A/N: Had a bit of writer's block.. sorry): Here's the story! Italy! Last location then next story! Yay!


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c h a p t e r // d o d i c i (twelve)

Sonny's POV

I groaned as I sat up. The ground was unbelievably hard. Okay, that's a given, but either way, it's still painful to sleep on the ground. I got up and stretched, and looked over to the right, expecting to see Chad sleeping like a baby. But, as surprised as I was, he wasn't. I looked around. He wasn't even in the room!

"Chad?" I said, confused. Wasn't he supposed to be hungover?

"Yeeees?" he sang brightly, walking into the hotel room, carrying a platter with bunches of continental breakfast on two plates.

I blinked. "Uh.. Hi.." I said, shocked.

"What's wrong Sonshine?" he smiled at me.

"Singing? Breakfast? SONSHINE!?" I said in disbelief.

He grinned. "Who says your the only one who can be 'sunshiney'?"

I gave him a funny look, but grabbed a plate and sat down at the small table.

"Aren't you supposed to be-" I started, before Chad cut me off.

"Hungover? Yeah, I know. I guess I just got over it, or something."

"Oh.. okay." I said slowly.

We ate the rest of our breakfast in peaceful silence, and we were told that we had to leave, to go to Venice, Italy! Awe, I always have wanted to visit Venice, ever since I had to do a report on it in the 4th grade. It just seems so, so, romantic! But ew, no, it wouldn't be romantic with Chad. No way it would be. At least, I think it won't.

Chad's POV

I have a little surprise for Sonny later on. I would tell you but- nah! You will just have to wait and see. You know, we are going to Venice, Italy, one of (in my book) the most romantic cities in the world. Sonny will just have to fall for my charm, somehow.

We went on the bus to the airport. I was so glad, I looked it up on Expedia on my phone, and this flight was only 3 hours long. I mean, not that I didn't like Sonny's company on those long flights, but the plane rides were getting a little uninteresting.

As soon as we got on the flight, we were getting off of the large plane at Venice's airport. Sonny gazed around in awe.

"Sonny, relax, we're not even out of the airport yet." I chuckled, remembering the name of the large building. Venice Marco Polo Airport. (A/N: & Yes, that is the real name of the airport) She looked over at me.

"I know that." she said defensively. "I just.. like the airport!"

Right. Riiight. "Okay, Munroe."

We got the clue, we're supposed to find Museo Correr, which is a museum somewhere in the city.

Sonny, still gazing around the parking lot, snapped back into reality. "Okay, let's go!"

We looked around and asked directions, although most didn't know English, we found a teenager, maybe 17 or so, willing to show us the way there. The guy had brown hair and flirty green eyes. Maybe a little too flirty..

"Ciao belli," he grinned. Sonny giggled. "Hello beautiful." he repeated.

Sonny blushed. Grr! Who did this guy think he was, flirting with Sonny in Italian!?

"Ha fatto male?" he asked.

"Did what hurt?" Sonny said, furrowing her eyebrows in confusion.

"Quando รจ scesa dal cielo!" he said, and translated. "When you fell from heaven."

I rolled my eyes. Cheeeeesey. Rainy and Cloudy had better pick-up lines.

Sonny giggled girlishly.

"Would you like to, uhh, how you say, go on a date?" he asked. Sonny was just about to say yes, when I stepped in. No way was he going to ruin my surprise that I had planned for tonight.

"Sorry, but she's with me. We have a date later, already." I smiled a fake smile at the boy.

He looked confused. "So zis American boy is your boyfriend?"

"Actually-" Sonny started.

"Yes, yes I am." I said. We had reached the museum, and he walked away murmuring 'stupido ragazzo americano' under his breath. I'm guessing, that means stupid American boy, or something along the lines of it.

"Chad!" Sonny whined. "What was that for? He was cute!"

"Sonny, Sonny, Sonny," I sighed. "Were you really going to go out with a boy that you had known for ten minutes and had cheesy pick-up lines?"

Her smile faded. "You're right, I guess.. he had some kinda eerie, weird aura about him. And, yes, the cheesy pick-up lines."

We walked into the museum, and I checked my watch. We needed to be ready for the surprise at least 20 minutes before sunset, and right now it was 4:30. The forecast said that the sun was supposed to set at 8:50, so that gives us four hours to do this task!

Sonny grabbed the clue, and it said that we had to explore the museum, and find a painting that we like, then memorize the description of it and recite it to the manager of the museum.

I sighed in relief. "This is going to be easy! We're actors, we memorize for a living!"

Sonny nodded. "Yeah," she smiled, as we stepped into the glass-enclosed elevator, and I pressed the button to the first floor up from the lobby, which had no artwork in it. Sonny was leaning against one panel of the glass elevator, a look of glumness on her face.

"What's wrong, Sonny?" I asked. Usually she was this bursting ball of, well, you guessed it, sonshine.

"Nothing. I just kinda imagined my first trip to Venice would be, you know, not on a reality show, with you."

I fake-gasped. "Sonny! That hurt!" Although, on the inside, it really did. She giggled, but went back to her 'leaning sadness'.

The elevator door opened, and the two of us walked out. We observed each piece of artwork accordingly, and I found one that looked strangely familiar.. it was a painting of 'The Bridge Of Sighs'. The description read, "A bridge in Venice, Italy. They say it was named because the prisoners would sigh at their final view of beautiful Venice out the window before being taken down to their cells. A local legend says that lovers will be assured eternal love if they kiss on a gondola at sunset under the bridge.'

That's where I know it from.. let's just say that I did a little research this morning, after finding out where we were going.

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