Sonny with a Chance of Goodbye

Chapter One: One Year Anniversary

"Come 'on, Sonny, you've tried that same outfit on twice already. Make up your mind."

"I want to look perfect, Tawny."

"Aww, nothing in that closet is going to make that happen….so just pick something already."

"Thanks, Tawny."

"It's not like it's your first date or anything. You two have been dating a year now."

"That's right. A year. It's our anniversary. I want everything to go great tonight, Tawny. I never thought it would be like this, but Chad and I are….well….I think I'm …."

"Sonny! Do you mean?...Are you saying?...For real?"

"I don't know, Tawny, I mean…I've never felt this way before. I know I'm only 18, but….I think….I think he's the one for me, you know?"

"Oh my gosh, Sonny. Are you serious! I mean, this is major!"

"I know, I know, okay! So are you going to help me or not?"

Tawny frantically searches through Sonny's closet, tossing aside almost everything. Finally, she throws up her hands and lets out a frustrated scream. She grabs Sonny's arm and drags her into her own closet.

"Come 'on, this is hopeless in here. Let's try a new approach…."

Tawny fishes out two or three outfits and holds them up to Sonny one-by-one. Finally, she pulls out a strapless, black dress and says, "Perfect."

Sonny puts on the dress and twirls in front of Tawny.

"So what do you think?"

"Perfect…"

Tawny drags Sonny onto the stool in front of her vanity. She goes to work curling and primping, until, finally, she spins Sonny around to look in the mirror. Sonny gasps.

"Wow, Tawny, I look…."

"Great, right? Yeah, I know it's hard to believe, but with my clothes and my skills, you'll do."

Sonny looks at her reflection. Her long, dark curls frame her face softly. Her red lips make her look a little Snow White-ish . Her shoulders glisten softly with Tawny's dust of glittery powder. The strapless dress with lace accents hugs her to the waist, where it is tied with a satin bow, then poufs out to just above the knee. Sonny looks great, and she knows it. She jumps up and gives Tawny a big hug.

"Aww, thanks, Tawny. I really mean it. You really are my best friend."

She turns and runs out the door to meet Chad.

Tawny looks after with a little tear in the corner of her eye. Before she can pull her sarcastic shroud back around her, the rest of the So Random cast busts in to her dressing room. Breathless, and anxious, Grady tries to huff out the problem.

"Tawn…..it's…abou….the….F…F….Fal…"

"What, Grady? Spit it out already."

"It's the Falls," Zora exclaims. "It's done. It's over. Chad's got some big new movie deal and is leaving, so they are cancelling the Falls."

"Isn't that great?" Nico gushes?

"Great?" Tawny exclaims.

"Yeah," Nico smiles. "We'll be the top show on the lot now. We'll get the run of the place just like those Falls goons did."

"I can already taste the steak dinners," Grady mooned.

"Why aren't you excited about this?" Zora asks Tawny, seeing her distraught expression.

"What about Sonny? She and Chad have gotten really close. If Chad leaves what happens to them?"

"What do you care?" Zora snips. "When did you suddenly grown a heart?"

Tawny is hurt by Zora's comment, but realizes she is right. She's never expressed an interest before. She can't let them know that she feels as mushy about Sonny as Sonny does about her. She really is her best friend…her only friend. That goofy smile was contagious, and Tawny realized after all this time that she couldn't stand to see Sonny in pain. She didn't want her friend getting hurt. But as she stood there and looked at her cast mate's quizzing expressions, she decided to keep playing her cards close to her vest.

"Well, I don't care about Sonny, but if she and Chad break up that's all we'll hear about for months, and it'll be Chad this, and Chad that, and I miss Chad, and….well, we'll never get her out there to do the show. It'll be a disaster, and that will make ME look bad!"

"That's right…." Nico began, realizing their dilemma. "If Sonny is heartbroken, she won't be funny Sonny. And no funny Sonny means... no funny So Random. And no funny So Random, means…."

"It means the end for us, too" Zora concluded.

"I can't believe I'm saying this, " Nico started, "but we've got to figure out a way to get Chad to stay and keep the Falls alive."