Chad shuffled through his script as he sat comfortably on the couch in his dressing room.
Suddenly there was a knock at the door.
He rolled his eyes annoyed anyone would bother him. "Come in"
Soon Josh's head poked around the corner. "Hey, I'm sorry but the bird you guys needed for your episode next week is here now."
Chad tossed his script to the side. His eyes widened as he watched Josh roll in a cart with a large parrot.
"That's the bird?" He went over to the cage to examine it.
"I'm pretty sure, it's the only one on set."
Chad lowered his brow. "I thought they wanted a parakeet?"
Josh just shrugged "I don't know..." He started grabbing bags from the bottom of his cart.
Chad still looked puzzled as he drummed his hands thoughtfully on the top of the cage.
"Here's your fan mail." Josh dragged to giant bags of mail over to the couch.
Chad turned to watch him. "Thanks Josh"
"Your welcome Chad"
"CDC, squawk, CDC"
Josh and Chad both raised a brow in surprise as they looked over at the Parrot.
"That was weird" Chad stepped back away from the bird.
"Yeah I heard sometimes they might train these birds ahead of time so they work well with the actors."
Chad looked at him for a second. "Yeah your probably right."
"Well see ya" Josh pushed his cart out the door.
Chad walked over and plopped down on his couch. He opened up one of the packages and watched the letters tumble out.
He leaned back and smiled proudly he looked at the bird "Yep, it's good to be CDC!" He winked at him.
"CDC, squawk, CDC"
Sonny frantically searched through the studio. Mainly staying near the so random stage.-Who would find a bird and then take it to a completely different part of the lot! Surely it would still be around.
"Sonny!" She heard Marshall call behind her as she opened the door to the janitor's closet.
"What are you doing?" She turned quickly and gave him a nervous smile. "Just making sure we got everything in here..." She looked in the closet. "Broom, mop, cleaners" She nodded to him. "Yep! We're good!"
Marshall gave her a funny look. "Well let's go we got a shoot to start." He turned and made his way to the stage.
Sonny took a discouraged breath. "Coming." She took one last glance around the closet then shut the door and headed for the stage.
Sonny sought the halls frantically right after rehearsal. She was desperate not to have Marshall get in trouble, and her mom not killing her would be a plus as well.
She poked her head around a corner for the 100th time. "Willy?" She whispered.
After 30 minutes of searching she decided it was time to enlist the help of the others...
"You lost it!" Tawni questioned wide eyed.
"I put him right here by the door!" She pointed down in front of their dressing room. "And when I came back he was gone!"
"We gotta find it Marshall is gonna kill us." Nico exclaimed
Zora's eyes lit up. "I'll check in the air vents." She darted off before they could discourage her.
"Let's just spread out." Sonny motioned and the gang started off in their directions.
"And Cut!" The director of Mackenzie Falls called as he slid from his chair. "Great job! Let's go ahead and break for lunch and we'll roll again in 45 minutes.
Chad stood from his seat and headed off to his dressing room. He walked in, threw himself down on the couch, and threw his arms over his face to block the light.
"What I wouldn't give for a nap."
"CDC needs sleep, squawk, CDC needs sleep"
Chad jumped, he had forgotten about the bird. He sat up and lowered his brow at him then slowly smiled. "You are a smart bird aren't you?"
"Smart bird, smart bird" Willy paced back and forth in his cage nodding his head up and down.
Chad smiled. "You want out?"
"Out of cage, squawk, out of cage." He continued to nod (in bird fashion)
Chad walked over and cautiously opened the door. "If you poop on my carpet you are a dead bird."
"Poop in potty, squawk, poop in potty."
Chad rolled his eyes "Yeah right."
Suddenly the bird floated down to the floor and waddled quickly across the floor. "Hey get back here" Chad followed after him. He froze at the door as he watched the bird fly onto the toilet and quickly poop inside.
"Eww!" Chad shut his eyes in disgust. "That's gross!"
"Poop in the potty, poop in the potty" Willy waddled by Chad and out of the room.
Chad grimaced and shut the door.
He looked over to find the parrot waddling back and forth in front of his couch. He plopped down on his couch once again and grabbed a few letters.
"Let's see what this huge CDC fan has to say." He winked at the bird.
"Dear Chad, I am huge fan of Mackenzie Falls but mostly just a huge fan of you. He gave a sly wink to the bird then continued
...You are my favorite Teen star and by far the best actor I know. Please send me an autographed picture it would definitely make my day, my year, my life!"
Chad laughed to himself and tossed the letter onto his Fan club manager tray.
"Next" He grabbed another letter and opened it up. "Dear Chad, I am definitely your number one fan!
I cry every night because I can never meet you... He gave the bird a concerned look. "That's not good."
...I am sending a piece of my hair as a token of my committed heart for you."
"Gross!" Chad shoved the letter back in the envelope and threw it in his trash can.
He rubbed his hands together as if trying to get the disgust from the creepy letter off of his hands.
"You always get one of those." He picked up the other letters and placed them in a 'to read later' box.
"So" he looked over at the parrot. "Tell me a little about yourself." The parrot just started walking around in circles. Chad rolled his eyes. "As if you are just going to start carrying on a conversation with me." He stared at the bird who tilted his head and returned the stare.
"So what else did they tell you about me?" He looked up in thought.
He looked at the bird "Chad Dylan Cooper is..." He tried to coax the bird.
The bird just tilted it's head
Chad frowned "Hmm..."
"Chad is..."
"Chad is sweet, squawk, Chad is sweet"
Chad's made a funny face. "Sweet?"
He laughed. "Now don't go ruining my reputation." He popped his collar.
"Chad is arrogant, squawk, Chad is arrogant."
Chad glared at him. "Hey!" He shrugged "If you got it you got it" He gave him a cocky smile.
"Chad is arrogant, squawk, Chad is arrogant."
He rolled his eyes and he couldn't help but let out a little laugh.
Suddenly he heard a knock at the door. "Come in"
The cleaning lady entered the room and looked a little taken back. "I'm sorry Mr. Cooper but I have got to clean in here before I leave."
"Fine" He rolled his eyes at his inconvenience. "I've got to go to lunch anyway."
He jumped up and threw his blazer on. "Feed that bird will ya?" With that he headed out the door.
"Squawk, Feed the bird, squawk, feed the bird!"He paced around
She gave him a rude look. "You're as bad as him you know it?"
"Chad's the man, squawk, Chad's the man!"
She laughed to herself and started cleaning.