When you look at someone,

Don't look at who they are on the outside,

instead the inside.

But sometimes,

Both are far worse than you can ever imagine.

Nobody's POV

Chad Dylan Cooper sat at his vanity table, reading over his script for the latest Mackenzie Fall's episode. Apparently, Mackenzie's 'father' made an appearance, and tried to end the feud between Mackenzie and Devon. It worked, until Skylar (playing Edward) came in and caused a big fire, making everyone turn against one another in an attempt to figure out who did it.

In other words, it was an over-dramatic episode that included the person Chad hated the most.

He sighed, and put his script down. Nothing seemed to be working this week. After the party, the so random and Mackenzie Falls cast hung out all night. And guess who was there with them?

Skylar.

The whole night, Skylar tried to flirt with Sonny. Her being too naïve didn't notice, but everyone else did. Chad stayed by her side the whole time, shooting glares toward Skylar when she was distracted. And Skylar sent glares back.

Typical.

"Hey, Chad." Portlyn chirped as she came over and took a sip of his loganberry smoothie. He rolled his eyes and turned to face her. "Hey, Portlyn. Don't you have your own smoothie?"

"Yea. But then I would have to walk all the way too my vanity. Too much work." She said as she inspected her nails. Chad sighed and turned back to his mirror. Noticing this, Portlyn raised her eyebrows. "What's got you down in the dumps? Lemme guess, Skylar?"

"He's been all over Sonny these past two days." He whined. Portlyn merely laughed.

"Chad, it's called being a teenager. And don't act like you're not acting the same way." He scoffed, and got up out of his chair.

"Am not."

"Am too."

"Am not."

"Am too."

"Am not."

"Am too."

"Fine! Maybe a little!" Chad snapped. "But I just want to protect her. Who knows what Skylar could have up his sleeve?"

But Portlyn wasn't listening. She was staring behind him. He turned around, and saw who was looking at.

Speak of the devil.

"Portlyn!" He roared. She blushed.

"What? He's so hot. If only he didn't have a bad rep….."

Chad sent her the cruelest glare he could muster.

"Sorry. Sorry." She quickly backtracked.

"Arent you with Nico?"

"NO!" She yelled all defensive. He raised his eyebrows.

"I-Its complicated." She bit her lip.

"Anyways," he began. "Could you keep an eye on him for me? And if he tries anything on Sonny, text me right away." He told her. She groaned.

"Chad, I don't have time for this!"

"C'mon, Portlyn!"

"But why?" She whined.

Chad was about to answer when Skylar came up to them and stood next to Portlyn.

"No time to do what?" He asked curiously, that mischievous glint in his eye.

Portlyn, noticing this, gave in. "Fine. But only for you-know-who." Portlyn sighed.

Chad smiled, mostly because of Skylar's confused expression.

Chad: 1 Skylar: 0

Sonny's POV

I nibbled on a small piece of chocolate, sitting in the prop house. Rehearsal was over early for the day, and everyone else went to the commissary to eat fro yo. I wasn't in the mood, so I stayed here and waited for Chad to come. He usually did after his rehearsal, daily.

I flipped through the channels, finally coming onto one very familiar.

"HELLLOOOOO!" Chad yelled, making me screech in surprise. He doubled over in laughter as I glared at him.

"Not funny!" I cried, but I couldn't help but smile. He just looked so darn cute…..

Once he finally calmed down, he came over and sat next to me.

"How's my favorite sunshine?" He asked. I blushed. "Peachy."

"Peachy? Really Sonny, really? And what in the world are you watching?" He complained.

"What's the matter with this?" I asked him, annoyed.

"I don't know. You tell me. I stopped watching Tom and Jerry when I was five." He teased me. I rolled my eyes. "Chad, you are so in over your head. You don't have to be under a certain age to watch cartoons."

"Yes!"

"NO!"

"Yes!"

"No!"

"Yes!"

"NO!"

"Ye-" Chad paused at the sound of my phone mooing. He sighed dramatically, shaking his head listening to the weird ring tone. Well, to him.

"Hello?"

"Sonny?" Tawni asked me. "You want to go out into the city with me and the gang? We're just going to walk around, shop, and all that kind of stuff."

"Sure." I chirped, hanging up. Chad raised his eyebrows at me.

"Let's go." I said, grabbing his hand and pulling him out of the prop house.

"Where?" He asked me confused. I laughed. "We're going out into the city with everybody! Won't that be fun?"

He smiled and wrapped his arm around my shoulders. "You can find the good in anything so normal." He laughed, and we walked along.

CPOV

This trip has been nothing but fun. We went to all kinds of places, even took a stroll in a nature area. We're having lots of fun, but Skylar had to come with us. Up until he's gone, he has to stay with us, so he's temporarily part of the gang.

Yippee.

All the girls walked ahead of us, smiling and carrying shopping bags. Everyone had at least five except for Sonny and Chastity. They didn't like to overbuy, unlike Tawni and Portlyn.

Ferguson and Trevor walked next to me, with Skylar trailing behind us, and Nico and Grady in the end. We all had to wear disguises, and so far nobody recognized us.

Zora wasn't here for some odd reason. She said she wanted to go to the pet shop. Something tells me they're going to having one less snake once she leaves.

"Let's go into Eau Devour!" Tawni said looking back at us. I looked up the street to see a very fancy looking café. Trevor nudged me. "Always the highest place for Tawni." He joked, and I cracked a smile.

We entered the restaurant, and I walked in close behind Sonny. When they got us a table, Sonny sat down, and Skylar managed to sit down directly across from her. I slipped into the seat next to her, with Portlyn on my right and Tawni on Sonny's left. Everyone else just took empty chairs.

I picked up the menu and opened it. It wasn't anything special to me; I've been to five star places before. I looked to my left and saw Sonny's nose scrunched up at the menu, trying to figure out what everything meant. I laughed, and she turned to me.

"What?" She asked innocently. I bit my lip. "Sonny, you need help figuring out the menu?"

"Psh, no." She said her voice going high a few octaves. I rolled my eyes and flipped to the lunch menu. Skylar eyed us from under his menu, but I tried not to notice.

After a whole five minutes of exclaiming what a crème Brule was to Sonny, we ordered and got our drinks. I sipped my coke while Sonny spun her straw in circles inside her mango smoothie. Skylar looked up at her and smiled.

"Hey Sonny, want to taste my drink?" He asked her. She hesitated. "Sure." She said uncertainly. He looked past that and slid his drink over to her. She took a sip and brightened. "Is this strawberry kiwi?" Sonny asked.

"Sure is." He responded, flashing one of his smiles. I gagged, but only Portlyn seemed to notice. She flicked my forehead, earning a glare.

Chastity giggled, looking down at her phone. "What are you reading?" I asked her. She jumped and blushed beat red. "N-nothing."

I raised me eyebrows. And from the corner of my eye, I noticed Grady and Nico exchange glances.

Weird.

"Here's your food." A gorgeous girl came up and served us our French fries, steaks, lobsters, and whatever the heck was on Grady's plate. Was that a mountain of cheese? Never mind.

"We should come here more often." Nico said, checking her out. She blushed. Portlyn's face turned red with anger, and she squirmed in her seat.

"What's wrong?" I asked her. She bit her lip and shook her head. "It's not important."

Why was everybody shutting me off today?

Once we finished our food, we all went outside to take a final walk out in the city. We spent about three hours eating and talking, so it was beginning to turn dark. Los Angeles gleamed with delight in the dark night, blinding us with endless colorful lights.

"Isn't this the most beautiful thing you've ever seen?" Sonny asked me, looking up at the sky. I looked down at her and smiled. "Second best."

She blushed, playfully hitting me on the shoulder.

"What do you think about Nico and Portlyn?" Sonny asked me. I shrugged.

"They're one weird couple. But I think they will work out sooner or later."

Portlyn's POV

We walked through the streets of LA, enjoying everything around us.

Correction: everyone else enjoyed the evening.

I still couldn't believe Nico would do that to me! He just went on and flirted with that waiter as if I was invisible.

And now he was walking behind Grady and Devon, whistling to himself and smiling up at the sky. I couldn't take it anymore.

"What was that?" I asked Nico, grabbing his elbow and making him stop and look at me.

"What?" Nico asked me, confused.

"You were flirting with that waitress in the restaurant!" I exclaimed.

"Oh, so now you care?"

"I always did!" I protested.

"No, you didn't." He argued. "You didn't even want to come out about our relationship."

I opened my mouth to respond, but nothing came out. "Exactly." He sighed. He started to walk again, but I stopped him.

"Nico, wait. I'm not embarrassed to be seen dating you, if that's what you think."

"Then what's the problem?"

The truth is, even I didn't know why. It' just that whenever Nico was around me, I got these butterflies in my stomach. And then when I thought of us dating, that sent me into a fit of happy giggles and happy dances. But coming out and telling everyone, well, I didn't know how I felt about that. It was weird. I didn't know what to do.

"You know what, Portlyn?" Nico began. "When you figure out what to do, call me. I just don't want to have to keep waiting for a special girl that doesn't commit as much as I do."

And with that, the other half of my heart walked away.

I felt tears stream down my cheeks, and I began walking slowly. I didn't want to loose everyone, but I didn't want to be near Nico at this moment.

I love Nico.

And by the looks of it, he loves me too.

So what's holding me back?

CPOV

It all happened so fast. I didn't have enough time to act. One second, me and Sonny were just walking along, having a good time. Then the next second everyone was screaming Sonny's name.

"SONNY! LOOK OUT!" I swirled around, confused. Then my heart stopped.

Sonny was crossing the street, oblivious to the fact that we all stopped at the crosswalk. She didn't hear any of out screams over the loud busy city. A drunk driver was racing down the streets, not paying attention to where he was going.

"SONNY!" I screamed, running over to her. Just as I came onto the street, a strong hand pulled me back, sending me flat on my butt. I looked up, furious. Then I saw him.

Skylar ran up to Sonny, pushing her out of the way. She screamed by the sudden impact. They landed onto the other sidewalk, with Skylar lying protectively over Sonny.

Anger built up inside of me. I was supposed to be the one who saved her. And what if he didn't have enough time to save her after pushing me out of the way?

Everyone cheered and clapped, jumping up and down in relief. We waited for the walk sign, and all crossed the street. But I sprinted over there, looking down at the two of them.

Skylar was smiling and whispering words to her, while Sonny lay there under him with a pale face and a frightened look. I clenched my teeth, and pulled Skylar off of her.

"What t he hell do you think you're doing?" I yelled at him.

"Who the hell do you think you are? I just saved her, and your only interested in your pride?" He spat in my face.

So I did the only thing I could think of doing.

I punched him.

And that's when all hell broke loose.

Loving you was never easy.

There was always an obstacle.

And right now, we're in the biggest obstacle of them all.

Someone else is in love with you.

But you'll choose me, right?

Right?

Im sorry for not updating!

my family is going on vacation and I was out all days and weekends getting ready!

My vacation is until the end of august, so I probably won't be updating since all I have is my itouch and only my cousins have the computers. Im leaving today.

I will definitely be writing in my notebook, and I will put all my stories on my flash drive so I have them with me.

Im ecstatic with all the hits to you hurt me chad! Thank you!

Hopefully I will update at least once this summer.

Im writing a new oneshot involving Sonny and Chad with James Conroy. Here's a preview:

"I waited for you." He said between clenched teeth. "Every day, every hour, every miserable second I pictured your face inside my head, just so I wouldn't be lonely. Every time I would come in here, everything would remind me of you." He took a deep breath. "And then, when I hear you're back, I see you with him?" His voice broke, but he prevented any sobs from breaking out. He couldn't look like the weak one. His heart had been broken, yes, but he didn't want it to show. He wanted to be strong, like everybody thought he was.

"It wasn't like that!" She exclaimed. "You don't understand! He came onto me! You have to believe me, Chad. I would never hurt you like that." Her eyes glistened with tears, not believing what was going on. If only she left her house earlier. If only she didn't bother to talk to Tawni before she left. If only she hadn't been so naïve to think James had actually changed. Then none of this would have happened.

"You actually expect me to believe that after what I saw?" He cried.

Dark memories taunted them both, swirling around in their heads.

Thanks for reading this!

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