A/N: This is my first time writing a SWAC fic (and this is my first fic in years), so sorry if the characters may seem a bit OOC. Hopefully these one-shots will get better over time. This song is based to the lyrics of Demi Lovato's "Here We Go Again". Enjoy!
Sonny sighed as she threw a piece of paper into a box. "Chad's Box", as she liked to call it. Items that were from or for him were in there. Even things that really reminded her of him were in there. She closed the box and nodded, finished packing everything that "reeked" of Chad.
That was only from her dressing room, though.
She grabbed her phone off her dresser and rolled her eyes. There were five next text messages, and even a new voicemail, all from Chad. She read the messages first, sighing more as she read them. He really wanted to talk to her... too bad she didn't want to talk to him. She then checked her voicemail, entering her password and waiting for the message to pop up. All she heard was silence for a few seconds before a click. He didn't even say anything! She stuffed her phone in her pocket and started to walk out, until Tawni walked in.
"What's that box over there?" Tawni immediately asked as she walked into the room.
"Just a bunch of crap," Sonny muttered, watching Tawni walk over to the box.
Tawni carefully inspected the box, looking around, and finally bending down. "'Chad's Box', huh?" she muttered. Sunny inwardly groaned. "Let's see what's in here..." Tawni said, opening the box. She dug around slightly, muttering things like, "Ooh, I remember Chad sneaking this to you..." and "I don't remember this..." She grabbed out a letter and said, "I wonder what this says..."
"NO!" Sonny quickly said, running over to her and snatching the letter out of her hand. "Heh, why would you want to look at this? It'll probably make you want to puke, because it's so lovey-dovey..."
Tawni thought for a moment before nodding. "That is true... I certainly don't want to read a letter filled with lovey-dovey little words and phrases, like 'Sonnyboo' and 'Sonshine'."
Sonny nodded. She threw the letter into the box and closed it before picking it up and putting it in her closet. Before she could say anything, Tawni asked, "Are you two going through a rough patch? And don't tell me you aren't. I shouldn't have to ask, because that box makes it painstakingly obvious... but I just have to know!"
"We're through," Sonny plainly said. Her voice didn't display sadness, nor did it display any sort of happiness.
Tawni gasped, her gasp borderline dramatic. "No!" she shouted suddenly.
Sonny raised an eyebrow. "What do you mean, 'no'?"
"You two can't break up!" Tawni exclaimed, walking over to Sonny.
"Why not? It's not like you all always approved of our relationship." It's not that she was seeking approval from her castmates, but she'd rather be on their good sides than their bad sides, and when she slipped out that her and Chad were dating... well, there were some words said, and not the good kind, either.
Tawni sighed dramatically. "Sonny, Sonny, Sonny... it's not that we didn't approve, but since our shows, So Random and Mackenzie Falls, are rival shows, we were incredibly shocked at first. But, after seeing you two together, I just couldn't remain shocked much longer! And I'm pretty sure the others feel the same way, too."
"Well, now you can just forget it ever happened, because we are so done," Sonny snapped, walking out of the room. She really didn't feel like talking to anyone about this yet. The only other person who knew about this, besides Tawni and obviously Chad, was her mother, and that's because Sonny had called her right after their big argument had happened.
She kept walking around, not noticing where she was going. Suddenly, she was on the Mackenzie Falls set. She felt a sinking feeling in her stomach. She did NOT want to be there. She started to walk back out before she heard some laughing. She quickly turned, and saw the cast of Mackenzie Falls talking amongst each other. They hadn't noticed her, which she was thankful about. She then saw Chad. He seemed calm and happy. Sonny thought to herself, It's probably an act. He then turned and caught her eyes. Her eyes widened, the sinking feeling in her stomach worsening. She saw a few emotions in his eyes, including surprise and sadness. They continued to make eye contact for a few more seconds. He smiled at her, and rose his hand, waving at her. "Sonny!" he called out.
She stared at him for a few moments, almost wanting to wave back. Suddenly, all the memories flooded back, and she frowned before bolting out of the set. She could hear some of his castmates say things like, "What's wrong with her?" and "Dude, control her".
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She rested for a couple of hours. They were only having rehersals that day, and all her castmates felt confident in all of their sketches, so they weren't rehersing to much. She continued to lay on her bed before Tawni stormed into the dressing room. "UP!" she shouted, walking over to Sonny.
"But I don't wanna," Sonny mumbled into her pillow.
"Well, that's tough, because you're getting up." Tawni paused for a moment. "NOW!"
"Alright, alright," Sonny muttered, sitting up.
"Oh, you might want to fix your hair before we go out," Tawni said.
"'Go out'?" Sonny asked, grabbing a brush from her bedstand and starting to brush her hair. "Where are we going?"
"Someplace this is NOT here, so Mr. Pooper won't bother you," Tawni stated.
"What do you mean, 'So Mr. Pooper won't bother you'?" Sonny asked, getting up and following Tawni.
"Oh, he's been on the set a couple of times looking for you," Tawni said. "I had to tell Nico, Grady, and Zora about your breakup so they wouldn't blabber your whereabouts. I only told them you broke-up, and to not ask anything."
Sonny nodded and said, "Thanks."
Tawni shrugged. "I figured you didn't want him bothering you, because if I had just ended a relationship, I wouldn't want to see the guy, either." She paused and looked ahead. "Oh, here we are!"
Sonny looked ahead and smiled slightly. "The arcade, Tawni?"
"Skiball and cheesesticks sounds like fun right now!" Tawni exclaimed happily.
Sonny laughed and nodded. "It does."
"Then let's do this!" Tawni said, walking inside.
They walked inside and played a few rounds of skiball. Surprisingly, Tawni won one of them, but Sonny won the other three rounds. "At least I finally won," Tawni proclaimed happily as they went to get some food. Sonny felt like pigging out slightly, for she hadn't really done so in a while. She got some hot wings and cheesesticks. "I'll just stick with the cheesesticks," Tawni said as they got to a table.
Sonny smiled as they sat down. She took a bite out of her cheesestick and started chewing on it before gasping, her cheesestick dropping from her fingers.
"Oh, no, are these old?!" Tawni asked, suddenly dropped her cheesestick.
Sonny shook her head. "No, they're fresh, but..." She pointed behind Tawni. "Over there," she whispered.
Tawni slowly turned around and rolled her eyes. "Don't let him get to you, Sonny. He's not worth it."
"He was late to over half our dates," Sonny muttered. Tawi looked at her, slightly confused, as she ate her cheesesticks. "He always said, 'Chad Dylan Cooper is a very busy man'," Sonny said, still staring at Chad. "I didn't think about it much at first, because I was thinking, 'Look, I'm dating Chad Dylan Cooper!' But over time, I got more and more upset, because it was the same excuse, and it almost seemed like he didn't care..." She sighed, looking down. "And then I would try to talk about my days here or whatever, but he seemed like he didn't care... he would be texting or even take phone calls or start talking about his days..."
"That arrogant jerk..." Tawni muttered, shaking her head.
"I didn't want to break up with him..." she muttered, looking back up at him. He was staring at her, but once her eyes caught his, he looked away, talking with whoever was with him. "But I felt like I had to."
Tawni nodded, finishing her cheesesticks. "I've never experienced something like that before," she said. "Must be awful..." Sonny nodded, noticing Chad trying to steal glances at her, but always looking away. Tawni suddenly stood up and said, "Time to get more cheesesticks! Want any?" Sonny shook her head. Tawni nodded and walked off.
Sonny sighed and looked ahead. Chad was gone. Suddenly she felt a pair of hands on her shoulders. She tensed slightly until she heard a familiar voice say into her ear, "You know you can't ignore me forever..."
"I can try," she muttered.
"Now, why would you want to do that?" Chad asked, starting to lightly massage her shoulders.
"Because you're more important than our relationship. I clearly explained this to you the other day."
"And I really thought about what you said," he said, letting go out of her shoulders and sitting down next to her. She refused to look at him. He sighed and softly said, "Please, Sonny. Look at me." She glanced at him. That was good enough for him... for now. "I'll admit, I wasn't the best boyfriend. I own up to all the wrongdoings that happened before. I shouldn't have done any of those things."
Sonny smirked at him, a familiar shine back in her eyes. "Look at you. You're apologizing."
Chad smirked back and said, "Yeah, well, don't get used to it."
Sonny rolled her eyes and stood up. "Well, Chad, you need to prove that you're really sorry to me."
"Let's go on a date, then," Chad said, looking up at her. "You know you can't resist a date with Chad Dylan Cooper."
Sonny shook her head, smirking. "Alright then. You can pick the place and time."
"Tonight at 7PM, I'll surprise you," Chad said.
"Fine."
"Fine."
"Good."
"Good."
"Are we okay?"
"Oh, we are so okay."