Chapter 1: I'm Not That Girl (Wicked)

Sonny's POV

I'll admit one thing. I did have my mom's Wicked CD on my iPod now, and was listening to it.

Hands touch, eyes meet
Sudden silence, sudden heat

I remembered that day. When they told me we were rivals. How was I supposed to know then? How was I supposed to know what to expect next? Honestly, it was the most interesting game of Musical Chairs I had ever been in! And hey, I proved I could act! He looked at me, tried to help me up. But ha! Did I fool him! Did I fool him...

Hearts leap in a giddy whirl
He could be that boy
But I'm not that girl:

"Sonny." Chad Dylan Cooper came up to me again in the cafeteria.

"Chad." I replied, waiting for him to say something useful.

"I hope you know I'm really impressed that you can act, but that doesn't mean that you're better than us, at "the Falls". He said with his usually cocky tone.

I just rolled my eyes and went to the table to join the rest of my So Random! crew.


Don't dream too far
Don't lose sight of who you are
Don't remember that rush of joy

I sat down and thought for a while, not really paying attention to what anyone was saying; still somewhat annoyed that Chad was once again being a jerk. I wish he could be a little less conceited. But hey, what's happening? Am I, I Sonny Munroe actually CRUSHING on Chad Dylan Cooper? Oh! Heck! No! He's So Random!'s rival! This really isn't happening, is it?

He could be that boy
I'm not that girl

Back in our dressing room, I started humming to myself some tune I had made up. Tawni turned around and gave me that look as if I were someone who belonged in a psycho ward…

"You're doing it again!" she said to me.

"What? Doing what?" I replied.

"Isn't it obvious? You're daydreaming. Again! Is it about Chad? Well tough luck. I heard he's going out with that Portlyn girl from Mackenzie Falls. Besides, I thought you said he was a jerk anyways."

Ev'ry so often we long to steal
To the land of what-might-have-been
But that doesn't soften the ache we feel
When reality sets back in

"What?" I rambled. Yes it was true. She interrupted my daydream. And yes it was true. It was about Chad. "Oh, um yeah, I know, heh." Wow. And I honestly thought he actually cared. I guess we weren't meant to be anyways. Too much Romeo and Juliet for me. "Well, he can be sweet…sometimes…when he feels like it…" I remembered when he dressed up like Eric, my "fan".

"Like I said before, you have a denial problem."

"Yeah, sure."


Blithe smile, lithe limb
She who's winsome, she wins him
Gold hair with a gentle curl
That's the girl he chose
And Heaven knows
I'm not that girl:

I went in the hallways, hoping I would not pass by them, but I heard his voice and I felt myself scream inside.

"Hi Chad." I say as I see him walk by arms linked with Portlyn.

"Hi, Sonny, now if you excuse me Portlyn and I are going on our date tonight." he replied.

"Well I just want to say, 'Congratulations!'" I said, with a big fake smile on my face. I hope he doesn't see right through me. I already proved to him that I could act! I don't want to look transparent right after I beat him! I could tell he knew I was somewhat lying. I started to walk away, when I heard him say behind me,

"Thanks?"

Don't wish, don't start
Wishing only wounds the heart
I wasn't born for the rose and the pearl
There's a girl I know
He loves her so
I'm not that girl:

I went back to my dressing room. When I walked in I saw Tawni sitting at her dresser with her smug 'I-told-you-so' look on her face. She didn't say anything to me, because she was right. And I hated to admit it but she was right. I was crushing on Chad Dylan Cooper.