I stopped leaning forward and smiled a bit. "A ride on your yacht."

Chad froze and licked his lips, confused. "Huh?"

I chuckled. "I want…a ride on your yacht."

Chad stared at me. "how did you even know I had a yacht? No one knows I have a-"

"Your mother."

"-Of course." he sighed. "She just has to tell everyone." he mumbled. "don't you have your own yacht to ride?"

I shrugged and leaned against the wall. "Yeah, but I want what I want. I did win after all." I smirked and crossed my arms over my chest.

Chad scratched the back of his head. "Fine. When?"

I shrugged again. "Chose the day and time and I'll be there."

"Can I have a prize?"

"Why would you get a prize?" I laughed.

"Because I was able to surprise you and pin you?" he provided.

I rolled my eyes, still smiling. "Fine. What do you want?"

He opened his mouth to answer but the door to the studio workout room opened and in walked Portlyn. I cocked my head to the side, wondering as to why SHE was HERE. Chad had moved a couple feet away from me, facing her. I found my answer.

"Chad, you're wanted back at Mackenzie Falls. Something about a tweak in next week's script." she told him, ignoring me.

He nodded and left the room, jogging out. As he closed the door, Portlyn faced me. She rose an eyebrow and put a condescending hand on her hip. She pursed her lips, staring me down.

I showed no fear because I felt none. I made a face at her saying "what?" and walked out of the room, trying to brush past her. She caught my arm rather quickly.

I stared at her hand.

"What are you trying to get at with Chad?" She growled.

I stared at her, rolling my eyes. "His pants." I joked. She squeezed my arm, making it throb. "Oh, you're serious."

"You bet I'm serious. What are you planning?!"

I blinked. "Nothing. Are YOU planning something and I'm getting in the way?" I accused.

She bent my arm back behind me in the stance, ready to pop my shoulder. Since when could she fight? "No, but I know that something's going on in your mind. Why else would you be taking Chad away from his free time?"

"To rehearse for the movie?" I provided. She pushed my arm up a bit. "Ow…okay, you want to fight? Let's fight!" I spun around, breaking from her grip and kicking her in the stomach, knocking her away from me.

She jumped to her feet and stood in front of me, threateningly close. "I don't want to fight- just don't hurt Chad."

I smiled. "You like him."

"Please, he's like family…annoying family but family nonetheless. If you hurt him- well, let's just say your career is over." She left the room.

I stood there for a good three minutes before walking out of the room. "That was odd."

~!!~

I sat at the cafeteria table that the So Random!ites ate at with my cast mates. We were eating delicious steak.

"Sonny," Zora squeaked.

I looked at her. "Yeah?"

"Why don't you hang out with us anymore after we rehearse or shoot the show? You just pop in for rehearsal and leave and then come back when we have to film." She took a bite of her steak.

Tawni looked over at me, eyebrows raised, wondering how I was going to get out of this. "Actually, I'm…in a movie."

I looked over at Nico and Grady who looked stunned and then at Zora- she was frozen mid-chew.

"What?" they all asked in unison. Tawni filed her nails, ignoring this topic.

I nodded. "Yep, I'm in a movie."

"Wow, what a coincidence- so is Chad." Nico nodded his head over to the Mackenzie Falls table.

I looked down at my food, avoiding eye-contact. "Yeah, what a coincidence." I laughed nervously.

I heard a chair scratch against the floor and saw Chad leave the lunch room tapping his nose once, looking in my direction inconspicuously.

I looked up at the clock. I stood and cleaned my place up, dropping the leftover steak on Nico and Grady's plates. "I've got to get to set to shoot. See you guys at rehearsal."

I left.

____

"Isn't it weird how Sonny left right after Chad left?" Nico asked, perceptive.

Grady nodded. "Yeah. Maybe she was lying about the movie and- and she's dating Chad Dylan Pooper!" Grady looked mad, accusing.

Tawni shook her head. "Trust me, they're not dating."

"How do you know?" Zora questioned. "I mean, maybe they both made up the movie so they could sneak off to be with one another!"

Tawni laughed. "You guys are so stupid! They're starring as each other's love interest in a movie that Sonny wrote." Tawni stopped laughing and covered her mouth, a muffled "shit!" spilling through.

"What?!" The cast of So Random- minus Tawni- and Mackenzie Falls yelled together.

Portlyn was ignoring the conversation.

_____

I sat on one side of the limo and Chad sat on the other. Our director, Steven, was sitting near Chad and the make-up artist was near me. I was talking to the other actors that were working on the film as Lucinda and Casey- my character's best friends. Chad was TRYING to talk politely to his character's best friends: Jason, Devlin, Mark, and Charlie.

We were heading to a restaurant and were going to film there. The extras were already there, all we needed to do was rehearse there, set up, and film. It was a Phoebe/Luca moment, meaning it was Chad and I.

After that we were going to head off to a field where they set up a stage and a giant tent- but we'd have to wait till night.

We arrived at the restaurant. There was paparazzi everywhere. The other actors besides Chad and I put on sunglasses. They walked right through with the make-up artist and Steven. Chad kept stopping to pose for shots. I just walked right through, avoiding questions.

Someone grabbed my arm and I froze, grabbing their wrist. I looked at them and saw it was a little girl. I let go of her wrist and bent down. I smiled.

"Hello." I greeted.

She waved. "You're Sonny? From So Random!?" She sounded excited. I nodded. "can I have your autograph?"

I nodded, laughing and taking the pad from her hand. "Sure, what's your name?"

"Stacey." She was beaming.

I wrote in the notepad "To Stacey, from your sunny friend Sonny. Have an awesome, fun-filled life!" I handed it back to her and hugged her when she threw herself into my arms.

She ran off to her mom as I stood and avoided the questions thrown from every which way. Chad was trying to get through but kept getting distracted by questions and people calling his name.

"Chad!" I called. The photographers stopped to stare, not realizing that I would interact with him. "Steven's going to get mad if you're late." I looked at the press. "Mind letting him through?" I acted sugary-sweet.

Chad was able to get through, cameras occasionally snapping a photo or two.

We entered the place and he waited by the door. I had to enter first.

"Allison!" Steven called. "You know what to do."

I nodded. They set up the cameras as Chad and I stood to the side. We had already went over where to go and how to do it so we had nothing to do.

"What did you want?" I asked him.

"Excuse me?" He was confused.

"Earlier. Before Port interrupted us, you were going to say what you wanted. What DID you want?"

He blushed a bit. "Nothing. Forget it. I don't remember."

"Quiet on the set!" Steven yelled to get everyone's attention. "Extras, move about! Chatter like your being paid- wait, you are!" He joked. I laughed. Always the jokester.

"Action!" He yelled. The dude did the marker and I was guided to my chair.

~~~~~~!~~~~~~

(Phoebe is Sonny and Luca is Chad- just a reminder!)

Phoebe was handed a menu and she looked it over as it sat on the table in front of her. She didn't even glance up when Luca sat across from her, stiffly moving.

"That was a powerful kick." Luca mused, trying to get Phoebe to look at him.

"It had nothing to do with the kick, only the swing and momentum." Phoebe flipped the page of the menu to look at the burgers. "And I was only going easy. You could be in worse shape than now if I hadn't walked away."

"Phoebe, why won't you look at me?" Luca was irritated.

"Oh, well, sorry! I mean, it's not like you embarrassed me in front of the town! No, you're right, I should look at you because you didn't do that!" Phoebe had not once looked at Luca. "You made me feel like a dog disobeying orders." She mumbled sadly.

"All mentors have a reputation out there to be commanding people who have their charges under control."

"Well, don't be like the others."

"Phoebes, it's all just appearances. Out in public, you have to do what I say. Otherwise, I'll be going through hell for not making my charge loyal."

Phoebe finally turned her eyes to his. She glared at him. "You don't think I'm loyal?! No matter what, when something happens, I stay by your side! I am loyal, Luca, but I do have independence! I'm a human being and I don't deserve to be treated like an animal who needs taming!"

"Phoebe," Luca covered his eyes, groaning. "Just- I know you hate that…but when I say something in public, you have to follow through with the order. I have a reputation at stake."

Phoebe huffed. "Fine. I'll do as you say. I'll do something I don't want to. But you have to do something too."

Luca stared at her, wary. "What?"

Phoebe crossed her arms. "You can't have a lay for a month. The only thing you can do in a bed is sleep, not sleep, but actually sleep."

"Anything else." Luca begged. Phoebe shook her head. "Fine,"

~~~~~!!~~~~~~

"Cut!" Steven yelled. I instantly calmed down. He came up to us. "Okay, you guys did great. Just one more time."

"What? No, Chad Dylan Cooper doesn't DO one more take." Chad objected.

Steven looked at me. I nodded and flicked Chad on the forehead.

"ow! What was that for?" Chad protested.

"Here, on a movie set, we don't put up with divas. So, don't act like that. Also, unlike a show's set, we have to do more than one take because we need to get different angles and shots. So, quit whining." I leaned back in my chair and high-fived Steven before he walked away.

Chad slumped. "It's a habit."

"We know."

~~~!!!!~~~

Everyone from the set, cast, crew, extras, etc- ate at that restaurant. Chad and I were already seated since we had to do the scene that way so we just ordered our food, not needing to chose a table. Karen (Lucinda) and Julie (Casey) ate at the table behind me, wanting to eavesdrop and Jason (Jason- big coincidence, huh?) and Cal (Devlin) sat behind Chad.

Chad got lobster and I got shrimp that came in a cup/bowl type thing with a sauce in it. (I don't know the name…lol)

"How's the lobster?" I asked, biting into a shrimp.

"Delicious. I'm surprised Steven was able to rent this place out. This place always has business, customers have to get reservations months in advance."

I nodded my head. "Well, all it takes are connections and a call mentioning certain stars are going to dine here, paparazzi everywhere, getting publicity, blah, blah, blah."

"You told them this would help for business." Chad accused lightly, taking a bite of lobster.

I rolled my eyes. "Maybe. Maybe I didn't, though."

"Oh, you did."

"Yeah, no doubt." Chad reached across the table and took a piece of shrimp, putting it in his mouth. "Hey!"

"What?" He asked innocently around the food in his mouth. "Here, have a bite of the lobster." He held out his fork with a piece of lobster dipped in butter on it.

Since I didn't have a plate to put it on, I took the bite right of the fork, Chad not minding. I licked my lips to get the drip of butter.

I nodded, swallowing. "This is really good lobster."

Chad shrugged. "Yeah, it is."

The restaurant door burst open and light filtered in. Chad and I faced the doorway; this place was supposed to be closed off. Everyone stopped talking and looked at the door as well, all knowing no one else was supposed to be in here.

Nico, Grady, Zora, and The Falls cast made a beeline straight to us. Grady and Nico were dragging Tawni and some guy was pulling Portlyn.

Chad spun around in his chair to look at me. "Did you tell them?"

"No, did you?"

"No."

We looked at them and then at each other. "Uh-oh."

"What's this about you two being each other's love interest?" A Falls girl demanded.

"And what about Sonny actually being Allison Rey and not telling us?" Grady shouted.

I gulped and glanced at Chad in my peripheral vision. "Uh…"

"It…wasn't a secret." Chad told them.

And it wasn't. "Yeah, I told you guys I was in a movie."

"You didn't say you'd be making a movie with…HIM!" Nico glared at Chad.

I looked from Chad to Nico and back, standing up. "I thought you guys were friends now?"

"We were." Grady spat, keeping his eyes trained on Chad as he explained to his cast.

I took a deep breath. "In all honesty, you have no control over me." They all stared at me, including Chad and The Falls people. Oh…yeah, and everyone else. They all looked shocked. "I can do as I please." I held my hand out, ready to count by my fingers. "I was on a TV show, I was- am- in movies, I write books, I'm in a band, I'm on a comedy show. I have done so many things in my life by myself, my mother doesn't even have control over me anymore. She only has control over me when I'm home which…" I chuckled once with no humor. "Is rare. You guys may be my friends and cast mates but you can't boss me around. If Tawni can accept it, can't you guys?" I scoffed. "And so what if Chad and I work on something together? He was good enough for the part, I was good enough for the part; that just means we've got talent. It was major coincidence that we're working on the same thing. But we're friends and we have rights. Why do you guys care so much if Chad and I hang out?"

They all stared at me and then Nico, Grady, and Zora pulled me aside away from everyone else.

"I just can't believe you didn't tell us!" Nico told me. Everyone in the restaurant started bustling about now so our conversation was covered up. Chad and his cast at the Falls were chatting happily.

"Yeah, I mean, Sonny, we wouldn't have cared but you didn't have to hide it from us." Grady informed.

"I didn't want anyone to know I was Rey…because I didn't want to be Rey all the time. Being absolutely famous is great. But when you're famous because you wrote descriptive books and starred in R rated films, it's not fun. It's torture. So, I took my childhood nickname and used it for a kids' show know-about. I want to be known by kids, not parents." I sighed and ran a hand through my hair. "If you had the press and the whole world know you for adult movies when you're only a teenager, do you think that that would be fun? Paparazzi used to follow me around constantly to see if they could catch me doing something that I write about or act out. Being Allison is scary sometimes because people…they want Allison to do so much in so little time. They expect her to do anything they want, they want an Allison with no free will. Being Sonny seems so much better because…they don't expect me to do anything that I don't want to do." I had tears in my eyes. "I finally get to be a kid again." I looked at each of them. "If you'll excuse me."

I left the restaurant, putting Julie's sunglasses on to hide my wet eyes. I avoided the paparazzi and got a cab home.

As I entered my home, I saw my mother talking on the phone. She saw me and hung up, saying goodbye first of course. I took off the sunglasses and looked at her with my red, puffy eyes.

She came up to me and hugged me. "What's wrong? Ally- Bal, what's up?"

I sniffled. "Um, just opening up some old wounds, you know. The usual." I laughed humorlessly.

"Why don't you go upstairs and take a rest, huh? I wouldn't want you to open them up some more." Mom pushed some of my hair behind my ear. I nodded and went upstairs. "I'll screen your calls for you."

~!!~

I drove all the way to Sonny's house- well, used a cab. I couldn't let anyone find out where she lives. I got out and paid the driver, going up to the door, and knocking.

Her mom answered and I smiled a small smile, showing I wasn't here to be a jerk.

"Chad, um, Sonny's-"

"Can I just- see her please? Her cast got on my nerves and apparently they struck one of hers so I'd like to at least see her." I took one step forward, holding my hands up innocently.

She nodded hesitantly, letting me inside. "She's up in her room."

I nodded, showing my thanks, and went up the stairs. I didn't bother knocking because her door was open. I walked straight in and looked around, not seeing her.

Could she be in the bathroom? No, that door open too.

I looked around her room and noticed that the drapes were pulled over her little bed area. I stepped over to that area and knocked on the wall lightly. I looked through the drapes to see her writing in a notebook, dressed in dark, plaid pajama pants with a big T-shirt. She rubbed her eyes and sneezed.

"Bless you." I said quietly.

Her head snapped up to look at me, here eyes staring through her brown curtain of hair.

SONNY POV:

I stared at Chad, confused as to why he was here. "Uh…"

He pushed the drapes back a bit. "Mind if I come in?"

I shrugged, planning to keep quiet.

He sat next to me on my bed, our backs to the wall. He crossed his legs Indian-style. "Is it okay if I ask you a question?"

I couldn't help myself, I chuckled. "You already asked two but…I'll allow another."

He chuckled quietly. "What was up back at the set?" He approached the topic carefully like he was trying to walk on broken glass without getting cut.

"Um… just," I sighed, trying to find an answer. "Something that I remembered about my father."

Chad scooted closer and draped his arm across my shoulders comfortingly. "I'm here if you need me." He was being so un-Chad-like. Sincere.

"When I was just starting out my career as a kid actor and an author, my father would try to get me to do so many things at once. He called himself my agent. He would say I would go on a certain show and promote something that I wasn't even working on. He wanted me to do so much that I didn't have the time to do or that I just didn't want to do at all. He said that I would take part in a role as a child in a show where my character would be a rape victim for an episode. I didn't want to do that, I was seven! I didn't even know what that was, and I didn't want to.

"My father took me out of school, despite my mom's protests, and tried to use me for fame and fortune. He practically threw me to the sharks where if I said 'no' he would call up a gossip column and tell them about my temper tantrums. He was a great father- he really was- but he was just blinded by money. The reason my mom and I go visit his grave and family every year is because…" Tears formed in my eyes again. "The day before he died, I yelled at him. I told him I hated him. I didn't talk to him at all after that and then he died. The last thing I said to my father was 'I hate you.'"

Chad paused before speaking. "How did he die?"

"Car wreck. He got drunk and ran a red light. Which is why, with Michael-"

"You got so worried."

I looked at him, a tear rolling down my cheek. "I didn't want Portlyn to have to lose her brother the same way I lost my dad. I was afraid I was reliving my father's death but with someone else I cared about."

"Is he also why you didn't want to be famous all the time?" Chad hugged me to his side.

I nodded. "I felt that being famous was all my dad wanted me to be. That's why I kept at it. But I didn't want to constantly be reminded of him every time I heard someone call my stage name. I just…for years I've felt that it was my fault that he-"

"Allison Sonny Michelle Rey-Monroe." Chad scolded. I stared at him. How the hell did he know my middle name?! "No way that was your fault!"

"But my dad never drank! That was the only time: I put the thought of a daughter's hate for her father in his head and he drank himself to die."

"Sonny, it is absolutely not your fault! It was his mistake. All of it was a mistake. You didn't mean to make that the last thing you said to him. The timing was bad." He forced me to look into his eyes. "It. Is. Not. Your. Fault."

"Alright, alright. Enough with the lecture." I sniffled and smiled at him. "Thank you. You really know how to cheer a girl up."

Chad smiled his smug, signature smile. "No problem." He looked at the paper in my lap. "What are you writing?"

I tightened my grip on the paper subconsciously. "Every year, when my mom and I visit my father…I write a note to him and tie it to flowers that we put on his grave. I'm writing that note."

"What's the note about?" He tried to peek but I flipped it over.

"What's happened in the past year that he's missed."

"Am I in there?" He joked. I didn't answer, I just pressed my lips together. "Oh, wow, I am…Can I see?"

I shook my head frantically. "No."

He smiled a devious smile. The next thing I knew, the pad of paper had slid across my floor, out of my bedchamber type room and to my office-part of my room and Chad and I were literally climbing over each other to get to the pad first. I pushed him down and stood, ready to run to it but he grabbed my ankle, pulling me to the floor.

I spun around right in time for him to pin me down. I laughed and so did he.

"Nowhere to flip to, Monroe." He joked.

I just stared at him, eyebrow raised. He wasn't even keeping himself off me. He was LAYING on me! I held back a blush as I thought about what might happen if Mom caught us like this…oh, man, would that suck.

I think Chad noticed too because he wasn't as good as I was at keeping a blush hidden. He pushed himself off me and sat up, me just staying where I lay.

I remembered and flipped over to go grab the paper but Chad beat me to it.

Shit…I wrote something that I didn't want Chad to read in there:

*I met Chad Dylan Cooper again. Remember when he and I starred on Friends? Well, I'm on a show rival to his, so…much fighting has been going on. But, not only are we rivals, we're also co-stars now since we're going to be love interests in a movie that I wrote. Well, co-wrote but I wrote the book! I'm a little nervous though because there's some scenes between his character and my character that are…intense. And intimate. He's my friend and I'm scared that things will be awkward between us after those scenes are shot. And, yes, you're jokes about us are coming true. Thanks a lot. (Winking smiley face, insert here) We've had our moments. He knows about Allison Rey. I'm shocked he hasn't treated me differently than before. I guess, to him, I'll always be quirky Sonny Monroe: no talent comedian.*

Chad looked up at me. "I don't think you have no talent."

I raised an eyebrow at him. "Really? Because, as I recall, you've told me that before."

He looked at me timidly. "That's because I felt intimidated. And what did you mean 'intense and intimate scenes'?"

"You didn't read through the while script yet, did you?"

He shook his head. "And I don't have time to re-read the book either."

"Well, Phoebe and Luca…um, get…physical." I whispered the last word, blushing.

"Oh, yeah, I remember. I sort of skimmed over that part." He blushed too, both of us standing up from our spots on the floor. I leaned against the wall, staring at the one facing me, the one with all my pictures and posters. Chad walked over to me and stood in front of me to keep my attention. He was really close. "You really think I would let things get awkward between us after that?"

"You'd be surprised how many times I've heard that for my films and then things got awkward." I mumbled.

"Sonny, we've been through humiliation together and other kinds of things together. Do you honestly believe we won't get through that?"

I shrugged and looked down at my feet.

He put his hand under my chin and tilted it up slowly, moving the draped hair away from my face. He stared into my eyes.

"Nothing will ruin the ties between us. It may feel weird but we'll still be friends. You know that."

"Do I, Chad? Do I really?" I asked, joking, copying him.

"That's my line." He smiled, keeping quiet.

"I'm your friend, I'm allowed to steal it." I smiled back at him, both of us leaning closer.

"Fine…but only for today." He looked into my eyes and we were so close, heads slightly tilted.

I got caught up in the moment. "Kiss me…" I whispered. I think my moment of weakness lead me to say that.

Chad closed the space between us and pressed his lips to mine.

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Okay, long chapter, I know but this was essential to my story…kinda. I wanted you to see part of the movie and how Chad and Sonny interact. Also, I forgot to stop at one point and kept writing. This counts as two chapters so I might not update for another week or so. This whole chapter on how Sonny acted with her father is important for the next chapter so, yeah.