A/N: Alright, time for another chapter! I'm on a roll, aren't I? haha, Really need to work on some of my other stuff. But I have to say, I love this story line. =) It's so much fun. =P Hope you guys like reading it as much as I enjoy writing it! And sorry if I made that Darryn guy a little too...winky. And if Sonny or Chad were a little....OOC. But meh. That's too bad. And yeah...this stories going to be more than 13 chapters, I can tell you that. I may even plan to take it further than I'd originally thought out. But we'll all just have to wait and see!!

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The two of them walked at a steady pace down the sidewalk without speaking. The whole while, both of them glanced around at the city before them, taking in all the new scenery. When looking up at when of the tall buildings, Sonny happened to glance up towards the sky which had drifted to a dark, ominous gray.

"Huh...looks like it might rain soon."

Chad, the ever confident (and secretly afraid) retorted, "Ha, no. I highly doubt that. Don't worry. We'll be just fine. It never rains down on Chad Dylan Cooper."

"...Alright. Whatever you say..." Sonny remaied unconvinced. Lately, in her spare time at home, she found herself watching the Weather Channel and remembered seeing something about the fact that it had rained about nine days out of ten in the Northeast recently. (A/N: Which, trust me, is getting really annoying. We're actually under a flood watch...or at least we were yesterday...)

They took their sweet time as they mosied on down the sidewalk. And though they didn't know it some of the people they passed by couldn't help but smile at the 'cute young couple' strolling around on the fine morning.

For a while, the only things they said were simple, casual remarks. Things such as 'What time is it?' Or 'huh...nice sweater in that store window..." You know, that sort of stuff. Nothing of consequence.

They reached a small cluster of street vendors and Sonny became engulfed by the shiny merchandise as Chad just paced, annoyed, a foot or two away, completely uninterested by what she was doing.

As she chatted along with the vendor, a slight rumble could be heard from the sky.

"Sonny...did you hear that?"

"No. I didn't hear anything." She turned to look at Chad and turned back just as quickly, not noticing the slight quavering of his voice.

She handed the vendor money, and as Chad had his back to her, she tied something around his neck.

"Huh....what's this?" He turns around and eyes her curiously. "...You've got one too..."

"Yeah, dontcha like 'em? I thought they were nice. And I figured it would be great to have a souvenir," she smiled, for once not a toothy grin, as Chad looked down and played with his necklace - a dull silver ring engraved with celtic knots, hanging from a black leather chord.

"Oh." He was dumbfounded - only able to manage one syllable. He was completely amazed at her, secretly admiring the necklace, loving the fact that they both matched and that she didn't buy one for the rest of those accompanying her on their trip. "Okay...thanks."

She looked away and started walking again, a bit disappointed at his...lack of a reaction to her gift, not realizing how much it really meant to him.

As they continued to the station, now only a short way away, she glanced every so often at his face which now had a small, sweet smile instead of the flat, somewhat annoyed expression that had occupied the space earlier.

Raindrops slowly started to fall, the two not noticing until it started to pour. They entered the T station and a loud crash of thunder was heard.

Chad quickly pushed Sonny against the wall and pressed himself close to her, fear etching its way onto his face, his eyes held tightly shut, teeth clenched, his right arm, hand in a fist, held against the same wall he had pushed Sonny into, his head slightly to her left above her own, also pressed against it.

She looked up to him, barely able to move, but had enough space to be able to look to him. Her face fell to bewilderment, the anger from being forced to the wall fading. She was confused and worried. She stiffly moved her hand up to his shoulder.

His face relaxed and he looked at her with the same bewilderment and confusion painted on his smooth skin. They stood there like that for a couple of seconds. He looked down and realized that he had her pinned against the wall then sprung back. His arm shot behind his head nervously, his face portraying the same thing.

"Uh....sorry about that...Guess I got a little startled...Umm...let's go." Once again she lingered where she stood and stared after him. He then turned around, noticing her not near him and walked backwards the same way he had been going.

"Sonny? You comin?" His voice echoed.

"O-oh. Ye-yeah." She stuttered. He turned back around after flashing her a huge grin and she slightly ran to catch up.

They approached the platform in awkward silence. They stood against the wall, waiting for the train, and the awkwardness persisted as they stayed silence for a while.

"So...what exactly was that back there, Chad?" She avoided looking at him, just staring at the ground. He on the other hand looked at her intently, trying his best to sound completely clueless. "What? What was...what? What are you talking about?"

She sighed as she realized that he wasn't going to open up anytime soon and dropped the question on the spot.

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A/N: Ah, awkward teenagers - you just gotta love 'em.

Alright....not as long as I'd been hoping, but meh. She got him a prezzie!! Yay!!

So yeah, please review. This is probably going to be the last chapter of this for a couple of days. I do have other things to work on, you know...

Also, this is actually where I left off with my outline, so I'm probably going to take sometime outlining the later chapters.

Also...considering the last chapter and the whole Chad-being-jealous-of-Darryn thing, I might take a different route with one of the later chapters than I had been planning on. Maybe not though. And...well, it doesn't really matter considering I haven't mentioned what I was thinking to anyone....Whatever....

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