Heya, guys! I've updated again! I'm just guessing here, but this story has about 4 more chapters (I think) there should be 25 chapters, then I'll maybe do an epilogue. Haha, my first epilogue! We shall see, but trust me, we still have fluffy Channy to come, and lots of other stuff! :D

But we're not there yet! Chapter 21, here we come! :D

I don't own SWAC/SR (So Random!) :( Oh well...chapter time :)

Chapter 21-Nothing Without You

Sonny's POV

I stand with the phone in my hand, unsure of what the heck is going on.

"What do I do?" I ask Chad, who groans.

"Answer it!"

"I don't wanna talk to her!" I reply. Hasn't she done enough anyway? I'm expecting her to rant angrily at me, and I don't want that.

"Well, send it to voice mail." Chad says, and I do so. "Put it on speaker," He adds, "I wanna hear what she says, so I know how hard to hit her when I next see her."

"Chad, you're a guy!" I say, "You can't hit a girl. Even Tawni."

"Shame." He sighs, as Tawni's voice comes through the phone. Surprisingly, she doesn't sound mad. She sounds upset.

"Uh, hey Sonny, it's me." She says, "Um, so, did you see So Random? I bet not. Uh, well, if you didn't, we sucked. The fans missed you. We need you back, OK? Please come back – and bring Chad, sure. I don't care anymore. I saw your song for him on YouTube – it was for Chad, right?"

My song's on YouTube?

"Well, I guess you really do love him, and I think you guys should be together. Just…please come back. We all miss you, we…" She gulps, "…Need you, OK? Please come back. …OK, bye."

She then hangs up.

"They want you back!" Chad says, and when I look up to see him, he's smiling, "We can go back!"

I blink. We can? We can…

"No." I say, "No, we can't."

Chad frowns, "Sonny, they want you back! They miss you – you should go back! We can go back, see our families again, maybe I can find a new show…"

"Chad." I say, and he stops. "I know what you mean. I'd love to go back…"

"Well then, let's go!" He grabs my hand and drags me to the door, but I stop him, pulling back.

"No, Chad," I say, "Let me finish. I'd love to go back…" He smiles, "…BUT…I can't."

He frowns again, "Why not?"

"Isn't it obvious?" I say, "They only want me back coz the fans want me back. Tawni couldn't care less about me or you…she just wants the ratings to go up."

"She didn't sound that way," Chad says, "She sounded really upset."

"That's called acting," I say, "I thought you, of all people, would know that."

He starts to look sadder. "What's that supposed to mean? That…my life is an act?"

"No!" I say, worried I've hurt him, "It's just, you are an actor."

"Was an actor." He corrects me, and I sigh.

"Still. You were, a good one too, you could surely see she was pretending to be sad, just to get me back."

I don't know, Sonny." He says. I frown.

"Well, I do." I say, before leaving the room, heading to my next class.

What did Tawni think, anyway? That I'd dump college and just come straight back? I love it here, and it's not that easy anyway. There's no way I'm going back. I love it here, and I'm not leaving. Not for her. I'm staying, with Chad, and no amount of begging from anyone will change my mind.

Chad's POV

Sonny leaves the room, and I huff, slumping onto the bed, lying flat, facing the ceiling. I didn't know my Sonny had developed stubbornness while here. Or spite. Or a revenge streak.

OK, so I'm overreacting. Sonny doesn't have any of those things. Well, maybe stubbornness, but I don't know. All I know is, she won't forgive Tawni, no way. I think maybe Tawni really does want her back, and to be honest, I want her to go back too. Nothing against college – it's great here – but I think she really needs to go back there. Sonny's talent doesn't deserve to be locked up in Stanford, in our room, making up random songs about me that I'll record for my various ring tones (nothing against that song, my new favourite), she deserves to be out, showing off how amazing she is. She may not be a show-off, but with her talent, she sure could be.

It's then when I decide what I have to do. I decide I have to do something I've never done and will never do again – help the Randoms (and no, Sonny isn't a Random, she's a Sonny. The Sonny. Of course I've helped her, and I'll help her again. Moving on).

I grab my phone, dialing Tawni's number carefully, before locking the door just in case Sonny decides to come back.

"Hello?" Tawni's voice answers.

"Tawni, it's Chad."

"Chad." She spits, "Well, I hate to say this, but you've won. Sonny hates us now, you happy?"

"It's not my fault," I say quietly when I hear footsteps walk past our room, "But I'm not happy. I want Sonny out there, in the world, not stuck in here. That's why I need your help to get her to come back. She won't listen to you, and she won't listen to me either."

She groans, "So what do we do?"

I smile, suddenly getting an idea, "We need to use something that really speaks to her."

"Which is?" She asks.

"Music and romance." I say happily, "Look, this will be hard, but if you listen closely and help me, we can do this."

"What do you need?"

Tawni's POV

Wow. That was embarrassing. That was possibly our worst sign-off ever, and there have been some bad ones.

Mandy walks off to the dressing room, seeming slightly annoyed. I go to follow her, but something pulls me back. I look back to see Zora, Nico and Grady.

"What?" I ask them, not in the mood for a cast pep talk.

"Well, Tawni," Zora says, "You drove away our friend and then made us hated by her fans everywhere. You happy?"

"Leave me alone, guys." I say, turning away, but they still don't let me.

"No. we won't." Grady says.

"You started this, Tawni," Nico says, "Sure, it's all our faults, but if you hadn't overreacted at the whole Sonny and Chad news, she'd still be here."

"Admit it," Zora says, "You miss her. We all know we do."

I groan, "I don't miss her. We're better without her."

Nico smirks, "Really, Tawni? Really?"

Great. "Now you sound like Chad!" I spit, and they smile, kinda creepily. "What?"

"Fix this, Tawni." Zora says, "Please. We all want Sonny back and she won't come back unless she knows you care."

I moan. I hate caring. But…they're right. We're nothing without Sonny, and to be honest, she was my best friend. I'd never had someone who cared for me like she did. It's then I realise, I've really been an idiot (ugh, that hurt) and need to get Sonny back.

I grab my phone, dialing Sonny's number, but she doesn't answer. It goes to voicemail instead.

"Hi, you've reached Sonny. You know what to do after the moo." She giggles, "Get it? It rhymed!" I try to laugh. Doesn't work. "Anyway, leave your message, I'll get back to you asap."

"Uh, hey Sonny, it's me." I say, almost shy, "Um, so, did you see So Random? I bet not. Uh, well, if you didn't, we sucked. The fans missed you. We need you back, OK? Please come back – and bring Chad, sure. I don't care anymore. I saw your song for him on YouTube – it was for Chad, right?"

Ugh, of course it was. She really does love Chad – that song showed me that. I ignored it though. Not anymore.

"Well, I guess you really do love him, and I think you guys should be together. Just…please come back. We all miss you, we…" I gulp, this really isn't as hard as I thought though, "…Need you, OK? Please come back. …OK, bye."

I hang up, hoping she'll have heard that and ring me back. She doesn't.

What feels like an hour goes by. I sit at my vanity in my dressing room, hoping that my phone will ring. It does nothing.

"Please!" I yell like a maniac. At that moment, it rings. Wow. Weird.

"Hello?" I answer, before realising I didn't check the caller I.D. Now I wish I had.

"Tawni, it's Chad."

"Chad." I spit. This is the guy I least want to talk to right now, "Well, I hate to say this, but you've won. Sonny hates us now, you happy?"

"It's not my fault," I whispers and I wonder why he's being so quiet. Have him and Sonny had a fight? "But I'm not happy. I want Sonny out there, in the world, not stuck in here. That's why I need your help to get her to come back. She won't listen to you, and she won't listen to me either."

She won't even listen to Chad? Wow, she must be mad at me.

"So what do we do?" I ask.

"We need to use something that really speaks to her."

"Which is?" She say, totally confused.

"Music and romance." He says, before completely lowering his voice. "Look, this will be hard, but if you listen closely and help me, we can do this."

It's then when I realise what he has in mind. And it could just work.

I smile. "What do you need?"

Ooh! Any guesses on what they're gonna do? I'm hoping it's not as easy as the last one...

Review with your ideas! And don't worry, I won't use any (unless they're SUPER good) coz I already have it planned! :) The rest of the series is all planned out. We're gonna miss this series, right? Right.

Listening to What To Do :D *insert heart*. I LOVE THIS SONG! :D

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