1. So Familiar

Chad skimmed over the script for the next episode of Mackenzie Falls. He rolled his eyes to see that everything either seemed repetitive or just plain stupid. A ferocious bird attacking Mackenzie and Portlyn on their way to the end of the year party as their summer special? What the heck are people thinking these days? Chad could have cried because the plot was so awful. But if it gave his show the most ratings and kept it standing at number one, then whatever.

Chad tried not to throw the script away; knowing that trash like that should be kept in the garbage can. Instead, he threw it on the top of his coffee table and walked out of stage two and into the commissary. As he walked graciously through the studio and into the hallways, he noticed that the usual star struck stares he got here turned into simple glances (not even double takes) or cold glares. Chad tried to show that he didn't care. And since he won Best Actor for the Tween Choice Awards every year since he's been acting, everyone believed his fake emotion.

Chad grabbed a magazine near the dessert area. He flipped through it, wondering if he would see any articles or pictures of him that actually praised him instead of the usual inflicting comments. Sadly (yet not surprisingly) there was none. Chad continued to read through the magazine as he walked forward near the frozen yogurt machine. He was too lazy to pull the knob and get frozen yogurt for himself, so he just stood there, his eyes planted on the magazine, as he waited for someone else to get it for him since he was too tired to raise his hand.

Footsteps drew closer near Chad. He didn't bother to look up since he knew that it would be a complete waste of effort. The person grabbed a tray and five different cups with five plastic spoons. From the corner of Chad's eye, he saw that this person was quite a large female in a restaurant uniform. He heard her pull the knob down, and he could hear the sound of the frozen yogurt rushing down into the cups.

"Miss, I'm gonna need one of that." Chad said, still not looking directly at the person. The girl gasped and almost dropped the tray.

"Oh my gosh! You're Chad Dylan Cooper!" she squealed. Chad smirked and shook his head. It was another fan. The girl quieted down and started to fidget nervously. "Sorry, but I don't work here. You could ask Brenda over there to give you some yogurt." She said sweetly. Chad nodded, not paying any attention to her. Her voice was just like the wind going in and out of his ears.

"So my yogurt?" he said, wondering why he didn't have it in his hands already. Chad turned the page of the magazine and began to tap his foot impatiently. "Come on, I don't have all day. I have a show to get back to, and those dimwits would most likely be lost without me." The girl looked at him, offended.

"Um, I don't work here, and it's really not nice to talk about your cast mates and crew about that if they're working just as hard as you are." She said slowly. She sounded incredibly shock, but the tone of fear was more obvious in her voice. After all, she was standing up to the Chad Dylan Cooper. Chad, on the other hand, rolled his eyes and finally looked away from the magazine. Instead of yelling at her like he intended to, Chad froze in one position and stared at the girl. "Brenda's over there if you need her." The girl repeated, pointing at the cafeteria lady.

"Why should I go all the way over there if you could just get me one?" Chad asked. Both were surprise to hear how soft his voice was. Chad thought he would have been yelling so loud that he'll blow the roof off of this place. A girl lower than him was telling him what to do for goodness sake! But Chad just couldn't snap at her. He couldn't find enough...power to.

"Why should you even ask me if you're right here? You have arms and hands. Didn't your parents ever teach you how to use them?" the girl shot back furiously. She instantly calmed down and bit her lip, taking a small step back. A girl blew up on Chad Dylan Cooper. Alert the media and the cops.

"I'm sorry, what?" Chad asked, his voice shaking with danger. He was like a bomb, and a team was trying to pick the wires to prevent him from exploding. If this girl said one more wrong thing to Chad, he knew that he was going to lose it. "Do you want to try that again?" he asked darkly, thinking that this girl is probably insane to talk to him like that.

"Sorry. It's just that…I don't know what came to me. Sorry, that I yelled at you." The girl said before giving Chad a small smile and walking away with the tray in her hands. Chad noticed that her voice wasn't sarcastic, forced, or angry; it was pure, innocent, and apologetic.

Chad stood there with a confused look on his face. Now that he thought about it, it was like he heard that voice before, he has seen that face before, and he knows those chocolate coated eyes. Chad shook his head, thinking he shouldn't be stressing out over this. He went back to his frozen yogurt issue. Chad took the girl's advice and called Brenda to pour him a cup of frozen yogurt.

"Here you go, Mr. Cooper." Brenda said, giving Chad a smile. Chad grabbed the cup from Brenda's hands and placed the magazine back on the rack. He took a bite and was on his way back to stage two.

"You're right. He sort of is a jerk." He heard someone say. Chad turned slightly to see the girl again, this time she was talking to the blonde from So Random. Chad scowled and quickened his pace back to his dressing room. He knew that they were talking about him. Who else would they consider as a jerk besides him?

"I told you so. Come on, Allison, we got some scenes to rehearse." Blondie said.

Once again, Chad froze. That name. Things were just getting too familiar for him. The worst conclusions began to mix into Chad's brain, and he didn't like that at all. He tried to accelerate his speed, but it was no use. He could still hear the two girls.

"You really like the name Allison better? Back in Wisconsin, all my friends and family members called me-"

"Bored already. Now let's go!"

Wisconsin? Now Chad was really sure that he knew this girl. But was the girl that he didn't want to remember? Chad turned around to catch one more glimpse of the new girl at So Random, just to make sure if it's her or not. He looked around himself to see that it was completely empty except for him and the walls. Chad closed his eyes in frustration as he could hear the fading sounds of Blondie ranting on and on about some nonsense while the other girl tried to make a different conversation with her.

Chad frowned and turned back to stage two. Why should he care anyways?

To be fair, Chad Dylan Cooper wasn't meant to be an egoistical narcissism. He wasn't destined to be under a half lighted spotlight where the media hated him but the fans adored him. He wasn't supposed to be a teenage heartthrob who had an unbelievable amount of self love and lack of concern towards others. But it wasn't his fault that he was all of these things. And it definitely didn't just happen. Someone was there to blame, and it's not Chad.

For it was truly her fault.

She changed him – for the worse. But of course, only the optimistic would say that she didn't mean to, that it was some sort of accident or mistake in the universe. But Chad knew better. She did it on purpose. She completely took his heart and crumpled it into pieces as if it was a waste of space. She did it deliberately, knowing exactly what the outcome would be. She destroyed plain old Chad and created a vile form of him.

Chad Dylan Cooper.

Chad knew that he never wanted to feel like a pain like this ever again. So he did everything to keep away from feeling any sort of ache inside of himself. Apparently, acting like a big-headed jerk was the only way out. So that's what Chad did. He made a vow to himself that he will only care about only himself since caring for others would cause regret and an incredible sting of hurt. He would treat others like they were below him, like they were just worthless trash since he was – of course – the utmost greatest.

And he would never love again.

At first everyone was shock. Could this worldwide famous actor, who plays the sweet, sensitive, and selfless Mackenzie, actually be a wicked and spoiled brat? How could he even pretend to be nice if he was actually such a jerk? But as Chad continued to gloat about himself endlessly and show no kindness whatsoever to anybody, his personality sunk into everyone's minds. Nobody was stunned to see him shove a puppy. No one was astonished with his two hour long interview about how marvelous his windswept hair is. Not one person was surprised to hear that he was declared as Hollywood's official bad boy.

Chad was a jerk. And everybody knew it.

But how he became a jerk, nobody knew exactly. All Chad says it was because of her, whoever 'her' would be. The world wonders how one girl could create such a despicable teenage boy. What did she do to cause all of this? How did she do it? Why did she do it?

What did she do? Drive him to the point of pure insanity?

She probably traumatized him

Nah, she probably just hurt his ego enough to turn him into the mega jerk.

And Chad let the world continue to ponder on. He would never let anyone know why he is who he is today. He would never let anyone or anything know that a girl actually broke his heart.

And that is the sole reason why he's the cruelest person who shined in Hollywood.

Chad didn't expect to see her again. He did everything possible just to stay away from her. He blocked out all thoughts, hid all the pictures, droned out all of the memories of her, and kept her tucked away in the back of his mind where nothing should be touched or remembered. It was 'good' for him anyway. To escape what he dreaded the most.

So when he thought that he saw her again at the commissary, who's also the new girl at So Random, and who happens to work in the same studio as he does, Chad didn't know what he would do.

A/N: Well this is my first multi-chapter Sonny/Chad or SWAC fic! I know the beginning is short and doesn't include many things, but it'll be more longer and get more detailed in the later chapters. I promise! Feedback would be appreciated :)