Disclaimer: Still don't own SWAC, but my lawyers are working on it.

Chad faked surprise, "Oh, Sonny and Zora didn't tell you? I thought you guys had a code."

"Chad, just spill what you're trying to get at." Tawni said scornfully.

"Mr. Condor has decided to force Mack Falls, So Random!, and Lady and the Vamp to go on a camping trip together." Chad told her. Tawni's reaction was rich.

"What? I can't go camping, I could die!" She yelled.

"Oh wait, I'm not finished, remember Trevor from my cast?"

"No, I don't watch your show." She recoiled.

"Well, Sonny bumped into him, and she has decided she wants to 'go for him' on the camping trip. And you little friend Zora has given her permission."

"You lie!" Tawni accused.

"Confront Sonny yourself, you know she doesn't lie." Chad shrugged.

"Why are you even telling me all this?" Tawni said, clearly annoyed.

"Because I know you don't want them to be an item just as much as I do." Chad explained. Tawni's eyebrow raised a fraction.

"And why exactly do you not want them to be an item?" She said knowingly.

"Because our shows our rivals. Trevor can't date a Random." Chad said in a 'duh' voice.

"Are you saying something's wrong with Sonny?" She asked, trying reverse psychology.

"I didn't say that!" Chad said to quickly.

"Yes you did."

"Did not! There's nothing wrong with Sonny, except for the fact that she's stupidly cute and she's on our rival show." Chad said, his voice saying 'Ha!'

"You think she's cute?" Tawni said, loving every minute of this.

"No I said she was stupidly cute there is a difference."

"Sure there is, Chad." She said, sarcasm dripping from every word.

"Anyway, since we both want them to not be together, I say we make a plan." Chad offered.

"I'm going to pass." Tawni turned back to her mirror and started reapplying her mascara.

"You pass?" Chad said shocked. "Why?"

"My time is too valuable to interfere with who Sonny dates. If she dates Trevor then she might be distracted with him and I will get more sketches. And it could be worse, it could be you!" Tawni burst out laughing. She glanced at Chad's face and for a second he actually looked hurt. It was gone in a flash though. Suddenly Josh came in.

"Mail Tawni," he said as he handed her a magazine and three envelopes. Chad's eyes widened when he saw that Gilroy Smith was on the cover of the magazine. Tawni took one look at Chad's expression and thought, Oh, I get it.

"What did you and Sonny tell each other at the talk show?" Tawni asked, sitting next to Chad on the couch.

"I didn't really read the book." Chad blurted.

"Not that. When you guys were going to say how you felt on three?" Chad's eyes widened in obvious confusion.

"How do you know about that?"

"Oh, I guess you didn't know that Gilroy had a hidden camera back there." Tawni said.
"He what!" Chad burst out.

"I stole the remote and shut off the TV before when you said two and a half. But I'm curious, what did you guys say?" Chad just stared at her. "What?"

"You turned off the camera? Why?"

"It just seemed to private." She looked at the ground. The next thing she knew Chad was hugging her.

"Thanks Tawni."

Of course, as fate would have it, Sonny and Zora just happened to walk in the dressing room.