So i was just thinking today, i heard about these awesome people on Fan Fiction who forgave this one writer for not updating for like two weeks. *Hides behind Chad.*
Chad: why are they mad?
Me: because i haven't updated for two weeks.
Chad: *gasp*two weeks you are on your own *walks away*
Then i realised that they are my readers. Who i have given permission to pelt me with virtual sprinkles. OH MY CHAD! I am so so so so sorry that i didn't update sooner. I have just been really busy with assignments and PAN (performing arts night) but there is good news. After next Tuesday i will have handed in my last big assignment and this Friday is the last day before my holiday so i will be able to devote all my time to writing for my awesome people. But anyway thank you to all the people who reviewed and read and what not. Well i just realised by the time you finished reading this i would have wasted like three minutes of your life and I'm sure you don't want to waste anymore so i am going to stop babbling now. It's like keyboard vomit. BTW that's word vomit on a computer. So without further ado...on with the chapter.
Disclaimer: (get a mirror to read this) CAWS nwo ton od i.
Sonny's POV
I woke up to the sound of the alarm clock on the bedside table blaring in my ear. I groaned and flung my hand out and started searching for the snooze button. When i found it, the noise stopped and i sighed and turned to my side and tried to go back to sleep.
I was just drifting off again when i heard the noise again, i sighed and tried to figure out how 10 minutes had gone so quickly but then it dawned on me. It wasn't the alarm clock it was the baby. I bolted upright and swung my feet over the side of the huge queen bed. I had to sit for a second because i had gotten an insane head rush from getting up so quickly. When the room had successfully stopped spinning i got up and ran out to the living room.
I ran over to the screaming doll and scooped it up in my arms. I was so tired. I had set my alarm extra early so i could get the baby and myself sorted and get to work in time. And of course i didn't expect any help from Chad, who was still sleeping peacefully at the moment. HE didn't have filming till this afternoon so he could just chill at work and no one would mind if he was late. So it didn't matter if HE stayed up till 1 am arguing about a name for the baby.
He wanted to name the baby Chad even after i had told him that the baby was a girl.
"But anyone would be honoured to have such a brilliant name" he said cockily
"Not a girl Chad" i said and he just rolled his eyes and clicked his tongue disapprovingly.
"Sonny it's the 21st century, no one cares whether you have a girls name or a boy's name so i think that Chad is not only an attractive name it is a great name for a girl" I was usually a non violent person, but right now i really wanted to slap him. How could one person be so stubborn and stupid. Or egotistical or jerky all rolled in one. I think one Chad in the world is more than enough.
"Okay Chad get this through that incredibly thick skull of yours WE. ARE. NOT. NAMING. THE. GIRL. CHAD" I said each word slowly, emphasising my point.
"Fine" he said, throwing his arms up in the air "if your such a name wizard, then what should we call it?" he looked at me expectantly and i shrugged.
"Why don't we each say a name and if we both agree then we will keep it" I said and i knew he would have to agree. This was a good plan because it made him think he was in control.
"fine" he said grumpily, folding his arms over his chest.
"Fine" i retorted back and i saw the corners of his mouth twitch. It always left me smiling after our little fights, and from what i'm seeing it has that effect on him to.
"Good"
"Good now go" i said and he smiled briefly.
"Chad" he said and i groaned and hit the palm of my hand to my head. He just wasn't going to let this go.
"No Chad, Amy?"
"Nah, Chadlyn?"
"No Chad, Summer?"
"No, i don't like that, oh i got it"
"What?"
"Chad – isy. It's like Chad and Chastity all rolled into one"
"No Chad" i practically screamed at him. What was his obsession with his own name? It really wasn't that brilliant. IT was just four letters CHAD, only one of those letters is a vowel anyway. "What about Alice or Lily"
He thought about it for a minute before nodding. I was so happy that i wanted to dance. He had finally made up his mind.
"I like it" he said and i smiled and started to walk off to my room, exhausted. "If..." i sighed and turned to face him slowly. I was so tired and i had just gotten the baby to settle and i wanted to get a few hours of sleep before i had to go to work the next morning.
"What now Chad?" i said slowly. I could feel my eyelids drooping. I had been up nearly all day and all i wanted to do was curl up in bed and sleep forever.
"We use Alice for the first name and Lily for the second name" i was surprised when he said this. I didn't think he could give a damn about the name, but he seemed genuinely interested. So i nodded quickly and started to walk back to my room again.
"Oh and Sonny" he called again and i turned round slowly, absolutely exhausted.
"Yes Chad" i slurred and stretched my arms out and yawned. Chad chuckled at me and i smiled back.
"Goodnight" i smiled and waved. I walked back into my room and collapsed onto my bed and fell asleep instantly. And so that's why i was so exhausted this morning.
"Shh" i whispered to the screaming doll trying to make it be quiet. I wouldn't want to wake up Chad, who knew how he would be in the morning. If i had to take a guess, i would say grumpy. Very grumpy. "What do you want" i whispered to the doll. I held it in one arm and started to rifle through the black bag of "supplies" that Mr Condor had given to us. "Are you hungry, sleepy, need to fake poop?" i cried to the screaming doll, feeling like a complete idiot when i remembered that it was in fact a fake baby and that even if it was real it still couldn't answer me.
I found the bottle and stuffed it into the dolls mouth. It cried for a few more seconds and then it stopped, making a satisfied gurgling noise. I sighed in relief as it drank until it was full and sighed. So did i. I placed the bottle on the coffee table and took it to my room. I still needed to shower and change, but keep an eye on the doll at the same time.
I placed it gently on my bed and then rushed to the ensuite bathroom to take a shower. I took a shower as quickly as i could. I couldn't risk having the baby cry again. It was only seven thirty in the morning and my head was pounding. Who knew a doll could be such hard work? When i had finished showering, i almost laughed in relief when all was silent in my room. I walked back in and straight to my closet.
When i found something suitable to wear i walked back into the bathroom. I don't know why, but it felt weird to change in front of the doll. What if it had a camera or something in it? That would just be creepy, not to mention a total breach of privacy. But the studio wouldn't do that? Would they?
I pushed the stalker thoughts out of my mind as i changed and got ready for work. I did my hair and makeup and looked in the mirror at myself, checking everything was in order. I gave myself an approving nod and walked back out to change Alice into something cute. Even if she was a doll, she still had to look adorable.
"Okay Alice" i said and clapped my hands together as i walked back out "Let get you into something cu..." i trailed off as i noticed my empty bed. Alice was gone. But that was impossible. Babies don't just get up and walk off. Especially fake ones. I rifled through the sheets, checking to see if it had somehow buried itself in my bed. Unlikely, i grant you, but i would rather that then to have lost it.
I ran my hands through my hair nervously. Where had she gotten too?
I quickly walked into the lounge room. Maybe i had left her in the crib and not realised it, or on the lounge or the floor or anywhere. But i found nothing as i strode into the lounge room. I was really panicking now. I decided it was now time to wake Chad. He would probably be mad at me right now, but i really couldn't care less.
"CHAD" i called. I waited but there was no reply. I stormed over to his room, knocked three times and entered without response. To my surprise he wasn't in there. I checked the bathroom, still nothing. Where could they have both got to? It was not only strange that he was missing, but equally strange that he was up at... i checked my watch. Eight fifteen. Oh crud, i had to be at the studio at quarter to nine. I was going to be so late.
Then i heard it and my heart skipped a beat. The irritating, mechanical laugh of Alice coming from the kitchen. How she got in there, i cannot say. But i was just glad to know where she was. I burst through the door to see Alice leaning up against a wall, propped up on the counter. And... a shirtless Chad standing over a fry pan, and waving a spatula at Alice with his free hand.
"Chad" i said, a little shocked. He jumped at my voice and turned round to look at me. I could feel my eyes slowly drift down to his shirtless torso and i have to say, i didn't mind what i was seeing.
"Sonny" he said and smiled at me "like what you see" He teased. I blushed, i had been caught staring at him and i wasn't even trying to cover it up. As if his head needed to get any bigger. "I'm used to it of course" he said with a sigh, turning his attention back to the frypan. I rolled my eyes at him.
"How so" i challenged and crossed the room to go pick up Alice.
"well i am Chad Dylan Cooper and no girl can resist me" he said like it was the most obvious thing in the world. I held back a laugh and he turned to stare at me. "What don't believe me?"
"No"
"Well, you hate me and even you can't help but stare" he said, while taking the slightly charred bacon out of the frypan and putting it on a plate. He slid the plate towards me and i looked down at it, unsure of his intentions. "Thanks Chad for cooking me this lovely breakfast" he said, while doing a very bad, may i say, imitation of my voice.
"Thank you Chad" i said while rolling my eyes. I was going to say thank you. Eventually.
"Don't you know it" he said with a smirk and walked past me to his room. On his way out his hand brushed the back of mine and i felt a slight shock. I dismissed it as nothing and started walking back to my own room, to dress Alice.
This sure was going to be an interesting two weeks.
Tawni's POV
I Don't know why people think parenting is so hard. I haven't had to do anything. It's been brilliant, all i have to do is whine and Nico will do it for me. He even cooked me a non fat tasty dinner last night.
I had gotten up at eight this morning. Not too happy about the fact that i only have forty five minutes to get ready, but hey I'm me and if i can make sonny look good, i can obviously work miracles. I walked into the kitchen, after i had spent a suitable time primping and i looked fantastic as always.
I had hoped that there would be a fresh, non fat berry smoothie ready and waiting for me like every morning. But sadly no. What did they expect? Me to cook my own meals. Ha I'm Tawni Hart and Tawni Hart does not cook. My hot closet wasn't even on so i couldn't even use that. Maybe Nico had something. I walked out of the room in search of Nico. I heard the So Random theme music coming from the TV in the lounge room. Aha found him.
I walked into the lounge room, heels clinking on the tiled surface of the kitchen.
"Nico" i called as i walked into the lounge room.
"Yeah" he called back. I smiled to myself as i found him sitting on the couch with TJ at his side. I didn't know what it was doing. It was making little noises and laughing every so often. I had made sure that TJ had not gotten clothes that would clash with my outfit. That would just be a catastrophe. There is nothing worse than mismatched parents and children.
He was shovelling something into his mouth and whatever it was didn't look edible. It smelled repulsive.
"Oh hey Tawni" he said mouth full of...something, i gagged as bits of it went everywhere "I made breakfast" he said pointing to the thing he had on a plate, which was resting on his stomach. "You want some?" he asks, gesturing to the glop on his plate. I hold back a shudder as i realise that this is his attempt to be nice.
"Umm maybe, if you tell me what it is" i say, slowly. I don't want to shoot him down in flames or anything but i don't want to eat that thing either.
"It's a Granico silly" he said, like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"But didn't you like, puke the last time you had one of those?" i asked, remembering the day. It was my date with Hayden after Sonny had kissed him on our first date. Sonny was supposed to cook but she couldn't because the hot closet wasn't working. So Nico and Grady gave us sandwiches that had been sitting in the sun for twelve hours. Then after i ate one i threw up in Sonny's Blarmie – the blanket with arms. Then after i went home i bought one, because even if it had a disgusting name, it was still really soft.
"Yeah, but this time i know what i did wrong" he said, spitting Granico everywhere. I hope we have house cleaning, because all of these crumbs are going to attract ants and cockroaches and all sorts of bugs. Eww i shuddered at the thought of having to deal with bugs.
"Well what exactly was that" i said, walking over to TJ and balancing her on my right hip. We had to leave in five minutes and TJ had to come too. I don't know how we are expected to rehearse AND look after the baby at the same time. I have to work harder than anyone else because i have to rehearse, look after TJ AND keep looking pretty. The last one didn't require much effort because i am just naturally pretty, but i have an image to protect and i can't risk being seen. Dare i say it...UGLY!
"Well the first time i left it in the sun for twelve hours right?" i nodded and he got up, flicking the TV off as he did. "Well this time i left it in the sun for sixteen hours and now it tastes much better" He grinned and i gave him a disgusted look. I picked up at piece of the sandwich and inspected it.
"i didn't know you put mint jelly on it" i said as i eyed the green, slimy stuff apprehensively.
"I didn't" Nico said and i dropped the sandwich in disgust.
"Well what is that" i said, pointing a perfectly manicured hand at the sandwich. Nico picked it up and sniffed it. Then he put his finger in it and licked it. I saw his face light up as he did.
"Wow, I have to tell Grady this" he said, while hastily whipping out his phone and texting Grady.
"Tell Grady what" i said as i watched his fingers fly across the buttons. He didn't even look up as he answered me.
"That mayonnaise goes green when you leave it in the sun for sixteen hours" I covered my mouth with my hand and backed out of the kitchen, eyes widening.
I ran out of the apartment, TJ's bag in one hand and mine in the other. I ran to the elevator and pressed the button for the penthouse. After this morning's debacle i needed debriefing and caffeine fast. I knocked on the door and waited a few seconds before the door swung open to revel a shirtless Chad. Oh as if i needed any more reason to feel sick this morning.
"Blondie" he said sleepily and stifled a yawn "what do you want"
"Two things" i said and he stared at me, confused "number one, for you to put a shirt on" he rolled his eyes and i continued "and number two to speak to Sonny"
He smirked at me and i sighed. A smirking Chad is never a good Chad.
"well then i guess you will be disappointed because one, I'm not putting a shirt on (A/N Yay) and two, Sonny has already left" and with that he slammed the door in my face. I stood there for a second momentarily stunned. No one slams a door in Tawni's face and gets away with it.
I stormed back over to the elevator and pressed the button for the ground floor. The soft, tinkling of the elevator music somewhat calmed meby the time i had reached the ground floor, my anger had siphoned away. I walked outside and called the valet to bring my car around. They did and i put Lily in the seat next to me, buckled her up and sped off to the studio.
When i reached it i parked next to Sonny's car and walked to the So Random set, stopping at the commisionary to pick up a Fro yo. I was starving as i hadn't eaten this morning and my appetite was restored.
I walked into my shared dressing room to find Sonny on my gold leopard couch, playing with the doll.
"Hey Tawni" she said cheerily as i walked in. I had forgotten that she is always happy. Annoyingly happy. All the time.
"Hi" i said and walked over to my vanity, where i dumped the baby bag on the floor and then i laid TJ on the floor as well. I looked up and started to admire the beauty staring back at me.
"Tawni" Sonny's voice entered my thoughts and i turned round to glare at her.
"What" i groaned, upset that she had interrupted my me time.
"You can't just dump the baby on the floor" Sonny got up and picked up TJ and brought her over to where she was sitting before "Babies need to be hugged and held and cared for, not dumped on the floor"
"Yeah Tawni" a voice sounded from above us and we had both jumped.
Zora's POV
I had been crawling around the vents with Frankenstein when i heard Sonny and Tawni arguing, yet again. I think he likes it in the vents. He cries whenever he is out of them.
I really wanted to get Frankenstein's look right so i added a few touches to him. I had painted him green and drawn stitch marks around his neck to give him the proper effect. Because if you are going to look the part, you might as well dress the part.
Grady and I had been handling the baby quite well. But when we first started, he made the almost fatal mistake of thinking i could be left alone with dolls. He thought because i was a little girl that i liked playing with dolls. Not that i don't, but it seems Grady and i have different interpretations of the word "playing".
So he was a little more than shocked when he found my loading Frankenstein into my cold cut catapult, which was ready for take off. I was just about to flick the switch when he rushed into the room.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa Zora, what are you doing?" he ran over and took the doll out of the catapult.
"What, i was just doing an experiment" i said and he rolled his eyes at me.
"What kind of experiment?" he asked and held the doll out of my reach. Note to self wear stilts for the rest of my life.
"Well i wanted to see how far a baby can fly" i said and a horrified look came across his face. I cackled at his face. "Oh look, there is a pie on the ground" i said and smiled when Grady instantly looked down.
"Really, i see no pie" Just as he was about to stand up I snatched the doll from him and ran out the door, laughing madly.
But back to Sonny and Tawni. They both jumped when i appeared from the vents. Really they should be used to it by now.
"ZORA" they both shouted and i laughed and jumped down from the vents. Sonny eyed my doll and her mouth dropped open.
"What did you do Zora?" she said, snatching it away from me and holding it at arms length, like it was going to bite her.
"Well he needed a few adjustments" i defended my self. Just as Tawni was about to say something Marshals voice came over the loud speaker.
"CAST OF SO RANDOM TO THE SET PLEASE, CAST OF SO RANDOM TO THE SET"
We all sighed and Sonny gave me back my baby. We walked to the set in silence and placed our dolls in our respective chair as we all got in positions for our sketches.
"AND ACTION" Marshal cried and just as we started Alice, TJ and Frankenstein all started screaming. We all rushed over and picked up our dolls, trying to hush them. I can say now that this is going to be the longest rehearsal ever.
I would like to say congratulations for finishing the longest chapter i have ever written. I think that you guys deserved it, considering all of the time it took to get up. Like i said before, sorry about that. I just had stuff to do and i was blocked and it was horrible. But keep on reviewing and reading and alerting. They always make me smile. So until we meet again.
HUGS
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BECCA
BYEEE!
