OH. MY. CHAD DYLAN COOPER. Falling for the Falls is airing on February 14th!!! Eeeeeeep!!!!! It's the same day as StarStruck. Double dose of Sterling! Whoo hoo! Thank you for the awesome V-Day present Disney!! :D
I'm a little excited, in case you couldn't tell. Okay, maybe a lot excited. Oh, who am I kidding? AHHH I LOVE SONNY WITH A CHANCE!!!! :D :D
Disclaimer: No... I don't own SWAC.... or Kelly Clarkson..... *dejected sigh*
Cloudy with a Chance of Channy - Chapter 7
My Life Would Suck Without You
Dani's POV
I glanced down the halls quickly before tiptoeing as fast as I could down the hall. Light as a feather, quiet as a mouse. That's a weird saying, you know? I mean, honestly, mice aren't really all that quiet. Those little suckers can squeak up a storm, let me tell you. Wait! Focus, Dani. You are on a mission.
I began to hum the Pink Panther theme to myself, to get in the mood. Hey, if I'm on a secret mission, I should have an awesome spy soundtrack, right? I darted around a corner, only to collide with someone with a loud THUD.
"Watch it!" my dear brother spat at me, rubbing his forehead. I felt bad as I looked at him, his blue eyes clouded with anger, so that you could barely see the intense hurt underneath them. Poor Chad.
"Sorry," I said sincerely, putting a hand on his shoulder, which he quickly shook off. "You okay?"
"I'm fine!" he spat again, and started to stomp away. Oh no, he didn't. Not on my watch.
"Hey, Chad, wait," I said, jogging after him. "Listen, if you need to talk, I'm here."
"I don't need to talk!" he hissed at me, his eyes blazing with anger and hurt. "Just leave me alone!" Sigh. I was hoping I wouldn't have to resort to this.
"Sorry, Chad," I said fake-sadly. "I can't do that." Chad looked confused.
"What are you-"
"Get him!"
"Argh!" Chad cried out as Ferguson, Nico, and Grady jumped out from the corner and tackled Chad. They tied his hands up and blindfolded and gagged him.
"MMPH MMPH MMPH!" he squirmed, trying to get out of his reach. It wasn't hard to imagine what he might be saying.
"Sorry, Chad," I cackled. "But it's for your own good. Take him to the room, boys!"
Nobody's POV
Tawni walked cautiously into her dressing room, where Sonny was sitting on the couch staring dejectedly at the ground. Tawni sighed, with partly relief and partly sadness. She was sad that Sonny was suffering, but relieved that she was here. It would make things a lot less complicated.
"Hey, Sonny," she said, walking towards her. Sonny acknowledged her with a nod. Tawni sat down on the couch next to Sonny and tentatively placed a hand on her shoulder. Sonny didn't even try to shake it off.
"Listen, if you need to talk, I'm here," Tawni said sympathetically.
"I don't need to talk," Sonny mumbled. "I'm fine."
"No, you're not," Tawni snorted. Sonny looked up at her angrily, but with hurt in her deep brown eyes.
"Well, what are you gonna do about it?" she challenged. Tawni smirked inwardly. This was going to be easier than she thought.
"I'm going to help you," she smirked. "Now!" Before Sonny could say a word, Zora, Portlyn and Chastity ran in, tied up Sonny's hands and blindfolded and gagged her. Sonny squirmed and yelled against the gag.
"Sorry Sonny," Tawni giggled. "But it's for your own good. Oh, and for the record, this was all Dani's idea. C'mon girls!" Tawni and the others took Sonny away.
Sonny and Chad were taken to a small room with two poles in the middle. They were tied to chairs that were attached to the poles. Dani shooed the others away, then took off Chad and Sonny's blindfolds and gags. They opened their mouths to shout but their mouths closed in shock and horror when they saw the other. Dani stood in front of them, smirking.
"Listen," she said before any of them could say a word. "This whole fight between you two is completely ridiculous. You have been totally miserable for the whole time you're not together, and the rest of us are sick of it. I'm 99.9% sure that it was all a huge misunderstanding, but I'm gonna let you two explain. I'm going to leave you two here until you talk to each other and make up. And I'll be watching."
With that, Dani turned heel and marched out of the room, leaving Chad and Sonny with shocked expressions on their faces.
I'm not going to talk to him. thought Sonny. No freakin' way.
I'm not talking to her. Chad thought. No freakin' way.
So they just sat there. In silence. Not even looking at each other. Sonny was looking down at the ground and Chad was looking at his lap. They acted like they didn't even know the other person was there.
But they knew all right. Sonny was telling herself not to cry, not to cry over this complete jerk who had cheated on her. She told herself he didn't care about her, he didn't love her, and that she was going to move on and forget about the three-named jerkthrob sitting in front of her.
Chad told himself there was no use getting upset over Sonny. She was a total player, ditching him to go make out with Jackson Tyler. He told himself that Sonny was probably cheating on Chad with Jackson already, that's why she had no problem shoving her tongue down his throat.
This went on for quite a while, both of them having internal battles with themselves. Meanwhile, Dani sat in a control room, watching this. She sighed, and ran her fingers through her hair.
"Why do I always have to do everything?" she griped. Grabbing a remote, she pressed a few buttons then hit play. In the room Chad and Sonny were in, music began to blast through the speakers. Startled, the two sat up straight, and looked directly in each others eyes.
Sonny felt herself getting lost in Chad's brilliant blue eyes, and Chad felt himself getting lost in Sonny's deep brown ones. Both sets of eyes were filled with pain and suffering, and the two felt their hearts break looking at the sadness in their true love's eyes.
She/he deserves it. they told themselves, snapping out of it. Dani cranked up the volume slightly, so that the two could hear better. The music continued to play, then another fateful song floated through the speakers.
Guess this means you're sorry
You're standing at my door
Guess this means you take back
All you said before
Like how much you wanted
Anyone but me
Said you'd never come back
But here you are again
Cause we belong together now, yeah
Forever united here somehow, yeah
You got a piece of me
And, honestly
My life (my life) would suck (would suck) without you
Maybe I was stupid
For telling you good bye
Maybe I was wrong for
Trying to pick a fight
I know that I've got issues
But you're pretty messed up too
Either way I found out
I'm nothing without you
Cause we belong together now, yeah
Forever united here somehow, yeah
You got a piece of me
And, honestly
My life (my life) would suck (would suck) without you
Being with you
Is so dysfunctional
I really shouldn't miss you
But I can't let you go
Cause we belong together now, yeah
Forever united here somehow, yeah
You got a piece of me
And, honestly
My life (my life) would suck (would suck) without you
Cause we belong together now, yeah
Forever united here somehow, yeah
You got a piece of me
And, honestly
My life (my life) would suck (would suck) without you
Chad's POV
Stupid Dani. Stupid Dani and her stupid fateful songs that always seem to convey exactly what I'm thinking. Do you know how annoying it is to not want to say what you're thinking and then have practically your exact thoughts blasted across the room to the person who you don't want to know what you're thinking? Awk-ward.
Sonny was sitting across me with her mouth hanging open slightly. The silence was so awkward you could practically see it. The awkwardness, I mean. Before that stupid song started playing, it was so much easier to ignore Sonny. Now, not so much. Those words made me hope that she was thinking them too. Stupid hope. Stupid Sonny. Stupid Dani. Stupid everything.
Finally, I couldn't take it anymore. The silence was just pressing down on me, it felt like a millions eyes were watching me, though it was only Sonny. Like that helped. I couldn't take it, I had to say something. I had to know whether it was just my stupid hope fooling me again.
"Sonny," I began. "Can... can I please explain? Will you give me a chance?" Sonny looked like she was about to say no, but then she sighed in defeat. Her eyes looked so sad that I wanted to go comfort her immediately. Calm down, Cooper. She doesn't like you. She doesn't like you. I just had to get this out there.
"Fine," she said. I was too depressed to continue our normal fine fine good good fights, so I just poured out everything on my mind.
"It was Mandy, I swear," I blurted. "She said that she wanted to talk to me, and I thought she wanted to talk about the show, so I followed her. She led me to my dressing room and tried to get back with me. I told her no way, I hated her, I promise you Sonny. Then she got mad and forcibly pushed me against the wall Sonny. I saw you and ordered her to leave, that's why you haven't seen her. Then I tried to come and find you and you were..." I trailed off painfully, not wanting to say. Sonny looked shocked, disbelieving and hurt.
"Chad, I'm sorry, but then how do you explain the text you sent me?" she asked. Text? What text?
"What text?" I replied, confused.
"Don't play dumb, Chad," she said defiantly. She pulled out her phone, with some difficulty seeing as she was tied to the chair, and pulled up a text which was apparently from me.
hey sonny. meet me outside my dressing room at 11 am sharp. -chad
What the heck was this?! I didn't send that text!
"Sonny, I swear I didn't send that!" I protested. "Look, would I have signed my name "chad"? I always say 'CDC'!" Sonny looked doubtful still, but she seemed to be considering.
"I can answer that one," a voice came from above, making both of us jump. We looked up to see the little Random hiding in the vents. "Mandy sent that message, Sonny. I saw her in Chad's room." She then shut the vent door. Sonny's eyes widened and her mouth opened but no sound came out.
"See, Sonny?" I told her. "I didn't do anything. So, it's not my fault. Not that you care, with your new boyfriend." I said the end bitterly. Oh, god. Keep it under control, Cooper. No crying. Be a man. No crying.
"Chad, I'm not dating Jackson!" Sonny's voice rang out. I raised my eyebrows. Yeah, right. "I don't like him, okay? I was upset when I saw you, then I ran away and I bumped into Jackson. He was being nice," I snorted and she glared at me. "And asked me what was wrong. I told him and then he asked me out. I was going to say no, but then he jumped on me and kissed me!"
I was sure she was telling the truth, because her voice rang with honesty in every word. I just sat there, shocked. This was all Mandy and Jackson's fault. And because of those two idiots, I had almost completely destroyed my relationship with Sonny.
"Sonny," I whispered. "I... I'm sorry," I didn't say sorry that much, heck, almost never, but I meant it.
"No, Chad, I'm sorry," Sonny replied sadly. "I-I should have known that it was Mandy..."
"So, then... will you forgive me?" Another thing I didn't do often. But I really needed Sonny to forgive me.
"Only if you'll forgive me," she said, a hint of a smile coming onto her face.
"I forgive you," I smiled shyly.
"I forgive you too, Chad," A huge, Sonny smile lit up Sonny's face, causing me to grin widely too.
"Fine," I grinned.
"Fine," she beamed.
"Good,"
"Good,"
"Are we good?" I asked tentatively, hoping for the answer. Sonny's smile grew so bright, it was nearly blinding.
"Oh, we are so good," she laughed happily. Oh, how I missed that laugh, and that beautiful smile.
"Um, Dani?" I asked to the air, feeling kind of stupid. "Uh, we made up now... so, could you um, let us go?" The door swung open and revealed Dani grinning madly.
"I am a genius!" she squealed, jumping up and down. "Oh my god, I am amazing! I should be a professional relationship counselor! Oh my god! Amazing!"
"Dani," I said, jerking my head towards the ropes that were the only thing between me and my Sonshine.
"Oh right," Dani smirked, walking over but not untying the ropes. "But, first, I think somebody has a little something they'd like to say," I rolled my eyes. Typical. I should've seen this coming.
"Thank you Dani," Sonny said smiling genuinely. How did she manage to be so nice? "We were stupid, and you helped us see through it," I hated to admit it, but Sonny was right.
"You're welcome Sonny," Dani smiled at Sonny, before turning to me. "Chaddy?" I groaned.
"Fine," I muttered. "Thank you Dani."
"Well, you're welcome!" she grinned impishly, pulling a pocketknife out of her pocket. Oh, god, I don't even want to know where she got that. With one quick movement, she slashed off the ropes tying me and Sonny together. I stood up and so did Sonny, and we gazed into each others eyes.
"I'll leave you two alone," Dani whispered, smirking madly, and tiptoed theatrically out of the room. "Keep it PG!" she laughed, before running off. I rolled my eyes, then crushed Sonny into a huge hug.
"I missed you," she whispered into my chest.
"I missed you too, Sonshine," I replied, before tilting her head up and pressing my lips softly to hers.
Awww, Channy!! Do you guys think this story is going too fast? I mean, it's only been 8 chapters...
Anyhoo, I forgot to say thank you to all the amazing people who answered my question in the last chapter!!! I got so many more answers this time! I was so happy. :D
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