a/n: So umm... I'm kinda nervous to post this because I haven't posted a fanfiction in, well, a really really long time. But I was randomly inspired with this idea while me and my friend were writing a SWAC fanfic (It's called Again and Again, so... go and read it) and so I decided to write it and figured, why not give it a go and post it? It's set sometime towards the end of season 1. And I promise, other people like Tawni, Nico, Grady and Zora will be appearing later on... I haven't neglected them. So... I hope you enjoy it :)
disclaimer: Don't own Sonny With a Chance... hence the fanficiton.
"Do you have your toothbrush?"
"Yes Mom."
"Toothpaste."
"Yes, I have toothpaste, pretty sure they have that in other countries as well though, I could buy it if I forgot."
"Did you pack socks?"
"Yes."
"Clean underwear?"
"Mom!"
"I'm just making sure."
"I'll be fine. It's only two weeks."
"But you'll be so far away."
Sonny then saw the real reason behind the interrogation of the items in her luggage. She softened.
"I'll be ok. I'll be back before you know it. And you'll be fine without me. In fact, you'll probably enjoy the peace and quiet."
Connie nodded. "I suppose you're right. I should look at the positive side. But… my little girl is going to be on the other side of the world all by herself."
"I won't be by myself. My publicist Rebecca will be there. So will some kids from the other shows. We'll be fine."
"Just one last hug before you go?"
Sonny nodded, and let her mother pull her into a bone-crushing hug. It was as though Connie was tyring to squeeze the life out of her, but she didn't complain that time. It wasn't like letting her only seventeen-year-old daughter fly across the world was something her mother did very often.
"Ok, be safe sweetie." She kissed Sonny on the cheek. "Take care of yourself. And call me every day."
"Ok Mom. I'll be fine. I'll see you in two weeks." Sonny gave her mother one last quick hug before going through the glass doors that read 'passengers only'.
She could barely keep the jittery nerves down as she queued up behind other travellers holding her passport in her hand. Rebecca was talking rapidly on her phone to someone, Sonny could only catch glimpses of words like 'right now' and 'not good enough' and 'emergency'. She was slightly alarmed, but didn't think much of it. In the line behind her was Anna Fitzgerald from Kitchen Dreaming, a mockumentary show about a teenage chef. Sonny gave Anna a halfhearted smile, before she walked up to one of the many desks and presented her passport.
She walked through the security check, and waited for Rebecca and Anna to catch up. She'd never been overseas before, and couldn't wait to go to Australia. But she was nervous as well.
It was a massive, massive deal for her to be going, and not just because it was her first overseas trip (a trip to Canada when she was fourteen didn't count, because that hadn't involved crossing over an ocean). CC Channel was launching in Australia and a representative for each of the major shows had been chosen to fly over and promote it. Sonny had been surprised to find out she'd been picked as the So Random representative, and currently Tawni wasn't speaking to her, but that hardly bothered her. Tawni once didn't speak to her for an entire day because she thought she'd used her precious lipstick. Coco-moco… somethingerather. So she was sure Tawni would be over it by the time she got back. There was a lot riding on this trip. She couldn't let Mr Condor down. None of them could.
"Ohh! Is that a Starbucks I see? Come on girls. I need my coffee fix before we go any further." Rebecca started to practically sprint towards the line.
With alarmed eyes Sonny turned to Anna. "Do we follow her?"
Anna nodded. "The smell will make me feel nauseous, but I'm a little bit scared of her. She's tiny… but can be vicious when she's mad."
"Really?"
"Yeah, didn't you hear her on the phone just now? There was some issue with accommodation for when we land. All I know is I'm glad I wasn't the person on the other end of the phone."
"I actually meant the nauseous part."
Anna shrugged nonchalantly. "Everything makes me feel nauseous."
"O…k…" Sonny didn't quite know how to react to that so she just left it as they quickly joined Rebecca in the line.
"Now girls, I advise to you get some Starbucks now, because as I was doing research I found out that there aren't many of them in Australia. So we could be without for a while."
"They don't have Starbucks in Australia?" Sonny asked.
"I know, shocking right? I honestly cannot imagine a world. But there you go. I guess Australia really is a bit of an upside down place… Anna are you ok?"
The girl just nodded, even though she was already looking several shades paler than she had moments ago. Sonny was certain that even her freckles had gone a couple of shades lighter.
"You can go and sit down at the tables over there if you want."
She nodded again and promptly walked over to the tables, picking a seat as far away from the counter as possible.
"Um… is it safe to have her on a plane?"
Rebecca waved her hand. "Yeah, we'll just shove some pills into her mouth before takeoff. She'll be asleep half an hour in and it'll be fine."
"Does everything really make her feel sick?"
"Only coffee, motion, chocolate, cheese, apple juice, heights, spaghetti bolognese, and… oh I think there are a couple of other things but I can't remember. She wrote it down for me though. I have it on my phone."
"Oh…" Sonny tried to wrap her head around how a girl that felt sick at the site of so many different foods could work on a show about cooking as Rebecca placed her order.
Coffee in hand, and an Anna with a little more colour than before, they headed to their gate, even though they still had an hour before the flight. There was some sort of meeting beforehand with one of the CC Channel's PR consultants about the basic rundown of the next two weeks Down Under.
It turned out that they had their own VIP guest, waiting lounge courtesy of the airline they were flying with. Sonny bit her lip to contain try and contain her excitement. But it didn't stop the small squeak of excitement when her eyes fell upon the black leather couches and… was that a water feature in the corner? There were only a couple of other people in the room. She recognised two boys from Teen Gladiator and…
Her smile promptly dropped.
Chad Dylan Cooper.
What the hell?
"What the heck Rebecca? I thought Portlyn was the Mackenzie Falls rep." She said in a harsh whisper.
The tiny blonde girl shrugged. "There were some last minute changes. Details were hazy. It's so much better that we have Chad though, he'll draw more attention."
With a giant huff Sonny flopped down into the seat next him, folding her arms over her chest. Trip officially ruined.
"Sup?" Chad asked her with a smirk.
"Why are you here Chad?"
He raised his eyebrows. "Are you kidding? You really think Condor is going to send a whole team to promote his channel and not send the star of his biggest hit? Not to mention I have so many Australian fans that have been messaging me on Flitter to go down and visit them. So I'm… just fulfilling my duties as the greatest actor of our generation."
Sonny had no response so she scoffed instead.
"Why are you here? I thought they would have sent blondie."
"So did she."
"Don't get me wrong, I'm glad it's you."
"Really?" Sonny didn't bother hiding her surprise, but did try to suppress the shiver of delight that ran down her spine at the words.
"Yeah. Out of all of you Random's you're at least… somewhat bearable."
"Really?" Come up with a new word Sonny.
"Yeah. I know you secretly watch my show." He winked.
She flushed bright red. "I do not."
"I bet your favourite episode is the one where Mackenzie dares himself to swan dive off the falls. I take off my shirt."
"There is no such episode Chad." (If there was, she was sure she would remember it all too clearly.)
"Ha!"
"I hate you." She twisted in her seat to turn her back on him as best as she possibly could.
"Really? Do you really Sonny?"
"… Yes."
"Yeah, well, same here."
"Good."
"Good."
"Fine."
"Fine."
As much as she didn't want him to get the last word, she wasn't willing to sit on a fifteen-hour flight in a battle of 'fines' and 'goods'. That, and they'd just been interrupted by a tall skinny guy with a giant afro waving a clipboard around telling everyone to listen to him.
Sonny took a moment to take him in. He was tall, lanky even. A whole lot of arms and legs, emphasized by the skinny jeans he wore. His hair stuck out of his head as a giant ball of frizz that seemed to somehow suit him. His shirt was a glaring yellow with something that looked like a reference to something Sonny didn't really get.
"Please listen to me this is important," he stressed the word. "There won't be any time for sleeping once we get to Sydney. We're off the plane, straight to the hotel to check in. Then off to radio interviews. So sleep on the plane. Please. You also need to remember you're promoting CC to kids and their parents. Ok? You need to make parents love you. So please I'm begging you put the innocent act on ten fold. I don't care if you're not a proper actor." Sonny ignored the fact that he looked at her when he said that. "Just do it. All right so, we're in Sydney for four days, then down to Melbourne for three, to Brisbane for two. Then back to Sydney for one more day of work and then you get fours days off for site seeing and all that jazz. Ok? Cool. It'll be totally awesome you guys. I'm sure of it. Oh and I'm Jamie by the way. Any stuff ups are on my head."
There was silence as he finished with a nod of his head.
"Er… any questions?" No one said anything. "Right then, talk amongst yourselves."
At that Chad moaned and slumped back against the seat. Sonny frowned at him, knowing she'd probably regret the next words out of her mouth.
"What's your problem?"
"Business class."
"Huh?"
"We have to fly... business class." he shuddered at the word business as though it was a dirty thing.
Sonny ignored the horrified look on his face and grinned. "Isn't it exciting? Oh my gosh I'll actually be able to push my seat back without some idiot complaining about his seat tray. And have room to stretch my legs. I've only ever flown coach. It's going to be so great!"
Chad rolled his eyes. "Sometimes, I wonder what planet you're from. It'll be awful. And so cramped. There's hardly any room in business." he said. "I'm so used to the comfort of my private jet." he sighed. "I suppose I'll have to live, as she wasn't made for flights longer than a couple of hours. Still, they could have gotten us, or me at least, a first class ticket. As long as I don't have to sit next to barfy mcbarf or little miss princess I suppose I'll live."
"Who?"
Chad gestured vaguely to the redheaded Anna and another girl sitting by herself, staring at the floor blankly with headphones in her ears.
"Oh my gosh... Is that Roxy Roquette from Rose's Turn?"
Chad nodded. "Seriously, drama queen."
"I guess you two would make a perfect couple then."
"Been there, done that."
"You guys went out?" Sonny couldn't manage to hide the shock on her face.
"I was in one of her music video's."
"Chad, that's really not the same thing."
He waved his hand dismissively. "Sure it is."
Sonny decided it was better not to comment, and instead sent her mother a reassuring text message that she was fine and just waiting to board the plane. She gave the room another glance around. It was going to be a really long two weeks.
So, I'd love to hear what you think, writing Sonny and Chad has ended up harder than I thought it would be.