FLASHBACK

"It was YOU in the cafe, wasn't it?" He yelled at me. "You ruined my life. I was in love with her! I still am!"

Cafe? Skylar was talking insane, but at the moment all I wanted to do was get away from them both. I looked back and forth from each of them. "You can have her" I said, looking at Sonny. She sobbed, wiping away her tears with her sleeve and stumbling towards me. "Chad, please!"

"No." I said, backing away. "I'm done."

I turned and started walking back towards the parking lot, knowing that this moment would change the course of my life forever.

"I'm done."

SONNY'S POV

No muscle in my body had the will to move. It was as if all my energy was sucked out of me, and all that's left is a broken body. Last night was treacherous, and I don't even remember how I ended up on the floor of Tawni and I's dressing room. But there was one thing I knew for sure.

Me and Chad were done.

Tears trailed down my cheeks as I processed this. We were only together for a few days- not even a week.We were supposed to be together forever- to be happy, to get married, to grow old together and always be able to rely on one another. Nothing was supposed to damage our relationship.

Funny how one night can change everything.

"You cheated on me with him?"

Those words echoed in my head over and over. It was as if all time stopped. Chad's broken voice filled my ears, and no matter how hard I tried, it kept on coming back.

"It was all just a game for you, huh?"

I covered my ears, trying to block out his voice. I couldn't breathe. It was just all too much. After everything that we went through- after years of denying our feelings for each other, were were finally together. We didn't have to play any more games. We didn't have to hide what we truly felt. We were able to kiss each other, and hold hands, and cuddle, and it finally meant something.

But Skylar had to show up, and he had to kiss me.

I'm not saying it wasn't my fault. I was stupid for going out with him. I was stupid for lying to Chad about it. But I thought that i was doing the right thing. I thought that everything would end up working out. Skylar was actually really nice to me when we were out. But he kissed me, and he said we were in love, and now I'm sitting here, wondering if I ever had my memory sucked out of my brain.

"Did you erase me from your memory? You told me you loved me!"

I would remember being in love. Even if I ended up hating the person, Iwould remember. Nobody just forgets somebody they were in love with. It doesn't happen.

But then why would Skylar say that he loved me?

That I loved him?

I sobbed and got up off the floor, going over to my dresser. I didn't bother looking in the mirror- I probably looked disastrous. I just looked at the hundreds of pictures around it. There were pictures of Nico, Tawni, Portlyn, Grady, Zora, Chad, Portlyn, and other people around the studio. I grabbed my favorite picture of me and Chad. It was one of us on the Empire State building during one of our vacations. We were hugging each other tightly, with all of New York City sparkling behind us with its millions of lights. I hugged it to my chest and went back to my place on the floor, where I laid there and cried until there were no more tears left in my eyes.

I don't know how long it was until I heard somebody open the door. I heard Tawni's voice, with the rest of the gang behind her.

"Sonny!" Tawni screeched, dropping down next to me. She pulled my hair out of my face and hugged me tightly. I heard Nico, Grady and Zora talking all at once. They shook me, trying to make me snap out of it. And that instigated anouther round of tears, and i couldn't stop them. Through y blurred vision I saw Nico and Tawni sitting in front of me, asking me what was wrong. But I ignored them. I didn't want anybody to know what happened. That would just make it more real. I just wanted to be alone, to lay here forever, and to be with nobody but Chad for the rest of my life.

"Chad?" Portlyn whispered, poking her head inside his room. This whole morning they filmed scenes that didn't include him. The director told her that Chad had came to him early in the morning and specifically asked for the day off.

Many people may think Portlyn's dumb, but in truth she is pretty smart. She's smart enough to ace her geometry tests, write her senior thesis in merely a week, and memorize her lines in seconds.

She's also smart enough to know when her best friend is hurting.

Chad had only changed the schedule like this one time before, and that was when Sonny was in the hospital. Portlyn was very worried.

Chad looked up from his spot on his couch when he heard her quiet whisper. He looked exhausted. Portlyn closed the door behind her and went over to him, sitting down on his left. His eyes traveled to the floor, where they rested for a while.

"What's going on, Chad?" She said to him, placing her hand on his shoulder. He gulped and slowly looked up at her. "Sonny and I got into a fight." he said brokenly.

"What?" She gasped. They were so happy before. Only yesterday they were so in love, as if nothing could ever tear them apart. Portlyn opened her mouth to speak, but no words came to her. She couldn't even believe it. Chad noticed her expression and laughed darkly. "Surprised, huh? So was I."

"What happened?" She asked intently. His jaw clenched and he looked away from her. "I don't want to talk about it."

"Chad, please tell me."

"You know what?" He said. "I need to be alone."

"But-"

"Portlyn, please."He begged, looking at her with a heartbreaking expression. She bit her lip and nodded slowly. "Okay, I'll go."

Chad sighed and closed his eyes, leaning back against the couch. Portlyn stood up and took a long look at him, wondering is he'd open his eyes again. She was dying to know what happened, but even more she knew that he needed to let it all out. Nobody could get better if they kept all their feelings inside. But his eyes remained closed, and she quietly walked out, her heart torn for her best friend.

Nico walked through the Mackenzie Falls set, heading towards the dressing rooms. Everybody would think that he was here to see Portlyn, his girlfriend. But that wasn't the case. He was here to see Chad, the man who broke Sonny's heart. He couldn't stand seeing her like this, all broken, so fragile. When they walked in on her in the morning, he almost had a heart attack. The second he saw Sonny laying there on the floor, he thought she was unconscious. But she was laying there, crying her eyes out. She wouldn't tell anyone what was wrong, because she couldn't speak. The only was Nico figured it out was when he managed to pull the picture she was holding out of her grasp. It broke him to see her like this, she was like his little sister.

It seemed like no matter how hard everybody tried, everything always piled down on her until she broke. First she fell into a coma, then the accident while they were in the city, and now this. There was only so much one person could handle.

Nico turned the corner and saw Portlyn leaning against the door of Chad's dressing room, head down. She sighed deeply, and Nico gulped. This did not seem good.

"Portlyn?" He said softly, coming up to her. She looked up at him, her face downcast. "What's wrong?"

"It's Chad." She said, shaking her head. "He's so messed up right now. He's trying to put up a strong front, as if he doesn't care about what happened." She ran a hand through her curly brown locks. "But I've known him forever. He's miserable. He won't show it, but everybody knows."

Nico wrapped his arms around her shoulders, squeezing her tight. Chad's misery only made Portlyn unhappy. They were best friends, like sister and brother. And if Portlyn couldn't get through to Chad, there would be a very slim chance anybody else could. But they had to try.

"I'm going to try talking to him." Nico said to her softly. He stroked her back, trying to ease her sadness. But Portlyn quickly pulled back, looking him in the eye. "Nico, he's not listening to anybody. He's just locking himself away in his room." She put a comforting hand on his face. He closed his eyes, leaning into it. "We have to try, Portlyn. They can't stay like this forever."

She nodded, moving to the side so Nico could get through. He took a deep breath and knocked twice. Silence filled the other side of the door. Nico knocked again, harder this time.

"What?"Chad yelled from inside. Nico tried turning the doorknob, but it was locked. "Chad, please open the door."

"Leave me alone." Chad retorted.

Portlyn slid down the wall next to the door, putting her forehead on her knees. She didn't have the strength to listen to her best friend so torn and broken.

Nico pounded on the door. "Sonny's hurt, you asshole. She hasn't stopped crying. You both are two of my best friends, and there's no reason you should be fighting."

Suddenly the door swung open. Portlyn jumped up and Nico stepped back, both of them surprised.

Chad looked like he hadn't slept all night. His hair was a mess, and his face was angry. "She's hurt?"He hissed, his eyes narrowing. "She got what she wanted. There's no reason for her to be hurt right now. She doesn't have to deal with me anymore."

Nico clenched his jaw. "What do you mean she got what she wanted? She's been crying her eyes out ever since last night. We found her this morning, laying down on the floor of her dressing room hugging a picture of you two."

"What?" Chad said softly, his eyes sympathetic. "All night she was here?"

Nico nodded. "She looked so upset. She said she needed to talk to you, but you were ignoring her messages."

Chad closed his eyes, his sympathetic moment over. "She should be upset about what she did." Nico looked at him, confused. Portlyn came closer to the door, eyes locked on Chad. "What did she do?" Nico asked.

Chad's head snapped up to look at them. "She cheated on me with Skylar. That's what happened."

And Chad slammed the door right in their faces.

"Sonny, please stop crying." Tawni begged. She was sitting down on her cheetah print couch, with Sonny's head in her lap. Her jeans and designer shirt were soaked with Sonny's tears, but she honestly could care less about her outfit. Her best friend was totally shattered, and all because of a boy. "You have to eat something, Sonny. You haven't ate in almost a whole day."

"N-No. Later." Sonny whispered.

She stroked Sonny's hair as her tears slowly stopped and turned into hiccups. Her heart broke for her, but she had to be strong for Sonny.

"He-he hates me!" Sonny bursted, burying her face in Tawni's lap. Tawni bit her lip, not knowing what to say. She always had trouble comforting people-it just wasn't in her nature. But if she wanted strong relationships with her friends, she would have to try and learn.

"No he doesn't." Tawni replied. "He's just angry. He has the whole story wrong."

Sonny stopped hiccuping and took a shaky breath. "I lied to him, Tawni. I went out with Skylar. I broke our trust." Tawni continued stroking Sonny's hair, letting her get it all out. "He was so nice to me, T-Tawni. You wouldn't even believe it. The whole time we were out, he didn't even insult me or argue with me once. He actually a-apologized!" She paused to take another shaky breath. "I was stupid enough to forgive him. i though h-he actually changed. Imagine. Skylar being the good guy. I knew it was too good to be true."

"Sonny." Tawni interjected. "It's not your fault. Skylar knew you were forgiving. He made you go out with him because he knew you love Chad. He knew that Chad was your weak point." Tawni closed her eyes. "He had a plan, and you both fell for it. Do not eve think about blaming yourself."

Sonny was silent for a good minute, thinking about what Tawni said. Her breaths became steady, and eventually she sat up, looking at Tawni. "He said that I had loved him before, Tawni. He said that he loves me. He was mad that i forgot about him. He said that I was always his."

"That jerk." Tawni mumbled under her breath. She took in Sonny's state and saw how messed up this made her. Tawni figured that Skylar was playing around with Sonny's head. "Look, Nico went over to talk to Chad a while ago." Sonny's eyes lit up. This broke Tawni's heart even more, seeing how even the slightest mention of Chad affected Sonny. "Hopefully, he will fix things."

Sonny laid back down, resting her head in Tawni's lap once again.

"I need Chad back." She whispered.

Nico stood in front of Skylar's room awkwardly. He never had an actual conversation with Skylar. In truth, he really didn't like the guy. Nobody liked him. And now that Chad said Sonny was cheating on him with Skylar, Nico had to know the truth. He wanted to beat the hell out of Skylar for creating this mess, but it just didn't make sense. nico couldn't remember a time that Sonny actually gave Skylar any attention, let alone cheat with him.

Nico took a deep breath and opened Skylar's door slowly. He stepped inside and saw Skylar sitting on a couch right next to his window, staring outside.

"Skylar?" he said. Skylar turned around and looked at him, confused. Nico stood there holding the doorknob, not knowing what to do. "I-um, I know we don't talk much-"

"We don't talk at all." Skylar interrupted him. Nico nodded and closed the door behind him, walking inside. Skylar turned his head to look out the window again, ignoring Nico's presence.

"Listen,"Nico began hesitantly. "I know we're not close, but something happened between you and Sonny. Something that's making two of my best friends hurt right now. I want to know what happened. Because I can fix this." He sat on another couch, facing Skylar. "We can both fix this, together."

Skylar gulped, rubbing his face with his hands. He put them on the lap and stared at them, as if he were praying.

"I loved her. So much."

Nico sat there, listening. He felt the urge to get up and punch Skylar in the face for even thinking about Sonny like that. But he kept his cool. He needed Skylar to be able to trust him.

"We had everything going for us. Everything. We were going to go to university together. We planned on getting married, and having our own children. Angelica was everything to me."

"Angelica?" Nico blurted, confused. Skylar looked at him and sighed.

"There was this girl back in my hometown ( ). We were madly in love. I was driving one day, and I saw her at a cafe with another guy." His eyes watered and he blinked rapidly, making them go away. "I was heartbroken. I didn't even say goodbye. I drove home, packed my stuff, and accepted my early admission to Julliard."

"What does this have to do with Sonny?" Nico asked him, not following. Skylar closed his eyes, thinking back to yesterday when everything went wrong. "Yesterday me and Sonny went out. It wasn't a real date- just two people hanging out together. I-"

"Sonny actually went out with you?"Nico exclaimed. Skylar opened his eyes and narrowed them at Nico. "She didn't want to. But I made her an offer she couldn't refuse." Nico looked at him, gesturing for him to go on. "I told her that if she went out with me, I would leave Chad alone for good."

"Oh, Sonny." Nico whispered. He felt so much sympathy for Sonny that he didn't remember the cause of this whole situation was right in front of him.

"So I told her that I wouldn't do anything. i just wanted to be friends. She didn't want to really talk to me at first, ut eventually she realized that I was saying the truth. So she forgave me. For everything." Skylar put his head in his hands. "That's where everything went wrong."

"Wrong?" Nico asked him. Skylar looked back up at him, sighing deeply. "I don't know what happened to me when we arrived back at the studio. But one second, Sonny was standing in front of me, and the next second I was imagining Angelica. I didn't realize how much they had in common until last night. When I was imagining Angelica, i tried kissing her. But I was really kissing Sonny."

Nico stood up angrily, ready to punch Skylar. Skylar raised his hand up quickly. "Don't worry, she pushed me away. Of course, Chad showed up when I was kissing her. He was mad at me, but eventually figured out that we were out together. How, I don't know. I was in my own world."

"How could you just zone out?" Nico asked him, sitting back down. He was still angry, but his need for the information Skylar was venting was much more.

"I don't know. But I did. I started yelling at 'Angelica'" He said, putting air-quotes on her name. "And Chad thought that we were in love. Sonny was so confused and scared that Chad found out that she didn't know what to do."

"Skylar, man, you messed things up!" Nico exclaimed. Skylar sighed deeply and put his hands on his head. "I know. Oh God. Nobody is ever going to forgive me anymore." He paused. "Nico, look, I really need a friend right now."

Nico realized what he was implying and shook his head, getting up. "Hell no."

"But-"

"Skylar, you ruined everything!" Nico yelled, pointing at him. "I can't trust you. Until you make things right, which you probably won't, I will try to. Just don't do anything else that's stupid." Nico said, walking out and slamming the door shut behind him.

CHAD'S POV

It's over. Everything. All this time, all my years in love with Sonny, and our relationship was shorter than a Star Wars marathon. I swore and threw a picture of us against the wall. The frame cracked but didn't break. Great.

All this time, how could i have been so stupid? I believed that she loved me. That she actually cared about me. She probably did before. But how long ago did it all turn into a lie? How long was I a dumb puppet that she just stringed along? I felt like an idiot for falling in love. This is why I used to be a player. This is why I never let myself care. If I did, like now, I would end up torn and broken.

But the last person I ever thought would do this would be Sonny. Even after she woke up from a coma, she acted the same. She looked like she was in love with me. We both felt that spark, but none of us were ever brave enough.

I still remember perfectly the first time i kissed her.

I leaned down and kissed her. There were no words to describe how I felt. The way her lips moved perfectly with mine, the way her arms snaked around my neck, pulling me in closer. I felt as if we were connected in every way possible. I pulled her in tighter, but there was no way to be closer than this. The sparks I felt around every girl I've been with, times a million, couldn't compare to this.

Eventually we needed air and broke apart. Her eyes twinkled with delight, as did mine.

"You don't know how long I've waited to do that" I whispered to her.

"I think I do." She said, biting her lip and giggling..

Was she already in love with Skylar when we kissed? Up until yesterday, she couldn't stand him. But maybe that was all in my imagination. She isand actor. Maybe, all those times she wanted to pull me away from a fight with Skylar, she did it to protect him, not me. Maybe all this time she was only with me to prevent him from getting hurt.

Idiot. Idiot. Idiot.

My stomach grumbled. I realized that I hadn't ate anything in almost 24 hours. I leaped off the couch and unlocked my door, walking out of there quickly. I didn't want anybody to see me, I just wanted to get some food and come right back. i checked each hallway before entering, and took the long route so that I didn't have the slightest chance of bumping into Sonny. My eyes watered just thinking about her , but I blinked them away. I'm stronger than this. I won't cry. i wont let myself.

As I walked into the commissary, I realized nobody I knew was sitting at any of the tables. I breathed a sigh of relief and hurried in, going over to the frozen yogurt counter. I kept my head down, not looking at anyone. Hopefully if someone walked in, they wouldn't notice me. I grabbed a cup and reached over to pour some vanilla when someone's hand bumped into mine. I looked up at froze.

Sonny.

She was a mess. Her hair was tangled, her eyes were puffy, and her eyes had the saddest look in them. When she saw me she froze and opened her mouth to speak, but no words left them.

Even after she cheated on me, left me broken and feeling stupid, I still feel sparks around her. My blood rushed to my face and my hands turned all sweaty at the sight of her. I felt like all the oxygen left my body and I couldn't speak. She composed herself faster than I did.

"C-Chad." She stuttered. "Listen-"

"I'm just here to eat." I said coldly to her, regaining my composure. "I don't want to talk."

"But you have to know-"

"There's nothing to say!" I yelled. She jumped at me outburst, her fro yo cup falling the the floor. Her eyes watered and she stepped back, beginning to cry. "Skylar lied-"

"No, you lied!" I said exasperated, pointing at her. "You played me like an idiot. You used me. Every single ounce of trust I had in you is gone." Even I was scared of my own outburst, but I didn't let myself loosen. She had to know what I was going through. I want her to feel bad. I want her to regret it.

Suddenly I remembered the time when I cut myself when she was in a coma. I almost killed myself because she was dying. I wanted to feel her pain. Now, we're both causing each other pain. The tables turned, everything changed, and her true intention finally appeared.

"What's going on?" Portlyn said, walking into the commissary. I turned and saw most of the people sitting down staring at us. I clenched my jaw and looked at Sonny coldly. "Nothing."

Sonny stared at me, as if she couldn't believe how I was acting. "You believe him over me?" She whispered, astonished. "After all these years, your opinion of me has changed from one conversation?"

I looked away, not daring to take in her broken expression. "Honestly, i don't know what to believe anymore." I said, walking out of there briskly. I heard Portlyn yelling after me, but i ignored her.

When the only person you thought you could trust 100% turns out to be a fake, there's only one person left in the world to trust.

Yourself.

"Chad!" Portlyn exclaimed, barging into his dressing room. After he had ran out of the commissary, she had followed him. There was no way Sonny cheated when she looked so heartbroken. Portlyn had seen the way Sonny looked at Chad and the words she tried getting through to him. Something was going unsaid between them, and it was what caused all of this drama.

"Get out!" Chad said, pacing back and forth angrily. Portlyn stood her ground and looked at him furiously. Her nostrils flared as she looked at the hardheaded man in front of her.

"You idiot! Why didn't you listen to her?" She hollered. He froze and turned to her. "Please, Portlyn. I don't need you yelling at me too." He hissed. "Well, I have to!" She said. "You're so thick-headed, and that's why you're in this mess!"

"Shut up!" He yelled at her. Any other person would have bursted into tears at his outburst, but it bounced right off of Portlyn. She rolled her eyes and spotted a frame on the floor with a dent in the wall above it. She rushed over and picked it up. It was a picture of Sonny and Chad at the Empire State building. It was one of their best pitures. Theglass had cracked but didn't break. She put it down on the coffee table to walked up to him, hugging him tightly.

"Chad, let it out." She whispered. Portlyn knew that he hadn't cried yet. Chad's eyes become a fierce red when he cries, and the color doesn't go away for hours. She needed him to release all his tension and stop building up all his feelings. If he did, he would be likely to explode at any random person who would be so unfortunate to become his victim of harsh words.

Chad tried pushing her off of him, but she held on tighter to his built frame. Eventually he stopped, and she felt his shaking. She loosened her grip slightly and the sank to the floor, Chad sobbing.

"I love her." He said, trying to wipe his tears. Portlyn quickly grabbed his hands and pulled them away from his face. He cried. "She-She never never loved me. She used me. But I still love her. I will always love her. She's Sonny, Port. She's Sonny." He sobbed violently. Portlyn knew this was big for him- Chad never cried. Sonny is everything to him.

"Let it out." She whispered again. He looked at her with a heart-broken expression. She stayed there, holding him. Eventually she noticed his bruised knuckles, but did not say a word about it. She just stayed there with him, giving him someone to rely on.

"Shhh. It's all right. I'll help you get through this. I'm right here."

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