Here is the second chapter! Thank god! I have been wanting to put this out since I wrote the prologue.

Special thanks to xocharleyfletcherxo, Mmakkii, Smile XD Widely, BrandNewEyes929, Brandy and Kerropiyvonne, who reviewed thus far.

And go you xocharleyfletcherxo! You got the whole conflicting "not liking drama" but likes Mack Falls thing! Didn't know if ppl would notice...

I mean the utmost respect to Wisconsin. I live in the northwestern part of the state, so it's not like I'm dissing it with the whole car thing. I love this place, but it's true...well you'll get what I'm saying soon...

This is really freaking long, ten pages, just to let you know...

Now is when the real Sonny/Chad side come out...

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Chapter Two

The Big Break

She stood on stage for the next few minutes, eyes wide. Her arms were hanging at her sides loosely and her stare was directed somewhere in front of her, though she couldn't really see anything. Her mouth hung slightly open, unable to get any type of sound out at the moment. Everything was really blurry.

She didn't understand.

"What just happened?"

Then, there was a hand waving in front of her face. Back and forth it went unil the owner of the hand spoke. "Hello?"

She blinked a few times as she caught her breath. "Huh?" She swung her head around to look at her, now, co-star.

He stood there with a smirk on his face. It was the smile that showed up in nearly every picture and swooned teenage girls across the world who Googled his name for images of him. He shoved his hands into what looked like a pair of dark designer jeans and he shifted his weight to one side so that his, what looked to be at least one hundred dollar shoes, poked out from under them. He was only feet away.

Her eyes shot to his and for a moment she was lost.

She nearly groaned when she noticed his smile turn into a smug smirk and he adjusted his black coat jacket so that she could see the green t-shirt underneath it. It brings out his eyes.

"You doin' okay in there?"

Finally, she focused, but was unable to look back up at him. Shaking her head and running her hand through her hair she replied, "Yeah." She smiled happily at him, her daze now coming into focus.

He nodded back slowly. "Right...So, if you're going to be in my movie," he gestured toward the man that had waited with the clipboard and had pushed her on stage to walked over to them. "Then you're going to have to answer a couple of things to Leno-"

The man held up his hand slightly as he reached them, looking warily at Chad. "Um...my name is Leo."

Chad glanced at him briefly. "Right." Then, turned back to Sonny. "Anyway, he's gonna ask you a couple 'o questions before we get started." At the look on Sonny's face he held up a hand. "Don't worry, nothing big. It's just about a few things that have to be taken care of before we leave." He looked back at Leo briefly and then nodded to Sonny. "...So. Get to it."

He turned, shoes squeaking slightly against the floor, and steadily made his way toward the stairs that led to the seating area for the audience.

Sonny sputtered, her brows coming together in confusion. She took a few steps forward, almost ready to follow his lead. "Wait? Where are you going? Aren't you going to wait here with me?"

He stopped and turned to glance at her over his shoulder a small smile on his face. She knew that he knew what was really wrong with the picture here. Then she saw him quickly racking his brain for the right answer. "Nah. I've got some things to take care of before we leave tomorrow. Our flight leaves at noon, so I should get it done now."

Sonny watched as he made his way toward one of the sets of double doors at the back of the theater and exited without so much as a glance back at her. She frowned.

Okay, she was very confused, strangely dumbfounded, and overly excited at the moment. Not emotions that were suppose to mix well together. Not to mention the fact that Chad Dylan Cooper, one of her biggest crushes had just talked to her...and then left her here without any explanation as to what was going on.

She turned back around at the man with the clipboard and she repeated herself from earlier. "What just happened?"

Loe clicked his tongue and snapped his pen on his clipboard. "It appears that you have been given the role in his new movie."

He flipped over some papers muttering things that Sonny couldn't make out from where she was standing and then started going on with the conversation as though the previous statement wasn't that big of a deal, when inside, Sonny was screaming at the top of her lungs, both the acting and fan girl side of her. On the outside...she was still slightly speechless.

"So do you have any preferences as to what you like?"

Sonny stared.

Leo saw her confusion and adjusted himself like he were getting comfortable because he knew that this was going to take a while. "Food. Clothing. Beverages. Color."

Sonny gave him a funny look. "For what?"

He looked at her with a 'duh' expression. "Your dressing room."

She put her hand on her chest. "I-I'm getting a...dressing room?" She stepped toward him in amazement.

"That's what we normally do for the actors." Leo watched her for any reaction, but when he got none, he raised his brows and scribbled something on the clipboard. "I'll take that as a I'll get back to you later." He skimmed down toward the end of the paper. "Well, I know you'll get this one: Where do you live?" He said it slowly, as though she were a preschooler.

She muttered the address, the thought of her dressing room still 'out of this world' to her and plaguing her mind. Pfft. The fact that she, Sonny Monroe, was going to be in a movie was still an amazing thought.

This couldn't be happening. Really. This couldn't be happening. She was pretty much tempting herself to do what they did in the movies. Pinch herself.

Yesterday she had been at school, sitting at a desk and zoning in and out of the topic at hand. The biggest thing on her mind was a paper she was only half done, but was due on Monday. She had been walking in the halls with her boyfriend and talking to Lucy about the future.

Now that the future was here, she couldn't believe that it involved her starring in a movie with Chad Dylan Cooper, who was a household name for any family with a teenage girl ages nine to nineteen...and she was suppose to work along side him? How was she even going to compare? She had never done anything even close to a movie.

Usually, when actors got into the "biz", they started off in small parts and eventually, only if they were lucky, got to have the big part: the star. Instead, she was now being thrown into Hollywood with a leading role and not a lot of experience. But, who was to say that people were going to notice her? If she was going to be in a movie with Chad, most likely all the eyes would be glued on him.

She really didn't know how to react to that...

Leo clipped the paper that he had been scribbling on back to the board and peered at her. "My recommendation to you, is to get home and get packed, because you have a long day tomorrow." Then he started to walk away from her in the same direction as Chad did.

"Wait...what?"

Leo kept walking, talking over his shoulder. "Didn't you hear him? We're leaving tomorrow and there's a lot to get done."

"T-tomorrow?"

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She stood at the front door of her house looking into the window that blurred what was inside.

Licking her lips, she wrung her hands together in front of her and then stepped back.

How was she going to tell her mom?

Well, there were many ways. For example, she could go subtle:

Hey, mom. How was your day...that's good. I just wanted to let you know that I nailed the audition! Yeah, I got the part! I'm going to star in the new movie Only Us with Chad Dylan Cooper. You know, they guy that's covering my walls, yeah him...oh and I have a paper due on Monday...I think...I don't think I'm going to be there though...

Or.

Mom! Guess what! I got the part! I mean, it isn't the part I tired out for, but starting in the morning I'm going to be working with Chad Dylan Cooper in his new movie! I'm going to Hollywood to start getting things ready at noon tomorrow! Isn't it amazing! Now I don't have to worry about that five page paper due on Monday! It's that great! Oh, and I get my own dressing room!

Neither of them seemed likely.

She slowly stepped down and off of the steps backwards. What was she going to do? How could she accept the part before she even talked about it with her mom? She was going to kill her! She knew her mom. She was caring and understanding and she could always give good advice when it was needed, but if anything got in the way of her schooling, she was a force not to be reckoned with.

She turned around and tried to get her bearing. Running her hands through her hair, she took in a deep breath...until something interesting caught her eye.

There, in her driveway, was a vehicle she had never seen before and it looked nice. Not just 'Wow, look at that car! Isn't it nice" nice, but 'That car doesn't belong anywhere near Wisconsin' nice.

She whirled around. This couldn't be good.

She jumped up the steps and reached out for the doorknob. Then she flung the door open and called out, "Mom!"

There was no answer.

Quickly, she ran through the entryway and kitchen, rounding a corner and flinging herself into the living room, she cried out, "It isn't what you think!"

She stopped. It looked a little different than she thought it would.

Sonny didn't see her mom with that horribly angered face that she got whenever she didn't do well on her finals or when she stayed out a little too late than necessary. She wasn't waving a finger in someone else's face to try to intimidate them into falling back and away from what they were saying before.

Instead, she found her mom sitting on the couch facing the third man that had watched her perform on stage with a smile on her face.

He stood first, holding out a hand toward her and stepping around her mom. "Hi Sonny. I'm Marshall Pike; I'm sorry we didn't get a chance to talk before. We've met already, but I thought I'd just stop by and let your mom know what was going on."

Sonny clapped her hands together, carefully approaching the topic and smiling hesitantly. "And what exactly is going on? 'Cause, you know Sonny would like to know what's happening too."

Connie stood with a smile on her face. "Well, Mr. Pike was just telling me about the education program that will be provided for you and about your classes during your shooting."

Sonny stared at the expression on her face. "You mean...you're okay with this? Me leaving tomorrow to go work in Hollywood, by myself, to shoot a movie is okay with you? Did I mention the whole doing it along part?" Her voice was only slightly squeaking.

Her mom's smile remained solid. "Of course Mr. Pike already informed me about your schooling and supervisory. He also told me about the movie." She turned toward Marshall. "What'll it take? Three to six months?"

Marshall nodded. "Yep, everything will be provided for you from schooling to protection...and your mom is, at our complete expense, able to fly out to see you whenever she wants to. Also, all of your credits from high school so far will be transferred into your new schooling program on set. You wont have to make anything up."

Sonny's jaw dropped. This was definitely not a reaction she was looking for.

Thankfully, the doorbell rang before anything more shocking could reach her ears.

She spun around on her heals, a sigh of relief escaping her. That had to be Lucy. She was going to come over so they could talk about what happened at the audition.

This was good. This meant that she at least had Lucy to try and get things more organized in her head...even though she knew that Lucy was going to freak out by the fact that she was...or at least might...spend the next three to six months with Chad Dylan Cooper. Lucy just happened to be a fan...too.

She gripped at the door, a huge smile on her face and swung the door open, her arms wide and ready for a hug from her friend, but the only thing she got was the thought about how stupid she might have looked.

There, standing on her front porch, was her soon-to-be co-star.

Her arms dropped her sides and her mouth fell a little slack.

Chad smirked at her and shrugged his shoulders up and down once. "So, are you going to be inviting me in, or are you going to leave the greatest actor of our generation on your front...steps?" He looked around a little concerned, as if he thought the building was going to fall down around them.

She quirked an eyebrow at him, her smile fading slightly. She straightened herself, voice still full of enthusiasm. "Yeah! Come on in!"

At that moment, she thanked her mom for being such a neat freak and passing the trait on to her.

He stepped in and looked around the entryway and through the door into the kitchen.

After closing the door, she turned and watched him curiously as he made a few different faces while peering at the house. She crossed her arms over her chest and followed him into the kitchen. "So...if you don't mind me asking, what are you doing here anyway and how did you know where I live?"

Chad ran a finger over her counter, then rubbed his fingers together as though he were inspecting for dust. "You told Leno your address and I was told that I needed to get to know my co-star before we start shooting." He lifted the finger up to his eyes. "Apparently, we need form some chemistry before we get ready for the big screen." He finally looked up at her, now done with his examination. "So, here I am. Ready for the chemistry."

Sonny's eyes slightly widened by the way he said the last part. She recovered, however and shook her head. "The only thing I'm going to be doing, is packing. If we're leaving at noon, I better start now."

Chad's smile widened. "So...does that mean you're going to show me your room?"

She bit her lip. "I guess." She led him over to the living room so that her mom and Marshall stopped talking. They peered up at her once she started speaking. "Mom, this is Chad. Chad, my mom."

Connie held up her hand with a smile. "Nice to meet you, Chad. I've hear a lot about you. I'm Connie: big fan."

Chad gave her a sweet smile that Sonny knew her mom was completely susceptible to. "Thank you. It's good to know that Sonny might have gotten some good taste from you."

Sonny's brows came together at the remark. That was a little weird. "Um, mom. I gotta start packing and Chad's gonna help me...is that okay?" Did she really just say that?

Connie waved her hands abstinently at her. "No problem, honey." She gestured over to Marshal. "There are a few things we have to settle anyway."

Sonny nodded and then looked at Chad's expression.

Her heart started to race. Chad. In her room.

Wait...her room. Was filled with Mackenzie memorabilia.

She held up her hands. "Yeah...just stay...right there." She spun around on her heals and ran out of the living room and up the stairs. Nearly running into the wall, she turned a corner and jumped into her room, taking down all her Mackenzie Falls posters and shoved them into her closet.

Wait. She was going to need to get into her closet. Instead, she turned around wildly, looking for a place to put them. She smiled and fell down onto her knees, stuffing her posters and ripped out magazine pages underneath her mattress, since the space underneath her bed was full with shoes and boxes.

Then she saw her nightstand and noticed the clock. The one that sang the theme song to Mackenzie Falls every hour.

She groaned, was she really this fan crazed?

She rushed over and unplugged it from her wall and then moved over to her dresser and shoved it into her bottom drawer.

Thank god she didn't get that sheet set she had seen at Wal-Mart the other day.

She ran down the stairs and stopped only feet in front of Chad, straightening her hair down and adjusting her clothing so they sat right on her. She smiled and held an arm up, directing him toward the stairs. "Okay, come on up."

Chad gave her a weird look and started up the stairs.

Neither of them said anything until he had reached the entrance of the room.

"Wow."

Sonny smiled.

"So, this is what a normal person's room looks like."

Sonny's smile disappeared.

"What do you mean?"

Chad made his way slowly into the room and stuffed his hands inside his pockets just as he did at the theater. "I mean...it's just so...plain."

She squinted at him. Well, it wasn't five minutes ago. "No it's not...it just... fits my personality." She grinned and looked around the room at her yellow painted walls.

He chuckled. "What, plain and boring?" At the look he gave her, he sighed. "Oh, right. The whole Sonny sunny pun."

He didn't say it with enthusiasm.

She was confused. She knew that he had the reputation for being a "bad boy", but did that mean that he was rude too? To be honest, she thought the worst thing he had done was the whole 'puppy shoving' incident that happened a few weeks ago. What happened to the Mackenzie like guy that she had fantasized about? The one who looked cute on the outside and acted tough, but when gotten to know was sweet and funny?

She watched as he sat on her bed and there was a loud crunch that rang throughout the room.

He lifted his arms and looked around him. "Did your mattress just break?" He looked up at her. "Shouldn't it, you know, be soft?" He stood and looked at where he had been sitting. "Not sure that's really safe..."

Sonny's frown was now turned into a glare, her personality turning on heal. She couldn't remember the last time she had felt this reaction. "That's my bed, and it's perfectly fine. I've been using it since I was eight."

Chad stepped further away from the mattress. "Meaning that it's dirty, too." He stopped, turned toward her nightstand, and then looked over at her through his lashes before slowly approaching the stand and reached for something sitting there. "So...you're a Mackenzie fan?"

Sonny glanced at the pen in his hand, the one that she used whenever she wrote her sketches. "T-that was a...gift. From a friend. They thought I was a fan. They were wrong." She quickly glanced at her mattress, seeing the tips of some of her posters peaking out from underneath her sheets.

Chad shook his head, obviously not believing a word she said. "If you-"

Then it happened.

Suddenly, the entire room was silent, except the blaring sound of the Mackenzie Falls theme song for the new hit TV series that was going to be based off the movie.

Panic was covering her face as she glanced at first the dresser and then at Chad, just as he looked at her with yet another smug smirk on his face.

He started to step backward, then to the side and away from her dresser. He took one step the other way, and at her sudden jump, he nodded, swiftly bending down and opening her dresser drawers.

Sonny pointed at him. "You can't do that! That isn't your-"

Chad stood, alarm clock in hand. "Not a fan, are you?"

She glared. Stupid backup battery. "Another present. Different person. Just as wrong."

He nodded.

Suddenly, what seemed to be Marshall's voice called up the stairs. "Chad? Time to go. You've got a big day tomorrow!"

Chad sighed. "Well, looks like you were saved by the producer."

He walked pasted her easily, handing her the clock, and out of the doorway.

Sonny walked over to her bed and sat down, starring at the evil contraption in her hands.

Suddenly, he was back. His head was peaking into the room and one of his hands were tapping on the frame of her door. "Oh, and by the way...By the end of shooting you're going to fall in love with me." He paused for effect. "Just thought I'd give you the heads up." He winked at her.

He was gone.

Sonny stood up and rushed over to the door to find him just about to round the corner. Now, all of her confusion was back and most of her enthusiasm was gone. "Um...I'm sorry. I though you just said I was going to fall in love with you?"

He shrugged. "Just what you think it meant." At her expression he held up his hand and smiled. "Don't worry. It happens to all my leading ladies. Just ask Hudgens and Tisdale. They'll tell you exactly the same thing. Every one of them fell for me before the end of taping...sometimes even before the first day."

A glare spread across her face. "I am not going to fall in love with you. Besides, I have a boyfriend." Then she realized that that was the first time she had remembered that she did, in fact, have a boyfriend.

He walked up to her slowly. "That doesn't matter, doesn't change anything. You will. First you'll get all nervous around me, then you'll stumble and dream about me."

He was now standing right in front of her, if she stood on her tiptoes, she was sure they would kiss.

"And finally...you'll get lost in my eyes. Then you'll realize you're in love with me.It's inevitable."

Sonny's scowl deepened. "That's not going to happen, Chad."

"That's what you say now." He shook his head. "Don't worry. I'll try and make it easy for you."

With that he was gone, finally rounding the corner and out of her sight before she could utter a word of rebuttal.

And just like that she had gone from crazed fan to crazed hater of Chad Dylan Cooper.

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READ...IMPORTANT

First off...I DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO CUT IT OFF UNTIL HERE.

The length of this chapter disturbed me. It took me nearly four hours to get this on paper and fixed. I think I'm just gonna do a cliffie next chapter...

Due to the length of this chapter, I fully expect reviews! Seriously people, I need feedback to know how I'm doing, if it makes sense, and if it's any good. I know how many alerts/favorites this story has so far so I expect much feedback.

Also, you have to let me know what sounds better:

Chad in high school.

or

Sonny in Hollywood.

I know what you're thinking and it's not that. Trust me, but in order for this to continue, you have to choose between them for the future.

I have no idea how long this story will last. I just have so many ideas that I can't possibly fit it into a few!

R&R so I can update!!!

Much love.