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Here's the next chappy!

Sonny

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I'm such a pervert.
I couldn't get his body off my mind! It was so ridiculous. The way he grabbed on to me when I past him to get to the slide…whoa. I remember how I felt like I was going to fall down I was shaking so hard. I shook my head, trying to rid the thoughts from my mind. It didn't work. I pictured in my mind when he picked Isobel up and put her on his shoulders just to embarrass her, how the warm water rolled down his perfectly defined chest and abs glistened in the sunlight. I trembled from the memory.
Why was I thinking about Chad this way? I couldn't feel like that. Like what? I didn't feel anything.
I smiled to myself. Perfect! Denial…but Jayden would see right through it. I sighed. The girl was so much like me it was scary. The way she can dig into people's minds…wow. Her brown eyes and brown hair along with Alex's blonde hair and green eyes forced me to make connections between me and Chad. I sighed, remembering what she told me. Something like this: "You need him as much as he needs you. You need him almost as much as I need Alex."
The door to my room opened. The bathroom door was open, so I leaned over the edge of my bathtub to see who was invading my thinking time. Don't laugh- the bathroom is a small, secluded space- kind of like my mind. So I come and sit in the bathtub with my back against one wall and my feet propped up against the other, letting my thoughts flow free. Now I repositioned myself to see the intruder.
Jayden strode into the room, smiling in a knowing way. Abby sat on her hip, grabbing onto the hand that was wrapped around her torso to keep her balance. I smiled at how Jayden looked like a little mommy, holding onto her daughter in a protective yet loving way. I took a deep breath and nodded at her to come into the room.

She stepped in and put Abby on the ground. Abby wobbled a little to find her balance, and then she stood, her arms wrapped around one of Jayden's legs. I giggled, and raised my eyebrows expectantly to hear what Jayden wanted.

"Well," She said, her eyes scanning her surroundings as she smirked at me. "What

are you thinking about?"

I narrowed my eyes. "What makes you think I'm thinking about something?"

"Well," Jayden said again, rolling her eyes. "You're sitting in a bathtub with a distant look on your face, you're smiling in your thoughts and biting your lip, and now you're blushing since I got it right."

I gave up. "Okay, I'm thinking. But what did you come in here for?"

Abby untangled herself from Jayden and ran into my room, jumping on my bed and giggling like a maniac.

"I came in to see if you were surviving the memory of Chad's body after that pool-slash-lovebirds fiesta."

"Excuse me?" I stood up, bending back to release he knots in my shoulders. "It was not a lovebird fiesta thingy."

"Sonny." Jayden looked at me seriously. Like- utter seriousness. "Did you listen

to a word I said before we went into the pool?"

I looked at her face, and sighed, sitting on the side of the tub and swinging my legs over it. I brushed my hair out of my eyes.

"Yes." I said simply.

"Denial is going to get you nowhere."

I knew she would see right through it. I sighed, shaking my head.

"Don't deny your denial."

I giggled then. "Okay."

Jayden began playing with the hem of her green t-shirt. "Have you ever maybe..." She looked into space for a second, pursing her lips.

"Go on." I nodded.

She sighed. "Have you ever considered the fact that maybe Chad feels the same way?"

"No." I said sternly. She seemed taken aback. "Because he doesn't."

"You know what? You're right. He'll never feel the same way about you."

I gasped, shrinking back a little bit with hurt evident in my eyes.

"So," She said, smiling. "The way you were so taken aback by what I just said proves to me that you do have feelings for Chad Dylan Cooper. You want to hear me say it, don't you?"

"Hear you say what?"

"That Chad is going through the same thing you are...with all this denial stuff. Alex said he needed my help before we went swimming. He didn't know which bathing suit to wear! You should feel lucky I'm here for you- that red bikini was great on you! Chad though so too."

Chad denied that he felt something? My brow crumpled, but, no, this time I couldn't deny the butterflies. The blushing. The giggles that escaped my lips.

"I really want you to talk to him, Sonny." She said as seriously as before, shaking her head in wonder at my insane reaction. "It's not healthy for you to deny what you are feeling, and you're not in the right state to go any more unhealthy."

I ignored that last part. "How do I talk to him? Wait, no. No! I can't say anything..."

"Why not?" Jayden whisper-screamed incredulously.

"Because I can't be hurt again!" Tears pricked at my eyes.

"Don't cry, Sonny. Don't!"

My face scrunched up and I sniffled to keep the tears back. Jayden looked toward the door. "Not now, Alex!"

"Hurry up." I heard Alex mumble, and then walk away.

Jayden looked back at me with a look of disapproval. "You better not be reading the magazines or falling for his bad-boy act. It's a fake reputation for more viewers and ratings for Mackenzie Falls!"

"What?" I mumbled.

"Chad Dylan Cooper has a wall, you know. He's let it down plenty of times for you, Sonny. He doesn't know what to do about how he feels about you. He's as scared as you are! Maybe even more. But...he's never really dated a girl for the reality of it. It's all fake- like when he dates his co-stars for publicity. He's never felt this way for a girl before. And, Sonny, you are the most amazing person he can see right now, and he likes you. He likes you!

"You have a wall too. And you, too, have let it down plenty of times. I've seen it with my own eyes. Chad won't hurt you, because he's terrified- just like you- that he'll get hurt. If you both keep being all secluded like this and not say anything...you're going to drive me insane!"

"Too late." I muttered. Sighing at her furious reaction, I stood up with my hands in a surrender position. "Okay."

"Okay what."

"I'll talk to him tonight."

"And what will you say?" She seemed to get more excited.

"Whatever I feel like saying."

She rolled her eyes. "Promise me right now."

I stuck my pinky out. "I promise." She wrapped her pinky around mine. "And Monroe's always keep their promises."

Her eyes widened and she looked up at me. "Monroe?"

I nodded. "The one and only."

I frowned at the irony.

"Okay," She whispered, pulling her finger out of mine. "Talk to him. Later."

And with that, she grabbed Abby and left the room. I followed, going down the stairs with her and into the kitchen for some sandwiches that Chad made.

Chad.

My promise went back into my brain, and suddenly I didn't feel too hungry anymore.

Tonight, after the kids go to sleep, I was going to tell Chad Dylan Cooper that I had feelings for him.