OH MY PASTA. I haven't been on FanFiction in a while; it looks so damn different now! O_O

And well, y'all have done it. This story's gotten to two hundred reviews. This is the second time I've reached such a milestone in my FanFiction life, so it'd normally call for a celebration of sorts, but I can't think of one, so whatever.

Well, have fun reading this 'cause it'll be worth it; trust me. ;D

Ladies Vs CDC

Chapter 25 – Hard-Hitting Reality

Tawni

I know this is wrong. I know I shouldn't be taking advantage of Chad like this, but I can't help it – he's perfect. I love him, even more now than I did when we were in a relationship! I understand; he's probably thinking this kiss means absolutely nothing and that I'm only trying to help him get revenge on Sonny and the girls for their plan – and he's right in his place.

Yes, I knew what they were doing all along – they don't yet know that I found out about their plan, but let's get real here. It's impossible that I wouldn't see what was going on right under my nose, in my own house! And so, I made a plan of my own – alone – to fail their plan and make Chad mine. I want him, and I shall be the one to have him. Sonny may be my best friend, but I'm regretting involving her in the first place, because now, I've seen her true face. That's helped me come to the conclusion that she doesn't deserve a guy like Chad. And I've known for ages that he most definitely deserves someone better than her! Someone like me, maybe?

So I continue to kiss him, trying to hold on for as long as I can, before we're left with no other option than to break apart – that, or run short of oxygen and die. Though I'd be perfectly happy to die like this, I don't exactly want to die so soon. We're both out of breath, and I can't help but think, kissing can be pretty dangerous.

Chad suddenly begins to laugh. "Tawni," he sighs, "I can't believe I'm saying this, but I actually missed that. You're crazy."

That's a compliment, right? Well. "This is not funny!" I gasp, and continue, "You shouldn't have done that, Chad."

"Why?" he asks curiously, looking ever so adorable and innocent. Aww…

"Because I was almost over you, and now… I don't know. I love you more than I ever did before."

"Should I be sorry, then?"

"You and your apologies," I say with a sigh, "Why would you need to? It's all my fault, having this useless attraction towards you that just won't go away. Possibly not, unless you do something about it."

"Tell me what I can do. I could settle for anything," Chad smiles. Anything, you say? Well, I'd been flirting with him all along, but it looks like somebody's flirting back. This is going good! Oh, it probably means nothing to him, though… My flirting may be intentional, but his response is never planned. Chad's just like that. That's just how his mind works – he can't help but flirt and be a heartbreaker and just be the way he is – and that's no fault of his. But I don't want to take advantage of that; he doesn't love me. He loves Sonny… And I love Chad. I want him to be happy – so be it if that leaves me in tears, like the last time I let him go. Anyway, it's only because of me that he met Sonny in the first place, so I deserve some kind of punishment for that.

"Hmm… Will you come to my birthday party tonight?" I suggest, smiling at him. It's my birthday tomorrow, and I planned a little party that'll go through 'till midnight to celebrate. The only bad thing about it is that the girls will be there too, but I'll get over that if Chad says yes.

"Sure! I mean, I thought you'd ask for something else, but that's cool too." Something else – well, that's no surprise; he knows what goes on in my mind. I hope he also knows that I kind of want him to kiss me again…

I swear, Chad is a mind reader. Because I haven't even said anything and he's already this close to me. Why don't you just kill me? Kiss me or kill me! Either way, I can't tolerate this. And of course, he can't kill me… All he does is kiss me.

Sonny

It's Tawni's birthday tomorrow! Oh, yay… And we're all being forced to attend her party at this moment. For as long as the party has been going on, she's been the centre of attention, which isn't surprising. It's her party, after all – and I doubt she'd spare the person who steals her 'spotlight'. Though I'm still mad at her for what happened with Chad earlier today, I have to put up with it.

As I'm wondering what I can do to stop myself getting bored here, I hear a very familiar voice coming through the loudspeakers that are placed in every corner of the room.

"Hey, everyone," Chad starts to say into the microphone. Well, speak of the devil…

All the party guests have stopped their own little conversations and are listening to the cute blond boy standing on the makeshift stage, as he continues to talk. "My name is Chad Dylan Cooper." A few whispers of recognition fly around the room, and he seems to have heard them, because he responds, "Yeah, it's me, CDC; the heartbreaker… I don't really have a great reputation around here." Some girls scream out weird things at him, and he laughs, before resuming his speech again.

"I guess more of you know me than I'd thought. Anyway, you may or may not know that Tawni and I knew each other a few years ago, and we had a pretty complicated relationship. The last few years after we, uh… Broke up, so to say, were slightly traumatic, considering her rise to fame and my rising levels of shame," the crowd laughs, "And I've been a little confused recently, which is where Sonny comes into the already messed-up equation of my love life." I hear some laughs, and most people start to whisper again, obviously wondering what he's up to – as am I.

He seems to know this, so he once again continues, "See, Tawni and a couple of my other exes were out to get revenge on me. Don't laugh – it hurts, okay? Yeah, and Sonny was the one to put their plan into action and basically repeat what I did, to show me how I wrong I was. But I was young and confused, and I didn't know what I was doing back then… Of course, what happened next was inevitable. I fell in love with Sonny and as they'd planned, she broke my heart. And you, Miss Sonny Munroe – yeah, I see you, hiding at the back there!" He points at me, and I'm suddenly embarrassed when everyone turns to look at me, "I want to thank you, Sonny. Sure, you treated me like shit, but in the process of that, you made me realise something I'd been overlooking for way too long. And I hope it's not too late to say this, but…"

Is he going to apologise to me? Say he loves me? Take me back so we can live happily ever after? Oh, how I wish that's what he's about to do…

"You made me realise how much I actually love Tawni."

What?! He's thanking me for dumping him and letting him find someone else?

The crowd starts to laugh, and so does Chad. "Yeah, I know. It's crazy, right? But it's true. Tawni, could you come up here, please?"

As he requested, Tawni runs up onto the 'stage', smiling crazily. "Hey," Chad says to her, smiling.

"Hi, Chad," Tawni responds, giggling.

"Okay. Uh… Tawni, I love you. I know I ran away from us and yeah, I wasn't ready for this, four years ago, but now here I am. I'm where you were four years ago… And it must be fate that we came to meet again. So now I'm proposing to you. Happy birthday, my love…" All the way through his stuttery, nervous speech, Tawni is looks like she's about to melt. Chad suddenly gets down on one knee and asks her, "Will you marry me?"

No. I'm hallucinating… None of this is happening… How could he do this?! He can't do this to me!

"Yes!" Tawni squeals excitedly, hugging him.

He kisses her, and everyone starts to cheer, and just when I think it's all over, he speaks into the mic again. "Oh, and Sonny… I'm not sorry for this, 'cause you're a bitch." People laugh, but all I can do is stand there, staring in shock. Not only did he just propose to Tawni, he thanked me for dumping him, and called me a bitch!

I can't do this anymore. I run towards the stairs, fully aware that Chad has seen me leave. I keep going up, and up, and up, until I reach the door that leads to the flat area on the roof of the house. I step towards the very edge and take a deep breath.

Do it, Sonny. Jump. You have no reason to live. Chad and Tawni are getting married and your heart is in pieces. Why stay alive when you have nothing to live for? No friends, no love, no family – nothing. Just jump off and die. You'll be better off up there than you'll ever be here.

Just as I'm about to take my mind's advice and jump, two voices shout out, "Sonny!"

I turn in the direction of the sound, and see that Tawni and Chad are standing there. "Sonny, what are you doing?!" Chad asks worriedly.

"Why should you care?" I ask, glaring at him, "You're happy with everything now, so why should you need to bother about the girl who broke your heart?"

"You've got two great people worrying about you here, and you're asking them why!" Tawni says, laughing, "That's exactly why we shouldn't care. So, go on – jump. Die. If you think nobody cares about you, well, I guess you're right. Come on, Chad. We don't want to be accused of pushing her or anything."

"You know, I don't think that'd be such a bad idea…" Chad smiles. It's not his usual sweet smile; it's more of an evil smirk, and it kind of scares me…

"I'd love to encourage you, but I've gotta say, she's not worth the punishment. Don't do it, baby."

"You're right. Let's get outta here. We're getting married; we don't want this stupid girl's sadness to kill the mood," he says, "Sonny, have fun dying!"

With the sounds of their laughter echoing in my head, I close my eyes and jump. The wind whips across my face and I feel myself hitting the ground… The impact alone is enough to kill me, and that's exactly what it does.

I love you, Chad, and I wish you'd have taken me back. But wishes and dreams are crushed under the cold, hard-hitting waves of reality… Nobody's life can be a happy little fairytale, and mine is no different.

THE END.

YES. I really just wrote that. Now I can laugh in your sad little Channy-loving faces.

Well, as this story comes to an end here, I'm going to also give you the tragic news that I'm leaving FanFiction. I am sick of SWAC. I'd only stuck to it because I was used to it, and it's so easy to write these characters; I don't even find the show funny anymore. The two years I've spent here have been interesting, but now that my writing skills have improved considerably, I'm moving on to bigger and better things elsewhere!

The problem with FanFiction is that good plotlines go unappreciated because of canon couples, and that irks me. Nobody cares for out-of-canon couples such as Chawni, because Channy is the canon for this show! If I'd written this story with my original characters, as I'd initially planned to, you would probably have ended up hating 'Sonny' – but to you, she can never be bad, and you idiots believe that someone else (who is usually Chad) has to be the bad guy, even if they aren't. I find that really annoying and it's one of the main reasons why I don't want to keep doing this.

Anyway, y'all probably have started to dislike me enough already, but just to end my FanFiction journey with a DHOOM, I thought I'd tell you that I absolutely loathe Demi Lovato and I don't actually find Sterling Knight attractive at all anymore. I think I went a bit mental when I did like him… Well, that's about it.

Peace out! KEEP CALM & LOVE RANBIR ;)

- Bunny ^_^

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