L A S T P E R S O N O N E A R T H : : C H A P T E R 4
Synopsis: "I wouldn't kiss you if you were the last person on Earth!" Sonny and Chad are given a rude awakening: their homes are gone, their families are gone, and so are their jobs. They're the last people on Earth. Channy multichapter. R&R!
Rating: T for safety and/or future chapters.
Disclaimer: I don't own SWAC, only this story's plotline.
(AN): This story takes place after Chad guest-stars on So Random!. Disregard any future episodes on the show.
WHOAAA. So I really didn't expect to get thirty reviews so fast. In fact I thought it would be at least take a week if I even got thirty. Let's keep it up! Haha. So in appreciation for all the amazing reviewers and alerters, here's a new chapter! I'd also like to thank all you anonymous reviewers! I don't know how you guys keep up with the stories, but thanks! I thought I owed it to you all. So enjoy everyone! (:
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Chad sighed, "You know… I may be labeled as a bad boy with a love of attention, but I really don't like it in reality. No one needs a picture of me drinking coffee and no one needs to make a picture with a costar into a love headline." Sonny raised an eyebrow.
"It's not fun to be stalked. That's what it feels like when paparazzi know my every move and my current whereabouts. It's nice knowing the one person on earth isn't someone who sells pictures of me." He finished.
Sonny laughed, shaking her head in disagreement. "Chad I don't know what you're talking about… I hold the most popular eBay account for signed pictures of Chad Dylan Cooper," she fake-bragged.
"No wonder I never see the pictures of myself that I gave you in your dressing room. I should've known!" Chad joked, laughing along with her as they finished their food in a comfortable silence.
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"A hundred days have made me older,
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face.
A thousand lies have made me colder,
And I don't think I can look at this the same.
And all these miles that separate
Disappear now when I'm dreaming of your face."
- 3 Doors Down, Here Without You
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Chad and Sonny finished eating and decided to go back to the dressing room. Chad was planning to take a quick nap due to lack of sleep and Sonny was going to just relax and maybe try to learn more about the building.
Two hours later…
"Sonny?" Chad called, jogging at a fast pace down the hallway in search of the brunette. He had taken a nap and awoke to a room without Sonny.
Chad finally reached the end of the hall, an old janitor's closet that had been cleaned out. He swung the door open quickly, and turned back around, only to do a double-take at the sight he saw.
Sonny sat in the corner of the room, her arms wrapped tightly around her knees, shaking. Her breathing was cut short, almost to the point of hyperventilation. She looked as if she was about to collapse. You could see her knees trembling violently, but her arms where holding them to her chest firmly. She continued to cough harshly, as if she thought something was lodged down her throat.
Her head was slowly rocking back and forth, her eyes glazed over.
"C-chad?" She stammered weakly, sucking in a quick breath as she exhaled almost instantly. Her breath intake gradually became slower and Chad was afraid she would eventually stop and pass out.
Chad rushed over to her. "Sonny, it's gonna be okay," he assured her. "Just breath in and out, you're gonna be fine."
He rubbed her back soothingly, wrapping his other arm around her to pull her closer to his body. She relaxed into his touch, and her actions became more consistent, her breathing evening out and her trembling came to an end.
"Let's go," Chad said. He stood up and ushered for her to do the same.
Sonny went to stand toppled over, her knees giving out. Luckily Chad caught on and scooped her in his arms before she hit the concrete ground. He put an arm around her waist and an arm around the back of her calves, bringing her body up to his chest as he carried her bridal style back to her dressing room.
She smiled weakly, feeling a headache coming on. "Thanks," she breathed out. Chad grinned in return.
He gently laid her down on her dressing room couch and threw a blanket over her body. He squatted down next to her sleeping body and kissed her forehead protectively, his lips lingering for a few seconds afterward. He placed another kiss on her cheek near the corner of her mouth.
The contact made his lips tingle, yet Sonny wouldn't ever know that… but hey, what she doesn't know won't hurt her. Just like she doesn't know how truly concerned and freaked out he was when he saw her in a balled-up mess in the closet. His heart broke more for her each time she had let out an exhausted gasp of air. He was so glad that was over.
After watching her sleep peacefully for a few more moments, Chad resorted to watching the television, flipping through the recorded reruns of his show.
Sonny stirred a few hours later, letting out a tired sigh. Chad immediately turned his head and rushed to her side.
"How are you feeling?" He asked quietly, brushing her bangs out of her eyes softly.
She shifted her legs off the couch and let them dangle to the floor. "I'm alright. Mostly just embarrassed."
"Why are you embarrassed?" Chad asked, flabbergasted. It was more of a health issue, not a personal one. She had no reason to feel bad about it.
"I didn't mean for it to happen…" Sonny murmured softly, her head down.
"Sonny, what happened?" He had to ask. After all, he hadn't been there when it all went down.
"I'm not really sure. I got sort of bored while you were sleeping, so I took a little tour. I wanted to look around the building and I came across that little closet. I liked it, I mean, it was quiet and I needed to chill. One second I was just thinking about everything and the next my mind just went into overdrive. It was thirty minutes of agony, yet it seemed like four hours. It felt like I was having a heart attack, like I was going to die then and there, alone. My breathing just slowed down and I couldn't help it because my sight and my overall senses were drawn out. It was awful." She explained, appearing to be in a much more calm state than before.
Chad sighed. "Sonny… We obviously need to talk about this more if it's causing such a problem. I don't want you to have any more of these panic attacks. You had me really worried, Sonshine." He smiled.
"Sonshine?" Sonny smirked, raising an eyebrow at the blond.
"I, uh… I just–" He stammered, blushing at her statement.
She cut him off with her finger on his lips, "No, stop. I like it, Chaddy."
"You're not calling me Chaddy," Chad laughed, his embarrassment a forgotten issue.
"I'm calling you Chaddy," she exclaimed happily, her smile causing him to drop the subject.
He sighed, back to seriousness. "Okay, let's talk. You first."
"I miss my mom. I miss her dinners and her advice and her protectiveness. I used to think it was annoying but now I want nothing more than to just hear her voice," her voice trembled. "I miss Nico and Grady and their jokes and cheese pants. I even miss Tawni. God, I miss her. I miss her looking in that mirror and getting all worked up when her Coco Moco Coco is a nub. I also miss Marshall and Ms. Bitterman and everyone else at the studio." She told him, a sad smile o her face as she relived all of the lost memories.
"This… This might seem foolish of me to ask, but, uh, would you miss me if you may never see me again?" He stammered, hoping to God that she would say she would. He needed to know – if she had no feelings for him he would need to know now, before he fell completely heels-over-head for her.
Sonny's gaze lightened at the question, and her smile turned to a full-out grin.
"Of course I would, Chad," she told him, as if it were obvious. "Y'know, maybe we didn't get along so well at first, but now I really like you. You're really nice and sweet to me."
Chad chuckled, "How so?"
"You helped me up when you thought I sprained my ankle, you acted as Eric, you invited me to your birthday party, you helped me break-up Marshall and Bitterman, you were my fake date, you helped calm down Dakota, you danced with me at prom, you got me an audition for Fashionita, you apologized for the prop house, you came to save me when my phone accidentally dialed your number, you gave me the part in your movie, you helped with Gassie…"
"Okay, okay, I get it." Chad blushed, wishing he had never asked.
"And I know you kissed me today. Twice." Sonny smirked, feeling as if the tables were turned on the blond. Chad drew in a nervous intake of breath.
"You weren't asleep?" He asked frantically, now really wishing he hadn't asked.
"If anyone would know I can't fall asleep in your presence, it should be you." Sonny giggled.
"I make you nervous, Monroe?" Chad teased, grinning when he saw a blush creep up her cheeks.
"Ha, I do!" Chad laughed, instantaneously stopping when he saw the sad expression painted on her face.
"Y-yeah…" Sonny mumbled, regretting what she had said as tears welled up in her eyes. She blinked quickly, trying to get rid of them before Chad noticed. Unfortunately he did, and his face fell as he brushed the back of his hand across her cheek.
"Sonny, I didn't mean it. I was just kidding." He pleaded.
"Chad, I'm not indestructible. You can break me. You can't say anything to me and assume I'll understand." Sonny whispered,
"Sonny, I'm just… insecure about girls. Girls are supposed to fall all over me. I'm not used to feeling anything back for girls. And it just makes me say and do stupid things that I don't mean."
"Are you trying to say…?" Sonny suggested, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah. You make me nervous too." He smiled sheepishly.
Okay… So this may have appeared a little bizarre. But someone pointed out that Sonny and Chad have been a little too chill about the entire world-disappearing problem. So I wanted to amp it up a little, hence Sonny's panic attack. But hey – at least he held her and comforted her(: Awww, I love Channy. I was grinning like a fool at their little 'moment'! More of those to come(:
On another note… ah! So I just finished rewriting the even upcoming chapters! There are only going to be 9 or 10 chapters in this story. Only 5/6 left! As for the odd chapters, I'm kinda drawing a blank. I have the dialog and I know where I'm going, I'm just having trouble getting there haha. But I will, eventually. So Chapter 5 may be a little slow, but I'm working on it! It's hard to make a genius chapter under pressure. Haha but it shall be up in the next week or so, depending on the time I have to write. I'm realllly busy.
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