a/n: new penname! woot! lol
so i know that Sonny wasn't exactly in the first two chapters, but that was just because you know, i had to get the whole plot & build up down. so here's Sonny. in a third or so of the chapter, but you'll see why. i promise there'll be more of her later, after all, the whole story is centered around her. ;)
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Disclaimer: oops I think I forgot the disclaimer last chapter. oh well, i don't own anything... that i don't own.
this chapter is dedicated to making it to dawn, since i promised her i would dedicate a chapter to her ;)
Mission: Destroy Shane Gray
by Mindless Scribbles
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First Attempts: Sharona's Blog & Destructive Date
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Unlease your imagination.
~Fanfiction (dot) net
Sitting in a circle with the Randoms around a whiteboard in the So Random! prop house wasn't exactly how I pictured spending my Saturday afternoon. But I had my priorities, of course, one of them being that I had to win this bet. At first I refused to do this, but after Tawni said that this was the only way to win Sonny over, I agreed.
Very quickly.
"So, what we need to do, is have a certain something on our side." Tawni declared, pointing a stick at the whiteboard.
"Which would be?" Nico asked, yawning. We had been at this for hours. So far, we've filled the whiteboard with notes about Shane's weaknesses, facts that the Randoms claimed to be useful (no matter how useless they seemed), ideas on how to make seem like a horrifying monster to the public (which, in my opinion, was probably the best idea they've had in this lifetime), and even more ideas on how to win this bet.
"The press!" Tawni declared.
"Ohh!" Grady whined. He turned around and promptly fell face down onto a pillow. Seconds later, snoring erupted.
Rolling her eyes, Tawni furiously stabbed at the board again. "We need to use the press to our advantage before Shane does so that we can get everyone to think he is a no-good rotten fruit kabob!"
We stared at her. This "at war" thing was really getting to her head. All day yesterday she sat here, thinking of ways we could sabotage Shane and Sonny's date while eating french toast. Truth be told, french toast was pretty good, but taking three plates of it to herself was pretty insane. Especially since she attacked us (us being Nico, Grady and me) and made us do her patented "Bite, Wipe and Gloss" all day long. Not only did I feel bad for myself, I felt bad for Nico and Grady.
Me starting to sympathize for some of the Randoms meant I was turning crazy. I needed to get my act together again!
Nico hesitated, then raised his hand.
"Yes, Nico!"
"Why fruit kabob?"
"Yeah!" Grady suddenly woke up, making us all jump. "Why not meat kabob?"
"Guys," Tawni exclaimed, obviously annoyed that they would ask such a stupid question, "We're at war here! It doesn't matter whether we turn Shane into a fruit or meat kabob. It only matters that we turn him into some kind of a kabob!" Her voice rose and echoed in the room.
Zora jumped up and slapped her face. "Snap out of it woman!"
Tawni took a deep breath. "Thanks. I needed that." She turned back to the whiteboard. "Now, what we need to do is somehow attract Sharona's attention."
"Ooh, ooh!" Grady volunteered, raising his hand and shaking it in the air, "I have an idea!"
"What, Grady?" Tawni said impatiently.
"Nico and me could--"
"Nico and I." Zora corrected.
"No, Nico and me!" Grady said.
"No, I meant-- oh never mind." Zora said, irritated by her castmate's confusion, "You're hopeless!"
"Just let the man continue." Nico said, patting Grady's back encouragingly.
"Chad, Nico, and me could--"
"Chad, Nico, and I!" Zora wailed, slapping her forehead.
Grady finally seemed to get that Zora was correcting his grammar. I never thought I'd see the day when I found someone that was dumber than Portlyn.
"Okay, okay!" Grady surrendered, throwing his arms up in the air as if she were a cop, "As I was saying, we could put on some skirts and hula dance in front of Sharona's building, get her attention and--"
"I am not wearing a skirt!" I interrupted, "Especially in public!"
"Oh, forget it." Grady said, pouting.
I rolled my eyes and decided to take charge. When I agreed that the Randoms could direct the first meeting, I didn't know it would turn into this kind of a disaster. We had gotten nowhere, except for the whiteboard thing.
I stood up. "I'm taking over."
"What?" Tawni cried, "You can't! I'm in charge!"
I snatched the stick away from her and began cleaning the board with the eraser. Nico and Grady reached for the board, as if that would keep me from erasing it.
"Nooo!" Nico howled. And trust me, it sounded pretty similar to a werewolf's howl to me.
"We worked so hard on it!" Grady added.
I sighed. "If I let you two wear skirts and hula dance in front of Sharona's building, will you stop complaining?"
They immediately brightened. "Yeah!"
I turned toward Tawni, "And if I let you come in with me to Sharona's office so that we can tell her bad stuff about Shane, will you stop pouting like a fish?
She grinned and clapped, "Yeah!"
"Now, wait." Zora interjected, pacing around the room with her hands behind her back. I only thought old grandpas did that, but I guess I was wrong about that one too. "What am I supposed to do?"
"You," I said, pointing at her face. She stepped back from the stick, "Can help me plan a way to sabotage Sonny and Shane's date."
"Yes!" Zora yelled excitedly, "I get to sabotage someone's date! I've always wanted to do that!"
I shook my head and chuckled. "Okay, Zora, you stay here and think of ways to destroy Shane." She ran into her sarcophagus, grabbing a pen and paper inside.
"Wait, how can you write without light?" Grady called after her.
"Chad gave me a sarcophagus night-light, remember?
I definitely remembered. After I had tried to take over the So Random! prop house, Sonny made me realize how much it meant to them, (and how much I liked her) so I bought each of them a little present. And seeing Sonny smile and say "Awh, that's so sweet" to me just made my day.
"Grady, Nico, go put on your hula skirts."
"Uhh," Grady shrunk, "We don't exactly have hula skirts."
I glared at them. "Then go buy some!"
"Right!" They jogged away fearfully, like they thought I would shoot laser beams with my eyes at them if they didn't. It was too bad I still hadn't developed those things yet. They would definitely be useful for the future.
"Tawni,"
"I come with you." She said, reaching for her purse, "Of course!" She moved toward the door, "Ooh, I'm so excited! I can't wait to go and say bad things about other people!"
Following her, I stuck my hands inside my pockets and gazed down at the floor. I had to be careful; if Sonny found out about all this-- me and her castmates plotting against Shane, or our bet, I would be doomed.
And would never have a chance with her again.
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Sharona's office was brightly colored, and everything looked organized. But when she laughed, it made me cringe.
"Monkey!" She ordered, "Get me a latte!"
'Monkey' sighed and scurried out.
Tawni and I leisurely walked in. On our way there, we had practiced and coordinated everything; how to walk in, what to say once she payed attention to us, and how to walk out. Walking in casually was one of our plans to make it seem like we owned the place. It was easy enough for me, since I already walked in and out of everything like I possessed everything.
"Come, come, sit, sit." Sharona bellowed.
We stepped in and made our way to a purple couch.
"Not there." Sharona said.
Confused, we went over to another couch.
"Not there." She remarked.
"We'll just stand." Tawni declared.
"That's fine." Sharona nodded, then looked over at us, "Ooh, Déjà vu."
"Right..." I said, uncertainly, wondering if I should start talking about Shane now.
"Oh," Sharona grinned at us, "Chad Dylan Cooper and Tawni Hart! Hollywood's newest couple, I presume?" She held her purple pencils and began typing rapidly against the keyboard.
"No!" Tawni shrieked, making a barf noise, "I would never date Chad Dylan Pooper!"
"Well gee, thanks." I muttered sarcastically. "Makes me feel great."
"Oh, I see." Sharona said, pausing, "So Tawni, you've taken the place of Sonny Munroe?"
"Huh?"
"Sonny Munroe." She repeated, "Chad, you used to always fight and flirt with Sonny. So now you've taken an interest in Tawni Hart?"
"What?" I yelled, then lowered my voice to regular volume, "No way!"
"Then why are you here?"
Monkey came running in, carrying a cup of liquid, "Here's your latte."
Sharona peered down at the cup, "Where's the whipped cream, Monkey?"
"It's Mon-keh!" Monkey muttered, running off again to get the whipped cream.
"I repeat," Sharona said loudly, "Why are you here? If you're going to waste my time, I'd rather you leave now. I have to get a new post posted." She gazed at the ceiling, "High School Musical's Zac Efron really 40 years old!" She waved her hands dramatically. "That sounds great, doesn't it?"
I grinned, "That does."
"Well?" Sharona said, ignoring my answer, "What are you doing here? I've asked you three times already, and you still haven't answered. Are you two deaf or something?"
"We," Tawni said quickly, "Have news."
She stared. "About?"
"Shane Gray." I answered.
"Ooh," Her eyes sparkled with excitement. Except they weren't as sparkly or pretty as Sonny's. "Rumor is he's guest starring on Mackenzie Falls. Is it true?"
"Yes, but--"
"Yes!" She said, typing again, "First blog to know the truth!"
"What we're trying to say," Tawni said, rather ferociously, "Is that we have some interesting," She winked at me, "News about him."
"Like?"
"Like he picks his nose!" I blurted out, panicking at the last second. Tawni looked me like I had three heads.
But Sharona looked interested. "Really? And how do you know this?"
"I saw him! Erm, yeah, I saw him yesterday on the set, picking his nose. And then he just stuck the boogers into his mouth, yeah." I babbled, not really sure what came over me. Picking noses weren't exactly what we all had in mind.
"Hm," Sharona said thoughtfully, "Monkey!" She screeched.
"Yes?" Monkey asked, shaking the whipped cream can, "Here's your whipped cream!"
"Never mind about that! Get the photo editor in here!"
"Why do you need an editor?" Tawni asked.
"So we can get her to edit a photo of Shane Gray to make it look like he's picking his nose!"
I smiled. This was going great.
"I have to say." Sharona looked at us, "You came with great news."
"Than--"
"So, I'm going to let you off the hook."
"For what?" Tawni replied.
"For denying the fact that you two are dating!" She answered.
"Oh no," I said firmly, Tawni was definitely not the one I wanted to be dating, "We are not dating."
"Well, this is the only opportunity I'm giving you." Sharona said, "Next time you barge into my office and have those two clowns, "She pointed out the window at hula dancing Nico and Grady, "Dancing outside my building, I. Will. Destroy. You." She got off her chair and inched closer to us.
"Uh huh." Tawni said timidly. I gulped.
"Ta-ta!" Sharona said, flying back to her computer. She murmured to herself as she began typing again.
As we left the office, Tawni whispered, "Picking his nose?"
"I panicked!" I whispered back.
"Oh well." Tawni said happily, skipping down the steps, "At least we got some bad things leaked onto the press. Even if they weren't exactly true."
I followed her with a grin pasted on my face.
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I have to say I've never met an evil prank plotter as great as Zora.
Following her plan, we were currently at the diner. I was dressed up as a waiter, ready to take over some other waiter's shift, and spy on their date. The Randoms would go on a group dinner thing, with Zora's meat catapult, so they could occasionally lunge flying meat at Shane. It was going to go perfectly.
"You look amazing tonight." Shane said sweetly, making Sonny laugh.
"Awh, thanks." She looked down shyly, making me cringe and mutter "Stupid cute."
"What?" Zora asked.
"Nothing, nothing." I said, "Everything in place?"
"Oh yeah." She nodded.
"Never thought I'd see the day where Chip Drama Pants becomes a waiter!" Grady added. "Remember to get our orders after theirs."
I waved them off. "Yeah, yeah."
"Good luck!" Tawni said.
Sonny stared as her castmates sat down at a table next to theirs.
"Tawni?" She asked, "Grady? Nico? Zora?"
"That's us!" Nico said proudly, pointing to himself.
The rest of the cast muttered, "Yeps" and "That's me."
"What are you guys doing here?" Sonny asked, occasionally smiling at Shane so he wouldn't think she forgot about him.
"We're at our So Random! group dinner!" Tawni said. "But of course, you couldn't come."
"Oh, I'm so sorry!" Sonny apologized, immediately feeling bad, "I didn't know it was So Randoms!'s group dinner!"
"It's fine." Zora said, "Have fun on your date."
Sonny smiled, "You guys are the best." She turned back to Shane, who, of course, was making those oogly faces again.
Tawni looked at me, then nodded. It was go time.
I walked out wearing the uniform I had gotten earlier (out of many autographs and begging for it from the owner), and an orange wig. I had to admit, even if I wasn't looking like myself, I still looked good.
"Ello, mate." I nodded at the waiter by the counter. "The owner said you could take off."
"What?" He looked confused, "But he said that I had to stay late tonight."
"Just go." I said, smiling to myself while talking in that accent again. "Trust me, Chad-- Smith doesn't lie."
"How come I've never seen you around before?" he asked suspiciously.
"Just go!"
"Fine, geez." He muttered, taking off.
I grabbed a pen and a pad. I had to be a waiter in episode 125, season 2 of Mackenzie Falls. If real life was anything like my TV , this would be a piece of cake.
I headed over to Sonny's table. "Hi, welcome to the--" I glanced at their menus quickly for the restaurant's name, "Epic Diner. What can I get for you?"
They ordered quickly, my gaze never leaving Sonny's eyes. As I walked toward the Randoms' table, I heard Shane whisper, "He totally just checked you out!"
"Awh, are you jealous?" Sonny asked.
"No!" Shane muttered bitterly, staring at the table. I laughed evilly to myself.
"Hi, welcome to the Epic Restaurant, how may I help you?" I recited, looking at the pad of paper.
"It's Epic Diner." Grady said.
"Whatever!" I snapped.
"Nice accent." Nico snickered.
"I'll have the chicken nuggets," Zora spoke up, looking off the kids' menu, "With a side of fries!"
"How's everything going?" Nico asked.
"Perfect." I nodded, collecting their menus. Returning back to the counter, I gave the sheet of paper to the chef. He squinted at it.
"What is this?" He asked, "I can't read it! You need some handwriting lessons or something, man."
I gave him a look, then glanced back over at Sonny's table, just in time to see a piece of meat land on Shane's head. I let out a laugh.
Carrying their meals to the table, Shane stared at me as if he recognized my face. "Chad?"
"Chad?" Sonny asked, looking around trying to find me. "Where's Chad?" If anything, she actually sounded excited. I kept my grin hidden, focusing on making my accent sound believable.
"Er, yes. My name is Chad Smith. How did you know that?"
"Never mind." Shane said, looking down at his plate, "I must be losing it."
Sonny let out a nervous laugh and looked down, her disappointment obvious. What she was disappointed about, I could only hope it was that she didn't see me. Directly, of course.
Another piece of meat landed on Shane's head. He scowled at the Randoms' table as they howled with laughter.
"Guys!" Sonny whispered out of the corner of her mouth. "Stop it!"
"Stop what?" Nico asked, wiping a tear from his eye.
"Stop throwing meat at my date! Zora, put your meat catapult away."
"Fine." Zora said, "But only after one more piece of meat." She loaded a large hunk of cheese and threw it at Shane. It crumbled in the process, making Mr. Stupidpants the cheesiest man of the world.
I couldn't hide my big grin. So far, so great.
First Attempts: Sharona's Blog & Destructive Date
Success!
Mission: Destroy Shane Gray
Going along smoothly.
a/n: eekers! this was much longer than the other two chapters. but hey, everyone loves a long chapter! well, i hope. i also hope you will review and tell me your thoughts (wink wink nudge nudge) ;) by the way, the part where they were talking about the sarcophagus night light and stuff was from "Tales From the Prop House." it airs on Disney on sunday! yay! of course, i couldn't help myself and already watched it on youtube. lol.
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