The next day, the bet was in full effect. In preparation, Grady opened his locker in the school hall and disposed of all his meatball recipes and ingredients. He had a smirk on his face as he was quite confident that he was going to hold off his temptation long enough to win the bet. He continued doing this as the stars of MacKenzie Falls walked by wondering what was going on.
Tawni walked by with her homework in hand, going over it as she was walking. Unfortunately for her, she bumped right into Dakota, who wasn't in a good mood.
"WATCH WHERE YOU'RE GOING, BIKE WRECKER!" Dakota screamed at her as she picked up her papers which she spilled.
Never one to let an insult go by, Tawni inhaled deeply and started to shout back at her. "YOU..." But she caught herself before she could go any further. Her castmates in the vicinity peered at her like they were expecting her to take the bate. Tawni simply swallowed it and smiled at the producer's daughter. "Nice try, girlfriend," she simply said and walked away.
Around the corner, Chad, confused about Sonny's suddenly evasive behavior, was trying in vain top get her to talk to him. "Sonny, wait, why are you...?
"Can't talk, Chad," she replied without stopping and sprinting into a classroom. "I'm in a hurry."
Chloe walked next to him and watched in bewilderment. "What's going on with these guys, Chad?"
"I wish I knew," he answered in a distraught fashion. "I don't get why my texts to Sonny have gone unanswered as well."
A little later on, Tawni peered into the classroom that Sonny had gone into and saw an opening. When Zora walked by, Tawni grabbed her and had her look into the room. "Check it out, Zora. Without Chad, Sonny's falling apart, wanting to talk to her sweetheart so badly." Sonny was trying hard to concentrate on her schoolwork, but kept dreamily and sadly looking at her phone which had Chad's picture on it. "Ready to chicken out?"
"No, not at all," Zora answered hastily, knowing what she was trying to do. "I can find other fun places to hang out besides my two favorite hideouts. Not hard one bit."
Just then, Nico came barging in with a vengeance. "Guys, how much longer do we have to do this? I'm really itching to play my game again." He was talking as though he were in the middle of rush hour traffic on a hot day, wanting to get home after a long day at work.
"You're telling me, man," Grady said coming out of the classroom and going towards the set. "I'm starving and my hankering for my meatball sandwiches is stronger than ever."
"There are other things to eat than that, you know," Zora softly said.
During lunch, the Randoms all sat down with each other. Behind them, the MacKenzie Falls cast was eating and one of them was in a playful mood. He flung some of his cinnamon sugar oatmeal towards Tawni and it splashed on her dress. She was furious, but she let it go. But when two more spoonfuls landed on her, the top almost came off.
"KNOCK IT OFF, YOU... " she started screaming as she turned around. Realizing her competitors were around her, she let her cool head prevail and took a deep breath.
Sonny got her food and went to the prop room to eat. Chad kept chasing her, almost demanding an explanation as to why she was doing this to him. "Sonny, wait. I just want...
"Chad, it's not you," she quickly answered while walking, not making eye contact with him. "I have issues right now that I need to deal with."
"But you know you can tell me anything."
"Chad, I don't know what her problem is right now, but you probably shouldn't get involved," Zora softly said while escorting him back to his seat while Sonny made her way to peace and quiet with her lunch.
Meanwhile, Grady, deep in meatball withdrawal, nibbled weakly at his sandwich. "Steak and cheese is good, huh? Kinda tastes like meatballs." He wanted any kind of meatball so badly he could taste it.
"Forget the meatballs, Grady," Nico said, attempting to tease him into losing. "Here, try this." He put a dish into his friend's face.
Grady felt insulted as he tried what was on the platter. "Spaghetti and tomato sauce. No meatballs?"
He didn't want that, so without thinking, he threw the plate Frisbee-style across the room. It landed right on the front of Tawni's dress after the back had been covered with oatmeal. This sent her over the edge as she sprinted towards Grady with some spaghetti in her hands and stuffing it in his mouth and making him eat it. As she did, she screamed and caused a scene.
"There you go, ITALIAN BOY! Eat as much of this as you want! You and the Falls ruined my pretty dress and my sense of style! There, I said it!" Realizing what she had done, her eyes opened wide and gasped. "Oh man, I'm out!" She broke down and cried as she ran off to change and take a shower.
A/N: More to come shortly.
