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Chapter 7-Apologies and Nintendo Wiis

Sonny's POV

I arrive at the prop house, and I'm immediately interrogated by my friends about my first night with Chad.

"Did he take advantage of you?"

"Did he play a prank on you?"

"Coz if he did, we'll get him back for you."

"Do you have a lock of his hair? I can start that prank right now…"

"No!" I say, trying to distract the thoughts of what Zora's "prank" is, "It was, dare I say it, fine." I daren't tell them about Josh, about Chad's parents. Chad's kept it a

secret for 6 months, that must mean he didn't want anyone to know. Especially not these guys.

We get the rest of the day out of the way, before Chad arrives to take me back home. It would be like any other day, if it wasn't for the feeling eating at my heart at how upsetting Chad's life really is. I feel terrible that I've given him all this grief for so long, because he never deserved any of it.

We drive home in Chad's car in complete silence, just the radio playing a Selena Gomez song, before Chad sighs.

"I hope Josh has calmed down." He says.

"Yeah," I say, "Don't worry. I'm sure, if you guys apologise, everything will be OK again."

"Apologise?" He jokes and I laugh, "Do I have to?"

"Yes," I say, "It'll be fine."

Chad's POV

We arrive home to see Abby watching Teletubbies, while Mary is getting her dinner.

"Thanks, Mary," I smile, "I'll take it from here…"

"No, Mr Cooper," She says, "You've had a long day. Take some time to rest."

"Thanks." I say, lying on the couch with Abby and tickling her till she flails about giggling.

Sonny grins, before walking into the kitchen and asking Mary if she can really handle on her own. Aww, Sonny's so sweet and helpful…why'd I ever break up with her? Wait…she broke up with me…oops.

"Thank you Sonny," She says, "But, I can handle it."

"No, no," Sonny says, "I insist on helping. I'm not too tired. Think of me as…an apprentice to the kitchen."

Mary laughs, before telling Sonny what else to do. When it comes to Mary needing to leave, Sonny carries on with the food, and it's only then when I realise I've completely forgot about Josh. I leave Abby watching TV and run upstairs to "apologise" to him.

"Josh?" I say, knocking on the door, "Can I come in?"

"No." Is the simple reply.

"C'mon Josh," I sigh, "I need to talk to you about earlier."

"What?" He says.

"I just wanted to say, I'm sorry."

The door opens a little, and Josh's head appears. "Huh?" He says.

"I'm sorry," I sigh, shuffling my feet a little. "We're brothers, in this together. We shouldn't fight."

He smiles a little, something I haven't seen Josh do in months.

"You're right," He sighs, "I'm sorry too."

I pretend to be surprised, "My, Josh? Is that really you?"

"Haha," He says, "Didn't know you did comedy."

"Uh, I was on the Christmas So Random, remember?" I say.

"Yeah, the one we watched with…Mom." He says, looking down. I start to feel bad, but try to stay strong.

"Hey," I say, lifting his chin up, "We're gonna start over again, OK? We'll have some fun while Sonny's here. Sound like fun?"

He smiles sadly, wiping a tear from his eyes, "I'd like that."

We come downstairs to see Sonny serving up some kind of cool Scottish dish. She smiles when she sees us happy, and we sit down, smiling. The Coopers are finally getting along again! And I love it! Even Sonny and I are getting along. That's not enough though. We're friends at the moment, we've gotta be more than that. And, if it's up to me, will we be, you can be sure of it.

I finish the last bite of the food with a sigh.

"So?" Sonny says, "What do you think?"

"It was great," I say, "Really great. Thanks, Sonny."

"Oh, don't thank me," She says, "It was Mary's recipe, not mine."

"Yea, but you cooked it," I smile, "I think you deserve the thanks, you pretty little chef."

"Hey," She says, "Stop kissing up, Cooper."

I laugh, grabbing the plates and putting them in the dishwasher.

"Why don't we go watch TV?" I ask, and at that moment, Josh runs into the family room and I laugh, taking Abby out of her baby chair and grin.

"Chad!" Josh laughs, "You cheater!"

I smile. We've dug out the Nintendo Wii, it's so much fun. I forgot how much fun it is, I haven't played since…the incident. We're playing bowling and as Josh goes to bowl, I yell something crazy like Dad always used to, distracting him and sending his ball flying into the gutter.

"Stop it!" Josh yells, "No fair!"

"OK," Sonny smiles, getting Abby off her knee and stepping in front of the TV set, "My turn."

She sighs, focused, before bowling like in a proper game. The ball rolls down the middle, scoring a strike. I sigh. Third strike in a row. Next time she gets four. I can't let this happen.

On her next go, I smile, yelling at the top of my lungs. But Sonny still bowls like a pro, a smiles at me.

"Don't try anything with me, Cooper," She laughs.

"Didn't I say you were in safe hands with me?" I say, and she giggles.

I stand for my final go, only a few points behind Sonny. No matter how much I like her, she can't beat me on some silly kids game. I go for my shot, breathe slowly, but I'm distracted by a weird yell.

"Bogies!" I hear, jumping, and turn to see Sonny and Josh laughing.

"You guys!" I complain, and turn to see that I got 1 pin. I shake my head, laughing.

"OK, you guys got me." I say, holding up my hands in defeat.

Sonny wins with 176 points, and Josh and I draw on 169 points.

"OK, Josh," I say, looking to the clock, "You've gotta go to bed now."

"Ohh…" He moans, trudging up the stairs, and Sonny and I laugh.

Sonny's POV

After Chad's put Josh and Abby in bed it's just the two of us. We're sat watching Mackenzie Falls. I sighed and shrugged when I saw it was on, but Chad won't miss a chance to watch himself on TV, so there was no point arguing with him. I sat on the sofa and he sat right next to me.

"Hey!" I said, "We're not dating anymore, remember?"

"Yeah, I guess." He sighs, moving further away, but not by much.

Now we're sat, watching the end.

"Oh, Mack." Chloe says, "I always knew this day would come."

"What day?" Mackenzie asks.

"You're going to break up with me, leave me," Chloe sighs, "Everyone's been saying so."

I look to Chad, who mouths the words and I laugh, "Chloe, I'd never leave you." He says, "Why aren't you breaking up with me? Everyone was saying you'd leave me today."

"I'd never leave you either." Chloe smiles.

They hug and the screen blacks out, and Chad smiles.

"Another perfect ending for my alter-ego," He says, "I hope I can have one of those moments one day, with a girl."

"Same," I say, "But, with a guy."

"Yeah." He laughs, shuffling closer, and I pretend not to notice. Instead, I change the subject.

"Josh seemed really happy tonight." I say, and he smiles.

"I haven't seen him like that since Mom died." He says, looking down, but he looks back up and smiles. "He seems to have improved since you arrived Sonny. Thanks."

"You're welcome," I say, "And, thanks for letting me stay here. It's been fun."

"Yeah, it has." He smiles. "Not at all what I expected."

"Same." I smile. I feel something on my hand, and look up to see Chad's hand resting on mine. I see his eyes, lost, fragile.

"Chad, are you OK…"

"Shh…" He says, "Sonny…."

"Yes, Chad?"

"I…I…nothing…"

He looks away, before looking back at me and smiling.

"Your eyes still look the same." He says, and I chuckle.

"What?" I ask.

"You…" He sighs. He looks nervous, worried.

"You can tell me Chad," I say, "I won't mind whatever you say."

"I still love you."

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