Yippee! Chapter 29! I'm super excited for this one, just coz of the Randoms being awesome. I'm updating a lot recently, coz of a reason that will soon be revealed to you.

Two people who regularly PM me have a small, word-less part in this chapter... they will know who they are :D

Important note at the bottom...

Oh, and I don't own SWAC. I own Sticky Mickey's though, even though it's not real... you'll get it when u read...


Chapter 29-Team Channy!

Tawni's POV

"Okay, we all know the plan, right?" I whisper to the others in my dressing room, going over the plan one last time, "Zora and I go find Sonny, Nico and Grady corner Chad. Convince them they miss the other and want them back… get it?"

"Got it." They all reply.

"Okay, let's go," I say, before pumping my fist in the air, "Team Channy!"

Yeah… we're called Team Channy. Just because our goal (as a team) is to bring Channy back! Wow… that's a weird thing for me to wanna do, but like I said, Chad and Sonny are adorable, and happy, together. If they ended up living their lives apart, sad and their hearts alone, not really in love when they marry… I don't know what I'd do. They are perfect for each other though, I've only recently realised that… and they will be getting back together soon, I promise you that.

We then separate to our different ways – Grady and Nico to Mackenzie Falls, me and Zora to my car, and eventually Wisconsin.

Alright, time to get this plan into action!

Chad's POV

I get back to work the day after Sonny decided to leave me. If she wants me to move on, if she wants me to get on with my life, I'll sure try. It'll be hard, because I do… lo... like her. And considering she kissed my cheek yesterday, I'm sure she still lo... likes me. We just, according to her, can't be together. Alright then, now I have to follow Sonny's wishes. And how to do this, I don't know…

Maybe I should just pretend like she never existed? Well, that's a dumb idea. How can I pretend the most important thing in my life didn't exist, especially since her huge photo (on the wall of the So Random corridor) is still up, right outside my studio?

Hey, I'll try something…


I'm in my dressing room that first day when I get a knock on the door.

"Come in!" I say, and I have to rub my eyes when I see the two Random guys come in… smiling? Why aren't they mad? Chastity's get-back (A/N: Was listening to Get Back by Demi Lovato the moment I typed that ;)) prank should've started by now…

"Hey, Chad." Nico says, putting his elbow on my shoulder in a friendly manner. I act like he's not there.

"Uh… hello?"

"Why are you here?" I ask softly, because I'm annoyed that they are here when Sonny isn't. I don't like seeing the Randoms unless Sonny's with them.

"We just came to hang!" Grady grins, and I roll my eyes.

"Hang?" I say, "I have better things to do."

I know – antisocial. But if Sonny's no longer around, neither is Chad. Just CDC… no matter how hard it'll be, I have to become him again. Ugh, let the torture of being publicly hated by everyone begin again…

"Really?" Nico says, and I scowl. Why won't they go away? "Coz I know how bored, and lonely, and distraught you must be now you're single…"

"I didn't know idiots like you knew the word 'distraught'." I say with a false smirk. They see right through it and I sigh, "You want me to go get Sonny back, don't you?"

They shrug, smiling. "Well…"

"I'll take that as a yes." I say, not meeting their gaze.

There's an awkward silence for a minute, before Nico says, "Uh, so can we take that as a yes?"

"Hmm, how about..." I say in a cheery voice, before flattening my tone, "No."

"Why not?" Grady asks, and I sigh.

"She hates me." I say softly.

"I don't think she does." Grady shrugs, and I laugh.

"Oh, really? Then why'd she run from me?"

"She…" Nico pauses, "…Needed some space?"

"No." I say really slowly, saying each word on its own, like I'm talking to morons. Which, I guess I am. "She. Hates. Me."

"We don't know that for sure," Nico says, "I say you right back down there and demand to know where you stand. Take charge – you're the dude!"

I sigh, "I'm not doing that."

"Well then, you're no longer Chad Dylan Cooper." Grady says, and I try not to laugh.

"Uh… excuse me?"

"Not the Chad Dylan Cooper we know anyway." He adds.

"Of course I'm Chad Dylan Cooper," I say, "You guys can't have possibly forgotten that. Remember? CDC, the greatest actor of his generation, the puppy shover, the bad-boy…"

"That was CDC." Nico says.

"We were talking about Chad." Grady adds.

I sigh, peed that they decided to bring my long-gone, loving, kind persona into this, "Well, then, I'm sorry, but he's dead. He's gone along with Sonny, and he's not coming back."

Grady chuckles, "No, he's not. He's still in there – among all that hate and jerk-ness. And I know he wants Sonny back, even if CDC doesn't."

I ignore them, "I'm NOT going back."

"Well, then, we're not leaving." Nico says, collapsing onto the couch behind him, and Grady does the same. He jumps up though quickly, fishing something from behind the pillow. I gulp as he pulls out the small box with a shocked expression. Busted.

"What's this?" Grady asks.

"Uh, nothing!" I say, trying to stop them from opening it. Too late. Grady is almost blinded with the shine coming from the inside, and when they fish the diamond ring out of the box, I try to pull off an "I'm innocent" smile. Fail.

"Were you…" Nico blinks, "…Gonna propose to Sonny?"

"Or someone else?" Grady gasps, "I knew we couldn't trust you!"

I groan, "SHUT UP!" I yell. They go quiet and I sit on the couch, head in hands. This is when Sonny would usually put her arm around me, tell me everything will be OK. Instead, I'm stuck with these guys interrogating me.

"Well?" Grady asks, and I sigh, looking up for a moment.

"It is for Sonny... or was." I explain, and the boys gasp. "I wasn't gonna propose." I add, "We're only eighteen… way too young. But… it's a promise ring. It was to show her that I'd never leave her, and would marry her one day… I was gonna give it to her while we were in Wisconsin, but I never got the chance with all the crazy stuff. I then took it with me yesterday… she obviously didn't want it. Well, she sure didn't want me."

I don't know why I'm admitting all this to the guys I hate the most (apart from Zac Efron) in the whole world, but it surprises me to see they're listening. They almost look like they care!

"So… go back to Wisconsin!" Nico yells over-excitedly, "Show her the ring; show her how much you love her!"

I start to smile, they may be right. I have to do this…

I then shake my head, sighing again, chucking the thought out like garbage, "I'm sorry guys… I can't face her again."

They both take a long huff, before Nico says, "Well, I guess we came for nothing." He pats Grady on the back, "Guess there's nothing we can do, bro… let's go."

They leave, giving me one last sad look on the way out, and I almost cry.

I then look down at the ring, sat in a little pillow of velvet, and I blink back the tears.

No more mistakes… isn't that what I promised Sonny when we got back together after the house fire? Looks like I failed that. I take the box in my hands, looking down at the diamond and only seeing Sonny. I blink back the tears, before over the intercom I am asked for on set. I take a deep breath, closing the box and putting it in my drawer, before heading off to rehearsal… broken.

Tawni's POV

After HOURS of driving (which has made my hair look a wreck and my eyes droopy), we arrive at the house where Sonny's mom and everyone else is staying. I smile when Connie opens the door.

"Hey Tawni, Zora," She says, "What are you doing here?"

"We're looking for Sonny." I say, "Do you know where she is?"

"She's at her new job…" Connie sighs, "I couldn't believe it when she told me she wanted to move back for a little while…"

"So were we." Zora says, "Where's her new job?"

Sonny's POV

"Welcome to Sticky Mickey's Fried Chicken!" I grin at my first customer on the job, "How may I help you?"

Yeah, that's right. My new job… a fast food restaurant worker. Yippee. There's no way this tops being part of the So Random cast, but hey, I just need some time alone, away from all the Hollywood theatrics and the fame and fortune… just for a while. Or maybe the rest of my life.

It's not that I don't love Hollywood right now and would rather move back here – because I love there and I love my job and my friends. I just… don't know anymore. A lot has changed in a short while…

I wave off my first group of customers, before waiting for the next…

"Welcome to Sticky… Tawni? Zora?"

My two Californian girl friends are staring me in the face, Zora smiling, Tawni trying to smile. I guess, considering she's never had fast food (I know – crazy!) this is all new to her. I don't think she likes it.

"Sonny!" They grin, hugging me.

"So…" I say, striking a pose, "What do ya think? New job! Cool, huh?"

They both just stand there, holding those same face positions (smiling falsely), and I sigh.

"You hate it?"

Tawni nods, and Zora whacks her.

"It's OK… we need to talk to you though."

"Oh, that's cool." I say, "I have a break coming up in ten minutes. Wanna order something and I'll talk to you then."

Zora nods, ordering like an expert. Tawni has no idea. She just buys a salad. I didn't even think Sticky Mickey's sold salads… I always loved the fried chicken wings. Mmm…


I sign off for my break, leaving the other employees, Sarah and Hannah (A/N: Like I said earlier, you know who you are) to continue, and sit with the girls, taking a few of Zora's fries.

"So, what did you guys wanna talk about?" I ask them, and they look at each other sadly, before looking back at me, synchronised, somewhat worried.

"You, coming back." Tawni says, and I huff, leaning back in my chair, annoyed. "We just want you to think it over again, slowly."

"You too?" I say, "My Mom was exactly the same about it."

"And she's right," Zora says, "You need to think about this."

I groan, "I'm not coming back. Not for a while, anyway."

"Why not?"

"Because…" I come up short, and throw my hands in the air in defeat, "…Because I just can't."

"Not good enough." Tawni says sternly. "It's to do with Chad, isn't it?"

I roll my eyes, still not meeting their gaze.

"Sonny, you have it all wrong with Chad. He wants you. He needs you."

"He can live without me." I say softly, not bothering to put in any emotion.

Tawni lets out a small laugh humourlessly, "Sonny, you didn't see him when he found out you'd come back to Wisconsin. He was crushed."

I then hate myself for feeling sorry for him.

"C'mon, Sonny," Tawni continues, "You can't tell me you don't still have feelings for him."

"I can." I reply.

"Okay then," She says, leaning forward, "Do it."

I try to say it. I think in my head, Easy. I'm over Chad Dylan Cooper. I have no feelings whatsoever. I go to say it… but I can't. The words won't leave my mouth. They just come as a murmur in the back of my head. Tawni smiles shruging.

"I rest my case."

I feel like crying, "Why are you doing this to me?" I ask, and Zora's shoulders slump.

"We don't want you making a mistake." She says.

"I'M NOT!" I yell, "Why can't you just, as my friends, except my decision? You don't even like Chad anyways!"

Tawni shakes her head at me, breathing deeply, clearly upset, "We just want you to make the right decision. We know how amazing you and Chad are together, and we just don't want you to throw away your relationship with him for nothing."

I growl. I'm not gonna listen to these guys. Some friends they are if they can't respect my decision.

I get up, leaving the restaurant (guess who's getting fired tomorrow!) and heading for my car, driving straight home.


I try to stop my eyes from misting up during the ride, but they won't. Well, I suppose this is what I get for falling so hard for a guy who things were never gonna work out with.

I open the glove compartment to find my sunglasses to cover my eyes (so no-one sees my tears, even though I will look weird considering it's cloudy). My heart thumps inside my chest when I see the small picture of Chad and I in there, seventeen, on our first date, young, happy, free… together. I pull over, getting out the picture, wanting to get rid of the memories. I go to rip the picture in half, but… I can't. It's just like what happened with Tawni in Sticky Mickey's… I just can't admit that Chad and I are over… it doesn't seem like it's a possible thing for my body to do.

I arrive home, waving at Sara, giving Mom a hug, before heading right up to my room, picture of me and Chad in my pocket.

You have it all wrong with Chad. He wants you. He needs you… he was crushed… you can't tell me you don't still have feelings for him… Tawni's words ring through my head, understandable, unforgettable…

I still love Chad. There's no way I can deny it. And that means I have two choices – try to get over him, or go back to California and find him. But then, if I leave here, I need to break up with Callum, since we have been dating since yesterday. I stare at the photo for a long moment.

"C'mon, Chad…" I say, "Tell me… what do you want me to do? What are you thinking about right now?"

I'm then hit by a spark. I know exactly what I want to do – it's like Chad's talking to me, like I'm talking to him… weird.

I grab the picture, my jacket, and my car keys, heading for my car, smiling my Sonny smile for the first time since Chad and I broke up.

Chad's POV

I get back from rehearsal, Grady and Nico's words eating away at my heart…

You're no longer Chad Dylan Cooper… We're talking about Chad… he's still in there… and I know he wants Sonny back…

OK, so he does. Chad wants Sonny back. I want Sonny back. But… how can I get her back? I think for a moment. Were the boys right? If I went back to Wisconsin, showed her the ring, how much I care… she might take me back?

I look at the little diamond in the ring, seeing Sonny's face in it. I've been sat here for five minutes, studying it like a math puzzle, hoping something will give me an answer.

"C'mon, Sonny," I say, "Tell me… what do you want me to do? What are you thinking about right now?"

I then get hit by a spark. Something just tells me Sonny's talking to me, telling me to do something… creepy.

I grab the ring, the box, my jacket and my car keys, heading for my car. Finally, my life feels right again for the first time since Sonny and I broke up. I then stop in my tracks – I could be there a while. I grab a small travel bag in the corner of my room, stuffing a bunch of clothes and what-not into it.

It's then when I get a knock at the door, and I smile broadly at who it is.


Ooh! Who is it?

OK, important note time! My original plan for this story was 30 chapters. Well, we're on chapter 29. Nearing the end... :'( HOWEVER... I have a new idea to carry it on a little. I just wanted to ask, is this story getting old? Do we want it over with? Or shall I add more onto it with this new little plotline?

Also, I would like to ask you guys something. I got reviews saying how cute Zora and Josh are. Would you like to see more from these two? And if you do, what do you want their couple name to be? One person reviewed 'Jora', another 'Zosh'. Pick one for me. Or make up your own (if you can).

Alrighty then. Please put ur comments in your review. See ya's! :D