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Sonny's POV:

He opened his arms as I walked toward him, a happy smile on his face. "Sonny." I let him pull me into his arms and rested my head against his chest, feeling the tension flow out of me.

"Chad, I missed you." I couldn't believe how easily the words came. I had been expecting our first meeting to be awkward, but it wasn't.

"I missed you too Shortstack." Chad teased me gently with his nickname for me, a name I hadn't heard in over a year.

"I never thought I'd be happy to hear you call me that." I tilted my head up towards his and batted my eyelashes. "Well, what are you waiting for?"

Chad grinned. Slowly he shut his eyes and leaned forward. I held my breath and shut my eyes as well, waiting for the pressure of his lips on mine. I waited for what seemed like an eternity, then finally opened one eye. He was gone. Quickly, I opened both eyes and looked around. I was standing in the prop house, my arms down at my sides. I shivered. "Hello?" The room seemed eerily quiet. "Is anybody here?"

"Sonny?" I turned and saw Tawni walk in.

"Tawni!" I ran forward for a hug, but she stepped back.

"What are you doing here?" Tawni folded her arms in front of her and tossed her hair. "We don't need you anymore."

"Wha-what?" I gasped. "What do you mean?"

"We have someone better than you now, Sonny. Far, far better." Tawni stepped forward almost threateningly and I moved backwards, almost knocking into one of the props.

"Tawni, what's going on? Who are you talking about?"

"Yo, wassup in here! It's CDC in the house!" Chad walked in, running his fingers through his hair in the process. He was wearing huge sunglasses and a leather jacket with "CDC" spelled out on the back in studs. I stared at him.

"Chad? What the heck?" I sputtered.

Chad gave me a weird look. "Tawni, who is this chick invading CDC's space?"

I gasped. "I'm Sonny... your old girlfriend?"

His gaze traveled up and down my body. "Nah, I don't think I ever dated you. You don't look familiar. But speaking of dating..." he clapped his hands and three girls rushed in the room, wearing shirts with Chad's face on them.

"CDC! You're sooooo cool!" One of the girls literally tackled him, sending him tumbling to the floor.

"Hey, easy there babe!" Chad paid no attention to the girl, who was at this point running her fingers feverishly through his hair. "There's enough CDC for everybody!"

"Even for me?" Tawni flipped her hair behind her shoulder and smile flirtatiously.
"Sure thing babe. You can be Girlfriend #4. Take a seat." He patted the floor next to him. "Enjoy the show." As he said this, he slid off the leather jacket, revealing a thin white tank top underneath. The girls screamed, including Tawni.

I stared at him. "Chad... when did you turn into this? You were pretty bad when I first met you, but this is just crazy."

He didn't pay any attention to my question, just wiggled his eyebrows. "Hey hot stuff. You can be Girlfriend #5 if you want. Come on, what do you say? This is the chance of a lifetime. You know you want to. Don't miss out! Don't miss out. Don't miss out. Don't miss..."

"Miss? Miss?" My eyelids flew open, and I practically jumped from my seat.

"What? What's going on? Chad?"

"Miss! Calm down! The plane has landed. I thought I should come back and tell you. You've been asleep practically the whole flight."

I blinked hard and flipped the hair out of my eyes. A woman was standing to the side of me, gripping my arm, her eyes concerned, but also exasperated. I looked around. Oh. Right. I'm on a plane. To Hollywood. To go back on So Random. I noticed that no one else was in the seats around me and finally registered what the flight attendant had said. "Oh! I'm so sorry! I took a sleeping pill and I guess it was stronger than I thought." I jumped up so fast the attendant gave a little shriek. "Oh, sorry! It's just, someone's supposed to meet me here and I don't want them to worry." Quickly I snatched my carry on bag from the cabinet above my seat and smiled at the stewardess. "But thanks so much for your help! Bye!"

I practically ran out of the plane and towards the baggage claim. When I got there I saw my mother standing to one side with my bags already collected. When she saw me she smiled and ran towards me, pulling me into a gigantic hug. "Sonny! I've missed you! Are you alright sweetie? Why didn't you get off the plane with everybody else? I've been waiting here for five minutes!"

I blushed. "Yeah... I took a sleeping pill." My mom looked a little disapproving. "Mom, I had to. You know I freak out on airplane rides." I rolled my eyes. "Anyway, I'm here now, and I'm fine. The flight attendant just had to wake me up and it took me a second to get my bearings."

"Alright sweetie, if you're sure you're fine." We walked back to my suitcases. "Honey, don't you think this is a little much for just a weeks visit? Your only filming one show."

I laughed. "Mom, you know I always over-pack. Plus, I figured while I was here I'd go around and see the sights, visit friends. I don't know what all I'll be doing so I figured I'd pack for pretty much every occasion I could think of. That way I won't get caught off guard."

My mom laughed and nodded. As I reached for my bag though, she grabbed my hand. "Sonny, can I ask you something?"

I raised an eyebrow at her serious tone. "Um, sure."

"Are you thinking of coming back to So Random. I mean, permanently?"

"Mom..."

"I'm sorry, but you didn't give me very many details over the phone and I'd just like to know a little more about this."

I sighed. "This is basically just a trial run. Marshall agreed I could come and guest star so I could get a feel for the new dynamic of the show and make sure I liked it. That's all Mom. Really."

My mom studied my face for a moment. "So you're not hoping for anything more?"

I bit my lip. I had a feeling that she wasn't talking about my career anymore. If you mean Chad, I have no idea what I'm hoping for. But I do know I'm stressing about it. That messed up dream proved that. "No, I'm not hoping for anything else." I said firmly, despite my uncertainty.

"Good." My mom dropped my hand. "Then I'll take you home and you can start unpacking. Marshall called and he wants you at the studio in a couple of hours. Is that okay with you?"

The butterflies in my stomach, which had subsided in the rush to find my mom, started to swirl, whirl, and dive bomb again. I swallowed hard. You are SO not chickening out now Munroe. "That sounds great!"

"Alright. Well the cars out front..."

Chad's POV:

"Dude. Chill." Shayne rolled his eyes as I continued to stare at the wall. "Or, you know, continue to hyperventilate in a corner. Whatever works for you."

I took a deep breath and tried to keep from throwing up, having a seizure, start screaming at the top of my lungs, or anything else along those lines. "Sonny. She'll be here any minute. Why is this happening? Why of all places do I have to be here, when Sonny's coming back."

Shayne slapped himself on the forehead. "Dude, you're killing me. I thought you wanted to see her."

"I do! I just don't... you know... want to see her. You know, in like a physical sense." I am so losing it. "In a physical sense"? Get a grip Cooper.

"You are so losing it." Matthew laughed as he walked up to us. "Sup Shayne! Any progress?"

Shayne shook his head. "No, he's still as much of a nervous wreck as he was a half hour ago."

"Hey!"

"Chad, look at yourself." Matthew picked a hand mirror up off my dressing room table. "He has a right to say it."

I glanced in the mirror. The guy I saw in there looked like nothing like Chad Dylan Cooper, beloved television star and definitely the coolest Random on set. It looked more like a really, really, really pale, nervous guy with terrified blue eyes who was about to pee himself. "Wow."

"Yeah." Matthew put down the hand mirror. "Come on man. You can do this. Just think of her as another ex-girlfriend. I'm sure you have many of them." Matthew almost rolled his eyes, but seemed to think better of it at the last minute.
I glared at him, then said, "But Sonny's different. She always has been. She's ten times more important to me than any other ex ever was. She's beautiful, and thoughtful-"

"And caring, and talented and special. We know." Shayne picked up the picture of her that I had. It was usually hidden, but at this point I didn't even care that it was lying out for everyone to see. Shayne laughed and said, "I just think she's hot."

Uh, excuse me? I snatched the picture away. "Cut it out."

"Okay, okay, seriously now." Matthew, probably the nicer guy of the two motioned to Shayne. "Bring in Damien."

I rolled my eyes. "Great, now more people can see Chad Dylan Cooper turn into a gigantic, quivering mass of jello because his ex-girlfriend is coming back into town. Terrific."

Matthew laughed. "Yep. Looks like it." As soon as Shayne had left he knelt beside me. "Chad, you need to snap out of it. Do you want Sonny to see you like this?"

I shook my head miserably. "No."

"Okay, then think of the situation like this. Sonny sounds like a great girl. At least that was the vibe I was getting from the endless conversations we've had about her."

"Hey!" I said again.

"Dude. Don't even deny it. We both know its true." Matthew continued. "Anyway, you need to be strong for Sonny. If you're like this at the thought of seeing her, think of how she must feel. Make it not awkward for her sake."

I took a deep breath. "You're right." Slowly I stood up. "I'm ready now."

"Good." Matthew clapped me on the shoulder as Damien, Nico, and Grady walked in.

"Okay so I hear Chad is having a meltdown." Damien began. "So I brought myself, full of wisdom on the art of understanding women-"

"And I brought some frozen yogurt-" Grady smiled encouragingly at Chad.

"And I brought a camera, cause there's no way I'm going to miss a potential 'embarrass Chad on the internet' moment." Nico grinned.

Matthew laughed. "Thanks for coming guys, but I think he's good."

"Dang it." Nico set his camera down. "I missed it."

Just then Marshall put his head in. "Hey guys, can you all head down to the prop house please? Sonny just got here and we're going to start the run-through soon." Just as quickly he was gone.

"Come on man. Lets do this." Damien smiled at me. I took another deep breath and returned his smile as we all walked out into the hallway. Come on man, you can do this. You're CDC. You got this. You got this!

As we all walked into the prop house I felt myself freeze. There she is. She's perfect. Just like I remember her. She's... she's.. she's... She turned to face me, her smile fading for a second, then reappearing slowly. "Hey, Chad."

"H-hi Sonny. I-I, I...I..." I felt my stomach take a sudden dive.

"Chad, are you okay?" Matthew looked concerned. "You look like you're going to-"

" Uhh, I gotta go!" As I rushed out of the room and towards the mens restroom I heard Sonny say, "Is he okay?" Two minutes later, when I was finished leaning over a toilet and throwing up, I straightened and leaned against the stall door, feeling like crawling into a hole and dying there. Smooth move Chad. Smooth freaking move.

Sonny's POV:

"Is he okay?" I said quickly as Chad bolted from the room.
There was a long moment of awkward silence. "Yeah, he's fine." One of the guys came towards me. "He just must have had something bad in the cafeteria. You know how the food here is." He stuck out his hand, a sparkling grin on his face. "I'm Shayne by the way. It's nice to meet you."

"Hey Shayne." My mind was still reeling from what had just happened, so I barely noticed the guys firm grip. The cafeteria food isn't that bad.

"And this guy here is-" Shayne continued gesturing to a tall guy standing next to him.

"Is Matthew Bailey." I smiled. I had done a little research before arriving here. I took his hand, returning his friendly smile. "You're not gonna believe this... but I love your work. You're crazy hilarious."

Matthew ducked his head, looking a little embarrassed. "Wow, thank you. That means a lot to hear you say that."

"Well you deserve it." I smiled at him again, instantly deciding I liked him. "You're really talented."

"Thanks. This is our friend Damien." He said, apparently wanting to stop being the center of attention.

Damien smiled at me. "It is so great to meet you."

"Damien aka Zombie Man?" I smiled when he nodded. "You're so great on the show. I especially loved your recurring bits in the last Halloween episode."

"Thanks. I loved your work on So Random too. You were my inspiration to audition actually."

"Woah, really? Well I'm honored to have been your inspiration." I said, deciding Marshall had done way better than I had even dared to hope in selecting the new cast members.

"Ahem!" Nico grinned at me. "Now that you're through with the newbies, you want to show some love to your old friends."

I laughed. "Nico! Grady!" I hugged both of them. "It's incredible to see you both. You did not call me enough at all."

"Sorry." Grady began, "I've been busy."

"Yeah." Nico teased. "With Mel."

"Oh my gosh! Grady! Are you guys together now?" As he nodded and blushed, I jumped up and down. "That is so great! I can't wait to see her. Details later, okay?"

He laughed and rolled his eyes. "Sure thing Sonny."

"So?" I gave Nico the evil eye. "What's your excuse?"

Nico laughed. "Well, ah, I may have been busy too. With a certain girl named Grace Wetzel."

"She's one of the new girls on the show isn't she?" I said, smiling.

"Yeah. You'll get to meet her in a second. The girls should be here any second."

"SONNY!" I looked up to see Tawni running toward me.
"Tawni! Oof!" I said as she knocked into me with a huge hug. "Yeah, I've missed you too. But you're crushing my spine!"

Tawni laughed and released me. "Sonny! You're back! I can't wait to introduce you to all the new girls. They're fantastic."

I blinked. Wow, Tawni must really have gotten used to the idea of having other girls on the show besides Zora and herself since I joined the cast. She hated having any of the limelight taken from her back then. I shrugged. I guess a person really can change a lot in three years.

"This is Grace, Bridget, Audrey, and Rebecca. And of course you know Zora."

"Hey Sonny!" Zora gave me a hug. "Great to see you!"

"It's great to see you too Zora. And it's great to meet all you girls! You all make me laugh so hard during the sketches." I smiled at all of them, then turned toward Rebecca. "I'm sorry, I don't think I remember you from the show. Are you new?"

Rebecca laughed. "No, I'm just a dancer on the show. But they're thinking of putting me in some sketches pretty soon as an actress too."

"Oh, that's awesome!" I smiled at her. "Well let me know if you ever need help memorizing your lines or anything. I have a couple drills I think would help."

"Thanks for the offer, I just might take you up on that."
"Awesome." I turned to look at the doorway just as Marshall walked in, followed by a very subdued Chad in a different shirt then he had been wearing before. Instantly, I felt my spine tense.

"Alright everybody, open your scripts to page one. We'll start the run through from there."

I sat down on the couch and opened my script, trying to keep my eyes from constantly straying up to Chad, but it was nearly impossible. He was looking straight down and his cheeks were bright red, but he still looked good. Way too good. The light blue t-shirt he was wearing now accentuated his eyes and his ripped up jeans looked casual but hot at the same time. I took a deep breath and tried to focus back on the words of the script as Tawni began.

Tawni: Hey everybody! We've got a great show for you tonight with a really special guest! That's right, SONNY MUNROE IS HERE!

I looked up to find Chad staring at mine. For a minute the world stopped, I couldn't think, couldn't move, couldn't breathe. Chad's eyes widened. For a second we just sat like that, staring at eachother from opposite sides of the room, but the searing pain in my side reminded me that I needed to breathe, and I dropped my eyes. I realized my cheeks were suddenly very hot and my breath was coming short. Is this what its going to be like all week? Oh boy, this should be fun. I wanted to look up again, but I didn't dare to. I knew from experience seeing Chad was like a drug. It made you feel amazing but after the high all that was left was a let down. Heart break. And if keeping away from the heart break means keeping away from Chad, the drug I have become addicted to, so be it.

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