Sorry that this one is so short. I just really wanted to get this down before it flew out of my brain. Besides, I had some free time on my hands, and I knew you guys wanted it ASAP. =] Enjoy!

Sonny

I didn't know why but I felt like something was wrong. I'd just gotten back from dropping Chad off, and I felt weird about it. There was something really wrong with Chad. I could tell. He didn't say a word when I was dropping him off.

I got home and walked in to my mom making dinner.

"Hey, sweetie. Where's Chad?" she asked.

"He's gonna stay at his house tonight." I told her.

She looked at me. "Why?"

"I don't know. I'm gonna go take a shower. We got caught in the rain. When will dinner be ready?" I asked.

"It should be done by the time you're done in the shower. I'll keep it warm for you." she told me.

I took a long shower, and ate. My mom went to bed early. She put the kids down earlier. She said they'd cried so much from being away from their mom that they couldn't stay awake. I was left alone in the living room. For some reason I felt like I was forgetting something or something was going to happen that I was going to miss if I went to sleep.

I turned on the TV and Mackenzie Falls was on. Chad. For some reason the empty feeling got worse. I turned the channel and saw So Random! on. I didn't feel like watching it right now. Mostly because I would be watching myself. That was too Tawni-like.

I turned it again and found that Wizards of Waverly Place was on. I watched an episode and almost fell asleep. When it was over I went into the kitchen and grabbed a soda. I knew that if I drank it I was going to be up all night, but I didn't care. It wasn't like I had anything planned tomorrow. I could use a long night anyways.

I went back into the living room and sat on the couch. For some reason I looked at the arm of it, and rubbed it.

Chad...

Why did I feel so bad about letting him go? Maybe it was because he wouldn't tell me why he wanted to stay there tonight. I wondered how everything was going. Did I maybe do something that made him not want to be around me? It couldn't have been the waiter thing, could it? I had to figure this out or I was going to go crazy.

I changed the channel and there was a soap opera on.

"How could you do this to me?" the guy asked.

"I didn't know you felt that way. It's not my fault. I'm sorry." the girl replied.

"I can't forgive you. You ripped out my heart." He turned around.

"Oh, give me a break." I said. I turned the channel again and it was Chad's movie. I couldn't help but watch. I'd turned just to the part where we met. How lucky am I? Not at all.

I remembered filming that scene. Chad had kept making them stop filming. He wouldn't tell anyone why and it was really starting to annoy me.

"Sonny, would you come with me?" he asked.

"Sure." I agreed.

We went to the costume room and he didn't say a word. He fixed my jacket. It was a little crooked and I guess he'd been waiting for me to realize it and fix it. He smiled and walked out of the room. I'd smiled like a lunatic afterward at nothing at all.

I found myself absently leaning on the arm of the couch. I jerked up. I couldn't take it anymore, I had to talk to him and figure this out.

***

Chad

My movie was on. I'd been watching it because there was nothing else on. I was thinking about Sonny. Was she mad that I'd left? I sent her a text message an hour ago and she never replied. I kept telling myself that she was just asleep, and that she would reply as soon as she got the message. On the inside, I was dying.

"Stupid curse thing." I said out loud. It was going to drive me insane.

I thought about everything that Sonny and I had been through. When I first met her I thought she was cute, but that was only because she was freaking out because of who I am. The sentimental side of me was slowly coming out as I got to know her.

I knew she was different when she pretended to be her first fan. She'd given up and went to embarrass herself on TV and it broke me down. I wound up going out there and being "Eric". There was this one time I was playing my guitar backstage, and she started singing. It was beautiful. I had no idea she could sing like that.

I was lying down on my couch and thinking about last night. I wanted so badly to hold her again. We had to fix this curse. It was either that or I had to stay away from Sonny. That would be hard to do once we started filming again. I could see Sonny everyday if I wanted to.

I remembered what she looked like when I got out of the car earlier. Her face was so sad. She'd asked me why I was going home.

"I...just want to." I replied.

"Well, if you feel like coming back, you're welcome. Don't forget. My mom won't be happy about you staying here by yourself." she told me.

"Tell her I say I'm sorry. I'll come back soon." I said.

"Okay. I'll talk to you later?" she asked.

"Sure, Sonny." I replied. She looked so sad when I shut the door. I saw her slide her hand across her face while she was leaving. I hoped she was crying, but I doubted it.

I ate something and I had my phone in my hand. I started to get tired so I made some coffee. I wanted to get as tired as I could so that when I did go to sleep I would stay asleep for a while. I went into the kitchen to get a cup when it was done and I saw that there was a new message on the answering machine.

"Chad, honey, I'm sorry you didn't get to go on the tour. We can't come home for a while. We...well, you know. We love you and we miss you. Call us soon. Bye."

That was my mom on the machine. Typical of them. I was used to it though, and I didn't really mind. I could cook-with the microwave. Don't ask about this one time I tried to make a cake. It wasn't rock hard, I swear. Just...table hard. I could also do my laundry and clean the house.

I was in the middle of pouring a cup of coffee when my cell phone rang. I turned to look at where the noise was coming from, and wound up spilling the coffee on my arm. I jerked that arm, and it somehow made the other one jerk, too. That made the coffee spill of my shirt. Okay, that hurt. I ran into my room and pulled the hot shirt off. The shirt was cool by the time I got there.

"That's one way to get your coffee cool." I said with my teeth clenched.

I ran back down to the living room, but I slipped on the stairs. They were tiled and I had socks on.

"What am I, Sonny now? Seriously." I said.

I limped to the couch now that my horrible experience was over. At first I couldn't find my phone. It somehow wound up in the cushions, so it took me a minute to find it. When I did find it, I flipped it open and saw that I had a text from Sonny.

***

Sonny

Here I was killing myself over the fact that Chad hadn't called me or anything and the whole time I had a message from him. He must've sent it to me when I was charging my phone. When I went into my room to call him, I saw his message. He'd sent it a couple hours ago.

Hey Sonny. Sorry I didn't tell you why I left. Text back when you can. CDC

I would bet anything that the reason why I didn't find it earlier was because of my bad luck. I really needed to figure that puzzle out. I decided that I would look it up on the internet after I talked to Chad.

Sorry I didn't text you back earlier. I was charging my phone. It's okay. Will I see you tomorrow? Sonny

I hoped that he would say yes. I knew Chad and the guy that I dropped off wasn't him. There was definitely something wrong if he was apologizing to me. I waited for his response. I turned the TV down and just sat there looking at my phone.

It was taking too long so I got on my laptop. I searched bad luck curses. I know, but I was desperate. I came up with a lot of sites, surprisingly. Soon I came to one that was based on a fictional story.

"This story focuses on a couple who is sent by a fairy all around to find clues about why the young woman has bad luck. The young man is her friend, and he helps. She finds that his behaviour starts to change. The story is in her POV and there is a surprising twist at the end."

Great. My life was going to have a surprise twist at the end. That was when my phone went off. It was Chad again.

Sure thing. Where do you want to meet? CDC

Where did I want to meet? I had no idea. The thought popped into my head as if someone had planted it there. I had no idea if this was somewhere he would want to go. I sent the message and waited. I was still wondering about this story.

I turned the TV back on and started to watch a movie that I'd never heard of. It was pretty good. There was a girl speaking to a guy in it.

"I know I let you down, but I'm never gonna make that mistake again." she said.

"You brought me closer to who I really am. Come take my hand, I want the world to see what you mean to me." he replied.

Why did I feel some irony in those sentences? Something was talking to me, but I couldn't pinpoint what it was exactly. Some small part of my brain was screaming at me. It was screaming so loud that it just sounded like a bunch of noises that I couldn't make out. I knew that answer was there somewhere, but it needed to slow down or I would never figure it out.

I got up and went into my bathroom. I wanted to brush my teeth after that soda. If I drank one and forgot to brush and went to bed then I would wake up with the worst feeling in my mouth ever. It also caused some pretty rank morning breath.

I went to pick up my toothbrush, but it wasn't there. I looked around for it, but it was nowhere to be found. I looked on the floor and found a toothbrush. The only problem was that it wasn't mine. It was the one that my mom let Chad use.

When I went to stand back up I hit my head on the counter.

"Ouch!" I said. When I put my hand up to my head it hit something and made it bleed. I didn't know what it hit, and I didn't care. I was going to bed. Hopefully my bad luck would leave me alone if I went to sleep. Chad would understand if I went to sleep. I would explain to him tomorrow morning.

***

Chad

I was waiting on Sonny's text when Portlyn called me.

"Hello?" I said.

"Hey, Chad! I'm sorry you didn't get to go on the tour. How are things there?" she said automatically.

"Um...they're good. Normal. Boring." I tried to cover up everything.

"What's going on?" she asked.

"Nothing is going on. Why would you ask that?" I replied.

"If there was nothing going on then you wouldn't be trying so hard to cover it up. I know you. We've been working since we were six." she reminded me.

"I'm going to figure it out. It's not that big of a deal. How are things there?" I asked.

"They're good. We're meeting a lot of people. I think I'm gonna get carpal tunnel from signing so many autographs. You're really missing out." She sounded like she was having fun already. "We've only been to one stop, but there were so many people it wasn't even funny. I also heard that some of the people who were there were going to follow us to every stop."

"That's cool, Portlyn." I said. My phone beeped and I looked to see that there was a text from Sonny. "Hey, I got to go. I'll talk to you later, okay?"

"You got a text, didn't you? Oh, wait. That means that you have a girlfriend. Who's the new girl?" she said.

"I have to go. Bye." I hung up on her. She was way too close to the truth.

It turned out that Sonny sent me that message a while ago, it was just that I was on the phone with Portlyn and I didn't hear it. I hit the read button and it came up.

I'll meet you at 10 at the flower shop. The one down the road from my apartment. Sonny

That worked. I'd better go to bed now if I wanted to get up in time. The sweet thoughts I was having about Sonny turned into sweet dreams as I slept the night away. Tomorrow I would see her, and right now my heart was soaring.