A/N: Heheh. Hi. Sorry this took so long, but I decided in the last few minutes to just get it up. So, here it is. The final part of Split Personality!
Thank you all for your lovely reviews before. You know how much I love readin' 'em so it was just great :) There weren't many, but hey. Who cares? :P
I hope you enjoy this final part! And, for those of you who may have forgotten, I don't own Sonny with A Chance. If I did, I would've given Chad his own show by now, cos he is just legendary ;D
Oh, and remember. Nice Chad Chad. Annoying Chad = Chad.
Split Personality
Part 4
Mackenzie Falls rehearsals were over, and most of the actors had gone home. That is, apart from the two Chads, who were making their way into the So Random Prop House. The boy's arrogant side was disgusted to be back in there, but he knew that it was for an important reason. He was not gonna let the Randoms pull a wall over his eyes, no matter how much he hated being in the presence of anyone or anything funny.
The kinder side to Chad, however, was too busy moping over the fact that he actually had to go back to the way he used to be. He thought that, maybe, being separated from his egoistic side would've given him a chance to finally show his true feelings to Sonny. But, it seemed clear as day that Sonny was never gonna care – whether Chad was a jerk or not. He thought Sonny would be a whole lot more open-minded, but, according to what he heard from her cast and her reaction to the way he'd been to her when he was first separated, she was just as ignorant and prejudiced as the rest of the Randoms.
He didn't even get a chance to speak to Sonny. He was starting to regret his plan to reunite his two halves. Sure, the Randoms' plan was annoying and he hated that they were trying to get rid of him, but there was no guarantee that his more egoistic side would get fired… he was Chad Dylan Cooper, after all. They needed him at Mackenzie Falls. He was the only decent actor…
Oh, great. He'd only been around his ego for about five minutes and he was already thinking of himself as high and mighty compared to everyone and everything else. It was disgusting, but hey… he had no other option. Besides, it wasn't like he could back out now – Chad had found the reverse switch, and was waiting for him impatiently, tapping his foot loudly against the lino floor in the Prop House.
"Um, I'm waiting…" He told himself as he straightened his blazer and checked his watch. So what? He was an edgy young man. Whatever. He had places to be and people to see, and he was worried that all the comedy in the room would affect him.
Chad shuffled in place. He hadn't even had a chance to talk to Sonny, alone. To get her own opinion. He'd just heard something from the Randoms, who (he didn't mean to be rude, but) were total idiots. And they hated him, so they were obviously gonna say something like what they did. They weren't gonna sugar-coat it, were they?
"Well?" Chad demanded, getting irritated. Chad smiled gingerly at himself, swinging his foot backwards and forwards shyly.
"See, I was thinking, maybe, we should just give it a few days? Maybe I heard them wrong… we- we never know…"
Chad rolled his eyes, grabbing the other Chad's red sleeve to stop him from running off. Chad gulped as his double flicked the switch.
…
/~/S/W/A/C/~/
"Chad?"
Sonny eagerly burst into the blonde actor's dressing room, hoping he would be there. But, unfortunately, he didn't seem to be hanging around in his dressing room. Sonny slumped her shoulders in disappointment.
After So Random rehearsals had ended a few minutes ago, she had been on a wild goose chase, looking for Chad. She had had to give up her searching for him before rehearsals, but now they were over and everyone else had gone home, there was no stopping her in her mission to find the actor. She had first shown up to the Mackenzie Falls stage, but they were not filming. A few lingering staff, including the director, Maisie, were still hanging around. Maisie raised an eyebrow when she noticed Sonny. She was close to the Mack Falls cast – well, as close as you could get to a group of self-centred know-it-alls – and also knew quite well of their feud with So Random. It was quite a shock to her to see a Random hanging around.
"Miss Munroe?" Maisie asked, tucking a strand of her blonde hair behind her ear. Sonny smiled gingerly at her.
"Hi, um… Maisie?" She remembered after a few seconds of thought. Maisie nodded, smiling. She'd never know why the Falls kids didn't like this girl – she was so sweet and polite. Well, she knew one of her little charges liked the girl, for sure… she smiled as she thought of the one time she had caught Chad daydreaming happily after a 'fight' with Sonny.
Young love, she thought to herself with a cheeky smile.
"What can I do for you, Miss Munroe? She asked the young comedienne, who blushed and gaped as she realised the mid-twenties girl was smirking at her. She tried to convince herself this was not because of Chad and his enticing smirks.
Nope.
"Well, um, see, there's this- I mean, I'm looking for…" Sonny tried to not seem too obvious, but she realised that the woman had her figured out already. Was she really that easy to read? She rolled her eyes, sighing in frustration. "I'm looking for Chad. Is he around?"
Maisie's grin grew. "He went to his dressing room, dear." She told the girl, before rolling her eyes and adding with a mutter, "He's been acting odd today… sometimes he's been kind of sweet, which is totally weird, and then other times, he's been even more bigheaded and annoying than usual."
Sonny's cheeks flushed bright red. So both of the Chads had found their way to Mack Falls? Huh. Great. This wasn't gonna be fun. Oh well, at least it would be slightly easier to find them both if they were together, so she could put them back together if needed.
"Okay, well, um… bye." Sonny walked off, waving Maisie goodbye before putting her head down and making her way to Chad's room. She didn't want to get recognised by any lingering cast mates who were still around. That wouldn't be pretty, and how was she supposed to explain this to them? Was she supposed to tell the whole story to them? She, honestly, had no idea.
Luckily, she didn't bump into anyone on her way. And that led to her current position – stood in Chad's dressing room, looking around awkwardly, wondering where the heck Chad was and hoping he would show up soon.
He didn't disappoint.
"Chad!"
The blonde walked through the door, and Sonny flung her arms around him, grinning happily. Chad threw her off after a few seconds though, and she looked at him, pouting sadly. She scanned his attire – he was wearing the clothes that nice Chad had been wearing before, so he was obviously not the mean side of Chad. So… what was going on? Why was he so hostile?
"Chad?" She asked, her voice going up a few octaves in confusion. He tore his eyes away from hers, unable to look at her.
"Go away, Sonny." He mumbled after a few moments of silence. Sonny blinked, worried.
"Chad… did I do something wrong?" She asked him. He nodded mutedly. Sonny felt sick and her throat felt hoarse, like someone had jabbed broken glass down her throat. She looked at the blonde with her eyes wide open, unable to form a sentence. "Wha… what did I do?" She asked him.
He just ignored her, as if she was no longer there. Sonny followed him as he walked to the other side of the room, where his mini fridge was. He took a small Coke can out (A/N: Those tiny Coke cans are adorable ;D) and took a long swig. Sonny watched, irritated.
"Chad?" She said, "Can you answer my question, please?"
Chad slammed the fridge door, shocking Sonny a little. But still, his face remained calm.
Scary calm.
"Chad, you're scaring me." Sonny mumbled. She panicked… which side of Chad was this? The ego side? He was ignoring her, right? But he didn't look a cool and smug as usual. So maybe it was the nicer side? Agh. She just didn't know. All this was just so confusing.
Chad's voice breaking the cold silence shocked her, "Sonny, why don't you just go back to the Randoms, huh?" He asked, his tone completely flat. It kind of scared her how emotionless he sounded. It sounded so… un-Chad like.
"Is everything okay, Chad?" Sonny asked cautiously. Chad's eyes flashed with anger.
"No. Everything is not okay." He snapped. "Now why don't you just… go away? Go away, and never speak to me again!"
Sonny blinked. Her brain told her feet to move themselves out the door, but somehow she just couldn't bring herself to move. She was basically frozen.
"Ch- Chad…" She stammered, trying to bring herself to him. But she remembered – she was frozen. So she just reached her arm out to him. He pushed her away. "Please, just tell me what's wrong."
Chad laughed emotionlessly, "Stop playing innocent, Sonny!" He yelled, "I know what you and the Randoms did to me!"
Sonny was confused, until she realised what he was referring to.
"You were split into your two personalities." Sonny murmured. Chad scowled.
"Gee, are you really that slow?" He scowled, "Yes. I know – that's why I – I mean, we – put us back together.
Sonny's mouth dropped open. This was Chad. The Chad Dylan Cooper – the one and only.
And by the looks of it, he was one very angry Chad Dylan Cooper.
"How could you do it, huh?" He demanded, folding his arms. "I'm intrigued. How could an innocent little girl like you agree to a plan that could ruin a guy's life?" When Sonny, still in shock, wouldn't reply, Chad just got more and more furious. "You and the Randoms were planning against me! You thought that the bigheaded side of me would be so bad, that he would end up in me getting fired, correct?"
Sonny gulped. She tried to make her voice come out strong, but it was hardly audible. "Chad, I promise, that wasn't my plan."
Chad scowled, but he didn't have the energy to yell anymore. He spitefully wondered if his lack of energy was part of the Randoms' plan too – so that he'd be so weak he couldn't act and be kicked off the show. He never realised how evil the Randoms – Sonny – could be. "Yeah, right. Leave me alone, Sonny."
"Chad, please…" Sonny whispered inaudibly, her throat feeling hoarse, "Just… let me explain."
Chad was reluctant. He shuffled his feet against the carpet, a weak scowl on his face. He sighed angrily, "Go on then." He snapped, waving his arm around. Sonny gave him a thankful smile that he did not acknowledge.
"I promise you, I had nothing to do with my friends' little 'plan'. I hated the plan; I wanted to stop them from separating you… but it all just went so fast! Before I could do anything, you were, well, separated."
Chad blinked.
"And what happened after that?" He asked.
"Huh?" Sonny's eyebrows shot up.
"After I separated, my… uh… non-egoistic side talked to you, and you, um… you kinda freaked out." His eyes drooped to the floor. Sonny noticed the hurt in his expression and immediately felt guilty.
"I didn't mean to!" She protested, "I'm sorry! I was just… just freaked out! There- there were two of you, and then you came and started being all nice, and I just- I felt all weird and I thought I was falling for you, and-"
"Falling for me?" Chad's mouth dropped open. He was sure he'd heard her wrong.
Sonny sighed. "I didn't think so at first." She admitted shyly, shuffling her foot across the floor, "I was just confused, but then I talked to your other side…"
"I remember." Chad commented.
"I was hiding it." Sonny confessed, "I was hiding everything from you because I was just scared and confused and I just needed some space, some air, and I'm so, so sorry, and I- Mhmm!"
The girl was cut off by a pair of lips being pressed against her own. Shocked, she pulled away from Chad, trying to stammer out an angry objection to his actions. But she just… couldn't. She didn't have it in her, and to be honest – she was actually really enjoying it. It just felt like… betrayal. To her friends. To herself. And it was very much a shock to her system too.
"Chad…" The brunette breathed. A hopeful smile crept on his lips.
"Sonny, I really like you."
"Chad, we can't…"
"Sonny."
Chad held Sonny by her shoulders and gazed deeply into her eyes, hoping that she would get as lost in his as he was getting in hers.
His wish came true. Sonny's eyes began to sparkle as she continued to drag herself deeper and deeper into his eyes, into trouble.
This was so wrong. This was Chad Dylan Cooper. Her friends hated him – she even thought she hated him. But she was so, so wrong. She could never hate him. Not for a moment. He was just so… so close to perfect. His eyes. His hair. His voice. His smile. And, now that she'd met the nicer side of Chad, his personality.
Even if his personality was a little two-sided and, well, split.
"I really like you." Chad told the brunette again, tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear. She blushed. And this time, she wouldn't deny it.
"I really like you too." She said.
Because it was the truth.
And she wasn't going to hide it anymore.
A/N: N'awww... was that cute enough for you? I sure hope so :P
Heheh. I've updated two stories in one day! #proud
And, um, Channyyyy^^^. Don'tcha just love 'em? ;)
Please review with your thoughts! Love you all :D
~Amy x
