"Sonny With a Real Chance"

By Tenshi Noyo Ryu Taiga


Chapter Six:

"Cut! That's a wrap, folks!" Marshall yelled causing the cast of So Random to laugh and start waving to their studio audience as they made their way off stage.

"I can't believe this is my last episode for four months!" Sonny grinned excitedly as she and her friends walked back to the prop room to hang out.

"I know! Now who's going to tell me I'm pretty every day?" Tawni asked as she flipped her hair.

Nico laughed before slinging an arm around Sonny's shoulders, "What she means is, we'll miss you."

Grady looked up in confusion, "No, I'm pretty sure she meant what she said."

Sonny and Nico looked at each other before laughing and replying, "Probably," in unison.

Together, they all entered the prop house to find the entire place covered in darkness.

Sonny looked around confused, "What's going on? Was there a brown out?"

"Surprise!" her cast cried out as they flipped on the lights to reveal Chad and the Mackenzie Falls cast as well as several other actors from the lot, including two gladiators wrestling in the corner.

"Yeah, surprise," Portyln said dully, "Why are we here again?" She asked, turning to face Chad.

"For the last time, Portlyn, we're here to say good bye to Sonny," Chad smiled widely as he put a friendly arm around the girl before turning them sideways and muttering, "And because Tawni has incriminating photos of me and if I have to go, so do you."

"Oh, Chad," Sonny smiled, "You know I can hear you, right? You are such a jerk."

Chad laughed loudly and in an obviously fake manner, "Sonny, Sonny, Sonny. Is that really what you think of me? Really?" He asked, head tilted.

Sonny stared mutely at his sparkling eyes, before blinking herself out of it in enough time to see him heading toward the food, "Damn! He gets me every time. Stupid sparkly eyes…" She headed toward Tawni who was chatting excitedly with one of the gladiators, "Hey, Tawni," Sonny nodded to the gladiator as he left, "I had no idea all these people would miss me," She smiled.

"Oh they won't," Tawni shrugged, "They're just here for the free food."

Sonny's head bobbed slightly, "Oh," She watched as Tawni left and realized that no one was there for her. Sonny sadly walked out of the prop room and headed toward her dressing room. She had packed all her needed clothes from her apartment and brought it to the set where she was planning on packing some of the things she had left in her dressing room.

She idly went through her things in her dresser before picking up a necklace she had bought on her first day in LA. Sonny smiled fondly before tucking it into her duffle. She had one suitcase, a duffle and a large purse as her carry on. She had tucked her plane tickets into her purse so that she knew where it was. She was heading to some place called St. Helen's in Oregon.

"Sonny?" a familiar voice tentatively called out as the door opened and Tawni stuck her head in the room, "Why aren't you at the party?"

"The party wasn't really for me," Sonny smiled as she folded up a sweater and laid it on top of her suitcase.

Tawni walked in trailed by Zora, Nico, Grady and Chad, "We just… wanted to say good bye," Chad shuffled his feet as he avoided eye contact.

"That's so sweet," She smiled. Sonny walked over and gave each of them a hug. She laughed when Chad tried to move away, but she noticed how he didn't seem to try too hard.

There was a moment of silence between them as the fact that this was Sonny's last couple moments for the next several months set in.

Chad spoke up, "You know, I still can't believe that none of my contacts knew what movie you are in."

"That's because your contacts suck!" Grady laughed as the rest of them turned to face Sonny who had a deer in the headlights face on.

"Yeah. We still haven't weaseled that out of you," Zora stated.

"Look guys, I love you, but I can't talk about it, okay. I have to go," Sonny took the handle of her suitcase as she quickly jammed her sweater into her purse for the cold flight and then picked up her bags and swiftly walked out, aware that they were following her.

She made her way to the taxi that she had called ahead of time and left it to him to pack her luggage into the trunk as she faced her friends one more time, "I'll miss you."

"We'll miss you too," Grady waved.

"And I'll call and IM."

"And facebook and webcam," Nico smiled.

"And text!" Tawni piped in grinning.

Sonny waved one last time as she stepped into the cab. As they drove along, she solemnly looked out the window and watched LA pass her by. This was a new stage in her life; she could feel it in her bones.