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Hey! I'm sorry for the long wait. I'm so happy you guys liked it. I really am. I loved all the reviews and I laughed so hard when you started freaking out like "WTF" but yeah. I'm happy you liked it. Anyway… ENJOY!

SONNY POV

"Sonny... It's Chad. Where are you? Please pick up. Pick up and tell me you're okay. Or text. Something. Just- I need to know you're okay. That whole thing with James and Selena yesterday was crazy- just call me when you get this message"

"Sonny, where are you? I need to know if you're okay. You're driving me crazy. Where the hell could you go if you left that fast? Did you leave the state or something? Call, text... anything"

"Alright, you're slowly making me insane. How do I know if you're not lying in a ditch dead somewhere? Just text me saying hi or some shit like that. I just want to know if you're okay"

"You're not going to call me. Alright well do something to let me know you're okay"

I stared at the bright screen as I lay in a holiday inn bed. I had four missed calls from Chad and two texts all telling me to call him. I really should but I don't want anyone hearing the sound of my voice right now. It's kind of selfish but my head is all fucked up. I'm still on the west coast. I'm in Tucson, Arizona. It's hot as hell but I'm managing. I've only been here since last night and I haven't left this bed yet. I ran off without clothes and stuff. All I had was my credit card and phone. That was very lucky with the card because it was in my back pocket. I laid my head on the pillow and sighed.

I thought you weren't going to run

I lied.

I chewed on my bottom lip and looked at the ceiling fan. I wondered what my parents are thinking. I know they probably hate me with everything they have. They won't even be happy that I ended it with James. They'll be overly pissed at me for what I did with Chad. The hotel room phone rang, interrupting my thoughts. I reached over and picked it up, pressing it to my ear.

"Hello?"

"Good Morning, Ms. Monroe. You're room service will be up shortly" The woman at the desk said.

"Can you also send up a toothbrush and paste?"

"No problem" I acknowledged it and got out of bed after hanging up.

I padded over to the bathroom in my bra and panties with my clothes laid out on the floor. I looked in the mirror at my reflection. I had become someone I didn't recognize. A person who ruins peoples' lives. My family is going to turn against me. I might as well not go back.

What about Chad?

I don't know. I want to be with him but I can't avoid my family for too long. I turned around and leaned on the counter, dragging a hand down my face and inhaling. I went back out into the room and sat near the hotel phone. I gazed at it before picking it up and punching a number into it. No, no. I hung up after the first ring.

CHAD POV

"I thought you weren't going to take action..." Seth exclaimed as he walked into my office after having lunch with Alice. I leaned back in my chair and put my feet up.

"I've been taking action for a month and a half, Seth. It's nothing new" I told him. Where is she? I called her at least four times and she hasn't picked up at all. After all the chaos that happened yesterday she just disappeared without saying anything. I don't even know what happened to her. She ran away and I guess that's why she did again. Well, she's legal so I guess it's not running away since she can do whatever she feels.

"I knew it was going to happen. I just didn't think it would be so soon"

"She just left after that"

"Where'd she go?" He sat down in the chair across from me and sighed

"I don't know. She just ran out. If she did go somewhere it's weird because I don't think you can by a train or bus ticket that fast"

"No, you can"

"She didn't take anything with her. At least I didn't see her take anything"

"Huh, well I can help if you want but you're going to have to ask Selena if she knows"

"Are you crazy? I'm not going to talk to her. Not until I have to and that makes me sound like a bitch but I don't care"

"You have some serious problems" He taunted as the red light on my phone blinked. I pressed the speaker button and exhaled

"Yes, Alice?" I asked

"There's a call for you on line two"

"Who is it?"

"The caller Id says Tucson, Arizona" I pressed the answer hesitantly, trying to remember who I knew from Arizona or who I did business with from there.

"Hello?"

"Hey..." A female voice I was familiar with said. I swung my leg down from the desk and picked up the phone to talk to her privately.

"Where the hell are you? How- What the hell are you doing in Arizona?" I said quickly

"I... needed to get away" She said lowly

"Oh, when are you coming back? Today? Do you need me to come and get you?"

"No, I'm staying here for a... few days. I need to clear my head"

"Days, Sonny? You need to come to California. I mean, did your parents call you at all?"

"No, they're probably pissed. I'll just talk to them when I get back. I'll come see you first" I blew out a breath of air and closed my eyes.

"Sonny, just let me come and get you. We can stay for a while and talk because I want to know more about this running away business" I said. Seth jabbed at the keys on his blackberry.

"No, as bad as things are right now, being in Arizona is good…"

"Sonny…"

"Chad, I'll call you when I'm back in California. Bye" Then she hung up. I clenched my jaw and placed the phone back on the hook.

"She's in Arizona?" He asked. She said her favorite item is her sun devil shirt

"Yeah"

"Is she coming back?"

"Later on in the week" I slumped in my chair and shook her head "No one has tried to call her but me"

"Not even her parents?"

"No,"

"The better question is how are you going to tell your parents?"

"I already have that covered. It's not a big deal" I waved it off and narrowed my eyes "You didn't tell Alice, did you?"

"Yeah, I did but only because she was badgering and… she was naked"

"Holy shit, Seth… you have no control"

"None at all but it's whatever"

"Oh, okay because my relationship to you in her makes a great conversation at dinner..." I folded my arms

"She won't tell anyone. I made sure she wouldn't and she was dressed when I did that" He curved the corner of his mouth.

"Yeah, I'm sure she won't"

JAMES POV

Sonny was cheating on me that whole time. In my head, I kind of knew because she's been acting so strange and stuff but I didn't want to believe it. I took a swig out of my Smirnoff bottle and dropped on my couch. It's just the fact that, she fucked him and I only kissed Selena. After I told Sonny I loved her and treated her like the woman she is, she turns around and does this shit to me. Wow, fuck that. Fuck her. I mean, Chad's in the wrong too but I had to walk out of that house or I would've beat the living shit out of him. I'm heartbroken, I truly am. I put up with her fucking father- all the hatred and snide comments and shit just to be fucked over because she wanted Chad. I took another swig and cleared my throat when the alcohol burned my throat.

There's time when you want to drink yourself into oblivion. This... is that time. I don't even want to be sober. Sonny can go to hell. I'm just glad I don't have to put up with her ass again. A tear slowly made its way down my face without me even knowing. I'm so drunk that I didn't realize I was tearing up. Sonny and Chad can kiss my ass. If she's happy, then I'm happy for her. I don't want her to be sad but she's a bitch in my eyes now. A bitch that slept with a soon to be married man. I took three huge gulps out of the bottle and looked at it since it was almost finished. I closed my eyes and sighed heavily, leaning my head on the back of the couch. Fuck everything.

SELENA POV

"Selena, sweetheart. Please stop crying..." My mother sat on my bed while I cried into my pillows.

I cried all night, fell asleep, woke up and realized that it wasn't a dream and started crying again. Sonny slept with him. She really slept with him and Chad said a few times so it happened more than once. That bitch slept with him. He slept with her and broke it off with me. Everyone loves me but not Chad. No, he wants Sonny. I can't even stand to think about the times they kissed and then he would kiss me. All the banter they had was subliminal flirting. Fuck them both. I only kissed James, but he had sex with her. Then Sonny hates me. She's been lying to my face, saying that she loved me when she didn't. She fucking hates me. The two bastards can go to hell. I mean, this is the first time a guy ever ended it with me. Ever. I was never the heartbroken one but here I am drowning in my tears. I clutched the pillow closer to my face and sobbed.

"Will you at least tell me what's wrong?" She slowly stroked my back "Or where you're sister is?"

"I don't care where she is. She can kiss my ass" I cried out

"What are you talking about? What happened?" Her voice let off a tone of concern.

"Chad and I aren't getting married" I choked out. Her hand left my back and her weight shifted on the bed.

"What happened? You were so happy?"

"No, he wasn't. He went and fucked Sonny..."

"What!"

"He left me for Sonny" I breathed out "They slept together"

"Where the hell is your sister? Where the hell is Chad?"

"I don't know. He's probably at work and Sonny is running from everything again"

"Excuse me" She stated and stomped out of my room. She slammed the door shut and heard her yell for Anthony. My breathing trembled and I sobbed silently.

SONNY POV

"Where are you, Sonny? We need to talk so call me back as soon as you get this message"

I rolled my eyes at the sound of my mother's voice and deleted the voicemail. I'm not going to call her back because Selena most likely bitched out her pathetic little sob story to make it seem like I'm the spawn of the devil or something. I'm not going to listen to my mother bark on me through the phone, I'll just tough it out. I had called Chad because I felt as if I just left him. I walked out of the house without saying to words to him and hopped on a bus. I really wanted to ask him how Selena took it and if he told her that we messed around but I figured that Chad told her… gently.

Then there's James who I felt really bad about because I broke up with him harshly. I was so upset from yelling at Selena that it just came flying out of my mouth. I know I have to return anything of his that I have. I'm definitely going to do it in person so I can apologize and hopefully he'll take it. I sipped my smoothie from Jamba Juice as I sat on a park bench. Arizona has a different kind of heat. It has dry heat where it's not humid. I rather dry heat over humid heat because humidity makes me feel like I'm walking through a bowl of soup. I crossed one leg over the other and sighed.

There was this overwhelming urge to smoke. I needed to calm down and just relax but I didn't want to smoke. As bad as I wanted it- I wanted it - I knew that I shouldn't. First, I don't even know where to get it from in Arizona. Two, a case of the munchies would kill me and three, one blunt wouldn't satisfy me. I pulled out my cell phone and started a new text message.

'Can I stay with you for a bit?' – SM

'Can't, sorry. Nico and I going to Vegas' – T. Hart

I clicked my tongue for a couple of seconds. I'm not going to stay with Penelope because she and Bryce sicken me when they're together. I chuckled at the thought. They act like they're teenagers and they're just always all over each other and laughing and smiling. It's cute. They're a cute, happily married couple.

'Can I stay with you for a bit when I come back?' – SM

'Yeah' – CDC

He answered that quickly. My eyes watered up at my thoughts that kept playing in my head. Why can't- I should've never tried to play games with Chad. I started everything. All of this. God, I'm so stupid.

'Your mother just called me. Twice' – CDC

'Did she leave a message?' – SM

'She needed to speak with me urgently' – CDC

'Are you going to go?' – SM

'I don't know. Maybe I should wait until you come back' – CDC

'I'm not going to go back to that house for a while when I come back. I'm gonna wait until my parents cool down' – SM

'That's only going to fuel the fire. You'll give them more time to build up emotions' – CDC

CHAD POV

"I need fill up on premium" I told the help when I stopped at a gas station right outside of California. I pulled my visor down to block the setting Arizona sun and sighed heavily. I handed the guy my card so he can put it on credit. I balanced my phone on my ear and listened to Seth's ranting

"Wait for her to come to you. I'm telling you, I know this shit"

"No, you don't, Seth" I scoffed and leaned my head on the back on the headrest and shook my head

"Yes, I do. She ran and you have to wait"

"It's too late, I'm already in Arizona. I drove four hours and I have another three to go" I said "Why do you care anyway?"

"Gee, I don't know. Maybe it's because you don't even know what hotel she's at you asshole or she ended the call before you did so she wants to be alone"

"A woman never wants to be alone. I learned that a while ago"

"You are my best friend and you're an idiot. I'm saying that out of love" I laughed loudly and shook my head "I'm serious, Chad. Don't be disappointed when she's like what the fuck…" There was a loud crash over the phone and a Seth's booming laughter.

"What are you doing?" I pursed my lips

"Alice… she banged her toe on the edge of the couch" He chuckled out. I heard her tell him to shut the fuck up and I snickered.

"Let me talk to her, I'll ask her what she thinks"

"You want a woman's advice. She's gonna tell you to get a bouquet of roses and box of chocolates because that's what she wants" He murmured. I heard her scream at him again before her voice coming through the phone. I realized that she put me on speaker when I heard the echo in my voice.

"Go get her. If she called you then obviously she wants you. Don't be like my idiot boyfriend and think with your dick" I have never heard her talk to me like that. Wow, I knew she cursed but she's just like him.

"So, I think with my dick now?" I heard Seth exclaim.

"Guys, can you save it until after I hang up"

"No, no… Alice has something to say. Listen to the love guru" He spat out

"All I'm saying is, she called you and didn't even try to block the number. She wants you. Trust me"

"Or… she's messing with you" Seth inserted

"You don't know what you're talking about so get away from the phone" Alice sighed.

"You two are really no help" I said into the phone and took my card back when the man handed it to me through the window. I dropped it in my wallet slot and tossed my black leather wallet on the passenger seat. I slowly pulled out of the station with my phone in one hand and my other on the heel.

"It's my phone, move" He retorted. She chuckled and screamed loudly "This conversation can go on all night, bro. You're already more than halfway there so don't screw it up, alright?"

"Yeah…"

"I'll talk to you later"

"Bye" I heard Alice scream before I ended the call and dropped the phone on the seat next to me.

I rolled my eyes out of annoyance and turned up the radio to keep myself from dozing off into something else. Seth had a point; I don't know what hotel Sonny is at. Three and a half hours later I was in Tucson, parking at a random side of the road and closing my eyes. Hotels have a privacy law that can't tell you information about the guests staying there so the only way to do this is to check every hotel. Sonny isn't the type for expensive stays so I crossed off the three money grubbing hotels and saw a best western, comfort inn and a holiday inn. I picked up my phone to the number I saved into it. The phone she called from. That'll be my leverage. I parked the car in the comfort in parking lot and went inside. The lady told me that the number I had didn't belong to them so I tried the holiday in next.

"I received a call from this number earlier and I was wondering if my… it was my sister. I'm trying to find her" I handed the concierge the phone and she looked at the number before nodding

"Yes this is one of ours but I can't release any information. It' policy"

"Please, she ran away after a fight with our parents and she's had a history with self… harm" I lied "Please… her name is Sonny Monroe" Her eyes softened and she looked over her shoulder

"I'm going to get fired for this…" She grumbled and swiped a card across the keyboard. She handed me my phone and the card before telling me the room number. I thanked her repeatedly and hurried off to the direction of the elevator. Even I can't believe it was that easy. I rode the lift up to the second floor and stood in front of Sonny's door. I knocked instead of using the key I was given just to see if she was in there. I waited… and waited before knocking again. The door opened slowly and a sleepy Sonny answered the door

"How? Why?" She asked in a groggy voice "The whole but of running away is getting away from your problems… uh… I mean, not that you're a problem it's just… everything" She fumbled out. I chuckled lightly and shook my head.

"I couldn't stand you being out here on your own"

"I'm a big girl; I could do fine on my own. I've done it before" She let me in the room and closed the door behind me. "How did you know what room I was in? Why?"

"I lied to the front desk it's not a big deal. Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine" She answered. We looked at each other shortly before she wrapped her arms around my waist and laid her head on my chest. I hugged her from her shoulders and kissed the top of her head "I'm so screwed up. I'm sorry…"

"It's not your fault"

"The way I exploded on her. I feel so bad" She inhaled deeply "I feel really bad about everything but I had to…"

"So do I. I mean, she slapped me yesterday. That shit hurt" Sonny giggled lightly before stepping back

"She slapped you?"

"Yeah, I kind of deserved it" She gave a small smile and rubbed one of her eyes

"I think we should actually talk this time" She took my hand and made me sit at the foot of the bed while she sat at the headboard. "First off, James is somewhere in this conversation and I figured that you told Selena about… you and I"

"Mhm"

"He was there when you did it?"

"Mhm, he didn't say anything to me about it but…" I quirked a brow and cocked my head "…you're going to have to talk to him"

"I know and you're going to have to talk to Selena. We should do it together so it won't be as… hostile. My parents might now blow up on me if you're there but then again they might not give a shit"

"Wait, this running away business… what is that about? You ran away because of Selena? Why?" She looked at me like she was deciding if whether or not she should tell me.

"It was multiple reasons. I-I didn't know how to take it with all the attention she received. It was like… I was her shadow. Guys used me to get to her, my parents missed my events because of her. My teachers, friends, and guys constantly compared me to her. Do you know what it's like being compared to someone younger than you? Especially when your parents do it. You should be more like your sister" She breathed out, dropping back on the bed "It was annoying. Selena is manipulative and sneaky and a whole mess of words I can use to describe her"

"Is that why you hate her?"

"No, I hate her because she's fake. That's it"

"Well, what did you do when you ran away that you've done it repeatedly?"

"I um… don't hate me for this but… I s-smoked"

"That's fine. I used to smoke…"

"No, I talking about marijuana. I used it to feel calm and I did it all the time"

"I smoked weed once… or twice in my teenage years…" She laughed loudly and sat up

"Really?"

"Yeah"

"The worst part of it all was that I got attention. There was attention from the guys and I loved it. When I realized that they didn't actually love me but my body I felt disgusting"

"What are you insinuta- oh" Sonny slept around when she ran away. Huh, that's different… "You don't hav-?"

"No, don't worry. I'm clean. I get physicals every year"

"What age? How many times?"

"Thirteen, fourteen and sixteen. Those were the ages I ran away. Ten times all together"

"Wow" I ran my hands through my hair and nodded

"I wouldn't blame you if you walk out right now" She muttered. I furrowed my brows at her

"Why would I walk out? Everyone goes through things in their life and for you to tell me is big. I wouldn't walk out" She held a small smile on her face and closed her eyes for a couple of seconds.

"Where do we stand, Chad? With all that has just happened, what are we?" I moved closer to her and took her hand in mine. Our fingers interlocked and I looked into her brown eyes.

"Why do you think I left your sister? I want to be with you, Sonny"

"I want to be with you too" She said softly

"Oh, I knew that a while ago" Sonny scoffed and pushed me away with her free hand. I grinned and kissed her forehead "I guess that settles it then"

"Fine"

"Fine"

"Good"

"Good but here's the thing. We're going back to Los Angeles tomorrow because I don't have clothes and neither do you"

"I don't want to see my family yet. I told you that"

"Yeah and you'll stay with me for the time being wearing… whatever item of mine you choose" She giggled lightly and nodded her head

"Fine…" I raised my hand to cup her cheek and kissed her shortly.

"Are you hungry? I drove hours to get you. I need food" She stood up before I did and slipped on her shoes. "Great, you got the hint"

"It wasn't necessarily a hint" She made her way toward the door. She opened it and leaned in the doorway before moving when I got closer. I smirked to myself and closed the hotel room door behind us. I can call Sonny my girl.

A/N

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Q: Is this going to be like a short story? Because I think it's going way to fast if it's going to be like 50-chapter Cali Bad.

A: Um… yeah I guess. Cali Bad was a long story because I was writing off of the top of my head. This story was prewritten so it's shorter because I personally think that it isn't one of my greatest. But yeah, it's probably reach up to 20-25 chapters and then that's it for this unless I do a sequel (which I haven't decided yet).

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