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Chad woke up the next morning with a small headache. He looked at the time and saw that it was 8:37AM. He groaned, realizing he didn't get too much sleep. He reached over and his hand kept landing on his bed. He looked over and saw that Sonny wasn't in his bed anymore. He shot out of his bed, quickly put on his boxers and walked into his living room. He looked into the kitchen and saw Sonny standing there in front of the stove, cooking something. He sighed to himself and crept over to her. She didn't seem to notice him until he wrapped his arms around her. She gasped and turned her head. She sighed and grinned when she saw him.
"Good morning," she said, reaching up and giving him a kiss.
"Mm, good morning to you, too," he teased, returning the kiss.
She giggled and turned around, stirring the eggs. "I hope you like scrambled eggs. Eggs are one of the few things I saw in your fridge."
"They're fine," he said, playing with the ends of her shirt. Well, it was one of his shirts that she was wearing, and besides underwear, that was the only thing she was wearing. "You look great in this shirt," he huskily said into her ear.
She blushed, biting her lip slightly. "I-I'm sure you look better..."
"Nah, you look incredibly sexy right now."
She giggled, still blushing. "Thanks."
"Mmhmm," he said, kissing her temple before walking over to the fridge. He looked inside and said, "What do you want to drink?"
She peered behind her and looked in. "Um... orange juice."
He nodded and grabbed two cups and poured the orange juice into each. He set them down on the table before getting out plates and placing them down near Sonny. "What else are you making?"
She shrugged. "Do you want anything else in particular? I was thinking maybe some toast..."
"That's fine," he said, nodding. He watched her as she put the eggs onto their plates and then placing the frier into the sink. He titled his head, watching her walk... "Sonny, are you okay?"
She laughed and nodded, placing the bread into the toaster. "Just a little sore, that's all."
He chuckled and said, "If it means anything, I'm sorry."
She shrugged, turning around and leaning against the counter. "Apology accepted, even though I was willing and well-aware of any... after-effects that would happen." As he began to laugh, she said, "A couple of my friends were... well, let's just say they were more than willing to tell their stories about their 'first time'."
"And how was yours?" he asked, stepping forward.
She shrugged, smiling coyly. "Well..." She giggled at his perplexed face. "It was magical. I'm glad my first time was with you." He grinned and leaned down and kissed her. She smiled against his lips, returning the kiss before asking, "Can I ask you something?"
"Sure."
"How old were you when you... you know, had sex for the first time?"
He paused for a moment. He hasn't had loads of sex, but he's had it with more than a few girls. "Sixteen. And it was very awkward..."
She giggled, grabbing the finished bread from the toaster and setting it down onto their plates. "How so?" she asked, sitting down in one of the stools next to his counter.
He sat down next to her and bit into the eggs. "Mm, these are good."
She laughed harder. "Thanks, Chad, but you're completely avoiding my question."
He laughed and said, "Okay, well, I was 16 and at this party. I was totally flirting with this; pretty good looking, nice hair, nice legs..." Sonny cleared her throat, glancing over at Chad suspisciously. "Hey," he said defensively. "I'm only telling you the story, and that's how I felt then. You've got a better body than any girl I've ever been with or seen."
"Suck up," she murmured.
He rolled his eyes. "Anyway, so we were flirting at this party at my friend's house, and she said to me, 'Let's go upstairs', so we did and we made out and things got pretty heavy and she just starting taking off her clothes! I followed her, and immediately knew we were going to have sex. She asked me if I've ever done it before, and of course, I told her yes, and she believed me... until we actually started having sex. Let's just say I didn't know exactly what to do..."
By the time he was done telling his story, she was bent over the table, one of her hands covering her mouth, trying her best to stifle her giggles. He just stared at her, an eyebrow raised. "Is something funny?"
She nodded. "Chad Dylan Cooper... not knowing what to do when having sex?"
"Well, by that point, all the pornos I had seen were with ladies always starting out on top, so that's how I assumed it always was..."
Sonny couldn't contain her laughter any longer as she laughed loudy. Chad groaned. "Sonny!" he snapped.
"Sorry!" she said, her laughter dying into small giggles. "It's a really funny story, that's all..."
"But she did say I was good, for someone doing it for their first time."
She rolled her eyes. "I guess she felt it was nice to feed your ego after having it smashed."
He chuckled, finishing his food. "I'm surprised you didn't call her out for being whore-ish."
She giggled. "I did think that, actually." She also finished her food and grabbed their plates before standing up and placing them in the sink. She walked over to Chad and wrapped her arms around his neck, her head resting next to his. She whispered in his ear, "I need to take a shower."
With a mischivieous smirk on his face, he turned to her and said, "Okay. I'll join you."
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For a couple of weeks, Sonny and Chad spent a lot of time together. She spent a few more nights at his house. A few of her belongings, mostly clothes, had made their way over to his apartment. Neither brought it up, nor did they mind. He also spent a couple of nights at her house, and some of his clothes had managed to stay there as well. They also spent time with each other at work; the cast of Mackenzie Falls wasn't too sure about them together, but did not bring it up. The cast of So Random! knew they would get together eventually, though they still didn't like Chad's other castmates.
One night, Chad went to a small Hollywood party. Sonny was there for a little while, before she had to leave. He decided to stay for a few more minutes... and that's when his mind drew a blank. He remembered bits and pieces from the rest of the party, and he didn't like what he remembered. The bits he remembered included his relapse, something that caused him to stay home all week.
He told the producers that he had out-of-state family problems, and that's all he would say to them. He wanted to confide in his parents, and he especially wanted to confide in Sonny, but couldn't. He stayed in his apartment the whole week, mostly laying around, trying to rid his head of thoughts of drugs and alcohol. He swore he went crazy the first couple of days; it was like his body was happy he went back to drugs that one night, and was upset that he was not continuing to use them.
It might have been the extreme withdrawal talking, but he decided to call Jason later that week. "Okay, look, we'll get together one final time, and that's it."
He could almost hear Jason smirking on the other line. "Fine. My house, tonight, 7PM."
He got out all his extreme cravings then, and finished his addiction by using marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and drank vodka, tequila, and beer. It was almost like the old days, when they would hang out at one of their houses and get extremely high or wasted, except this time, it seemed like he was using these things a million times more.
That's all he remembered from that night - the next thing he knew, he was in a hospital room, tubes attached to him hands and arms, and another tube running through his mouth and throat. He could hear his heart monitor beeping as he grew more and more nervous.
What happened?
He kept asking himself that as the doctor and nurses walked in. One of the nurses was writing on a clipboard, while the doctor was reciting his vitals. "Mr. Cooper," the doctor said. "You need to calm down."
Calm down?! Chad thought to himself. I can't talk, and you're telling me to calm down?!
As he continued to struggle, the doctor said, "Mr. Cooper... listen to me for a moment." Chad calmed down slightly and looked at the doctor, who continued, "My name is Dr. Smith. You were found about three days ago unconscious on a sidewalk in northern LA..." Chad's eyes widened as the doctor said, "We thankfully got your vitals up and running, but we were worried you weren't going to make it for a moment. Unfortunately, you've been in a slight coma, almost like an extremely deep sleep, for almost four days, but we were sure that you were going to wake up relatively quick, since your brain vitals were stable and well. Now, if you will hold still, this nurse here will take this tube out of your throat."
Chad nodded as the nurse walked over to him. "Take a deep breath in, and as I'm pulling this out, keep breathing out." Chad nodded and did as he was told while the nurse pulled out the tube. It took about five seconds, and those were five long seconds, but the tube came out. He gasped slightly before muttering, "Water." The nurse handed him a cup of water as he hastily drank it down.
"Your Mother is here if you would like for her to come in," Dr. Smith said. Chad nodded, and the doctor stood up and walked out of the room, the nurses following him. Chad sat in the room for a few moments before his Mom came rustling in.
She ran over to her son and hugged him. "Chad," she whispered as he feebly hugged her back. "Baby, sweetie... what happened?"
He paused for a moment. He figured, he might as well own up now. "Please don't be mad at me..."
She sighed sadly and asked, "You relapsed, didn't you?" When he nodded, she nodded and started rubbing his back. "I figured this would happen... I wish it wouldn't have, but your Father relapsed, and well..."
"I know..." he murmured, hugging her a bit more tightly. "I... I'll tell you how it happened..." He let go of her so he could face her properly and explained everything, from how Jason came up to him that day to what happened at the party, to him calling Jason and lastly, that unfortunate night where he seemed to use everything that was there, except use so much more of it than what he used to.
His Mom intently listened to his story. When he was done, she nodded, thinking about all of it. "I won't lie, Chad, I am disappointed, but..." She sighed and shrugged. "I love you so much, and I know you can overcome this."
He nodded and smiled lightly. "Thanks, Mom."
She smiled and leaned forward, giving him another hug. He returned the hug and asked, "Where's everyone else?"
His Mom leaned back into her chair and said, "Your Father's at work; he's working on a big project, and I called him as soon as I was informed that you were awake. He should be by later today or tomorrow. Alex is at work, but he came by three days ago. Sonny came by when you were admitted, but I haven't seen her since..."
Hearing that almost broke Chad's heart. "You knew there were drugs in me, didn't you?"
His Mom sighed slightly and nodded. "Yeah. Alcohol, too. That's why I wanted to know so badly what had happened."
"Did... did you tell Sonny and Alex?"
"Sonny overheard the doctor telling me. Your Father and I haven't told Alex, and as far as I know, he doesn't know..."
"Can... can you call them? Ask them to come here?"
His Mom smiled and nodded. "Of course. I'll step outside and call them, and I'll be back in a few minutes."
After his Mom left, a nurse came in and recorded more vitals - his blood pressure, his heartbeats, and so on. His Mom walked in as the nurse was jotting down all his vitals. "Is he doing alright?" his Mom asked.
The nurse nodded. "Yep. Good blood pressure, good heartbeats, good breath sounds. With the doctor's permission, he should be able to leave tomorrow. They want to keep him for observation overnight."
His Mom nodded. "Understandable."
The nurse nodded and walked out of the room. Chad's Mom sat back down in the chair next to his bed and said, "Okay, so I got a hold of both of them - Alex will be by tonight, and Sonny's on her way over."
Chad nodded. "Thanks."
She nodded. They continued to quietly chatter for about half an hour until a knock was heard on the door. They looked over, and Sonny was standing in the doorway. Chad's Mom got up and said, "I'll leave you two alone for a bit," she said before opening the door. "Hello, Sonny."
"Hi, Mrs. Cooper," Sonny said, smiling slightly at his Mom before walking into the room. She sat in the chair next to his bed for a few moments, not exactly knowing what to say.
"Hi, Sonny," Chad quietly said, smiling slightly at her.
She stared at him. "Hi, Chad," she finally said.
He just stared at her, confused. "What's wrong?"
He swore he saw tears well up in her eyes as they continued to sit there. "Really? What's wrong? Oh, I don't know, my boyfriend got back from rehab over a month ago, and now he's doing drugs and drinking again."
"Sonny-" he stared.
She held up her hand. "No, Chad, I... why?"
He sighed. "M-my old friends... I saw them one day, and then... remember that party we went to a few weeks ago?" She nodded. "I... I think somebody slipped something into my drink, because after you left, I... I can't remember much, but what I do remember, I was doing... I don't know what I was doing... and I felt so bad, that... that I just kept myself locked away from you all, I... I didn't want to disappoint you anymore, so... so I thought, I'll call the guys back up and just get it all out of my system, do it one more time..."
"HOW STUPID ARE YOU?!" Sonny suddenly screamed, tears brimming her eyes. "YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE GETTING BETTER, AND THEN YOU GO OFF AND WASTE ONE NIGHT BE DOING ALL THESE DRUGS AND DRINKING LIKE A MADMAN?!"
He just stared at her, frowning. He knew he deserved all the screaming, all the harsh words.
"HOW COULD YOU?!" she screamed, tears falling down her face. "HOW COULD YOU, CHAD?" She covered her face with her hands and started sobbing into them. He stared at her for a few moments before reaching over, trying to touch her hand. She pushed his hand away, muttering, "Don't touch me."
"Sonny... I'm really, really sorry..."
"Are you, Chad?" she asked, looking him. Her makeup was smeared slightly, her eyes were bloodshot, tearstains were all over her cheeks. "You told me you wanted to get better. You told me that, together, we'd overcome our problems. And suddenly... you relapse. Horribly." She took a shaky breath in before saying, "They found you on the sidewalk, Chad. Thankfully, it was the police who found you and took you here. They had to revive you. They... they weren't sure if you were going to make it at first... it was like... like your body was ready to give up then..."
"I... Maybe we shouldn't be together..."
Her eyes widened. "W-what?!"
"I mean... I... I keep letting you down... I kept these secrets from you... I don't want to keep disappointing you. I hate seeing you upset, and over time, I've made you more and more upset..."
She just stared at him before smacking his cheek. "YOU BASTARD!" she screamed. He rubbed the now tender spot on his cheek as she continued, "What about all those good times we had?! When you got out rehab, we never had a fight! We teased and played with each other, but those were all good moments! I gave my virginity to you, just a few weeks ago! And..."
"No, Sonny, there's always been more negative than positive in our relationship," he murmured. She felt more tears fall down her cheeks as he said, "I called you names. I lied to you. I snuck around behind your back. I left you and had sex with a girl."
"Can't you accept that maybe I forgive you, and that I want to help you?" she whispered.
He shook his head. "I... I need some alone time, Sonny..."
She stared at him for a few moments before quickly standing up. "Fine, Chad. If you don't want me, than I don't want you either." She stormed out of the room and slammed the door behind her.
A/N: Yes, this chapter went from so happy to so sad so quickly... and, yes, the drama will continue on! Thank you all so much for the reviews. I read all of them and take in every word you all say to me! I won't give you a review limit this time... you'll have to figure that out for yourself ;) But, please review. As well as saying how good or bad the chapter is, please tell me what you liked and / or didn't like about it, as well as any ideas you may have for upcoming chapters. I'll have the next chapter up soon... maybe ;)