AN: I know, it's been awhile, and yes it's short. I'm not goingto make an excuse this time. I'm lazy it's true. :)

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A week had gone by, filled with Bill stressing, me having a terrible case of writer's block, having to constantly pester David about the ring, texting Chad while he was on breaks in between shooting, and reassuring my mom that "Yes, I was doing just fine," living in my apartment.

I began to feel a little lonely, and I was just sitting on the floor in the middle of my room with my guitar in my lap, surrounded by crumpled pieces of sheet music, when a thought dawned in my head. I still had done nothing about my dad. I hadn't even thought about it sense Chad and I had tried to return the call and ended up getting the voice mail. I slid my phone out of my pocket, and flipped through my recently called numbers. Mom, Chad, David, Pizza, Sarah, Tawni, Mom, Pizza, Mom, David, Unknown Number. I have no idea what possessed me to click it, but I did and the phone started ringing.

*Ring*

*Ring*

What was I doing? Just when I was about to hand up, I heard a click.

"Hello? This is Michael," I was shocked by the deep voice on the other line. I thought I wouldn't be able to speak, but I shocked myself even more when I did.

"Hi, this is Sonny." I noticed my voice getting quieter and quieter as I spoke the sentence, and there was a long pause when I was done.

"Sonny Monroe?" The deep voice asked incredulously.

"Yes." I peeped out.

"Wow, you sound so grown-up."

"Well, I am almost 18." I said, a little harshly, but did he really expect me to sound the same as when I was four?

"I know, your birthday is coming up soon isn't it? Are you doing anything special?" He acted like this was a completely normal conversation. Which it really wasn't.

"I'm not sure. But, was there a reason you wanted to talk to me before? That's really why I called you back." Yes, I sounded snobbish.

"Oh, right. Well, I haven't spoken to you for a long time." Try forever. "And I had wanted to get back in touch with you, but I just didn't know how. I finally got a hold of your number, off of some fan site of yours," Oh fantastic. "And, well here we are."

"Yeah…here we are…" I was highly unamused."So why did you want to talk to me?" Yes, I know I had already asked this, but there was truly nothing else to say.

"I..I just wanted to talk to you. See if I could get back to getting to know you."

"When exactly did you know me?"

"I'm sorry?" Damn, I did say that out loud?

"You left." I stated simply.

"Yes and I'm so sorry Sonny. It was irresponsible, and… and…" he was struggling to find words, his voice changing a little in his frustration.

"A mistake?"

"Well…yes. And I know you probably have moved on…or given up, I'm not really sure-"

"No you're not, because you haven't been here." I said bitterly. Something was eating at me, but while I was being snippy, might as well get it all out. "And you seemed to have moved on too? Am I right?" I asked, remembering the woman and the children from the answering machine.

"How do you-" He seemed surprised.

"I tried to call you earlier, and got your voice mail." I sat down slowly, sinking onto the floor against the wall where I had been standing.

"Sonny, it wasn't like that. Your mom and I got a divorce and…"

"You and mom got a divorce because you didn't want a family. And now you have a different one. A new one. A better one?" I could seriously feel the anger rising in me, I never acted like this, and would probably regret it later.

"Sonny, I truly do love you, and your brother. I was naive, and yes, I'm married now and have kids, your half-siblings, who devotedly watch your show I might add…" He was trying to change the subject, get me hooked on curiosity; I could just see his mind racing, like David does when he gets uncomfortable.

"Mike. Please don't talk about them right now. I don't, I can't…" I ran a hand through my hair, and clenched my eyes closed.

"I'm sorry. Sonny, I was wrong to leave, and I don't expect you to want to hear from me, or see me. But, I feel like I need to make an effort, I obviously didn't make one when I still had you. I really do think about you all the time. I love you. I hope I can talk to you again." He was finishing fast, I think the whole calling him by his first name threw him off. Good.

"Bye." I said, trying not to show any emotion. But I could feel the pricks of tears in the corners of my eyes.

"Bye Sonny." He said softly, and hung up. I dropped my phone into my lap, and put my head into my hands, letting the tears fall silently. I felt a huge rush of depression seep into my system, being alone in my apartment, my mom in a different town, by boyfriend in another state, my dad…gone, and all my friends scattered. Everyone was anywhere but here. Except me.

I was shaking, my feelings pressing me deeper into a state of loneliness, when my phone vibrated from the floor where it had fallen to off my lap. I picked it up, checked the caller id, and then answered.

"Hello?" I gulped out, knowing that I would immediately be seen through.

"Sonny? What's wrong?" Chad's voice was urgent.

"I, nothing." This wouldn't work either.

"Tell me." He said gently, his voice deep and worried.

"I, I called my dad." I choked out. "I called him, and talked to him. I don't know why, it was stupid. But he acted like… like nothing had ever happened, and then he acted like he cared. He said he loves me. And that he made a mistake, and I was just mean to him…" Yup, there's the regret. Told you.

"Sonny, calm down. You have every right to be upset at him. He's been non-existent for almost your whole life. And now he wants back it, which has to be overwhelming to you." He paused before adding, "Maybe you should tell David. He would feel the same way; he would know what you're going through."

"You're right." I said quietly. "Thank you." I tried to smile, even though he couldn't see me, then I cleared my throat. "Why did you call?"

" Oh, I just filmed the last episode of Mackenzie Falls. Well, me on Mackenzie Falls anyway." He said, obviously excited, but trying not to seem like it, for my sake.

"That's great Chad!" I said mustering up as much energy as I could, so that he knew I was okay.

"And, Mr. Condor has a new job for me…" I was surprised, and Chad sounded ominous, so I pressed him.

"And…."

"And…It's not acting. At least not yet."

"What are you talking about?" I laughed.

"That's all I can say right now. Maybe I can tell you more later…" I could just hear him smirking over the phone.

"Real mature Chad."

"What can I say? Chad Dylan Cooper gets all the good secrets..."

"What's that supposed mean?" I said, raising an eyebrow.

"Nothing. But I have to go. I love you, and talk to David, seriously. If you need me, just call."

"I will, and I will. I love you too. Bye." I hung up, and thought about what his 'surprise' could be.

I stood slowly, and put my phone into my pocket before walking over to my kitchen to get some water from the fridge. I felt dehydrated from my crying, and once I had my glass, went into my bathroom to grab a Tylenol.

I settled down on my couch to read a magazine about Miley's latest 'mess-up', but was interrupted when my phone rang again. I flipped it open, and before I could say a hello, I was being screamed at.

"Sonny! You will never believe what is going on!" Tawni's shrill voice screeched at me, but then my phone buzzed, showing I had another call waiting.

"Tawni, hang on a sec." I flipped to my call waiting. "Hello?"

"The world is ending!" Zora shrieked at me, just as I got another call.

"Hold on." I switched again.

"Sonny… It's bad."

"Worst news ever."

Both Grady and Nico told me at the same time.

"Give me a minute." I pressed a button, and merged all my calls so I could talk to everyone at once. Bad idea. I now had four voices all pressing how horrible whatever it was they had to tell me was. Obviously, I wasn't going to like it. "Guys, guys, guys! Chill okay? Now Tawni, what is it?"

"They're planning on ending So Random!" She wailed.

"What?" I asked disbelieving.

"It's true! The just announced it!" Zora chimed in.

"Mr. Condor told Marshall, and Marshal just told us!" Added Grady.

"This is going to be our last season!" Nico butted in.

"No!" I protested. "How?"

"We're getting to old, we aren't funny anymore." Zora explained.

"That's not true!" I defended, I wasn't that old…

"They want a new show." Nico said, sounding sad.

"You guys were right. This is horrible. What's going to happen to us?" I asked solemnly.

"We have to finish the season, and then were over." Grady said sullenly.

"I can't believe it." I said.

"Me neither!" Tawni shouted. "I can't be out of the spotlight!" Of course it was about her image.

"Tawni focus. Not about you, about the show." I said, trying to get her on track and make a plan at the same time. We have to fix this. We have to be funnier. We need perfect sketches. You guys all have to work your hardest!" I said trying to be motivating.

"Can't you come back and do it for us?" Tawni whined.

"No, I wish I could! I feel bad not being there, but I have a contract here now too. I have to finish this album." I thought quickly. "But call me whenever you need me, and I can help you brainstorm okay?"

"A'ight."

"Yes!"

"Deal."

"Fine." Tawni grumbled. "Bye…"

"Talk to you guys soon!" Then all the lines went dead.

"Whew. That was a handful." I chuckled to myself. And then grew somber. My show was ending. What was I going to do? My brain felt fuzzy, and I needed to talk to someone. I picked up my phone and hit a speed dial, after two rings my brother answered.

"Sonny! I was just about to call you!" David panted into the phone, sounding like he had been running. "Actually, I was looking for my phone; thanks for helping me find it." He laughed cheerfully. "Whats up?

"Well, I have something I wanted to talk to you about." I said slowly.

"Me too!" He laughed. I hesitated, then spoke.

"You go first."

"I did it!" He shouted.

"You did it?" It took me a minute before it dawned on me. "You did it! Oh my gosh really?"

"Don't seem so surprised… I wouldn't have chickened out…"

"Uhuh. But really? You're getting married?" I was elated.

"Oh yes. Sarah is already trying to make plans." He chuckled heartily. "If she keeps going like this, we'll be married by next week."

"I'm so happy for you! How did you do it?"

"Well, I…."

"Yes…?" I asked.

"I ding dong ditched the house."

"You're joking." He didn't say anything, and I burst into laughter. "You really did? That's so great!" I could just picture him leaving a ring on the doorstep, and running away. Totally something he would do. "And she said yes?"

"What do you think?" He asked sarcastically. "Yes she said yes." He laughed. "Now what did you want to say?" I froze. He was so happy, I didn't want to bring him down with the news about my show, or shock him with the news about my dad.

"Nothing." I said quickly.

"Son, I know when you're lying." Thin Sonny, quick!

"I just wanted to say," Think, think! "That…" Come on… "Can I come over for dinner?" Wait what? "On Sunday?" That's three days away…what am I doing?

"Really? Wow, somebody must be tired of fast food." He teased, but he seemed to have bought it. "Yeah, I think we can squeeze you in. Hold on…"

"Sarah! Can we add Sonny to dinner on Sunday? That will bring us up to…three places to set at the table…" He yelled off the phone.

"You just love to make more work for me don't you?"

"Yes. It's true." I teased him back. "Anyway, see you then!"

"Bye Son." He chuckled, and hung up.

Wow, what a day. That's all I could think. Wow.

AN: I know it's another short chapter, but Ithink it has a lot going on, and a lot of news. I hope that helps make up for it! One reason this is going so slow is I'm gettign short on ideas, leave areview telling me what you want to happen! I seriously want to hear what you want! Help me out guys! :)

Cheers!

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