Chapter 5- I Didn't Know She Was Your Sister

Chad was sitting on a yoga mat cross legged. He had a pillow in his hands, closely clasped to his chest. His head was buried deep into the pillow. Little snuffles could be heard from time to time. His shoulders kept shaking.

"Wow. I've never seen a guy cry like that before." Tawni gasped.

"He's been like that since yesterday." Amy whispered.

"Why didn't you guys just tell us that you're his sister?"

"Chad said that Sonny would figure out that I'm here to help him think of something extremely romantic for their one year. He wants her to think he's perfect. It was going great until you spied us. We even got Mr. Condor to agree to letting us decorate the whole commissary and have people stay out of it for the night." Amy sighed, thinking of all the hard work that was all for nothing. Just getting her parents down here was a challenge.

"We need to get them back together."

SPOV

I had already filled two trash bags of Chad's stuff. I was on my third bag when I came across the 'Sweet Sixteen Weeks' photo album Chad made for me. Without even thinking, I opened to the first page. Chad's smiling face stared up at me. I was right next to him, happier than ever. I looked at all the stickers he had plastered on each page. He eve put little 'memory souvenirs' of all the things we shared together. There was a toothpick from the hot dog stand at the fair, and a ticket to the movies, part of a wrapper from a candy bar we ate, both of our fortunes from fortune cookies. He had put so much time and effort into just one photo album. In fact, all his gifts were this perfect.

He loved me. Chad Dylan Cooper loved me. He didn't need to say it. He showed it through the way he had treated me. What had I done to make him stop? I couldn't keep the tears from falling down my face. I bit my lower lip to keep it from trembling.

"Great. Another one." Zora walked into the prop room.

I turned around. "What do you mean?"

"I had to go to the store to buy more tissue boxes." She explained, holding up the grocery bags in her hands. "Lover boy at Stage 2 used up all of them."

"You mean Chad?"

"Yup. He's been crying since yesterday! Kept me up all night! I can't believe I missed what happened! I always know these things!"

"So, he's crying." I felt horrible...but then I remembered that girl. "Well. He deserves it. He shouldn't have cheated on me with Miss Glamorous."

Zora eyeballed me. "Hold on. You mean Amy?"

"Yeah. That's her name. So you know about her?"

"Uh, yeah. Chad's SISTER!"

"Yeah. Wait...no. His what?" I just made the biggest mistake of my life.

CPOV

"Hey, Chad!" Tawni laughed, punching me in the shoulder.

I looked up. I could tell I was a mess. My eyes felt raw and my nose was running. The pillow I was holding was soaked. This was just dandy. I lost the only girl I ever cared more about than myself...and now I'm stripped of my manliness in front of someone who spends more time at the mirror than me.

"If you don't mind, I'd like to be alone."

"Oh, Chad! Don't be silly!" Tawni laughed again, "Now, you're going to listen to this song, you're going to pull yourself together, and then me, Amy, and you are going to go and decorate the commissary as planned. Nico and Grady will help. Zora is going to lead Sonny to the entrance. Then, you and Sonny will make up!"

"Don't take this personally, but you're way too giddy!" I yelled. We can't just make up. Sonny is not the just-make-up kind of girl.

"Here." Tawni thrust her ipod in my hand. She put the headphones on my ears. "This is going to make you happy!"

I'm Walking On Sunshine boomed into my ears. Sonshine! That's what I used to call her! I started wailing once again.

"Pull yourself together! Put a smile on your face! Now!" Tawni yelled.

Woah. That girl is scary.