Bet you didn't notice there were two chapters in a row from Sonny's POV. ;)

Here's chapter 21, sorry it's been taking me so long lately!

Chad

The day after Christmas…well, technically…I had set out to meet Sonny. I'd texted her when I was going to pick her up, and in her usual Sonny way she asked if I was crazy, before agreeing.

"Do you realize how much trouble I'll be in if my mom wakes up and I'm not there? I mean, two in the morning, Chad?" she scolded in a hushed tone as I held her hand and ducked through the bushes.

"Sonny, please." I rolled my eyes. Looking around at the lighted city, I realized how few people were actually out here, aside from the occasional car passing on the street. But I wasn't about to let Sonny know that right at this moment. "Okay, we're going to need to stay low a bit longer. You know…Paparazzi and all. Don't take off your blindfold just yet…" I whispered, stopping her hand before it reached the red bandana.

"Are you sure? I don't hear much."

I smirked. Too smart…she wasn't like the blondes I had usually dated. "Just trust me. And while we're here…kiss me."

Had her eyes been visible, she would have rolled them. "I can't even see you. How can I kiss you?"

I chuckled, triggering blush to rise in her cheeks. "Well, I guess I'll have to pick up your slack, Munroe."

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As she had suspected, her mom noticed her absence. I ended up having to drive her back home before I was able to take her where I had planned. But, time with her alone seemed to be enough.

I saw her later that day; she had told her mom she was running an errand.

"Chad, I have a problem," were her first words coming through the door.

"Nice to see you, too," I replied sarcastically, shutting the door behind her and catching her in a one-arm hug before she cast herself to the couch.

"Right…sorry," she apologized, pecking me on the lips before we both sat down. "But this is serious…Tawni came over yesterday while I was trying to have a nice Christmas dinner with my mom and she just totally…blew up at me!"

I rolled my eyes, truly not having the ability to care any less.

"Come on, Chad! This is serious! I never got her a gift and now she's really mad and possibly really damaged."

"Possibly? Sonny…you work with her," I chuckled darkly. "She already was damaged."

"Knock it off! I need to find a way to make this up to her!"

"And how do you plan on doing that, huh? You worked on getting something for her all month, how do you expect you'll just suddenly find her the perfect gift?"

"Well, I could have gotten her just any gift and avoided this! But since I didn't I have to make it up to her…she won't accept anything less than amazing."

She really looked stressed. "Okay…I know you're really freaking out about this, but it can't be that bad. Just…" The worry in her eyes made my heart hurt. I sighed. "Alright, what are you gonna do about it, then?"

A weak smile crossed her face. "Thanks for trying to care. I appreciate the effort." Trying? That's as caring as I can possibly manage! "Well, I had an idea…but it requires a lot of work…and pink tinsel."

My eyes widened in horror. "Tawni Town."

Her smile changed to an apologetic one. "I hear it's a heck of a town."

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The entire prop house, to which Sonny had a key, was almost entirely pink and silver. I leaned against the one wall not holding a poster of Jackson Tyler, glaring at the room in disgust.

"Come on, Chad. The least you can do is help out a little," Sonny suggested. I burst out laughing. "No, I'm serious!" she whined.

"No, it's not that…you have some tinsel on your head," I said, still laughing hysterically.

She patted her head in search of the nonexistent tinsel, and just as she opened her mouth to say something sarcastic, I flung some silver tinsel into it from a bucket by my feet. Sonny closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

"Really, Chad? Really? We're doing this again?" She picked up the bucket and tried to dump its contents onto my head, but I was too agile and she nearly fell over as I danced out of the way.

"Don't embarrass yourself, Babe." She grinned shyly for a moment, but then picked up a wad of the silvery fluff and chucked it at me. Some of it stuck in my golden hair. "Aw, come on…"

It was too late. Tinsel was flying around the room, carelessly draping itself over the edges of things. Once the silver was gone, even more pink was seen everywhere. I dashed up the stairs to try to get out of range, sliding down the slide under the assumption she was following me. Instead, she had decided to head me off at the slide and I nearly collided with her, bracing myself by grasping the edges of the slide. She smiled slyly, backing up to the bottom of the slide.

I slowly slid forward towards Sonny, seeing only her eyes and coy smile. We were now face to face and she giggled, and I could feel her breath on my neck as her lips came closer to mine…

"Ha!" she about shouted as she flung tinsel into my face.

"That was," I shouted, getting up after her and throwing the tinsel indignantly to the ground, "really uncalled for!"

Her eyes widened as I came even closer along the wall with the intention of pinning her to the wall. Out of nowhere a door, which incidentally hit me right in my beautiful face, rudely interrupted me.

"Okay, I'm here," a prissy voice said as I clutched my nose, checking for blood. "What's the emergency?"

"The emergency is, you hit me right in the face," I sneered. She turned around to me in surprise, hand on one hip.

"Chad?"

From behind Tawni, Sonny gave me a warning glare and turned her friend around with some difficulty, forcing cheeriness into her voice. "Welcome to Tawni Town!" she shouted. Tawni was obviously less than impressed.