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My friend: "Guess what?"
Me: "What?"
My friend: "I've got Selena Gomez tied up!"
Me: "Um…it's nice that you would do that for me…but why would I want her tied up, exactly?"
My friend: "I thought you wanted to own Wizards of Waverly Place."
Me: "Well, I wanted to own Sonny with a Chance. Hey, do you think that we could tell Demi Lovato that we've got her best friend tied up here, and that we won't let her go until she lets us own Sonny with a chance?"
My friend: "I'm pretty sure that's illegal."
In case you were wondering, I don't own Sonny with a Chance. The glory and the dream, huh?
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Sonny's POV
I didn't want to speak to Tawni, but I knew that I had no choice. Grady had finally convinced Marshall to let us do a Harry Potter sketch, and I was supposed to be Hermione. Tawni was something like…someone named Gina. No…Ginny, that was it. You see, I'd never actually read Harry Potter.
I threw on something random (I didn't even know what) brushed my hair and teeth, put on a hat, and caught the bus in seconds flat. When I got there, people were eating breakfast, and chatting about what they were going to be doing today. I saw Tawni sitting at the So Random! table, eating a bowl of fruit. I walked over to the lunch line.
"Good morning, Sonny. What would you like today?" Brenda asked me, and I just stared.
"Um…some cereal?" I said hesitantly. She handed me a big bowl of cereal, with fruit on the side, and a cup of orange juice.
"Enjoy," she said. I walked over to the usual table. Tawni looked at me, and then looked away. I could see something on her face, but I wasn't sure what it was. Grady seemed to sense the tension between us.
"Trouble in girl town, huh? I really don't understand girls, so I think I'm going to go on a dating strike for a little while. You know, ignore the ladies when they hit on me…" Grady rambled on.
"What girl has ever hit on you?" Zora asked, and I couldn't help it. I laughed.
"See, there's Sonny being Sonny again," Nico said, and I smiled a little.
"So, anyway," he continued, "what happened last night?"
"Um…I was just tired," I muttered, and glared at him. He dropped it. And then Chad walked into the cafeteria. Tawni got up.
"Look, I know you think I'm crazy, but I didn't mean to do anything wrong. I'm sorry. But will you please just talk to her?" Tawni said to him, and I looked down, my face turning red.
"Why would I care what Sonny has to say? It doesn't matter," he said darkly, and Tawni turned away, different emotions mingling on her face. Then she turned back to face him.
"Chad, it's your own fault," she said coldly, and walked back to our table.
"Tawni…what was that about?" I asked, and she sighed.
"Chad is a jerk, Sonny. He won't change," she said, and got up. I followed her.
"What are you talking about, Tawni?" I asked, once we were out in the hall.
"I mean what I say, you know. I tried to get you a date with him, because I knew that you liked him. But I should've just helped you get over it. He is a jerk. He thinks of only himself, and nobody else. Guys like that never change," she said, and my eyes got a little watery.
"Tawni…it's okay. I'm pretty sure that I'm over it now. And I've kind of realized that he's a jerk. But thank-you," I said. Tawni smiled. And I realized something.
You choose to forgive someone. You can on hating them forever, but it won't get you anywhere. I could decided that Tawni was the worst friend ever, but all friends make mistakes. Tawni had made a pretty big one, but I knew that I could put it behind me.
"So, are we okay?" she asked slowly.
"Yeah. We're okay," I said, and we went to change into our costumes.
Chad's POV
I was still angry with Sonny and Tawni. They had purposely tried to humiliate me, and they hadn't even apologized. And I didn't expect them to.
So I was surprised to see Tawni come up with me, asking me to talk to Sonny. I didn't want to talk to her. Not at all.
Later on, it seemed like Sonny and Tawni were all buddy-buddy again, so why should I get involved? It wasn't important to me.
And that was what I told myself when I saw Sonny getting a yogurt cup in the cafeteria. Stupid cute.
I didn't want to talk to her. But some inexplicable force drew me towards her.
"So, are you going to throw yogurt all over me?" I sneered, and Sonny jumped.
"What do you want, Chad?" she asked softly, and I immediately felt bad. Had she been crying?
"You know what I want to know. Why did you humiliate me last night?" I asked, and she looked up, her face angry.
"Why did I humiliate you?" she said angrily, and her tone made me cringe. "How about you getting up and leaving all of a sudden, making me look like a complete loser?"
"Oh, yeah right. It was your plan all along. I just ruined it, and now you're mad. Get over yourself!" I was surprised to find myself yelling.
"Maybe you should take your own advice!" she shouted.
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
"Good!"
"I'm sick of this!" she shouted, and shoved me out of the way, storming off to her set.
I leaned against the yogurt machine and ran my hand threw my hair. Why did she always have to make me feel guilty? What was it about Sonny Monroe? Why did she have to drive me crazy?
Part of me said that I didn't mind being driven by her; that I still liked her. But the other part hated her; was still angry with her.
I didn't know if I should run after her. I wanted to force her to explain, but I was still too angry.
So I just walked away.
Tawni's POV
I admit that I was a little guilty this morning. It was kind of my fault that Sonny and Chad weren't speaking. But I saw their big blow up in the cafeteria. There was no way that Sonny could be mad at me now.
And I recorded every word of their argument.
It's not like I meant to! To be honest, my phone was still on the recording setting, and I didn't even know that I'd got everything. I just clicked on it later, and there it was.
I didn't know what to do with it yet. I wasn't planning on doing anything humiliating with it, but maybe I could. To get back at Chad, of course. Not Sonny.
I opened the TEXT MESSAGE section, and tapped one in.
Hey Santiago,
I've got some footage I think that you could use. Incriminate Chad, not Sonny. It's a full out battle between the two. Don't include my name in the story. There's a picture, too.
Tawni Hart
It took only a minute for Santiago to text me back.
Tawni,
Good job, Hart. Don't worry; we can call you the anonymous source. And Sonny won't be the bad guy.
Santiago
Mission complete. Sonny might be angry, but she wouldn't know that it was me. And as long as they made Chad look bad, then it wouldn't be a problem. Most of the argument looked like Chad's fault, anyway. I would just have to wait and see.
Sonny's POV
I was sitting on the couch when Tawni came rushing in.
"Sonny, you may be a little annoyed with me tomorrow, but I promise you, you will thank me!" she said, and then rushed out again. I sat up, confused. What would I thank her for? And what would I be annoyed about?
"Tawni! Get back here!" I shouted down the hall, and she turned around.
"Um…yes?" she asked.
"What are you talking about lately? You're constantly acting strange, and I don't get it. Are you entirely nuts?" I asked, and she glared.
"I'm not nuts! I just want you to know that I've done this to help you. Remember what they say, if something is done to give aid to another, then it can never be so bad," she said, and I rolled my eyes.
"Tawni, they don't say that. Just so you know. And it can be bad. Remember last night? Huh?" I asked, and guilt washed across her face again. But it was gone just as quickly.
"Don't tell me you're starting that again! Look, Sonny, I won't tell you what I mean, because it's not important! Just remember: I did this to help you. Bye, Sonny," she said, and I stood there, just as confused as ever.
Chad's POV
After I left the cafeteria, I headed over to the set for filming the last scene of this week's episode. The plot was ridiculous today.
That was a secret I would never tell anybody: I sometimes thought that the Mackenzie Falls plots were to far-fetched and confusing. Sometimes, it made me want to laugh more than act serious.
Today, Mackenzie was supposed to find out that Devon had another plot to steal the family water business away. He gets Penelope's help, and then in the end, Chloe finds out, and rats them out. Mackenzie foils their plan, and he almost kisses Chloe, but then pulls away at the last second. It was the kind of thing that always happened.
Of course, I had to make sure that this episode was decent. I didn't want Brenda to keep feeding us dog food, did I? Or whatever that stuff was. I couldn't have the Randoms laughing at us.
At my thinking of them, I felt a little pang, and realized that it was of sadness. I had wanted it to be okay with Sonny, but the universe didn't want us together.
It constantly seemed as if there was always one little thing that got in my way of actually maybe, well…going on a proper date with her. There wouldn't be Channy, or whatever it was called. I didn't even remember. It was just some lame thing that some fan girl had made up. Did these people even have lives?
I hurried onto the set, still confused.
"Penelope. Please don't do this to me," I begged, and Marta, who plays Penelope, looked down at me.
"Mackenzie, why shouldn't I? You haven't done anything to deserve my pity. You're just another pretty boy. Besides, I'm leaving you…for Devon." She said her lines aggressively, and my mouth fell open in shock. Penelope walked away.
And at the end…
"Thank-you, Chloe. If it weren't for you, my family's water business would be nothing," I whispered to Chastity, who played Chloe. She smiled.
"It wasn't all me. Trevor was a big help," she said.
"No…it was you," I whispered, and then leaned in to kiss her. But at the last second, there was a thunderclap.
"You think you've won, Mackenzie! But one day, I will own our family's water business!" David, the person who played Devon, shouted. I whipped around to see him standing a few meters away from me. He glared, and then turned to run away.
"Good-bye, Son…Chloe," I whispered, and realized my mistake. The cameras stopped rolling.
"Son? Who's Son?" Chasity asked me.
"Um, nobody. Can we just do it again?" I called, and I just said the line again. When the cameras finally stopped filming, Portlyn came up to me.
"By Son, you didn't by any chance mean Sonny Monroe, did you?" she asked, and I grimaced.
"Of course not," I muttered. She rolled her eyes.
"I know what happened," she whispered, and I sighed.
"Nothing happened, Portlyn," I muttered.
"Right…tell yourself that," she said, and smirked. I ignored her and walked away.
I honestly wish that I had hung out with Portlyn or something. I would have found out eventually. But not so soon.
As soon as I turned on the TV, Tween Weekly TV came on. And this was the lead story:
"Sonny Monroe and Chad Dylan Cooper: Friends, feuds…or secret sweethearts! Stay tuned to find out!"
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Oh, and for anyone who noticed: at the beginning of the chapter, there is the line: "Grabbed my hat, and caught the bus in seconds flat." This is a line from the song "The Day in the Life", by The Beatles. I am a huge Beatles fan, and I thought that that would be fun to put in! Review!
