Chapter 1

Sonny Monroe was sitting in her dressing room writing this week's sketch. She was, of course, one of the stars of So Random! and she also loved writing sketches almost as she loved acting them out. She smiled at this week's, another Check It Out Girl one, and put it away for a while.

It had been a year since Sonny had gotten the call from Marshall to come on the show. She could remember the day as if it were yesterday. Then, she was new to Hollywood and excited to have her home here. Even after a year, she could not believe she was living large in California instead of back home at-

"Sonny!" Tawni Hart burst into the dressing room which she shared with Sonny. Her face was in a huge scowl and her blond hair was completely frazzled. She had a crazed look in her eye, too. Sonny backed away a bit.

"What is it, Tawni?" Sonny asked, sitting down on the purple couch.

"What have you done with my Coco Moco Coco?" Tawni said, eye to eye to Sonny.

Sonny backed away. "I didn't touch your precious Coco Moco Coco, Tawni."

"Then why can't I find it anywhere? I have looked over the whole entire lot and couldn't find it ANYWHERE! Do you have any idea how horrible it is to be away from it? Do you-"

She was cut off by Sonny, who, in her hands, had a small tube of lipstick. And not just any lipstick but-

"COCO MOCO COCO!" Tawni screamed and grabbed it. She hugged it to her and lay on the couch.

"You left it in your costume from yesterday's sketch," Sonny said, sighing.

Tawni ignored her and proceeded to love her precious possession.

Sonny rolled her eyes. She got up and left to get some fro-yo. She bid Tawni goodbye, but Tawni was in her own little world now.

Sonny walked down the hallway past Stage 3 and entered the Commisary. She was looking at the fro-yo selection when she heard a voice behind her. "Sonny."

She groaned and turned around. "Chad."

Chad Dylan Cooper, otherwise known as the greatest actor of our generation(to him, anyway), was the bane of Sonny's existence. He was the star of Mackenzie Falls, popular teen drama, and let it get to his head. He knew how to get on her nerves and found pleasure in doing it. He had a smirk on his face and his blue eyes were sparkling.

"Taking a break over at Chuckle City? That's not a good idea. You all need all the practice you can get." Chad said, the smirk never leaving his face.

"Practice doing what, Chad?" Sonny said, grimacing.

"Acting, of course," he replied.

"We can act, Chad. Why do you think we're called actors?" Sonny said.

"Well it doesn't count in this situation, Sonny. I know you can't act because you're on So Random!" he said, with a wink.

"How does that have to do with anything? Besides, how would you know? You say you've never watched our show, anyway," Sonny said, slightly smiling.

Chad stammered. "Well, uh, I just know, okay? It's an ACTOR thing. You wouldn't understand."

"Okay, whatever stops the tears." Sonny smiled, triumph on her face knowing she got him.

Chad winced, knowing she got him. He decided to turn the Chad Charm on and get her lost in his eyes.

Sonny turned, surprised at his sudden quietness. She saw him attempting the whole "get lost in my eyes" thing.

"You wish, Cooper. That won't ever work with me." Sonny said.

He kept the gaze but said. "Fine."

"Fine."

"Good."

"Good."

"Good."

"Bye, Chad."

Chad turned and saw she had left. Stupid Sonny. He could never get it to work with her.

Why was he trying so hard with her anyway? She's just Sonny. A Random. Low-class. She could never compare to him.

Then he remembered how much he loved when she'd get annoyed by him, when she smiled in the hallway. How she acted on the show(Fine! I watch it! Sue me!), how she got him to feel good about..

What was he saying? This was Sonny we were talking about. He shouldn't think such things, he should never think such things..

Not surprisingly, he thought those things for the rest of the day.

Sonny entered her dressing room and got her phone out, looking for new messages. She found a few from her old friends in Wisconsin, and replied. I miss them, she thought.

One message wasn't recognized, though. It was from a restricted number and all it said was, It's time.

She didn't understand the meaning of it, but was worried for it gave her a bad feeling. She shook it off, and thought it was probably a wrong number.

"I FOUND IT!" came the triumphant voice of Tawni Hart.

"Finally," Sonny said.

"I know! By the way, Sonny. I think someone's trying to find you," Tawni said, still in a semi daze over finding her lipstick.

"Who?" Sonny asked, curious.

"Not sure. But when I was searching in the Commissary, I saw a paper that said, Sonny Monroe: contact me as soon as you find this. From, T."

Sonny thought about it. "That's really weird cause I just got a weird text message too."

"Hmmm…weird! Well anyway time for rehearsal!" Tawni skipped out of the room.

Sonny got up and grabbed her costume. Time to stop worrying, it was show time.

Chad Dylan Cooper was walking back from rehearsal, going to the Commissary. He glanced around the room and had to admit he was disappointed upon not finding a certain Random. He sighed and sat with some pals at Mack Falls.

He got lost in thought thinking about Sonny, while Portlyn was telling all who'd listen (no one) that the producer of Mackenzie Falls would let her come back from the mysterious balloon accident. She didn't know Chad was kidding when he said that.

"Chad? Earth to Chad?" Portlyn asked him.

"Sorry, what was that?" he said.

"Why do you seem so out of it?" she asked, curiously.

"Oh, nothing." Thankfully, she shrugged it off and didn't ask questions.

Since it had been half an hour and Sonny was still not there, Chad gave up and decided to head to his dressing room. While walking there, he saw one of the Randoms, the blond one, talk to another, the small one.

"So what's up with Sonny?" the small one asked.

"I don't know. She's worried about these weird text messages she's getting and since I heard someone was trying to find her," the blond replied.

"Hmmm…I'm sure I would've heard this while I was in the vents…I need to listen more," the small one said. They walked away to stage 3.

Chad leaned against the wall. Weird text messages? Someone trying to find Sonny? Chad became curious and decided to go visit Sonny in her dressing room and see what was up.

He entered the room, thanking God that the blond wasn't there, and went up to Sonny.

"Hey, Sonny," he said, touching her shoulder.

She jumped and turned around like a murderer had just touched her. Seeing it was Chad, she sighed in relief. "Oh. Hey, Chad."

"Why so jumpy?" he asked.

"I don't know. I just keep getting these weird message and Tawni says someone's trying to find me and I'm just worried kind of," she said.

"Hmm…that's weird. Let me take a look at those messages," he said. She handed him his phone and he looked at them curiously. They said: It's time. Where are you? I need to find you. I'll explain later.

"The number doesn't seem to be from the area. I'd be worried too," Chad said, handing her the phone back.

At the same moment she grabbed it, her phone mooed. She jumped and picked it up.

"Hello?"

A voice said something sounding annoyed. Sonny practically dropped her phone in shock.

"Uhh..Chad? You mind leaving? This is kind of private," she said, still in shock.

"Uh, sure. I'll see you later," he said, walking out.

Who could it be, he thought. Something she didn't want Chad to hear. He decided he'd go back in as soon as he heard Sonny was done talking.

A few minutes later, he heard Sonny stop talking. He entered the room and saw her laying on her couch, mixed emotions on her face.

"Sonny?" he said.

She looked at him as if he were an alien, someone she didn't know, or soon wouldn't.

"Ch-chad?" she said, as if she hadn't seen him in years. Without giving warning, she raced into his arms.

Chad, surprised, hugged her back. "Sonny? I know you usually can't get enough of me but this seems kind of serious. What happened?"

She chuckled at his cockiness. "Nothing, Chad. I just wanted you to know I care about you, ya know? I know we fight and all but you're a good friend."

Chad raised his eyebrows. "Are you about to die or something? You sound like you'll never see me again."

Sonny's eyes watered up a bit at that. "No, just always remember that. Please?"

"Okay, I promise. And…I care about you too, Sonny. You're a good friend." The words were hard to get out.

She smiled and hugged him. "Now go make some Mackenzie Falls magic for me, okay?"

"Okay," he said, smiling and leaving.

Sonny sighed, and sat down. Why now? She thought. She looked outside her window and saw Hollywood, her dream.

She, then, burst into tears.

Why'd I have to care so much this time?

A/N:

Hello, people! I know this is a quick update since I posted the trailer yesterday, but I just had to show this one. Don't expect them all to be quick, though. You never know with my weird schedule.

Read and review, people!

P.S. If any of you have read my other stories, you might notice it different that I am putting my A/N note in bold, but I just decided to change it,(:

Peace out, Suckas!