Chapter 21!!!!!!! Wow, you guys! This has been an insane ride so far! I love all of you for reviewing and just being awesome in general! Thanks especially to those who have been with me since the beginning-I couldn't have done it without you!!

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Flashback:

"Shut up and just kiss me." He muttered, his lips an inch away from mine, leaning still more, until……"

CPOV:

I could see the look in her eyes: she wanted this moment just as much as I did, if that were even possible. The faint smile on her lips gave me the permission and courage I needed to finally complete the distance between us, and press my trembling lips against hers.

Almost immediately, I felt a bold of electricity run up and down my body; it definitely wasn't uncomfortable, but it was an interesting sensation, and I decided to test it out. I lifted my free left hand and brushed the hair out of her face, right by the spot where our lips were barely touching. The electricity came back with a vengeance, and I heard her sigh very softly. Suddenly, she deepened the kiss, pulling my head closer to hers. I didn't care anymore who was watching, which I'm sure was quite a lot, because all that mattered now was this moment, with me finally kissing the girl I've been secretly in love with for two years, almost. Her cool touch on my hot neck was amazing, the electricity burning between us, the storm raging. It wasn't like an angry storm, but more like the rush you get and the dropping feeling in your stomach when a car or a train rushes past you at top speed, or you're at the summit of a roller coaster, or even when you're standing at the top of a cliff, feeling the force of the waves battering the rock below you, and the beauty taking your breath away. That's what kissing Sonny felt like for me. I felt the numb, adrenaline rush as our lips moved in perfect synchronization, as her free hand gripped mine, very possibly preventing the blood from reaching my fingertips. It was an experience like no other, that's for sure.

We parted after what seemed like seconds, but from the shocked faces of Sonny's Dad and step-mom, it definitely was longer than that.

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After we managed to extricate ourselves from the dinner table, we walked home, our fingers tied together as usual, and my jacket around her tiny shoulders. We barely spoke about the obvious elephant in the room until we were wandering in Midtown Manhattan an hour later, around 11 pm now. As we passed the Empire State Building, I suddenly had an idea. I pulled out my wallet, waving away her tired protests to pay, and pulled her in. After paying for our tickets, we took the high speed elevator up to the 102nd floor, and stepped out. Sonny gasped at the majestic beauty of the city, and wrapped my jacket further around her shoulders. I rolled up the blue sleeves of my shirt to my elbows, and we leaned on the railing, my arm around her, and her head on my shoulder.

"It's so beautiful." She murmured, looking up at me with her gentle happy grin on her face, and I had to grin back at her childlike wonder and perspective of the world.

"So are you, Sonshine." She blushed at that, and I groaned internally after a few seconds, realizing just how cheesy that had sounded. We gazed out at the breathtaking view of the city that never sleeps for a few minutes until she spoke.

"Did you…you know, feel anything during our kiss? I mean, it's ok if you didn't…its just that…I…well, I did…"

I smiled, looking away from her to gather up my thoughts. "We'll, I'm not really sure…" Out of the corner of my eye, I saw her face fall, and I turned back to her. "Why don't we try it again and find out?"

Before she could speak, I cupped her face in my palms and pulled her lips up to mine.

As we kissed, with the wind tangling our hair and cooling the sweat on the nape of my neck, I felt the sparks heating things up between us. Everything around us seemed to stop, and I forgot all about the possible security cameras around us, recording our tryst, and that fact that my cast would probably hate my guts forever because I was so, so in love with this gorgeous, spontaneous comedienne from our rival show, or that the paparazzi were probably stalking us and recording every moment of this right now. All I cared about was her arms around my neck, and my fingers on her face, tangling in her hair, and pulling her closer and closer, even though our bodies were probably fused together by this point. It would never be close enough though-I couldn't get enough of her.

Without warning, the sky opened up above us and rain poured down like a waterfall onto us.

We broke apart, watching the sky in disbelief and incredulity, and as I looked down again, I saw Sonny unbuckling her shoes and tossing them into a pile with my jacket in a drier area.

"What are you doing?" I asked in disbelief.

She smiled. "This!" As she yelled out this one word over the cacophony of the storm, she ran right out into it and began jumping in the forming puddles, soaking her dress and bare legs. I laughed at her normal, crazy, comedienne-esque antics, and dashed out after her, grabbing her around the waist and pulling her into me, my hand on her waist, hers on my shoulder, and our other hands held in a waltz position. We began a wild dance, galloping around the viewing platform, and giggling madly every time a raindrop hit us, which was pretty often, considering that it was pouring. Then we stopped to catch our breath, beginning a slow dance, reminiscent of the one we shared at her secret prom so long before, only now we were mere millimeters apart, instead of feet. We were in our own little world, the rain as our soundtrack as we swayed there, ignoring the fact that we were soaked and freezing, just enjoying the moment as I pressed my lips to hers one last time.