Hey, it's me, Jesspikapal, but you probably already knew that! :) Channy anyone? :3 Gonna try to do one hundred chapters full! This WAS going to be for a contest, BUT it's over, so I'll just do it for fun! :)

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~Jess~

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Chapter one: Blink

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Chad wandered ambiguously down the streets, watching the occasional car flash past, a rush of cold air indicating that it had gone past him in the blink of an eye. He couldn't tear his mind from Mackenzie Falls, not because he was "basking in it's glory", but because he found a scary similarity between his own show and So Random!. And it was all because of something Sonny had said to him during those stupid "trust" exercises.

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"Chad, don't you understand? There's no need for a fued between us. We're both here for people's entertainment and for the thrill of it. You seriously think that I would believe you if you said that you would still act, even if you didn't enjoy it?" Sonny asked him, in the silence of the woods.

"..." Was all he could manage as he took in the information. Was she right, or was she so self absorbed in her own happiness that she thought it applied to everyone else? Maybe she was slightly deluded as to what show business was all about; it wasn't all fun and games. It was a tough ride, and only the best got through. But that usually costed the participants their humility. Their pride and their understanding. Chad, sadly, was only another one of those participants in show business' cruel game.

"Chad, you do understand that it's not all about being better right? Why can't So Random! and Mackenzie Falls just both exist together? I mean, really, is there any need for an argument about it?" Sonn continued to interrogate.

"You don't understand. The fued between our shows has always been there. Why should it change now?" Chad returned, glancing at her over his shoulder. He saw her briefly falter, before she nodded to herself and got ready to say something else.

"You know Chad, before I got here, it was you Falls people, against the Randoms, right?" She asked, scooching slightly closer to him in the cold of the night. He welcomed her gladly, though he was too proud to let her snuggle up to him to keep warmth, even for the pair of them. He shrugged her away and she blinked, seemingly disappointed. She cleared her throat and he suddenly remembered her question.

"Yes, it was always that way, until you came along. What's your point Sonny?" He questioned, confused.

"Well, you thought that So Random! would always have Tawni, Nico, Grady, Zora and Mandy, before she left, right?" Sonny asked again and Chad nodded, interested. He couldn't wait to actually hear her point instead of all this small talk!

"And then I came along and you weren't expecting that, were you?"

"Sonny, just please, get to the point." Chad breathed out, begining to feel slightly irritated.

"Sorry... Well, lets just say that, when So Random! got a new cast member, me, why couldn't that have been your new start?" She quizzed and the long haired blonde stopped short. Why not indeed?

"Sonny, just because you were the newest arrival doesn't mean that we were going to stop our rivalry. And you learned that from every minute longer that you stayed with the Randoms. To us, back then, you weren't anything special, so why should we have stopped arguing because of one new girl?" Chad in turn explained his case, though Sonny's theory was still fresh in his mind. Why had he never thought about it that way? In a way, they had all (excluding Sonny) thrown a second chance back in the worlds face, both So Random and Mackenzie Falls.

"Well, I don't know but - Wait, so I'm something special now?" Sonny enquired, peering curiously at Chad, who had turned his head away from her upon noticing his slip up. He cursed inwardly; he had politely prayed that she wouldn't catch it!

"Well, uh, sure... To your cast mates, you're one of their best actors." Chad carefully manouvered around the question, picking bits and pieces to say, doing so with care and hesitattion.

"But I thought you said I couldn't act." The brunette questioned, tilting her head slightly. She reminded him of a confused puppy. A cute confused puppy.

"Yeah, but your cast mates didn't. They began to accept you... as did we over at The Falls." Chad admitted, deciding it was just too tiring to keep hiding his tracks. Plus, feeling exhausted wasn't doing anything to speed up his usually quick bank of excuses. It was just pure exhausting!

"But -"

"But it wasn't, and still isn't, enough to stop the rivalry Sonny. Now, I have to go." Chad declared, standing up and brushing himself off habitually.

"But it could be... Couldn't it?" said Sonny, a hopeful yet small smile resting on her face as she gazed at Chad. He refrained from looking back at her for fear of a mistake, but oh, how he wanted to return her gaze. Ever so much.

"No one will ever know Sonny." Chad spoke with a nonchalent shurg. Then without another word, he walked away and back into the Mackenzie Falls tent, his mind whirring with new found theories...

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And those theories never stopped, even as they rode home, back to their familiar studios. He had figured that a walk would be the best way to clear his busy mind, but with no such luck. He blinked violently, trying to clear his mind, but to no avail.

"But it could be... Couldn't it?"

"Probably... Yes it could." Chad whispered, thinking hard. Then shaking his head, he knew it would never be. Their two shows would always be fighting; there was no way to deny that.

He passed an allyway and saw the darkness there. Much did it resemble his blank mind; he couldn't find any relevance to anything anymore. Almost like his life had lost it's meaning, not in the "feeling sorry for yourself" way, but moreso there seemed to not be enough clarification to understand anything clearly. Much like Sonny had said, he was simply another antagonist in show business and he had lost everything that made him a decent person.

Or had he?

Was it maybe in his head that he had? Did he lie so much that he even started to believe them himself? Maybe he just found it difficult to distinguish between right and wrong, because of Mackenzie Falls. They were possible outcomes, and he guessed that at leats one of them was right, though he couldn't figure out which one it was. Did he even need to? Maybe he already knew, somewhere deep down in mind. But that didn't matter now.

With every single blink he made, he saw many scenes of his life flash in front of his eyes, only lasting a second, but they all seemed to last a lifetime.

"Chad, promise me you'll never grow up." Whispered his mother and he smiled and placed a gentle kiss to her forehead, nodding his head obediently.

He shook his head, smiling fondly. He couldn't believe that he had been so close to his mother once. Once he had been interested in acting, she had just lost her faith in him and gave him nothing but grief and bad feelings. But back when he had been young, too young to say "No", he had always been "Mommy's favourite.", even though there was only him. No brothers to kick about with. No sisters to tease. Just himself to pretend with, but that was always enough for him until he realised what life was really like alone.

"Come on Cooper! I'll catch you!" The little girl teased with a small smile. He always knew that Anny had a crush on him, but he kind of liked her too, in an innocent crush kind of way.

"Alright. Here I come, m'lady!" He shouted from the top of the slide, before skidding down it with his muddy welly-boots, arm extended forward like he was holding a weapon of some sort. Pirates had always been their favourite game...

He laughed aloud, relishing in the familiarity of the treasured memory. It had been so long ago that he was just playing around naievly, thinking the world was a big joke. Oh, how wrong he was. Then the more recent memories came along.

"Sonny." He stated simply in recognision.

"Chad." She retorted, narrowing her eyes slightly.

They both fake laughed, sneered at each other and then walked in their seperate directions.

Not so long ago...

"Good!"

"Good!"

"Fine!"

"Fine!"

"FINE!" They screamed at each other at the same time, before stalking off, Sonny slamming the door and Chad flinging a random door open and walking through it defiantly.

In the blink of an eye, the memory had gone. He was feeling slightly dizzy, his head alive with many thoughts and memories. He didn't even understand why he had Sonny in his mind. Was he supposed to like her or something? Maybe he could consider her a friend sometimes but that would be slightly awkward; they fought endlessly. Why should it change?

He sighed loudly and turned a corner, heading the long way back to the studio, when he bumped into something hard. Both him and the unidentified object made a small noise and then took a mighty step back, both feeling apoligetic.

By instinct, Chad muttered "Watch it...". His hands dived into his pockets again, his head hung low as he got set to walk again, but a voice stopped him.

"Chad?" The femenine voice questioned softly.

"...Sonny?" He asked into the darkened night and was met with a chuckle.

"Of course it's me. Who else would it be?" Even though he couldn't see her properly in the dark, he knew that she was grinning when she had asked him the good natured quetsion. He just shifted on his feet, chuckling lightly.

"So... What are you doing out here?" He quizzed, moving his fingers absentmindedly inside of his pockets.

"I could ask you the same thing Cooper." She giggled, turning to walk away from him.

"Well, don't answer a question with a question." He replied firmly, though he was smirking in the darkness; she couldn't see him though, so it was a shame that she wouldn;t be riled up but still...

"Ok, geez, sorry. Anyways, I don't have time to stand and chat; I gotta get back to the studio. Now." She explained quickly whilst turning on her heel smoothly.

Now, a compelling force built up inside of him and he found himself saying her name:

"Sonny."

"Yeah, Chad?" She enquired, her tone not flat, but not ecstatic either. It was harder to read her in the dark for the obvious reaosn that he couldn't see her eyes. In the daytime, it was so much eaiser!

"Do you mind if I... Walk with you?" He asked, treading his ground carefully. He could not afford to slip up. She flashed through his mind briefly and he did his best to ignore it, though it was easier said than done.

"...Sure. I don't mind." She smiled, motioning next to her and Chad couldn't help but smile back at her, though it was a cool and collected smile, rather than her glee-filled expression. He joined her by her side and the pair wandered back to the studio, chatting lightly and throwing gentle banter between them aimlessly. This was how it should be.

And it had all come together in the blink of an eye...

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So, chapter one done. Please, I haven't been getting much luck with my Sonny with a Chance fics, and I would really appreciate it if this one was reviewed! So please encourage me a little, without sounding like I'm begging for attention. I'm just saying that one is quite a ways off from a hundred and it's gonna be hard to stay commited, if I don't have some sort of support. Reviews make me update quicker, but there will be no review threats!

I hope you enjoyed, and please, like I said above, review! It doesn't take long. Trust me, it'll take you about a minute wheras this challenge could take me, at least, six months! So yeah, review please! :)

Thanks!

~Jess~