Heya, guys! Having fun in the lovely English sunshine (or sonshine) of today, wishing I didn't have to go back to school tomorrow. This means I won't be able to update much after today, because I have revision for exams that are coming up soon. I also have homework etc, etc...but hey! One last day of nice fun updates! Whoo! I hope...

BTW: I got a joke (I hope) death threat last chapter unless I get Sonny and Chad back together some time. Well, whoever that was, don't kill me until the end of the story. Heck, if I don't bring them together by the end of this story, I'll kill myself :P You shall see though, where my pre-plsnned path leads up to...

Chapter 24-Following Chad and Forgetting Sonny

Sonny's POV

We arrive back at Melanie's as soon as we can. I can barely see what's going on, the tears are fogging up my view.

I just can't believe it. Chad really thought that I didn't love him anymore? He thought I loved Callum and Wisconsin more than him. What made him think that way?

Well, I suppose I have been spending a lot of time with them the past few days. And I hugged Callum and danced with him and yelled out to that whole reception that I wished I'd never left Wisconsin, and that would mean I'd have never met Chad. He must've been distraught to hear that.

But then, why didn't he just talk to me about it? I could've explained that it was a bet, explained that I was only hanging with my friends because I missed them…it's then when I remember the look in Chad's eye before he made his speech. He seemed like he couldn't stand being near me. If I'd had noticed that I would've asked him what was wrong, and maybe he'd have told me and I could've explained everything.

But now…now it's too late.

Or…maybe not.

I fish Sara's phone out of my pocket, and read the text once more. Maybe it can give me some clues as to what's really going on.

Just to let you know, I'm out. I'm heading to the airport. Remember – I don't want Sonny to know where I'm going. I can't believe when I saw her dancing with Callum…oh well, guess she loves him, not me. Oh, yeah, I'm ranting now, right? haha, I've gotta go, we're at the airport now. See ya, talk when I get to Cali. CDC x

All this points to one thing – Sara knew, all along. Maybe that's why she was in mine and Chad's room, using his bed. Chad had told her what had happened and he didn't want to see me, so he asked Sara to sleep in his bed instead of being there himself. He must've told her everything…

At that moment, Sara walks in. She scowls when she sees me.

"Sonny." She spits.

"Sara, please let me explain," I say, "It was all a bet. I really didn't want to hurt your cousin, I promise."

"Well, you did." She says, "It's too late now. You hurt him – now he's gone."

"Did you know about this the whole time?" I ask her, and she sighs.

"Chad told me the other night that you preferred Wisconsin to California…and Callum to him," She explains, "He seemed so…angry, upset, he couldn't believe you'd betrayed him. You really hurt him."

I sigh, "I know! Just tell me – where do you think he might have gone? Back home? To California?"

"Most definitely," She says, "He told me he just wanted things to go back to the way they were before, coz it seemed you wanted it that way too."

"But I didn't." I say, and she smiles.

"I hoped you'd say that," She says, "You're a nice girl, Sonny Munroe – I was amazed when Chad said you were cheating on him."

I smile, "Thanks." I say, "So…are you coming with me? To get Chad back? I need to go make sure he's OK…make him understand…"

"I'll help you." She says, "If he doesn't listen to you and me, then we're stuffed."

I smile, "We need to walk to the hotel. Chad's rented car is most likely still there. We'll drive it to the airport and find a flight to LAX. OK?"

"Sure," She says, "Nice quick planning."

She winks, and I smile.

"Let's go!"

We arrive at the hotel, me running, Sara only just keeping up behind.

"Why are you running?" She yells, "It's not like Chad's gonna disappear forever if you don't get there now!"

"For me he will!" I scream back, before reaching the car. I pull at the door but then realise it's locked. Great. Then, I find the key to our room in my pocket and run up to it, unlocking the car and finding the car keys there. I sprint back down the stairs and out of the hotel (the guy at the desk must think I'm crazy) before opening the car door. Sara, not yet having her driver's license, gets in the passenger's seat and I get in the drivers seat, revving the engine and driving off.

I then ask Sara to check the airport times on her phone.

"There's a flight to LAX at eight thirty," She says, "And it's…seven now." (A/N: Yes, it's early morning. They got back at about two in the morning from the wedding, remember?)

"OK then," I say, "If we go just a little faster, we can make it."

I press down on the accelerator, getting faster and faster. I need to make that plane.

"Sonny, you're speeding!" Sara yells, but I don't care. I slow down the car a little (I don't want to get a ticket) but continue to go fast, as long as I can get to that flight.

We get to the airport, get on the plane, and head straight for LA. Luckily, thanks to the slight speeding, we just made it. it was good we had no luggage to bring or anything, just ourselves and our purses.

Sara calls Chad, every few minutes, while the stewardesses aren't looking. Let's just say if anything goes wrong with this plane, it will most likely be on our heads. When Sara runs out of credit, I try to call him. Doesn't work. Maybe he's just ignoring us. I hide my caller ID, hoping maybe he'll answer since he doesn't know it's me.

He does so.

"Hello?"

"Chad?" I breathe happily.

"Sonny?" He moans quietly, "Who's phone are you using?"

"Mine."

He pauses, confused, "Then why didn't the caller ID come up?"

I sigh, "No time for that, Chad." I say, "I need to talk to you about what happened."

"No, you don't." He says, "I saw it clearly for myself. Look, I know you like Callum. It's OK. Stay in Wisconsin, it's fine."

"Chad, I…"

"Chad?" I hear a voice say in the background, "We're gonna need you on set."

I blink, "You're back at Condor Studios? It's ten in the morning! You're never this early."

Chad sighs, "Sonny, I gotta go. Just…don't call me again. Please."

He hangs up and I try to hold back the tears.

"What did he say?" Sara asks.

"He said he doesn't want me calling again." I say, and she smiles. "Uh…what?"

"But he didn't say you can't come visit him, right?"

I smile, "Right."

"So don't lose hope," She says, "You can still get back to him. We'll do this. We'll find him. I promise."

I grin, "Thanks Sara," I say, "I just sure hope you're right."

Sara grins at me as the pilot tells us we're soon to land. We strap our seatbelts on, an old lady next to us giving us each boiled sweets to stop our ears popping, and with a bump, we begin out dissent into sunny California once again.

Chad's POV

After I hang up on Sonny, I head straight to rehearsal. I just want to do something to get her out of my head. Maybe working on Mackenzie Falls will make me forget a little.

"Devon?" Mackenzie yells at his half-brother, who's holding the girl he loves around the waist. He pulls her close and she smiles. Chloe was cheating on Mackenzie.

Wait…Chloe was cheating on Mackenzie? Wow, talk about de ja vu. At least I can act this well if I've already experienced it.

Devon notices Mackenzie looking his way, hurt and pain in his eyes, and he grins. He knows that if he can hurt Mackenzie bad enough, he'll be too weak to protect the Falls anymore, leaving a space wide open for him to come and take it. Well, it sure was working.

This so reminds me of something…besides the Falls plotline.

"Chloe?" Mackenzie yells, hoping she can explain that this is nothing, just a stupid misunderstanding.

She looks his way, and her heart breaks when she sees Mackenzie and the hurt in his eyes. This wasn't the plan. Ever since she'd asked Devon for help with her A-minus in Math problem, she knew she owed him. This meant she ended up having to ditch Mackenzie's offer of taking her to the dance, saying she was ill and going with Devon instead. Mackenzie had told her he'd be busy that night, since he would only go if Chloe went.

Of course, Penelope had to get involved (they had a new actress playing Penelope, since the character was still part of it even though the previous actress Marta tried to kill Sonny all that time ago…sniff…Sonny…). She convinced Mackenzie to go with her, just as friends. Now he'd seen Chloe and Devon together, she was sure he'd dump Chloe for her instead.

It didn't happen that way. Instead of retaliating and dancing with Penelope instead, Mackenzie headed straight for the door. Chloe wasn't gonna let him go just yet though.

"Mackenzie," She yells, but he won't turn back. He no longer trusts her, he isn't gonna listen. She didn't know that, though, and she didn't want it to be true. "Mackenzie!"

She drags back her love, whose eyes are burning with tears of pain, anger.

"Leave me alone, Chloe," He says, "You have Devon now."

Wow. I know the guy's pain.

"You don't understand." She shakes her head, exasperated. "I had to…I owed Devon."

She dramatically faces Devon, who smiles at the fact that his plan was working well. She faces Mackenzie next where the anger seems to have faded and been replaced with just sadness.

"Owed him for what?" He asks, and Chloe sighs. It's time – she needs to tell him the truth.

"Back when we got our grades…you got all A-pluses?"

Mackenzie nods, confused, and Chloe continues.

"Well, I got an A-minus, in Math," She admits, shyly shuffling her feet. Mackenzie blinks.

"But…you got an A-plus…I saw it!"

Chloe sighs, "I made a deal with Devon. He changed it into an A-plus, and I owed him. So, this was me paying him back."

Mackenzie smiles sadly, taking the girl he loves' hands in his, "Chloe, I love you. You're perfect no matter what results you get."

Chloe smiles, before her forgiving boyfriend kisses her lightly. This was all she had to do – tell the truth.

So, basically, I just tried to forget Sonny…that just reminded me of her more. Although, it's not like the second part is true for us. Chloe had a reason, an excuse, Sonny has no excuse. Not that I know of though…Oh, who am I kidding? Its obvious Sonny had no excuse. Or am I the one being ridiculous? No, of course not…I saw her, didn't I?

I head to my dressing room, that scene haunting me. If only Sonny had an excuse like Chloe's.

"Ow!"

I bump into something on my mad rush to my dressing room, or someone. More specifically…

"Sonny?"

:O

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Random note - I think I'll just randomly tell you what song I'm listening to during updates now. In...LYRIC FORM! So for today...

Baby, I'm hanging, hanging on for you, that's where it is, go 'bout my business, hanging, hanging on for you, and you'll be mine in future time, it's true-ue-ue-ue (Hanging, Sterling Knight) [Just typed in Sterling Knighty by accident, then deleted it :P]