Sunny Over the Falls Chapter 11: Chad's New Housemate, a sonny with a chance fanfic

A/N – Ok, firstly, I forgot to do this last chapter, so, to the anonymous reviewer "EYELiNeRLUvEr2411". Hi, thanks for reading :). I hope you enjoy what I've got planned in the future.

To everyone else, as usual, thank you so much for your reviews. Honestly, reviews are what keep me writing :). Oh and thanks to The SarahStar for helping me with some of the ideas in this chap :).

I hope you enjoy this chap guys :).

ONE WEEK LATER

Wednesday.

Sonny POV

"Ok Miss Munroe, the sale has gone through. The money will be in your bank account tomorrow." The realtor told me.

Why was the realtor giving me money? Well, let's look back a little bit. When Chaddy and I returned from Wisconsin, dad informed us his farm was losing a lot of money, so, mom moved back to the farm to help dad out. He had to fire a lot of staff.

Because of all the money dad owed on machinery and stuff, I decided to sell the new house, give the money to dad and the Coopers offered for me to move in to their house. With the money I got for the house dad would be able to pay off all his debts, but he still needed mom there to help out so he will be able to keep the books balanced in the future.

So, I'm about to move all my stuff next door into the Coopers house.

"Let me give you a hand, m'lady." Chaddy said, when he saw me carrying my stuff.

"Here ya go Chad." I said, handing it to him.

"So, Sonny Munroe and Chad Dylan Cooper sharing the same house, aye?" He asked.

"Yeah…" I said.

We then continued putting my stuff up into my room.

Soon it was all unpacked and I went and hung out with my wonderful boyfriend.

By this time I was able to walk around on crutches, to start getting my legs ready to work normally again.

Anyway, most of our day was spent at court. Remember? A few weeks ago, Santiago published some nasty articles about Chaddy and me, and Chad punched Santiago, and now we are going to court.

We sued Tween Weekly for damages and a retraction, Tween Weekly counter-sued because of Chad's punch.

We got to the court house at 10am.

When we got there, we went into the court room, took our seats and waited for the judge. Then the man announced that "Judge Sully" was entering and we were all to rise.

The man briefed the court on the case.

"Your honour, I bring to your attention the case of Cooper/Munroe Versus Tween Weekly and Santiago Heraldo. Allison Munroe and Chad Dylan Cooper are suing for defamation/slander and are seeing damages and a retraction." The guy stated. "Mr Heraldo is counter suing for injuries caused by Mr Cooper." He added.

"Calling the first plaintiff Chad Dylan Cooper to the stand." The guy announced.

Chad took his seat on the stand and then the man announced "Both Miss Munroe and Mr Cooper will be represented today by Harry Jenkins."

Chad POV

"Mr Cooper, can you please tell the court in your own words what happened on the date in question?"

"Certainly. I saw an issue of Tween Weekly in which Santiago made false claims about Sonny and I being in a relationship. I called him, told him not to publish anything further, and if he did my lawyer would be involved." I said.

"In the next issue, he claimed that I had got Sonny pregnant. At this point, Sonny and I were not in a relationship, let alone anything else. We were simply friends. I was so annoyed that he was ruining the reputation of Sonny that I went to his office, and punched him." I added.

"So Mr Cooper, you punched Santiago?" Harry asked.

"Yes" I replied.

"And you did this because he was making false accusations, or in other words, slandering yourself and Miss Munroe?" He asked.

"Correct." I said.

"Now, I remind the court, that slander is considered a serious crime in this state. Based on the circumstances, I believe Mr Cooper had reason to act in the manner he did." Harry stated. "Mr Cooper, you may now leave the stand."

Sonny POV

"Calling the second plaintiff, Allison Munroe, to the stand." He said.

"Miss Munroe. Do you agree with the statement made by Mr Cooper?"

"I sure do, Harry." I replied.

"Is there anything else you would like to add Miss Munroe?"

"No Harry, just that, for the purpose of this court case, under your advice, I went to the doctor and had a pregnancy test done to confirm that I am not pregnant, and that the articles in question are incorrect." I said.

Harry then instructed me to hand him the doctor's report which he gave to the judge.

After this, he told me to return to my seat whilst the court heard from Tween Weekly/Santiago.

Harry then called "Helen Jackson" to the stand on behalf of Tween Weekly.

"Miss Jackson, can you explain what happened from the perspective of your company?" Harry asked.

"Certainly. Prior to publishing our article, our source informed us that they had seen Mr Cooper and Miss Munroe acting in an extremely friendly way, which was the catalyst for our first story. We made multiple attempts to contact both parties, however our attempts failed."

"As for our second story, the same source provided evidence that Miss Munroe might be pregnant. The evidence we received, which was provided in confidence, seemed accurate, and therefore we made the decision to publish."

"So Miss Jackson. Your source claimed that Sonny MIGHT be pregnant? And decided not to contact either party for comment? You decided not to actually get any information regarding this? You decided instead to slander these two people?" Harry asked.

"As I said, the information provided by our source seemed accurate. And no, we did not contact either party for comment. Why would we? Furthermore, I would not call this slander." She said.

"Miss Jackson, under U.S. law, slander is defined as "making false and damaging statements about someone". Both stories in question were false. The second story was damaging to the reputation of both of my clients. Therefore your articles were slander by US law." Harry said.

The case went forward; we heard ridiculous stories from Santiago, who also denied the slander.

At about 3:30 the Judge made his verdict.

"After careful deliberation of the facts, I have decided to rule in favour of Miss Munroe and Mr Cooper. I find that the articles in question indeed were slanderous to both individuals, which is a crime under U.S. law. I hereby order Tween Weekly to provide both plaintiffs with $50,000 each in damages. I also order Tween Weekly to make a retraction, which will be clear for readers to see in the next issue of the magazine. If these articles appear on the website, they are to be removed immediately."

"As for Mr Heraldo's counter-claim, it is dismissed. Mr Cooper did not cause any major injury, and I deem his actions appropriate in the circumstances. That is all."

He then slammed his hammer on the desk, and the court session ended.

I walked outside with my lovely boyfriend to find a pack from the media waiting for us.

"Miss Munroe, Mr Cooper… Sandra Helly here… Are you satisfied with the result today?"

"Yes Sandra, we are happy with the result. The judge found in favour of us, which is the just result."