Thanks to Kyyurila and DannySamLover20 for the reviews! I really appreciate it!

Again everyone, I know the couple is a bit odd, but I've seen it work in other stories (and I've written a few before). Just picturing the characters older, because they are in this story, helps to take away some of the weird. And since it's been a while since I've written, I'll admit it's been weird writing the couple again. It just takes time and, well, imagination.

Anyway, onward with the chaos!

Chapter 2:

"Grady! Earth to Grady!"

Grady shook his head, coming out of his thoughts of the past weekend, to see his four cast-mates staring at him. "What happened?"

"You completely missed your line!" Tawni said, her script waving with her arm movements. "That's tenth time you've missed a cue!"

Zora rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. "It wasn't ten times," she said in Grady's defense.

"Actually, it was," Marshall said getting up from his chair. He placed his copy of the script down and approached them. "How about we take a break?"

The actors all agreed and Marshall left, telling them he'd be back after he made a few phone calls. Grady went to sit on the audience bleachers and Nico sat next to him; the girls opting to sit a row behind.

"Man, what's going on?" Nico asked. "You've never spaced out this much before."

Grady shrugged. "I don't know. I just have some things on my mind."

"Is everything okay?" Sonny asked.

"Yeah, everything's great," Grady said, smiling. "Really, I've never been better. I think it's just that I had a really great weekend and can't stop thinking about it." At this he saw Zora smile as she scrolled through her phone, choosing not to look at anyone.

"Well, it definitely had to be peaceful with Grant away for the weekend," Sonny mused.

Nico nudged Grady, seeing that his best friend was about get lost in thought again. "So what'd you do all weekend anyway?"

"He didn't attend any of the movie premieres, that's for sure," Tawni said. "You three really missed out," she added referring to Nico and Zora as well.

"Hey, my sister was visiting," Nico said.

"And I had plans," Zora said not looking up from her phone.

"Well, Tawni isn't wrong," Sonny said. "You missed some great premieres."

"We'll see them eventually."

"But there's not after-parties when you go to see it like normal people," Tawni said. "And that's where all the fun is! And the cute guys!"

"And girls," Nico said, his eyes lighting up thinking about the past after-parties he'd been to.

The stage doors opened and a familiar voice called out, "Hello Randoms!" Chad, flanked by Portlyn and Skylar, made their way over to the five. He sat next to Sonny, putting his arm around his girlfriend's shoulder. "Done with rehearsals already?"

"No, just taking a break," Sonny said, smiling at her boyfriend of four years.

"Yeah, because someone can't get his lines right today," Tawni added with a look to Grady.

"Sorry!"

"Come on Tawni, back off," Zora said, earning weird looks from both casts. "What? I'm just saying." She stood up and climbed off the bleachers. "I'm going to get some froyo before Marshall comes back."

"Ooh, that sounds good!" Nico said standing up. "You in G?"

"Oh yeah!"

"No eating straight from the machine this time!" Zora said as she followed the excited best friends out of the room.

"You know, froyo's not a bad idea," Skylar said watching the three leave. "I'm gonna get some too."

Sonny leaned her head on Chad's shoulder as Skylar left, meanwhile, Tawni and Portlyn moved to another corner of the room to discuss what they were wearing to upcoming events and plan some shopping trips.

"I'm really happy our casts get along now," she said.

Chad smiled down at his girlfriend. "It's all because of you, Short-stack. You showed us how much we have in common and that our feud was stupid."

"I can't take all the credit-"

"Sure you can," Chad said. Sonny sat up straight and he planted a kiss on her cheek. "And you will. You know we would never have stopped fighting if it wasn't for you."

"Okay, fine," Sonny agreed with a grin.

"So, Grady's been out of it today?"

"Yeah," Sonny said, her mind beginning to think about her friend. "But I don't know, he's been kind of out of it for a few weeks now. And he's not hanging out with Nico as much."

"Did they have a fight again?" Chad asked.

"No, they're fine," Sonny said. "But he's been skipping out a lot on hanging out with him or the rest of us after our shows. Grady never misses going out for pizza and ice cream."

"Maybe he has a girlfriend."

"No, I don't think so," Sonny said. "Not that he can't get a girlfriend, but I'm sure he would've said something. And now that I think about it, Zora's been blowing us off too. Sometimes on the same nights."

Chad smirked at the thought at hit him. "Well, maybe they're secretly dating and aren't telling anyone."

Sonny stared at him for a few seconds before the two burst out laughing. Chad was still laughing as Sonny caught her breath. "Where in the world did you come up with that idea? Zora and Grady? Dating?"

"I know," Chad got out between laughs. "Crazy, right?"

"Beyond crazy," Sonny agreed, ignoring the weird looks Tawni and Portlyn were giving them from across the stage. She waved them off and they went back to their gossip session.

Their remaining chuckles died down and once again Chad put his arm around Sonny. "I don't know. Maybe they're just having some personal things going on. And isn't Zora taking some college classes?"

"Yeah."

"Well, that sounds stressful to me," Chad said. "She probably just needs a break once in a while."

"Yeah, you're right," Sonny said. "I'm probably getting worked up about nothing. I mean –"

Sonny's thoughts were interrupted by Skylar and Nico's laughter as they followed Grady and Zora back onto the stage. The two were a mess – covered in different colors of froyo; Grady was smiling sheepishly while Zora was fuming, though her shaking was from the cold. Sonny held back a laugh, but Chad, Tawni, and Portlyn joined in on the laughter.

Sonny stood up and went over to her shivering cast-mates. "Oh my gosh! What happened?"

"Grady broke the froyo machine," Zora answered shooting daggers at the blonde beside her.

"He tried to eat straight from the machine and you tried to stop him?"

"Yep."

"Totally worth it," Grady said, licking the melting frozen treat off his fingers.

"We'll see if it's worth it when I get revenge," Zora said, facing him. Grady's eyes widened in fear and he stepped back as the youngest Random advanced on him.

Stifling his laughter, Nico recognized the look Zora was giving his best friend. "You better run, G."

Taking the advice, Grady ran from the room with Zora hot on his heels, leaving the entire room, including Sonny in laughter. She approached Chad and rested a hand on his shoulder.

"Yeah, the idea of those two dating is definitely crazy," she said so that only he could hear.

Okay, so this chapter pretty much wrote itself, because I had a completely different plan for Chapter 2. That happens to me a lot.

Does that happen to anyone else when they write?

Anyway, I hope you're enjoying and remember, reviews are really appreciated!

Also, this is probably going to be updated only once a week - I am in graduate school and working all that fun. So just bear with me(: