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Legit. I dead cried while writing this. I'm not even lying. Well, not the first part but the second part of Chad's pov


CHAD POV (THE NIGHT BEFORE)

"Stop…" Sonny laughed, pushing at my hand that was signing my name on the back of her thigh. My parents were in the backyard talking and enjoying wine with each other while Seth went out with Chloe and Taylor was too tired to do anything. It's around 1:30 in the morning and we all probably should be sleep but no one was tired

"Why?"

"It tickles" She murmured into my neck. Sonny's leaving tomorrow. It's so weird because we're both forcing smiles onto face even though we know the painful truth behind them.

"I didn't know you were ticklish" I moved my hand up to her lower back and rested one underneath my head. Sonny was straddling my waist in a loose white t shirt and pair of red basketball shorts. It took me a few minutes to realize that it was my shorts by the way she tied the drawstring so tight. I was only in a pair of sweats.

"I'm not. It just feels weird. Like it tickles" She explained. I nodded slowly and grazed my lips over her temple "It's freezing in this house…" She said lowly, balling her hands up on my bare chest and exhaling. I reached down near my knees and pulled up the covers on my bed past my legs and over her

"Sonny Monroe? Cold?"

"Shut up" She laughed

"Every day you would say 'It's fucking hot' when the central air would be on and I would just look at you like you were crazy" She laughed again and shook her head "You're just weird"

"Yeah… I am. Are you going to miss me?"

"Well, I can't right now. You're lying on top of me"

"Chad…"

"That's a stupid question, Sonny"

"I know" She groaned with a snicker "I saw my mother earlier today"

"Really? What did she want?"

"To say goodbye. She knew that you'd be there and she knows that you don't like her at all because of what she's done so she said it early"

"Oh" I responded "That's all…"

"Then she gave me a new credit card because she cancelled the old one that I had. She said 'I'll pay for anything you need' then hugged me"

"Isn't that… nice" I said slowly. She huffed a short laugh and lifted her head. I shrugged before she rested back in the crook of my neck again. I continued signing my name on the back of her soft skin

"It sucks that I won't be there when you start school. I definitely would leave my mark on you" I smiled and shook my head "Not that it would stop college whores anyway…"

"I mean, I already have marks on my back" I added about the scratches she gave. I'm used to it now.

"Hm…" She chuckled softly "Sorry…"

"Mhm" Her hand rested on my arm that was behind my head, massaging the muscle in my arm

"I'm warm now…" I took the hand from under my head and tilted her chin up. She lightly pressed her lips to mine, fixing her position. My hands found her sides underneath her shirt. I deepened the kiss, not even asking for entrance. She kissed me back with the same force I gave her. Somehow, it was slow and passionate and not fast like it usually is. I felt her fingers rest on my shoulders and pull me so that I was sitting up with her on my lap. I carefully pulled the shirt over her head and dropped it to the floor carelessly. I left feather kisses down her jaw and ravished her neck, leaving a light red hickey on her neck. She's mine and she always will be.

"Sonny…" I hissed when she rolled her hips onto my growing member. I don't know how she turns me on so quick but I'm not even mad. I hooked a finger under one of her bra straps and pulled it down her shoulder slowly. She wrapped her arms around my neck completely. I loved how soft Sonny's lips were. They were just so… smooth and moved like fluid when they were against mine. I reached around her back and unhooked her bra with one hand. It dropped onto the floor next to her shirt. I leaned forward gradually, pressing her back into the bed and hitching her left leg over my waist. She moaned lightly into my mouth as I grinded my erection onto her core.

"Chad…" She whimpered, running her hands down my arms then over my abs. She stopped at the waistband of my pants, pushing them down slightly. I got hers off first. She lifted her hips so I can take her light pink panties off. I could feel how wet she was over my hand as I trailed a finger in between her folds. "Mm…" She arched her torso into my chest when I slipped a finger inside of her. She really was wet and I was really hard. I slowly pumped a finger, listening to her moan on my lips. Her hands rested on my sides, loosening when I slipped another finger into her wet core. I felt her walls flutter around my fingers as her voice raised two octaves as she came around my fingers. When she came off her high, I pulled my fingers out of her and sucked them clean.

"Fuck…" I muttered when she pushed my sweats down completely and wrapped her fingers around my hard member. She stroked me slowly, running her thumb of the head of my length. I truly wasn't going to last if she kept doing that so I placed my hand over hers and breathed out heavily

"Condom…" She stated. I reached over to the nightstand and pulled out a green foil package. I tore it open and rolled the rubber over my manhood. I rubbed myself to comfort before hovering over her and situating myself over her opening. "Oh…" She moaned as I ran the sensitive head between her folds. I thrusted inside her slowly, like it was her first time. She exhaled shakily before wrapping her arms around my neck and pulling me down into a searing kiss. Shit, she's tight. I set an even pace; weaving my hands around her back and pulling her body flush against mine

"Fuck… Sonny" I grunted. She let out a whimper as I continued thrusting evenly, gradually moving faster. Despite me already having her, I craved more of her. I always did, I'll always want her. What can I say? Sonny's body is pure perfection.

"C-Chad" She stuttered out onto my lips. Our breath mingled with each others, filling the room with the noise of our love making. I buried my head in her hair, breathing unevenly. Her soft sounds in my ear only encouraged me to keep pleasuring her. "Hm…" She hummed out. I pulled back slightly so I can see her face. Her pink lips parted with her half open eyes dilating with every thrust

"Shit" I grunted, kissing the bare spot underneath her ear. Her wavy hair was sprawled out over my pillows and our bodies were covered in a thin layer of sweat. She dropped one of her hands and it fisted the bed sheet, the other still around my neck. God, I loved this girl. My fingers tangled into my beautiful girlfriend's hair and gently brought her lips to mine, kissing her softly. It was soft and gentle despite our usual.

"Oh fuck… C-Chad" She moaned out into my mouth. I felt her walls clench around my member as she reached her high. Her body arched into mine roughly and her nails dug into my shoulder. "Ah…" She drawled out Yeah, it hurt but it was a good type of pain. A pain that told me I made her happy and feel good. "Chad!" She moaned out again. Her eyes bored into mines shortly before they snapped shut and she caught her bottom lip between her teeth. The knot in my stomach unraveled as her walls pulsed around me repeatedly.

"Ah shit… Sonny" I groaned and came into the rubber. Both of ours releases were hard on each other. She captured my lips with hers and kissed me lovingly as we both came down off our highs. We caught our breath while sweetly kissing each other, taking in as much as we can get. There was something totally different about this time. It was a lot slower and there was more time spent kissing each other if anything. Once we both caught our breath, I pulled out of her, completely sated. She let out a soft breath as I got up to tie and throw the condom out. I pulled on my sweatpants without my boxers and got back in the bed with her

"The time you finally go commando it's after sex" She muttered tiredly and rolling over on her front, underneath the covers

"That wasn't sex, baby" I said dropping my head across from hers on a pillow

"Then what was it?" She pulled one of my pillows underneath her head and looked at me with her chocolaty brown eyes. She looked back into my blue ones softly. I cupped her cheek with my hand, running my thumb over her cheekbone and kissing her lightly

"Love"


There are three large suitcases in the back of Seth's hummer. My parents are in the front seat with Seth and Chloe in the middle and Sonny and I in the back. It was a very dead silence in the car. Everyone knew how I was feeling and Sonny masks her feelings so well that I have no clue what she's thinking about. How I feel? I feel like my best friend is leaving me. Don't get me wrong, Grady is my best friend but Sonny is truly my best friend in the entire world. She's my girlfriend, my best friend, my everything. It's really strange how she hated me in the beginning and ended up loving me. Well, not strange... I don't exactly know the word for it.

I find it strange that she changed me. I don't cheat, I'm a loyal boyfriend compared to how I was before. Why it happened? I actually liked her and it wasn't because of the sex or looks. It could've been the little things like the way she pushes her hair back for no reason or the way she narrows her eyes at me when I made her mad. It could've been the way her voice sounds in the morning or how she laughs when I won't let go. God, I'm such a fucking sap. Pull it together!

Who am I kidding? I can't.

Sonny had consumed every part of me. It wasn't even physical anymore. It was purely mental. She knew how to get to me and when she did, she changed every part of me. I wish I could've just… I don't know… had more time with her. I mean, I spent two years with Penelope and Sonny and I haven't even reached one year and she's leaving. We started going out July 12, 2011 and its June 24, 2012. It's not even a whole year. I mean, it's a year since we've met and all but not a year since she's been my girlfriend. I guess I wished that I would've known her earlier than I did.

Honestly, everyone saw it. Everyone saw how much I loved her and how much I wanted her all the time. I didn't even care at some points. Grady would point it out every time I looked at Sonny before we were going out. He would say that I was hooked on this one girl. And I was. I definitely wouldn't have put up with her attitude and her mother and stuff if I didn't like her. It's that simple and it's not sugarcoated with candy.

Riding down to LAX at five thirty in the morning seemed to short. It was like there wasn't enough time to just feel her fingers in between mine. When we pulled into the Delta terminal parking lot, there was a painful, foreign ache in my heart. A lump started forming in my throat. It was so hard to swallow- like swallowing a pill dry. We walked into the terminal with her pulling one suitcase and my mother and I pulling the other. We let her check her bags in first before saying goodbye. It was the worst goodbye I've ever experienced.

"Be safe, sweetheart. Make sure you call when you land" My mother, who was holding her ticket, hugged her first, tightly. Sonny chuckled lightly and nodded in my mother's embrace

"Yes, ma'am. Thank you for everything. I mean, you helped me a lot and I can't even imagine where I would be if you didn't let me stay with you"

"Its fine, Sonny" My mother said back and released her. She chuckled once more before turning to my father

"Mr. Cooper…" She held out her hand for a handshake. He smiled faintly, refusing her hand and gave her a hug. She laughed quietly and hugged him back "Thank you…"

"No problem…" He mumbled "Go show them what you're made of over there. I'm sure they'll be surprised at what you can do" She beamed a smile and stepped out of his hug when he let go

"Sonny… you're leaving" Chloe pouted and held out her hands for a hug. Sonny snickered and hugged her tightly "You're leaving me with these two crazy boys…"

"I'm sure you'll keep them in check" She laughed with Chloe and shook her head "Especially Seth, he might need a little more help"

"Haha" Seth deadpanned and hugged her next. "I'll miss your crazy, insulting ass"

"Aw… I knew you liked me" She poked his side and exhaled. "I'm gonna miss you, Seth" I swallowed the lump in my throat finally as she pushed her hair back and faced me. It was the face I never wanted to see her make. The face of her eyes watering up automatically by just looking at me. I don't even know how to say goodbye "I tried to figure out what to say to you but I can't…" She croaked out "…and me out of all people should be used to saying goodbye…"

"I…" My head shook, what the hell am I supposed to say? I just pulled her into my arms and breathed deeply into the crook of her neck. She let out a trembled breath followed by a short sob "Don't cry…" I murmured

"Sorry" She giggled and balled her hands up in my shirt "…More than you realize…"

"…I'm going to miss you" I finished. I felt her smile onto my shoulder before leaning back and running her fingers through my short hair. I cupped her cheeks softly, savoring as much as I can get when I kissed her. I can't think about kissing anyone else or holding another girls hand. I grew so close to her that she's the only one I can see myself being with. In the midst of kissing her, I felt warm tears slid down her face. I wiped them away with my thumbs slowly. I broke the kiss even though I didn't want to. She gave a small smile and sobbed shortly. Those brown eyes that I've been looking at for the year and three months never looked so loving and soft "I love you"

"I love you too" Her hands wrapped around my wrists as she pecked my lips. I dropped my hands to my sides and watched her fix the strap of her carryon bag around her shoulder

"You have your ticket…" My mother said, handing it to her. We can't go past security "Have a good time and pass your classes…"

"Okay…" Sonny laughed and nodded her head while wiping underneath her eyes. "Thank you… so much" They all smiled but I clenched my jaw to prevent tears from flowing out of my eyes. It was one step away from me. She was walking away from me. Then it was another. After a few seconds she froze on her way to the security checkpoint. She just stood there for a few seconds. I watched her hand reach up to her face and drop back down to her side. Sonny's thinking herself out of it. I sucked it up and made my way over to her.

"Hey, hey, hey…" I said softly as I walked around to her front. She had giant tears rolling down her cheeks that didn't stop "Sonshine… why are you crying?" I wiped her tears again and shook my head

"You're letting me walk away from you" She cried "I can't let myself walk away from you" She shook her head and looked away. It wasn't the fact of her walking away from me this time. She was scared "I can't do it"

"You're not walking away from anything" I stated "I'll always be here and I'm just a phone call away. Anytime. It can be three in the morning and I'll answer without hesitation" I explained. She only cried slightly harder and squeezed her eyes shut "Sonny, please stop crying" A warm tear rolled down my face "Please, baby…"

"I can't…" She sobbed- her cheeks damp and flushed. "It's t-too hard to walk a-away this time. I'm used to you wrapping your arms around my waist and telling me to stop walking away. Once I go past security, I'm not going to hear that until Thanksgiving. I'm not… falling asleep in the same bed as you or getting in the shower without you harassing me" She laughed in between a sob "I can't"

"Sonny, I swear you're not walking away" My voice was husky. One more time, I hugged her for as long as I could and felt another tear down my face. Chad Dylan Cooper… is crying. It's not the first time I cried over Sonny. I then pecked her lips repeatedly before leisurely kissing her temple and feeling her warm fingers on my neck. She nodded and closed her eyes "Nothing isn't going to change my feelings about you, Sonny. I promise…"

"Yeah…" She whispered and rested her forehead on my chest. I let her walk past me and gazed at her handing her bag and ticket to TSA. She waved after going through the metal detector and getting wanded. A hand came on my shoulder and massaged it softly. I looked next to me and saw Seth. He draped his arm around my shoulder before turning us around and walking back to my parents were. Thanksgiving needs to hurry the hell up


SONNY POV

I feel like shit. I feel like the shittiest person in the world. My boyfriend- I won't be seeing him for a couple of months. It literally felt like someone punched my heart and left me there to try to mend it myself. The six hour flight to New York and the twenty minute layover in JFK was the worst feeling ever. It seemed like JFK was the airport to go to if you were with your boyfriend or girlfriend. They were curled up in the seats waiting for their flight to be called. It made me think what it would've been like if he were with me. I definitely wouldn't be feeling as shitty as I am now. My cheeks had tear stains going down them and my hands were trembling. God, I didn't think it would be this bad. My flight is starting to board; it's an eighteen hour flight.

The whole time I was on the British Airways plane, first class- his parents upgraded my ticket, I was letting big fat tears roll down my face. It was too much to think about what I left in California. I thought leaving Florida was bad… California was ten times worse. Why, you might ask? Chad Dylan Cooper. My boyfriend. My long distance boyfriend.

I don't know how Chad got it to happen but it's in me now. Some part of him will always linger in my mind no matter what I do. Chad was in my head, my heart, everything. Ugh, that sounds so cheesy but it's the truth. I think I completely changed. Not in appearance but in mental ways. I didn't think I was going to fall this hard. I mean, I didn't think I was going to fall for him at all. But I did and now I'm leaving him. I feel so stupid and foggy and confused. I should've just went to USC and not listened to what he said:

"I want you to go to Oxford and do what you want. Don't stay here because of me. You won't be happy, Sonny, and I want you to be happy in a place you want to go to"

Yeah, I go to Oxford, miles away from him and I'm not happy. I go to USC with him and give up Oxford, I'm still not happy. It was a lose-lose all around. Way to bring me joy. I don't know what it was about Chad. It could've been his looks but I realized it wasn't much of that. That was just a bonus. Besides him looking like perfection in every possible way, he shut me down completely. I mean, no guy… ever just told me to 'shut up' when I'm running off at the mouth. It was a different experience for me. I wasn't totally out of control and I wasn't dominating over anyone. It was right in the middle. Maybe it was the way his voice sounded in the morning. It was deep and husky until he was truly awake.

"Excuse me, Miss Monroe?" One of the flight attendants patted my shoulder and smiled at me sincerely "Are you okay? Is there a problem that we can help you with?"

"No… um" I sniffled and wiped underneath my eyes "I'm fine, thanks"

"If there's anything we can help you with please let us or me know?" I nodded and watched her walk off. Then the tears came cascading down my face again.

I wasn't going to see those vibrant blue eyes for five months until Thanksgiving. I'm such an idiot.


"Can I help you with those?" My roommate, Adriana asked about moving some of the things off my bed. She's from America also but she's from Brooklyn, New York. She had dark brown hair and dark brown eyes like I did but was an inch or two taller. She already had her side of the room set up before I did and since she chose the left, I'm stuck with the right. I shook my head, declining her offer and sat on the bed that the boxes that I sent over here weeks ago was sitting on

"No, thanks" I smiled

"You look sad? Home sick already?"

"Nah, not home sick"

"Oh… you left someone behind" She drawled out "So did I…" She sighed "We have something in common. Well, we got paired up so we must have a lot in common but my only rule is keep the room clean and we'll have no problems"

"Same here. That goes for the bathroom too…"

"Of course"

"I'm gonna… a… make a phone call"

"I'm gonna go find out what the hell kind of people live in this house. I wouldn't want to live with a crazy" She chuckled and left the room, closing the door on her way out. I dialed Chad's number and waited for the obnoxious trilling to end. If it was eleven at night over here then it was six in the morning over there. I knew he would be sleeping…

"Hello?" He answered like he wasn't sleeping at all. I breathed out heavily at the sound of his voice and laid back on the clear spot of my bed

"Hey…"

"Hey, baby. How was your flight?"

"The flight was… long" I could feel the lump in my throat start to come back. I only stopped crying for an hour, honestly "But… yeah…"

"How's the dorm?"

"It's not really a dorm, it's a townhouse. It's very big, though. The guys are nice and the girls are even nicer. My roommate is nice but smiley" I heard him laugh tiredly, almost seeing him smile in my head

"Oh..."

"Yeah" I cleared my throat and blinked out a tear that rolled into my hair

"Please don't cry, Sonny…"

"I'm not" I lied and wiped my face. I sighed again and shook my head "I'm not…"

"Sonny, there's a house meeting downstairs. Whatever that is…" Adriana peeked her head through the door "So, move your ass"

"Alright, I'm coming" I told her. "I uh… I have to go" I then said into the phone. It sucks that I can't talk to him longer but I prepared myself for it

"Yeah, I heard" He chuckled "I miss you"

"I miss you too…"

"I'll talk to you later"

"Okay… bye" Then the line went dead. I closed my eyes for a couple of seconds and sat up. This is my life now. My life for the next four years is in England. Don't get me wrong, I'm kind of excited but this moment right now is just a little bleak for me. In five months, I'll see Chad. Then a month after that I'll be going back for Christmas and New Years. Then it's school the rest of the year round. I got up and padded down the steps in my jeans, boots and black M.A.P. hoodie that read 'COOPER' on the back with the number '21' underneath it. I took a seat at the huge round dining room table next to Adriana, closing my eyes for a brief second. My phone vibrated in my hand, making me open my eyes and smirk at the sight of 'CHAD' going across the screen

'I love you' – CDC

'I love you too' – SM


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