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Prom
I scowled at another poster promoting the condor studio's prom. I mean what was the big deal anyway, things were bound to end in disaster like on Mackenzie Falls, season 2 episode 5 when a disco ball falls on his head and he goes into a coma for a year. I especially didn't get why Sonny was so excited; didn't she already go to one of those things back in cheese land?
I was walking over to chuckle city to go see my favourite random and hopefully convince her not to go to the prom, but instead hang out with me. But I suppose if she did want to go, I guess if she was there with me, it might suck that little bit less.
"Tawni, I told you four times already, I'm not going to steal your crown for prom queen." Sonny said, exasperated. I leaned against the door frame, amused.
"That's what they all say." Blondie said, an eyebrow raised. Wow, randoms are really weird.
"Tawni...I promise. You're the prettiest girl in Hollywood, or even America, and even I know that you're the only girl that can pull off the prom queen look." Sonny smiled lightly. Tut, tut, tut Sonny, such lies. I decided to intervene before the beaming ball of sunshine decided to tell even more lies.
"Sonny, you do know telling lies are wrong, right?" I asked, startling them both. Sonny turned to me, a big grin across her face.
"Hey Chad," She smiled. "How long were you standing there?" she asked. I smirked.
"Long enough to know you were telling such despicable lies. And we all thought you were the good girl of Hollywood." I said, shaking my head. Blondie glared at me.
"Actually, for your information, I am the prettiest girl in America, probably even the world." Blondie said and started kissing her reflection. Wow, vain much? And Sonny calls me conceited, which of course I'm not, it's just another lie.
I started laughing. "Blondie, pretty? You've got to be kidding me." I managed to get out in between laughs. I knew the prettiest girl in the world quite well, and she's nothing like Blondie.
Blondie got the look in her eye like she was ready to kill me on the spot, or I might've mistaken it for mascara in her eye. Whatever.
"Chad," Sonny nudged me with her elbow. "Shut up." I rolled my eyes but kept quiet.
"Ugh, fine, but can we go somewhere else, I do not like those glares that blonde's giving me." I said. Should I be scared?
"Chad, for the last time, her name's Tawni." Sonny said irritated. Tawni...Tawni? Wasn't that the name of my neighbour's pet hedgehog? "What about the cafeteria, I'm in the mood for a fro-yo." She said with the sweet smile of hers. I nodded and we walked to the cafeteria. Hand in hand of course, I really liked that whole tingly feeling that I got when I did; it's got me wondering if she feels it too.
"So are you excited for the prom? I am so excited for it! I picked out a great dress, even though Tawni says it's ugly but I kinda like it and you know Tawni, she never likes anything that I pick out, actually funny story when we went to the mall w-" She ranted on excitedly, while I tried to catch what she was saying. We were sat at one of the smaller tables, enjoying fro-yos.
"Sonny, I know you're excited and all and that's actually what I came to talk about. I don't think we should go." I told her honestly. Her smile faded and a frown replaced it.
"Are you trying to tell me that you don't want to go with me? Well that's totally fine s-since we were only going as friends anyway, you probably want to take someone like meal or no meal girl number three or something." She said. She actually looked sad. Did she want me to take her to prom? I kinda thought that she only agreed to go with me in the first place because she's just too nice.
"Oh, no, no, no," I said quickly. "I want us to be together," I just realized my mistake. "Uh, a-as friends." I quickly corrected myself. Definitely as friends, because Sonny and I's relationship is totally and completely friendship based.
"Right, so what did you mean?" she asked.
"I meant that can we just do something together instead of going to that stupid prom." I said, expecting her to agree.
"No! We have to go!" Sonny exclaimed. I was a bit taken aback. "I mean...why don't you want us to go, it's the biggest Condor Studio's event of the year and your Chad Dylan Cooper, I thought huge parties were your thing." Sonny said, taking another bite of her fro yo. True huge parties were my thing, but proms certainly weren't.
"Sonny, who wants to go to a stupid prom, when you could have me all to yourself," I winked, causing her almost choke on her fro-yo. "Oh, you know you can't resist me Munroe." I teased, making her giggle loudly. Like music to my ears.
"Yeah, in your dreams Chad," she said. "But really, we are going." She said sternly.
"Uh, no, we're not." I said firmly. Her eyes narrowed.
"Yes, we are."
"Didn't you go to your little Wisconsin prom last year? Why'd you need to again?" I asked, annoyed by the fact that she won't listen to me. I'm Chad Dylan Cooper for goodness sake.
"So what if I did? We're going."
"No we aren't."
"Yes we are."
"No we aren't!" I raised my voice.
"Yes we are!"
"No!"
"Yes!"
"No!"
We were both stood up now and Sonny was glaring like there was no tomorrow, I was pretty sure I was doing the same.
"You know what Chad, fine, be that way! I'll just go without you!" Wait, what?
"Fine, go ahead, I couldn't care less!" I shouted. All eyes were on us now. Even though this fight was really bugging me, and I'm pretty sure it was bugging Sonny as well, I couldn't help but miss this sort of thing.
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
"Good!"
"Good!"
"Are we good?" Sonny asked. Her face was red now, probably from all that screaming.
"Oh, we're beyond good!" I exclaimed. We were both breathing heavily, glaring at eachother intently.
The next thing I knew Sonny's scowl was slowly turning back into her bright smile. What she did next surprised me; she started laughing.
I was totally confused, we just had a fight and she was standing there laughing her head off. But before I knew it, I was laughing with her. People were giving us weird and confused glances, but I didn't care.
"I don't even know why I'm laughing right now." She said in-between giggles.
"Me either." I said. Her annoying laugh is just so contagious. We didn't say anything for a few moments. We just stared at eachother. I studied her features. Her big brown eyes. That smile that seemed to reach her ears, that blush on her cheeks. She was just so darn cute.
"Chad, what are you thinking about?" She asked after a few moments, snapping me out of my tra-uh I mean my thoughts about Mackenzie Falls. It's not like I was gazing into those warm brown eyes of hers. That's just a stupid assumption.
"Mainly you and how you manage to always get under my skin," I smiled a small smile. "And how I wouldn't have it any other way." This made her grin.
"Well I'm actually thinking of how great prom will be...if you were there with me that is." She smiled, a small shade of pink overtaking her cheeks.
"I don't get it, why are you so excited anyway?" I asked, curious. What was so special about them that made girls turn into weird squealing machines?
Sonny sighed and held my hand under the table. "You really don't get it do you?" I shook my head. "Prom's are amazing. It's one of the only times that we all get treated like kings and queens. You get to wear that perfect dress and it makes you feel beautiful, like you're flawless. And that one dance at the end of the night with that one special person. When you feel like you're the only two people in the room...it's magic." She finished, gazing into my eyes.
I took this all into consideration. I really didn't know that it was that important to her.
I smiled and nodded "Okay." Sonny looked confused.
"Okay?"
"Okay...I'll go. But only because I can't stand that look on your face when you're sad." Her smile grew bigger and she quickly gave me a hug, squeezing me tight. I was proud.
As we drew back from our hug Mr Condor walked in. We quickly straightened up, as did the whole of the cafeteria, including Brenda. And the scary thing was, he seemed to be headed towards our table. Sonny shot me a worried look.
"Ms Munroe, Mr Cooper." Mr Condor greeted. We didn't move a muscle. "What do you think about the Condor studio's prom?" Mr Condor asked. This was too weird, he actually bothering to make conversation with us. Sonny smiled and began talking. Big mistake.
"Oh, it's great! I just want to thank you so much for hosting it, it's not often someone does something like this." She grinned, unaware of the glint in his eye. I recognized it and it wasn't good.
"And does this prom make you and your fellow actors happy?" he asked. What was this, twenty questions? I gave her hand a squeeze, silently begging her to be quiet.
"Yep, everyone around here's got a smile on their face. Even Marta from Mackenzie Falls seems happy." Sonny said and Mr Condor grinned.
"Very well, the Condor studio's prom is cancelled." Sonny's smile immediately dropped. "You didn't actually think that I'd let you have a prom did you?" he laughed and walked off, muttering things like 'stupid kids'.
Sonny was completely speechless. I should've known Mr Condor wasn't capable of being nice, his heart was really just a block of ice he accidently swallowed and it got stuck in his chest.
"Oh my gosh, did he just do what I think he did?" Sonny asked. I nodded, kinda scared of what she'd do now. But of course Sonny did the unexpected and grinned.
"Well that gives us a chance to host our own prom!" She beamed. I shook my head.
"Sonny if Mr Condor just cancelled the prom to make his employers upset, I doubt he's going to let you host your own in his studio." I told her honestly.
"And that's why it's going to be a secret prom." She said. Okay, is this girl crazy, or is this girl crazy?
"Sonny, that makes no sense."
"Chad, have an open mind." And with that crazy scheme, we went to go get supplies for this secret prom. I sighed; I could tell that this was going to be another disaster. But does anyone ever listen to Chad Dylan Cooper?
Forty five minutes later, we had all the supplies and had even made flyers for this so called secret prom.
"Okay, so Chad, why don't you put up the higher decorations?" She asked, handing me a bunch of streamers and stuff. I was about to challenge her and ask her to do it herself but I remembered her fear of heights and didn't want a replay of what happened last time.
I quickly put them up using the ladder, while Sonny decorated everywhere else. In absolutely no time at all, the place was fit for a king like me.
We sat on some comfy chairs, a little tired after working so hard. They all better be grateful for this.
"So I think we did a pretty good job." She smiled, taking in her surroundings. I laughed.
"Well, this isn't the first time you've thought of something crazy like this. Remember your brother's birthday." I reminded her. She laughed.
"Yeah. Just the look on Jason's face made me so happy."
"Yeah, I know the feeling."
I don't know why, but I found myself staring at her lips. I was starting to creep myself out.. I didn't dare lean in for two reasons; I knew that I'd just get interrupted again. And the other reason was because I knew I didn't actually want to kiss her...I just find her lips interesting, that's all.
"I just remembered something! I need to go give the crown to Tawni, she is after all going to be prom queen." Sonny said. I rolled my eyes, why does Sonny put up with that girl?
"Really Sonny, really? Let Blondie get it herself." I told her. Sonny shook her head.
"I can't, she's preparing for the prom. If I interrupt her now, she'll most likely kill me." Sonny said. I groaned as Sonny picked up the golden crown. Blondie didn't deserve that. But I wonder who's going to be prom king? It should be me of course.
We walked back to Sonny's dressing room. I was pretty sure I saw that freaky random grinning at us from a vent or something...I'm probably just hallucinating.
As we approached the door, I saw something just above it, and it wasn't freaky girl. It looked like...a bucket?
"Sonny wait!" I called out to her, but it was too late. Sonny opened the door, sending a bucket of gunk all over her. Wow, any other girl and they would've been screaming down the whole of Condor studios.
"I heard a noise! Did someone steal my purse?" Blondie asked as she came rushing up to us, spotting Sonny and her not so good situation. "Sonny...you really do have a bad fashion sense. Disgusting gunk was so 2007. Have you been hiding under a rock all your life or something?" Tawni asked, laughing. I couldn't help but snicker as well. But hey, I am just a human being.
"Guys it's not funny!" Sonny said, frustrated. "Who did this?"
"Oh, did I forget to tell you? Zora set up a trap for pooper here to stop him from coming into my dressing room." Blondie said. I glared at her. 'Pooper'? really, that's all they can come up with. Puh-lease it isn't like I hadn't heard that one before. Sonny crossed her arms.
"Yeah well it isn't funny." Sonny groaned. I laughed harder until she gave me the whole 'if looks could kill' look so I decided to shut my trap. Blondie kept laughing though and Sonny shot glares at her until she noticed what Blondie was actually wearing. "Uh Tawni, is that my dress?" Sonny asked. Blondie grinned and spun around.
"Yeah it is, it looks great on me, don't you think. Way better than it'd look on you." Blondie said. I rolled my eyes and so did Sonny.
"Tawni, you can't wear that, it's my prom dress." Sonny said explained to the thick headed blonde. Blondie rolled her eyes.
"I know that silly. But this dress was meant for me."
"Yeah but Tawn-"
"Do you want to ruin my evening? Do you want to see a pretty girl suffer?" Blondie asked, hands on her hips. This was getting way out of hand. If I was a girl, not suggesting anything here, I would rip up all her clothes in front of her eyes and see how much she likes that dress when it's the only piece of clothing she has left.
Sonny sighed deeply. "No Tawni," She shook her head. "You can keep the dress, it'd probably look better on you than me anyway." Sonny said. Ugh, she really needs to stand up for herself, since when was she a doormat?
Blondie smiled. "Well I'm glad you see it that way. In fact, I'll help you get all that gunk out of your hair. No offense or anything, but you look terrible!" Blondie said. Sonny just rolled her eyes.
"Thanks." Sonny replied dryly.
I followed the girls into the dressing room and sat down next to Sonny while Tawni sat down on the other side. Sonny pouted while Blondie tried to get the gunk out of her hair, it wasn't working though.
"Here, let me do it." I told the blonde, pushing her hands aside. Blondie glared but didn't say anything. I carefully stroked my fingers though her shiny hair. Not that I was enjoying this or anything, I-I'm just helping out a friend.
"So Sonny, who're you going to prom with?" Blondie asked, fiddling with her hair.
"She's going with me." I answered for her, still running my fingers through her pretty hair. Blondie smiled.
"Ugh, finally! I knew you two would finally date. Tawni Hart is always right." She said triumphant. I blushed a little. Dating? Yeah right, Sonny and I would never want to date and were never going to.
"Uh Tawni, we're not dating, we're just going as friends." Sonny said. Is it me or was she blushing as well? Must be the lighting in here or something. Blondie laughed, or more cackled.
"Friends, shmends. You know you both like eachother. And in a way, you're both pretty similar." Blondie said. Okay, what kind of crazy pills was this girl on? Similar? Me and Sonny? That's like saying an elephant is the same as a mouse.
Sonny reached up and put the back of her hand on Tawni's forehead. "You're not ill are you, because I just thought you said Chad and I were similar." Sonny said, shaking her head and laughing.
"No, I'm not sick. I'm making a point. You both love a challenge," I couldn't argue with that. "You both love to win and yo never back down from a fight." Hmm, Blondie was actually making sense. Sonny looked at her speechless.
"I-I guess you're right," She said, avoiding my eyes. "And Chad, you can stop stroking my hair now, all the gunk's been gone for about five minutes."
"Oh, uh sorry." I stuttered. That's right, Munroe was making me stutter.
"Well as much as I'd love to stay around and chat," She began sarcastically. "I've got the title of prom queen to claim." She hopped up and walked out of the room. Thank god. Sonny stood up.
"What am I going to do Chad, I can't go like this." Sonny groaned, looking at all her clothes where the gunk had stained in.
"Well that's your own fault, I don't get why you let her treat you that way. In Mackenzie Falls, Chloe always gets treated badly by the other girls because she's not as rich as them, but Mackenzie eventually teaches her to stand up for herself." I told her. She just sighed.
"Chad, this is reality, not a melodramatic tv show. I spent a long time trying to even get her to accept me at So Random! and the last thing I need is for her to hate me again." If I was a girl, again not suggesting anything, I'd make sure I was the lead and everyone, especially the annoying blonde girl, would have to follow me.
"Sonny, I think you should just go to the prom like that. You look fine to me and besides, you'll be making a statement. You randoms are good at that, aren't you?" As I expected her to, she started to smile again.
"You know what Chad, you're right. I'm going to go out there and show everyone that you don't need to wear a stupid dress to make you feel beautiful." She said proudly. I couldn't help but grin. "Even if that dress was the prettiest you've ever seen." She muttered quietly. "C'mon Chad." She said happily.
"Woah woah wait. You expect Chad Dylan Cooper to go like this?" I asked. I was still in my Mackenzie Falls uniform and I definitely won't be seen at a party, no matter how small in uniform. Sonny rolled her eyes.
"Chad, if I can go all messy like this, then you can go like that. Now let's go." I groaned and got up reluctantly.
"Yeah but Sonny, if you haven't noticed, I'm not a random, I don't need to make any statements by my dress code. I'm Chad Dylan Cooper, that's a statement in itself." I whined as I followed her out the door and to this secret prom of hers.
We walked until reached the open doors of the prom and I have to say, I can't believe we actually pulled this off. People were dancing and enjoying themselves. Some of my cast were there and Rainy and Cloudy were of course trying to flirt with them. I pity them.
"Oh my gosh, Chad can you believe it! We actually did it and Mr Condor doesn't suspect a thing!" She said happily. "C'mon let's go in."
I have to admit; even I was kind of excited now. This was my first prom after all and it didn't look like it was going to end in disaster anytime soon. Maybe she was right after all.
We walked over to the snack table first. Hey we were both hungry after all that planning and decorating. By some miracle, there was some food left after that Tween Gladiators came for an evening snack.
"You know Chad, this is really working out well. And I'm glad I have the pleasure of saying I told you so." She beamed at me, I stuck my tongue out at her. Just as we were about to go and dance, Blondie came up to us again. I swear, she's like an irritating little fly that just won't go away.
"Hey Sonny, I just got a call from Zora. She's stuck in the vents." Tawni said. Sonny frowned. Really Blondie, really. Does your whole life revolve around making Sonny's life hell? "Apparently she was dancing or something in the vents when she heard a loud bang and now she's stuck." Blondie explained.
"Why can't you do it?" I asked. She rolled her eyes.
"Haven't you seen the Tween Gladiators? Normally I would help," Lie. "But I have to make sure that stupid snobby snob Portlyn doesn't get to them first." She said.
Sonny sighed. Can you say unfair.
"Fine Tawni, it's fine. You just enjoy yourself, this is your first prom after all and I really want you to enjoy it." She smiled weakly. Tawni smiled and went over to a group of guys.
"Well I guess I won't be getting my prom after all." Sonny said sadly.
"Don't worry Sonny. I promise you, if it's the last thing I do, I'll make sure you get that special dance where you feel beautiful." I told her. She nodded gratefully.
We walked back to the prop house to find that the mini random was nowhere to be seen. However, there was a note taped to the couch. Sonny picked it up and read it.
"'Dear Sonny, I was kidding about the Zora thing, she went home ages ago. Proms aren't her thing. Sorry to lead you and Pooper back here but I couldn't have you stealing my limelight and my crown for prom queen. Love Tawni.'" Sonny finished reading. She looked beyond angry. "I can't believe she would do something like this! It's so typical of her!"
What to do, what to do...
"Sonny, I bet we can still make it if we run." I said, trying my best to comfort her.
"We can't Chad, it ends in five minutes anyway. I can't believe this happened to me again." She sniffed back her tears.
"Again? What do you mean by that? Didn't you have that amazing prom in Wisconsin that you keep telling everyone about?" I asked. She shook her head.
"No. I was put in charge of the prom. I had to make the food, plan the prom, hang the decorations and make sure that everything went right." I nodded and motioned for her to carry on. "So because I was busy with all that, I didn't get a chance to actually enjoy any of it. Lucy told me how great it was and how I was missing out."
"So you didn't get your first prom either?" I asked.
"Nope. I guess we are kind of similar." She smiled lightly. That's when I had an idea. I f Sonny couldn't go to the prom, I'd bring the prom to her. It's the least that she deserves after working so hard.
"Hey Sonny, I'll be right back okay. Don't move a muscle. "I told her. She just nodded, too tied up in thoughts of Wisconsin probably.
I walked down the hallway to where the prom was, to find that it was completely empy. She was right; we wouldn't have made it in time. Strangely enough, the stupid prom queen crown was still there, meaning Blondie didn't get the chance to get her hands on it.
After that, I went to my dressing room to pick up a few things, before returning back to the So Random! prop house.
"Okay Sonny, close your eyes and don't peek. You'll ruin the surprise." I said just before entering the room. She looked confused but shrugged it off and closed them anyway. I took this time to set everything up.
"...And you can look." I said as placed the last candle in place. The room was dimly lit with candles. I held the prom queen crown and walked up to the stuttering Sonny Munroe.
"C-Chad, I can't believe you did this." She said, looking around the place in half happiness, half shock.
"Well believe it Munroe." I said with a smirk. "You know the thing that really bugged me about tonight was?" She shook her head. "The fact that you always think about everyone except for yourself. You're way to selfless Sonny, sometimes you've got to be a little more selfish to get what you wnat."
"Well anyways, you really deserve so much better than what you get and the least you deserve is this." I said, placing the prom queen crown on her head.
"Chad, you didn't ha-"
"Uh, actually yes I did. I made a promise to you that you would get treated like a queen, you would feel beautiful and you would get that one special dance at the end of the night. And I know I'm not that special prince charming guy b-"
"Chad, you're close enough." Sonny smiled. I put my ipod into the speakers and waited for the music to play.
"Princess Sonny, would you do the honour of dancing with me, Chad Dylan Cooper?" I said in a posh English accent that didn't go so well because Sonny burst out laughing.
"Why yes Chad Dylan Cooper, it would be an honour to." She smiled.
I wrapped my arms around her waist and she wrapped hers around my neck. Wow, is this just me, or is this moment perfect?
You're in my arms
And all the world is calm
The music playing on for only two
So close together
And when I'm with you
So close to feeling alive
I concentrated on Sonny being in my arms, something that everytime I even though of gave me those strange butterflies, I still haven't figured out what that feeling is yet. Sometimes, I wish life could be a fairytale...I sound like a girl...but really, it would be so much easier. I would be the prince and she would be the princess.
A life goes by
Romantic dreams will stop
So I bid mine goodbye and never knew
So close was waiting, waiting here with you
And now forever I know
All that I wanted to hold you
So close
We swayed to the beat and I think she was getting lost in my eyes, I'm not sure. Not that I hardly noticed anyway, I was too busy gazing into hers. Normally, I would try to snap myself out of it, but you know what, I didn't want to snap out of it.
So close to reaching that famous happy end
Almost believing this was not pretend
And now you're beside me and look how far we've come
So far we are so close
I smiled when the beat got slightly faster and I twirled her around, earning a giggle before embracing her again. I decided to stop swaying on the spot and actually waltz around the prop house, with Sonny following my lead.
How could I face the faceless days
If I should lose you now?
We're so close
To reaching that famous happy end
And almost believing this was not pretend
Let's go on dreaming for we know we are
So close
So close
And still so far
We kept dancing until the very end and by the time the music stopped, I was still holding her in my arms and honestly, I didn't want to let go. We eventually pulled away from eachother, smiles across both our faces. I sighed happily.
"Sonny you were right...it was magic."
I kinda made Tawni extra mean in this one, only because I thought she was mean in the actual episode. I also tried to make Chad a little more flirty, I have a feeling that he's getting more ooc in every chapter.
I really liked writing this chapter and I liked the song, I don't think it's too cheesy or sappy, juuust right. =) Four months ago I was obsessed with enchanted so I thought that this would be a good song for it.