WOW I haven't updated in awhile… I'm really sorry about that! End of the year is coming really fast so I'm a bit busy with school. And I was sort of mad at Sterling Knight for a little bit because I saw a picture of him smoking, so I knew if I wrote my SWAC story, Chad would end up dying or something. Lol. Yeah, I'm a little obsessed… : ) But my cousin and I decided that he is really young in the picture and we doubt he does it anymore. I mean, can you imagine Sterling smoking? If you watch every single interview with him on websites and youtube, your answer would be no. For me, smoking is a sign of weakness towards your troubles and I can't see Sterling doing something like that. I'm pretty sure I'm right, but if I'm not, I'm going to pretend I am… lol. Maybe I'll add something with Chad smoking and Sonny stopping him in the story? Hm…. We shall see! lol

Also, I was rereading what I have written so far and my first chapter was SO good! Idk why I can't make the story as good as that chapter, lol. I also can't wait to write the upcoming chapters. My friends gave me some really cool ideas. Well, here is the EIGHTH CHAPTER! WOO!

Chapter 8

*No One's POV*

Sonny broke the kiss and pulled away from Aaron and smiled. She wasn't sure how she felt when she kissed him. Some part of her told her that it wasn't how your supposed to feel, but the other half gave her a feeling above the clouds and let her feel absolutely nothing. Like she was flying. When he had first kissed her, it had been accelerating, and then she tried to feel behind the kiss. But Sonny was scared about what the real feeling would be. She sort of liked having a boyfriend who actually liked her.

Sonny really like Aaron. Like, really liked him. But she still couldn't help but notice there was something about him that wasn't true. She shook her head and looked into his deep brown eyes. She was just being paranoid. Aaron leaned in for another kiss but she stopped him.

"What?" He asked a little annoyed.

"We haven't even said hello to each other yet, Aaron." Sonny replied.

"Hi then." Aaron smirked and leaned toward her.

She stopped him with her hand, laughing.

He frowned. "Fine, can you at least let me in so I don't get soaked?"

It was two days after the game night with the cast and two days since Aaron and Sonny had started going out.

Sonny let him in and when she closed the door, Aaron put his hands on her waste and pushed her against the closed door and started kissing her neck.

"Aaron." Sonny said firmly, but shakily.

"Let's go upstairs, Nico and Grady are waiting for me. We are in the middle of playing CLUE, the board game." She took his hand and started pulling him up the stairs.

Aaron groaned. "There's a reason why they call them 'board games'."

She stopped him and glared at him. "I like board games."

He laughed. "Alright fine. But after the game, I have some where to take you." Aaron's voiced said.

"Fine, fine." She replied, waving her hand and continued up the stairs.

He stopped her and he walked up the stairs to be on the same step as her.

"Aren't you the least bit interested?" He asked, leaning in.

"Uhm, uh..." She stuttered.

He smirked and kissed her. This time she melted into his kiss and didn't fight back. He was surprised she hadn't pulled away so he went deeper into it, making her gasp and then stop him.

Aaron pulled away and laughed.

"What was that for?" She exclaimed.

"Uhm, what? For being cute, I guess?" He replied, chuckling. "I'm your boyfriend, I'm assuming? So I'm allowed to kiss you."

She scoffed. "Yeah, but, I don't know. That was a little, too, uhm..." She struggled for the right word.

"Intoxicating?" He suggested.

"Out of line!"

Aaron rolled her eyes. "Oh Sonny... Let's just go so Nico and Grady don't think I kidnapped you."

They walked up the rest of the stairs and went through the door.

"Hey Aaron, buddy!" Nico called.

"Hey, Nico and Grady." Aaron replied reluctantly.

He didn't really like Sonny's costars/friends. They were weird and too immature. But Sonny seemed to like them without trying, so he kept his feelings to himself.

"You guys better not have cheated and looked at my cards." Sonny warned them, looking at them accusingly while sitting down, pulling Aaron beside her.

"Sonny!" Grady exclaimed offensively. "Would we ever cheat?" He said, putting his hand over his heart.

Sonny laughed. "Okay, let's finish the game!" She said enthusiastically. Sonny looked at her clue sheet thing and studied it.

Aaron glanced at it and groaned innerly. She barely had anything marked down, so that meant they had just started. He turned to Sonny.

"Can I go look around the house, Sonny? I thought I saw a game station on the lower level and I don't want to bug you guys up here."

"Yeah, sure." Sonny replied, not really paying attention to anything he had just said.

"Just don't go in Chad's room. He's not feeling good." Sonny called.

*Chad's POV*

I pulled my pillow over my head to try to block out Sonny and Aaron's voices.

I groaned and sat up in bed. Why did Sonny have to bring her stupid boyfriend here? I tried to ignore the agony that came over me when I thought of Sonny belonging to someone else. I put my head in my hands. Why does it have to hurt so much? I got up and stood there, trying to calm off the anger and hurt that was inside of me.

"I'm your boyfriend, I'm assuming? So I'm allowed to kiss you." I heard the faint voice of Aaron. That sort of made me erupt of anger and I punched the wall closest to me.

I cringed and shook my hand, trying to shake away the pain. I gave up and went to run it under cold water. "Screw life." I muttered and decided that I should take a shower.

So, yeah. I like Sonny Munroe. I like her a lot. Of course I didn't realize that till' about 24 hours ago when I returned from my drive and could barely look at her when she confronted me where I had been.

I had mumbled something about not feeling well and went straight to my room. Haven't left since…

I didn't really understand what was wrong with me. I couldn't believe that someone could like another person so much. Especially me. I mean, everyone knows it happens in movies and TV shows… Heck, it happens in every episode of Mackenzie Falls. But it happens in real life? Really?

I know that the press sometimes puts me as the 'romantic' boyfriend or the 'bad boy' who is a real charmer and always gets the girls. Which is mostly true. I usually always get the girl.

But again, of course, when I actually like a girl, she belongs to someone else. Figures… What makes you think you could have gotten her anyways, even if she didn't have Aaron? A voice confronted me. I flinched at the thought while I was getting into the shower. But it was true. Whoever said Sonny liked me? Or had? No one.

Maybe she'll start liking me as a person, a friend maybe, but never as more.

I sighed and ran my hand through my hair. The realization of my situation was a little overbearing so I tried to loose myself in the warm water of the shower. The only thing I could think of to solve my problem was to forget Sonny. Not all together, just my feelings for her. I could do that, right? I mean, I'm only eighteen years old. It's not likely she will be my only love. It'll be hard, but I need to try.

Wait… Did I just think 'love'?

This isn't good.

I finished my shower and decided to go down to the beach and surf. Maybe some girls would be there so he could try to get his mind off of Sonny. Not likely though. I got dressed in my wet suit and pulled a pair of sweatpants on so I wouldn't just be wearing my suit.

I walked over to my bedroom door and opened it. There was something at my feet and when I looked down, I found Aaron kneeling on the ground.

I was taken aback and I stared at him for a moment before regaining myself. He stood up in front of me before I could say anything, clearly making it visible that he was taller than me.

I rolled my eyes. "You don't need to prove anything, Aaron. I don't even want to know why or what you were doing in front of my door." I said, walking around him towards the elevator.

"Are you jealous of Sonny and I?" He asked.

I stopped and looked back at him. He had a smirk on his face and was leaning against the wall.

I turned around all the way and faced him. "No, Aaron. I am not jealous. I just don't think you guys should be together." I replied. "And," I continued, "I don't like you."

He chuckled. "That's called jealousy, my friend."

I sighed, frustrated. "No, it's called being protective, looking out for a friend."

Aaron grinned. "And how do you think Sonny will take that? She would never accept you as a friend."

I sighed. "Whatever. Why don't you just ask her? In the mean time, I'm going to the beach. Tell Sonny if you see her." I said, turning back around and continued walking towards the elevator.

"I don't think there will be time for that. We might be doing other, mm, other activities." (A/N: He is obviously implying making out or kissing, whatever, for those of you who are not getting it.) He said while I was pushing the elevator button. Thank goodness I didn't have to wait for it to come up or down, and I walked into the elevator.

*Sonny's POV*

"Please, Sonny?" Nico and Grady begged.

"Fine!" I replied finally with a groan. "But the sodas are probably warm. I can't believe you forgot to bring them in last night."

"We were busy." Nico replied defensively.

"With what? Playing video games?" I asked, laughing.

I went downstairs to the lower level. I was avoiding the elevator because I didn't really think the elevator was necessary, and I secretly didn't want to accidentally bump into Aaron. He was sort of getting on my nerves and I knew he liked taking the elevator. I walked through the door of the carport and then surprisingly saw Chad walking out of the elevator. He wasn't facing my direction so I called, "Chad!"

He stopped and turned around with a grim face on.

"Well don't try to be so over excited to see me." I said, walking towards him.

Chad regained his usual smirk and replied, "Guess I'm still under the weather. Are you stalking me now?"

I was a little surprised at his question because he hasn't really been his usual conceited rude self, but I shrugged and easily answered, "No. I came down to get some sodas. Where are you headed off to? I thought you were sick?"

"I was. I'm feeling a little bit better so I decided to go surf."

"It's raining." I said. Do surfers go surfing in rain? Dangerous, much?

Chad chuckled. "Thank you, Captain Obvious." He said, smiling.

I held in a gasp. I forgot how, what was the word Aaron had used earlier?, intoxicating his smile was. It was perfect. I froze at the thought of this and mentally slapped myself. YOU HAVE A BOYFRIEND! Iyelled at myself.

"It's also perfect weather for great waves." He continued.

I thought about just leaving it at that, but I couldn't help worrying.

"Isn't it also dangerous?"

Chad shrugged. "Sure, I guess so. But I'll be fine." He stated and then hesitated. "Why?" He asked curiously.

I stiffened. Why did I ask him? Why did I care? Wait, did I care? Of course you do! My head screamed at me.

I'm confused, I stated to myself.

"Uh…" I said stupidly. "Who said I did care?" I asked, doubting he wouldn't catch my lie.

Chad laughed. "Right, well, that was sure convincing. Anyways, you can run back to your boyfriend. I'm leaving." He went across the carport to the wall where he kept his surfboard and started walking down the driveway.

I hesitated but then called "Wait!"

"What now?" He asked, turning around.

"I'm coming with you. If you get attacked by a shark or wave…" I started but then he interrupted me.

"You'll go in and save me?"

"No." I replied, grinning. "I'll be there to take a picture."

He tried to hide his smile and asked, "What about your boyfriend?"

I shrugged, pulling out my phone. "I'll tell Nico and Grady to entertain him. I doubt he'll miss me that much. Let me just call Nico real quick."

I pulled out my phone and clicked on Nico's number.

"Hello?" Nico asked when he picked up.

"Hey, Nico. Chad is going down to the beach to surf and he needs someone to watch him…" Chad gave me a 'Are you serious?' look, but I ignored him. "We'll finish the board game when I get back." I continued.

"Nah, it's fine. Grady and I were thinking of putting it away soon anyways. Wait! Are you going to being up the sodas?" He asked quickly.

I ignored his question. "Make sure to play video games or something with Aaron while I'm gone. I think he went to the second level."

"Yeah, sure, but…" Nico started.

"Bye, Nico!" I hung up the phone and texted Aaron.

Going surfing with Chad, bbl. I texted and then put my phone in my car and grabbed my hoodie and camera out of my backseat.

"Ready to go yet?" Chad asked. He seemed to be in the slightest better mood but he was still impatient.

"Yeah, but I didn't take that long." I replied, while we started walking.

"Took long enough for me to realize if we don't hurry, the ocean will be to full of surfers and I won't be able to surf alone.

"Sorry." I quickly apologized, and started walking faster for him.

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Chad was right and by the time we got to our usual spot to sit on the beach, there were about ten surfers out in the ocean.

We walked down the beach for a little while until we came to a private beach that only the house owners were aloud on. We decided to ignore the rules and pretend that we were staying in that area and I sat down on the towel Chad had given me and Chad had ran out into the ocean with his board.

I had to be the slightest bit honest, I was worried for him. I was worried he was going to be knocked over by a wave, or he was going to be knocked off his board really hard and be carried off by the current and never to be seen or heard of again… Yeah, just a bit worried.

I decided that it was fine to be worried for him because a friend could worry that much, right? I think so.

I continued to watch him surf and to keep my mind off of my worries, I focused my attention on how good he was. And he was really good. I had no idea Chad Dylan Cooper could surf! I made a mental note to mention it to the director and maybe he could put it in the movie somewhere.

It had stopped drizzling, but was still a little bit overcast. The beach was completely empty except for the occasional group of dumb teenage girls that were walking down the beach to watch the surfers. A lot of the time they had stopped to watch Chad surf, and once the girl Chad had brought to the dinner, Shannon? Sharon?, had stopped to watch too, but they hadn't noticed that it was neither me sitting down on the beach nor that it was him surfing.

It was really relaxing to be away from everything and everyone and just be sitting on an empty beach, watching the waves crash down on the beach. I took my camera off around my neck and took some picture of the waves.

I just bought it a few weeks ago in response to my mother complaining how I don't elaborate enough about my time here, so I got a camera to capture it. There were some shells around me so I arranged them into a smiling face and took a picture. I put my camera down and looked around. What else could I take a picture of?

My eyes went back to the waves where Chad was surfing. He had his totally attention on the upcoming wave that was coming towards him. He started paddling towards it, nice and swiftly, and when he got to the right spot, he turned around and crouched on top of his board and then he stood up.

The wind was blowing very hard, so this wave pretty big, but Chad was taking it like it was nothing.

I picked my camera back up and quickly switched it to the 'Sport' effect, which allows you to take multiple pictures at a time. I snapped at least 15 photos, which included Chad totally wiping out when a wave came up from behind him.

I laughed and put my camera down on the towel, covering it up with Chad's sweat pants. I got up to walk to the shore to make sure he was all right. When I got there, Chad was laying face down on the sand with his surfboard next to him. I rolled my eyes, knowing perfectly well that he was not hurt in any way, and then I sat down on his board.

"That was a pretty good wipeout." I stated, breaking the silence

Chad turned his head towards me. "Please tell me you didn't catch that." He said, almost pleading.

I chuckled and grinned. "Nah, that would ruin the fun" I replied, laughing again.

He groaned and got up, sitting down on the other side of the board next to me.

"You were doing well, though. I caught some pictures of that." I said, trying to cheer him up a little.

"I guess that helps."

"Why didn't you ever tell me you surfed?" I questioned.

"You never asked." He said simply.

"I guess that's true." I frowned. "But that still doesn't answer it because usually if your that good at something, you would brag about it to the whole world." I continued.

He looked down at the sand. "Yeah, but if everyone knew that I surfed, I wouldn't be able to have the choice of running away from everything to be with the my board."

It was quiet after that, leaving me to think of his words and the meaning behind them.

"Well, you know what really bugs me?" He asked, all of a sudden harsh.

I looked at him with a confused look.

"Why does everyone think that I would brag of something? Why does everyone think I'm America's bad boy? What gives people the right to assume that I don't care about other people?" He spat the last rhetorical question at the sand.

I stared at him, dazed. I didn't know what to say to him, because the truth was I thought all those things about him. I thought that was how he wanted to be viewed?

"Well it's not." He replied, standing up and walking closer to the water.

Oh, I guess I said that last part out loud. I got up and joined him, putting my hand around his waist in comfort because I couldn't really reach his shoulders.

"I'm sorry, Chad. I didn't realize that was how you felt. I promise I'll try to be better towards you and not be t surprised when I find out something totally not you, like liking bunnies."

He sighed and looked down at me and smiled.

"I'm allergic to rabbits." He replied, taking my hands off from around him and walking towards his board.

"Are you going out again?" I asked.

He hesistaed before he answered and looked out at the water.

"Go ahead, Chad. I'm fine with waiting." I said in encouragement.

"Thank you!" He called, running towards the water.

I laughed again and walked back to my towel and laying down beside it, sinking into the sand.

So, yeah… I didn't really want to end the chapter here, but I'm really tired and need to go to bed.

Next week is a really busy week because it's so close to exams so I really need to pay attention in all of my classes so I can't be writing my story during school or after school.

I probably won't be updating the next chapter for a while and I apologize deeply for that.

This chapter was mostly to show that Sonny does have feelings for Chad, but she doesn't know it, and that Chad understands his feelings for Sonny, but he doesn't know what to do with them. Also to show that Aaron is a big jerk and a little possessive.

Anyways, I'm leaving now and I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter, I can't wait to write the upcoming ones and I'm pretty sure Chapter 12 is meant to be really intense… Okay, so bye!

P.S. I just watched Avatar for the first time, and it was surprisingly really good. The whole time though, all I could think about was Pocahontas and Ferngully, lol.