Sonny with a Chance Drabbles

Drabble 1 – Simon Says

It was an ordinary Tuesday evening at the Cooper residence. Sonny was over for dinner as usual, playing with my little sister, Lily in her room. Mom was in the kitchen preparing supper and Dad and I were in the living room, watching the hockey game.

Suddenly, Lily, dressed in a pink princess dress and tiara, came running into the room, Sonny in tow. She made a grab for the remote on the arm of my chair, but I beat her to it, snatching it up before she could.

"Chad!" she whined. "So Random! is on!"

"So?" I asked. There was no way I was turning off the game for some silly little comedy show. As if she could read my mind, Sonny cleared her throat and raised her eyebrows at her me.

"Please, Chad? Pretty, pretty please?" Lily begged, drawing out the words.

"Yeah, Chad. Please?" Sonny asked, mirroring Lily's puppy dog eyes. There isn't a lot that can break Chad Dylan Cooper, but the double puppy dog face from his two favourite girls? How could I object? I'm weak.

I sighed and flipped to the right channel, not that I have it memorized or anything… Lily squealed and clapped, jumping into my dad's lap to watch. Sonny came and sat down next to me, resting her head on my shoulder.

I turned to look at my dad with an apologizing look. He just rolled his eyes and shook his head. I knew he was happy for me and Sonny; she was my first real girlfriend, but I'd never let Sonny know that.

I turned to the TV and took pleasure in watching my girl on screen. It was the episode with the PP Dance sketch. I remembered the day when Sonny and her cast performed this sketch. That was the day Sonny wrote herself a fan letter and wore the weird beard. I'm still not sure what made me dress up as 'Eric',but I really did want to try on the beard. And yes, I will admit that maybe I cared just a little bit about her, even then.

As if to reinforce my thoughts, Lily took this moment to open her mouth.

"You know, Sonny, Chad watches So Random! with me all the time, practically every day!" Oh my gosh; I can't believe she just said that. No one was supposed to know that except for my family, especially not Sonny! I could feel the colour rush up into my face as I turned a bright red.

"Well, I- I mean I don't really… Uh… It's just that, um," I tried to come up with some sort of explanation or excuse.

"Aw… Really, Chad? Really?" she asked, both amused and touched.

"Well, what can I say? That brunette actress is pretty cute," I said. "That's really the only reason I watch it, to watch you." She smiled and I leaned in to kiss her.

At that moment, the show came to a finish and Lily jumped off my dad, who had fallen asleep, figures.

"Game, Chad! Game!" Lily cried, jumping into my lap and wrapping her arms around me. I pulled away from Sonny and smiled at my other favourite girl.

"What game do you want to play, Lily Billy?"

She put a finger to her chin and stared off into space, contemplating her answer. I could almost see the light bulb pop up above her head as her eyes widened with an idea.

"Simon Says!" she exclaimed, jumping up and grabbing my hand to pull me off of the couch. I grabbed Sonny's hand in my own and pulled her along with me.

Once in the middle of the room, Lily pointed a finger in my direction. "Chad, you be Simon!" she requested adoringly. How could I object?

"Okay. Simon says touch your head." I watched as both Lily and Sonny touched their heads. "Simon says, tap your tummy." I could see Sonny snickering at my use of the word 'tummy.' "Now, jump on one foot!"

Lily proceeded to hop around on only her right foot when she realized that Sonny was still on her feet.

"Oops!" she shrieked, covering her mouth with both hands.

"I didn't say Simon Says!" I cried, rushing forward to grab her into my arms. She giggled and wiggled as I tickled her in the stomach.

"Stop, Simon! Stop!" she gasped through laughs. I put her down and rustled her golden hair. She quickly flattened it down, trying to fix it. Wow, she was already so much like her older, very cool big brother.

"Kids, dinner!" my mom called from the other room. We all filed into the kitchen, with my dad in tow, and sat down for a delicious cheese casserole. We talked about work and Lily's show and tell tomorrow. She was bringing her box set of So Random! DVD's, again, figures. All in all, it was a very enjoyable evening.

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Later that night, after driving Sonny home, we stood outside her apartment door. She turned around to face me.

"I had a great time tonight, Chad. Lily is really cute, kind of like her brother."

"You think I'm cute, Munroe?" I questioned her, raising my eyebrows.

"I don't know…" she mumbled.

"Well, if it means anything, I think you're pretty cute, too." She smiled her dazzling smile. Stupid cute.

"Kiss me," she said leaning in.

"You didn't say Simon Says," I reminded her with a cocky grin. She rolled her eyes and wrapped her arms around my neck.

"Simon says kiss me." And with that, I kissed her softly, running my hands through her hair. How could I object?