Chapter Seven

"Tawni? Me? Oh no, I'm not Tawni, I'm Tami." The girl finally stopped playing and smiled at me. "Let's see, I'm smarter, nicer, and prettier then my sister. Ask her yourself," she said.

I grinned, loving Tami already. "So what did happen to your arm?"

"I kinda had an accident skateboarding," she said wistfully, fully turning to face me on the piano bench. I gasped.

On the side of her face that had not been facing me was a huge scar, going from her left eyebrow all the way to the tip of her chin.

"Seventeen stitches," she informed me, a little bit proudly, I thought.

"So where is Tawn-" I didn't need to finish my sentence, as I was now quiet enough to hear a voice yelling at someone, presumably Marshall, on their cell phone.

"I will not! Now get me on the show or else I will have my people call your people and fire you!" Nope, definitely not Marshall, since Marshall is her "people".

I followed the voice into my room. Wait, my room? What was Tawni doing in my room?

"Hey, Sonny!" An animated voice came from my bed.

Tawni was decked out in a sundress and gladiator sandals. Lying on my bed.

"Why are you on my bed?" I asked, putting my hands on my hips.

"It's a lot more comfortable than the thing that guy with the bad hearing gave me." She pointed to the floor.

I tried to stifle my laughter, but I couldn't hold back a smile.

Tami, however, could not hold back either one. "Tawni, you dingbat. That's an air mattress."

"And that's where you will be sleeping. Not on my bed," I added. "And Andrew is deaf. And really nice."

Tawni rolled her eyes. "Whatever. And I will not be slumming it for the next week on an air mattress!" She said the word like it was poison and she shivered. "I am a star! I deserve to be treated like one."

Tami laughed again. "Tawni, you can sleep where I am going to be sleeping. I'll take the air mattress."

"Really? You'd let me take your bed?" Tawni asked, already picking up her designer suitcase and moving it towards the door.

"Um, sure you can have my sleeping quarters," said Tami.

"So where is it?"

Tami pointed to the sofa. "Right there is where you will be sleeping."

As Tawni looked on in horror, Tami and I cracked up.

"Here, Tawni. Lemme help you," I said, going over to the sofa. I pulled off the cushions and pulled on a handle. A bed sprung up from inside the couch.

"Much better, I'm so glad I figured that out," Tawni said, plopping down on the bed.

Tami rolled her eyes and went to go get her duffel bag and bring it in my room.

"So, Tawni, what TV show did you want to be on?" I asked her.

"The Today Show. I just have to be on there so all my adoring fans will be happy." Yeah, I'm sure it was for the fans.

"Really? I could get you on there, I know one of the producers." I turned. Casey had just walked in.

"Why couldn't you have told me this before?" she pouted. "Now I have to call Marshall back and tell him not to fire anybody!"

Casey rolled his eyes. I had a feeling we would all be rolling our eyes a lot over the next week.

"So," Casey said, coming over behind me and wrapping his arms around my waist, "what did you do in school today?" I laughed.

"It was really cool. I got Nikki and Daniel in my group for our project and it's coming along great, I cannot wait to perform it."

"Daniel? Daniel's in your group?" he asked. It was nice to notice that he had a hint of jealousy buried in all his layers.

Tawni laughed. "Ooh, another guy, Sonny? You just can't keep them off you. First Chad, then my cousin, and now this Daniel? I just hope he's cute. You're not known for your taste in guys. Offense," she added as Casey glared at her.

Oh boy, this visit could not be short enough.

But contrary to my previous thought, the twin's visit went by lightning fast. Pretty soon, they had left, Andrew among them, and it had been two weeks since their visit.

Tami had hit it off with Andrew so the two of them went back together, hoping to do some volunteer work together before Andrew went back to college. Tawni headed off by herself to L.A., where she would be giving other people grief, and thankfully, not me.

The only thing I had to worry about was my group's performance today. Group number thirteen was almost finished and I waited in the wings with Nikki and Daniel by my side. I was wearing an awesome costume though, thanks to a call to Marshall, who pulled some strings and got So Random's costume designers to make and send us some outfits for our performance.

I was Dorothy, in a modern day costume- skintight white dress with blue rhinestones all over it, an intricate French braid that Nikki helped me with, and red sparkly pumps. I thought I looked more like an American stripper girl, but Nikki assured me I looked great. Daniel kept sneaking glances at me too, so I didn't mind much.

Nikki was the wicked witch. Instead of having a green face, she had green eye shadow that brought out her eyes in a way I never thought possible. Her black, pink, and blue hair had been temporarily dyed all black and stuck out under her witch hat in all directions. She too, wore a modern costume- a black cocktail dress with spiky black heels. She carried a broomstick and she had brought Minnie, who was dressed up as a monkey. Daniel was the wizard, looking stunning in a tux and gelled hair.

I heard applause. Oh dear, it was our turn. I paused before going on stage. What was I doing? I was Sonny Munroe for crying out loud! I acted all the time! I could do this! And with that thought, I marched onto stage to start us off.

Our group had decided to modernize our performance, setting the characters in a nightclub, which stagehands were setting up.

Ten minutes, a dance routine, two songs, and a skit later, we were done and finished to thunderous applause.

"Great job Sonny! We could never have done this well without you!" Daniel and Nikki congratulated me as the curtain closed.

During the final performance, backstage, Daniel had combed most of the gel out of his hair, Nikki had lost the broomstick and her hat, traded her heels for sneakers, and was trying to stick her head under the sink next to the props door to wash out her black hair color as she undressed Minnie. I was struggling to get my pumps off and put on flats as I pulled a sweatshirt gingerly over my hair.

Daniel, Nikki, and I had our arms around each other and was trying to walk outside like this when someone came up to me and bumped me from behind.

"I have to admit, that was pretty impressive," said a voice that sounded all too familiar said.

My group turned as one to face the voice.

Chad Dylan Cooper was standing against the wall, a baseball cap covering his blonde hair and his suit had been replaced by a polo and jeans.

"Oh. My. God. You are Chad. Dylan. Cooper!" Nikki squealed.

Chad nodded. "That I am. I also accept the best actor of our generation," he smirked.

"Obnoxious, pig headed, and egotistical actor works too," I commented, grinning.

"Ha ha very funny, Munroe," Chad said, moving from the wall to in front of me. "So, are you happy I'm here?" he asked, his patented smirk once again on his face.

Since he was making fun of me, I thought it only fair that I embarrass him, so I dropped my arms from around Daniel and Nikki, stepped forward, and hugged him.

"Yes, I am," I said, laughing at my own cleverness.

Chad hesitantly patted my back, not sure what to do. I looked over his shoulder, scanning the crowd for a face that I could escape too without making it seem too obvious that I wanted to get away from Chad.

I saw Casey lounging on a bench near the entrance. That would be perfect just as long as I could escape Chad without Casey seeing him.

Too late. Casey had spotted me. As he scanned my face and my surrounding friends, his easy smile turned into a scowl. Why was he scowling?

As I was pondering this, he got up abruptly and walked out of the theater.

All too late, I realized I was still hugging Chad Dylan Cooper.

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