Sorry it took me a while to update! Enjoy :)

"Sonny, I am not stepping foot out there," Chad said firmly as Sonny opened her car door.

Sonny rolled her eyes. "Come on, Chad, it's not that bad. Really." She hopped out and went around to the drivers side.

He rolled down his window. "Is it Sonny? Is it really?." He glared at her defiantly.

She ignored his question. "Is poow wittle Chad Dywan Cooper scaywd?" Sonny taunted him in a baby voice and batted her eyelashes.

"Shut up, Munroe, you know that won't work," he rolled his window back up and faced away from her.

She groaned and pulled open the car door. "Come on. Seriously. Or I'll tell everyone you were afraid," she warned and held out her hand. He glanced at her hopeful eyes and hesitantly got out of the car.

They walked hand in hand until they reached a large, red sign with yellow lettering that read RING A LING TRAVELING CARNIVAL.

Chad looked uneasy as Sonny bought two tickets and grinned excitedly. "This is going to be tons of fun, don't worry!" She told him.

He raised his eyebrows at her doubtfully. "Fun" is not exactly what he'd call it.

She immediately yanked him over to the first rollercoaster she saw. "Let's go on this one! Come on, there's no line!" Chad resisted and pulled her back.

"I'm not going on that thing!" Chad hissed. Sonny saw defiance on his face, but also urgency and a little bit of...fear.

"Why not?"

He deliberated for a moment. "Just...look at it. Random people sit on it everyday! I'm not going to sit on a public seat covered in vomit," he scoffed.

"You're scared." She stated, not asked.

"Am not." He crossed his arms over his chest.

"Are too. Chad Dylan Cooper....afraid of roller coasters," she grinned. "Oh, this is so good."

"Listen, you're supposed to be in love with me. People in love don't tease and accuse the other person," he shot back. "Unless you're willing to lose the bet, that is."

She thought hard for a couple moments. "If I do, will you admit that you're afraid of roller coasters?"

"Fine." He gave a small laugh. He didn't believe she'd actually give up the bet for some stupid piece of information like that.

"Will you tell me why, and be honest?" She wasn't about to give in yet. She stared hard into his soft but guarded blue eyes.

Chad realized they were still standing at the front of the line and a couple people at the carnival were starting to stare at them. He ushered her away from the crowd. "Sure," he said under his breath.

Sonny was suddenly aware of how close they were, but she shook it off and held out her hand. "Fine. As of right now, I will formally admit that I lost. In return, Chad Dylan Cooper, you have to tell me why you're afraid of roller coasters."

Chad shook her hand firmly. He gazed at her eyes, blazing with triumph. Triumph? She didn't win anything, he thought.

She looked around uneasily. "Uh, Chad?"

"Yeah?"

"You can let go of my hand now."

He smiled sheepishly. "Oh. Right."

"So, tell me," She sat down on a bench nearby a soda machine and he sat down next to her.

"Well, if you must know," he muttered. "When I was little, I came to Disneyland with my mom. I wore the baseball cap that my Dad had gotten me before he moved out...I wore it all the time back then. It was like my good luck charm, practically the only important thing I really owned," he paused and glanced uneasily at her. "And, when we went on Space Mountain, it flew off. I turned around just in time to see it shredded by the cart behind us. Poof," he squeezed his hands together. "And I hated them ever since."

Sonny looked at her feet. "Oh," was all she could think to say.

"Yeah well," he sighed. "I got another one after that. Wasn't really the same, though," he brushed it off.

They stayed silent for a moment. Sonny couldn't stand it. "So, um, even though I lost, should we just keep pretending we like each other for the rest of the night?"

"Uh...sure," he decided, uncertainly. "I don't see why not."

She grinned, glanced at him, then glanced at the bumper cars down the path. He groaned. "Come on, Sonny! No!"

She laughed. "Bumper cars won't eat any of the rest of your clothing, don't worry!" She pulled him up and raced to the line.

For the rest of the night, Sonny had an uneasy feeling in her stomach. Guest starring on Mackenzie Falls won't be so bad, if Chad was acting the way he is now, she thought. In fact, it may be a... good experience. For my resume, she added silently.

Kind of anticlimactic, I know! Normally I don't like chad revealing his inner feelings and showing any fear, but this was kinda necessary ;) But this isn't the end, and I've decided that I'll probably write a sequel. And there's more to the story, believe me :) What'd you think? Good? Bad? So-so? Review, please!