Disclaimer: I don't own Sonny with a Chance. I'm just a horrible writer who has decided to finish what she started years ago.

Hi guys. I'm so sorry this took me over a year to write, and I don't expect that anyone will even read this. But I needed to finish the story I started two years ago, and I'm determined to do it. Thank you to every single person who has reviewed or even taken the time to read my stories. It's because of you I knew the story wasn't over. So thank you. Thank you for giving me a reason to keep going and see the bigger picture of my writing again. I hope you enjoy chapter fourteen. This is not the end. (OH my gosh, now I know what I'm titling this chapter!)

The air rushed out of my lungs, a deafening silence roaring in my ears. The color seemed to drain from the world in that instant, nothing making sense. Was I dying?

I could tell nothing was changing, and yet the world seemed to sway back and forth, my walls spinning in circles. I felt like I was going to be sick.

The concept of losing everything we'd worked so hard to get, of ending a relationship before it had ever really started, had me dizzy. This couldn't be happening, not like this.

All it once it came rushing back and I sputtered, realizing it had been longer than I thought before I last took a breath. And when the world returned, I realized I was furious. "What?!"

Skylar looked at me, shrinking back as if worried I was about to explode. I just might. "It's not what it sounds like, I swear!"

"It better not be, Skylar, because right now I'm about two seconds from walking out that door and never coming back. So unless you have one hell of a reasonable explanation for me, I think we're done here!"

He sucked in a breath and turned to better face me, his eyes penetrating so deeply I felt he could see my soul and trace every shudder, every crack forming in the carefully constructed wall I had made for myself. And I didn't like it one bit. "Just count the days, okay. Count them. It was way before anything happened between us, way before I even had any hope that something could happen. Chad Dylan Cooper had somehow strut his way back into your life-."

"Do not make this about him!"

"And I felt one hundred percent useless, okay? Remember when I told you I had a date? That was her, Sonny, and I never thought our paths would cross again. Hell, it was even before I knew she and Chad were...please, Sonny, you have to believe me!"

The pure desperation in his eyes was enough to convince me he was being honest, but I still had one question. This was far from over. "Why. Didn't. You tell me?"

Shutting his eyes, Skylar stuttered, searching for words. "I was terrified, Sonny, and I didn't know how to drop a bomb like that on you!" Getting quieter, he mumbled, "I'm telling you now."

"Okay then," I whispered, feeling the tension in the air. I chose my next words carefully, slowly, and took a deep breath before responding, "I know that however scary this might be for me, it's about ten thousand times worse for you. Thank you for telling me." It took all my self control to keep calm.

I don't know if he heard it in my voice, or if it was due to a bond much deeper than I'd ever realized we'd shared, but his eyes snapped open, that same hopeless desperation shining through. "No, Sonny, please don't give up on us. I swear, I'm going to make things right, okay? This...I'm going to fix it, all of it. Just please...this can't be the end." His eyes shimmered, and I realized he was holding back tears.

Words I needed to say stuck in my throat, and I wished more than anything that I could keep them there, but I knew what needed to be said, and it was now or never. "I think that for now...not forever, maybe, but...for now, you need to take some time to think things over. To talk to…her. This isn't the end, Skylar. This is just a bump in the road."

He dropped down onto his knees on the floor, visibly shaking now. "I, I need you. I love you. Sonny, please...I can't do this alone. I can't pretend that, that every day," He sniffled, and I knew he'd lost control. His voice breaking, he continued, "I can do this without you. It took me so long to find you. How am I supposed to lose you again?"

It broke my heart to see him this way, and for a minute I almost told him that it didn't matter, that we could still be together, that I could be supportive of him right now no matter what. I wanted to tell him that our love would overcome this. But all of it felt like too big of a lie.

So instead, with tears streaming down my cheeks and the bitter taste of the future on my tongue, I whispered, "I think you need to go now." And I stood up and walked to the door, holding it open for him while doing my best to act as though he wasn't ripping my heart out with every step he took closer to that door. And when he was gone, I broke down.

I cried for Skylar. I cried for Chad. I cried for this child who had no reason to be yanked into this tainted world just to suffer along with the rest of us. But most of all, I cried for what I lost of myself tonight. Because after this, I could never be the same.

Okay, so this was super duper short, but at least for now I know where I'm going with this, and it will be finished. I'm sorry for the long wait. To anyone still out there reading, thank you for bearing with me through everything. SMILES!

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