Sonny didn't have to be on set the next day, but there was always something that needed to be done.
"The prop house has been a mess" she told herself as she finished up her hair.
Most of the morning though she found herself wandering over to Mackenzie Falls to see if Chad was almost done with his shoot. When the break bell rang, Sonny looked in to see if Chad would be coming her way.
He puffed up his chest and walked over toward her. "Why, Hello there!" he smiled.
Sonny just grinned and rolled her eyes "Hey, I just walked by to see… if I left my lucky bracelet in your car yesterday" Sonny had forgotten to think of an excuse to be there and that sounded like as good of one as any. "I thought I would just stop by and check." She said nonchalantly.
"We'll go check after lunch," he said with a wink and a cocky smile.
She figured he would tease her about the excuse she so obviously made up, but he didn't even seem to notice, so she just made her way over to the prop house to straighten up.
A couple hours passed until Chad came through the prop house entryway with a new bouquet of fresh flowers.
"Wow!" Sonny said as she dashed for the door.
"For you" said Chris as he lifted her head up till her eyes met his.
"The most beautiful girl I know" He flashed the most charming smile she had seen.
She couldn't help being star struck by his demeanor. Her face beamed as though her world had stopped. Realizing her pathetic enraptured state, she shook her head, blushed, and smiled-
"A bit much for a bracelet hunt don't you think?" She said in jest.
He caught her humor (for once) "Well, maybe our day won't stop there!" He smiled.
She hoped not. He offered his arm and with a big grin she accepted it.
By the time they arrived at the cafeteria they had forgotten about searching for the bracelet all together. (which Sonny didn't mind, since she knew it was safely on her dresser)
At the cafeteria, Chris grabbed her plate for her, rudely demanded Brenda to get her a steak again, pulled out her chair for her again, and charmed her in all the ways he had before.
Sonny talked and talked for what seemed like hours. Chad just gazed into her eyes and would randomly compliment her on whatever she happened to be talking about- her hair, her interest, even her show (Which made Sonny question again, about his health) Sonny did still notice more and more differences in Chad but her new found fascination seemed to distract her from them all.
In between Chad's shoots he and Sonny would walk and talk anywhere and walked to the ice-cream parlor, the park, and even just around the studio during his shorter there was something sonny was really good at it was talking, and she loved to do it. And Chad never seemed so eager to listen. She was having a great time.
As for Chris, he was as good a charmer as Chad was an actor (Or at least as good as Chad thought he was). He did all he could to keep a smile on Sonny's face- Not because he actually desired it for her particularly, but, because of the pride it brought him and the satisfaction to know that the ball was in his court.
In all reality he knew nothing about Sonny. His appearance of listening was truly a constant effort to appear that way. He was enjoying all the time he was spending with Sonny but not for the simple pleasure of being with her, as Chad did, but, because her glares and smiles made him feel as though he were winning a game of life, and because if others could see him with a beautiful girl, he would be the envy of all the other guys in town.
Chad woke up the next morning feeling a little better. But, he decided it was probably best for Chris to finish up his weekly shoot. James had reassured Chad that Chris was doing a good enough job acting to pull off the switch.
Unlike yesterday, Chad felt well enough to get out of his room. He went down to his game room to play whatever solo game he could play. He decided to try to make the most of staying home.
Unfortunately, most of what needed to be done was outside and he knew being seen meant he wasn't at work, and Chad not being at work begged the question just exactly who was shooting his episode. So Chad did whatever workouts he could manage in his condition, organized and cleaned his Mac Falls memorabilia, and tried to catch up on all the latest news from other stars. Though the hours still passed slowly, he was able to fill his day with something semi-useful.
Chris was home only long enough to fill Chad in on his Mackenzie Falls details and the time between, which he filled with his lady. Chad rolled his eyes and didn't even put forth and effort of pretending to care. Chris only talked to hear his own self speaking anyway. He heeded no commentary from Chad about how Chad felt or how his day had gone, he didn't stop talking long enough to appear to care. After throwing on some better clothes he ran out the door to pick up Sonny for the arcade.
Chad moaned at the sound of yet another slamming door, he grabbed his script of an upcoming episode and ran through them with himself. It was more than a little frustrating to see Chris running around town enjoying the luxuries of being Chad Dillon Cooper while he was staying at home, but he was constantly reminded by Chris, that he had flown all the way across the country to help and it was the least Chad could do to let him have a little fun. Since Chad had a little more recovering to do, he unenthusiastically consented.