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Take 3.
(a.k.a)
Odd conversations with a Weed, a Dead man and two JoBros.
Sonny was ecstatic. All her bad feelings about leaving Hollywood were gone. Sure, she'd miss everyone, but it's not like she was dying, there was still technology to keep in touch through.
She arrived at her hotel and checked in.
"Name please?" The receptionist asked, snootily looking down at Sonny. Sonny does not fly well. Her hair frizzes, her skin goes into a minor break-out and she always spills some form of liquid on her travel clothes.
"Alison Monroe" She said fiercely to the uptight woman.
"One moment, please" After a few keys had been pressed, she said "Room 720, seventh floor. Here's your key, the lifts are to your left" She said, still in a disgusted tone.
"Thanks" Sonny said, somewhat bitingly.
Up in her room, Sonny was giggling like a school girl. It was huge. It was a suite. It had it's own mini-bar! Although there was no key to said mini-bar. Sonny quickly snapped a photo of her room and sent it to Tawni and the rest of the So Random cast. She wrote a small message to accompany it.
Wow. I feel like a kid in Toy's 'R' Us in Times Square!
&it's all mine! Think I'll go order room service & make myself presentable! Bye… Love, Sonny.
After an hour Sonny checked her watch. The entire cast were staying in this hotel and the cast and crew's first meet was today somewhere in this hotel. Off to reception, Sonny thought wryly as she imagined the clerks face when she asked for directions to Michael Conroy's room.
Sonny took the lift down and walked determinedly to the desk.
"How can I help?" The receptionists voice faltered when she saw Sonny. She now wore an AC/DC t-shirt, with worn jeans and converse. Her hair was freshly washed and looked relaxed, wavy and boho-ish, and her make up perfectly covered her minor skin break out.
Sonny smiled sweetly, "Could you tell me where Michael Conroy and the rest of his film crew are meeting?"
The receptionist fumbled, not having realised an hour ago that the frizzy haired, seemingly slob of a person was actually an actress in her midst, albeit a seemingly grounded one, "Sure thing. One moment please"
Sonny waited patiently until the receptionist returned and said, "It's in the main boardroom. Second floor"
"Thank you" Sonny said genuinely, letting go of her grudge for the woman.
"My name's Lucinda, if ever you need anything, call me" She urged.
Sonny smiled, "I will, thanks. Bye"
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"Okay, ladies and gents. This is our one and only day of an 'acting workshop'. The first exercise will be to… whisper talk" The films director, Michael Conroy announced happily.
"Whisper talk?" Kevin Jonas asked.
"Yes. Whisper talk. Now, we'll pair you up with who you'll be working most with in this film. So Kevin, you'll be with Abigail. Sonny, you'll be with Joe. Sarah, you'll be with Heather. Hunter, you'll be with Nick…" Sonny let Michaels voice fade out and walked over to where Joe Jonas was sitting.
"Hi, I'm Sonny"
"Hiya, I'm Joe"
Sonny made to shake Joe's hand but instead he gripped it lightly and kissed it. She quirked her eyebrow.
"You know, Joe, you could've just said 'nice to meet you' that would've been okay too… and not as weird"
"Sorry, but I was inspired, I am playing a prince"
Sonny laughed, "How could I forget, how very… prince-y of you"
He chuckled and bowed jokingly.
"Sonny, sit down, we might as well start this whisper thing"
Sonny sat opposite Joe and waited for the director to give his instructions.
"Everybody, has to come up with a story, or… not even a story, a scenario that can only be conversed through a whisper-talk" He clapped his hands to get everyone going.
"Oookay… You go first" Sonny said quickly.
"No, you"
"No, you"
"Rock, paper, scissors?" Joe suggested.
"Okay… go! Rock… Paper… Scissors"
Sonny chose scissors. Joe chose rock.
"Ha, I win" He fake cheered, "You go first"
Sonny took a sup of water while she thought of her first thing to say.
"Okay" She said after a few minutes, "I've got it…" Sonny looked the middle Jonas Brother in the eyes, she swallowed, widened her eyes and with fear in her voice she convincingly whisper talked, "Joe, I'm pregnant"
"You're WHAT?" Joe screeched.
"Joe… whisper talk, not, shouting yell" Michael said. Nick smirked at his brother.
"Joe, it's a scenario. I am not pregnant" Sonny said in between fits of laughter. She hadn't expected his reaction.
"Oh" He remembered the exercise and then started laughing as well. Soon the two of them were in fits of giggles. Sonny kept feeling like the two other brothers were watching but she couldn't help it. Joes laugh began to sound more and more like a shriek but it ended when Michael cut in-
"Since you two, quote - unquote, 'main roles', seem to think you're above this workshop, you can demonstrate your scenario first"
That quieted them. Joe glanced at Sonny who was biting her lip nervously now.
"Okay. We just hope we've interpreted the activity right" He said meekly, knowing they'd have to wing it. They both stood up in the room that was crowded with other much more talented and experienced actors. Sonny gulped, but after a reassuring look from Joe, she plunged into their scenario,
"Joe, I'm pregnant"
"What? How?"
"Do I really have to explain the how?"
"Stop being so… smug. With who?"
"With child"
"With a child?" Joe whisper-shouted.
"Yes, obviously"
"How can you say getting pregnant by a child is so obvious?"
"No, I meant if I'm pregnant, I'm 'with child', not that I got pregnant with a child, you psycho"
"Oh… Well that's good"
"It's good that I'm pregnant?"
"No, I meant it's good that you're not pregnant by a child" Joe's stamina in not laughing ended. Before bursting with laughter he managed to say, "Cause Sonny, seriously, Check out you're bump"
And then, after quoting from one of her So Random! Sketches he dissolved into a hysterical laugh, with Sonny doing the same thing. Neither of them had found their sketch believable or even funny, but it still made them laugh. To their astonishment and surprise the entire room clapped and laughed too.
"Well, you guys impressed me, you two can surely think quickly in the comedic sense when you're given nothing" Michael laughed and moved on to another pair. Sonny and Joe had to lean against one another for support from all their laughing, they tried to keep it as silent as possible out of respect for the other actors.
"Check out…" Was all Sonny managed before they were off again.
It wasn't even that funny, but this was their ice-breaker.
"I'm going to call you Random" Joe said wiping tears from his eyes.
"Oh, because of the show?"
"No, because of how random you are!"
"Well then you're going to be known as… Water"
"What? Why?"
"Because when you laugh, you cry and you cry so much you need water to replenish you!"
They laughed again, until the end of the activity. A coffee break was called. Sonny saw Nick and Kevin rush over to Joe and start to, sort of, mock him but reprimand him at the same time. It confused her to try and make sense of it so instead she struck up a conversation with the girl who would be playing her little sister in the film, Abigail Breslin from Little Miss Sunshine, it turns out the girl is pretty cool.
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Later on during another workshop activity, Sonny was partnered with Nick. They had to make up a mime.
"Sonny, I'm Nick" Nick said.
"Nick, I'm Sonny" They both laughed at their somewhat backwards introductions.
"So, what mime will we do?"
"We could… do one where I build a brick wall around you-" Sonny suggested.
"And then I do the whole 'I'm in a box' thing?"
"Yes, that's great!" Sonny cheered. They high fived and began practising.
"So, Sonny… you got a boyfriend?"
"No. You?"
Nick chuckled "No"
Sonny realised her mistake, "I meant-"
"I know what you meant, it's cool though"
She smiled, "You're really easygoing Nick"
"You seem surprised?"
"A bit. Guess that's what I deserve for buying into some of the tabloid kerfuffle about you guys"
Nick raised an eyebrow, "Kerfuffle?"
"Yeah, you know, like make a big deal out of something?"
"Oh right… that kerfuffle" He said knowingly even thought Sonny knew he had no idea what a kerfuffle was.
They both laughed. Sonny was really glad she'd auditioned and gotten the part. Everyone here was so nice and they all believed in this movie. She felt part of something great. It also helped that all her co-stars were amazing and the crew were all so sweet with no drama whatsoever, totally unlike So Random. But as she thought about her show, she felt a pang, she missed it. Even as she let her mind wander for a few seconds, three sketch ideas formed in her mind. Shaking them away, Sonny snapped out of her reverie and began building an invisible wall around Nick Jonas. And mentally prepared for her other planned workshop partnership with Bruce Willis. All in a day, eh?
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So for the second last workshop of the day, Sonny was paired with the guy who would play the Captain of the NYPD, his name, Bruce Willis. Star of Die Hard, Die Harder… etc… reall, they should have changed the title, he should be dead by now!
"I haven't done one of these workshops in ages, I forgot how fun they were" He said as Sonny approached.
"It's my first one, but I really like it, it gives you a feel for everyone you'll work with" She agreed.
"I've seen your show by the way, I checked it out after Michael told me you got the part. It is seriously funny. I adore that guy… Brady?"
"Grady"
"Right, I love him, he's like a young Jack Black" Bruce grinned at her.
Sonny nodded enthusiastically, "He is, he really is" She was in awe. A conversation with Bruce Willis… about Grady… and the show she starred in? Most, surreal moment - ever.
"Oh, I watched 'Death Becomes Her' recently, it was amazing!"
"Really? I'd have thought generations these days didn't give a fuck about the past" Bruce asked, amused at Sonny's enthusiasm.
Sonny smiled, "I do anyway. I have this list of movies I must see, and that was on it! They're mostly old films actually, Fred Astaire and the like. My mom calls me an old soul full of sunlight, hence my name, Sonny. Oh my gosh I'm rambling in front of Bruce Willis, trust me, I'm never this chatty. Wait, I am, it irks most people, oh my gosh, am I irking you?" Sonny glanced nervously at her co-star.
To her utter surprise he burst out laughing, and said "What a woman you are! Rumer would love you, she's my daughter, she's a bit older than you but she's great. Want to see a picture?" He asked. Sonny smiled, Bruce Willis was just like every other dad in the world, wanting to show off and be proud of his children -or so she imagined, her dad had died when she was twelve, he never got to boast about much.
"She is beautiful" Sonny said quietly as she looked at Bruces daughter.
"Yep, she is… I made that!" He said, pointing happily at his daughter.
Sonny laughed, "Go you, Bruce!" His humour was so easy-going.
"I know, how cool am I? Ok, don't answer that! Any ideas on what we can do for our workshop?"
"Sorry, but I'm out of ideas, you got anything?"
"Ah… I'm not used to thinking, usually people write scripts for me and I act them, no thinking involved"
"Oh" Sonny glanced downward, it seemed her idea of Bruce Willis seemed to have diminished somewhat.
"I'm joking, Sonny"
"I knew that, Bruce" Sonny said sarcastically, "I was testing your humour! Well done you passed"
"I'm honoured"
"And so you should be"
They laughed while both silently brainstormed, Bruce thought of something first.
"We can pretend, that we're… Paris Hilton, or socialites or whatever"
"Ok, go on"
"And, put ourselves in situations and react the way people like they would"
"So…" Sonny pondered, "Sort of a WWPD?"
"What?" Bruce spluttered.
"WWPD, as in, What Would Paris Do?"
Bruce laughed, "More like WHO Wouldn't Paris Do"
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For the last workshop everyone was pretty tired. Sonny slumped down next to the water cooler. Someone sat next to her, looking to her left she saw the guy who'd play her best friend in the movie, Hunter Parrish from Weeds. She had seen too many people and was too tired to be surprised or excited.
"Hi" She said quietly.
"Well, you're not as sunny as people have said you are" He smirked.
"No, I am. It's just been a long day. And I miss home"
"Yeah, me too. I won't see my girlfriend for a month" He said as he got himself a cup of water.
"Where are you from?"
"Los Angeles"
"Same here, it's where the studio is at least. I'm originally from Wisconsin"
"Wow, my grandmother lives there, we visit her every Christmas"
"Really? That's so weird!"
"It is"
They chatted about life for awhile and then Hunter stood up.
"What are you doing?" Sonny asked.
"Come on" He said offering her a hand to help her up, "We've got a workshop to work out"
Sonny took his hand and when she was standing and feeling a lot more energised she said, "Well let's going. We'll hunt some idea out of our brains"
"Ha ha" Hunter said sarcastically, "Good pun on my name. You're so funny" He lightly punched Sonny's arm.
"Ah thank you" She said sarcastically, lightly punching him back.
Together they laughed as they walked around the room trying to think up something to act out. Sonny so far really and truly loved New York and the people she'd met there. Tomorrow was the first day of shooting, and that didn't even make her nervous, it just made her smile widen.
Authors Note: So Sonny's in NY. I hope it was ok. I didn't really know how to write her first day in the big city, so workshop it was! I hope Joe and every other character were how you expected them to be! If not, let me know! Trust me, the rest is better, or at least I hope it is! I love Hunter Parrish and Bruce Willis, so they were jsut there for my own amusment! So there was a major delay and I'm sorry, but ii was camping... and dealign with a stupid boy... and going on road trips... so... forgive me with this chapter?!
so much thanks to the reviewers: RE, pink princess 16, sonnycentral, AnAbundanceOf, Lulu*, iD Sisters Grimm iD, xXAFanatic09Xx*, ......, aquastar444, xxorangexxmonkeyxx, ChristianGirl56 and TA-SWAC-CONVERSELOVER... oh and to Cocopups123 - for reminding me!!! and i will be updating a few soon... first in line is Big Girls Don't Cry.
I hope to update within the next week... i can't say anything about the pairs but a lot of ye really want a Sonny/Joe!
*Lulu; yes this is just a one off movie, she'll be right back at So Random!
*xXAFanatic09Xx; how about a text in the next chapter?! this was just Sonny, getting to know the cast!
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