A/N- Hey everyone, I'm so sorry for not updating sooner, but I was stuck with what to do with the food competition. I want to thank TrinityFlower of Memories for being so awesome, and helping me with it. Long chapter to make up for it!

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*SANTIAGO'S INTRO TO AUDIENCE*

"Good evening, I am Santiago Geraldo, and welcome to Big Brother: Teen Celebrity Edition."

"Tonight, Chad, the current HOH, must nominate two house guests to go on the block for eviction. The house guests will also participate in the first food competition."

"First, let's recap some of what happened last time."

-- FLASH BACK --

"Chad warned Sonny about Zac and his alliance's betrayal- which proved to be true after she had three votes against her…"

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"Grady and Chastity seem to be spending a lot of time together…"

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"Tawni accepted a 'swim' with James, but in exchange for him to keep Sonny in the house..."

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"Tess was the first house guest to be evicted..."

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"Sonny and Chad shared several moments, including him promising not to nominate her if she dropped during the HOH competition. Will Chad stay true to his word?

"Who will Chad nominate for eviction?"

"And who will be stuck eating slop for an entire week?"

*END INTRO*


--*SONNY'S POV*--

"Who wants to see my HOH room?"Chad asked loudly. I felt bad because I figured not many people would be interested since most of them didn't care for Chad. I thought I might have to at least wrangle the rest of my cast, but I was happily surprised that everyone except for Zac and his flunkies (Hannah and Jake) came to see.

We walked in to his room, and of course it looked the same as when it was occupied by David, except that now the few pictures scattered amongst the room were of Chad and his family.

I saw one picture of Chad with his beautiful mother and father, and who I believed to be his little sister. The best thing about it was that they all looked- normal. Just like any other family; not the breeders of the Chad Dylan Cooper.

Then I glanced at another one, a picture of little Chad playing in a sand box, holding a bucket on his head. It was absolutely adorable. Even as a toddler, he had those bold blue eyes, and mischievous grin. I smiled as I picked it up for a moment, relishing in the innocence of that face.

"Sonny, you alright?" Chad asked, breaking my thoughts. I looked around his room and realized that everyone else had left except for myself (still holding the picture) and Chad.

I saw Chad staring at me and felt like I should say something. "You know Chad, this is truly adorable," I said placing the picture back on the table.

That wasn't what you were supposed to say Sonny!

"Well thanks," Chad smirked. "But when am I not adorable?"

"Almost always," I smirked back.

"You know Sonny, I don't believe you," he smiled, taking a seat on his bed.

"What do you mean?" I wondered, suddenly feeling nervous.

"I think you always think I'm adorable," he said conceitedly.

"Oh puh-lease Chad!"

Chad just stood there, still smiling at me. "Okay, whatever Monroe." He didn't seem to believe me, but at least he dropped the subject.

I glanced at his basket from home- it was piled with chips and candy- all the best stuff. Then I noticed a note of some sort amidst all of the goodies.

"Chad, there's a letter in here- must be from your family," I said, removing it from the basket and handing it to him. His smile grew even wider as he unfolded it. "Well, I'll let you read it, see ya later Chad," I waved as I walked toward the door.

"Sonny," Chad said, stopping me before I left. "You can stay for a while- I mean, if you want to. It's nice up here."

"Chad that's really sweet, but I don't want to intrude. Enjoy your room."

"Sit down Monroe. I wouldn't offer if I thought you were intruding."

It was kind of weird, seeing him be so nice, but I decided to enjoy it while it lasted, so I took a seat next to him on the bed.

There was a comfortable silence for a few more moments as he finished reading the letter.

"You want to read it?" he offered.

"Really?" Why was Chad sharing something so personal with me? I looked around his room at the happy photos of him and family, but it was then that I realized, he didn't have any pictures with friends in them. And it dawned on me. Chad needed a friend, and maybe that just had to be me.

He handed the letter to me, and I felt myself smiling as I read:

Dear Chad,

Hey Chaddy Bear, the house is much quieter without you here, but we miss it. We miss you. I know that sometimes things may seem discouraging, but just try your best- that's all you can do. I realize that you have a reputation to uphold, but if you let some people see the real you, you might have better chances at a crazy game such as this. Dad says to tell you hi and that he loves you. Chloe says to tell Chaddy she misses you so much! We wish you the best of luck and are proud of you!

Love,

Mom, Dad, and Chloe

P.S.- I think you and that Sonny girl would make good allies. She's adorable!

I felt myself blushing at his mother's P.S. message. I don't know why, but it made me happy that his mother seemed approving of me.

"Aw, Chaddy Bear, that's so sweet!" I teased, handing him the letter back.

"Shhh!" Chad said, placing his finger on my lips. "No one can ever hear about that Monroe. Mutter a word of it and you're up on the block."

"But you promised," I whined.

"Alright, I won't put you up, but can you please just keep this between the two of us?" he asked, looking at me with pleading eyes.

"Fine, I won't tell anyone. You're family seems so nice- and normal."

"Yeah, I love 'em," he flushed pink.

"Chad, your mother's right. If people saw this side of you, you might not have so many enemies."

"Maybe, but I still have you, right Monroe?"

"Of course, I'll always be your enemy. But maybe can we be frenemies?" I asked, biting my lip.

"Alright, sounds good to me," he smirked.

"Chad, why are you sharing all of this with me?"

He sighed and looked down at his lap for a moment. "Well, I trust you. I know sometimes we can't stand each other, but oddly enough, I find that- enthralling."

"Really, Chad, Really?"

"Did you just steal my line?"

"Yes I did Chaddy Bear," I smiled.

"I told you to keep that between us," he snapped.

"It is. There's no one else up here."

"Okay," he replied, smiling back.

"Maybe my mom was right," he said, glancing at the note again.

"About me being adorable?" I asked, flashing a toothy smile.

"No, about us being allies, maybe we should," he suggested.

"Oh, okay," I said, my smile faltering a bit.

"Oh alright, she was right about both," he admitted, blushing furiously, and I was also.

"Allies?" I asked, putting my hand out for him to shake.

"Allies," he agreed, grabbing my hand and shaking it.

This looked like the beginning of a beautiful Frenemyship.


--*CHAD'S POV*--

So, one good thing about being HOH is the privacy, but it can also be a bad thing. I've been in my room for one day, and just about every house guest has been in here several times. Every time I lay down to relax or nap, someone knocks on the door. I don't mind Sonny, I told her she was welcome any time. I don't know what came over me, but I hated to admit that she was probably my best friend. And my worst- all at the same time. Really though, aside from our talk earlier, she hasn't been back.

I watched the 'spy monitor' on the wall across from my bed as I saw the Randoms approach my door. There was a knock and I yelled for them to come in.

Time to butter up some more people. Aside from Sonny and Jason, I had no allies.

Tawni, Grady, and Nico piled in to my room. Nico sat on the edge of my bed, and Tawni and Grady took a seat in the chairs across from me.

"Hey Randoms," I greeted. "What causes you to come visit the almighty King of Drama?"

"We were just wondering..." Grady began.

"Are you gonna put us up?" Tawni squeaked, interrupting.

"Well I'm not going to put Nico up," I admitted, "I already told him that."

"What about us?" Grady asked, pointing to himself and Tawni.

"Hmmm," I thought out loud. I needed them to make a deal with me.

"I don't know, what could you do for me?" I asked.

"Chad- Chad, Chad, Chad," Tawni said. "What if we had some sort of deal?"

"I'll tell you what… I'll try to keep you in this game, as long as you do the same for me."

"But eventually people will be leaving, then one of us will have to go," Nico said.

"True. But how about I'll have your backs, if you have mine? Then when all that's left in the house are you Randoms and me, we'll play for ourselves?"

"Deal!" Nico and Grady said simultaneously.

"Ugh, deal," Tawni whined reluctantly. "I feel like I'm making a deal with the devil."

--

Later came the David/Selena/Carly alliance. I assured them all they were safe- which I was pretty sure about- unless something unplanned happened.

My ultimate goal was to get 'Zac the Yack' (A/N- thanks Aly) out of the house. But if he battles for the POV, he might win and stay in here. The only thing I could do was back door him, so I'd have to put two pawns up. How about his allies?

--

Santiago came on the loud speaker and announced for everyone to go outside for the food competition. Every time there is a competition, we're banned to stay in the house while they're being set up. Sometimes they're so elaborate that it may take hours to do so.

I looked around the backyard and noticed a gigantic target that was about fifty feet away. The target was divided in sections. The outer rings were worth ten points, then twenty, and so on as the center of the target was fifty points.

This competition didn't matter that much to me since I don't participate; being that I already get to eat whatever I wanted since I'm HOH.

I was given some cards so that I could explain to everyone else what they were to do.

"You will be split in to two teams of seven. Each one of you have a bandanna around your neck- blue or red. There is a bin in the middle of the teams filled to the top with meatballs. One at a time, a person from your team will stand up to the line, then pull the bandanna over their eyes as a blindfold. You will throw a meatball, and whatever section it lands in, you score that many points for your team. At the end of ten minutes, the team with the most points wins, and gets food for the week. The other time, will be stuck eating slop. Now blue bandannas are one team, red is the other."

The teams split off- Blue consisting of Sonny, Tawni, Portlyn, David, James, Selena, and Jason. The Red team was made up of Grady, Nico, Chastity, Carly, Jake, Hannah, and Zac. I chuckled as I noticed that some alliances had finally been divided.

"Okay, I need one person from each team to step up to the line," I said.

Sonny and Grady stepped up, each for their own team.

"It's like meatball Monday all over again!" Grady exclaimed happily.

"If you eat them, you're disqualified and automatically on slop," I said. I didn't really know if it was true or not, I just wanted to mess with him.

"Alright, ready… set… go!"

It was quite a humorous competition to watch. Most of the guys were pretty decent, but the girls were terrible. Especially Tawni and Portlyn, I don't think either of them even hit the target. Sonny was pretty decent at it. She usually hit at least about thirty points.

Luckily the guys on their team were pretty good- otherwise they would have been so far behind.

After the ten minutes was up, it was time for me to reveal the scores.

"Red team, your score was 2500." The red team jumped up and down cheering.

"Blue team, your total score was 2750. You are the winners of this food competition."

They all jumped up and down screaming with excitement. The Red team scoffed since they'd have to eat slop for a week, but the only ones I really felt sorry for were Nico and Grady. Lord knows, Nico should put some meat on his bones, and I didn't know how Grady was going to handle a week without cheese.

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"Ew, this stuff is disgusting," Chastity whined, taking a seat next to Grady at the table with her bowl of slop.

"I know, it's like worse than the scarf and barf from the commissary!" Grady agreed.

Nico tried a bite of it, and spit it back in his bowl. "Man, I wish we would have won. This stinks."

--

"Hey everyone, we're going to play spin the bottle!" Carly announced, gathering everyone to the giant rug in the lounge area.

"What are we twelve?" I asked Jason, who was standing next to me.

"We're really bored!" Selena piped up before Jason could respond. "Besides, I know you'd like to play if a certain brunette was," she pointed to Sonny, who was making her way over.

"Psh- yeah right Selena, when are you going to let that go?"

"I'm not Chad, because you're in denial. I can't wait to say I told you so," she replied in a smug tone.

Sonny approached carefully, sitting between Tawni and Chastity.

"I'll go first!" James volunteered, and spun the bottle. It landed on Tawni.

"Oh, no way am I kissing you!" she screeched.

"It's not like you haven't before," James responded cockily.

"Let's get this over with," she snarled, pecking his lips quickly before pulling away in disgust.

Then Tawni spun the bottle, which landed on Jason. Then it landed on Chastity. She spun it, and it landed on Grady.

It was obvious that Chastity and Grady were nervous, probably because people had been accusing them of liking each other. They both leaned in slowly, kissing awkwardly. I kind of felt sorry for them.

The bottle kept going around- Nico had to kiss Portlyn, who had to kiss Zac. Then as Zac spun the bottle, I swear it went in slow motion as it landed on Sonny.

I could sense she was uneasy as she sat there biting her lip. The lips that were about to kiss 'Zac the Yak.' Something inside of me didn't want it to happen. Was I jealous?

"I- I don't want to play anymore," Sonny admitted, slowly getting up off the rug. "I'm feeling kind of sick."

"What a surprise. Little Miss Goody-Goody doesn't want to play," Zac mocked, then spun the bottle again, landing on Carly.

"Look man, she's probably in your bathroom if she's sick- since it's private and all. You should go check on her," Nico said, giving me an excuse to leave. I was glad. I was about to anyway, but at least when he mentioned her going in to my bathroom, no one gave me a hard time.

I walked up the stairs to my room, noticing the bathroom door shut.

"Sonny, you okay?" I asked, knocking lightly.

She opened the door just a crack, allowing herself to peek out the door. All I saw were those shiny brown eyes.

"Are you alone Chad?" she asked, trying to look around the room.

"Yeah it's just me."

She stepped out of the bathroom, and took a seat on my bed.

"Are you really sick?" I asked, knowing her better than she thought.

"No, but I didn't want to play that game to begin with," she said.

"Yeah, it's a dumb game anyway," I agreed. "I wouldn't want to kiss anyone in this house." Well except maybe Sonny, but shhh.

Her chocolate eyes looked up at me, and I couldn't identify the emotion in them. Disappointment- maybe?

"Well there might be one person here I would kiss, but that's a secret."

"Oh yeah?" Sonny asked, smiling. "And who would that be?"

"I can't say," I smirked.

"Fine Chad, I'll drop it," she said, blushing lightly.

She sat there for a moment, looking down at her lap.

"Did you hear Zac mocking me?" she spoke up. "He's an even bigger jerk than you."

"Hey, I think I've been pretty nice to you in here so far!" I defended.

"Yeah, surprisingly you have. You know, I left the game because I just didn't want my first kiss to be forced. In a game. With him."

"Well then with who?" I asked, hoping she'd say me- for some reason unknown.

"I don't know, but I want it to be real, and special."

"Well Sonny, it will happen sometime and hopefully it will be who you want it to be with."

"Thanks Chad," she said, ruffling my hair.

"Don't touch the hair!" I whined.

"I'm starving!" she said, getting up from the bed and reaching for the doorknob. I took my hand and pulled hers away.

"But you're supposed to be sick, remember?"

"Oh I forgot," she mumbled. Then she looked at me with those pleading puppy dog eyes. "Cha-ad," she said, speaking in her voice when she wants something.

"Fine, I'll get you something to eat," I groaned, knowing she had won. "What do you want?"

"Surprise me."


--*SONNY'S POV*--

About ten minutes later Chad returned with a couple of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.

"Wow Chad, you went all gourmet," I teased.

"Hey I'm a teenage guy. I have my own chef. I don't cook. This was the best I could come up with," he said, handing me a plate.

"I'm teasing," I said, accepting the sandwich. "I love PB&J- it's like my favorite!"

"Really?" he asked, excited that he had done something right.

"Well it is now," I said, my voice muffled in bites. "And this one is the best I've ever had."

"Sonny, don't you know it's rude to talk with your mouth full of food?" Chad joked, dramatically speaking as he too had his mouth stuffed.

"I don't care, it's just you Cooper," I said, patting his arm for a second.

I saw his face flush and moved my hand away.

--

After watching people in the house on the 'spy monitor', I began to grow really sleepy.

"Well Chad, I'd better head off to sleep. Have fun in your luxurious private room," I said, slowly making my way to the door.

"Alright Sonny, see you tomorrow," he smiled, holding the door open for me.

"Night Chad," I said, walking back to my room. But for some odd reason, I didn't want to leave.

--

I lay in my bed for probably about an hour and a half tossing and turning.

I was so bored in my room. Selena had already passed out, and Jason didn't really talk much, so I just lay there trying to sleep.

Finally I got out of bed and joined Portlyn and Tawni on the back porch. They were out there painting their nails.

"You feeling better Sonny?" Portlyn asked, as I joined them on the couch.

"Yeah."

"What happened earlier?" Tawni asked.

"I just didn't want my first kiss to be with some backstabber and be forced in a game, you know?"

"I totally understand," Portlyn replied.

"Yeah me too. Besides, I know who you want that kiss to be with," Tawni teased. "Chad."

"I don't want to kiss Chad!" Sonny bellowed, her voice raising in denial.

"It's okay Sonny, I won't tell," Portlyn spoke up. "Besides, I think he wants to kiss you too."

"What makes you say that?" I asked.

"I work with the boy- not a day goes by that I don't hear your name," she rolled her eyes.

Suddenly a loud splash was made as Nico and Grady cannon balled in to the pool.

--

After boy talk for awhile, I grew incredibly sleepy. I stumbled back to my room one more time to attempt slumber- with no success.

I was restless. I glanced at the watch on my bag: 3:30 AM. I groaned from the exhaustion, and just wanted to rest, but it was so lonely in my room.

I got up and walked around the house, looking for someone I could possibly have a conversation with. Everyone was pretty much passed out, except Grady and Chastity who were still in the pool at this late hour.

Portlyn was passed out on the couch, Nico's arm around her shoulder. She must have fallen asleep first, I mused.

So then I was left with only one more option- pay a visit to Chad.

I softly knocked on his door a few times, giving up when there was no answer. As I began to sulk away, I heard him open the door.

"Sonny?" he asked, standing at the door in only his pajama pants. I tried really hard not to stare, but I'm sure that I was, because suddenly that signature CDC smirk appeared upon his face.

"Like what you see Monroe?" he asked.

"No- and I wasn't staring!" I said, totally giving myself away.

"I didn't ask that," he chuckled. "What are you doing here so late though?"

"I couldn't sleep," I pouted, looking down at my cow print pajamas.

"Have you been awake this entire time?" he asked.

"Yeah, tossing and turning. I hate to admit it, but it's lonely in that room without you. Jason and Selena are party poopers."

"So you don't want me to be HOH anymore so that you can sleep soundly?" he joked.

"No, I just- I don't know. No one else was awake and I-" I blanked, trying to come up with an excuse.

He gave me a gentle look and said, "Come on in."

--

"I'm really sorry Chad for bothering you." I could tell he had been asleep and he kept yawning, which caused me to as well.

"Sonny, you seem tired," he pointed out.

"I am, I just feel restless. I just want to fall asleep. I've been trying to for hours."

"Well you can stay in here if you want. Not that I want you to," he offered.

"Well not that I want to, but I think I will- just to bug you," I smiled. "But I'll sleep on the floor- we're not sharing a bed."

"Sonny, this bed is huge- it's not like I'm going to do anything to you- trust me," he laughed.

"Should I?"

"This time- yes," he answered.

"Fine, but only if you stay on your side," I agreed.

"Deal," he said, getting up to walk to the bathroom.

I don't remember anything after that because by some miracle, I finally fell asleep.


--*CHAD'S POV*--

After I came back from the bathroom, I noticed Sonny was already sleeping soundly.

Since we don't have any tv noise or anything, I relied on her steady breathing to put me asleep.

I couldn't help but watch her for a moment (in a non stalkerish way), and it felt good that after only a few moments in my room, she was peaceful.

--

I woke up the next morning, sleepily wiping my eyes. I stared at the ceiling for a moment, trying to focus them. I felt a light pressure on my chest, and when I turned my head to the side I saw that Sonny had rested her arm around me. Some feeling overtook me and I wanted to pull her closer to me- so I did. But at that moment, she stirred, and slowly opened her eyes, adjusting them to the light.

"Chad, I'm sorry," she said pulling her arm away. "I guess I sprawled out overnight."

"No need to apologize Monroe," I said, gently sitting up. "Did you sleep well?"

"Actually I did. I don't know why, I guess I feel protected around you or something."

"Well don't tell anyone I said this, but while I'm HOH, you're allowed up here anytime." And with that I winked, and hopped in the shower.

--

Time for nominations. I had already decided who was going up. I wanted Zac out of the house, but he would need to be back doored, that way he might not have a chance at the POV.

Everyone gathered around the table in a circle. I pulled out the first key, which was Portlyn and told her that she was safe.

I put Sonny's key in the middle, trying not to make it too obvious that she was safe. Most of the time the HOH tends to put the people they're working with first.

Now Sonny and I agreed to be allies, but we never talked about being a team or anything, but it was almost as if there was a secret alliance between the two of us that we never even knew of.

It came down to Zac, Hannah, and Jake.

Carly pulled out the last key: "Zac, you're safe," she said handing him the key. Hey looked startled and shocked.

"Hannah and Jake, I nominated you both for the same reason. Of course you're a couple and you have a strong alliance, therefore you need to be broken up. This nomination ceremony is finished."

"Thank you Chad," Sonny said, giving my shoulder a little squeeze. "I'm glad you kept your word."

"Yeah, thanks man," Nico said, patting me on the back. "You can be a pretty cool guy."

I felt as if my luck in the house was changing, and maybe I could actually win this thing.


--CLOSING--

"Well everyone, stay tuned for the next episode of Big Brother. We'll see who wins the 'Power of Veto,' and let you in on a surprise. You don't want to miss it."

"Until next time, I'm Santiago Geraldo."

--ROLL CREDITS--