All of a sudden, I heard a door slam down the hallway, and then a voice called, "Hey, Sonny? Where are you? Tawni told me I should come check on you, so..." The voice trailed off. I turned my head to see Chad standing there, gawking at James and me.

I have never been so happy to see that drama snob in my entire life. "Chad!" I gasped.

"What...?" Chad took in the scene, looking a bit stunned.

"Hey, pretty boy," James snapped, facing Chad. "Get out of here. This is none of your business."

Chad's expression hardened. "Everything is my business. What're you doing to Sonny?"

"What's it to you?" James sneered. I honestly don't know how I used to find that guy attractive.

"Get your hands off her!" Chad yelled, glaring at James and looking madder than I've ever seen him.

"I don't take orders from stupid celebrities!" While James was distracted with arguing with Chad, I managed to wrench my hand out of his and stomped as hard as I could on his foot. He yelled in surprise and backed away, giving me the chance I needed to run over to Chad's side. Chad glanced at me, then continued glaring at James. "Don't you dare touch Sonny again," he said in a cold, hard voice.

Now I was very grateful to Chad for coming and saving me, but I have to wonder... why did he care? Why was he helping me? He hates me, right? Maybe his horoscope said he had to do a good deed for a person he hated, like Tawni's did. I dunno. Speaking of which, Tawni asked him to come check on me?

Needless to say, I was so, so confused. About everything.

"Sure. No problem," James spat. "That whore isn't worth my time anyway." There he went with the name calling again. Seriously?

I think Chad almost ran at James to punch him or something, but I grabbed his sleeve and whispered, "Chad, don't." Miraculously, he stopped. Meanwhile, James huffed and limped past us, back into the gym.

When he was gone, Chad automatically turned to me, grabbed my shoulder with one hand, and brushed my bangs out of my eyes with another. "Sonny, are you all right? Did he hurt you? Oh my God, he didn't do anything to you, did he?" he babbled, something kind of like worry lacing his voice.

I shook my head numbly, feeling tears start to come into my eyes. I don't know why he was so worried about me, but his concern combined with the whole thing James had just tried to do to me really upset me. I mean, it was bad enough that Chad had to see that happen. But what was worse was that I could've kept this whole scene from playing out, if I'd just listened to Tawni. But no, I had to go and be and idiot. (Of course, you can't blame me for not listening to Tawni, because she rarely tells the truth, but still)

So, for those reasons and a bunch of other reasons that don't really make much sense, I found myself starting to tear up. That was not something Chad needed to see. "I have to go," I said abruptly, avoiding Chad's gaze and pushing past him, attempting to quickly walk out of there with what little dignity I had left.

"Sonny - " Chad started to say behind me.

I whirled around with tears now pouring freely down my cheeks (how embarassing) and said, "Chad, just leave me alone! I don't... I can't..." For some reason I couldn't voice my thoughts into words, though, so instead I just sobbed, turned, and ran out of there.

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Excerpt from my Sonny with a Chance fanfic, My Secret Little Sunshine

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No one likes you, James. >:U

Chad's eye looks slightly too big. Bummer D: