Sonny rummaged through her bag, looking for the keys to her apartment. They seemed to have a habit of disappearing easily. As she rooted through all her things, her phone rang. *moooooo* Sonny reached into her pocket to answer it. 'Shoot!' she muttered as her bag fell to the floor. She bent to pick it up. 'Sonny Munroe speaking,' she said into the phone. 'Who is this?'
'Hi Sonny! It's me, Grady! Nico and I were wondering if you could come and help us with our math homework.' Grady's voice came cheerfully out of the phone. Sonny sighed. She had had a long day at the studio, and she had been planning on taking a long bath, ordering a pizza and spending the rest of the evening relaxed in front of the TV. 'I'll be there in half an hour.' She hung up the phone with another sigh, and found her keys. She let herself into her apartment, and settled for a quick shower instead of a bath. She changed into a pair of jeans and a t-shirt, and grabbed an apple to eat on the way. She turned to go to the door and locked up, with a wistful glance at the television.
Nico greeted her at the door. Sonny could hear loud game music playing in the living room. She went into the room, where Grady was hunched over, concentrating so hard on his game that his tongue was sticking slightly out of his mouth. With a smile, Sonny walked over and switched off the TV. 'Hey! What was that...' Grady began to protest. 'Oh hey, Sonny!' he broke off. 'Homework time,' Sonny declared firmly.
Sonny got back home after 1am. Getting those boys to do anything was torture. She woke up the next morning feeling tired and groggy. She looked at her clock, and saw that she had less than ten minutes to get to work. Grabbing the first clothes she could find, and rushing out the door without breakfast, she arrived at Condor Studios with a minute to spare. Running along the corridor, Sonny tore around the corner and crashed into a very familiar blond, blue eyed person. 'Chad! What are you doing outside So Random?' She exclaimed. 'What are you doing running across the building crashing into people?' he retorted. Sonny glared at him. 'I had a late start this morning.' 'Well... I was on my way to see... Pauly and Pals... I, um, left my, uh, jacket there yesterday,' Chad claimed hesitantly. Sonny looked at him weirdly. 'Pauly and Pals is on the other side of the building,' Sonny stated suspiciously. 'Fine' Chad said loudly, tilting his head to one side, his eyes widened defiantly.
'Fine,' Sonny answered.
'Good!'
'Good!'
Chad stormed off, and Sonny slammed the door as she went into So Random. She hadn't even found out why Chad was even there. He always found ways to irritate her, even just by smirking at her with that perfect smile, and those gorgeous icy blue eyes. – Wait, GORGEOUS? PERFECT SMILE? What had come over her?
Chad was blushing as he walked away from So Random. He hadn't, of course been on his way to Pauly and Pals. He really needed to work on his excuses. Except that excuses were something that Chad was normally good at, but this morning, he had taken one look at Sonny and gotten all flustered. Why dud she have to look so cute when she was in a hurry? Or when she was mad? Or happy? Or... Chad paused for a second. Sonny was always cute. Not that he liked her or anything... did he?
Stupid cute! Who was he kidding? He had fallen for her big, warm, chocolaty eyes, and her huge grin with the adorable dimples as soon as he saw her that day in the cafeteria, wearing that dumb waitress costume for some sketch that the Randoms had been doing that day. He just couldn't fully admit that to anyone, including himself, let alone Sonny!
Chad Dylan Cooper had to be in control of his feelings, and Sonny made him lose that control. Surely that meant that she was bad for him? The problem was, losing control of his feelings made Chad feel more relaxed, happier. It was like being around Sonny unwound a tightly coiled spring inside him. But that made him a completely different person from his ''cool, Mackenzie Falls, TV star, egocentric' image he gave to all the magazine interviewers and TV reporters, and pretty much everyone else around him. In order to hide how his cover slipped around Sonny, he went out of his way to annoy her.
Chad sighed. The real reason that he had been standing outside So Random was because he hadn't seen Sonny, who was usually the first Random to arrive at the studios, arrive that morning, and was checking to see that she had arrived safely. He walked into Mackenzie Falls.
'CHAD! Hurry up! What is TAKING you so long?' A deafening shriek came from Penelope. Chad took his place on set, and began to work without much enthusiasm.