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~ Chapter Thirteen ~

Sonny giggled when she felt a pair of arms wrap around her waist, it had been two whole months since the car crash and the two of them were as happy as ever. She turned around and wrapped her arms around his neck, grinning up at him before he bent down to kiss her gently on the lips.

She laughed when she heard Tawni tut behind her, pulling him even closer to her to deepen the kiss. She blushed when Chad pushed her back a little, causing her to back into a wall, neither of them breaking the kiss.

"Can't you two get your hands... or lips... off each other for a few minutes?" Tawni wrinkled her nose in disgust when they both shook their heads and kissed again. She sighed before walking off, she knew they were in love but did they have to make it so obvious.

Nico and Grady sniggered before running off into the cafeteria. Zora just rolled her eyes and crawled into a vent, Sonny just laughed and grabbed Chad's hand before pulling him towards his dressing room. Neither of them went to lunch much anymore, they preferred to order out in their dressing rooms, so they could be alone.

Portlyn smiled at Tawni – the two of them had become good friends since the feud between the two shows ended, thanks to Sonny and Chad's relationship. The two casts realized how close they had come to losing the two of them and decided that if they could make it through that and still be together, then they would just have to accept that the two would get through anything.

Portlyn looked around, noticing that the two teenagers weren't there again. She rolled her eyes and laughed to herself, Chad was like a little brother to her and she was just glad that he had managed to stop with the whole full of himself routine. She loved seeing the sparkle in his eyes every single time Sonny walked in the room, or whenever her name was even mentioned. She noticed the way he smiled and the way he laughed, it was so different and she liked the new Chad.

Tawni looked at the rest of the cast members and sighed, as much as she liked how happy Sonny was – not that Sonny was never happy, she still missed the girl sometimes. She seemed to spend most of her time with Chad, but she couldn't say anything because that would mean Tawni liked Sonny Munroe, and Tawni didn't like anyone, other than herself of course.

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Chad looked at his girlfriend, brushing a hair out of her face as she took a bite out of the sandwich he had just made her, she blushed a little and looked at him, a small smile played on her lips as she put the sandwich back down and put her fingers through his sandy blonde hair,

"I love you." He said as he put his hand on top of hers, bringing it down to his lips and kissing it gently. Sonny giggled and looked down, moving a little closer to him. Chad laughed a little as he thought about even after this long she was still a little shy around him,

"I love you too." She whispered, giggling when he pulled her closer to him and kissed her deeply on the lips, she let his tongue slip through her mouth and explore a little before she pulled away and put her head on his chest, sighing.

"What's wrong?" She shrugged,

"I just feel like something is going to happen... something bad." She whispered, trying to stop the tears that were about to fall down her face. She hadn't been able to shake that feeling for a few days now, she had no idea what to do.

"It's going to be okay, I won't let anything bad happen to you." He smiled down at her and kissed her on the cheek, rubbing her back.

"What about you?" He shook his head,

"I will make sure nothing happens to me either." He muttered, he smiled a little but there was no mistaking the worry in his eyes. He looked down at the girl he held in his arms and sighed a little, she had spent most nights with him since the crash, she was constantly scared that something would happen to him again. He understood though, he felt the same about her. She could have died in that crash, he knew that she wasn't significantly injured but it could have happened, he couldn't risk anything like that again.

"I should go." She muttered into his shirt, still not moving. He laughed a little and nodded,

"And me." She giggled when neither of them attempted to move, just happy in each other's arms. He pulled her closer to him when she still didn't move, he could feel his shirt dampen a little from her tears that he had no idea were falling from her eyes. He sighed and rubbed her back again, wishing he could just stop her from worrying about him.

"Why are you crying?" He finally asked, Sonny shrugged,

"I had a nightmare last night.. about my dad... it was like he was dying all over again and I just can't stop thinking about it." She muttered, she hadn't wanted to tell him but she couldn't lie to him, she couldn't pretend it was because she was scared of him dying.

"Hey, it's okay." He whispered, he remembered back to the time when Sonny told him about her dad, the way he died. He frowned a little and then sighed, Sonny's dad had been a police officer and was on duty when he was shot. He was in the hospital when Sonny and her mother had gone to see him, he died while Sonny was in the room and he knew how long it had taken her to get over it – she was only seven at the time.

"Can I stay with you tonight? I don't really have nightmares when I am with you..." He nodded,

"Of course you can, you don't have to ask. I wouldn't care if you just showed up at two in the morning." She laughed and then pulled away from him, smiling when he wiped away her tears for her.

"You're amazing." She whispered, kissing him gently on the lips before running out of the room to go to a rehearsal she was already late for.

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