Sonny had gone to see Chad every night he was in the hospital after work. She was even able to come early on the Thursday, because shooting went so well that day. It was surprisingly pleasant, being around him. If anyone had told Sonny she and Chad were being so friendly a week prior, she would have either laughed in their face or scoffed. Though if Selena Gomez said so, Sonny's voice would have become uncharacteristically high, as she told her she was crazy for saying that. Today was Friday, and Chad was being released from the hospital!

Sonny smiled, happy that he was okay. Then she mentally did a double take. What the heck was going on!? She…That… That should have been out of no where! But it wasn't! She knew she liked Chad! She knew they became closer when he was in the hospital! Sonny was suddenly really confused. Chad's jealous girlfriend hadn't been in the picture when he was at the hospital. He was Chad. Not Chad and his jealous girlfriend Ms. Chad's Ego. (Sonny still thought of her as a separate person). They were usually a pair. Sonny realized that she and Chad shouldn't have been so close, but she couldn't do anything about it.

Sonny also realized that Ms. Chad's Ego was probably also going to come back. Sonny didn't know why, but that made her feel a bit lonely. She even felt like a third wheel. She just couldn't become someone special in Chad's life if his ego was still an entirely other person taking up his time. Sonny and Chad did get into stupid fights when he was in the room, but it was different. The fights were more playful, less bitter, and less random. However, Ms. Chad's Ego would come back, and Sonny felt a little sad. It kind of felt like losing. Only Chad could decide that he and Ms. Chad's Ego were through. Chad wouldn't decide that. Ms. Chad's Ego was a part of his life. Chad would need to seriously commit to something else to forget his girlfriend.

Sonny stopped herself. She didn't need to think about this. Chad cared about her. She cared about him. That's all that mattered. Even if she did end up losing to the Ms. Chad's Ego. Besides, it wasn't like she wanted to date him or anything. Or like she thought about him romantically. Or like she had been thinking about him anymore than usual lately. Okay, she did think about him a little more. But only because she saw him so much!

Sonny wanted to just stop thinking. She was seeing Chad off at the hospital, and she was going to hang out with him after he checked out. It wasn't a date. Her mom and Ms. Lenore just thought someone needed to keep an eye on Chad so he didn't irritate his stitches. And because Chad had been in the hospital for so long that he wanted to go out- not as a date!- when he was released. Sonny personally thought that a week in the hospital was not enough to make a person go stir crazy, but this was Chad and Chad was always beyond ridiculous. Except when he was reasonable. In those few moments.

Sonny sighed. The non-date was probably the last quality Chad time she'd get before Ms. Chad's Ego came back with a vengeance and made Sonny's life less sunny.

***

Tawni was getting suspicious. Well, more so than she already was. Sonny was acting strangely bizarre. Well, bizarre for Sonny. She was sighing, sighing happily, giving irritated glances at the air, glaring at the wall, mumbling about jealous girlfriends, shrugging at weird times, and all in all being a freak.

There. Just now. What was up with that sigh!? Tawni sat down at her vanity. Calm down, Tawni. It's not about Tawni. There's no reason to be so curious. She was a little shocked at herself for caring so much. Repeat the mantra. All about Tawni. All about Tawni. All about Tawni. All-

"Sonny, will you stop making so much noise!" Tawni snapped after Sonny started mumbling again. If Sonny insisted on annoying Tawni, she would make it her business to know Sonny's.

Sonny jumped a bit. "Oh! I-I'm so sorry, Tawni! I'll try to be more quiet!"

Tawni frowned. "No, Sonny. That's not going to make everything OK. Now tell me what's your problem, so I can go back to my peace and beauty."

"Problem?"

Okay, what was that? Tawni didn't know what to make of her maybe-friend. Sonny was being all weird, and then she very innocently, very confusedly responded. She acted like nothing was wrong. Sonny couldn't have been that good an actress. Tawni shook her head. Whatever. As long as she shut up.

She huffed. "Whatever, Sonny. Just stop bugging me."

***

"So…"

"So?"

"Well…" Sonny trailed.

"You having fun?" Chad asked. Maybe out of character for him.

"Yeah…Sure…" Sonny was feeling awkward. They had gone to a small café.

Chad smiled at her, somewhat hopefully. "This is actually kind of nice. I don't really mind the silence."

Sonny returned the smile. "Yeah…" She had been looking for the words all night, but apparently he was content. "Listen, Chad, there's something I've been wanting to say. I-,"

He cut her off. "Go out with me, Sonny." Sonny looked him right in the eyes. It wasn't an order. What? She opened her mouth, but-

"No. I, well you, I mean…" He shook his head, and gained mystified look. "You. You are different from any other girl I've ever met. You make me do things I don't normally do."

"Chad, I don't-," Sonny started. Chad smiled and Sonny stopped. The smile was heart-melting. She blushed. "Chad, I really want to." Chad was about to say something, but Sonny finished. "But I just can't."

"What-," he looked… hurt? It couldn't…

"That's not what I meant. Just hear me out, okay?" Sonny pleaded with him. He nodded, though he still looked towards the floor.

"I really care about you. I really, really do. It's just…the person you are, Chad. You date around, you dump via text, you're a bad-boy, and you're ego is big enough to be it's own person. I'm okay with you being a jerk in general, but I'm looking for a real relationship. I just, I won't be just another fling to you."

***

Chad knew that Sonny had been thinking about this for a while. Chad had also thought about his proposition for a while too. He was sure of this. He had fooled around enough to know when something was real. And she thought it wasn't for him. The great god of irony was really outdoing itself. He wasn't going to leave this alone. It wasn't a matter of her not caring for him. It was matter of her thinking he didn't care for her. That made the difference. It made the situation salvable.

"Sonny. You're not just another girl to me. I thought I made that clear. I-,"

Now she was cutting him off. "Chad, you can say that now, but you have a huge ego. That's not a good thing! I said it was like a whole other person. That means that I'll always just be a third wheel. Chad, his girl-friend the Ego, and Sonny, the girl who will never be enough."

It hurt Chad to acknowledge, but she had a point. It was his ego or Sonny in this case. She was going against her pride to give him a chance at a date, but she also had her standards. If Chad was serious he'd have to go against his pride to. He'd have to do this by losing the ego. And he was torn. And both conflicting sides of him knew he shouldn't have been.

"I'll let you think this over, so can we please talk about something else? I'll still be here for a while, so let's just forget this for now and just have fun?"

It was interesting. They still did. It wasn't that awkward…

***

To say Tawni was shocked when she saw Chad and Sonny hugging in the halls would be an understatement. She got to work early Monday morning and she witnessed Sonny and Chad hugging. They then were civil to each other after words, so it couldn't have been either of them trying to choke the other… Well, Tawni was shocked, but not surprised. Really, wasn't it obvious they liked each other?

When she brought it up, Sonny sighed. That's really all she did. Sigh. "Tawni, I'd rather not talk about it." Tawni was about to push it, but Sonny looked irritated about something. Or maybe like she was in anticipation?

Then, later, at lunch. Sonny was smiling really widely as they walked in. Tawni thought she was dying to tell her something, but wouldn't. Then she walked up to Chad, handed him a box, and bounced happily away.

Chad looked disappointed, then he looked away, so Tawni couldn't see his face.

Those two were really starting to get on her nerves.

***

Chad knew there was a reason he liked Sonny so much. A cupcake. Honestly. She said she'd give him a hug every time she saw him, and she does what she says. Like this morning. She hugged him, even though she just glimpsed him as he was walking by. She hugged him on Friday, too. He liked his hugs. He was secretly happy she still hugged him. Still, he wasn't looking forward to lunch. It wasn't like she was going to hug him in front of everyone. Especially since even he didn't trust himself enough not to say something stupid.

Yet the object of his affection was his object of affection for a reason. She gave him a hug in front of everyone. She walked right up to him and gave him a hug in a small 4 by 4 by 4 box. He looked away to hide his smile. His decision was made. His ego was worth not nearly as much as this clever, cute girl. Honestly, she was just plain cute.

On the table, in front of him, was the small box. Inside was a cupcake with blue frosting and the letters HUG written on it in pink frosting.

Hello, faithful readers. Sorry it takes me so long, I'm lazy. That's not an excuse, just an explanation. So, my next update will be for my other SWAC story. Check it out if you're bored. I have the next few chapters of that planned out, as well as at least the next one for this. My Twilight fic is not abandonned, and once these two officially finish, I'll jump on it again so bear with me. And that's the end of the advertisement report. Oh, and sorry this chappie was exceptionally short. I didn't realize until later, but I felt it was to end there so I did, and it was just not as long as I thought it was.