The Many Ways to Fall Chapter 3: Things Lost in the Fire, a sonny with a chance fanfic

Author's Note: Sorry for the late updates, I've been on the other side of the world for a week. I won't bore you guys with that though. I wrote this on an airplane! :) I have a new obsession! YAY, Glee! So for anyone who loves that show too, look for a one-shot feat. Finn & Rachel sometime soon :D

Kudos to my awesome beta, SparkleInTheSun. Check out her fics if you haven't already! They're worth the time that she puts into them :)

Things gotta get harder before they get any easier.

The disclaimer is the same, as usual. Since Disney owns Marvel now too, they own two of my favourite things in the world: Deadpool (UNFF Ryan Reynolds :3) and Sonny With a Chance. Jealous much? LOL. A quote used in this chapter belongs to Stephenie Meyer, the amazing author of the Twilight Saga. Lyrics used belong to Our Lady Peace.

This chapter is in CHAD's point of view. = Next to IMPOSSIBLE to write. MY CHAD,

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[ They're protected, but I'll accept most likely. ]

You looked at me as I walked in the room
Like the red sea you split me open
Somehow I knew these wings were stolen ;

( the many ways to F A L L )
& chapter two : Things Lost in the Fire

~ colourfuldaze.

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They say that as time passes, you eventually forget the ones that you had left behind. So how come he could remember her so clearly? As every second passed, nothing changed. As the weeks went on, he still longed for the petite brunette that was now sitting directly across from him. As the months dragged on, he tried to content himself with the blonde sitting beside him, and the attention that came with her.

But he couldn't forget Sonny. Chad wasn't the same person that he was when he was seventeen – the cold, ignorant, egotistical boy – he had learned to forgive, he had learned to love again when he met Allison Monroe. She was simliar to the burns and scars that he had recieved from the fire... faded, healing, a memory of the pain.. just a memory of the days when they would watch the sunset.. just the two of them..

She was a scar in his heart: desperately trying to heal, painfully waiting for the day that he won't need to memorize anymore. A faded memory of unrequited love, painfully burning through his heart the longer he keeps it. It is killing him inside, though he doesn't admit it. He was slowly becoming masochistic; instead of enduring the pain, he enjoyed it. There was so much more behind the magazines and the millions of reporters always trying to find Chad Dylan Cooper's weakness, his only fault.

Would they believe him if he said that his one fault was sitting right across from him, clearly attempting to avoid his eyes?

'Time passes. Even when it seems impossible. Even when each tick of the second hand aches like the pulse of blood behind a bruise. It passes unevenly, in strange lurches and dragging lulls, but pass it does. Even for me'.

He takes the time to look – actually look – at her, and he realizes how different she is now. Her hair, it was black now. Not dark brown - jet black. As if darkness was the first thing she could see every morning. But the thing he missed the most.. her eyes, the ones that used to be always filled with emotion and life. They were empty, emotionless. She was just like him now, only a pathetic shadow of the people that they used to be.

"Chad, Sonny - What do you think?" he heard, quickly turning to the director. His eyes connect with Sonny's, only for a tenth of a second. He tries to read her, but he can't anymore. She holds her hands across her chest, like she was protecting her heart from being hurt again. How come after all the time that has passed – after all the hearts he has broken – he could barely look her in the eye? If time heals all wounds, how come his heart was ripping itself to pieces after all these years?

He takes a quick glance at Tawni – his second choice (she wasn't really a choice at all, was she?) – before speaking out honestly to the director, "Truthfully, I'm having second thoughts about this". He couldn't help but show off his signature grin when he saw the director's face fall. (Just because he was less than he used to be doesn't mean he still wasn't Chad Dylan Cooper after all).

If he was going to be in this movie – it was practically Sonny's life story – he was going to show the world just why Chad Dylan Cooper is his generation's greatest actor.

"Now, ladies and gentlemen. My wife and I are busy people, we will have our people call your people. Chris, Mr. Conroy, Son-Ms. Monroe - Goodnight".

I'm not dying All you did was get me through I owe every breathe to you Heart and soul unparalyzed All you did was save my life

The drive back to the mansion with Tawni was excrutiating. They were both completely silent. Although this, them, was never supposed to happen, there were some times where he was close to being happy with the blonde. Close. Not enough. Nothing would ever be enough. "Chad," he heard her say. He glanced at her quickly, before looking back at the road. "Chad, I think we should do this." she whispered, He glared at her and took a deep breath, "I don't think I can, Tawni." They drove in silence once more, both of them wondering the exact same thing: where did it all go so wrong?

The story's been told a million times
but it's different when it's your life

(AN: This is a "promo" for the MOVIE that they will be filming in future chapters. Features a mysterious narrator, CDC [Austin Blake Anthony], SM [Isabelle Taylor], JC [Josh Taylor], and TH [Tiffany Baker].) Has one mistake ever changed fate so much? Austin Blake Anthony was on a road trip for Christmas, he was never one to believe in 'family bonding'. When an accident changes him forever, will he realize the inevitable decision that he has to make? Shows Chad driving on an empty highway, and then suddenly another car appears in the middle of nowhere and slams into him.

Isabelle Taylor had been running away from her problems for her whole life. When her heart was being buried in pain, it was only natural that she ran to her older brother. But what if the one person that she's running away from needs her more than oxygen? Shows Chad on a hospital bed, badly bruised and barely recognizable, with Sonny silently standing outside of the door.

Josh Taylor was the supportive brother, always there when his sister needed it. They say that when the opportunity presents itself, grab it. But what if his sister needs him? Is it time for him to do something for himself? Shows James comforting Sonny, and then the scene changes to him staring longingly at Tawni.

Tiffany Baker had a long list of shortcomings. But at some point in time, she had somebody who was willing to overlook that. But when one mistake drags on for months, hearts are broken. Even her's. Shows James and Sonny yelling at Chad and Tawni, and the scene changes to Tawni sitting atop a rooftop building, crying.
.. Sometimes it only takes one minute to change it all back ..

*A flat-line sound is outputted as screen fades to black*

Background Music: All you did was save my life | Pulled me out of that flat line | Put the heartbeat back inside

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Author's Note: bwhaha, that was fun. So school starts on Tuesday, and I'm helluva excited (don't even know why). Less updates though. I dunno how trailers go, but I'm excited enough for this. I'll be making a banner for this, so send me the links of the best Sterling, Demi, Tiff, and Kelly (James Conroy) pictures you can find! Also, I'm including two minor characters into the movie, and most likely into the story. Teenagers (one boy, one girl), any suggestions?

Reviews are icing on the cake :)

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