Chapter Three- He Could be the One

Sonny never had met anyone like Justin. To be honest, she'd never even had a boyfriend. The way Justin looked at her. No one had ever looked at her that way. Like she was the only girl in the room. And when he spoke, a compliment was hidden underneath each string of words, and he stuttered if he looked at her too long. 'He could be the one', Sonny thought, then shook her head roughly, 'too much Disney Channel'.

"Tawn, what do I do?" She moaned, falling back on the couch, and frowning, "Justin's awesome. But I feel like something's holding me back."

"I don't," she shuddered, "care for people. Or listen if it's not about me. But when you feel that tug holding you back… it's normally a crush on someone else. And in your case… that someone is Chad." She smirked, "You're totally into him."

"CHAD?!" Sonny exclaimed, leaping off the couch, and shaking Tawni vigorously, "I do not like Ch-"

"Tanya. Sonny." Chad's voice interrupted smoothly, "I just needed to see if I left my jacket here."

"Chad Dylan Cooper." Sonny shot a look at Tawni.

"My name's Tawni." Tawni huffed, flipping her hair over her shoulder.

"You didn't leave it here." Sonny said, rolling her eyes, "Now leave, we have girl talk to discuss."

"About me?" Chad said, leaning against the door frame, "Feel free."

"About Justin." She said, rolling her eyes.

"Idiot." Tawni muttered, buffing her nails, and glaring at Chad.

"O-Oh. Uh. Ok- um, I'm gonna- Uh." Chad stuttered, taken completely aback. She didn't like him. 'Crap. Crap. Crap.'

"Bye." Sonny gently pushed him out of the range of the door, and shut it.

Chad walked back to his room in silence. He lay on his king size bed eyes closed, but not falling asleep. When asked to rehearse for Mackenzie Falls, he did so without emotion or dramatic influence. Portlyn tried to talk to him but he refused, and when rehearsal was over he returned to his dressing room and curled up on the bed, pulling out a leatherbound book, and flushing silently.

I still can't believe our producer convinced to me to write in a journal to understand my feelings. I know everyone's doing it, but I still feel stupid. Sonny. She's going out with Justin, some new guy in Condor Studio's, a guest star. I can't believe it. She was supposed to fall for me. Not Justin. Everyone falls for me. But the one girl who doesn't…

I don't know what's going on. Or why Justin and Sonny going on a date… well Sonny and Tawni were talking about Justin and Sonny and dating so the date is still sort of in the works… But I saw him looking at her in the caf. He totally likes her. I don't know why that bothers me so much.

I mean… I'm me. I'm Chad Dylan Cooper. The hottest, most talented, most sought after guy in Hollywood. My blog had more hits than Zac Efron's. That says something. Another reason why Zac Efron is blocked from Mackenzie Falls set. But Sonny's not.

I think something terrible has happened.

Something worse than I ever thought could happen. My mom predicted it and so did my little sister. But she reads fairytales. She thinks everyone…

I'm in love with Sonny Monroe. I mean… really truly in love with her. I know I've written that before. But this time, when I wrote it… I realized something.

I don't want to be with anyone else. No one else. Just her. And I REALLY don't want her with anyone else. Especially Justin.

Crap.

o.O.o.O.o

Moo. Moo. Moo.

"Sonny! Your phone is mooing!" Tawni yelled, as she buffed her nails.

Sonny ran into the room, and picked up the phone, blowing hair out of her face, "Hello?"

"Hey Sonny. It's Justin. I was wondering if you want to go to dinner at Le Cuisine de France. It's this fancy French restaurant, and then we could go dancing at The Dot, it's this cool teen club. No alcohol or anything. So you wanna?" Justin spit out in one breath, gratefully thinking how smart it was to call so Sonny couldn't see his flushed face.

"Uh," Sonny bit her lip, 'He's just the type of guy I need', "Sure. That sounds great. What time?"

"Today. I'll pick you up at six at your dressing room." He grinned, "I'll see you soon."

"Kay, thanks. Bye." Sonny exhaled slowly, and hung up the phone, dropping it on the bed.

"Nice one. He's cute. Not as cute as anyone I would date, but cute." Tawni said, looking up from her nails.

"Thanks. But I feel kind of weird. Chad just keeps popping up in my head." Sonny confessed, blushing.

"I can't believe you like him still." Tawni said, laughing.

"Look. I know it's weird, but I love-… tacos. That's it. I love tacos." Sonny stuttered, 'Did I almost say I love Chad?'

"You're in love with Chad." Tawni's mouth fell open, then she looked confused, "Then why are you going out with Justin?"

"Cause Chad'll just use me and Justin really truly likes me. Chad is just a Hollywood player." Sonny said.

"Right. But shouldn't you… Oh wait I forgot. I don't care for people. And you have thirty minutes. You should start getting ready." Tawni rolled her eyes.

"Oh no! What do I wear?" Sonny cried, hurrying to put on a short green dress, and curling her hair.

"Nice." Tawni looked up briefly, nodding a sign of approval.

"Thanks." Sonny smiled, ran a hand through her hair, and opened the door, to see Justin standing there, rubbing the back of his neck like he always did when he was nervous.

"Hey." He said, reddening, "I brought you some flowers." Pulling a bouquet from behind his back, he presented her with roses.

She smiled outwardly, but thought sadly, 'Chad would've gotten sunflowers. They're my favorite.' But then she dismissed it, 'Justin got me flowers. Because Justin likes me.'

"Thanks! Are you ready to go?" She pulled her coat off the rack, and followed him to his car, which sat in front of the So Random! Studios. 'Here we go.' She thought.

o.O.o.O.o.

It wasn't spying. Not when Chad Dylan Cooper does it at least. And it wasn't caring. Because Chad cares only for himself. And more than anything, it was not desperate.

Following someone to their date at the 80's Grill seemed desperate, but it wasn't. Not if you were interested to see who that someone was dating. Chad wasn't used to caring. Especially for Randoms. Especially for girl randoms.

Hiding behind a potted plant, he peered through the foliage at the boy sitting across from Sonny. His hair was good- not as good as Chad's- but good. Intimidated. He looked intimidated, Chad decided, with a look on his slightly too- innocent face that made Chad shudder. Open caring.

Suddenly, a waitress passed the palm with a duster. After moving the leaves all around, she saw movement. Moving the leaves across, she shrieked, when she found herself staring into a pair of blue eyes. Then she screamed even louder, when she recognized who those blue eyes belonged to.

"CHAD DYLAN COOPER!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU!!!!!" She grabbed his arm, pulling him from behind the plant, knocking it over, and hugged him tightly, "I'm your biggest fan!!!!!"

"Hello." He said awkwardly, shaking her hand, "But I, uh, I have to go before I'm seen!"

Pulling away, he ran for the door, hoping Sonny hadn't seen him. No such luck.

"CHAD!" She shouted, when they were outside, Chad panting, and Sonny steaming, "How could you follow me on a date? Again?"

"I was merely eating at the same restaurant." Chad said, brushing his leather jacket off.

"You were eating?" She said, witheringly.

"Yes." Chad insisted, 'Good acting skills come in handy. I am THE best actor of our generation'.

"Then why were you eating behind a plant? On the floor?" Sonny tapped her foot impatiently.

"Because, I didn't want to be mobbed." Chad said, as if it were the simplest thing in the world.

"So you ate behind a plant on the floor." Sonny said, deadpan.

"Yes."

"So you were jealous?" Sonny said, a smile creeping onto her face.

Chad, despite himself, reddened, he loved that smile, "Of course not."

"You are so jealous!" Sonny said.

"Why would I be jealous of that cad you're sitting with?" Chad asked, rolling his eyes, "His features are crooked, his job is, most likely, on a downhill slope, and, to top it off, he's dating you." It was Chad's turn to shoot a withering look.

Sonny's face did a curious dance of emotions; first, anger, second, surprise, and third, hurt, "I didn't know it was that bad. Dating me."

"It's not- that's not what I- I mean- I'd love to- you-…" Suddenly Chad realized he had gone to far with his 'I don't like you but I really do but I don't want to be first to say something if you don't like me' scheme.

"Just leave me alone." Sonny muttered, "I have a date." And with that, she turned on her heel, her shoulders slumping slightly and went into the 80's Grill, leaving Chad, face burning red, eyes slightly pink, outside.

o.O.o.O.o

Sonny didn't know why it hurt so much when her 'enemy' told her he didn't like her. It shouldn't have hurt. But it did. A lot.

She prided herself on not 'liking' Chad Dylan Cooper that way. She was the only one who hadn't fallen under his little spell. The lie spell. She'd seen it happen to millions of girls in the studio. He turns on the charm, then right after they fall a little too hard, poof. He dumps them. Normally the cowardly "I can't do this. We need to break up. I'm sorry" text message.

But, she hadn't expected to date Justin. And through dating Justin, she had realized something she really didn't' want to realize.

She was in love with Chad Dylan Cooper, and even though, she had Justin, a sweet, cute, boy who liked her, it wouldn't ever be enough.

………

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