A/N: People of ff dot net, consider yourselves challenged! Mwah ha ha! Actually, no, this is my response to the 100 Chapter Channy Challenge (try and say that ten times faster!) by littlemissmiley123 ((to enter go to fanfiction (dot) net /s/5426869/1/100_Channy_Chapter_Challenge). Here's how I'm doing it. Below will be 4 of the 100 topics. All will relate to a random Channy scene I'd either like to see or hopefully will never see on the show itself! Lol. I will aim for each page to be about 2,000 words (though highly likely to be more), so we'll have at least 50,000 words of pure Channy love by the end. So, now, explanation done, I have one more thing to say: enjoy!
Part 1:
8. Nachos: Sonny petitions for a Nachos day (ala Meatball Monday), but no one seems keen to help – except Chad… what is he up to?
33. Puppet: "Even little kids like me. I'm irresistible enough to bridge age barriers." – Chad guest stars on a kid's show to win approval and befriends a sock puppet with a crush…
54. Guitar: "Read it Monroe: Talent, the one thing you lack" -A new talent show for tweens starts up at Condor Studios and Chad tries to impress everyone with his hidden talents…
74. Rudolph: "Oh goodness, its Rudolph the red-nosed dork-deer." – Its nearly Christmas and Sonny gets very into the spirit of giving
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8. Nachos
"… Guacamole and sour cream!" Sonny finished the mix of salsa, beans and chips with a flourish of her spoon as the avocado mix slopped down and the sour cream followed quickly. She grinned at it. "It's so beautiful." She wiped a small tear from her eye as she smiled down at her proud achievement. "No one can hate you."
It was Sonny's new thing – changing the menu at the cafeteria to include more days when all the kids at the lot could share the same meal. She was very over watching the Mackenzie Falls snobs dine on decent meals whilst she and her friends endured a meal that had yesterday been titled 'Pureed Chicken Mince in Broth'. It had looked and tasted a lot more like spam in water. Meatball Monday was a smash hit. Taco Tuesday had record crowds. Fajita Fridays were famous. Even Salad Saturdays went down well. But Wednesdays and Thursdays left them with something that looked lower than the stuff local food chains threw out. So Sonny had set herself a challenge: find meals for Wednesdays and Thursdays. Hopefully it would make the days easier to get through too. Wednesdays and Thursdays were always awkward…
Her mother's nachos seemed perfect, but selling them would be a different matter. She'd decided on Wednesdays as her choice of day after realising that Wonton Wednesday, Watermelon Wednesday and Wasabi Wednesday were never going to take off. Now, armed with her tray of nachos and a petition to get the day's menu changed (she'd visited Brenda earlier with the idea and the old cafeteria lady had insisted on 100 signatures before she'd even think about it), Sonny was off to change the world.
By lunch she had 6 signatures – her friends, her own and Marshall. Even Ms. Bitterman had declined. She was allergic to avocado apparently. Sonny knew she was really allergic to helping, but let it go. So now, seated in the cafeteria, Sonny sighed into her nachos plate. And it looked so impressive too.
"Oooh, nachos." A voice sounded from behind Sonny and a hand leant in, stealing a chip. Sonny looked up at Chad as he savoured the salsa-covered corn chip. "Oh man that's good."
Sonny beamed. "You like it?"
Chad nodded, taking a seat and another chip. "Best nachos ever." He glanced at her. "A secret Wisconsin recipe?" He teased.
Sonny shrugged. "Something like that."
Chad glanced at the petition. "What's this then?"
"I was trying to get Brenda to change Wednesday's menu to nachos, but no one will sign the petition."
Chad shrugged. "I'll get it signed, and I'll talk to Brenda if you want."
Sonny grinned. "Really? That would be gre…" she paused. "Wait, what do you want?"
Chad just gathered up the nachos and petition. "The recipe for these. I'll get this back to your in a few hours." Then, with a grin, Chad sauntered from the cafeteria. With a grin of her own and a skip in her step, Sonny returned to her dressing room.
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By the time Wednesday rolled around the cast of So Random! were excited. Chad had delivered on his signatures. Brenda had agreed to add nachos to her menu. Lunch loomed and Sonny was pleased. She had, of course, held up her end of the bargain and given Chad her family's secret nachos recipe. Chad's face had lit up like Christmas morning and Sonny had been amused by his love of nachos. But right now, as she entered the cafeteria, she was caught up in her own excitement. She'd executed a change at Condor Studios. It was liberating. It was exciting. It was…
"Bean Sprout Soufflé?" Nico growled at the menu. "What?"
Sonny's eyes fell on the Mackenzie Falls table where they all sat eating nachos. "Must be a mistype, come on, let's get some nachos." But by the time they got to the counter they found Bean Sprout Soufflé (a nasty green baked bread thing) waiting for them. Sonny looked back at the Mackenzie Falls table then back at Brenda. "What happened to the nachos?"
"Oh yeah, a good idea girlie." Brenda gave a cold smile. "The number one show's cast and crew love them. I've never been so loved." Then Sonny realised why Chad had helped. Nachos were for Mackenzie Falls only. She cursed him silently. "Now, you have two choices for a job well done: Bean Sprout Soufflé or Pureed Chicken Mince in Broth.
Sonny just groaned. "I should've stuck with Wasabi Wednesday…"
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33. Puppet
"I think guest starring is my new thing. Everyone wants a piece of the Chad." Chad stood in the doorway to Sonny's dressing room, looking particularly proud of himself.
"Please tell me you're guest starring on one of those celebrity survivor type shows. The type with cannibalistic natives." Sonny gave a deep-voice boast. "'Oh, fans of me, Chad Dylan Cooper are giving me a spa. Yes, me, Chad Dylan Cooper' the greatest dinner of their generation!"
Chad just rolled his eyes. "Actually, I'm going on the kid's puppet and music show The Beenies. Even little kids like me. I'm irresistible enough to bridge age barriers."
"Let me guess, you want me to watch?"
Chad just laughed. "Oh I know you will be anyway. You can't help it, I'm…"
"Irresistible enough to bridge age barriers, yes, I know. I hope you get outshone by a puppet." Chad just left with a mocking grin. Sonny turned back to her vanity. "… a cannibalistic puppet!"
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"Good morning kids, I'm Bee Beenie." Sonny watched the morning show with a grin on her face. The crowd of children before the dark blue puppet gave a cheer. "And we have a special guest with us today. He's a superstar of Hollywood," Sonny snorted, assuming Chad had written that into the show himself, "and he'll be helping us today as we learn about emotions. Everybody cheer for Chad Dylan Cooper!" Chad ran in beaming, waving to the little kids. They cheered louder. Sonny just watched with a shaking head. "Welcome to the Beenie house Chad."
Chad just grinned. "Very happy to be here Bee."
Bee buried her head, pretending to blush. "Now Chad, we're learning about emotions this week. Today we're talking about my two favourites; happy and love. How do we do happy Chad?"
He gave a huge grin. "With a big smile Bee."
"That's right Chad. Come on kids, big smiles!" The camera turned to the audience where a whole bunch of 3-year-olds grinned cheerily. Sonny couldn't help but smile. Little kids were adorable.
"How about love Chad? How do you show love?"
Chad touched his heart with both hands. "It comes from in here Bee. In your heart."
"How about a kiss Chad? Kisses show emotion too," Bee pretended to blush again, feigning a crush on the Mackenzie Falls soapsud. Chad obliged, leaning in to kiss Bee on the cheek, but wires were crossed somewhere and he kissed her on her sock puppet lips. As the kids laughed Chad rubbed his face disgusted and Sonny slid to the floor in peels of laughter, watching as the show went to a commercial. Another innocent animal kissed by Chad Dylan Cooper.
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"Hey, seen this week's Tween Weekly?" Sonny stood beside Chad's make-up mirror, holding the magazine before her. "That's sweet." On the front was a picture of Chad locking lips with the puppet under the caption 'Chad's Fuzzy Emotions'.
Chad gave a snort. "Jealous Monroe?"
"Terribly. I've always wanted to kiss a singing sock with eyes." She dropped the magazine onto the table. "Look at it this way Chad, you're moving up. You started at pig, went to puppet. Next up is person, if you're lucky."
"Oh, are you offering?"
Sonny snorted and turned away. "I'd rather kiss the puppet!"
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54. Guitar
"Have you seen these?" Tawni entered the Prop House waving a bright yellow sheet of paper ahead of her. "A new show is starting up on Stage 5. 'Tween Talent Trials', the ultimate tween and teen talent show. To enter you just have to ring this number. You could win great prizes." Tawni drifted off into her own little world. "Imagine me, up there, with my voice and my 'pretty', I'd be a sure fire hit!" She flicked her hair rather unnecessarily as was her style.
"As long as you don't start that 'I'm a little teapot' stuff again, you should be fine." Sonny smiled, looking up from her phone. She glanced at the list of acceptable talents. "This looks interesting."
"Are you telling me you're entering the talent show?" Chad's smug tone came from the doorway. "Because I can see a flaw in your plan already. Read the title. Read it Monroe: Talent, the one thing you lack."
Sonny scowled. "Actually, I play a mean guitar."
"A knee-slapping Wisconsin hoedown, no thanks." Tawni said, walking off and leaving Chad and Sonny alone.
"How coincidental, I do too." Chad boasted.
"I'm happy for you." Sonny frowned, deciding if Chad was going to enter his guitar-playing 'talents' then she most certainly would too.
"Good."
"Good!"
"Fine."
"Fine."
"Fine!" Then, turning away, Chad strode from the room. Frowning at his retreating figure, Sonny called the number on the pamphlet.
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"Welcome to Tween Talent Trials, with your hosts Andrea Livingstone and Greg Murphy." The two 20-somethings ran out onto the stage and did a long introduction including a few bad jokes. Out the back, guitar in hand, Sonny was nervous. It was the second week of the show and the creators of Tween Talent Trials had agreed to a celebrity edition starring kids from around Condor Studios. Chad was there with his guitar, Tawni came prepared with a cane and a top hat, Portlyn seemed to be preparing herself for some sort of talent involving glasses of water and Powerfist was doing a magic trick. It was a bizarre mix of individuals and talents.
"First up we have Chad Dylan Cooper, star of the number one tween show Mackenzie Falls." The crowd went wild and Sonny failed to stop herself rolling her eyes. "Give it up for Chad Dylan Cooper!" Chad wandered off, leaving Sonny to watch him go with a frown, wishing bad luck. It was mean, but she desperately wanted to have something that she could do that Chad couldn't. Surely guitar could be just that? Of course when Chad started playing she realised that wasn't so. He was good. Really good.
Putting down her guitar with a sigh, she wandered off to get a drink, not keen to hear any more. As she started back through the back of the stage she found Chad's creepy assistant (Bort, Bart, Ben, whatever his name was) leaning over something. Curiosity got the better of Sonny and she leant closer, spotting a tape deck. And, she was displeased to see, it was hooked up to a speaker. She gasped and the assistant turned. "Are you helping him cheat?" The assistant had at least the decency to look contrite, something Chad would never do. "No, that's not fair." Diving for the tape deck, a struggle ensued. Eventually Sonny won and pulled the tape deck from the speaker hook-up, leaving Chad's real guitar playing for show. She knew she'd won when the crowd started to boo. Chad was bad. Really bad!
With a smile back at the assistant, Sonny returned to the back of the stage just as Chad walked back in looking ashamed. He saw Sonny's triumphant grin and knew straightaway. "What did you do?"
Sonny just laughed. "Oh Chad I can see a flaw in your plan." She mocked, picking up her guitar. "Read the show's title. Read it Cooper: Talent, the one thing you lack." Then, with a wink, Sonny took her applause and went out onto the stage to show them how to really play a guitar.
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74. Rudolph
"On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me five golden rings…" Sonny's singing echoes through the halls of Stage 3 as she walked around hanging Christmas decorations over every single hook or corner. She loved Christmas. She'd always loved it. Ever since she was little and still believed in Santa Claus. Back then she used to wake up really early and run out for presents. Later she'd look forward to catching up with family and as she got older this became more and more important. Now, so far away from home, she was very keen to keep as much tradition alive as she could. This meant decorations, the song 'Twelve Days of Christmas' (which was counted down as they got closer to Christmas, dropping one line each day), and her cute little costume: Rudolph the present reindeer. Since she was six she'd dress as Rudolph and hand out presents. This year was no different. And, with Christmas five days away and today being the last day of filming before Christmas break, today would be her present day for the other children in the lots. She'd started the morning at Meal or No Meal, moved on to Teen Gladiators and had just finished up at Hoosier Girl. All that was left was Mackenzie Falls, and despite her cheery Christmas mood she was holding off on that one for as long as possible. But by the end of lunch she knew it was time. Sticking on her costume, red nose and all, Sonny bounded over to Stage 2 where the cast were finishing up filming (in the new episode Chloe had been lost in a mine and only Mackenzie could save her, very dramatic apparently, but Sonny found it more silly). She bounded in to a few laughs and an expected comment from Chad.
"Oh goodness, its Rudolph the red-nosed dork-deer." Chad sneered. Sonny just frowned and opened her bag of presents. "What brings you here Sonny?"
"Presents, for my favourite tween drama show cast."
"We're the only tween drama show cast you know." Chad pointed out.
Sonny nodded. "Exactly. Do you think you'd be my favourite if I knew any others?" Chad pretended to laugh before looking into the bag.
"So what did you get us?"
Sonny withdrew five tightly wrapped boxes. "You can't open them till Christmas day. Promise?" The Mackenzie Falls cast nodded slowly, clearly not used to being told what to do. "Okay, they're all yours then." She distributed them amongst the cast. The others walked away as Sonny went back to her bag, but Chad stayed.
"What is it?"
"You have no patience Chad. It's a virtue you know."
"I don't need virtues, I have talent and looks." Chad boasted. Sonny sighed. "Tell me what it is." Sonny just reshouldered the bag and skipped to the door.
"My work here is done. Merry Christmas Chad Dylan Cooper." Then, with a shake of her felt antlers, Sonny bounded from the room. As soon as she was gone Chad pulled open the present and found inside a picture frame with the cast of So Random! in it. Written across the bottom was a simple message… 'Just returning the favour. Keep it. It could be worth thousands one day. From So Random!" With a shake of his head, Chad put the picture frame back in its box and started out of the studios.
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Coming up next…
Part 2:
5. Poster: "Foot fungus? No wonder the girls love you Chad." – Chad signs up to become the poster boy for a beauty brand – unaware it's for anti foot fungus cream…
19. Wisconsin: You can take the girl out of Wisconsin, but you can't get the girl to stop talking about Wisconsin – Sonny feels homesick so Chad organises a surprise…
76. Cooper: "What's with the accent?" Chad ignored her. "I have a heritage I can be proud of – something more than cows and Wisconsin." – A history class leads Chad to a very regal family tree, something he's keen to point out to the regal-less Sonny Monroe…
89. Football: "You throw like a girl." Sonny rolled her eyes. "Chad, I am a girl. What's your excuse?" – Chad doesn't believe Sonny can throw a decent NFL pass, so she issues him a challenge.