Disclaimer: See last chapter
~ Chapter Twenty Four ~
It had all happened so quickly, Chad had been holding Sonny's hand, smiling at her and then time seemed to have stopped. He remembered her dropping his hand suddenly, taking a few steps back as a man called her name.
And then when she whispered for him to help her, he knew what was going on, he knew who the man was and he knew what he had to do. He looked between the two, running over to Sonny as he screamed out her name, trying to pull her out of the darkness he knew she was finding herself in.
He got there just in time.
He caught her as she fell, wrapping his strong arms around her as he tried to get her to wake up, he watched her chest rise and fall slightly and he shouted out for someone to call an ambulance.
He looked up to see the grin on the man's face, he was the one who had ruined everything for Sonny, he was the reason she was like this, he was the reason Sonny's smile had gone, her laugh had become quieter, the reason why her sparkle was gone and he was the reason why she was terrified all the time.
Chad didn't know what happened next.
He remembered letting go of Sonny and placing her head lightly on the ground.
He remembered glaring at the man before lunging towards him.
He remembered one punch, no, two punches, no wait, maybe more.
He remembered blood, screams, shouts, hands on him trying to pull him off.
He remembered this man pleading with him to stop. And then he reminded him of when Sonny begged him to stop, Chad shouted down at him, he hadn't stopped when Sonny asked him to, so why should Chad have stopped when he asked him to?
Chad knew he wouldn't stop.
Chad had always known since the day he had found out about Jack that this day would come, the day where he had to meet the man who ruined her life. He would have to meet the man who Sonny dreamed about constantly, waking up as she cried.
Chad planned this day in his head as he held her in his arms, rocking her back and forth as he tried to tell her that it would all be okay. He had planned all of this, only Sonny wasn't supposed to be here, Jack wasn't supposed to be in Hollywood and people weren't supposed to be trying to stop him.
Tears clouded his vision and Chad found himself wishing that he could just have the guts to murder this man. But then he remembered Sonny, and he knew that no matter how much Jack had hurt her, it didn't matter because Sonny wouldn't be able to cope without Chad by her side.
And then he stopped but only for her.
And the one thing that scared Chad more than anything else – he could have killed him so easily. And he wasn't sure that he would feel any remorse or guilt for doing so,
Everything after that was just one huge blur, mixed memories that he would never remember but he would never forget them either.
He would always revive the memory of Sonny being taken away from him as he was held back by the police.
He would always relive the memory in his head of being the one in the police car and not Jack.
And he would always remember when Sonny woke up just before being taken away, the only memory that didn't seem to blur – the way she screamed his name. And he wondered if this was going to ruin it all.
A/N: It's a bit short, but I will make up for it in the next chapter, so please review.