Disclaimer: I do not own Sonny with a Chance or any of its characters.

At the cafeteria:

"Portlyn, who's the new guy sitting with the Randoms?", Chad asked, his eyes slightly narrowed at the 'new guy's proximity to Sonny.

"I heard that he's some friend of that Munroe girl from her hometown."

"He's from Wisconsin?"

"No, from her hometown. How many times do I have to tell you that?", asked Portlyn, slightly exasperated.

"That's what...from Wisconsin?"

"Why would I know what her hometown is?", asked Portlyn, now surveying Chad with twinkling eyes. However, she refrained from voicing her thoughts aloud, knowing that Chad would get all defensive if confronted about his crush on Sonny Munroe; it would only be a waste of her energy.

"Whatever", shrugged Chad, his physical composure indicating nothing of the whirlwind of thoughts in his head. Was that new guy a boyfriend of Sonny's? If so, why hadn't Sonny told him about him earlier? She would have definitely shown some signs of being in a relationship...wouldn't have she? She wouldn't have flirted with him if she had been in a relationship. But then again, he could have simply misread her gestures… she might not have been flirting with him at all. And moreover, 'friends' didn't simply turn up at a place so far from home to see their buddy, unless they had a really tight friendship. Chad, feeling uneasy about the conclusion he had arrived at, that the boy was indeed her boyfriend, finished his lunch as quickly as possible and exited the cafeteria.

Later, at the prophouse:

"You eat that crap for lunch everyday, Sonny?",asked Jake, with a look of distaste on his face.

"Yeah"

"Why? Doesn't mom give you lunch?"

"She does quite often."

"Ok"

"'Kay Jake, you wanna watch us rehearse? Or are you going home?"

"Going home…I, unlike somebody here, would like to spend time for the betterment of humanity, by pushing the horizons of science farther than ever…"

"A simple 'I am gonna go even crazier than I already am by reading a stupid physics book' would have sufficed"

"Physics is not stupid"

"Yeah, and So Random! is a drama"

"Yes it is, you people so do not have a sense of humour…for example: listen to these jokes:

What is the sound of two electrons crashing?PLANK!

What is the sound of electron revolving around a nucleus?Bohrrrrrrr"

Sonny stared at Jake.

"See, you did not get the jokes. Inference: you are not humorous"

"Jake. That. Was. Not. A. Joke. Now please go home before I force mom to take you to a psychiatrist."

"You are just jealous of me. Ha ha, Sonny's jealous. Ha ha.."

"Shut up Jay, you are getting even more on my nerves than Chad does."

Later in the evening, in the parking lot:

Chad hadn't gotten a chance all day to 'accidentally' bump into the brunette. He hadn't gotten a chance to pick on her, either. And a day when Chad did not pull her legs was a bad day indeed..

"Hi Chad! Bye Chad!"

Chad turned around in response to a bright voice.

He smiled.

"Hey Munroe, wait.."

"Cant. Sorry. That idiot is already making faces at me. Gotta hurry. Bye!"

Chad looked at the car Sonny was getting into. The same guy who had been with her at lunch was in the driver's seat. His insides curled up and he glared at him drive Sonny away.

In the Munroes' car:

"So…what's up with you and the blond guy?"

Sonny had a pretty good idea who her brother was talking about. But she wanted to see if she was still in the safe zone. There was an infinitesimal chance that she was…

"Grady?", she asked innocently.

"No, the guy who was glaring at me so hard at lunch that if looks could kill, I would be dead now."

Now Sonny was confused. Why would Chad be glaring at her brother?

"Whom are you talking about?"

"The guy whose photo you take out and stare at when you think no one's looking", smirked Jake.

Sonny blushed. She was so going to get back at her brother for embarrassing her like this.

"None of your business."

"So there is something going on, huh?", his smirk growing wider.

Sonny feigned deafness and ignored him.

A/N

Some background information on

Jake Munroe:

Sonny's brother, a year and a half older than her. He is an aspiring physicist and he attends regular school in Wisconsin. He has come to LA on vacation, to spend more time with his sister and mother. The banter in the above scene is a regular Jake and Sonny. His looks are above average, yet he is nowhere near vampire hot. He has an eye on Tawni although Sonny doesn't know it yet. Even though he is slightly nerdy, he is not very asocial.

Portlyn's information:

Portlyn, mostly, is very badly informed as she picks up most of the news from studio gossip. So Chad made a mistake by asking her about the 'new guy'. Even if Portlyn had heard it right, to her, Sonny is just another actress in the studio and so she might not have paid enough attention to what she was hearing. But Portlyn has rightly guessed that Chad has a crush on Sonny. And she has a lot of fun teasing him about it.