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Sonny with a Chance of Camping

Chapter Eight (Chad's Point of View)

Okay, can you just shut up? Sonny and my casts' have been bickering for 45 minutes, and I am starting to develop a pounding headache. I was quite relieved when we were called to report to our tents to go to sleep. Sonny looked a little drained from the day as well.

She yawned. "I'm not supposed to get changed right here, am I?" Sonny's face was full of horror.

I gazed at our suitcases and wondered how we were going to do this, since we were the only boy/girl pairing. "Uh…" I scratched my head and motioned outside. "Um you could change in here while I wait outside and then we switch?" That was basically the only thing I could think of.

"Yeah, sounds good." Sonny and I avoided eye contact as she turned around to her suitcase. The last thing I saw before I left was her giving me a kind smile and then taking a hairbrush out of her bag. Well, well, well, is someone trying to look nice for me? Ha!

It was pitch black as I stood outside. The 5 tents were the only things lit up. Our tent was the 1st one, and I assumed Tawni and Portlyn shared the second one, because talk about lip gloss came from inside that tent. Looks like those two finally found something to talk about.

Tent 3 held Grady and Harris, the only reason I knew was because they had put a sign on their tent with their names on it. Tent 4 held Nico and Steven, whom had done the same thing. I can't believe Steven and Harris would stoop that low.

Last but not least, Lacy and Zora. I felt bad for Lacy; she is only 15, making her the youngest member of the Falls cast. Even being 3 years older than Zora, Lacy still isn't immune to Zora's many oncoming pranks.

A brush of cold air swept over me and I shivered. Does it always take girls this long to change? I guess Sonny is trying to look good for me. I can't say I blame her.

Finally, Sonny's head poked through the tent. "Your turn." She said.

"It's about time." I mumbled, then immediately stopped as soon as I saw her. She was dressed in a navy blue tank top and long pants to match. They both flattered her nicely.

What are you doing? Do not stare Cooper! This is Sonny we are talking about… the annoying, way-too-joyful, peppy Sonny from Chuckle City! I trailed my eyes down to where my bags lay on the ground as she left the tent to stand outside.

It took me half the time it took Sonny to get changed, and before long it was already 9:30. The brunette and I lay next to each other and just stared at the top of the tent for a couple of minutes.

"So, are you ready to train for the Peppergrass Games?" she brushed a stray piece of hair out of her face.

"I actually forgot." I admitted. Not only that, I didn't really care about the games. "What is it?" I asked her.

"Not sure." She replied, and turned on her side to face me.

Chad Dylan Cooper told me to just insult her, but Chad told me to stay on this whole "sweet guy" track, because Sonny seemed to like it. So for once I listened to my sweet guy side and decided to turn towards her also.

It's odd. Normally my cocky and superior side would overpower me any day. Now that I have met Sonny, I feel I can learn how to tell it to shut up. I see you laughing at me! Ugh.

"Don't make fun of me when I say this, but sitting here in a tent outside makes me miss Wisconsin… and Ricky-" her voice trailed off. That's nice… wait, WHAT?!

"Who's Ricky?!" my voice got higher, something I noticed Sonny's voice also does when she's nervous. She jumped a little at my sudden outburst.

"Whoa, calm down! Ricky is my cousin! He used to always come camping with Lucy and I. Ricky knew everything there was to know about the outdoors." Sonny relaxed a little, and I sighed in relief. Hold up, what was that? Could it have been jealousy? No, it couldn't be…

"But I guess we should get to sleep, Chad. Looks like we have some training to do tomorrow." She gave me a small smile and then turned over. Soon, I did the same and drifted off to sleep.

"Chad? Chad… CHAD!" a familiar voice startled me out of my nice sleep. Surprisingly, I was wrong when I said earlier that I wouldn't be able to sleep in a tent; it was actually quite comfortable. I opened my eyes slightly to find a very worried Sonny sitting over me.

"What time is it?" I asked, sitting up next to her. Cute or not, nobody interrupts Chad Dylan Cooper's sleep.

"Nevermind that. I heard a noise outside… almost like a growl. What if there is some sort of wild animal out there?" she looked afraid, an emotion I had never seen Sonny Munroe show in front of me before. She was always all about the confidence.

"Calm down. It was probably just the-" I was trying to comfort her when we heard a roar and then some leaves crunching. It appeared to be awfully close, whatever "it" was.

Sonny grabbed my arm in shear terror and I didn't know what I should do. In any other situation, with any other girl, I would go back to bed and let her check it out. But Sonny wasn't just any other girl, she was smart, tricky, and didn't back out of a challenge.

"I'll go check it out." I said after a moment of silence, which surprised both Sonny and I alike.

"Okay, be careful." She let go of my arm and I exited the tent with caution. I picked up a stick and lit a fire at the end of it using a rock. I am that good.

Then, I came face-to-face with something huge and truly unexpected…


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