Chapter 9

Sonny's POV


"Boy, that was more eventful than volume one of Mackenzie Falls!"

I could tell Chad was stressed out, and everyone else in the studio was, too, so I decided to go back to my set, where there was less drama. But, only to tell my friends everything that had happened, of course. Then I would return to see what the director had said.

"And you would know that how?"

Tawni laughed nervously; all eyes were on her. Normally the attention would do the exact opposite of make her nervous, but she was clearly guilty of being a Mackenzie Falls fan.

"My, uh, little sister loves that show."

"I didn't know you had a little sister." I scoffed. Tawni laughed once again, and mumbled something about having to take a bath. In the middle of the day.

Once Tawni left the room, and the weirdness had worn off on all of us, we got back to more serious matter.

"And to think it all started out as a bet." I sighed, flopping on the couch. Nico and Grady spun in their swivel bar chairs and made tsk tsk tsk noises.

"So, what do you think is going to happen?" Zora asked inquisitively, placing her fake pipe in between her lips and blowing bubbles.

I shook my head. I truly didn't know.


When I had returned to the studio, the snack table was gone, along with half of the props. The place looked so empty compared to before, and it had only happened hours ago. As I made my way to Chad's dressing room, I caught glimpses of the sad faces of the camera crew and other employees, as they packed up their supplies. What was going on?

I walked into Chad's dressing room with knocking, I figured it wouldn't be a problem compared to what he would tell me.

He turned around and smiled ruefully. He was packing a suitcase.

"Chad, what's going on?"

"Ah, Sonny,"

"I don't like the way you said that." I interrupted, and he walked over to me and closed the dressing room door behind me.

"Sonny, the show is-"

"Canceled?" I shouted, as my eyes nearly popped out of my head. It was all my fault.

"No, no, no. Calm down, Sonny." He placed his hands on my shoulders to calm me. "Something like that, though."

"Then what?" I demanded, and he lead me to the couch where he made me sit down. I was getting impatient, and ideas filled my head of the whole cast hating me for making them lose their jobs, and wanting revenge.

"The show has been put off...just for a while."

"Well what do you mean by that? How long is 'a while'?"

"Uh...a while."

"Chad," I growled.

"Fine, fine. A year."

"Chad!"

"What?"

"That is not a while!"

"Aww Sonny, I didn't know you cared that much about me."

I stood up and crossed my arms. "I do, but not only that."

"What is it?"

"It's all my fault."

Chad rolled his eyes and pulled me into a hug. "I knew you would say that. Sonny, it's not your fault. And nobody thinks that."

"Really?" My voice was muffled into his shirt.

"Yeah. If anything, they think it's my fault."

I pulled away from him. "That's even worse!"

Chad ughed and silenced me with a hug again.

"Don't worry, the show will be back on soon."

When I pulled away, it seemed twenty minutes had already passed from when I first entered Chad's room. But it had only been five.

"Why are you leaving so early?"

"Director's orders. He thinks if we stay any longer we'll get in another fight again."

"This blows."

"Tell me about it."

"And I was just starting to like you."

"And I was going to ask you out. But that's not happening now."

My eyes brightened. He was going to ask me out!

"Well, why not?" I laughed, but he wasn't laughing along. I stopped laughing after a while, and he grabbed my hands.

"Because i'm going back to my hometown for a year."

"Well, where's your hometown?"

"It's in Maine."

"Oh."

"Yeah."

Nothing was said for two minutes straight.

"Well, I guess i'll see you in a year then?"

"Guess so."

I turned to leave, and I had noticed that the door was starting to blur. A silent tear slipped down my cheek. I hoped Chad wouldn't notice. I actually was starting to like Chad. He was really sweet, funny and nice deep down, and it had only taken a week to find that out. The saddest part was it took over two years to find out, and now he would be leaving for another year. Plus, I knew I was impatient, and I might possibly find someone else-

"Will you wait for me?"

I stopped in front of the door and turned around.

"Of course."

Then I turned to leave.

And when I left, Chad had his hands in his pockets, and his signature smirk on his face.

Some things never change. And I hoped they wouldn't.

Fin.


A/N So I kinda didn't know how to end this, so this chapter is craaaapp-ay. Review please, my beautiful reviewers? Thanks for everything! Hoped you like it.