She walked into her door and straight to her room.

As her body hit the bed, she was finally able to release the tears she had been holding back.

She pulled the blanket over her head. As the tears fell another memory of her wonderful week passed through her mind.

'How could I be so stupid? I knew things were different! Why did I have to be so naïve'

She looked over at her shelf covered with all the flowers Chris had brought to her.

What had she done in the presence of this stranger? What stupid things had she revealed about herself when she thought she was in the presence of Chad?

Sonny's anger rose in her again, but this time it was directed toward the right source-Chris.

She grabbed the flowers one by one and threw them in the trash as though each one represented a single memory she wanted to discard as well.

When they were all gone she threw herself back on the bed-still in thought.

She was so thankful that Chad was at the prop house! She couldn't imagine being all alone when she discovered the truth.

Sure she had yelled at him and made him mad, but, she could fix that later. He would understand-probably.

Her thoughts were interrupted by a knock on her bedroom door.

"Sonny?"

Sonny turned to see Tawni poking her head inside the room.

"Oh, Come in Tawni"

Sonny sat up and sniffled while wiping her tears.

"You ok? I saw Chad and Chris heading out of the prop house- one was pulling the other but I couldn't tell which- They look just alike!"

Sonny sniffled

"Anyway, I came to see how everything went?"

Sonny just sat there and fiddled with her hands. I don't know I'm afraid to try to figure out anything because every time I think about being on a date. I cringe. I want to figure out what happened, but I yelled at Chad to fast to get any info out of him."

"Well," Tawni chimed in "I can only tell you what I know."

Sonny sat up straight she had forgotten all about Tawni helping Chad during this whole episode.

"Yes, please tell me exactly what happened."

Tawni smiled, excited to share her information!

"Well… Chad came storming into the prop house saying his cousin was taking you out…. He was not happy about that!" Sonny smiled "He wanted to get a disguise to come 'save you'!" She gave air quotes. "So I put him in all these disguises right!-like a banana, and a broccoli suit, and oh… there was this one where…"

"Focus!" Sonny interjected.

"Oh, sorry. That's about it… oh then he said if you didn't believe me (She gave Sonny a smug look) to give you the envelope."

Sonny smiled at herself "Oh that stupid envelope!" She chuckled

"He's so protective of that thing! You should have seen us at dinner fighting over that thing!"

"At dinner?" Tawni looked confused.

Sonny's eyes lit up.

The images of dinner came flooding back to her-his blue eyes, his great smile, his witty comments, his playful banter, his sarcasm and goofy imitations of her.

She turned to look at Tawni with a huge smile on her face.

"What?"

"Chad!" Sonny beamed "Chad was at dinner!"

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, I should have known that! He knew about everything- my mom, my weird convertible thing, Mr. Snuggly…."

Tawni gave her a crazy look."Who is Mr. Snuggly?"

"Umm… My neighbor" she smiled.

Tawni paused and shrugged "Ok".

Sonny was grateful and a little humored that Tawni actually bought that!

"And that stupid envelope!" Sonny laughed to herself.

Tawni spotted the envelope and picked it up.

Sonny's mind raced through the scene with Chad. His eyes sparkled and he gave her that 'school girl crush' feeling that only he could give!

"That would explain why my date got a lot more entertaining all of the sudden!"

Sonny let out a giggle

"He kept sayin' stuff about my hair but I know he liked it! He was so funny cause he kept doing this stupid thing with his jacket …oh, and then he said that the craters in the moon kind of made it look like Nico's head!"

Sonny broke into laughter once again.

She let out a last sigh as she turned to see Tawni's lifted eyebrows (showing a great lack of interest in her giddy evening!).

"Oh…Sorry" She tried to erase her dreamy smile.

"Then why didn't he tell you the truth then?" Tawni began to open the envelope.

Sonny's mind began to search. "I don't know he left."

"Well something had to make him leave!"

"I don't know we were just sitting there joking around and he said he wanted to ask me a question."

"Well what was it?"

"Umm…. He asked…."

Sonny's eyes suddenly grew wide

"He asked me if I would have gone out with him before this week and I said…"

Sonny felt a lump in her throat.

"What did you say?"

"I told him I would have said "Not a chance""

"Wow! (Tawni chuckled) That had to hurt!"

Sonny threw her hands over her face and fell back onto the bed. "Oh my goodness, what did I do?"

"Uhh… Sonny?"

"What?" Sonny mumbled from beneath her hands.

"You might want to see this!"

Sonny uncovered her eyes and sat up.

Tawni was wide eyed with a big smile on her face. She held the opened envelope in one hand and the unfolded content in the other.

Sonny gave her a curious look and took the paper.

As she read it her face took on the glow you only see children have on Christmas morning. "WOW!" This was Chad's big secret:

10 things I love about Sonny Munroe

1. The smile that can lighten any of my moods

2 The look you get in your eyes when you see a big chunk of Wisconsin cheese

3 Watching you try to stomp away from me while trying desperately not to trip in the process.

4 The way you and you alone can pull off wearing a windmill hat!

5 The opinions you so gently relay (Full sarcasm intended!)

6 The smirk you get in the heat of battle

7 The frustration in your face when I win the battle (Which let's just admit, happens often!)

8 The bounce of your hair as you storm away from me.

9 The way you stick up for those who are not strong enough to do it themselves.

10 And believe it or not- You're sense of humor!

Sonny sat on her bed for 5 minutes reading and re-reading the list. If it was possible her face lit brighter with every reading.

Then suddenly Sonny jumped up.

"I gotta go!"

Tawni popped up too. "No, but Sonny!"

She made a last ditch effort to stop the inevitable.

"Chad is not a romantic guy, You like romantic guys!"

Sonny just smiled.

"Do I Tawni, Do I really?"

With a quick wink she darted out the door.

See... It's getting better! lol :)