I disclaim! I do not own Sonny or a Jonas Brother. Although, if I did...muahuahua...
Anyways, on to:
Chapter Two: Chad Dylan Cooper Doesn't Do Jealous
Sonny thought she might just burst at the seams. She had been carefully holding on to her little secret for far too long now. Three days was WAY more than any teenage girl should be asked to be silent. She had listened to and practiced the song she would sing all weekend and finally thought she was decent enough to be singing with a real-life-honest-to-goodness-Jonas Brother. She couldn't stop smiling.
Even Tawni was getting suspicious of her constant grinning and the earphones stuck in her ear as she listened to that stupid Camp Rock song over and over and over again. Now that she saw her coming up the hall practically skipping and humming along with the song, she knew something was up.
"So are you going to tell me or what?"
"Tell you what, Tawni?"
"Why you are so stupidly happy? Don't tell me it's what I think it is."
"Why? What do you think it is?"
"I think it's what you think I think it is, and I want the truth now!"
"I'm not sure what you think that I think you think it is, but I'm sure it's totally different."
"Spill it, Sonny."
"I can't. I'll get in trouble. I promised. I swore."
"Get in trouble? With who? Oh my gosh, it's true, isn't it?"
"You know?"
"Of course I know."
"Who told you?"
"You did with that stupid grin and humming that stupid song all weekend long."
"Did I give it away?"
"Of course you did. How could you not? I can't believe you kept this from me."
"Tawni, I'm sorry. I just couldn't tell..."
"Oh you couldn't? So you'd rather keep a secret from your best friend to just to appease some jerk who obviously doesn't deserve your loyalty?"
"Aww, Tawni, you said you were my best friend. But, wait, who you calling a jerk? You tryin' to get us both fired?"
"Like that little weasel could get us fired."
"Uh, Tawni, he's like our boss."
"Nuh-uh. He's not the boss of me. I can't believe you'd call him your boss. What has he done to you?"
"To me? Tawni, I think someone needs their morning orange juice...wait. Why do I get the feeling we are not talking about the same thing here."
"Well, what are you talking about?"
"No, what are you talking about?"
"I asked first."
"Yes, but I asked last."
"Oh, alright. You and that jerk Pooper got back together, didn't you?"
"What? No! Is that what...oh, I get it. No, I mean...huh? Would you really be mad at me if I got back together with Chad?"
"Yes! I mean, no! I mean...I'd just be mad if you kept it a secret, that's all. Of course I can't stand the little twit, but if you like him...well...he just better not hurt you again, or I'll send Grady and Nico over to take care of him."
Sonny laughed. She wasn't sure if she was more relieved Tawni didn't know her secret or if she was amused that Tawni was acting all mother-hen about Chad. She watched Tawni's fierceness level down to some normalcy and wondered how she'd manage to make her friend forget that she still didn't know Sonny's secret.
"Wait, if you're not so happy 'cause you and Chad got back togther...then why are you so happy?"
'Shoot', Sonny thought. 'Too late.'
"Oh, no reason, really. I'm just digging these new tunes and trying to enjoy life a little. Put things in perspective and move on."
"Oh. Okay," Tawni said all chipper and smiley, buying Sonny's excuse.
'Whew!' Sonny thought. 'Maybe I'll make it 'til Joe gets here after all.'
Sonny and Tawni made their way to the prop house to find Grady and Nico already there.
"Hey, guys, Marshall is on his way. He says he has big news for us."
"Really? I wonder what this is all about?" Sonny asked, trying to sound casual.
"I'm guessing it's our Christmas Special guest star," Nico answered.
"Hey, guys! Where's Zora?"
On cue, Zora popped her head out of a vent.
"Right here."
"Ughh, get down here, please."
Zora crawled from her hiding place and lowered herself down to join the rest of the group.
"As you know, I told you we were going to shoot our big Christmas special this week. I've already seen some of your sketch ideas and I think they are just fabulous. So, without further ado, I'd like to introduce your special guest star for this week. Guys, meet Joe Jonas."
Tawni and Zora squealed simultaneously as Nico and Grady gave each other high fives. Soinny pretended to be disinterested.
"Hi, guys. Thanks for having me here this week. I love your show, and I can't wait to make this Christmas special with you. I think it's gonna rock!"
"Hey, man. Glad you're here. We've got some awesome sketch ideas that will be perfect for you," Nico said, stretching his hand out to shake Joe's.
"Great, man, thanks. Nice to meet you, Nico."
"Joe Jonas knows my name," Nico nearly squealed.
"Like I said, I love the show. I'm a big fan."
"Hi, Joe. I'm Tawni."
"Right. Hi. And you must be Zora."
"Yes. I must. And that big lug is Grady," she pointed, as Grady waved, grinning like a donkey, "and over there is Sonny."
"Of course," said Joe, crossing the distance between him and Sonny. "It's awesome to finally meet you. I can't wait to hear you sing our duet. I saw the episode where you sang the song you wrote, and it was awesome. Really awesome! I can't wait to hear you sing Wouldn't Change a Thing. I think it will be perfect for your voice."
All eyes were on Sonny. As if a light bulb went off in her head, Tawni crossed her arms and switched her weight to one hip, while giving Sonny the evil eye.
"Yeah," she laughed nervously. "I can't wait, either. It's an awesome song."
"Marshall said we needed to rehearse some to get our timings worked out. Maybe we could do that now before we get into working on the sketches."
"That's a great idea, you, two," Marshall butted in. "The rest of you go fine tune your sketches and see if you can think of any really good ones now that you know how your guest star is."
"Oohh, I've got one, Marshall. We could do a take on The Three Musketeers. Me and Joe and Grady could be, the Three Jonasketeers. You know, since there's three brothers."
"Well, actually, Nico, there's four. But since there's only three of us in the band, that could work. I bet that would be kinda funny, actually. My brothers would get a kick out of it."
"Yeah, and instead of sword-fighting and swasbuckling, they could obsess about their hair."
Joe laughed out loud. "That's pretty funny stuff. Got to admit it. Work on that. I'm diggin' it."
"Great, let's go, Grady. Let's find some cool costumes."
As the boys cleared out, Tawni lingered, still giving Sonny the evil eye.
"Let's go, Tawni. Time's wasting."
"Um huh, Marshall. I just bet it is."
"Is something wrong?"
"Wrong? Oh no. Nothing's wrong. Is it, Sonny?"
Sonny rolled her eyes. Now Tawni was just being melodramatic. She belonged at the Fa...'No, don't think it, don't think it..."
"So, Ms Sunshine, ready to rehearse?"
"What? What did you call me?"
"Ms Sunshine. Sorry, just 'cause your name is Sonny. I'm sorry, I..."
"Oh, no, no," Sonny laughed nervously. "It's fine. Funny. Ha Ha. Sonshine...Sonny. Rehearsal. Right. Let's do this."
Joe followed Sonny out of the prop room and down to a sound stage where they would start rehearsing their duet. Just as she rounded the corner to the sound stage door, who would just happen to be coming the other direction?
"Hey, watch where you're...oh, Chad."
"Sonny. I heard you had a surprise guest star this week."
"Yep, and here he is. Joe Jonas meet..."
"Chad Dylan Cooper. What's up, bro?"
"You two know each other?"
"Yeah, we've met a few times before. I've played in Chad's tennis tournament a few times. We've been at some of the same parties, events, what have you."
"Of course you have. So we'll just be on our way."
"Where are you headed?"
"None of your business, Chad."
"Really, Sonny? Really?"
"Whoa, guys. Sensing some tension here."
"Hmmm...well, Chad and I have...issues."
"I can tell. What did you do to her, man?"
Fidgeting nervously, Chad tried to change the subject. Turning his attention to Joe, he decided to get to the bottom of their little rendezvous.
"So, what's going on?"
"We're going to rehearse. We're singing a duet this week."
"Really? Hmm."
"What's that supposed to mean, Chad?"
"Nothing, Sonny. Nothing. Just...interesting. Can't wait to hear it."
Sonny rolled her eyes. She didn't know what game Chad was playing, but she wanted no part of it.
"Fine, Chad. Are we done here?"
"Well, I gue..."
"Ok, good. Come on, Joe. I want to make sure I have this bridge down just right."
"Oh, okay. It's a little tricky, but I'm sure you'll catch on."
As Joe and Sonny headed through the door Chad was left to just stare
"I'm sure you'll catch on," he said in a mocking, girly voice. "I'm sure she will, too, Joe. To your little act. You think you're such a player, but if you make one move on my girl..."
"Chad, who are you talking to?"
"Uh, no one. Oh, Blondie...it's you,"
"Yeah, like I'm thrilled to see you, too. Did Joe and Sonny go in there?"
"Yeah, something about rehearsal. Hmmph...they better be rehearsing."
"What was that last part, Chad?"
"Huh? Oh, nothing, nothing."
Tawni smiled and started to twirl her hair around her finger while she slowly circled Chad.
"I think someone's jealous."
"Me jealous? Of what?"
"Sonny's blowing you off, but she's all excited about spending time alone with Joe Jonas."
"Pshh...jealous? Chad Dylan Cooper doesn't do jealous. And Sonny's not blowing me off, she's just playing hard to get. It's her thing. She'll be made for a while just to punish me, then she'll get over it. You'll see."
"You just keep telling yourself that, Pooper. Whatever it takes to make you sleep at night..."
Tawni's words trailed off as she headed back around the corner and down the hall towards the prop house.
Chad stood there in silence and stared at the door. He was going to have to kick up his game into full-on-Chad-Dylan-Cooper-magic-working-super-duper-boyfriend mode if Sonny was going to be spending "alone time" with Joe Jonas. He knew Joe was a player and would quickly make Sonny fall head over heels for him, then dump her as soon as the week was up. That was Joe's thing. He just couldn't let that happen to Sonny...his Sonny. If his plan was going to work he needed help. He turned and headed the way Tawni had gone. He swallowed his pride real hard and took a deep breath. If he was going to get Sonny back he'd have to beg the Randoms for help. Just the thought made him gag a little. But he'd have to do whatever it took to get Sonny back.
