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I re-wrote the second half of this chapter dozens of ways... okay maybe only 5 ways, but still. I thought It was getting too passionate too quick - I want Chad to have to feel the torture longer :D HAHA.

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"Whoa, we're here!" Sonny exclaimed as her, Chad, and countless other sight seers walked out of the glass building, and out to the 86th floor observatory in the Empire State Building. Sonny grabbed Chad's arm and pulled him to the edge of the building, and looked over the metal rail at the scenery below.

"Finally. It isn't easy getting up here." Chad laughed and looked over the metal rail himself, "Cool, you can see the whole city from here."

"It's beautiful." Sonny grinned and took out her camera to take pictures, she turned to Chad after taking a few and exclaimed, "Say Cheese Cooper!"

Chad chuckled as Sonny snapped the picture, and then he grabbed the camera, before leaning close to her to take a picture of both of them.

Sonny beamed into the lens, her heart was jumping with excitement from the thrill of being up so high in the sky. She looked over at a small poster on the wall after Chad took a picture, "Oh look! You can go up higher?!"

Chad groaned, "You can go up higher?"

"Oh." Sonny frowned, "It's 15 dollars. It cost too much to get up here alone, I'm not spending that much more."

Chad turned to her with a grin, "Do you really want to go up there?"

"I don't have enough-"

"I'll pay for you Sonny, it's not every day you're in NYC." Chad explained and dragged her to another elevator after paying the guide. They smiled at each other as they went higher up in the building, and emerged at another observatory deck.

Sonny let out a small squeal and ran for the edge of the building, Glad that there was a lot less people standing about.

She looked down over the edge, fascinated, as Chad watched her with confusion. "It's so neat. To see everything from this perspective. While we're up here watching, life down there is still busy and chaotic."

"I guess it is kind of neat." Chad looked down at the buildings in a new perspective.

Sonny turned to Chad and raised an eyebrow, "I understand why you were a jerk to me before Chad." He looked down into her eyes, "And I'm glad that you're showing me the real you now, little by little."

"I'm nice, at heart." Chad smiled his charming smile, and Sonny gave him a small smile back, "There aren't many that get to see Chad Dylan Cooper's heart Sonny. Consider yourself privileged."

Sonny rolled her eyes and looped her arm through his, "So… what's next on the tour?"

"Well, I figured we could go to central park?" Chad wondered aloud as they stepped back into the elevator they had come up in.

Sonny nodded wildly and her hair bounced up an down, "Of course! I've always wanted to see what all the commotion about a park was from."

Chad let out a laugh and grabbed the map in his pocket. After flipping it multiple ways and still not understanding where they were, the man waiting outside the elevator showed him where to go to get to Central Park.

Sonny and Chad exited the empire state building and started walking down Park Ave. to get to Central Park. Their hands somehow got to where they were completely intertwined in one another's, and Sonny felt a small pull in her stomach at the feeling of his hand in hers.

Chad blamed the small spark he felt when he held Sonny's hand as - Her hand was warmer than his own, so it must've made it seem like a spark. He shook his head and turned down to look at her, "So, I never got to ask you what you were going to do next for So Random."

"Oh!" Sonny grinned, "I'm doing a photo shoot for an article of a magazine promoting So Random."

Chad nodded, "Are you going to do that tomorrow?"

"Yeah. I'm supposed to be there around lunch time. Yet, I have no idea where the building is." Sonny giggled, "I guess I'm going to have to take a cab to get there."

Chad frowned, "You're going in a cab by yourself?"

Sonny rolled her eyes and replied, sarcastically, "No Chad. I'm going with my mother."

"Maybe I should take you there." Chad blushed as he blurted out the words. "You know… there's a lot of crazy people in New York."

"Chad, I'm sixteen. I'm old enough to take a cab by myself." Sonny rolled her eyes.

Chad grinned and whispered, "You are sixteen going on seventeen, Baby it's time to think-"

"Better beware, be canny and careful." Sonny sang, people passing them raised their eyebrows. "Baby you're on the brink."

Chad grinned, "You have a great voice Monroe. Second best to my own."

"I'll take that as a compliment. Thank you very much," Sonny curtsied quickly as they continued walking.

"Do I have to finish the song to make my point?" Chad looked down into her eyes with question.

She shook her head, "No. I get that you're 'older and wiser, and you want to tell me what to do.'" She giggled at her own joke, "But I think I can handle this… alone."

Chad nodded, but didn't agree with her, which made Sonny suspicious as to if he was going to drop the subject.

"Well - here it is." Chad exclaimed as they neared the entrance to Central Park.

Sonny's eyes lit up, she forgot about their conversation, and she turned to him excitedly, "I can't wait!"

"Sonny, it's just a park." Chad blushed when her grip on his hand tightened, "I'm sure Wisconsin has much more trees and grass than this little park."

Sonny nodded, "Of course, but the fact that there's like a mini Wisconsin inside of NYC is amazing! You can go from hopping in a cab, to eating a picnic on the grass."

"It's a little too cold for that right now." Chad chuckled. They walked through the park slowly, enjoying the scenery and little vendors along the way.

Sonny eyed the hot dog stand, "It's not too cold for a pretzel though!"

"You're right." Chad agreed, and they walked over to the hot dog stand. He pulled out a five and asked for two pretzels.

Sonny was about to complain, but Chad shoved the fresh pretzel in her mouth playfully as they walked away. She took it out of her mouth with a scowl, "Chad Dylan Cooper!"

"Oops!" Chad exclaimed and ran off in front of her, trying to eat and run at the same time.

They laughed and joked as they neared a small park kids were playing on, and their running eventually slowed down to a walk again.

"I would love to be a kid again." Sonny blurted out.

Chad put his pretzel in his opposite hand so he could intertwine their hands again then asked, "Why is that?"

"It just looks so fun." Sonny pointed out, "I loved being a kid. And I love being around kids."

Chad chuckled, "You'll be the mother of eight children someday, won't you?"

"Maybe not eight." Sonny giggled.

Chad laughed along with her, but was surprised at the pang of jealousy in his stomach. He tried to shake the feeling off, why should he be jealous of Sonny's future husband in the first place?

"What about you Chad? How many 'Chad Juniors' are going to be running around your house?" Sonny laughed at the 'junior' part.

"One, there will not be eight." Chad explained, "And two, there is no way I'm going to name my children Chad Jr."

Sonny smirked, "I thought you would, you know, because you're so amazing." She waved her hand dramatically in the air at the word 'amazing.'

"There can only be one CDC. And I'm not conceited enough to name my children after myself." Chad grinned, "Dylan however, has some possibilities."

With that, they both broke out into laughter as they walked around Central Park for another hour or two. After they had their fill of the park, Chad and Sonny picked up salads from a small restaurant outside the park, after much argument Sonny was finally able to pay for something that day, and they headed off to the hotel to eat dinner.

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When they got back to the hotel, Sonny put her plan to action. Earlier that morning she had looked completely stupid staring at his bare chest, and she wanted to get him back for laughing at her. She looked at herself in the mirror, the shorts and tank that she wore left little to the imagination - and Sonny was counting on the fact that it would make Chad's jaw drop.

Not that she was gorgeous or anything, she just knew that showing so much more skin than usual would make Chad stare… hopefully.

A wave of self-consciousness passed over her, but she bit her lip and decided that it would be fine. I'm doing this for revenge, so act like you don't care if he sees you like this.

With her confidence higher than before, she swung the door open and walked over to her bag to put her clothes away.

Chad walked in the room at that second, and his eyes widened at the sight of Sonny. He tried to tear his eyes away, but just couldn't stop himself from trailing his eyes up and down her figure. With just a pair of shorts and a tight tank on, Chad could see everything that regular clothing would cover on her.

No wonder why I'm so attracted to her, she's perfect. How could I not see before?

Just as he was raising his dropped jaw back into place, he realized Sonny was looking at him with questioning eyes.

"Is there a problem Chad?"

He cleared his throat, and tried to stop thinking about the curve of her waist, "Uh.. N-no. There's no p-problem at all."

He snapped out of it quickly, and walked into the bathroom to change. He gripped the edge of the sink and shook his head, he couldn't think of Sonny like that, not when she didn't like him back.

Liked me back?

That would mean that… he liked Sonny. Chad's jaw dropped and he mentally scolded himself. No, he couldn't like Sonny, ever. All he felt was an attraction for her. That's all there is, and that's all there ever is going to be.

Chad changed quickly into a pair of pants and let out a sigh when he realized he hadn't brought a Tee shirt in with him. He shrugged his shoulders with a smirk, if Sonny could wear those short shorts, then he could go shirtless.

As he opened the door to see Sonny staring at him out of the corner of his eye, he grinned.

Game on Monroe.

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Chad Dylan Cooper was obviously trying to kill Sonny from embarrassment. And he foiled her perfect plan with his own counter attack that made her heart flutter rapidly.

How can one guy be so irresistible? She sighed and looked up at the ceiling, she had to learn how to ignore him. Chad had better girls to choose from, he wasn't going shirtless just to make her crazy.

Her eyes narrowed at his cocky smile. Or is he?

"What's so funny Cooper?" Sonny smiled as he blushed and threw his clothes in his bag.

"Nothing." He gave her a smile as he slid into bed, knowing that she was watching his every move.

Sonny let out an angry sigh, partially because she was mad that he was so irresistible. And partially because she had no idea how she was going to sleep tonight.

Chad pulled the blankets halfway up his torso after he turned out the lights, and turned his head to look at Sonny. She was lying on her back, staring at the ceiling, and her chest softly rose and fell with each breath.

He couldn't believe the kind of thoughts he was having about Sonny involving her chest, and closed his eyes trying to rid the scenes out of his head. Why was he suddenly acting like a teenager ruled by his hormones?

Sonny had seen him wince out of the corner of her eye and blushed as she decided to lay on her side. Her stomach was still filled with butterflies and she bit her lip to keep herself from sighing out of torture. Chad Dylan Cooper was torture to her, the sweetest torture she'd ever experienced.

Well -- let me know what you think. :D

I hope it's understandable. Chad's starting to look at Sonny in a new way, although he thinks it's just because they're attracted to one another. The tension between them will just keep rising :D.