Didn't take as long as I anticipated! I just wasn't fully satisfied with

the chapter yesterday, and I'm still not, so if you don't like it, let me know and I will completely rewrite the chapter if too many people say so.

Chad's POV

I pulled up to the barn, and sure enough, there was Sonny, sitting on the edge of the lake with her feet dangling in the water. She looked so much different out here.

At her house, she was strong, stubborn, difficult. Out here she was in a natural state. She seemed more vulnerable and fragile than I had ever seen her. She had a pair of jean shorts underneath her dress, and her hair was now tied up. She didn't seem to notice me coming.

I walked up and sat down next to her. She didn't move.

"Sonny." I meant to say like a question but it came out more like a statement.

I put my arm around her shoulders and realized she was crying. I made Sonny cry.

Suddenly she turned to me and buried her head into my chest, crying hysterically now.

"Shh. It's okay, honey."

"No! It's not! I hate you. I hate you. I hate you." she moved her head to the side so she could talk. I winced when she said she hated me, "I hate you."

"Why say it so many times?" I couldn't listen to it anymore.

"Because I'm hoping that if I keep saying it it'll come true."

"Well how about this? Every time you say you hate me I say I love you. I love you, I love you, I lo-"

"That's not fair." she wrapped her arms around my waist.

"But at least its true." I kissed the top of her head

"No! Liar! I hate you!"

"I love you. I love you so much."

"I just want to go home. I hate this place."

"Okay. I'll bring you home."

"No not Grandmama's house. Home. I want this all to be over. I want to go home to Nate and for none of this to have ever happened." she sat up and kicked the water with her bare feet.

"I wish I could do that for you honey."

"Yeah me too." we stayed silent for a moment.

"Did you love him?" I had to know.

"What? I don't think that it's any of you business." her face looked shocked. I took it no one had ever asked her that before.

"Sonny, I have been waiting for you for four years! I need to know if you loved him, or if I've been wasting my time."

"No. I don't think I did. I wanted to, but no." she looked at me, still sad. This was torture, to have to see her like this. It wasn't fair.

"Do you love me?" the question hat had burned through my mind for the past for years. It had kept me up at night, trying to think of excuses to call her and ask. Then Nate came into the picture, and it got even worse.

"Yes."and at that point, I couldn't hold it in anymore. I kissed her. Surprisingly, she kissed me back, like she had been waiting just as long as I had.

I pulled back and leaned my forehead against hers.

"You have no idea how long I've been waiting to do that." I whispered.

"Probably about as long as I've been waiting for you to." she smirked.

"I love you, Alison Demitra Monroe."

"I love you too Chad Dylan Cooper."

"Marry me." I know, I know, that was a little sudden, but I couldn't help it. I had wanted this for too long.

"I thought you would never ask." then she kissed me again with more force, so much in fact that we fell into the lake.

"I'll take that as a yes." I said once we came up.

"That is most definitely a yes!" she kissed me again and this time neither of us pulled away until someone walked in on our little make out session.

"Ugh! Finally! You know I had to take a taxi, because someone took my car so her and loverboy could go skinny dipping! AGAIN!" Julie huffed. She looked like a five year old, crossing her arms and stomping her feet.

"Guess what Julie? I'm engaged!" Sonny said, smiling her bright smile again.

"Oh great! Another wedding disaster to attend. Does the nonsense in this family ever end?"

"So, there's a vacant room in my apartment." I said to Sonny as she played with my hair. We had already had dinner with the family and explained to them that we had settled our fight, or the fight they thought we were having.

Now we were lying in bed facing each other.

"Really?"

"Yes. And I was thinking, maybe you could move in."

"Oh that's sounds great, but I was thinking of moving in with my fiancé." she said playfully.

"Yes but I'm sure he isn't nearly as sexy as I am."

"Got that right, Cooper." she kissed me, "so when can I move in?"

"As soon as we get home."

"Ah home. Can't wait!" she scooted closer to me and fell asleep in my arms.

Okay! The end! I am definitely doing a sequel though!

But I need help.

Choice One: A series of one/two shots about different events in Channy's life after this story. Examples, moving in, confronting Nate, visits from relative etc..

Choice Two: Profiles on the Monroe's. Each chapter will be centered around one of the Monroe's, explaining why they are the way they are.

Choice Three: Both!

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