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Sonny's car ride seemed to put her more and more at ease as they moved along.

She was not running out of things to say.

Though the studio was not far from her apartment she had seemed to be able to talk about everything under the sun as Chad looked on in admiration.

It seemed as though nothing would ruin this night.

Her encounter with Chad at the mall brought the brightness to Sonny's night that she was hoping for.

"I'll be right back!" She said as she jumped out of the car and ran up to her dressing room.

Sonny was all aglow as she skipped into her dressing room.

She was surprised to see Tawni at her makeup table curling and pining her hair perfectly in place.

"Tawni?… What are you doing here?" her huge grin never left her face.

"Oh… chasing down prowlers, being a costume mistress, and helping people." Tawni rolled her eyes as she thought about how she had to spent her day off.

"But now… (she let out a sigh and a smile).. I am enjoying a little Tawni Time!" Swinging her shoulder as if she were dancing.

Sonny just rolled her eyes. "Well… I'm just hear to grab some accessories and I'll be on my way." Sonny skipped over to her dressing table.

"Sonny what are you so happy about?" she had forgotten the fake Chad situation, (it was just as hard to get Tawni out of 'Tawni time' as it was to get Sonny out of her 'Happy bubble'.)

"Tawni you are not going to believe this! I have a date… with Chad! He is so sweet and charming!"

"Who?" Tawni was still only paying ½ attention.

"Chad. He is so different somehow!" Sonny looked up dreamy eyed.

"Oh yeah… (Tawni turned to Sonny) that's because it's not Chad" Tawni informed her flippantly as she returned to curling her hair.

"I know, he's just so… wonderful now…"

Tawni sighed, "No Sonny…" she didn't bother ceasing to curl or glare at herself in the mirror.

"I mean that's really not Chad." she spoke as though the situation was obvious.

"What?" This time she was actually curious of what her friend was talking about.

"Yeah, it's like his cousin Chris or something... he came in, put on a banana suit and then he said he was going to save you,….. something like that." She flipped her hand at Sonny as a sign of lack of interest in the situation, her eyes still not leaving her reflection.

Sonny was a little puzzled, but then an entertained smile came on her face.

"Tawni, I think you've been breathing in too much hairspray!" She went back to rummaging through her drawers.

Tawni rolled her eyes "I told him you wouldn't believe me."

Sonny smirked at her "Would you believe you?"

She thought for a second. "uhh…probably not… (Tawni's eyes lit up)… but I would if I had proof"

She pointed to the envelope on the side table.

"Chad said if you didn't believe me to give you that envelope and ask him to repeat it to you later. He would be able to if it was the 'real him'." She added her air quotes and returned to 'Tawni time'.

Sonny rolled her eyes and finished dressing herself up.

As she cheerfully examined herself in the mirror her eyes continued to shift to the envelope on the table.

She had some conflicting thoughts racing through her mind.-If she took the envelope it would be an insult to Chad, but if Chad did leave that envelope than he wouldn't be upset if she took it right?

At the end she decided not to take it.

She finished up and headed for the door...

But, as she was leaving she stopped and took one more look at the envelope.

She glanced at Tawni to see if she was paying attention. (She hated to give Tawni the satisfaction of taking her advice but something was urging her to take that envelope)

As Tawni was still checking herself out in the mirror Sonny grabbed the envelope and casually placed it in her pocket.

"Well, I'm outy!" she proclaimed and skipped out the door.

As she headed down the hall, she heard Tawni call behind her.

"I saw that!"

Sonny rolled her eyes but couldn't help laughing at herself knowing that she had definitely lost the battle this time.