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CHAD POV

Sonny's awake. I could feel her warm breath on my back. She was pressed up against me like she was cold. A small smile graced my lips. I turned around carefully and wrapped my arms around her. She hummed softly, kissing my neck and tracing the cut of my arm muscle. I want her to say I love you. But I can't make her. I also can't make her believe that I love her but I think it's absurd that she doesn't think love exists. It makes me tense thinking about it. My fingers ran through her hair and even though the curtains blocked out the light, you could see how her freckles clearly and the color of her hair without a problem. I like her freckles. They're... cute. I kissed her forehead and then we both laughed when my stomach growled.

"You're hungry." She sang out.

"Very hungry."

"Should we go home now?"

"No, we could stay and order room service. We don't have to pay for the room."

"Because its your hotel." She giggled.

"My fathers hotel."

"When you take over... do you open your own hotels?" I nodded. "Oh... then we should order room service."

I turned my head to look at the clock. "It's after one." I yawned. "It's lunch time."

She straddled my hips and held onto the covers to hide her naked chest. Yes, we slept naked all because of last nights... sexcapades. "I hope you know that I could never wear that dress again."

"Why can't you?" I moved one arm behind my head.

"You ripped it. In half."

"I did."

"Mhm."

"Well, it was a hell of a dress." I chuckled deeply and tugged at the sheet she hid behind. She held onto it tightly. "Why are you covering yourself?"

She grinned. "Because I'm tired and after last night, I don't think I can take anymore so I'm trying to prevent you from getting worked up."

That made me laugh. "Wow... just wow."

She snickered. "Who knew that you had that much stamina and endurance."

"Baby, I had... encouragement." She leaned down kissed my lips shortly before rolling off of me and lying on her stomach to reach the phone.

"What room are we in?"

"Executive suite on the fifteenth floor." I told her.

"What do you want to eat?" She put the phone to her ear and pressed the room service button.

"A Monte Cristo with French Fries."

"What's that?"

"Hot sandwich with cheese, ham and turkey."

"Hi, can I have two Monte Cristos with French Fries sent to the executive suite on the fifteenth floor?" I slid over to her, tickling her sides. "Yes." She laughed into the phone, swatting my hands away. I nipped at her bare shoulders with my teeth. "Two Sprites." She looked over her shoulder at me. "Okay thank you." When she hung up, I moved away. "You're so annoying." She sat up with the covers still around her and smiled. She has bed slash sex hair.

"I'm here to annoy you."

"You don't have something to do today?"

"You trying to get rid of me?" I watched her get up and grab my shirt off the floor. She put it on and buttoned it up. She looks great in my clothes.

"Absolutely not." She chortled, shaking out her hair. How does she not know how amazing she looks? "I was just asking. I was expecting Seth or your father to come in here and tell you that you have to sit in on a meeting."

"No, I don't think I have a meeting today…"

"Okay, good." She strode around the large room slowly and trailed her hands on the wooden posts of the bed. "I can't believe your parents design rooms and hotels…" She stated.

"Why can't you believe it?"

"Okay, I'll rephrase. I can't believe that I'm in a Cooper hotel. I've read about these in some magazines but this is only the second time I've been in one."

"A hotel?"

"Your hotel…"

"Ah."

"I sound crazy." She muttered inside a laugh, glancing over at me. "It's crazy that I haven't read about you in magazines." She turned to me. "Or I just bypassed you."

"Was I not attractive to you in the magazines?" I joked.

"Oh, you were probably very attractive." She started walking towards the large window. I threw my legs over the bed and found my boxers, slipping them on. I squinted when she opened up the curtains a little. "I just didn't pay any attention."

"Do you know what the magazines say now?"

"No…" She stared out the window as I got up and stretched. "I don't really care either." I made my way behind her and placed my hands on her hips.

My chin rested on the top of her head. "They say… 'Chad Dylan Cooper and his beautiful girlfriend, Sonny Monroe show PDA'" Sonny blurted out a laugh and shook her head.

"That's not what it says…"

"Mhm." I corrected her. "Sonny Monroe, The youngest Coopers new love interest.'" I said in a low announcer's voice. She laughed again and rested her head on my chest. The view from hear showed the Hollywood sign far in the distance. "Sonny Monroe, secret, sexy lover…"

"It doesn't say that." I grinned, nuzzling my nose in her hair. I ran my fingers over her shirt covered shoulders and then up neck. "Chad Dylan Cooper, off the market."

"Happily off the market."

Sonny let out a long sigh and tapped her finger on the glass. "Where would I be without you?" She muttered. I winced a bit and kissed the back of her head.

"I don't want to think about that."

"I always think about it."

There was a pause between us. "Why?"

"Because… what I didn't meet you? All those times I cleaned Seth's office. What if that day we met, I wasn't in there… your life would be the same… and my life would…"

"I'd still find you. I'd still find out."

"You can't find someone you don't know."

"Well, I know you now." I said softly. "And I'm happy that I know you. You make me happier than I have ever been."

I wanted to ease into saying "I love you" again because I didn't know if she was going to say it or not. I had a feeling that she wasn't going to. So, I let it go and kissed her shoulder. "You know, one day you're going to get tired of me." I moved my hand up her stomach, over her breasts and to the opening of my shirt.

"I don't think I'm ever going to get tired of you." I popped open a button. "My bad." I teased.

"We're not having sex again."

"Who said?"

"I say."

"I could convince you." Sonny turned around and put her hand on my chest, giving me a quick kiss. "You'll only end up with blue balls." She walked around me, leaving me watching her round ass. "Go open the door for room service."

"They aren't even-" There were three knocks at the door. How did she do that? I quirked my brow at her smiling face.

"I have really good maid hearing."

"Oh yeah?" I went to the door and opened it up. It was room service and Seth holding a dry cleaned suit in his hand. "Brother?" I moved aside so the food cart can be pushed in and took the suit he pushed into my hands.

"Morning. We have a meeting in half an hour."

"What the hell?" I grumbled. "Why didn't you call?"

"Your cell phone is turned off."

"So, how did you find out what hotel I was in?" It was a stupid question because I clearly announced to my family that Sonny and I were going to dinner earlier yesterday. "Damnit."

"Get dressed." Seth plopped down on the chair a few feet away from the TV and pulled out his phone.

"Sonny is practically naked, get out."

"She's covered up by a shirt."

"It's fine. It's fine." She said in a laugh, taking her plate and climbing into the bed. She used the covers to shield herself more.

"Move your ass, Chad. We have to go."

I took a shower, pissed. Why did Seth have to ruin my alone time? Does anyone realize that I love having alone time with Sonny? She's always working or she's being home schooled so we don't get that much alone time as people think. I didn't have a tooth brush so I used mouthwash thoroughly and finger combed my blow dried hair. And got dressed. Seth even put underwear in here. When I walked out of the bathroom, she was shoving French fries into her mouth. I put on my shoes from yesterday and sighed, gathering my phone and wallet. Sonny gave me a small closed mouth smile, wiping her face with a napkin.

"I have to eat all alone?" She faked a frown. My frown was real. "Chad, its fine. I mean, I don't have any clothes but other than that, it's fine."

"I'm sorry." I said lowly.

"We have ten minutes to get there." Seth opened up the suite door and leaned on the frame. "Come on, man. You'll see her when she gets home."

She waved. "Bye…" I kissed her leisurely, holding the back of her head so she couldn't pull away. She laughed girlishly and tugged on my chin hairs.

As I walked out, I saw her panties sitting on the floor. I scooped them up and shoved them in my pocket.

She shouted. "Chad!"

"Later." I closed the door quickly and speed walked towards the elevator. She's going to kill me.

SONNY POV

How did I get home? Well, Chad left his old clothes and the number to his driver. So, I put on his suit and looked in the mirror. I looked like I was swimming in this thing. I tucked the shirt in and left a few of the buttons undone. I then rolled up the pants so they weren't dragging on the floor. I cuffed the shirt and sleeve jackets and teased my hair. Wow, that doesn't look half bad. I'm going home anyway. As I picked up my phone and clutch, I caught a whiff of Chad's cologne from the suit and nearly melted. It smells so good. He always smells so good. I don't want to take this off. I rode the elevator down to the lobby and walked over to the desk. I could see the paparazzi from here. This isn't going to be fun. On the bright side, it looked nice outside.

The woman behind the desk jumped when I pressed the bell. "Oh, Mrs. Cooper…"

"No, it's Monroe." I changed. "But yes?"

"Ms. Monroe, Everything is taken care of. Mr. Cooper arranged for a car to pick you up and for all the expenses to be on him."

Oh… of course. "Right, sorry to bother you."

I smiled and regained myself once more. I huffed before taking a deep breath and walking over to the revolving doors. The doorman spun it slowly for me, telling me to have a nice day. There were so many flashes and people saying my name. A lot of questions also. "Are you Chad's mistress?" "Is it true that you're pregnant?" "Where are you from?" "Where's Chad?" I quickly walked to the car at the end of the driveway. It was only a few feet. I don't know the drivers name but I recognize him. He opened the door for me and once I was in, I reached to close it but he moved my hand and did it for me. The more I live Chad's… glamorous life, the more I appreciate him. I don't have to do anything. I could probably have people carry me if I wanted but… I won't do that. I smirked to myself and waved to the photographers who couldn't see me because of the tinted windows. Slowly, the car pulled off.

"You really should look before you get into the car." I jumped roughly and clasped my chest that my heart was trying to jump out of.

I exhaled when it was someone I knew. "Oh my God, Mrs. Cooper, you scared me."

"You should look into the car before you get in it."

"Right, I usually do but… the flashes from the cameras…" She nodded slowly, not believing a word I was saying. "What're you doing here if you don't mind me asking?"

"I'm here to talk about you and your mother." She lifted her phone that buzzed beside her. "It was news to me that Connie Monroe was your mother."

"Yeah, she um… she gave birth to me. Can I ask where we're going?"

"I have a late lunch. You're going home."

"Oh… I-"

"Why didn't you say anything the first time we had dinner with Connie and Richard?"

"Chad told me that dinner with them was very important. I didn't want to cause any trouble."

"You caused more trouble the second time around, Sonny."

I scoffed. "It was your son who blurted it out not me. I tried to stop him." God, she's so intimidating.

"How long have you been abused by your father?"

"Since I was twelve." I answered, fidgeting in the seat.

"Why didn't you call the police?"

"I didn't want to go into foster care. I feel like I already answered these questions for you, Mrs. Cooper. My answers remain the same." I tried to hold my ground but her eyes are just as piercing as Chad's. "If there's anything I would change is that I wasn't going to hide it from you. I was going to tell you. Just not in that manner."

She crossed her legs. "Why didn't you go with your mother?"

"I'm pretty sure you heard that neither Richard nor Connie wants me. I'm a disturbance…"

"As true as that may be-"

"I'm a disturbance to you?"

"You're a disturbance to my son." My eyes rolled. "Chad never would've acted that way if it weren't for you."

"You can't speak for him."

"I know he wouldn't have lashed out. He wouldn't have missed three meetings today. You're causing a disturbance. I'm all for him being happy and I'm for you staying with us because of your circumstances but you will not distract him from his job."

"You're not going to tell me what I will and will not do when I'm not in my uniform. I didn't cause him to miss the meetings. He didn't even know that he had meetings."

"Sonny, this is very serious business."

I spat back. "My relationship is serious business."

"We run a tight ship and this industry we have gone will not be faltered by a… teenage girl that's clogging his mind."

"I am not clogging his mind. What are you talking about? I thought we were going to talk about my mother. My mother is a horrible woman but I love her to death. She left me in the hands of my idiotic father for a man that despises me and I hate her for that but unless you're going to tell me that you're calling the authorities and I'm going into foster care, bashing me is unnecessary." I said all in one breath.

Mrs. Cooper stared at me, tight lipped. "I came to offer you… emancipation." What? "I'll put you on all of our insurance. You won't be connected to your mother or your father in any way possible." She reached into her bag and pulled out a manila envelope. "It's early emancipation. Once you turn eighteen, you're a complete adult although you won't be able to drink or gamble." She waved off.

I took the envelope from her hands and opened it up, lifted the huge stack of papers out. She doesn't expect me to read all this now, does she? "Why are you offering me this?"

"I saw how you looked at your mother. You don't deserve to have to be in her name and put up with that. I may not like you dating my son but I know what's right and what's wrong. I think you should get emancipated. I will help you go through the papers later on tonight if you like so you could get a better understanding."

A shy smile formed on my face. "Thank you, Mrs. Cooper."

"Don't get to fond of it."

I read the first five paragraphs of the first paper. I would be my own adult. My parents wouldn't hold me back. Complete freedom but I still love my mom. She'd still be my mom but… she wouldn't have any rights to me. My father wouldn't either. This is… a lot to think about.

CHAD POV

I watched Sonny pace around my room. I had no idea what was wrong. All I know is that she woke me up; I'm guessing she had another nightmare. But when I woke up, I had a warm empty space next to me, and I could hear stomping. She was walking in circles in my room, covering her face, biting her nails. She was muttering something that I couldn't make out. I just watched her, I didn't know if I should bug her. She looks pretty stressed out though. I dragged a hand down my face, and pushed the covers off my body, sitting on the bed. I looked at her, "Sonny, please come back to bed."

She shook her head fast, not saying anything. She cupped her mouth and turned away from me. I frowned and got up, walking toward her. "Sonny, look at me." I heard her whimper. I took her into my arms and sighed; she cried and pushed against my chest. I didn't let her go, just held her tighter. I kissed the top of her head trying to calm her down. I rubbed her back, it was sweaty and shaky. I hope she wasn't having a bad dream right now… Well about those men and her dad. I want my Sonny okay. I want her happy.

Despite her fight, I managed to pull her back to the bed and on to my lap. She muffled her tears into the curve of my neck, her hands and nails digging into my forearms tightly. I laced my hand into her hair and kept my other on her back. "Sonshine… Please try to calm down." Her body shook hard with a loud cry when I said this. I hate seeing her in pain. "Sonny… please… take deep breaths focus on my voice listen to me. Just listen to the words I am saying and just breathe. In and out." I say lowly, "I need you to try."

She sniffed, gripping tighter in my arms, "I-I… I am s-so sorry Chad." She seemed to say. I pulled back to look at her teary eyed face. Her brown eyes looked even bigger. Her chin was shaking making her look like she wanted to talk. I wrapped my arms around her and pressed my forehead to hers. "What was that? Why are you sorry?" She bit her lip and shook her head again like she wasn't going to tell me. I squeezed her, "You can trust me. Did you have a bad dream?"

She nodded, "It was about… something." Silent tears streamed down her face.

"Tell me what this something was, it's okay." I promised.

"It was about you and me. Us." She looked away from me. "It wasn't a dream. It was a nightmare… A really, really scary one. Scarier than the ones of my dad."

I almost laughed, but I didn't. I can't imagine anything scarier than that. "What was it Sonny? Did I hurt you? You know I would never ever do that. I love you, I cou-" I got cut off by more of her cries. She pushed her head into my chest and gave out a small scream. I was caught by surprise, and frowned. I was so confused. Did I say something wrong? "Sonny? Baby, talk to me you were doing good… I am sorry if I said something that might have upset you… I didn't mean to, please stop crying." I cupped her chin and forced her to look up. Her eyes were closed tight though. I whispered her name softly.

"Chad… I don't want to tell you what my dream… um- nightmare was… I can't it's too much… You'll get mad at me…" She cried out.

"No, Sonshine… I won't be mad, it was a dream it wasn't real. It won't be real. I promise. I can't get mad about the things you dream about because that is unreasonable if I did, and just plain silly. I can't blame you for the things that you think."

She just shook her head again, "You will get mad. You will!" She yelled. I kissed her then, partly to show her that I love her and I care about her no matter what and also because I couldn't have her yelling when it's almost two in the morning. She didn't kiss me back though. She sat there like a limp doll while I tried to get some type of reaction out of her. Nothing. I pulled back worried… "Sonny… what is it? Did I do something wrong?"

"No, never… I promise you." She looked away from me though. "It's not that I can't tell you Chad. I don't want to…I don't know how. I don't know how to start."

"How hard can it be? Sonny it was a dream… Just a dream. I promise you."

"It felt so real…" She opened her eyes and looked at me, "It felt like it happened. And when I woke up, I didn't know what was happening. I'm sorry for waking you up." She seemed calmer, right now.

I shrugged, "I'm glad you did. You were running in circles. You were probably going to burn a whole in the floor and fall through." This was meant to make her laugh but it didn't.

She blinked at me, "It was rude. I should have gone in the shower. I should have gotten food. Not… well I shouldn't have done that."

"Its fine, sweetie, I'm here for you. Please tell me what happened the best way that you can. And please don't worry about me getting mad. I won't."

There was a long pause before she spoke again. She shifted her position so she was sitting next to me and not on me. She put the think sheet on her legs and grabbed my hand. "I'm scared…"

"Of what? Me?" I shook my head and nudged her, "Don't be."

She swallowed, "Okay… It was… I think we were older. We didn't live here anymore. We lived away from your parents in our own little house on a hill. With a white picket fence – I know, cheesy. But it was just us." She was crying while she talked. "And you were following me around. You kept repeating something to me over and over. I couldn't understand you. But when I did… I ran as fast as I could. I wanted to get away from you because I didn't want to hear what you were saying. I couldn't face it. I couldn't say it back! I needed to get away! I kept running into people who have said it to me before, but it was all just a lie." She was talking about I love you...

"I ran into my mom. She said it to me, and when I turned around she literally stabbed my back. Then my dad… he did the same… everyone did it. Then I went back to you. I crawled to you... my back bloody. I looked up at you and told you those same words and you stabbed me too…" by the end of her story, my hand was gripping hard to hers. I knew what she was trying to tell me. It wasn't true, I loved her. And I wouldn't hurt her.

She began to cry hard again, "I am too scared to say it… Because when I say it… I feel like it will go poof" She threw her hands up. "… gone… you'll stop. You'll be done. Like everyone else. You'll leave or get tired of me. I can't handle that."

I kissed her hand, tears in my own eyes. "I'm not going to leave. Or get tired of you. Do you feel it, though?"

She looked at me and cried. I don't know what that meant. I hope it was a yes. "I love you so much, Sonny."

SONNY POV

I snuck out of Chad's bed at four in the morning. I couldn't fall back asleep no matter how comforting his arms were. Padding down the steps, I hastily walked to my room and closed the door, sliding down to the floor and hiding the sob that was shaking my chest behind my hand. I'm so fucking pathetic. I'm so pathetic. I can't do this.

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