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A/N: Hey guys! Wow, those reviews came in like nothing! You guys are AMAZING! I'd like to give a special shout out to HeyIt'sME2610 because you reviewed every chapter! You rock and so do all of my amazing reviewers! So much that you're getting two chapters in one day! Hopefully this will make up for how mean and strict I was being about putting it up. Anyway, here's the next chapter and I hope you guys will forgive me for my little outburst earlier.

Chapter 9

It was about 1:00 and everyone else had left the Comissary but Chad and Sonny. They had been talking the whole time and not even bothered with more than a bite of their food.

All too suddenly, one of the chefs came in and said,

"Alright, the Comissary is gonna close up for the day. You two love birds gotta scram." She said smirking.

"Oh!" said Chad, looking at his watch. "I can't believe how fast that went!" he said, picking up his plate and dumping it into the garbage.

"I know! I guess time really does fly when you're having fun." Sonny said, following his move.

They walked out, laughing hand in hand, and found Nico and Grady running down the hall dripping wet. They practically slid under the closing bars of the Comissary, ran to the food, and grabbed two burgers and an apple off the trays as the employees were taking them away.

"A little late, aren't you guys?" Sonny asked as they held up the metal bars for each other to get out.

"Well, we didn't want to eat and then swim so…" Grady began but stopped when he saw the two.

Sonny and Chad didn't notice that their hands were intertwined with each others or that they were standing practically pressed against one another.

"I don't think lunch is the only thing we're late for." Nico said, pointing at their hands.

"When did all that happen?" demanded Grady.

Chad and Sonny immediately let each other go and jumped apart.

"WH-what do you mean?" Sonny stuttered.

"We saw that! And we're not stupid!" Grady demanded.

"Well, obviously, Sonny was gonna get caught on the other side of that bar thingy and I was helping her get out before it closed all the way." Chad said calmly.

Wow. Sonny thought, he's really good at making up stories.

"But why hadn't you let go yet?" Nico asked, still suspicious.

Chad looked at his watch for a distraction. "Oh my gosh! It's already 1:14! Sonny, you were supposed to meet Marshall 15 minutes ago!" Chad lied.

"Oh crap! You're right! Sorry guys, I'll talk to you later! Chad and I both have to go!" Sonny played along, grabbing Chad by his arm and running away, leaving the two standing there with their burgers very confused.

Once they were a few corners away and sure the two couldn't hear them, they both burst out laughing. They fell to the floor clutching their sides and just cracking up. Two minutes and one confused janitor later, they both started to catch their breathes. Sonny wiped a tear from her eye and the laughter began to cease.

"Wow." Sonny said through a few last giggles. "I had no idea you were so good at lying!"

"Hey, it's not lying; it's just making up stories. I mean, when parents tell a kid the story of Little Red Riding Hood, it's not a lie!" Chad managed as his laughter came to a stop.

"Yeah, whatever." Sonny said while rolling her eyes playfully.

"Hey, it's just like acting!" Chad said defensively.

"And we all know how good you are at that!" Sonny said with a smile and one final giggle.

"Well that was fun." Chad said, filling the silence that now surrounded them. Suddenly, Marshall walked down the hallway, seeing the two on the ground, still clutching their sides.

"Hey, kids. What's going on?" He asked

"Oh, nothing. We were just, Ummmm…Telling jokes." Sonny said.

"Alright. How'd your first lesson go?" He asked, buying the excuse completely.

"Really well. Sonny's a fast learner. We might actually be ready by Monday in time for you guys to shoot." Chad said smiling a genuine smile rather than a cocky Chad Dylan Cooper smirk.

"That's great! I was worried we'd have to start a day or two late, but if you could be swimming in time, than that would be even better!" Marshall said enthusiastically. "Well, I've gotta get going. Do you guys need a spare key to the pool for tomorrow?"

"No, we can do a lesson at my pool if Sonny doesn't mind." Chad said, turning to Sonny.

"No, that would be fine." Sonny said.

"Excellent. Ummmm…well you can tell me how it's going tomorrow or E-mail me or something, okay?" Marshall said/asked.

"Alright." Sonny said smiling as Marshall walked by and down the hall.

"Sooooo…" Chad began, standing up and offering Sonny a hand to help her up.

"Sooooo…" Sonny copied as Chad helped her.

Tawni walked down the hallway and stopped, staring at Chad and Sonny for a bit, obviously deep in thought.

"Yes, Tawni?" Sonny asked after a minute.

"Oh nothing. I was just thinking that you guys are really cute together." She said smirking furiously.

Both Chad and Sonny blushed and then Tawni walked away with a satisfied smile on her face.

"Did you tell her?" Chad asked smiling.

"No…She found out herself." Sonny mumbled.

Chad laughed and pulled Sonny into a sweet hug, mumbling "Stupid cute." Quietly sort of hoping Sonny didn't hear him.

Sonny laughed back, and then Chad said, "Do you wanna come to my dressing room? There are no random people walking down the hall there."

"Sounds good to me." She said. Chad slipped his arm around her waist and they walked to the Mackenzie Falls set, where they slipped unnoticed into Chad's dressing room.

"Are we gonna want to tell the others, let the press kinda tell them for us, or keep this a secret?" Chad asked.

"I don't know. If we did try to keep it secret, they'd find out eventually and be mad we didn't tell anyone…" Sonny began.

"But if we told them now, they might still be mad…" Chad finished.

They both 'hmmmm'd for a few seconds and then agreed to tell them if they had to, but if not, it would remain a secret until Monday. Until then, they would just hope to not be seen at the movies on purpose.

They spent a while in Chad's room talking, getting to know each other better, playing truth or dare and 20 questions etc. until Chad announced that it was now 6:30 and they should both get home.

A/N: Alright, there you go! I've never posted two chapters in one day before, but you guys are just that awesome and chapter worthy! I'm only gonna ask for 6 reviews before chapter 10, because when I first started this story and saw the average review amounts, my goal was to get 80 sometime in the story and I already have 74 and 5 more chapters already written. So I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter and keep reviewing as nicely as before despite my little meany-ness earlier But anyway, if you liked it, review; if you still don't forgive me or you didn't like the story, review; and if Tinker bell just appeared in front of you, sprinkled you with pixie-dust, and taught you how to fly, than that's a sign that you should review because I'm obviously psychic in predicting that would happen! But don't worry, like Chad and Sonny, I would never use that power except for review persuasions! Anyway, have a great Friday!