"
"Well," his face turned red, "Maybe. It was just really boring without your usually peppy self," he said, trying to cover up any emotion.
"Well," Sonny said, still sniffling, "Come on in."
"So are you not coming to the party?" Chad asked, taking a seat on the couch next to her.
"No," Sonny replied. "I'm too embarrassed. Besides, I've already made a mess of myself."
"You look good," Chad said sarcastically. Sonny just glared at him. "Well, hey, nothing a little fixing up can't solve," he added.
"I can't go there, I feel like a fool!"
"Look Sonny, he's the fool, not you. I know sometimes I don't give you much credit, but you can do better than him."
"I don't want to go alone though," Sonny admitted. "I'll just stay here."
"Well, um, why don't you just go back with me?" Chad asked nervously biting his lip.
Whoa, I've never seen Chad nervous before. I am liking this side of him. I guess he really was trying to help me.
"Because you don't wanna be stuck with me," she retorted. "I'm not worthy of your Chadness, and probably not pretty enough either," she responded, looking at the ground.
"That's not true," Chad answered, moving closer to her on the couch. "You are pretty- very pretty. You're just so difficult and stubborn that sometimes it's hard to see."
"Did you just insult me and compliment me at the same time?"
"Sonny," Chad began, "Don't make me do this."
"What?" Sonny asked curiously.
"Don't make me beg. Just come to the party with me… please?" he asked through clenched teeth.
"O-kay… I guess," Sonny answered. "I mean, if you're gonna beg…" she teased, making him unable to resist smiling back.
Then Sonny went to get ready, for the second time tonight.
Sonny was just finishing up getting ready. She put a final coat of lip gloss on and looked at her reflection in the mirror.
Hey, I look better this time around, she thought proudly. For the first time in a while she felt really confident in herself. Then she thought about Chad. She realized that throughout this whole mess, he was there for her; whether he wanted to be, or not. Even though in the past he had fooled her, she felt as if they would be great friends after this. She also imagined maybe even more than that someday; if he would sometime let her in. But then again, she figured he was just being cordial in asking her to go with him and probably never felt anything more than that toward her; after all, they were supposed to be enemies. Although sometimes, when she stared into his blazing blue eyes, it was hard for her to resist that "Chadness."
Sonny entered the prop house to meet back up with Chad.
"Wow!" he said as he saw Sonny all dressed up.
"What?" Sonny asked him.
"You look… wow! Blake is definitely going to regret his decisions when he sees you tonight!"
"Was that a compliment, from you, Chad Dylan Cooper?"
"You know what, this time I can honestly say, yes, it was. Just don't tell anyone I said it."
"You drive me crazy!" Sonny exclaimed playfully.
"You do the same to me," Chad said in his usual dry humor.
Then they headed off to the party.
