Chapter 9

Chad and the Randoms were walking to Agent X's office. The Randoms had
no clue at what had happened between Chad and Sonny's exchange
earlier. After seeing Chad's reaction and not seeing Sonny, though,
they had a pretty good idea.

After a while of searching, they bumped into Sonny. She looked almost
as surprised as they were to come across each other randomly.

"Sonny, what's going on? What happened?" Tawni asked.

Sonny looked up to her old friend and sadness filled her face. She
quickly composed herself.

"You are to leave tomorrow morning. We have arranged for you to stay
in an extra room. You should all go to sleep now. You'll be back to
Condor Studios before you wake up," she said, then turned to leave.

"Sonny, wait," Zora said. She turned around, waiting.

"Is this goodbye?" Grady asked.

Sonny felt hot tears well up in her eyes, but didn't dare let them
show. "Yes. As Sonny Monroe. If you see me again, I'll be Demi
Lovato."

"So is our Sonny gone?" Nico asked.

She simply nodded, and Sonny Monroe left the room, and left their hearts.

~*~*~*~

The Condor Studios group all sat down in their room. There were five beds and a couple of couches. They all squeezed on the couches.

They all sat there, not saying a word, soaking up the day's events.

Nico broke the silence. "What are we going to do?"

Chad shrugged. "Well we'll go back to Condor Studios. I'll be the star of Mackenzie Falls and you all will be your comical selves on So Random!"

Nico shook his head. "Thats not what I meant. I mean about Sonny."

The whole room grimaced. Chad scowled. "What about her?" he spat out.

Nico looked taken aback at Chad's reaction, but continued. "I mean, we all left randomly out of the blue and no one knows where we are. They'll probably presume we were looking for Sonny and are going to want to know where she is."

They all suddenly realized this. Would they lie?

"We're not blowing this secret," Zora said. The other Randoms nodded. "We couldn't do that to Sonny."

Chad snorted. "We couldn't do that to Sonny? She's done a lot to us. Made us sick with worry, so we go find her. We find her, and now she tells us this was a huge joke. Personally, I don't see any problem with blowing this secret."

"You know, I am sick of you, Chad!" Tawni yelled, getting up. She hadn't said a word since seeing Sonny and looked crazed.

"I mean, you're the one who wanted us to come here and risk our jobs to find Sonny! We wanted to too but the only reason we did was because of you! Sonny was the best thing that happened to this place. She's done so much it's not even funny. She's the reason our show has gotten even higher in ratings, giving us a lower chance to lose our jobs! She's the reason the feud between our two shows has been better than before! She changed this place. She changed us, all of us, especially me. She made me realize that I could have a friend besides me!" Tawni was in tears now, sobbing in her hand.

"And she changed you, Chad," she choked out. "She changed you the most. It wasn't all about you anymore to you. It was Sonny. She changed your heart. You became a better person. She was one of your only friends. And she loved you." Chad's hand fell. "Yes, she did. She didn't tell me but I knew. She still does but won't admit it even more now. And you love her even more. You're completely in love with her."

"And don't look at me like that. It's true. I saw your face when you realized she was gone. I saw your determination whenever we were looking for Sonny. I saw the pain you were going through when she was telling her story. I heard your fight outside. She means so much to you and you're acting like she's some horrible person! She's done so much. She's everything to you." Tawni backed away, her sobs shaking her body. "Everything!" she cried out before running to her bed, and sobbing in her pillow.

Nico, Grady, and Zora rushed to her side. Chad just stood there, shocked. Tawni's words had made him weak.

He slowly limped to his bed as if he were an old man, and gently laid down. His heart was aching. What would he do?

Tawni was right. About everything.

He loved her. But he couldn't. For his sake, for hers.

He looked at his wrist and felt the most pain he had felt in years.

"Sonny!" a blonde haired boy yelled from across the hall.

A girl with long brown hair and chocolate eyes turned around with a look of annoyance on her face. She put her hand on her hips, waiting for the blonde boy who was running to her.

"Sonny," he panted. "Where are you going?"

The girl rolled her eyes. "Chad! I already told you!"

The boy raised his eyes then crinkled his eyebrow. "Are you sure?"

The girl rolled her eyes again. "I'm going to Wisconsin for a week."

His eyes widened. "Why so long?"

"Because I miss my family and friends!" she said, in a "duh" voice.

"And you're going to miss me?" he winked.

"No."

He covered his chest in mock horror. "Sonny! I'm hurt!"

She laughed. "Yeah, I'll miss you too."

He raised his eyes. "Too?"

"Well, you're going to miss me too, of course. You get so annoyed when I don't fight with you for a day. Try a week," she replied.

He pursed his lips. "You're right. What are we going to do?"

"Well you'll just have to live without me," she said, turning to walk away. He jgrabbed her hand.

"Chad! Let go!" she said, trying to pull away.

"Uhh...I can't."

"Why not?"

"I'm stuck to your bracelet."

She gasped. She looked to her bracelet and realized part of the string on her bracelet was stuck to the boy's watch.

"Get it off!" she cried, waving her arm around crazily.

"Sonny! Chill! I'm doing it!" he exclaimed. She calmed and he untangled it. She grinned.

"Yes! Thanks Chad!" she said, giving him a hug. A car beeped outside.

The girl left the boy and ran behind. "Bye Chad!"

"Bye Sonny!" he said, waving but she was already gone. He turned to leave but found something on the floor. It was a piece of string. The piece from the girl's bracelet. The boy picked it up.

It was a small thin string. It was braided blue and brown, which looked like they were connected, together. The boy smiled, realizing how the colors looked familiar.

The brown was dark but not too dark. It was like milk chocolate. It almost looked delicious. It was a beautiful shade. The boy saw that same color everyday, but sadly wouldn't be able to for a week.

The blue was the color of the ocean. Mysterious and beautiful. It was light but not too light. The boy saw it everyday too, except in a mirror.

He saw the brunette climb into her mother's car. He wrapped the string around his wrist.

This could work, he thought. He didn't think he'd be taking off the bracelet soon.

Chad's eyes were filled with tears. He looked at the string on his wrist. He had never taken it off.

But it was time to.

He slowly unwrapped it and, with the strength of an old man, laid it on the ground.

It didn't feel right without it. But he couldn't keep the memory.

Tomorrow, he would be in Condor Studios. And tomorrow, he would completely forget Sonny Monroe. He had to.

~*~*~*~

Sonny paced her room. Her head rattled with thoughts and memories. She could not decide what to do.

Why did this have to be so hard?

She sighed and sat down. Her friends- well, ex friends, were already gone. At Condor Studios, probably not even missing her. Ugh...

Wait, why should she cars? Psh. They're just old castmates. She doesn't care. Not at all.

"Allison!" a guy with short black hair and a wide smile came in.

"Taylor?" she said in surprise. He ran and hugged her.

She hugged back, overwhelmed. Taylor was her old friend from training. She hadn't seen him in forever. They pulled apart.

"Its been a while," she said, looking him down. He was taller than before.

"Indeed," he said. They both started laughing at the mock seriousness they were using.

"Anyway, you have to help me clean up your "friends" room." He said the word friends as Jacob Black would say vampire.

She mentally rolled her eyes, knowing better than to argue. She, instead, nodded and left with Taylor.

She entered the room and(thank god) it wasn't too messy. Taylor went to clean the couches and Sonny made the beds.

She was still thinking about her decision though. What would she do?

She thought of simpler times, memories with them. With Zora, Nico, Grady, Tawni, and...

Sonny felt something on the ground. She picked it up. Was that string?

She examined it and realized why it looked familiar. A tear left her eye.

She knew what she had to do.

Hahha well this was my attempt at an intense chapter. Sorry if it sucked.

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