Behind the Veil
a fanfiction by Emma
Chapter Fourteen
Spring
May
"I just don't know what to do!" Sonny cried into the phone, "He's not talking to me, and he's going to move out, I need someone he trusts to talk to him!"
"Sonny, calm down." Tawni Hart said into the phone, "I'm sure it's not that bad."
"Tawni, it is! You don't understand . . . the whole town knows who I am now."
"Sonny . . . I didn't even know who was calling me, you haven't emailed me, or called me in five years! Do you know what that felt like for me? It was hurtful Sonny, all of a sudden, I lost all communication with you! You were my bestfriend."
Sonny's eyes started watering, "I am so, so sorry! It was a huge mistake . . . I just . . . I don't know, something went wrong, and I snapped and I tried to get rid of everything from my Hollywood life."
Tawni laughed dryly, "Don't worry about it, I'm far over being upset, or mad at you, I'm just living with it."
"Tawni, I need your help though, I need you to talk to him."
"I'll call him." Tawni said simply.
"No . . . I need you to talk to him in person. Please, Tawni please?" Sonny begged.
"I have nowhere to stay," Tawni said.
"You can stay with me." Sonny said smiling, "Please? I really want to see you too."
Tawni scoffed, "Well . . . I guess I can come."
"Really? Thank you, Tawni! Thank you, thank you, thank you! You have no idea how much this means to me!" Sonny cried, tears streaming down her face, "How fast can you be here?"
"If I start packing now, I can probably be there . . . in a day or two."
"Thank you Tawni!"
Tawni Hart sat silently on her private jet. She couldn't believe she was actually going to see Sonny after all these years, the painful years of the only best friend she ever had, – other than herself.
The Sonny she remembered was a bubbly little eighteen year-old girl, with the best boyfriend you could ever ask for. The next thing she knew, Sonny had left her a long email telling her she left, or was leaving, and that her and Chad broke up.
Naturally, Tawni had blamed Chad for Sonny leaving, but she had grown to learn that Sonny wasn't the one suffering over the break up, it was Chad, he was in so much pain over Sonny leaving. He never told her what exactly happened the night she left, he only gave her small bits, that she just burst out of nowhere that she was leaving. He never told her that she told him she didn't love him anymore, she only found that out from Sonny, the Sonny who had called her only a day ago, begging her to come over.
The-Sonny-Leaving incident had ruined almost all of her close relationships she had, Grady and Nico were so distraught, that they were no longer best friends, they talked occasionally, but they weren't as close as they were eight years ago. Zora had quit So Random! and pursued her own comedy show, that was still going on. One of the most important things that Tawni lost, was one of the best boyfriends she had ever had. Nico. That's right, Nico was her boyfriend back then, and that fell apart soon after Tawni started taking care of Chad. Nico said that it was Chad's fault Sonny left, and she shouldn't be helping a traitor like him, that this hurt thing he's going through, is just a act. Furious, Tawni tried to prove him wrong, but it only ended up in Nico thinking that she was cheating on him with Chad . . . and . . . well, it ended with the worst break up of her life.
Tawni had to admit, she was excited to see Chad again, after almost three years. Three years ago, Chad had announced to her that he was going to move away, to be alone, and figure out his life. Before that, Chad had been living with Tawni, in her mansion, suffering from horrible dreams, and the occasional night terror. Once he moved out, he usually called once a week to check up on Tawni, and how things were going. But since he's moved to Scarlet Springs, it was more like once a month, sometimes once every two months.
"Miss Hart, the plane is about to land." came a voice over the intercom.
Tawni sat up and took her purse, buckling herself in. She was almost there.
Tawni pushed through the crowd of people surrounding Charlotte's Diner, there were cameras, interviewers, they all screamed when they saw her, running towards her, with cameras sticking in her face.
"Tawni Hart, can we ask you a few questions about Sonny?"
"No." Tawni snapped.
They continued anyway, not letting her past.
"If I answer a few questions for you, will you let me through?" Tawni asks them with a sigh.
They all nod.
"Fine."
Then the questions started flying:
"Did you know that Sonny was living here all this time?"
"No."
"Is it true that Chad Dylan Cooper is currently residing in this small Connecticut town?"
"Yes."
"Is it true they had a love affair?"
Tawni looked around at all the people, "No." she said, "nothing like that happened."
"Did Chad know that Sonny was living in this town?"
Tawni sighed, "No."
All the papparazzi looked around at each other.
"Am I done now?" Tawni asked with a sigh.
Then Sonny came bursting through the door, grabbing a hold of Tawni's arms and pulling her into the diner, despite all the people screaming with questions. Sonny pulled her up the stairs into her apartment, before collapsing in a giant hug.
"Tawni!" she cried, "Oh my god, I missed you so much!"
Tawni hugged Sonny so tight, "You're so . . . different." she whispered.
They let go of each other and Tawni touched Sonny's hair, "So different." She whispered.
Sonny smiled weakly, "The paparazzi won't go away, they've been outside my house for days, I'm not opening the diner anymore. They're not bugging Chad, because they don't know where his house is, which surprises me, that no one in town has told them. . . . But, I just don't know what to do!"
"You want me to talk to him?" Tawni asked.
"Yes, but . . . try not to make it know that I sent you there . . . that might make him even more mad. I just want to . . . fix things, even if he doesn't want me anymore, that's fine, I just don't want him to hate me." Sonny said.
"I'll go right now. Where's his house?" Tawni said.
"Here," Sonny said, giving her a piece of paper with Chad's address on it, "Take the back door so no one can see you, and run."
"I'm wearing heels."
"Walk as fast as you can!" Sonny corrected her self.
So Tawni ran.
Boxes. Lots and lots of boxes. I was almost overwhelmed with all the boxes I had. I had all my furniture packed away, except for my couch, but my TV was gone, and most of my clothes were packed. I hoped I could be out of here by the end of the week. I'm still looking for a condo in Hollywood, but I'll be out of here soon.
I walked into my room and froze, there was only one thing on the floor. It was the picture of me and Sonny . . . or me and Charlotte, the one she gave me for Christmas. Rage filled me and I picked it up and threw it at the wall, I loved hearing it shatter on the impact. It made me smile. Then I walked over to the broken frame and ripped the picture out, tearing it into small pieces, and dropping it onto the floor.
There was a knock on the door and I walked shakily over to it. I opened it and almost fell over with shock.
"T-Tawni?"
Authors Note
Hey there duuuddes :)
So, here's TAWNI :) the next chapter will basically be Tawni and Chad's conversation, so some Chawni friendship there.
As I probably hinted, I'm shipped Tawnico. Well, that's true . . . ish, I'm not against the couple, but it's not my favourite, and I can truthfully never see it happening in SWAC, but I'll ship it, and side ship it in fanfics. (A name I made up saying along with the main Ship - Channy - I'll hint it here and there.)
So, once again, I'd like to thank you ALL for the kind reviews and such, showing your freaky obsession with this fanfiction. :)
Love,
Emma