Yay! We have a nice long chapter on the way! :D

So...guess what? lol. this is totally random. I got my hair done today. no, that's not all :P My Mum said "What do you want the hairdresser to do it like?" and my response was, "Like Demi Lovato's in SWAC episode New Girl". I didn't get it. My brother got his hair done too. I said, "He should have it done like Sterling Knight's when Chad's dating Sonny." That didnt happen either. it just got shorter and now looks like Justin Bieber's (kinda - don't think that was the point, my bro hates JB). why am i the only SK/DL fan in my house? :'(

Anyway, story time! :D

Chapter 16-My First Wisconsin Party

Chad's POV

After a while, I've met all Sonny's family, which is weird considering it isn't actually anyone in her family that this party is for. I guess they heard Sonny was in town and rushed to see. She has that effect on people.

So, what did I expect to happen next? Being the Chad Dylan Cooper, I expected to be showered with admiration from these Munroes who seem to be big fans of me. I expected to be mobbed by Sonny's female cousins, long-lost sisters, friends, and I'd smirk at them in my super-cocky way I'd perfected for this very moment, before saying, "Sorry, ladies, I'm taken." Putting my arm around Sonny, who would blush that stupid-cute pink, and we'd be the talk of the party.

Uh no. It didn't turn out, unfortunately.

Instead, I'm meeting the older Coopers. Aunts, uncles, Grannies, Granddads, whatever she wishes to call them. There are way too many Munroes, not that I'm complaining. More relatives means a bigger, and better publicised, wedding for me and Sonny (and no, that wasn't a big-head gesture, I just want me and Sonny to be the best couple of our generation. One generation record has already been broken by me, with Sonny Munroe, another one will be broken in a matter of years).

Meanwhile, I look over to Sonny, whose golden-brown locks fall softly onto her left shoulder in a plait Annie did for her. I try to listen into their conversation, its better than hearing the older people conversations. I start to guess, that maybe, they're talking about me. Hey, a guy can dream.

Sonny's POV

After spending a little time with my boyfriend, I start to think that maybe I should go talk to my old friends, catch up. Chad and I seem to spend every waking moment with each other; a few minutes away from him won't hurt.

I introduce him to my family, the aunts, the uncles, you know? The older generation. He then simply takes a seat next to my Aunt Ruth (A/N: So that's who Ruth is. Lol ;)) and I leave him, heading over to where my little gaggle of friends stand, giggling.

"Finally decided to ditch the boyfriend?" Soph asks me, and I shake my head disapprovingly at her as she flicks her hair back. She so reminds me of Tawni.

"Not a fan?" I ask, and she shrugs.

"Not a fan of Chad? Uh, yeah. But, you guys seem to be cool together. I can put up with that. But…if you ever change your mind…"

"No!" I yell, laughing as Annie, the friend who ended up drawing the short straw and having to show up to this party wearing bright, ugly make-up, starts to braid my hair.

Maisie, who Lucy always described as my fraternal twin, whacks Soph with a dish-towel she's washing a plate with (why, I have no idea).

"Ignore her, Sonny." She says, "You're having a stable relationship with the Chad Dylan Cooper – how many girls can say that?"

I giggle, "Not many, I guess."

"Exactly." Maisie says, "I follow Chad on Flitter – I almost know him as well as you do. Trust me – he likes you. On Flitter, he's either talking about Mackenzie Falls, himself, or more often, you. After you're first date, I was reading for like an hour what he thought of you. Of course, I already knew what he said about you."

"What did he say?" I ask, and Lucy smirks.

"Probably – Heya CDC fans. My first topic of today's update – Sonny Munroe. She's a'ight, but she's not as awesome as the me, as you all know. Her laugh is kinda annoying, and her dress sense is weird."

I gasp, taking the towel from Maisie, and I whack a laughing Lucy.

"Kidding, Sonny." She says.

"I just gotta say," Jessie starts, and I gulp. Jessie's a MAJOR Chad Dylan Cooper fan. This is just gonna be weird. "YOU and CHAD? I thought you didn't like jerks! Then you changed him into not a jerk! What did you do to my Chad?"

I laugh, "Relax, Jess, he's way better now than before. You may have liked the Chad Dylan Cooper you see over Flitter and Facechum and Mackenzie Falls, but that was never the real Chad Dylan Cooper. He was so annoying."

"Do you think you've broke him?" Soph asks, and I smile.

"I do."

"Hallelujah!" She yells, and I laugh. (A/N: Random note, coz I found it funny. While typing this, I had spell check on. I typed Hallelujah, expecting to make a mistake. Nothing. I grinned hugely, so much I carried on typing, not looking at the screen or the keyboard. I spelt 'she' – 'sje'. FAIL. Back to story now :P) "Maybe this new Chad is worth paying attention to."

"Well, let's find out." Maisie says, before calling over to Chad, who grins when he notices we want his attention. Then I see Callum and I smile.

"You too, Callum!" I say, "You guys can have a chance to get to know each other."

Chad gulps, grinning a little, "Fantastic." He says, slumping down next to me.

The rest of the night isn't so bad. All us teens gather round in a group (Chad insists he's not a teen anymore, but when he realises his other option is to be dumped back with the older Munroes, Coopers, his little siblings, and Melanie's friends and family, he immediately takes to 'teens' like a duck to water), and Sara, Chad's new cousin-to-be joins us too. We start by sharing stories (some ghost, lucky I'm there to comfort - can't believe I'm saying this - Chad), and singing.

Callum had brought his old glossy blue guitar that he'd used to help teach me (don't tell Chad that though) and played a few sweet tunes that we all got up and danced to. When he played 'Just the Way You Are' by Bruno Mars, Chad asked me to dance, and that made me blush as red as a tomato. Chad didn't seem to mind though. He took my hand in his, and pulled me close, singing softly into my ear. That made me even redder, and tears built up in my eyes. I never realised Chad thought all those things about me, he told me every word of that was true to us.

"My hair isn't perfect." I'd said, referring to the words in the song, and he laughed.

"Liar."

"I'm serious! And my laugh…"

He tickled me and made me laugh (more like snort), and I stopped short to see him grinning while I caught my breath again.

"Beautiful." He said, as I tucked a lock of my hair behind my ear. "You really are amazing. Just the way you are."

After that, Chad volunteered me for some singing, he took the guitar off of Callum and played some of my songs on it, and I sung along. He told me afterwards his favourite of all was 'What To Do'.

"Another perfect song for us." He'd said, smiling. "And an all-round perfect song."

Now, Chad's doing a little playing (guitar for all the sick-minded people). He's played 'How We Do This' by himself, 'Hero' and 'What You Mean to Me' by Sterling Knight, 'Count on Me' and 'Talking to the Moon' by Bruno Mars, and now, by Jessie's request, 'Chad Chad Chaddy Chad Chad'.

"Ah, the icing on the cake." I whisper to him as he plays, and he laughs as he plays the final chords and we all sing the long note of 'Chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!'

Best 'welcome home' party ever.

"And, don't forget." Annie says to Chad, "We still have the group tradition to do."

Chad gulps, "And…what does this tradition involve?"

Soph grins, "You'll see when you wake up tomorrow."

"He's not gonna sleep now from the terror!" I laugh as Chad yawns.

"I beg to differ," He says, "I need m'beauty sleep."

"Not that you need it, Chaddy." I say, and he smiles.

"Very true, m'lady," He says, "Very true."

In the end, we found out since there was very little room for everyone to stay in Melanie's old house she had rented out, me and Chad were homeless.

"Guess we're gonna need a hotel room." Chad says, Mom giving him the evils.

"Single beds, Mom." I wink, and she nods.

"They'd better be. Single rooms, if possible."

I roll my eyes, but give up explaining to my Mom that I'm eighteen now and can take care of myself.

Chad and I arrive at a local hotel that I used to hide in from my Mom sometimes (as a joke, I wasn't a runaway), and book in a room with one bedroom, 2 single beds.

"And make sure they're as far away as possible." I say to the guy at the desk, applying to Mom's rule, and Chad gasps, before snorting at whatever thought he was having.

"Relax, Sonshine." He says, "You're safe with me."

"Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of."

He rolls his eyes as we head up to the room, as I text my friends the details of where we're staying so they can go through with the plan (Remember? In our friendship circle we have a little…ritual. I don't think Chad's gonna like it, though. But he has to, just to check he really does like me) Basically, our plan works this way – if the boyfriend gets mad at you and dumps you for the 'prank' (won't tell you what it is) then he doesn't really love you. If he takes it OK or takes it as a joke, or forgives you for it, he does love you. Obviously Chad's gonna get mad whether he loves me or not (he does). Confused at why? I'll tell you later…

"So." I say as we get into bed. "Did you enjoy your first Wisconsin party?"

He nods, "It was surprisingly fun. And the weather was unexpected."

I laugh. Yeah, a mild temperature during Wisconsin winter? Very odd. "I don't think it will last." I say, and he smiles. "Trust me, this is gonna be a life-changing week for you."

He doesn't take his eyes off me, and I feel a little awkward, but also comfortable in his sight.

"Sure will be, Alison." He says. Why's he using my real name? "Sure will be."

I turn of the lamp on my side of the room and nestle into bed, for sleep.

It's good to be home.

:D Just gotta say, I have a nice chapter coming up for you. I was in the shower earlier and thought of something for next chapter, so if we have a double update today, yippee, that is why. I hope you enjoy it!

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