Behind Closed (Closet) Doors

Summary: What happens when Sonny and Chad somehow get caught up in 7 Minutes in Heaven? One-shot.

So I have a huge paper due soon, but I couldn't help it. Sonny and Chad are just too damn cute. The summary is self-explanatory. I don't own anything.

"This party sucks," Sonny said flatly, talking to a random girl sitting next to her.

Her friends had dragged her out to a party to celebrate the renewal of So Random! for another season and now that she was here, she was bored out of her mind. Nico had flocked to a group of girls with Grady as his right-hand man and Tawni had left her alone to flirt up a storm with practically all the guys in the room. The last time she saw Zora, she was tampering with the air vents; she probably found her way into the attic or something by now.

Parties weren't her kind of scene. There was just too much stuff going on and there were too many people she didn't know. Her inner-Wisconsin self just kicked in and she retreated into a corner.

Suddenly, Sonny heard a few loud gasps near the entrance. She tried to tilt her head to see what was going on, but slouched back again when she noticed that it was just the cast of MacKenzie Falls. She heard a hush fall though and Sonny leapt up as she saw Nico. Grady, Zora and Tawni march over to them. This did not look good.

"What are you doing here?" Tawni made a face, directed at Portlyn. She overheard Chad Dylan Cooper scoff, as Sonny rushed over.

"Hey you guys. Didn't expect to see you here. Great party, huh?" Sonny tried to intervene.

"How did you guys get into a party of Matt Hart's? He's like the most famous guy under 18," Portlyn commented. Chad Dylan Cooper frowned at her, before turning back to the So Random! cast.

"Why don't you guys stay in your Chuckle City area and we'll stay in ours," Chad Dylan compromised.

"Sounds good to me, right guys?" Sonny said, pushing her friends away from the Falls crew. Grady and Nico gave one last scowl at them and Tawni flipped her hair, as they stalked off. Zora did some weird karate chop in front of Chad Dylan's face. Sonny just laughed awkwardly and pulled Zora away. She still didn't understand why everyone couldn't just get along.

"Can you believe them?!" Zora exclaimed.

"You? You haven't even seen anyone here! I mean, all you ever do is hide in those vents! You're such a freak of nature," Tawni crossed her arms.

"Hold up guys," Nico interrupted, as Zora was about to say something.

"It's breaking up the band," Grady nodded.

"Forget about them," Sonny said.

"Easy for you to say. You don't really hate them," Zora replied.

"I just don't understand what the fuss is all about," Sonny admitted. "So what if your shows are against each other?"

"It's the principle!" Nico said.

"The principle!" they all chorused together.

"Okay," Sonny nodded, still unsure what that meant.

"Let's just have fun, okay?" Tawni suggested. "It would look weird if we like, leave now. Besides, Matt invited us. It would be rude to not enjoy the party," she went on, going back to the dance floor.

"Gather 'round everyone. We're starting up Seven Minutes in Heaven," Matt announced.

"Seven Minutes in Heaven?" Sonny asked her friends.

"You know, the game where-" Tawni explained.

"I know what it is," Sonny rolled her eyes.

"Well, I don't know. Maybe all you do in Wisconsin is farm and play checkers," she shrugged.

"Quiet down now. We need to add some spice to this party. First up is…" They saw Matt pick up a piece of paper from the same jar everyone put their names in when they entered the party.

"Sonny Munroe!" he called out

"You said the jar was for a door prize!" Sonny choked out, clearly not wanting to participate.

"It is a door prize," he laughed, winking.

"Ugh!" Sonny threw her hands up in the air. "I don't want this. I didn't know I was signing up for Seven Minutes in Hell with some stranger. All I wanted to do was be a good friend and come out and now this?" she rambled.

"It won't be that bad," Tawni assured.

"And the leading man is…" Matt picked a piece of paper out of the jar.

"You won't even see the guy ever again," Nico added.

"Chad! Where are you?" Matt yelled out.

"What?!" Sonny screamed, thinking that her ears were deceiving her.

"There has to be some mistake," Zora said.

"Maybe it said Tad or something and you just can't read his handwriting," Grady offered.

"Get in there you two," Matt grinned, ignoring them all. He started dragging Sonny to the closet, as some guys pushed Chad towards the same one.

"You don't understand…" Chad Dylan refused. Sonny was a little more unwilling.

"No! You can't make me!" she resisted, and in the process, falling to the floor.

"Come one, guys. Help a brother out," Matt said, recruiting his friends to lift Sonny off the floor.

"I hate him! We'll kill each other!" Sonny tried again, flailing her arms wildly. Despite all this struggling though, the next thing she knew, she heard a door shut and a lock click behind her. She was stuck in a dark closet next to Chad Dylan Cooper.

"So…uhh…hi," Sonny started awkwardly.

"This party blows," Chad Dylan said, staring at the door.

"It's not because of me. I didn't make Matt start Seven Minutes in Heaven," Sonny said.

"It's because of Chuckle City," he turned to Sonny. "The very presence of your inferiority is making this party terrible."

"That doesn't even making sense!" Sonny raised her voice.

"Of course it does. Matt's parties are usually great, but the one time he invites Chuckle City, it's like someone died."

"The party was so dead before we got here. Maybe your friend Matt isn't good at throwing parties."

"He's not my friend and he's very good at throwing parties" he responded.

"Hello? We got forced into Seven Minutes of Heaven because the party was dead. We're stuck in a closet together because the party was majorly sucking," Sonny gestured wildly. There was a knock on the door suddenly.

"What's with all the yelling?" Matt yelled.

"Uhh…we were just talk-" Sonny began before Chad Dylan cut her off.

"Foreplay. You know how it is with girls," Chad Dylan called back.

"What!?" Sonny screamed.

"Never satisfied," he chuckled. Chad held up a finger trying to tell her to hold it in.

"Right," Matt laughed. "Carry on." There was silence on the other side of the door, no doubt from the shock of Chad Dylan Cooper's comment.

"What the hell?!" Sonny hit him as hard as she could on the head.

"Damn it Sonny! What the-!? I'm trying to help you out!" Chad rubbed his head.

"How the hell is telling Matt that this is foreplay helping!?" Sonny yelled in his ear. He shut his eyes and rubbed his temples. Sonny slapped him again.

"How the hell does smacking me upside the head help?!" he snapped back.

"It makes me feel better," Sonny said, pushing him. There was a loud thump as his back hit the wall.

"Stop it!" Chad clutched his head and stomach, as he glared at her.

"Now why did you say that?" Sonny crossed her arms over her chest, still not entirely calmed down.

"You obviously haven't met Matt," he said, holding his head.

"No, but –" Sonny started.

"Matt expects a certain level of rowdiness out of these parties. I think it's to make up for the lack of alcohol. He wants it to be like semi-normal teenage parties, but he's always under watch from his production company. That's probably why he starts up all these stupid party games," he began explaining. "If you say that we're just talking, he'll open that door and force us to make out in front of everyone. He did that at another one of his parties and considering I really don't like you and you enjoy beating the crap out of me, I say I did both of us a favor."

"Oh…so Matt's that kind of guy," she frowned.

"Couldn't get that from out there?"

"I don't like to rush into judgment," Sonny commented.

"Hoping for a shot with him?" Chad teased, getting off the wall.

"I haven't even met the guy!"

"That doesn't mean you don't like the guy. You squealed when you met me," he smirked.

"Yeah but then I got to know you, and you were a jerk…correction: are" Sonny stated.

"So you liked me at one point," he translated.

"A lot of people also liked to eat paste at one point," Sonny rolled her eyes. A moment passed.

"Matt's not really a great guy," he said.

"Taking an interest in my love life?" Sonny smiled.

"No. Just saying," he assured.

"Just saying," she repeated.

"It's not like I care," Chad said quickly, staring at her.

"I never said you did," Sonny pointed out.

"Well, I'm reiterating a known fact then," he said. Sonny just tried to hide a smile and nodded. There was a comfortable pause again between them.

"Sorry about hitting you so many times," Sonny started.

"You should be," he mumbled. "My head still hurts and my back is now sore, thanks to you."

"Someone seems bitter," she tried to joke. Chad glared at her.

"Sorry. If I had known that you were trying to save us from utter humiliation and disgust, I probably would have only hit you once."

"Remind me never to help you ever again," he grumbled.

"How long has it been?" Sonny wondered out loud.

"Maybe five minutes," he estimated.

"We should look the part when we come out," she said.

"What?" he asked confused.

"If we really are supposed to be kissing, we're not going to look the same as when we came in," she pointed out.

"It's not like we're getting hot and heavy," Chad chuckled slightly. "Besides, I always look perfect," he boasted.

"Yeah right. You probably look terrible when you wake up," she said leaning towards him and messing his hair up with her hands.

"Hey! Who said you could touch my hair?!" he yelped, trying to fix it.

"Who said I couldn't?" she stuck out her tongue. "Now stop it. It needs to look somewhat messy," Sonny said, messing up her hair as well. "And what's with the uniform by the way? Do you guys ever wear normal clothes?" she went on. He stopped touching his hair.

"It's a symbol of MacKenzie Falls' camaraderie and status," he stated. She snorted. "Those uniforms distinguish us from the likes of you comedians on this studio lot."

"Yes, cause the fact that we try to make people laugh does not define us already."

"No one respects comedians," he argued.

"No one respects actors who can't act," she shot back.

"Take that back!" he said offended.

"Make me."

"You're so immature."

"You just put people down to raise your ego!" she snapped.

"I'm an egomaniac? I haven't heard that one before," he said sarcastically. Sonny let out a noise of frustration.

"I don't know how anyone could work with you! One minute you're nice and the next minute, you're a pompous, self-centered jerk!" she yelled, sticking a finger in his face.

"I don't know how anyone could work with you either! You're a raging lunatic!" Chad accused, grabbing her arm and pulling it away from his face. They stood there fuming, locked in a gaze, with his hand on hers.

"Take it back," Chad seethed.

"No. It's the truth," Sonny stood her ground. Her heart was pounding as she stared him down.

"Is not!"

"Who's immature now?" She looked at him defiantly when suddenly he leaned in and kissed her. Sonny didn't know what to do. She had never been kissed in her life. Well besides those times in elementary school, but those didn't count. Those kisses weren't close to what was happening right now. There were tongue and teeth and hands and oh God, such soft, soft lips. He pulled away for air and rested his forehead on hers. She stared at him, her mouth agape. He looked sincere and thoughtful, and she realized that this wasn't TV star, Chad Dylan Cooper anymore.

"What just happened?" Sonny breathed, wide-eyed.

"I have no idea…but I want to do it again," he said softly, pulling her head closer and drawing her lips to his own. His hands caressed her neck and jawbone as he willed her lips to open. This time, she met him with equal intensity and passion, but before anything could really happen, they were interrupted.

"Time's up!" The door flew open to the shock and mortification of a still entangled and clearly disheveled Sonny and Chad. And judging by the looks of their castmates, they were just as surprised and horrified. It looked like they had some explaining to do.

A/N: This was written pretty quickly for me, but whatever. I kind of wrote it as I went along and I think it seems a bit random. Hope it turned out okay. Give me your thoughts.