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~ Chapter Seventeen ~

Sonny Munroe walked onto the set of MacKenzie Falls, a huge grin on her face when her eyes met with those of her boyfriend, wishing she could run over and kiss him right there and then but knowing she couldn't. She sighed a little, walking over to the group, her heels clicking on the floor as Chad tried to get rid of the smile that was on his face.

"What are you doing here?" Portlyn rolled her eyes at the girl,

"I'm here to make your show a little bit popular.. Mr Condor seems to think you need the ratings boost." She smirked, patting the girl on the head before walking over to the director, smiling as she felt the glares behind her. She was never here to be liked.

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Chad watched her as she sat down next to him, smiling when she looked down at her nails, pretending not to care when he knew so different. "So what's happening this week on MacKenzie Falls? Another person being pushed off the waterfall? Someone else confessing their love for MacKenzie?" She rolled her eyes at the mere thought of the storylines that frequently showed on her boyfriend's program, not wanting to tell him just how terrible it all was.

A large grin spread on his face, "Oh.. so you do watch our show?"

"No, I have people who watch it for me.." She sighed, waving her hand to disregard such a stupid question.

"Whatever.. here's the script.." Chad frowned, handing her the script before walking off, not being able to put up with the cover Sonny for a long period of time, especially when he knew what she was really like.

She looked at him, biting down on her lip, "For the record.. I'm looking forward to working with you."

"Me too..." He smiled when she stood up and pulled him over to a hidden spot on the set, leaning close to him,

"Are you done being a bitch now?" He whispered, laughing when she grinned,

"Sure, sure.." She winked at him and laughed, kissing his lips gently before quickly walking off,

"What the hell was that about then, Sonny?" Chad finally shouted before she could walk out,

"Keeping up appearances Chad Dylan Cooper.." She put her fingers to her lips and winked at him, looking around before blowing him a kiss and sweetly smiling at him. Chad nodded, shrugging a little and biting his lip before mouthing I love you.

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Sonny frowned as she looked at the script in her hands, quickly flicking through the pages as Tawni laughed at her, having already read the script. "This is going to be... wow..." She giggled again, about to stand up when Sonny glared at her,

"I can't do this with someone like Chad Dylan Cooper." She wrinkled her nose in fake disgust, wishing she could just tell someone how she really felt about the blonde haired, blue eyed boy that she had fallen for so long ago.

"Oh please, we all know you're both going to enjoy this." Tawni grinned at her friend, having noticed the way the two teenagers looked at each other, and how much Sonny had mellowed over the past few months since Chad had turned up at the set.

"I don't know what you're on about.. I don't want to star in an episode of Mackenzie Falls, especially one where I have to faint in his arms and confess my undying love for him.." She shuddered at the thought, she loved him but not enough to make a fool out of herself just yet.

Tawni carried on laughing, "I hope you have fun with Chad." She grinned as she stood up, laughing as she walked out of the room, only for it to get louder when she saw Chad. He watched her walk out, shaking his head as a smile appeared on his face.

"You excited about rehearsing?"

"Actually I'm getting it re-written because I can't do any of this with you.." She whispered, leaning a bit closer to him as they both looked around, making sure nobody was looking their way.

"You'll be fine, I'm here to protect you,"She laughed at the thought, raising her eyebrows, she never needed protecting, especially not from her boyfriend.

Chad sighed, moving closer to put his hand on her leg and gently rubbing up and down, "It'll be fine, maybe we can both come clean after this whole thing is aired on TV and then we won't have to hide anymore.." She nodded at him, looking away for a second and taking a deep breath,

"Just go along with everything on that script.. we all know you're going to enjoy it at the end of the day." He winked at her before standing up and taking a quick look around before kissing her lips and walking off.

Sonny smiled a little, putting her fingers on her lips and blushing a little before looking back down at the script she still held tight in her hands.

She jumped at the sound of a voice behind her and looked, "I knew it!" Her eyes grew wide at the sight of Tawni, just standing there and pointing, "You.. and.. him.. and oh my God.." She shook her head, standing up as she felt her heart beating faster than normal,

"Tawni.. it's not what it looks like, we were uh.. we were practising!" But she knew it was too late, Tawni knew.. and soon everyone would.

"Sonny Munroe.. you and Chad?" The blonde girl grinned finally, wrapping the smaller girl into a hug and giggling before skipping off, leaving Sonny standing there stunned.

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Sonny gulped as she sat down next to Chad, ready to run through the script together for the first time in front of everyone, she could feel Tawni's eyes on her and she wondered how many people knew now.

Chad looked at her, biting down hard on his lip before whispering, "Are you okay?" She nodded slowly, looking away and nervously biting her nails, she wasn't too sure if she could do this in front of everyone.

Sonny had always been a private person when it came to something serious, and her relationship with Chad was serious. She didn't want people finding out, she didn't want it to be all over the magazines and she didn't want to be watched everywhere they went, it would ruin everything.

She frowned at the thought, taking one more look at her script before the sound of the bell went off, warning her that they were starting. She took a deep breath, closing her eyes as the sound of his voice ran through her.

"You must be new.." You can do this Sonny, you'll be fine.. She thought to herself, her hands shaking a little as she finally opened her eyes, trying her best to get into acting.

"Yeah.. my names Ava.." She smiled shyly at him, like it said in the script. And he nodded his head, he moved closer to her and started playing with her hair, causing her to shiver a little under his touch as she looked past him and at Tawni.

Everything was falling apart, people were starting to find out. Chad looked at her, and shook his head, asking her what was wrong as he pretended to look through his script, she shook her own head and looked at Tawni, hoping he would get the hint. He did.

"Oh.." He couldn't pretend to be disappointed, he had never wanted to hide the fact that he was dating Sonny Munroe in the first place, it had always been her wanting nobody to ever find out. And now someone did.. he could finally kiss her without worrying, he hadn't been in Hollywood as long as she had, he didn't understand exactly what could happen, he didn't know.

"Sonny.." He frowned, "Why do you care so much? It's not going to ruin anything, how many more times do I have to tell you that?" She nodded, closing her eyes a little before smiling at him. A large grin spread on his face when the bell went again, pronouncing the end of the scene, and she moved a little closer to him, both of them not thinking about everyone around them as she placed her lips on his, forgetting all her previous fears about them breaking up if anyone found out, forgetting all about the media ruining everything they had both made for themselves.

They both grinned into the kiss at the sound of cheers around them, as he pulled her onto his lip and deepened the kiss. Chad pulled away first, looking at her and smiling, knowing that this was it.. there was no going back.

"I hate you for giving me the confidence to do that." She whispered, kissing his cheek before climbing off him and offering him her hand, he nodded and shrugged, "It was worth it." She nodded at the thought, kissing him again before they both walked off the set, maybe guest starring wasn't too bad after all.