Hey, sorry it's been a long time since I updated. I think it's been over two weeks now, so I was feeling guilty, so there you have it. That's just about all I have to say for the little intro thingamajig other than to ask one thing. Anyone know where I got the line "hey look, a squirrel"? (That's the chapter title, for anyone who didn't notice) Props to anyone who knows. Enjoy. :)

Chapter Nine: Hey Look, A Squirrel!

Sonny's Point of View

Adjusting to not being on So Random anymore was difficult for me. I would randomly think up sketch ideas during the day and start to write them down before I remembered that I wasn't on the show anymore.

It didn't help that I still couldn't get past the feeling that I was missing something. Like there was some other reason they kicked me off or maybe something else had happened that they just didn't want to tell me about. It was driving me crazy because I couldn't wrap my head around the fact that this was just typical Hollywood. Apparently, I don't understand Hollywood and I'm still the same innocent Wisconsin girl who believes everyone's a wonderful person with lots of love and unicorns and rainbows surrounding life. Psh. Yeah right. I know better now.

Anyway, my role as Katie Glasco, Mackenzie's girlfriend, was starting today, which was great. I needed to work and get my mind off of the Randoms. Unfortunately, that also meant that today was the day I had promised Chad, and myself, that I would sit with Mackenzie Falls in our school uniform during lunch. Oh, boy.

But I overheard two other girls from the Falls talking and they said Brenda was making steak for us that day, so that was one good thing to look forward to.

Lately I'd been eating whatever I saw first thing in the morning in my kitchen and threw in a paper bag. One day I ended up with two forks, a banana, and a half-empty jar of peanut butter. Don't judge me; early mornings are hard for me.

"That's a wrap! Great job kids! Take your lunch break!" Our director yelled out after Chad, Portlyn, Joanna, and I had finished a scene for Mackenzie Falls: the Lost Episode.

"Are you ready for your big debut?" Chad asked.

"As I'll ever be," I replied.

"Just let me get my phone from my dressing room and I'll be right back," Chad said. He gave me a chaste kiss on the lips before turning and leaving.

"Hey, you did a great job."

I turned around and saw it was Joanna who was talking to me. "Oh, thanks. You did awesome too."

"Thanks. And I also would like to give you this." Joanna smiled and gave me a quick hug.

"What was that for?" I asked, giggling a little. These cast mates of Chad's sure were nice once you were one of them. Or maybe it was because I was dating the star. Oh dang, was this all because Chad paid them all to be nice to me?

"For doing the impossible; you changed the set's biggest pain into someone with a heart. Someone we can actually work with without having to take aspirin afterwards. Thank you," Joanna said, sincerely.

I smiled awkwardly. "Uh, you're welcome?"

She laughed. "I'll see you in the Commissary." Joanna started to walk away. "Oh." She turned back around. "And welcome to the show."

"Thanks," I called out to her a beat late. Huh. Weird… I hadn't thought I'd actually changed him. I just assumed that the Chad he was today was one that had always been buried deep underneath and that people who knew him well enough got to see it just like I did.

One of my other new cast mates, Tanner, approached me next. "Hey, great job, and Chad'll probably kill me for saying this, but you look awesome in the uniform."

I raised my eyebrows. Okay, seriously, were the cameras still rolling? This was a practical joke, right? "Uh, thanks."

Tanner had no sooner smiled and walked away when Samantha took his place in front of me. "Hi, Sonny. Since you are officially a member of Mackenzie Falls, here, take this as a gift from all the girls at the Falls." Samantha handed me a silver hair clip with the initials "MF" on the end of it written in navy blue.

I took it and could feel the shock on my face. What had happened to all of the other major jerk-faces? Had they been replaced by all of these super nice aliens or something?

"All of us girls here have one, and now so do you," Samantha said, cheerily.

I looked at her. "Is Chad paying you guys to be nice to me, or something?"

Samantha started laughing. "Believe it or not, Sonny, but this is all genuine. See you at lunch." She walked away in the same direction the others had left.

I stared at the clip in my hand. Wow. That sure was nice of her. Nice of all of them, really.

I looked around the set until I unsurprisingly found a mirror hanging on a wall. I traced the "MF" on the clip with my finger once before I slipped it into place in my hair on the side.

I looked at myself in the mirror. In the uniform, with the light Mackenzie Falls makeup, and the clip… I actually looked like I belonged. Was it possible that the place where I belonged in this town was actually here with the cast of Mackenzie Falls? I tilted my head to the side slightly, studying myself. This was weird. I actually fit in and was- shockingly –accepted here. What's the catch?

Chad suddenly walked up then, breaking me out of my reverie. "Hey, nice clip. Are you ready?"

I sucked in a deep breath. "Yeah, let's go."

Be calm, be calm, be calm, I chanted in my head as we walked down the hall to the Commissary doors.

That "calm" was broken when we were actually about to walk through the doors.

"Actually, let's do this tomorrow," I said, nervously, turning on my heel, ready to make a break for it.

Chad grabbed my shoulders and spun me back around to face the doors again. "No you don't. We're doing this today."

I took one step forward before I stopped and smiled innocently at Chad. "You know, I'm actually not hungry, so-" I turned again, only to be rotated back around again.

"Sonny, come on, you have to do this, eventually," Chad said. I think he was trying to be reassuring. Note to Chad: Not working!

I glanced around my surroundings quickly before something outside caught my eye. I pointed out the window and faked excitement. "Hey look, a squirrel! And it's so cute! Let's go outside. I want to take a picture with it."

Chad gave me a look and sighed. "Really? You want to take a picture with a squirrel? Now?"

I jumped up and down. "Yes, now let's go before he gets away."

My break for the door was halted when Chad grabbed me by the wrist and gently tugged on my arm.

"Okay, well we can go to Disneyland later and you can take a picture with Chip and Dale, but right now you are going to get in there," Chad said firmly.

"No!" I tugged my arm back. "Chip and Dale are chipmunks! There's a huge difference!" I protested childishly.

"Yeah, I really don't care, now come on!" Chad let go of my wrist and instead wrapped an arm around my waist. Great… I was a prisoner now.

I groaned. "Fine, let's just get this over with."

"Thank you, because I am starving," Chad complained, clearly trying to take my mind off the terror of walking into the Commissary and basically flaunting the fact that I was now on Mackenzie Falls.

We walked through the doors and I spotted them immediately. It didn't look like anything had changed. Life at So Random had continued on as if I'd never even been there.

I cringed into Chad's side and looked away when we had to walk by them to get our food.

We each took a plate with a steak on it, specially made by Brenda, and walked to the Falls' table. Chad took his usual seat at the head of the table and I sat on the corner next to him, facing away from my old friends.

Fifteen minutes of listening to the people at my table chat it up and I was getting antsy. They still had yet to notice me sitting over here.

I drummed my fingers on the table. "Chad, they still don't even know I'm here," I whispered, frustrated.

"Well what else can we do other than get a giant light up arrow and point it at your head?" Chad asked, rhetorically.

"I know, but this is just so frustrating!" I slammed my hand down on the table and suddenly the whole freaking table collapsed. Everyone in the Commissary turned to stare. My eyes widened at the mess of plates, drinks, and other various items now on the floor with the table cloth and collapsed table. I stared at the hand I had used to hit the table in shock. "I guess I don't know my own strength," I mumbled.

Four familiar hysterical laughing voices erupted from behind me. The rest of Mackenzie Falls whipped their heads around to glare at the culprits. I turned also and saw Nico tauntingly waving a screw driver in the air and Zora jingling a baggie full of screws and bolts.

"Oh, those rats," I heard Portlyn mutter angrily.

I could tell when they spotted me though. Their laughter instantly ceased and Nico dropped the screw driver.

I couldn't even move my face muscles. I was just frozen, waiting for their reactions.

Tawni was the first to glare at me.

I sank down in my seat. Let the storm begin…

And that was chapter nine. Did you like it? I certainly hope so. Thank you all so much for the awesome reviews and for favoriting and story alerting this. It all means a lot to me. I will update this again just as soon as I update everything else I've got going. By the way, I have a one-shot idea that I'm thinking about doing for Chad and Sonny so keep an eye out for that if you're interested. Thanks again for reading and reviewing. Much appreciated. :)