This is the first part of the last episode! Thanks to all for reading, there are only two more parts to go! Are you all sitting comfortably? Yes? No? Well, we'll begin anyway ;)...
Sunday
Well, I say Sunday, it's pretty late. I arrive at Sonny's apartment at 10.30pm to see her Mom. I've got an hour and a half, so I better make this quick.
"Is Sonny in there?" I ask.
"Let me guess," She says, scanning me, "Fan of So Random!?"
"I guess you could say that." I say, "Sonny wanted to see me."
"Oh, well I'm sorry, but Sonny's not here." My world crumbles, but I try to pick it up again. There's still hope.
"Do you know where she could be?" I ask, and she shakes her head.
"Sorry, sweetie." She says, before closing the door on me. That's it. Game over. California's a big state, Sonny could be anywhere. Why couldn't she be like my Sonny and go home whenever there's a problem? I'm about to leave, when Ms Munroe opens the door and I get hope again.
"I just got a text from Sonny," She says, passing me her phone.
"Hey Mom, I'm sorry I'm late back. I'm waiting 4 some1 in the studios. I'll be back soon, I hope. Sonny ;) xxx"
"Is that any help?" She asks.
"Yes!" I say, running down the stairs, "Thank you!" I yell, before running to my car and putting it full-speed. Condor Studios is only 15 minutes from Sonny's apartment, I can make it!
I arrive at Condor Studios and look at my watch. 10:48. I run into the studios and look around, everywhere. Knowing Sonny, she'll be somewhere around the So Random! area. I run to the prop house, the place she's pretty certain to be in. She's there, crying her eyes out.
"You've been here since you called?" I ask, and she notices me, jumps up and hugs me.
"I knew you wouldn't forget about me!" She yells, "Even if you were in Montana!"
"Sonny, I'd travel to China and back for you." She smiles at my comment and we sit on the couch together.
"I'm feeling better," She says, moving closer to me. Then she stops. "Wait," She says, "The whole "other world" thing. Please tell me you're not still sticking with this ridiculous story!" I try to tell her what she wants to hear, but I can't lie to Sonny.
"I'm sorry," I say, "I am sticking with it."
Sonny jumps off of the couch and steps back, but then relaxes a little and says, "Fine. Prove it."
"Sonny, I don't have time for this!" I yell, but she's firm.
"Do you want my help?" I shrug and try to think of a way to prove it…Conscience! I bet he's still in the mirror!
"Come with me!" I yell, pulling Sonny along so hard I'm amazed her arm doesn't come out of the socket.
"Slow down!" She yells, but I can't. I see my watch…10:58. The hotel is quite a long drive away, and Sonny is pretty stubborn so will need a lot of convincing. I've got to go as fast as I can.
We arrive at the hotel room at 11:36, and I pull Sonny around some more until we finally get to my old room. Luckily, it's empty, so we can get in. A cleaner sees us and I tell her I left something in there, and with 4 minutes of persuading ending with Sonny's generous cash tip, we are let in and she leaves us, counting the money from Sonny. OK, so I don't like this Sonny, but she knows how to bribe! I walk up to the mirror, and Sonny just looks tired.
"Chad, what is all this?" She asks.
"Hold on," I say, "C'mon Conscience! I need your help, one last time."
Nothing.
"Chad, have you gone crazy?" Sonny asks, but I ignore her and try some more.
"C'mon!" I yell, "Old life, old Sonny, please, we can get home then! Just, do this for me! Please!" I whack the mirror, trying to encourage it to show him, and then whack myself to encourage him out of my head. Sonny probably thinks I'm an idiot, but I keep trying.
"Chad, get a hold of yourself." She says, "You really are crazy." She goes to leave, but I follow her and pull her back.
"Sonny," I say, "I'm not crazy, just please believe me!"
"I want to believe you!" Sonny cries, "But this is ridiculous. You can't even prove something like this. How am I meant to believe that you know another Sonny?" I stand still, unsure, and Sonny sighs. "It's what I thought." She says. "Goodbye, Chad. I'm walking home."
I think for a while. "I'll tell you about my other Sonny!" I yell, and Sonny turns back.
"Go on." She says.
"I met her over a year ago, on the 5th of May. She was starstruck because she knew me from Mackenzie Falls, but I stole her fro-yo…"
"Any idiot can make that up…"
"I'm not finished." I say, and Sonny listens. "She found out about the feud between Mackenzie Falls and So Random! and since then she hated my guts. But one day, we went on a fake-date to trick James Conroy." Sonny only seems to be half-listening, but I've started and I cannot stop, "On this date, I fell for her." I grabbed Sonny close and smiled. "Her laugh, her smile, how funny she is, her beautiful eyes and hair and...well...everything. She was perfect. But I could never tell her that. From then on I had to be careful because no-one could ever know my feelings for her and I hated that, more than anything. I loved her, but I didn't admit, even to myself, how much she meant to me."
"Why?" Sonny asks, and I don't want to, but I tell her.
"I was afraid." I say, "My reputation. But then one day, when I finally asked her out, it was like good triumphing over evil and I liked that. I love Sonny Munroe, and nothing can change that."
Sonny comes close, smiling. "To confirm, you ARE from another world?"
"Yep," I say, and she blushes.
"Well, this is a little weird."
"Why?" I ask.
"Because I don't want to go home tonight saying I've fallen for an alien."
I laugh, "I'm not an alien!" I yell, but then I realise something. "You've fallen for me?" I ask, and she nods.
"More than I ever have for anyone." She smiles.
"You've fallen for me?" She nods again, "She's fallen for me! She's finally fallen for me!" I yell so hard I wake up a few people who come out and yell at us.
"It's midnight, you know?" One guy says, and that stops my heart.
"Midnight?" I look to my watch…11:59:59…12:00:00. It's over. Midnight is here…and my old life is over. I can't get back now and I'll never see my Sonny again…I feel myself fading, I guess I'm going to my new home, my new world. I look to my hand and see nothing. I am fading away, materialising, and this is the end of my life the way I like it…my sad thoughts are suddenly interrupted by two lips pressing against mine. It goes on for a long time, and even though I'm still fading, I feel like I've never been more alive.
I pull away to see Sonny, smiling. "I'm not too late, am I?" She asks, and I grin. Who cares if my old life is over, a new one is beginning, and even though it's not the one I want, maybe I can still be with Sonny. Or maybe not. I start to materialise harder, and all I can hear is Sonny's voice yelling for me.
"Chad?...Chad…Chad…" the voice changes a little to someone different…"Chad? Chad!...Chad…Chad?"...
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Question Time!
So what's (or who's) this other voice?
Where is Chad materialising to?
What will happen?
Anyone want to make a guess? Tell me your guesses, and find out next time if you're right! ;)
