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"So that's what happened." I shrugged when I told Tawni the story. She was still confused.

"Wait, why did he steal them?"

"No clue. " I looked over at the poster once again at Buster and Binky. "It is Chad Dylan Cooper. Does he need reasons?"

"Oooh!" shrieked Tawni. "I think he likes you!"

"Maybe… wait, what?" I couldn't believe my ears. "Chad Dylan Cooper does not like me!"

"Then why did he steal your slippers?"

"Because he doesn't like me?" That statement was weak. I was mostly trying to convince myself.

"Whatever, Sonny," chirped Tawni as she strutted off leaving me wondering about Chad.

Thanks to Chad Dylan Cooper, I was now forced to go to lunch in my regular shoes. Well, I would have since it is dress rehearsal day and I dress nicer for those days. The point is he took away the option of wearing slippers instead of shoes.

I glared at him when I walked into the cafeteria. He looked so smug with himself over there laughing with the rest of his cast while dining on lobster. I continued the glaring as I sat down with my pile of mush; I wasn't quite sure what was on my plate since I was too busy staring him down. That's when he shot the smug look at me.

I couldn't take it anymore. I left my table without a word and stormed over to him. Portlyn was giving me the strangest looks as I stood over Chad's chair. He didn't notice I was there, so I cleared my throat.

"Hey there, thief."

Chad looked up a little startled. "What did you call me?"

"A thief."

"And why would you say that?"

"Because you stole my slippers."

"Why would I do that?" Chad gave me a blank look. Darn him being "the greatest actor of our generation" or whatever Tween Weekly decides to dub him.

"I have no clue, but I saw you steal them!"

"Whatever, Munroe," said Chad as he went back to his lunch.

I leaned down to his ear to hiss, "This is war" before I strolled back to my table.

"Hey Zora," I said while I was climbing up the ladder to the vent in the dressing room.

"What?" Zora slid the vent open and she was quite annoyed.

"Do you know how to get to Mackenzie Falls through the vents?"

"Yep," said Zora looking quite proud of herself.

"And to Chad Dylan Cooper's dressing room?"

"Do I ever!" Zora perked up drastically when she replied.

"Do you think you can show me there?"

"I can, but what's in it for me?"

"Uh…" I didn't think that far ahead about compensation.

"Babysit Gnomie Friday night and you got yourself a deal."

"Fine, Deal."

"Great. Grab what you need because I'm leaving in ten minutes."

I quickly went down the ladder and started running around the dressing room. I changed into my outfit from a spy sketch and grabbed the spy kit.

"Ok, I'm ready," I said as I climbed up the ladder and into the vent.

Ten minutes later, we were at the vent opening for Chad Dylan Cooper's dressing room. Usually, it takes about 3 minutes to get to Chad's dressing room from mine by foot, but, apparently, crawling through air vents is a lot slower.

Zora didn't slide the cover off right away. I was about to ask her when she put up a finger to her lips and quietly shushed me as she pointed outside the vent.

Chad was sitting at his mirror brushing his hair and styling it. He was using this big fancy golden hairbrush and admiring himself in the mirror. A producer came in to let him know that they were filming soon. Chad put down the brush, took one last look in the mirror and let his room. I reached out to grab the vent door, but Zora's hand stopped me.

"Wait for it," she said as she pointed out again.

The door opened and Portlyn's head popped in. She glanced around very suspiciously and started tiptoeing inside. She was trying to be sneaky and spy-like, I guess, but she knocked into some furniture and toppled over a table. She clumsily tried to set it back up, but failed miserably. She finally made it over to Chad's mirror and picked up his hairbrush. She plucked some hair from it and stuck in her pocket. She put the brush down and walked out of his room.

"Did she just…?"

"She has a shrine of Chad in her dressing room," interrupted Zora. I quickly shivered at the thought, as Zora opened the vent door and I put on the spy gear.

I thought the dressing room I shared with Tawni was big, but Chad's should have its own zip code. There's a café, a gym, and a… is that a fountain? Focus, Sonny, Focus.

Zora said I only had thirty minutes to get myself in and get out before Chad came back from filming. I looked around the room, but I didn't see my slippers. I wanted to go over to the café and get something, but there was no reason for my slippers to be over there. I started rummaging through drawers and pulling off cushions, but no luck. I was completely clueless on where he could have put my slippers.

"Binky! Buster!" I started calling out to them, but then I remembered that they wouldn't be able to answer back.

"Five minutes," warned Zora from the air vent. Panicked, I looked around. I didn't crawl all the way through those vents for nothing. I ran over to the mirror and grabbed the first thing that I saw and stuck it in my bag. I ran back to Zora and the safety of the air vent.