It's been three weeks and two days since the break up. It devastated Chad. He's been keeping track just hoping that maybe he'll be given another chance, even after the other three he received. He knew he didn't deserve it, but he kept wishing at 11:11, and catching airplanes (he was up to 999 now, just one more and he'll get a wish), and searching for shooting stars. One day, things will go back to nor—no, that's not what he wants. That's what started everything. He wanted things to be nor- the "n" word, and he pushed Sonny away. He was fed up with himself and he knows he was wrong. And yet, he stayed locked up in his room wearing sweatpants and a t-shirt with no hair product in his hair or steak in front of him; just a bag of McDonalds food, a So Random! box set, and his homework assignment, from two months ago.

Knock, knock, "Chad open up! You haven't left your room in… well, I don't really know the last time I saw you was. Come out, please. We're baking Chad-colate Chad-kies, your favorite! Come on man, man up. Rub some dirt on it. What would Mackenzie do? Chad, I'm coming in," his brother, Spencer, yelled, sincerely sorry for his poor brother.

"You don't have a key," Chad yelled back monotonously just staring straight ahead at his sky blue wall.

"Dude, get a better hiding spot. You're key has always been taped to your door at your height. By the way, I'm tall enough to reach it now," he said stepping in smiling. "What's up? When you lose things, you'd just go find something else to replace it. Get out, get some fresh air, put on a different shirt or take a shower with that thing on."

"When you get someone like Sonny, you'll understand." Chad sobbed into his pillow in his racecar bed and hid his face from his brother.

"Oh, this is about Sonny," he said relieved and mumbled to himself, "good, I already spent your last paycheck."

Chad continued crying and crying until he finally stopped.

"If Sonny and I aren't together, it's like Mackenzie is poor. It just isn't right! Sure, I was the worst boyfriend and sure, she deserved better. But if she just gave—" Spencer cut him off.

"Get another girl. What other choice do you have? Simple and easy. That's how we Coopers solve things," Spencer popped his collar and leaned back cockily.

"What other choice do I have? This is why I don't ask you for advice. Man, if it were that easy, I wouldn't be crying. There is another option I choose instead of 'getting another girl'," he quoted his brother, "I choose to be single."

"You choose to be single? Oh, I thought girls just realized how big of a baby you are and don't want your baggage," he asked dumbfounded.

"You're an idiot. Every girl wants Chad Dylan Cooper. I'm gonna let you know something that I don't tell just anyone because Coopers have a certain charm and respect and you're not going to ruin it. Listen up, better yet, take notes," Chad hands him a pen and scrap script paper. "I choose to be single because Sonny is the only girl I want. I'd rather be single than go on with life dating some other girl knowing it's not serious. That would just hurt me and the girl. It's the principle of the thing. Dude, be a man and stop being selfish."

"Selfish? You are a hypocrite. You, Chad Dylan Cooper, ruined your only real relationship because of your selfish needs. Don't tell me to stop being selfish. You have a choice. Hell, you have choices. You chose to get a recount. You chose to continually hurt Sonny. You chose to be the way you are. Do you realize that?"

Chad stared at his brother incredulously. He couldn't believe how right yet how one-sided he was. He took a minute to order his next lecture correctly but found all the words jumbled together in his head, so he went on. "My choices are done. I can't redo them. But, you know what? I wouldn't if I could. I had good intentions; reasons for what I did. Sure, they were irrational, but I can't take them back. And I chose to be the way I am because with Sonny, nothing else mattered. So, yeah, I was a jerk to everyone and I acted dumb and I'm an idiot," Chad slowed down and started to look down at his hands. Just a second it took. Just a second he saw all he needed. In that second, Chad changed his choice. He saw the red little heart Sonny drew on his palm that he's been retracing since that dreaded day. Spencer took his hand and stared at the doodle.

"Dude, sometimes I get weird vibes from you. You really shouldn't draw hearts on your hand, it's a girl thing. You know what, I'm just gonna go down and eat," and with that he walked toward the door, "Oh, and by the way, I lied. We don't have Chad-colate Chad-kies. Sorry."

And Chad was alone once again.

"I'm alone because I made a promise to you that I'd never love anyone more than you. And my promises are legit." Just then, he looked out his window and saw a plane. He put his pointer and middle finger together and caught the plane. He made his wish. And two seconds later, he received a call from none other than Miss Sonny Munroe.