Meganruth15: Kayla isn't Chad's :) She's somebody else's. That comes up in this chapter!

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Sonny let out a small breath, sitting down on the couch in her living room. She stayed silent for a few seconds as Connie looked at her, and she crossed her arms. "…She smacked me."

"I heard it," Connie said.

"I spanked her."

"She deserved it."

"She cried."

"Doesn't matter, she hit you."

"She wouldn't stop until I nursed her," Sonny said, running her hand through her hair. "When does it get easier?"

"It doesn't. It gets harder."

"Thanks for your positivity."

"I'm just being honest."

Sonny sighed and she scratched her head lightly. "How am I gonna deal with her? I'm going to start bringing her to work with me, and I don't want her acting up because I'll spank her and look like the bad guy."

"They need to understand that you're her mother and you're going to discipline her your own way. If they say anything about it, then just tell them that she's your child and you know what works."

"Why does it have to be so hard? It was so easy when she was a baby…"

"She still is a baby, she's just getting smarter."

"Yeah, well, I want her to be dumb."

Connie laughed and she wrapped her arms around Sonny. "Don't worry. It'll be okay. I promise."

"You can't promise me that."

"I went through the exact same thing."

"Really?"

"Yeah. You weren't the nicest kid at first," she said, pulling away. "You were a brat. You hit, bit, screamed, threw things at people. You were a lot worse than Kayla."

"I couldn't imagine her any worse than she already is."

"You keep doing what you're doing and she'll be fine. She's your responsibility. You chose to do this, remember? You can't back out now."

"I know…"

"You better get to bed," Connie said, getting up from the couch. "You have work in the morning."

"Kay."

"I love you. Good night."

"Night…"

"Kayla, no, come back!" Zora said, running into the prop room after Kayla.

"If you lose her, Sonny's gonna kill you," Tawni said.

"I'm not going to lose her. I actually keep an eye on her, unlike some people that are too involved in their make up."

"Where'd she go, then?"

Zora looked around for a few seconds. "…Uh oh."

"Sonny's going to be back in five minutes, you better not have lost her."

"It won't count as losing her if we find her before she gets back."

"Who's 'we'?"

"Tawni, she technically put her under your supervision, so she'll yell at you about losing her."

"Good point. Kayla, where are you, Sweetie?" Tawni called, walking into the back as Sonny walked into the room.

"Why is she calling for Kayla?" Sonny asked.

"Oh, no reason," Zora said.

"She lost her, didn't she?"

"Yes, she did."

"Mom!" Kayla shouted.

Sonny looked over to the slide, just in time to see Kayla coming down it, and she walked over to it, catching her as she reached the bottom. "Where'd you run off to, Stinky?"

"Side."

"Slide? Yeah, was it fun?"

"Fun."

"Auntie Tawni's looking for you."

"Tata."

"Yeah. Should we let her worry?"

"Yeah."

"I'm gonna go walk around. Don't tell Tawni we found her," Sonny said, looking at Zora.

"No worries, I won't tell her a thing," Zora said.

"Good."

Sonny walked out of the room and she rested Kayla on her hip, walking down the hall. She let out a small breath as she walked into the cafeteria and grabbed a fruit cup and a spoon before sitting down at a table. She opened the fruit cup and dipped the spoon in, holding it up to Kayla's mouth. "Here, Baby."

As Sonny put the spoon in Kayla's mouth, she looked next to her to see who was sitting down, and she stared at Chad for a few seconds. "…What are you doing?"

"Apologizing," Chad said. "I know I was a jerk and I know shouldn't have acted the way I did. I love you more than anything in the world and if loving you means loving Kayla, then I can totally love both of you equally… Well, maybe Kayla a little more, cause she's a pudgy babies and I love babies, especially the pudgy ones…"

Sonny laughed a little and she stayed silent for a few seconds. "…So, are we good? Back to the way we were?"

"Yeah. We're good."

"Bad," Kayla said, pointing to Chad.

"No, no. He's good," Sonny said.

"Good?"

"Yeah, good."

"Good."

"Say 'Chad'."

"Dad."

"Chad."

"Dad."

"No, Chad."

"Yeah, Dad."

"Dad?" Chad asked.

"She can't pronounce it. She'll be able to when she's older," Sonny said. "We can figure something else out for her to call you."

"No, it's fine. I don't mind."

Sonny smiled and she dipped the spoon in the fruit cup again. "Here, Stinky."

"No 'tink," Kayla said.

"You don't stink yet."

"Can I ask you a question?" Chad asked.

"Sure."

"Who's her dad?"

Sonny stayed silent for a few seconds and she let out a small breath. "Uh… He's a friend from Wisconsin."

"Why isn't he here with you to take care of her?"

"He didn't want to take on the responsibility of being a father."

"He can make her, just not take her?"

"Yeah…"

"I'm sorry… I shouldn't have asked…"

"No, it's fine."

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah."

"Sonny, gimme the kid," Zora said, walking into the cafeteria.

"Why?"

"Tawni's driving me insane. Give her to me, I'll show her to Tawni, and I'll bring her back. I can't handle the crying," she said, picking Kayla up from Sonny's lap.

"Just let Tawni keep her, she'll be clinged to her for hours."

"Good."

Sonny laughed a little watching Zora leave the cafeteria and she looked at Chad. "It's gonna be a little crazy and wild."

"I'm okay with that," Chad said.

"Most of what we do, we're going to have Kayla with us. I can't just pawn her off on someone just because we want to be alone."

"That's fine."

"We're a packaged deal."

"That's perfect."

Sonny smiled a little. "I love you."

"I love you, too."

"Prove it."

"I'd love to," he said, kissing her lips.