A/N: Last chapter! Thanks so much for continuing to read and sorry it took such a long time. Please R & R.
We watched a terrified and snarling Tawni being strapped down to a stretcher. Her expression was unreadable and her eyes looked like ice glass windows. Sharp and dangerous.
Chad had cleaned my wound on my arm and wrapped his arms around me. I didn't take my eyes off the window even when the ambulance sped off to the hospital. I just kept staring through the window hoping Tawni would just walk through the door and start doing her makeup like nothing had happened.
The room looked like a volcano had erupted. There was stuff everywhere. Papers, broken glass, and ruined furniture. Of course there were reporters and the media outside Condor Studios. People from Tween Weekly, E!, and other media sources were asking what all the commotion was. I realized that my secret could be revealed but I didn't really care anymore. If Tawni wouldn't accept me being Demi Lovato then I don't think I could continue to be her.
Finally I buried my head in Chad's chest and we sat like that for a long time. In a wrecked room with a derelict heart.
I don't really remember what happened next because I must have fallen asleep or fainted but I found myself in Chad's dressing room on his bed. He was sitting on the sofa across the room on his phone.
"Yes she just woke up." He was saying to someone on the other line. "Yes, I'll tell her. Thanks, okay sure, bye." He hung up and looked at me.
"That was your mom. She wanted to know if you were alright so I told her you would call her when you were ready."
"Thanks, Chad. Is there any news on Tawni?"
"The hospital called Marshall and she has calmed down. They gave her some anesthetics so she would fall asleep and when she woke up she wouldn't eat or talk. It seems she's over the shock but she needs to recover from a wounded heart." He said. "We can go and see her this afternoon if you want."
"I do. And what happened with the media? Did they figure anything out? And what about all the damage done to our dressing room?"
"Everything has been taking care of Sonny; don't worry."
"Thanks so much Chad. I hope Tawni will be okay. Do you think she'll want to see me?"
"I'm really not sure, Sonshine. I'm not sure."
That afternoon Chad and I drove to the hospital with Marshall, Zora, Nico, and Portlyn following behind us in Marshall's car. We arrived at the hospital and sat in the waiting room.
A receptionist with red hair and freckles called, "Ms. Munroe and company please report to the left door on the south wing."
A grandmotherly nurse led us to Room 207, Tawni's room. "One at a time please." The nurse said.
"Why don't you go first Sonny?" Marshall said. I nodded and headed into the room.
Tawni was sitting upright in a huge white hospital bed. Her blonde hair had lost its shine and her face was not coated with makeup like it usually was. She looked so small and weak. Not like the fearless Tawni I knew and loved.
"Tawni, I'm so sor-" I began but she cut me off.
"It was about four years ago. So Random! had just began and Mandy and I had just met. From the minute we hung out we became best friends. We both loved fashion, makeup, and accessories. One day we were practicing a new sketch when a guy named James Conroy came up to me and asked me my name. I told him and he asked me if I would like to go on a date that evening. I accepted and he walked away. I wasn't planning on going but Mandy insisted on it. She helped me pick out my outfit and everything." Tawni said in a voice that didn't sound like hers.
I remained silent waiting for her to continue.
"I went on the date with James and we had a fabulous time. We started going out and Mandy was happy for me but I could tell something had changed. She wasn't the same. She was always tired and she wouldn't really eat anything. One night I was about to enter our shared dressing room but I heard voices. Mandy and James were talking."
Conversation between Mandy and James:
"Are you going to tell Tawni?" James was saying.
"I don't know how she would take it. It was an accident. We didn't mean to do it." Mandy said.
"Mandy, you have to tell her."
"She would never trust me or you again. Besides wouldn't you be furious if your best friend had sex with your boyfriend and got pregnant?"
"Fine. I'll break up with her tonight and we can go to my parents' house in Ohio so you can have the baby."
"James, I don't want to have the baby. I want an abortion. I want to be Tawni's friend."
"But you said yourself, 'How will she take the news?'. You and I both know she wouldn't forgive me, much less you."
"Okay, I'll be waiting for you at the back entrance of the studio." Mandy said.
"After that, things went downhill. James broke up with me like planned and Mandy didn't tell me that she was pregnant. But I hid behind the dumpsters that night when she was waiting for James."
Conversation between Mandy and Tawni:
"So, Mandy. What's new?" Tawni said.
"Tawni? What are you doing here?"
"More like what are you doing here?"
"I'm so sorry Tawni. I wish I could tell you."
"You don't have to worry, I already know."
"You do? How? Did James tell you?"
"I heard you guys talking. Nice going Mandy."
"Oh, Tawni. I'm so so so sorry! Please –"
"Save it Mandy. I don't want to hear any of it. James made you didn't he? And you listened to him."
"Tawni, please!"
"By now Mandy was crying but I didn't listen. I just walked away from her and James. I didn't need them. That was when I learned that you can only depend on yourself." Tawni said.
I was shocked. I didn't think it would be this bad.
"Tawni. I truly am sorry. I know you may not believe me but I mean it." I said.
Tawni stared at me and replied, "Normally I wouldn't accept anyone new, but I trust you because you're Sonny. And Sonny never does anything bad." Then she said, "And where's my Coco Moco Coco?"
I smiled. I knew the old Tawni was back.
Just the way I wanted it to be.
A/N: That's the end! Thanks ~~~