A/N: I had this idea for this story a long time back, and finally wrote a chapter today... I decided to try posting the first chapter. In case I do end up posting the whole story, I have to warn you- Sonny is completely OOC. Chad is of course still... Chad. Okay, enough talking, you'll get to know the rest of the changes I've made to the original layout of Sonny with a chance. For those who are curious, Sonny and Chad will be working on their respective shows, unlike my previous story 'Once upon a song'. Haha, notice how similar the titles of both stories are? :P Even then, there will be very little focus on the shows and the cast mates. Occasionally yes, there will be parts with them, but hey! The main focus is Sonny and Chad here. To specify things further, Chad. Hehe. Anyway, it's just the main plot I've twisted. The basic characters will remain the same. Soooo... here you go, and I hope you guys enjoy it. Depending upon the criticism I receive, I'll continue uploading. Enjoy! :D
General POV:
Sonny picked up the heavy carton from the ground that contained all the knick-knacks from her dressing table in her room. As she did, her long ebony-brown hair cascaded over her face like a curtain, blocking her vision. She puffed out, blowing a wisp of hair away, right for it to return to its position in a matter of two seconds.
Sonny rolled her eyes as she grumbled to herself and bent back down to place the box back on the ground. With her now free hands, she pushed back her hair. She bent again and picked up the box, only to have her hair tumble over her face again, obscuring her view. She muttered curses and dropped the box with a loud thud and walked to her room.
Well what used to be her room. Apart from a little rubbish and dust here and there, there was nothing much except for a few boxes she still had to take out. Her furniture had already been loaded into the trucks, which the drivers would later drive to the Wisconsin Airport.
Sonny scanned the room, her eyes twinkling as they fell upon what she was looking for. She walked to the cardboard box, leaning down as she sifted through it. She removed a large plastic bag, tied with a large knot. She skillfully untied it, and removed a random scrunchy. She retied the bag and dumped it back into the box, shutting the flaps. Sonny got up and tied her hair into a messy bun that rested atop her head. She smiled in satisfaction and left the room, shutting the door behind her.
She walked to the miserable box that had caused her to do so much effort, and for the third time, lifted it. As she did, her hip bumped hard against the edge of a table.
"Fuck!," she yelped, dropping the box. A surge of pain shot through the middle section of her body, and she winced as she tended to her injured hip. The box narrowly missed her left foot, and Sonny frowned as a few of its contents spilled out of the open flaps and onto the old wooden floor.
Among an alarm clock, old journal and a teddy bear, one of the spilled items was a picture frame. Sonny watched in dismay as it tumbled out of the now overturned box, it's glass shattering and spreading everywhere. Sonny frowned as she bent down again, examining the damage. She carefully removed the picture out of the now glass-less frame, smoothening its edges and examining it. A smile spread across her face as a train of memories flooded her mind- of her and her best friend.
~Flashback~
"Peanut Butter! Slow down!," a five year old girl squealed in her high pitched and childish voice.
"No Cookie, you have to catch me!," a boy of about six responded, laughing as he got chased by a girl- his best friend.
The little girl squealed in delight as suddenly, they switched roles and she now found herself being chased by the boy.
She laughed loudly as the boy caught her from behind, locking his tiny arms around her even tinier waist as they crashed onto the soft grass of his large backyard, laughing just as loud.
Just then, a click was heard, and the children found the girl's mom holding a camera and grinning at them.
"Aunt Connie, did you click a picture?," the little boy asked with a fascinated expression on his face.
Connie nodded, gesturing for the two to come see. They quickly got up, running up to her. Connie bent down and turned the camera screen towards them. It was a beautiful picture; two children playing with each other with not a care in the world. The little boy's dirty-blonde hair was flying in the air, his arms around the girl as she laughed with little wisps of her ebony hair reaching his face. They both were on the ground, the evening sun casting an almost magical glow on them.
"Cookie! You look so pwu- pree-..," the boy stuttered, his eyes wide with shock as he failed to get a hang of the word.
The little girl giggled.
"Do you mean 'pretty', peanut butter?," she offered, smiling wide as she showed off her milk teeth.
A blush spread across the boy's face as he nodded, scratching the back of his neck, smiling at his best friend.
"Yes Cookie, you look very pretty in that picture. Like an.. like an angel!," he said, grinning widely, happy that he was able to remember the correct word.
The little girl turned red as well, smiling shyly as she looked at the ground, tracing patterns on the ground with her bare feet.
Connie couldn't help but smile warmly at their cuteness, touched by their innocence and affection towards each other.
"Aww," she couldn't help but say out loud, leaning to both of them and consecutively placing big kisses on their baby-soft cheeks.
"Mommy!," the girl yelped, pouting as she turned pink with embarrassment, give her mother pointed looks towards the boy.
Her mom just laughed, giving her daughter an apology that she very happily accepted, and walked back towards the mansion where the boy lived. She joined her husband and their best friend- the boy's father. The three adults sat around the little tea table close the house, talking as they watched their children play with each other.
If only they could all do the same thing now...
~End Flashback~
"Sonny! What happened? What did you drop?," a voice called out to Sonny, putting an end to her thoughts as she shook her head and started picking up the pieces of glass.
She heard a few footsteps before she was joined by her mother.
"Oh dear! Sonny, be careful, you'll cut your hand! What did you do?," Connie asked worriedly, her motherly instincts taking over as she lectured her daughter about irresponsibility.
"The picture frame fell out of the box," she replied, holding out the frame-less picture to her mom as proof.
Connie narrowed her eyes as she looked at the picture, before a smile took over her face as she recognized it.
"Ah, I remember that day like the back of my hand. My, doesn't time fly? It's been, what, almost twelve years?," Connie said, smiling and shaking her head as she too replayed the events of that day in her head.
"Yeah, it's kind of sad that it's been that long since I last saw him," Sonny sighed out. If only she could experience it again. If only she could meet him again. She sadly smiled at his memory.
She sighed as she helped her mom clean up the glass and throw it in the trash.
"But it's a good thing we made that agreement...," Connie mumbled incoherently.
"Huh?," Sonny said distractedly as she picked up two boxes and tried to balance them in her arms as she got up and walked.
"Nothing nothing," Connie waved off, replying almost too fast. Sonny ignored her suspicion and continued walking.
"I still can't believe that my daughter is going to be a star in Hollywood!," Connie gushed, as she helped Sonny make trips to the moving trucks with the cartons. There were only a few left, and soon enough, they would be on their way to the airport and to California, Los Angeles to be exact. Sonny had received one of the main roles in one of her favorite television shows- So Random!
Sonny's eyes narrowed a bit. Her mom was strangely a little too excited about the fact that they were shifting to Hollywood. Sure, it was great how enthusiastic and all she was, but Connie was literally obsessed. She hadn't stopped ranting since a month ago when they received the news from Marshall Pike, the executive producer of So Random! Was there something she needed to know about?
Connie had been oblivious to Sonny's suspicions towards her, at least till now. She caught the look on her face, and immediately tried to cover her tracks.
"I just feel like you have grown so much... it's hard to believe that the little girl I once held in my arms is now a teenager on her own television show!," Connie said.
Sonny rolled her eyes at her mom. "Mom, first of all, I'll have four other co-stars. Its not my own show. Second, you should be feeling like I've grown. I'm five foot six, not a twelve inch baby like when I was born."
Connie pinched her daughter's cheeks to annoy her, secretly glad that she forgot about her suspicions.
It wouldn't be pretty if she found out that she would be meeting Chad. Extremely soon.
A/N: So how was it? Please do leave a review, I'd love to know if you guys enjoyed reading just as much as I enjoyed writing :D
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XOXO,
-Goofy Hamster.