Alright! Here's chapter two! It's kind of long, but so fun to write and I just had to end it the way that I did. Enjoy...

Chapter Two: Just Because

Chad's Point of View

"Okay, what are you going to get?" Sonny asked me, looking up at the order board in Subway. I couldn't believe she had actually dragged me down here.

I looked reluctantly up at the board also. I didn't know what to get. I'd never been here to eat. I adjusted the large dark sunglasses that were covering my eyes. Sonny had a similar pair on. We couldn't be noticed in public together, because we didn't want the press finding out we were dating, because then everyone would know.

Sonny sighed. "Oh, come on. You can get whatever you want. Haven't you ever seen the commercials?"

"No." I gauged her expression. Exasperated. Annoyed. Ready to give up? Okay, deep breath. If Sonny liked it here, I could at least try. It wasn't the fancy French restaurants I was used to but…"Well, what are you getting?"

"Hmm… maybe… no… Oh, maybe the 'Meatball Marinara,'" she said thoughtfully.

Meatballs on a sandwich… I would never make it out of here alive.

I guess Sonny noticed my reaction to that and she suddenly smiled. "Do you want to just try one? We can get a foot long and we'll both get half. Unless of course, Mr. Big shot is… chicken."

I stood up straighter. Man, that girl knew how to get me. "Fine, I'll try it," I said grudgingly. I reached in my pocket to take out my wallet but Sonny slapped my hand when I tried to get my credit card out. "What?"

"I don't want you to have to pay," she said stiffly.

Alright… two could play at this game. I shrugged my shoulders and held up my hands in mock defeat. Right… like I was ever going to let my girlfriend pay for our dinner.

Once our sandwiches were made Sonny reached into her pocket and pulled out her wallet. Just when she was about to start putting money down on the counter, I tapped her on the shoulder. Sonny turned around, looking confused.

I pointed out the window. "Look, a monkey got loose from the zoo!"

She turned to look out the window. "What?"

I slipped in front of her and handed the cashier my credit card. Sonny spun back around and smacked me on the arm, wincing afterwards. I wished she would stop forgetting about her cutup hands.

I took the bag with our… dinner in it and faced Sonny again. "Look, if you really want to hit me that bad, next time just tell me, and I'll do it myself."

We started walking towards the exit. "What do you mean?"

"What do you think? You keep hurting yourself," I said, holding the door open for her.

She rolled her eyes. "Chad, I'm not made of glass; I'm not going to break. And why did you have to pay anyway?"

I also rolled my eyes. "Sonny, I know enough about relationships to know that the guy pays for his girlfriend's dinner, lunch, breakfast, whatever. It's like, the basics of dating."

"Well can't I ever pay?" she asked while we got into her beat up truck. The one bad thing about going out undercover: we couldn't use the limo.

"No. And besides, I thought you were saving up for some Ivy League college anyway," I reminded her. Ha! And she thought I wasn't listening to her that day.

I got her there. "Well, I am but-"

"Okay then. You save money, I pay," I said simply.

"And your college fund?" she asked.

"Money's never really been an issue even before I started acting."

"Oh, right. I keep forgetting your family was already rich," she said, looking out the window. "So… speaking of families…"

Oh no… not the "meet the family" thing. I never wanted her to have to meet my family. She was too nice and sensitive to be around them.

"Do you want to meet mine?" she asked looking at me hopefully.

That I could handle. "Sure. They already know we're dating right?"

"Of course. My mom practically begs me for the all details after we go on a date."

I glanced at her as I drove us out of the parking lot. "All of the details?"

She blushed crimson and twirled a piece of her brown hair around her index finger. "I said she begs for all of them, not that she gets all of them. She thinks you're really nice."

Wow. That was a first. Well, you've heard what Sonny thought after she met me. It's still weird to not have everyone think I'm self-centered and rude. Not that I want to be known as that, but… parents especially have never really described me as… "really nice."

"Really?" I asked, still unsure of if her mom actually meant it.

She nodded and smiled. "Of course… She's also really happy we're finally over our whole rivalry thing we had going on."

I smiled. "Yeah, well fighting isn't nearly as fun as dating. So when do I get to meet the rest of the Munroes and see where you get your good looks from?"

We finally pulled back into the parking lot of the studio.

"How's this weekend sound?"

"Perfect, when you say it." I parked her truck next to the rest of So Random's cars.

She stared at me for a second before she finally laughed. "You know, we really should've added more comedy to your new script. I like it when you're funny."

"Well don't get too used to it," I warned smiling. "So, where are we eating this?"

"Uh… here?"

"In the car? No…" We were always disagreeing over little things like this because we were so different. We had never actually had a "yelling and screaming at each other" fight. Just disagreements like this.

"Why not?" she asked, whining on purpose.

"If I have to try a sandwich that has meatballs in it, then I get to pick where I have to eat it."

She rolled her eyes and opened the passenger door, before she hopped out. "Then where exactly do you propose we eat?"

"Commissary?" I suggested.

"I thought we weren't going public," she said walking around the truck to my side. Suddenly her face lit up. "Stay right here."

I groaned automatically.

She got something out of the back of her truck and grabbed our sunglasses off the dashboard. She handed me my sunglasses back and a hat, I think.

"What is this?" I asked eyeing the hat.

"It's a baseball hat. Don't worry; it's not like a girl's hat or anything. I just wanted to get that one for fun." Sonny slid her dark black glasses on and put on a blue and white baseball cap with "Vampires" written across the front in red and "Forks, Washington" written under that in blue.

My hat was black and white with a black cloud and a bolt of lightning on the front. Above the picture was the word "thunder," and underneath was the word "baseball." I guessed if it was Sonny's it wasn't that dorky. You've got to give me some credit; I was trying to be more "normal" for Sonny.

"And how does this help?" I asked putting on my glasses and hat.

"Well no one would expect to see Chad Dylan Cooper wearing big sunglasses and a Twilight hat in the Commissary," she said smiling.

"A what hat?"

"A Twilight hat. Both of ours are. Why do you think mine has "Vampires" written on it?"

I shrugged my shoulders. I forgot that Sonny's really into the Twilight books and movie. I looked at her closely. "Wow, I really can't recognize you. Other than your mouth and your hair that's showing."

"Same for you, Mr. Cooper," she said flicking the brim of my hat.

"Alright, let's go try to eat this… Meatball Marinara sandwich," I said and fake-grimaced.

"Oh, get over yourself. You'll love it," Sonny said playfully while we walked to the Commissary.

"And if I don't?" I just like going back and forth like this with Sonny.

"Then you're weird."

"Well, you know what? So are you, Wisconsin."

"And proud of it," she said, giggling when we entered the Commissary. "Oh, shoot…" she muttered under her breath when we saw that the entire casts of Mackenzie Falls and So Random were in there.

"What exactly are they all doing here?" I asked under my breath also.

"How am I supposed to know? They hardly ever come here for anything other than lunch and frozen yogurt."

"Well let's just get a seat far away from them and act conspicuous," I said as we tried to look casual walking to a table.

"How can we look conspicuous wearing sunglasses and baseball hats? We look like we're undercover or something."

"We are. And besides, these were your idea."

We sat down at a table in the far corner.

"Well eating here was your idea," she shot back.

"Well it was your idea to not go public," I hissed back at her. This was one of our more heated disagreements. But apparently that's what comes when you put two totally different people together.

"No it was yours!" She leaned her body closer to me.

"Yours!" I whispered back intensely, also leaning forward.

"Yours!"

Suddenly we noticed that it was really quiet all of the sudden. We both looked away from each other and everyone was staring at us. I tilted the brim of my hat down farther and Sonny slid down farther in her chair, wincing.

She slid my half of the sandwich across the table and took a bite of her half.

I gingerly tried the darn sandwich that Sonny liked so much, and it was actually pretty good. I softly kicked Sonny's foot under the table. When she looked at me I held up the sandwich and rolled my eyes in defeat. She smiled happily and kicked me back.

"Told you," Sonny mouthed.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah…" I mouthed back, and I couldn't help smiling.

Suddenly, that annoying blond girl from So Random, Tawni, turned to look at us. "Excuse me? Girl in the vampire hat?"

"Yeah?" Sonny said in a voice that was two pitches higher on the scale than her normal voice.

"You just seem so familiar to me… Do I know you?" Tawni asked, cocking her head to the side, while the rest of her comical comrades stared on.

Before Sonny had a chance to make up an excuse, the intercom beeped and crackled for a minute. Someone cleared their throat before saying: "Would the cast of So Random please report to the prop room immediately for an emergency meeting? Thank you."

The cast of So Random- minus Sonny –pushed back from their table and exited the Commissary. Once they were gone, Sonny and I immediately walked out the other exit that led outside.

Sonny took off her baseball hat and stuck it on top of the one I was already wearing and slid her sunglasses into my coat pocket.

"Uh, why do I feel like a pack mule?" I asked.

She gave me a kiss on the cheek. "I have to go and I can't be caught as 'vampire girl.' I'll see you tomorrow," Sonny said. She skipped off towards the studio entrance. "Take care of my hats!" she called out over her shoulder. Wow… Who could not love her?

The Next Day…

At almost exactly 10:00, Sonny walked outside and once she caught sight of me, she opened her mouth in shock and laughed quietly.

"Well?" I asked stretching my arms out to my sides.

She walked over to where I stood and looked down at the new couch that I was standing next to. "What-why-… you know I was only kidding about you finding a really soft couch right?"

"Really?" I feigned surprise. "Because I wasn't."

"Well, obviously." She said looking over the tan couch I had had delivered there overnight.

"Well, sit down."

She carefully sat down and for once, she didn't wince or grimace when she did. She smiled and patted the space next to her. "This is perfect, thank you."

I plopped down next to her and slung my arm over her shoulders. "Anything for you."

"Okay."

She sure did jump at that one fast. I raised an eyebrow. "What do you want?"

She smiled widely. "I want to meet your family. Oh, and I'd like my hat back. You can keep yours, though. So, what do you say?" she asked practically bouncing up and down.

Why in the world would she want to meet my family? I never wanted her to ever have to have the displeasure of meeting the rest of the Coopers. Not ever!

Her smile fell when she saw me frowning. "What's wrong? What did I say?"

"I don't want you to meet my family," I stated, shaking my head.

"Why not?" Sonny turned sideways so her body was turned towards me. She sat with her legs crossed while she stared at me, obviously disappointed.

"Just because."

"But I really want to," she begged.

I finally had to break away from her gaze before I gave in. "No, no, no, I don't want you to."

"Please?"

"No."

"Please?"

"No."

"Please?" She sounded more desperate that time.

I leaned closer to her. "No!"

She crossed her bare arms over her chest and frowned. "But I don't get it. Why don't you…" A look of hurt took over her expression.

"What is it?" I asked, suddenly feeling the need to comfort her. I reached out to take her hand but she pulled it away.

"You won't let me meet your family because you're ashamed to bring a girl like me home, aren't you? What are they expecting you to date someone like Portlyn?" she asked getting angrier and more hurt sounding by the second.

Oh geesh! "No, Sonny you've got it all wrong. It's not you I'm ashamed of."

Her face softened back up and she scooted closer to me. "What do you mean?"

I sighed. "I don't want you to meet the rude, obnoxious, snobby people that I have to call my parents and siblings."

"Oh, how bad could they be?"

"Bad."

"But, I can handle myself. I've dealt with rude, obnoxious, snobby people before. And no, I'm not referring to you, but can't I just-"

"Sonny, no. There is nothing that you could possibly do or say that would convince me to let you meet my family."

Friday Night…

Sonny didn't even wait for me to open her car door after we pulled into the driveway.

I groaned as she bounced over to my side and kissed both of my cheeks.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you!" she exclaimed.

"Let's just get this over with," I said pessimistically as we approached the glass double doors that led to my house.

Sonny Munroe is not just stubborn… she's also incredibly convincing…

Did you like it? I sure hope so! Thank you for all the great feedback, and keep reviewing. You all are awesome. Thanks! Oh, by the way, if you want to see a picture of Sonny and Chad's Twilight hats, just check out my profile and click on the links. They should work, but if they don't, please let me know. Bye!