Eep. Thanks for the reviews, guys and girls! They make me smile. Anyway, here's chapter 35 and that bump I warned about. Don't worry they're not breaking up...or are they? Nah, I'm not that evil! :D Please note: the title has changed to Dreams Do Come True! This is beacause I've just drafted the final chapter and think this works better! Enjoy xx
Disclaimer: Nope, I don't own Sonny with a Chance.
Chapter 35 – Shock Horror
SPOV:
It was a week since our anniversary. Chad and I had become inseparable. Even when we were apart, like now for example, I thought about him constantly.
Marshal had called the cast of SO Random! to his office. We gathered in the small room and shuffled into our seats.
"Hello guys!" Marshall exclaimed once we were all seated. There was a distinct glint in his eyes. I looked sideways at Tawni who shrugged, indicating that she didn't understand his enthusiasm either. He hand was laced with Nico's I noted and I smiled.
"What's up Marshall?" Zora asked. She had changed a lot over the last year. She had really matured. She no longer crawled in vents…well not that much. She had grown a good deal and she was becoming really quite stunning, especially under Tawni's instruction.
"Well, I've got some news for you guys." The emotions on the faces of my cast mates were varied. Nico looked shocked, Tawni looked excited, Zora apprehensive and Grady looked somewhere between puzzled and constipated.
"Go on." Tawni encouraged.
In reply Marshall lifted up six slips of paper; aeroplane tickets. We gave a collective gasp.
"You're sending us on holiday?" Nico yelled.
"Not quite." Marshall said, smiling benignly.
"Then what?" Demanded Tawni, jumping to her feet.
"You're all going to England because," he paused for dramatic effect. "SO RANDOM IS MAKING A MOVIE!" Marshall yelled.
We have another collective gasp.
Tawni collapsed into Nico's lap.
Nico, luckily caught her.
Grady gave a startled squawk and mopped his brow.
Zora immediately pulled out her phone and began texting furiously.
I, I sat down, unaware of getting to my feet and puzzled over what my emotions were.
I was happy because this could be a big break for me.
I was sad because I'd have to leave Chad.
I was angry because I wanted more details.
I was scared to take this huge step.
I was excited about seeing a new country.
I was nervous about seeing our fan base in England.
I looked up at Marshall, beseeching him with my eyes to give us more details. He didn't see me, but obliged anyway.
"You'll be going for six months. You'll get the script the day before you leave, which is exactly two weeks from now. The movie will be released here before England. You'll get to see it before it's released in cinemas. The reason you're going to England is because we want to keep it a secret from you fans so that they'll be really pleasantly surprised when they find out. You'll still do the show every two weeks; it'll just be from England. I'm coming with you and so is Miss Bitterman, so you can keep up your education."
We all groaned at his last sentence. Six months! Chad! Chad.
"Can we tell anyone about why we're leaving?" I asked.
"No, Sonny. It's a secret." I nodded. I had been expecting that. I sighed.
We were soon dismissed to go start packing.
How was I going to explain this all to Chad?
…
CPOV:
I had just finished rehearsing and I was preparing to leave the set and head to meet Sonny for lunch.
My phone buzzed in my pocket. I pulled it out and tapped the screen. "One new message – Sonshine." A text from Sonny. I opened it and read.
"Hey, Chad. I need to tell you something. Can you meet me at our special place in ten minutes? XXX"
Hmm…I wondered what she could need to tell me. Fear fluttered at my heart. Could she be breaking up with me again? No, she wouldn't.
I walked towards the pond, still hidden by trees. It was a dry day, but cool and clouds threatened to break on the horizon. I entered the clearing by the pond and saw her sitting on the edge, hugging her knees.
"Cold?" I asked. She jumped and turned to me. She offered me a half-hearted smile and shrugged. The fear that had fluttered a few minutes ago came again, clutching at my lungs and making breathing difficult.
"So," I said, unsure of what to say. My voice was threatening to crack.
"Hey." She smiled again, but it was off. It was like she was broken into two halves, one that was unbearably happy and another that was indefinably sad.
"Sonny?" I asked, desperate to chase the dark shadow that was making her upset away from her.
"Chad." She sighed. She gathered my hands in hers and looked into my eyes. "I have to go away for a while." She whispered.
"What?" I asked, unwilling to believe that my world was crashing down around my shoulders.
"I have to leave. I'm going … somewhere." She said.
"Where?" I asked.
"England." She bit her lip as if she was unsure whether she should have said this much.
"Why?"
"I can't say."
"Why not, Sonny."
Silence.
"I'll come with you." I told her.
"You can't."
"What is it, Sonny? Are we breaking up? Have I upset you?" I asked, panicking.
"No, no, no, no. We're not breaking up. I don't want to leave you. It's not you." She said.
"It's not you. That's a break up line, Sonny." I said, sorrow filling my body.
"NO! I'm not breaking up with you, Chad!" She wailed. A determined look flashed across her face. "If I was, would I do this?" She asked, and before I could even give a puzzled look her mouth was on mine, her hands in my hair and just as quickly I was kissing her back. I needed her. I needed to know that she was still mine. I needed to know that this wasn't the end.
My arms wrapped around her waist and I never wanted to let go. I held her body close to mine, as if by holding her I could prevent her from leaving me again.
We hugged, kissed, comforted, cried and laughed. After a while we pulled apart.
"When?" I asked. That was all that there was left to know.
"Two weeks. For six months." She murmured.
Six months! Six months of cloud and rain without my Sonshine. I sighed.
"C'mon, we should get going, lunch must be nearly over." When she continued to look dejected I spoke again, "We still have two weeks together and then all the years after those six months. The time will fly by, you'll see." I told her, trying to convince myself nearly as much as I was trying to convince her.
I offered her my hand, which she took and I pulled her to her feet. We walked hand in hand back to the studios.
SPOV:
"All the years after." I couldn't get those words from my head. They made the thought of separation bearable and the six months after bearable too.
After our conversation at the pond we sat in the cafeteria, trying to act normally. I held Chad's hand under the table.
…
Our last day together, before I left tomorrow. Chad was coming with me to the airport. I had my bags packed and ready for me. I had said goodbye to my mum and was sleeping at Chad and Selena's for the night, so they could drive me to the airport early in the morning.
Chad and I dreaded the morning light when I'd leave him. For six whole months. Who knew what could happen in that time? Would he move on? Find someone else?
When the time came for us all to head up to bed, all three of us were dejected and miserable. We headed to our separate rooms.
I lay on the bed, glaring at the ceiling. Could I just turn down going? No. This was my chance and I could still come back in six months to see Chad.
Well, this had been a big surprise. Life was full of surprises and not all of them were pleasant. The next one, however, was.
CPOV:
I couldn't sleep. I glanced at the clock and saw it read midnight. In six hours I'd be waving Sonny off at the airport. Letting the love of my life leave me. I had promised I would never let her go again.
Before I could stop myself I was up and out of bed. I padded across the hallway and knocked softly on Sonny's door.
"Sonny?" I whispered. There was no answer so I gently pushed the door open. From the bed I could discern the glint of a pair of eyes gazing at me in wonder.
"Surprise." I said.
"Hey." She replied and I saw her smile in the light the moonlight was giving through the gap in her curtains. She patted the bed beside her.
I walked across the room and settled on the bed beside her, pulling the covers up over me. I wriggled closer to her and hugged her tightly to me.
I sighed contentedly and she ran her fingers through my hair. The next thing I knew it was morning and mum was calling my name.
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