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Chapter 9-Sonny-sitting

Chad's POV

I drive to Condor Studios, trying to get last night's events out of my head. Not the Nintendo Wii of course, that was fun. But afterwards, what happened with Sonny. Why do I spend my whole life being a jerk to girls, then suddenly decide to change and make a fool of myself in front of the girl I love the most? Why am I such an idiot like that? Oh, well. Maybe I'll forget about it today, filming The Falls. And maybe she'll forget about it, taking care of Josh and Abby. I trust her alone with them, they'll be fine.

Sonny's POV

Josh groans as I beat him again, this time by 23 points.

"As your brother says, peace out sucka!" I laugh, doing my impression of Chad's signature saying, and he shakes his head.

"Don't proclaim victory yet," He says, "I still have go left."

I watch helplessly as Josh scores 2 strikes and 5 more pins, finishing with 5 more points than me.

"Peace out, sucka!" He laughs, falling onto the couch, and I join him.

"OK, I lose," I say, holding my hands up in defeat, "You win. Boy, you Coopers are competitive."

"It's family blood." Josh explains, "Every one of us is like that. You don't wanna be around for Christmas."

I chuckle, "That's exactly what Chad said to me during that season."

"But you came anyway." He laughs. "Sorry I wasn't there for that, I had school."

"Oh yeah, that was back when you went to school." I say, and immediately regret it when he looks down.

I turn my attention to Abby for a sec, when she starts giggling a little.

"You OK, Abby?" I ask, and she nods. "Good!"

"Sonny?" She asks.

"Yes, beautiful?"

"Are you my Mommy now?"

My eyes fill with tears and my heart fills with shock when I hear this, "Um, where'd you hear that?"

"Well, since Chaddy's like my Daddy, you're like my Mommy now, right?"

I sigh, "Um, I don't know, Abby." I say, "We'll talk to Chad about it."

"Yay!" She babbles, and I laugh, before turning to Josh to see his eyes full of tears.

"You're not my Mom." He says, and I sigh.

"I know, Josh," I say, "I'm sorry that Abby thinks that. Don't worry about it, OK?"

He sighs, "Me and Chad were real home guys." He chuckles, "When Chad wasn't at work, we spent a lot of time with Mom."

"Why about your Dad?" I ask.

"Dad wasn't the best parent you could ask for," He says, "Always out on business trips, like he's meant to be now."

"Right…" I say, "What about school? I mean, being Chad Dylan Cooper's brother I bet you were popular."

"Not in the slightest," He says, and my heart breaks, "People used to say to me; "Your brother's a star. You'll never be anything like him. You'll never be as cool". I've always been jealous of Chad."

"I'm sure you have," I say, "But you guys are brothers. You need to get along better. You're both in this together."

"I know." He sighs. "I was bullied…well, a lot. Whether it was because Chad was a star or not, I don't know."

"I'm sure it wasn't," I say, defending Chad for the first time since the Awards show.

"I don't know." He sighs, "I'm not blaming him, it's just…"

He puts his head in his hands like Chad does when he's angry or upset, and I put an arm around him, comforting him like I used to with Chad. He sighs, and I smile weakly.

"C'mon, be strong. Your Mom wouldn't want you to be like this."

"You're right," He says, sitting up and smiling weakly, wiping a tear from his eye. "Thanks, Sonny. I can see why Chad really liked you."

"Thanks, Josh." I smile, getting up, "Come on, let's go get some lunch."

He smiles, picking up Abby and following me into the kitchen.

We sit in the kitchen, eating bacon sandwiches, and I feed Abby little slices of bacon, as she babbles and giggles. The feeling eats away at my heart like I do at that sandwich, though, of how crazy the Cooper's lives really are. I never realised how crazy life was for these guys, I know I say it a lot but it's true. I feel really bad about everything that happened with their parents, Chad and mine's break-up, and now Josh was bullied too. I'm just amazed at how Chad has managed to stay sane through all this, not to mention being famous, being Chad Dylan Cooper. I wonder if he even knew Josh was bullied. He didn't seem to know. I'll have to ask him later. As for now, I smile and continue to have fun with the kids. I'll admit, I love them, like they're my own family…Did I just say that? I think so…wait, if I said they were like my family, that kind of implies that I think of Chad as family. That's weird…maybe I meant for him to be the annoying brother you always fight with…yeah, that's it. I wasn't saying he's like my partner…was I?

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