Disclaimer: See last chapter

~ Chapter Twelve ~

Sonny closed her eyes as she felt his hand on her waist, trailing down to her knickers, tears falling heavily from her closed lids as she bit down on her lip, wishing this would all be over soon as she head him laugh. She could almost see that evil grin on his face, the greed in his eyes as she felt his body weight on top of her tiny frame.

She cried out in pain as he kissed her cheek, trying her best to struggle underneath him, keeping her eyes closed tightly as she tried to think of the best way out of this mess she found herself in.

His hands trailed up her body, his eyes wandering as she whimpered beneath him – but he didn't care, he was going to show them all that Josh would no longer be ignored by women, he would no longer be the loner in the corner of the room. He was going to make sure people stopped laughing at him, he needed to do this.

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Chad was running, running as fast as he possibly could as soon as he got out of the car, staring up at the large house in front of him, tears already trailing down his face. He shook his head, hastily wiping away the warm tears as he looked around the side of the house, biting down on his lip when he noticed a smashed window.

"Sonny," He whispered, his heard beating fast as he tried not to think about the worst as he slid through the window, ignoring the glass scraping at his bare arms as he landed on the floor on the other side.

He wrinkled his nose in disgust, "Ever head of a cleaner?" He muttered to himself, rolling his eyes before stepping quickly out of that room, looking around the house before his eyes settled on one certain room, photographs covered the walls of Tawni and his Sonny.. he shook his head, tears running down his now pale cheeks as he thought about how Sonny had been right.

He whispered an apology before stopping in his tracks, looking around when he heard a muffled scream. He put his hand to his chest, shaking as he took a step towards a closed door, he couldn't breath, he was terrified of what he was going to find on the other side of the door.

He kept his eyes as he opened the door, hoping he wasn't too late as he finally opened them, noticing neither of them had even noticed him open the door yet. His hand shook in both fear and anger, breathing a sigh of relief when he noticed Sonny was still half dressed – he might not have done anything to her.

"Sonny?" He finally said, finding his voice as her head snapped to look at him, her eyes distant and lost as she shook her head, the tears not stopping as she stared at him.

"Chad Dylan Cooper!" He looked at the man, taking an angry step towards him as Josh stood up, glaring at the boy and then looking back at the half naked Sonny, "She's mine now." He grinned, moving towards her as Sonny tried to scramble back, her eyes not leaving her saviour as she inhaled deeply.

"C-Chad.." She whispered, her voice shaking as he tried to smile at her before taking one more step towards the man who had tried to hurt her, his face flushing with anger as his fists clenched, this was the man who had killed Tawni, the man who had broken Sonny's heart, the man who caused the tears that were falling down her face constantly. This was the man who had just tried to do the same to her – he shuddered at the thought of being just five minutes later, what he would have found, how she would have been.

"Sonny can you get up?" He finally found his voice, making another step towards Josh as the man shook his head, cowering a little in fear as he banged into the wall behind him. Sonny nodded, smiling a little at Chad as she shakily stood up, her eyes closed for a little bit as she tried to ignore the pain throbbing through her body before slowly walking behind Chad.

"What's the matter Josh? Why don't you show me what a big man you are?" Chad shot daggers at him, one more step forward, just one more and then you can show him what you think of him, he told himself, repeating it over and over in his head before putting one arm behind his back to push Sonny back – trying to tell her to leave the room, he didn't want her seeing this.

He took one step forward when her waist left his hand, assuming she was out of the room as he raised his fist as high as he could before slamming it down on the man's face, he grimaced as pain ran through his own hand but made no move to stop as he punched him again and again.

He wanted to ignore the pleas behind him, wishing she had just left the room like he had wanted her to, he longed to carry on beating Josh to a pulp like he deserved, but when he heard her cry out, he knew he couldn't.

So he turned around, giving him one last kick before walking over to the shaking girl he loved so much, wrapping his arms around her tiny body and letting her sob into his chest. He closed his own eyes as he rubbed her back, tears falling from his closed lids as she wrapped her arms around his waist and stood still, her body trembling slightly as he hugged her as tightly as he possibly could.

"It's over," He whispered into her ear as he put his head on top of hers, keeping his eyes closed as she nodded, her fingers curling around the back of his shirt as she took in a sharp sigh of relief - "Thank you." She murmured into his chest, the shaking stopping as she finally felt safe in his arms.

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Josh watched them both as he tried to get up, blood falling onto the floor from his wounds, clutching his side tightly as he winced in pain, his eyes tight shut as he ignored it and got up. His eyes snapped open, lowering into tight slits as he glared at the happy couple, finally believing it was over.

He smiled as he walked over to them, grabbing the knife he had in his pocket, his fingers tracing over the silver blade, as he grinned – neither of them saw it coming, neither of them knew what was about to happen as Josh lunged forward with the knife held steady in his hand.

He laughed bitterly when Chad fell forward onto Sonny, causing her to stumble back a little, her whole body shaking horribly once more as she looked into his glazed over eyes, letting him fall slowly as she screamed.

Her hands rose to her mouth as tears fell heavily down her pale face, taking a few steps back as Chad reached out for the knife he knew was still in it's place, his hands shaking from shock as he pulled it out, looking up at Sonny as she froze in her place, her hands still clasped over her mouth, letting out muffled cries as she stared at him.

It took her a moment to run over to him, her hands placed on his bleeding wound, crying out as she told him she didn't know what to do, begging him to help her, for him to not leave her.

She screamed when his eyes closed, shaking him and turning him onto his back after wrapping up the wound, telling him she would call for help – wanting him to know it would all be okay, soon.

It had all happened so quickly, too quickly as she stood up, all fear gone as she stared at the man she hated so much. She didn't stop looking at him as she bent down to pick up the knife, both of them knowing what was coming as he found himself being backed up into the wall again.

"Please, you don't want to do this Sonny." He whispered, looking over at Chad, biting down on his lip as the boy started to wake up, looking around for his girlfriend before his eyes found her, slightly rolling back into his head before gaining focus again.

They could both see the anger in her eyes, the fear of Chad being dead, the fear of him dying, leaving her... it was too much, it was all too much as she copied Josh's actions from before, lunging the knife into his chest as she cried out, tears pouring from her eyes as he slid against the wall.

She took a few steps back, gasping in shock as she let the knife fall to the ground, shaking her head as she muttered "Chad," over and over again, turning around to see his eyes open and his head slightly raised to look at her.

"Don't leave me," She murmured, running over to him, not paying any attention to Josh as he coughed loudly, pushing down on the wound as he tried not to look at it.

Chad smiled up at her a little, using all the energy he had to lift his hand up, his eyes slowly closing as he whispered, "I could never leave you." Before his eyes closed, his hand dropped, and his head lolled to the side.

The only thing that could be heard was Sonny's scream.

A/N: I am so super evil, but it's up to you if he lives or dies, I am cool and have notes for both situations – so choose.