A/N: Hey people. I'm so so so sorry that its taken almost a year to post the third chapter. (it hasn't actually been a full year, does that count? -ducks when things are thrown- okay, okay, you're right-it doesn't) It just refused to be written. Finally I wrote it in pieces and it was being all difficult and...Anyway, this is basically the final chapter. I hope the ending is worth the wait but I'm pretty sure it might not be. Did I mention I was sorry?

Disclaimer: I own nothing rightly so.

Chapter 3 – Good Night

Sonny looked around the garage. There was one other car in it, along with room for a couple others, but it wasn't as big as some other stars' garages were. She had figured his garage—and house—would be huge.

He shut off the car and got out. She shook herself out of her thoughts and got out as well. Chad led them to a door on the left. He opened it and gestured her forward, "Ladies first."

She smiled, "Thanks," and stepped into the house. It was dark and Chad flipped on a light switch. Sonny blinked as her eyes readjusted to the light and looked around. They appeared to be in a coatroom type area. There were coats hanging on hooks, shoes lined up against the wall, even an umbrella stand and a hat rack.

Chad took off his shoes and put them next to a couple of others. "You can put your things in here," he informed her as he took of his coat and hung it up.

"Okay," she answered and copied him.

"Looks like neither of my parents are back," Chad commented.

"Oh, where are they?" Sonny asked; she had assumed the other car was theirs.

Chad shrugged, "I don't know. My dad is probably in New York and my mom's probably still in Paris. I think she said something about shopping." He began walking and she followed. His tone was light, but in a practiced way.

"Oh," Sonny was surprised; he seemed to be acting as if not having his parents home was usual. She thought it was strange that they didn't even bother to tell him they were or were not going to be home. She suddenly realized she knew almost nothing about his home life. They reached a new room and he turned on another light. They were in the kitchen. It looked brand new; sleek marble countertops, stainless steel appliances and dark cabinetry.

"I was thinking of making some hot chocolate?" Chad suggested.

Sonny nodded eagerly; she was still cold and she always liked to have some after a long day. "Definitely, I love hot cocoa. If you want to, I can make my special blend for you."

"Really?" he flashed a bright smile, "That'll be great." He filled up a kettle with water and set it on the stove.

"I'm surprised you don't have a personal chef and, like….a butler," Sonny joked, voicing her thoughts aloud. While his house was really nice, it wasn't quite the elaborate mansion she had pictured, not that she commonly pictured his house, or anything like that.

He smirked, "Sorry to disappoint you. I do have a housekeeper. She cleans and cooks and stuff like that, but only during the week. She goes home around 5 on Fridays." Then he turned his head to the side as if listening to something in the distance. "Just a minute."

He then went to the other side of the kitchen and out of sight. After a minute spent admiring her surroundings she followed him into a hallway and down to a doorway she could see a bit of light coming from. As she got closer she heard that the TV was on. She reached the doorway and looked in. Sure enough, there was a large TV on the opposite wall. Facing it was a large brown leather couch. Chad was standing off to the side, talking to someone she assumed was on the couch.

"… you were supposed to be in bed over an hour ago," Chad admonished with a stern look on his face. He looked up and saw Sonny in the doorway. He smiled at her and she smiled back. Chad directed his attention back to the person on the couch. "Now, there's someone I want you to meet. Sonny is here."

"Really?" Sonny heard a voice come from the couch. It was a girl's voice, a young girl's voice.

"Yup, come on and say 'hi'" Chad said and he reached down. When he straightened up he was holding a little girl. She looked to be about six or seven. Her legs were around his torso and he had one arm around her back. She seemed to be wearing purple pajamas. She had long blond hair and the same blue eyes as Chad. "Sonny, this is my little sister, Alyssa. Alyssa, this is Sonny."

"Hi," Sonny said smiling. The girl was so cute, and not scary like some other little girls she knew, cough-Dakota-cough.

The girl smiled back, a bit shy, "Hi, I've seen you on TV. You're funny."

Sonny's smile widened, definitely better than Dakota. "Thanks, at least someone has a sense of humor," she added pointedly at Chad, smirking.

He made a face at her in response, causing his sister to giggle. "Now," Chad seemed to remember what he was saying to her before and looked at her sternly, "I told you I was gonna be late and that you were going to have to put yourself to bed."

Oh, Sonny thought, that must have been who he texted in the elevator. Her opinion of him went donned a puppy dog expression and looked up at him with big eyes, "I'm sorry, I just wanted to wait for you."

Chad held out for a bit but no one could withstand that kind of look for long, "Yeah, well," he sighed, "I guess you're still up and everything so, do you want some hot chocolate?"

She smiled and nodded enthusiastically, "Yay! Hot Chocolate!" She moved to get out of his arms and he set her down. She immediately headed for the kitchen. Sonny, who sensed the child's intent, moved out of the way.

Chad began to follow, shaking his head with a smile, "She's never gonna get to sleep now."

"I didn't know you had such a cute little sister," Sonny realized as they followed the girl at a more normal pace down the hall.

Chad shrugged, "You never asked."

"Yeah, still…" Something nagged at her that she should have known regardless, but she abandoned that thought as they had reached the kitchen.

Alyssa had used that time to get out a stool, get up on the counter and begin getting out ingredients. She was currently setting down marshmallows. Chad immediately went over to her, "Alyssa, you shouldn't climb up on the counter, especially with no one to catch you if you fall." Still, he didn't take her down, just stood behind her, his hands ready to catch her.

"I know, but I knew you were right behind me and, besides, the counter's big." Alyssa grabbed the cocoa mix and pouted down at Chad.

He sighed, "Come on down." He picked her up and spun her around while she giggled. Sonny repressed the urge to say "aw". Chad was so cute when he was being nice. Just then the kettle began to whistle.

Chad set Alyssa down, "I'll grab the mugs. Sonny, can you take it off the burner?" He gestured to the kettle.

"Sure," she went to move it and Chad went to one of the cabinets to grab three mugs.

Sonny began preparing the cocoa while Chad questioned Alyssa about her day. True to little kid fashion, Alyssa was soon regaling them with play-by-play descriptions of her day as they sipped delicious hot chocolate. Soon though, the time began catching up to the little girl and not even the extra cup of sugar was enough to keep her animated.

Chad saw it immediately and, despite her claiming that she was still wide awake, he insisted it really was time for her to go to bed. It was way past her normal bedtime.

She sighed dramatically before agreeing. Then her eyes lit up as she turned to him.

"Can Sonny read me my story?" Alyssa asked.

Cad smiled down at her, "That's up to Sonny, go ask her."

Alyssa turned to Sonny, "Would you read me my bedtime story?" she asked earnestly.

While Sonny was tired from the long day she supposed one story wouldn't take long. Besides, how could she say no to such a cute little kid? "Of course I'll read you a story."

"Yay!" she went and grabbed Sonny's hand and began pulling her upstairs, "Come on. I wanna show you my room!"

Sonny laughed but let herself be pulled by the eager girl. She glanced at Chad and he smiled in response, "I'll clean up down here and make sure the guest room is ready. What do you want to do for pajamas? I could probably find something of my mother's or maybe something of mine that's too small for me now?"

Sonny hadn't really thought over this stuff and blushed slightly, realizing she was indeed going to stay over at his house. "Well," she thought it over, "I think I'd feel weird wearing anything of your mom's especially since I've never even met her and stuff…"

"Alright, I'll find something." Chad answered and Sonny smiled gratefully in response.

"Come on!" Alyssa tugged insistently on Sonny's hand, her face covered in impatience.

"I guess I'd better go," she said with a laugh. "Thanks!" was all she managed as she was pulled from the room.

Chad began to gather up their mugs and clear off the counter. He was really surprised that Sonny was actually here, at his house, reading to his little sister. Although, he supposed that he wasn't surprised now that she was here; things were going well and they seemed to be getting along. He had long since acknowledged his feelings for Sonny but had felt that she disliked his usual persona too much to ever reciprocate those feelings. Now, though, he felt that maybe he did have a chance.

He finished up, thinking about her the whole time, before heading upstairs to check on both girls. He dropped by the guest room first to make sure it was in good order as they didn't often have overnight guests. He gave it a quick once over and everything seemed okay. He dropped off the purse that she had left on the counter before he went down the hall to grab some stuff from his room.

A few minutes later he leaned in the doorway of Alyssa's room, watching as Sonny finished up the story she was reading. He knew no one else could have made such a pretty picture and no one else at work would have been as nice to his little sister. A smile lit up his face as she reached the end.

"One more," Alyssa tried to protest, a yawn interrupting her, "Please?"

Sonny smiled at the cute girl and Chad could see her starting to give in, even though she was tired as well.

"One story a night, you know that 'Lyssa. Besides, you're almost asleep already," Chad spoke up from his spot in the doorframe. Both girls turned to him and smiled seeing him there.

"Aww," Alyssa complained sleepily.

"Time for sleep," Chad said as she yawned once more, causing Sonny to yawn as well. He chuckled lightly, "See, Sonny is tired too."

He walked over to tuck her in the way she liked it while Sonny stood up and put the book back on the shelf. "Good night, Alyssa. Sweet dreams." He gave her a kiss on the forehead.

"'Night, Chad," she replied, eyes already closed, snuggling deeper into her blankets. "Night, Sonny," she added as Chad turned off the lights.

"Good night, Alyssa," Sonny replied softly as they left the room, leaving the door open a bit.

Chad motioned her down the hall before stopping in front of an open door farther down. "Here's the guest room," he informed her, gesturing through the open door.

She looked into the room. It was pretty simple but still nice. A full size bed with a navy comforter, with the headboard against the left wall – towards the center of the room—and dresser opposite filled the room. Two night stands in shades matching the bedspread were on either side of the bed.

"It's nice," she told him, "Thanks."

"You're welcome," he answered, before handing her something. She hadn't even noticed he was carrying anything. "These are some clothes of mine that I grew out of, but they should fit you fine. My room is the one on the end if you need anything else."

"Thanks," she said again, "I'm gonna get ready for bed then." She went into the room and shut the door. He continued to stare at the door for a second before heading to his own room.

She looked around the room once more as Chad's footsteps faded down the hall. She saw that he had put her purse on the bed and smiled that he had remembered. She reached in and pulled out her charger, refusing to keep her phone uncharged for any longer, just on principle. She set down the clothes he had given her and looked them over. There was a light blue button up shirt and flannel pants. Both looked very comfortable.

After a minute or so he heard a knock on his door, "Come in," he called over his shoulder, turning around to face the person.

Sonny snuck her head in before opening the door fully, "I was wondering…" she cut off abruptly when she realized that Chad's shirt, similar to the one he had given her, was unbuttoned. Her face heat up.

He smirked lightly at her reaction, "You were wondering…" he prompted, finishing the last of the buttons.

"Right, I was wondering where the bathroom was and if you had a spare toothbrush that I could borrow. I don't exactly walk around with a spare," she answered, getting her bearings back, suddenly very aware that she was staying at Chad's overnight wearing his clothes, and that she had just seen his bare chest. Needless to say that, despite the confidence returning to her voice, her blush didn't exactly fade.

"Oh, right. I forgot about that. You can use my bathroom." He headed to the door to her right and, sure enough, there was a very nice bathroom. "I think Maria keeps extra toothbrushes in the top left drawer."

"Alright," she answered, as she went in. It certainly was big and fancy—this was more what she was expecting his whole house to be like. There was a large hot tub, a shower with multiple jets, a big sink and mirror.

She quickly located the drawer and found the toothbrush. He stayed in his room and she brushed rather fast, self conscious as he was only a few feet away.

When she came out she saw that he was shutting down his computer. Now that she had regained most of her composure she looked around more than she had before. His room was very impressive and yet still comfortable. There was a large bed near the center, black comforter and blue pillows, both looking as if they were very high quality. His computer was on a large dark wood desk. There were even a few books on it as well as some notebooks for school. She decided what made it not be too daunting was that it looked lived in. Some star's homes always looked so perfect that you could barely even picture someone living there.

He smiled at her when she came out and she headed for the door. She stepped out into the hallway before turning around and he leaned in his door frame. She smiled up at him, "Thanks for letting me stay over."

"You're welcome," he said warmly, "it's no trouble at all. Besides, Alyssa really seemed to like you. If she's happy, then how can I not be?" he added with a twinkle in his eye.

"She's an excellent judge of character," Sonny quipped, "I like her too." She frowned slightly, finally remembering why she thought it was weird she didn't know he had a sister. He looked at her with a question in his eyes. "I thought it was strange that I didn't know you had a sister and now I remember why. No article or anything has ever mentioned your family."

He raised his eyebrows in surprise, "I'm surprised you noticed. You read a lot of articles on me?"

She rolled her eyes, cheeks flushing lightly, "Oh, shut up."

He shook his head while smirking, "Looks like Sonny is a bit more of a CDC fan than she lets on."

She recognized the joke in his tone, "Well, you know what they say"—he gave her a look that said "go on"—"keep your friends close," she leaned in a bit, "and your enemies closer."

He nodded, keeping his light smirk in place, "Of course. But to answer your question, I found that sometimes it's nice to keep some stuff personal and that if you ramble on about how awesome you are and how good you look and how great of an actor you are—people don't ask big questions. She deserves at least a bit of a normal life, after all." His smile stayed the same but his eyes shone—serious and sincere.

She nodded lightly in understanding. There was a lot below the surface to him and she found that the more she uncovered, the more she liked what she found. "Just when I think I've got you figured out…"

He smirked, "It's only fair—you surprise me all the time." They had been leaning slightly closer throughout the conversation and suddenly they were quite close to each other. Chad found his resistance crumbling before giving up, stupid beautiful.

He crossed the distance between them, hand falling gently on her shoulder, lips meeting her own just as gently. Her eyes had widened slightly when he moved, and now slipped closed as she melted into the kiss.

He pulled away briefly before quickly returning, this time with more passion, more confident in regards to her feelings for him. She responded eagerly, hands going around his neck. His hand moved from her shoulder to bury itself in her hair, while its partner landed on her waist. He maneuvered her mouth open and they continued to make out passionately. Soon, though, they became increasingly aware of a need to breathe and they separated reluctantly.

Sonny opened her eyes and as his opened she met his gaze, hers shy but sparkling. As she caught her breath, she reluctantly leaned away from him, "I should probably go to bed now," she informed him just as reluctantly. She then let out a yawn, surprising both of them into quiet laughter.

"Of course, wouldn't want to keep you up past your bed time," he joked, his eyes twinkling.

She stuck her tongue out at him in response. "Good night, Chad" she told him as she backed down the hall.

"'Night, Sonny," he responded before she turned, opened her door, gave him a broad smile and closed the door behind her.

She leaned against the closed door, the smile still on her face before she yawned once more and made her way over to the bed. She collapsed on it, exhausted. If anyone had told her how the day would unfold she would have told them they were crazy. She laughed inwardly at the thought before surrendering to sleep, a smile still on her lips.

A/N: There you go. What do you think? Now if you remember I said that was basically the end. I won't be continuing to the morning or anything like that. However I did write a short Epilogue (which has unfortunately been done for months) that focuses on when they all come back after the month break that you may remember from the first chapter. I'll post that the second I get ten more reviews (well maybe not the second but as soon as I possibly can). So review!