-1So Cold
Chapter 6: Good Girls with Bad Boys
Previously:
"Chad Dylan Cooper? A father?" Marshall said out loud, "And why is he on our set?"
"I've got to see what's going on." he thought.
With that thought, Marshall headed down the hallway and turned into Sonny and Tawni's dressing room.
"What is everyone yelling about?" he exclaimed.
That was it. The jig was up.
All of "So Random!", plus Chad turned to face Marshall. Shocked and scared looks were present on all of their faces. The room was in a complete state of silence until Sonny fell to her knees crying.
"Sonny!" Tawni cried, quickly getting up off her seat. She got down on her knees right beside Sonny, wrapping both of her arms around her.
"Did I just hear you say that you were going to become a father, Mr. Cooper?" Marshall asked.
Chad glared down into the carpet, re-crossing his arms over his chest.
"Mr. Cooper?" Marshall repeated.
Chad finally looked up a bit and fixed his eyes on Marshall, "No. I'm not."
Sonny's cries got louder as Chad pushed past the rest of the "So Random" cast and walked out the door, slamming it behind him.
"What is going on here?" Marshall said, "Sonny, you've got five minutes to explain before you're fired."
Sonny sniffled and wiped her eyes before standing up. She wrapped her arms around her stomach and looked straight at Marshall.
"Marshall," she began, "I'm pregnant."
He sighed and put his hand to his forehead, "Sonny."
"I'm sorry!" she exclaimed, "It's my fault too! I didn't instantly realize that Chad had given me alcohol! I'm so sorry!"
"Sonny," he said, "I'm going to have to alert your mother, you know that right?"
"She already knows." Sonny sniffed.
"Have the producers of "Mackenzie Falls" been told about this fiasco?"
"I wouldn't think so." she said softly.
"Would you like to go get Chad and bring him back to my office or would you like me to go get him when I go get the officials from "The Falls"?" Marshall asked.
"Will you get him please?" she asked.
"Sure." He said, "Be in my office in twenty minutes."
Marshall redirected his attention to the remainder of the "So Random" cast, "Rehearsals and tapings have been pushed back a day. You guys are free to go if you wish."
"I think I speak for all of us when I say that I want to stay here and support Sonny." Nico said.
"Me too." Grady said.
"Me three." Zora agreed.
"You guys know I'm going to stay." Tawni said.
"Thanks guys." Sonny said.
"Remember, my office in twenty minutes." Marshall said as he walked out the door.
"I'm so fired." Sonny said, her frown much deeper.
"Don't say that! You don't know it for sure!" Tawni said.
"Tawni! I'm a month pregnant! In another three months, it'll be more than obvious and I can't work on a teen TV show pregnant! That sends off so many bad messages!" she exclaimed.
"I think," Nico began, "If she does get to keep her job, then we should dedicate an entire episode to her and…Cooper…and allow them to tell a…different…version of their story and talk about not being all for teen pregnancy and stuff like that."
"That's not a bad idea." Tawni said, "What do you think Sonny?"
"I don't want to go on with Chad! Plus, he's not going to consent to doing this!"
"You didn't exactly consent to doing the nasty with him either, so it serves him right." Zora said.
"Technically, Zora, I did, and I can't force Chad to do something he doesn't want to. Plus, we don't want him to blow up on the air, that would be bad for everybody." she said.
"So what are you going to do?" Grady asked.
Sonny shrugged, "I guess, once I figure out if I keep my spot on the show, I'll go from there."
A little bit later, Sonny slowly walked into Marshall's office. Her stomach was in nervous knots as she walked over to where Marshall, and Mr. Condor were sitting. Her mother was standing near the bay window, glancing back and forth from her daughter to the blonde boy with his head in his hands on the other side of the room.
"We obviously all know why we're here." Mr. Condor said, standing up, "I got a disturbing phone call this morning while taking my daughter to school."
"Uh oh." Sonny thought, "That's really bad. If his daughter was with him when he got that call…we're dead."
"Marshall here began to tell me how the "So Random" and "Mackenzie Falls" cast had a bit of a literal run in. He then moved forward to tell me that Miss Monroe and Mr. Cooper has unprotected, pre-martial sex and now Miss Monroe is pregnant." he said.
Sonny glanced over to Chad. He was still sitting with his head in his hands, but now he was shaking his head. Sonny rolled her eyes.
"Marshall and I talked it over, and then I had to call "The Falls" producer. They both had very different receptions to the news."
Chad looked up and raised an eyebrow towards Mr. Condor.
"First off, I'm going to start off with Miss Monroe." he said, "Marshall, if you would."
"Sonny," Marshall began, "As much as we are against your decisions and we do realize that everyone makes mistakes. That is why we are giving you a second chance. You will be able to continue your roll on the show until you are seven months along, for safety matters. Then, after your pregnancy leave, if you are feeling up to it, you may continue on with your place in the cast."
Sonny's eyes widened and her jaw dropped. A wide smile formed across her face.
"Thank you so much Marshall!" she said happily, "You seriously don't know how much this means to me!"
"I think I do. That's why we continued your place. The only stipulation is that you have to do a few public service ads for this place downtown called 'Planned Parenthood Family Life Center'. You and Chad will do two. You will do three. Another thing, we will have to set up a press conference to let the world know what's happened." Marshall said.
Sonny's smile quickly faded again, "I should've known that was going to have to happen."
"Now, Chad." Marshall said, retaking his seat.
Mr. Condor stood up again and picked up a piece of paper.
"Why isn't the rep. from 'Mackenzie Falls' getting up?" Sonny's mind began to panic.
"Mr. Cooper, you have the potential to be one of the greatest actors of the decade, and you are aware of that. That is why I cannot see why, in the last few months, you have made such poor decisions." he picked up the piece of paper, "One count of exceeding the speed limit, going seventy in a fifty. One count of reckless driving. One trip to driver improvement class. One count of assault. The LAPD said you punched a photographer outside of The X Club in downtown Hollywood."
"He was asking if I was having a gay affair with Joe Jonas!" Chad exclaimed defensively, "I didn't even give any reason for him to ask that! If my fans thought I was gay…"
"Things like this are why we have made the decision that we have." Mr. Condor said, "Chad, we are releasing you from your roll on 'Mackenzie Falls'."
