A/N: Hey readers! Sorry that I didn't update as soon as I hoped! I enjoyed all of your reviews and I bet that question is still burning in your mind: Why did Chad break up with Sonny? Well you can find out now!

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Chapter 14: Heartbreak

Chad's POV:

"Sonny, please don't cry," I tried to pull her into a hug, but she pushed me away.

"Why? Why! What did Zac Efron say to you?" she exclaimed looking away, wiping her eyes.

"What are you talking about?" I pretended that I had no memory of speaking to Efron. I was hoping that she wouldn't make the connection between Zac Efron and my asking to stop seeing each other. She faced me and I saw her red, puffy eyes. It was awful to see her so hurt and not being able to tell her the truth.

"I saw you guys talking. And you looked… threatened," I quickly looked down at my shoes. "Did he threaten you?" she whispered.

"No, this has nothing to do with Zac Efron," I lied.

"Then why? Why don't you want us to be together?" she started crying again.

"Sonny," I made another attempt to hug her but was brushed off. She wouldn't face me again, "I just need a break, with all of the tabloids talking about me, I don't want you to deal with it too. It's too much to ask a girlfriend to put up with all of this."

I waited for a reply from her but she just kept wiping away her tears, avoiding my eyes.

"You're the first girl I ever cared about Sonny Munroe. You were the first girl I ever loved." I reached for her hand and held it for a moment then I left my Sonshine underneath the oak tree sobbing.

Sonny's POV:

"Sonny! What's wrong?" Tawni rushed forward and gave me a tight hug. Tears leaked from my eyes as I watched Chad walk away in my mind over and over again. Tawni led me to her bed to sit down while Josie closed the door and sat down next to me, putting a comforting arm around my shoulders.

"Chad broke up with her," Josie answered Tawni. I began to sob even harder.

"Why?" Tawni asked Josie, realizing that I wasn't ready to discuss what happened. I was only able to tell Josie what had happened while she drove me back to the hotel after I thought I ran out of tears, but while I was telling her, I found more tears running down my face.

"I don't know. Sonny didn't say."

"Don't worry Sonny. Break ups are hard. What you need now is some girl time! We can have a slumber party just the three of us. We'll do each other's hair, watch movies, and do our nails. Then tomorrow, we'll go out shopping and give you a makeover!" Tawni exclaimed. I choked back my tears, and sighed.

"Yeah, that's a great idea!" Josie said, "How 'bout it Sonbun? A girl's night tonight?" I nodded and managed a smile, but it quickly faded when I thought about what would happen tomorrow. We still had a few last minute scenes to film. That meant I would have to see Chad and act like nothing has changed between us once the camera starts rolling.

"All right! Now you guys go ahead back to your room, I'll bring everything we need over in about a half hour." Tawni clapped her hands. She was really excited; ever since she got here, we didn't get a chance to spend quality girl time together. I gave her a genuine smile and a hug then followed Josie out the door.

45 minutes later

"Is Tawni still not here!" Josie shouted from the bathroom.

"No." I called back. I had finally stopped crying after my nice hot shower, which always relaxes me. I was now lying on my bed, creating our Fun-genda. I had one specifically made for me and Lucy, but after hearing Tawni's complaints about "feet-touching," I was writing a new one. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.

"Finally, Tawni!" I said as I rolled of the bed to open the door for her, but it wasn't Tawni.

"Hey Sonny."

"Logan?"

"Sorry to bother you so late, but I need to talk to you."

"Oh sure. Come on in."

"Was that Tawni?" Josie asked coming out of the bathroom with her tank top and short shorts on. "Oh my gosh, Logan!" She quickly seized a robe from the bathroom and covered herself. I giggled.

"Hey Josie!" Logan was blushing, "I didn't mean to intrude on anything, but I came to talk to Sonny," he turned to me, "about Chad." My smile turned into a frown and my heart stopped.

"Um, I don't think that's a good idea, Logan," Josie whispered to him.

"What about-Chad?" It was so hard to say his name.

"Well he's really upset and he won't tell me anything when I ask, so I assumed that it was about you," he stared at me for a moment before continuing, "I saw you leave the set crying today, and I was wondering what that was about." I opened my mouth to answer but couldn't find the words.

"Logan, can I talk to you? Out in the hall?" Josie asked pushing him out the door as I stood there still with my mouth open. Once the door was shut I immediately put my ear to the door listening intently.

"Why did you have to bring up Chad!" Josie whispered angrily.

"Um, was I not suppose to? What happened?"

"Chad broke Sonny's heart! Us girls are suppose to be having a girl's night, no mention of boys, especially Chad!" her voice was now louder.

"Oh… gosh, tell Sonny I'm really sorry. It's just Chad seems so upset like he got his heart broken, but he broke up with Sonny…"

"I know, that's the thing. None of us know why he broke up with her! Cause obviously, neither of them are happy without the other!"

"Well, I'm gonna go talk to Chad. Hey Tawni!" I heard Logan walk away.

"Hi! What was that about?" Tawni asked Josie.

"Chad."

"Oh no, how's Sonny?"

"Let's find out." I jumped back onto bed and stared at the TV pretending to be watching it.

"Hey Sonny, how are you?" Tawni asked as she and Josie sat down on the opposite bed.

"Fine, just watching some TV."

"Uh, the TV's not on." Josie said eyeing me curiously.

"Uh, yeah. I just turned it off before you guys came in."

"So, what Logan said didn't bother you?" Josie asked cautiously.

"No, I mean why would I care if Chad-" I felt a sudden urge to cry but changed the subject, "So when's this slumber party gonna start?"

Suddenly, Tawni and Josie were in a bright, cheery mood hoping that they could take my mind off Chad, which worked. We started off with braiding each other's hair. Tawni refused to have her hair braided, saying it was out of style, but when we told her she would have to do our toenails instead, she quickly changed her opinion on braids.

Next, we did each other's fingernails, which Tawni was okay with. She was actually a real artist when it came to nails. Then, we popped some popcorn and watched the DVD Tawni brought of all the episodes of So Random that I wasn't in, due to filming The First Step. It was hilarious! Portlyn was a better comedian than I would have ever guessed.

Josie started a pillow fight for us which lasted what seemed like an hour, and before we knew it, it was 2 AM. The next day, filming started at 10 AM, so we went to bed. I've never really slept in the same room as Tawni before, but she can snore! Loud! Me and Josie couldn't sleep with all of the noise so we got some whipped cream and a feather. Well, after that, Tawni's entire face was covered with cream!

8 AM

"Sonny!" roared Tawni.

"What's happening?" I shot up in bed.

"What happened to my face!" I rubbed my eyes and saw Tawni pointing at her face as it went red.

"Um, I don't know. Is that the new night cream you tried out last night?" I heard Josie let a giggle out under her covers, pretending to be asleep.

"No, did you guys pull a prank on me?" She sounded a bit hurt, but then, "Good one! Next time though, you should use peanut butter! I prefer smooth, not chunky!" We all laughed. As soon as Tawni was finished cleaning off her face, we all got dressed to get some breakfast.

Chad's POV:

"Dude, what happened between you and Sonny?" Logan would not stop badgering me about Sonny.

"Nothing, we just needed to stop seeing each other." We were getting breakfast at the hotel's restaurant; it was a buffet. It was very crowded and there weren't that many tables left. Logan and I managed to get one of the last empty tables.

"When I went to see Sonny though, she-" I cut Logan off.

"You went to see Sonny? When?"

"Last night, I wanted to ask her why you were so down, but she didn't say much. Josie told me that you broke up with Sonny. And when I came back, you were already asleep so I couldn't tell you."

Sonny. I wonder how she's feeling. Hopefully, she was getting along better than me; I felt so empty without my Sonshine.

"Dude," Logan nudged my arm and gestured towards the buffet line. Tawni, Josie, and Sonny were there.

"Oh no, what if they come over here," I whispered to Logan, "we're the only table with enough seats for them." I was panicking. I wanted to see Sonny. I wanted to hug her and kiss her like yesterday never happened, but I couldn't. I was staring at my plate, until I heard Josie ask, "Hey Logan! Hey Chad! Can we sit here? Every table is full."

"Sure." Logan responded indifferently.

I was debating whether I should look up. No, what if I my eyes and Sonny's eyes meet? I should just be a man and act like I was fine. I slowly looked up at the three girls. Tawni was sitting across from me, Josie across from Logan (who was on my right), and Sonny was at the other end of the table, staring at her plate. My heart was aching. She was just as upset as I was. I took in her beauty, but she caught a glimpse of me staring, so I jerked my head in the other direction.

This breakfast had to be the most awkward time I ever felt in my entire life. Thankfully, Logan made an excuse for both of us to leave the table.

"Sorry ladies, but Chad and I forgot our scripts in our room. We'll see you at the set." I gave a weak smile and hurriedly walked out of the restaurant to the elevator.

Sonny's POV:

"Sonny, are you okay?" Josie asked putting her hand on mine, which was resting on the table.

"Fine," I breathed. Ugh, that word brought back memories of me and Chad having our arguments.

"Fine!"

"Fine!"

"Good!"

"Good!"

"Sonny!"

"Huh?" I came back to the present day and saw Tawni standing next to me.

"Are you done with you're breakfast? We have to get to the set! It's 9:50!"

"Oh! Are you coming with us Tawni?" I asked as I jumped out of my seat and pulled a $5 bill out as the tip.

"Yeah, I wanna see everything! Plus I would get so bored if I didn't go. I already bought half of the clothes from every store in the city! I can't go back, it'll make me look like a shopaholic!" I laughed. All three of us ran out to the car and sped off to the set.

Chad's POV:

Logan and I were in the elevator on our way up to our room. There was an uncomfortable silence, but was broken by Logan.

"Hey, sorry about letting them sit at our table. I know it was awkward for you." He pat my shoulder.

"S'okay. You couldn't just say no."

"Are you ever gonna tell anyone why you broke up with Sonny?" I knew he was dying to ask that…again!

"If I tell you, you've gotta promise not to tell anyone! Not Josie, Tawni, Christopher, or Sonny." The elevator doors slid open on our floor.

"Is it that bad?"

"Promise?" I urgently asked.

"Promise." We entered our room and quickly grabbed our scripts. After locking the door, we made our way back to the elevator to get to the parking lot.

"Okay. Yesterday, before we shot the dance scene, Zac Efron was at our dance rehearsal as Kenny's assistant. Well, after rehearsal, he pulled me aside.

(Flashback)

"Cooper, we need to discuss matters." Zac whispered so that Sonny could not hear.

"Uh, okay," I hesitated.

"So you're dating Sonny?"

"Yeah, why?" I asked suspiciously.

"Well, you wouldn't want her to be dragged down with you, do you?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, it's obvious that this is the last project you'll have. With everyone against you, no one will want to offer you another movie deal. And most likely, that show of yours, Mackenzie Falls, is over. This is the end of your career. Now if Sonny is on your side, you know that people will start to hate her too. It's a shame, she's talented and beautiful, and she's going to throw that away to be with you." He glared at me. I looked at Sonny who was packing her things then turned my attention back on Efron.

"She will not," I tried to say confidently.

"You better be sure she doesn't make that mistake. It'd be safer if you told her now to save herself."

"And if I don't?"

"You've seen what I did to your career. Imagine what I can do to Sonny's." I narrowed my eyes at him. He was evil.

"So you think that Sonny's talented and yet you'd still be willing to destroy her career yourself?"

"There's only one choice if you want Sonny to be happy and successful: Break up with her." Those four words pierced my heart. I stole another glance at Sonny, who looked back at me, waiting. She was so innocent; she doesn't deserve me. I'd be selfish to be with her if it was going to make her career suffer.

"You are a heartless jerk," I whispered. He smiled back at me with satisfaction.

(End of flashback)

"So he threatened you with Sonny's career." Logan stated.

"Basically. If I were to stay with Sonny, Zac would spread rumors that would get Sonny bullied by the public."

"Dude, I think he's just saying this so he can make a move on Sonny. Isn't that why you poured coffee onto his head? Because he said Sonny was hot or something?"

"Yeah, he's such a playa. Thinks that he can get any girl he wants, but I know that he will never win Sonny over. She hates his guts!"

We were now in the car. The ride to the set was entertaining mostly because Logan and I thought of ways to torture Zac Efron. Once we arrived on set, I saw Tawni, Josie, and Sonny already on set. I parked and got out, but jumped back as a car parked right next to mine and nearly knocked me over.

"Hey Cooper! Nice to see you here again. Did you do what I said last time we met?" Zac grinned. I didn't respond. I could barely keep my anger in; I was shaking. "No matter, I'll find out right now!" He then strutted towards the set to talk to Sonny.

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