My first multi-chapter! Enjoy!
A Miss Sonny Munroe stepped out of her low-class pickup truck with coffee in hand and headed to the front door of Condor Studios. Today, she and her fellow cast mates were going to work on a new sketch idea she had. She took a swig of her coffee and smiled. She was going to need it if she was going to play the character, "Sheeza Maniac." Sonny would do something extremely insane, at which point somebody would ask Tawni (aka "Ima Pretty") who she was with, to which Tawni would reply, "Sheeza Maniac."
Sonny almost spat out her coffee. That line always made her laugh. However, her smile fell when she remembered why some of her co-stars didn't find the punch line very funny. Back in the Prop House where she had proposed the sketch, Zora had asked if she could be Sheeza Maniac. Sonny remembered the hurt on Zora's face when she said that the part was going to herself and not Zora. For the rest of the day, Zora had locked herself in her sarcophagus and did not come out, even when Sonny found some bugs for her snake. That's when Sonny screamed and dropped the beetle that was crawling up her sleeve.
Sonny sighed. You couldn't please everyone. She took another sip of her coffee, only to find it empty. She sighed again. Noticing a nearby trashcan, she aimed the cup and shot, but missed by a foot. She went over to pick it up, but not before noticing a familiar limousine pulling up to the curb. Sonny crunched the cup in her hand. Today was going to be a tedious day.
Chad Dylan Cooper put a pair of earphones on and bobbed his head to the music. He had no desire to listen to his chauffeur talk about some boring story that included his life in the military before some sort of recession hit that forced him into a life of limousine driving. At first, the stories were interesting, but Mr. Webster was ancient and his tales were becoming redundant.
Chad reached over and took a raspberry soda from his personal limo fridge. He popped the top, leaned back, and sighed. Life was good. Except for one thing that was troubling him. He grabbed the Mackenzie Falls script lying beside him and flipped through the pages. Today called for an on-screen kiss with Portlyn. And if the dreaded curse was correct, Portlyn would fall madly in love with him. He did not need to have another co-star with a crush on him.
And it would be even worse with Portlyn. It would be like a lovesick puppy following him around everywhere. Chad shuddered at the thought. Portlyn got intense when she had a crush on somebody. To prove his point, her last crush was still sitting in the hospital.
To calm his nerves, he took a drink of the soda then spat it back out. Chad Dylan Cooper did not get nervous! However, the world had it out with Chad at that particular moment because he turned his head a little to the right and noticed Sonny. His stomach started doing back flips. They quickly disappeared when Sonny threw something at the trashcan and missed. Chad smirked. Typical Sonny. Perhaps his luck had changed. Today was going to be a fun day.
A short girl by the name of Zora Lancaster slammed the door on her mother's car and stormed into the studio. She couldn't remember the last time she was this upset and for this long. She knew, deep down in her heart, that she was the perfect person to play the part of Sheeza Maniac, not this "Anita Help" person. Seriously, who else spent most of their time in the air vents and a sarcophagus? Or was the host of a practical joke show? Nobody came to mind except for herself.
She stomped into the Prop House, only to find Tawni, Nico, and Grady. Tawni was filing her nails, and Nico and Grady were discussing something about a guy named Justin Case. Zora took a deep breath and counted to ten. Now all she needed was to let the others think that she was in a normal, relaxed mood.
"Hey guys, what's going on?"
"Nothing," the three answered simultaneously.
"And nothing is pretty boring, so you might as well just leave the Prop House because nothing is exciting about nothing!" Grady added.
Zora glared at her cast mates for their obvious disproval of her being in the same room as them until she had an epiphany. Maybe they didn't want her in the same room as them because they didn't want her to listen in on a conversation of theirs. They seemed a bit too nonchalant, and Grady nearly freaked out when he told Zora to leave. She smirked. Her Zora senses were tingling, and right now there was a secret just waiting to be uncovered.
She swallowed her bad mood and said, "You're right. Nothing is boring. I think I'm just going to buy a snack." She skipped out of the room like nothing was wrong. However, after walking a few steps, she leaned close to the wall and out of sight.
"She's gone!" Nico whispered.
"Good," Tawni said. "As I was saying before…"
Zora smiled. Today was going to be a great day.
Tawni Hart flipped her hair over her shoulder and smiled. In the back of her head, a plan was forming. A very evil plan. A plan that might get Sonny Munroe kicked off of So Random! and running back to her beloved Wisconsin.
Tawni wasn't an evil person by heart. No, she was just a little too ambitious for her own good. And when ambitious people see an obstacle on their road, they'll do whatever it takes to get rid of that obstacle. Sonny Munroe was the speed bump on her road to fame. She was stealing all of her spotlight, and soon it would be Sonny showing up on the cover of magazines instead of herself! And then Sonny would be famous, with paparazzi following her around everywhere. One day, she'd make a terrible mistake that would break that poor Wisconsin girl's heart.
That's why Tawni decided that she had to take matters into her own hands. If she wanted to protect Sonny from the horrors of stardom, she had to crush Sonny before anyone else could. So no, Tawni wasn't doing this just for herself. She was helping Sonny and all of her friends. She was saving crazed fans from having to see bad publicity. The only person that came to mind that she wasn't going to be able to help was probably a therapist, looking to make a few quick bucks from a girl with a broken dream.
So in the back of her head, Tawni knew that she must put this plan into action. Today was going to be a very evil day.
Nico Harris and Grady Mitchell walked into the Prop House feeling very confident. They had just spent the past hour hitting on the girls from Meal or No Meal, and only seven rejected them and the other three laughed at them. Usually out of the ten girls they choose, only one laughed at them while the others rejected.
But their confident was flushed down the toilet when they noticed a very sinister look on Tawni's face.
"Hey, Tawni, how are you doing?" Nico asked nervously as Tawni walked over to him.
"I'm still pretty, but that's not what I need to talk to you guys about." Tawni looked out the doorway and glanced both ways. After doing that, she grabbed the two boys by the hand and led them over to a secure area.
"I need your guys' help," Tawni whispered.
"What?" Grady asked. Tawni never asked for help.
"I'm trying to get rid of Sonny. And I'm going to use her little sketch to get her kicked off. But I need your help. Who's in?"
"Goodbye, Tawni." Nico said, rolling his eyes.
"Wait!" Tawni exclaimed. The two turned around. "I'm doing this for Sonny's own good! See, she needs to be protected from the harsh condition of fame. And the only way she can be helped is if her career as a star is ended right now. So will you guys help me?"
The two boys looked at each other. Grady took a deep breath and said, "Well, we aren't making any promises, but--"
"Great!" Tawni cried. "But you can't tell anyone about this, okay? So, here's the first step of my plan. We need to--"
"Shush!" Nico exclaimed. "Someone's coming! Get in a natural position!"
The two boys picked up a script that was lying about and started talking about their characters, while Tawni whipped out a nail filer. Zora walked in, or rather, stomped angrily in.
"Hey guys, what's going on?" she said a bit forcefully.
"Nothing," the three replied in unison.
"And nothing is pretty boring, so you might as well just leave the Prop House because nothing is exciting about nothing!" Grady cried before he could stop himself. Nico gave him a death glare at his reaction, but Zora didn't seem to notice that anything was wrong.
"You're right. Nothing is boring. I think I'm just going to buy a snack." Zora skipped out of the room and down the hallway.
"She's gone!" Nico whispered.
Tawni smiled. "Good. As I was saying before, here's step one."
Today was going to be an interesting day.
A Mr. Gilroy Smith sat at his chair and glared angrily at his computer. Ever since Sharona got fired from her job, Gilroy was having a hard time getting the dirt on stars. His show's ratings had plummeted ever since Sonny Munroe and Tawni Hart had visited. People just weren't that interested in his secretive talk show anymore. And he owed that all to the cast of So Random! and Chad Dylan Cooper.
Suddenly, Gilroy had an idea. The corners of his mouth twitched and formed into a smirk of some sort. He had a plan to get his show's ratings back on track. And he was going to use hardcore evidence from the not-so-wonderful cast of So Random! and Mackenzie Falls. And he knew a person that could help him in his scheme.
Gilroy scanned through his address book until he found the right name. The phone dialed twice before it was picked up.
"Yes, what do you want?" the voice scowled.
"Ah, James Conroy. I believe I have a proposition for you."
Today was going to be a backstabbing day.
So, how was the first chapter? Few things before I go. I've already finished writing the story and I'll be updating every other day. So please don't ask me to update faster. Other than that, happy reviewing!