Aw, final chapter! I hope you guys enjoyed my first Sonny With A Chance FanFiction, but don't worry, it won't be my last. Thank you so much for everyone's support! Enjoy the final chapter!

"Hey, Sonny," Cat walked over to Studio Three. "Are you ready to go?" It had been two weeks since Cat had disowned her mother, but the press would not leave her alone. Every time she entered public places, she was attacked with questions accusing her of family betrayal.

"Yeah, just let me tell Tawni I'm leaving," Sonny stood, grabbed her purse and ran back to her dressing room. "Do you want to go swimming tomorrow?" Sonny reentered the room. "There's this great little pool down the road from my mom's work."

"Sorry, the doctors said I still have another week before I can remove the bandages. Until then, no full body exercise."

"You really should have gotten your rib checked out before it got so bad. You would be healed by now."

"So everyone tell me," Cat and Sonny reached Cat's car. "Hey, Sonny, I'm kind of tired, do you think you could drive us home?"

"Me?"

"You have your license, right?"

"Well, yeah, but."

"Great," Cat got into the passenger seat and laid her head against the headrest. She watched Sonny carefully get in, adjust all of her mirrors, and start the engine. Although Cat really was tired, she noticed the way Sonny went around every corner and treated every traffic situation. "She'll do fine," she whispered to herself once they arrived home.

***

Two days later, as Sonny and her mom were returning from their church service, Sonny noticed a rental car sitting in Cat's driveway, and Jessica and Cat were carrying multiple luggage bags out to it.

"Are you going somewhere?" Sonny popped out of her mom's car and ran over.

"You didn't hear?" Cat gaped at her friend in shock. "How is that possible? I though everyone knew?"

"Know what?"

"Sonny, we're leaving for four months."

"What?" Sonny felt a sudden numbness flow over her body. "But what about your show?"

"We finished the season last week and Mr. Condor needs Studio One for a brand new show. Don't worry, though. I'll be back filming and annoying Tawni before you know it!"

"Where are you going? Why do you have to move?"

"Well, I'll be in Africa shooting that movie I told you I was being considered for in two months."

"What are you doing for the first two months?" Sonny questioned.

"I'm going to be visiting my dad in Iraq and living with the soldiers. I'm going to make documentaries and web blogs in hope that people will donate to the troops or support them any way they can."

"You're dad's a soldier?"

"Yes, he's stationed at Camp Cropper."

"Seriously?" Sonny smiled letting out a small laughed. "That's where my dad's located! I bet they know one another. Wait here," Sonny ran across their yards and flew up her staircase.

"Cat," Mrs. Monroe strode over to Cat. "Before you leave, I just want you to know that I will always be here for you. If you ever need me for anything, just call."

"Thank you, Mrs. Monroe. That means even more than the sandwich did," Cat laughed as the two hugged one another tightly.

"Will you please tell my husband, if you see him, how much we miss him and how much we love him?"

"Of course. Do you know his ranking? It would make it easier to find him."

"Yes, he's a First Lieutenant. First Lieutenant Monroe."

Sonny ran out of her house with an envelope in her hand. "Can you give this to him? I've been hesitant mailing it to him, because I'm afraid it will get lost in the mail. It would mean so much if you could." Cat took the envelope and nodded, trying to keep herself from crying.

As the three females went in for a group hug, Chad drove up and jumped out of his car.

"Chad!" Cat ran to him and hugged and kissed him goodbye. "I'm going to miss you!"

"You better call me every night, because Chad Dylan Cooper waits for no girl."

"Oh, Chad, what am I going to do for four months without you?"

"Chad!" Jessica called from inside. "Come help me with these bags!"

"Sonny," Cat turned back to her friend. "I will take this to your father if you do one thing for me first."

"Sure, anything, Cat," Sonny nodded. Sonny's eye caught a shiny piece of metal flying through the air, and her reflexes caused her hand to reach out and catch it. Sonny stared at the metal object lying in her hand. "The Dart Swinger?"

"Yeah, I can't really take it with me, and if it doesn't get driven, she'll shut down. As long as you take care of her, she won't give you any problems. This way, your mom won't have to get back into driving you to the Studios. And when I get back, I'll buy you a brand new car, because let's face it, I'm freaking rich now!"

"Are you sure?"

"I wouldn't let anyone else drive her." Sonny and Cat hugged tightly as the final bags were put in the car.

"Cat, come on, we have to catch our flight!" Jenny called from the driver's seat.

Cat pulled away from their embrace. "I don't get why I'm so sad. I'll be back soon. Just don't do anything stupid without me, okay?"

"I promise," Sonny nodded.

"Come here, Storm," Cat sat in the passenger seat and had her dog leap onto the floor and stick his head out the window.

"I'm serious, call me," Chad walked up to the window.

"Every chance I get," Cat promised. "Bye you two! I love you!" Cat shouted out the window as their car coasted down the road.

***

"Hey, Cat posted her first video on her website!" Sonny announced one day in the cafeteria. Everyone from every show clustered around her laptop to watch the video.

"Hello, everyone back home," Cat smiled into the camera. She was wearing a green Army t-shirt, a camouflage hat, and Storm sat at her side. "I'm Caitlin Brells from the hit drama, Jenny's Life. Today, though, I am not on a set or even placed in some offsite environment for a shoot. Today, I am speaking with you from Camp Cropper in Iraq. The men and women serving here have left everything they love behind so we can continue to be with the things we love. Over the next two months, I will be keeping you updated with the events happing over here as well as filming a documentary from my small video camera. But this is what you can do before my next update. Go to the link below and click to donate only fifteen dollars to a soldier who needs your support. Until next time, I'm Caitlin Brells, reporting from Iraq."

"We should all donate," Sonny declared. "If she can go out there and risk her life for two months, I think we can all give a bit of money."

***

"Sonny!" Mrs. Monroe called up the stairs. "There's a package here for you from Cat."

Sonny rand down her stairs and grabbed the box from her mother. She tore open the envelope sitting within the package.

Hey Sonny! I was wondering if you could hold onto these tapes for me. The general said I needed to consolidate and start eliminating some of my stuff. They're the first parts of my documentary. Feel free to view them, but if you could, please keep them safe. Love you!

-Cat.

Sonny immediately put the tapes in her video camera and hooked the camera to her television to watch the tapes.

"Hello, again," Cat whispered into the camera. A dim light was barely exposing her face in the dark, underground room. "About two minutes ago, the bomb sirens went off, and all non-combat personnel were to report immediately to this underground bomb shelter. We are sitting so closely together, that I am sitting on another soldier's lap, just because there was not enough space for everyone. Jessica, my assistant is way on the other side of the room, and I can't tell what she's done with Storm, my dog. I have to shut down right now, we're getting the warning for pure silence." The tape fuzzed out.

"It's Friday night," a new picture of Cat appeared, and this time, she was screaming over the loud noise of soldiers eating. "And you might be wondering why it's so loud!" Cat walked to a random soldier. "Can you tell us why tonight is so important?"

"It's fried chicken night, of course! Plus, I've heard we're having special entertainment," the soldier winked at Cat.

"I wonder who it could be?" Cat smiled into the camera as she slipped onto a stage where a few soldiers were settled with guitars and drums. "Everyone say hello!" Cat scanned the crowd with her camera. The whole room shouted their salutations and greetings to loved ones back home. Cat positioned herself behind a microphone and began to sing for the troops.

"I didn't know she could sing," Sonny said to herself.

After two hours of watching videos of Cat in the infirmary, kitchens, bunk houses, and interviews of various soldiers, Sonny placed the final tape into her camera and sat back to watch.

"Hey, Sonny! I hope you're watching this, because I found someone here who wants to speak with you." Sonny gasped when she saw the soldier on the other side of the screen.

"Hello, Sonny. This is your dad here. I have missed you so much, darling. But rest assured, your old man is doing just fine and the letters you sent with your friend makes living here so much easier. I am so proud of you. Take care of your mother for me, and I'm coming home soon. I love you so much, Sunshine," Sonny's dad smiled into the camera.

Sonny smiled back at the TV as she turned off the video camera and placed the one tape on her nightstand. She walked over to her window and saw Cat's car sitting in her driveway. She knew they would both return home safely, and life would journey on again normally.

***

"What do you mean there's been an accident?" Cat turned off her camera as she spoke to one of the commanding officers.

"Your father was in a roadside bombing. He is still alive, but they are operating on him right now. I need you to stay calm and collected. Do you understand Miss Brells?" the officer explained.

"Yes, sir," Cat looked down and kicked the dirt beneath her combat boots. "Do they know if he'll be all right?"

"They think so, but out here, anything can happen. You will be called once he is available to have guests." Cat paced the floor for hours before the army nurse called her in to see her father. Her father, the man she rarely ever saw was damaged, but she was so glad to see him again.

"Now, he's still severely injured. You can only stay a few moments," the nurse determined.

"Hey, Daddy," Cat pulled a chair over. Her father looked at her, and with his eyes, signaled for his to grab his hand. She took a hold of the rough hand and felt him squeeze it gently. He was too tired to talk, and Cat didn't know what to say, so the two sat together in silence. Words were not needed for what they had to tell one another. "Daddy, I just wanted to say thank you. You are so brave. I need you to hang in there."

"Caitlin," her father's voice cracked. "I need you to do something."

"Sure, Dad, anything. Anything at all."

"I need you to take care of your mother, don't leave her alone."

"Of course, Dad. I was actually just going to call my lawyer and have him transfer seventy percent to her. Just rest now, Dad, just rest." Cat patted his hand and watched her father fall asleep. As Cat walked out of the infirmary, she grabbed her cell phone and dialed her lawyer's number.

"Cat? What are you doing?" Jessica approached her with Storm on a leash.

"Jess, I have to." Cat looked at Jessica, her eyes pleading for Jessica's restraint.

"I know, sweetie. I know."

THE END