Minds Wide Open
By: TracyCook
Disclaimer: I own nothing. These character belong to the creator of Sonny With A Chance.
Couple: Tawni/Sonny
Rating: M
Chapter 3
Interrogation
Sonny's POV
As I opened the door to me and Tawni's dressing room my eyes immediately landed on myself and I halted in the doorway looking at the brunette who was biting MY nails. For a moment I could not find my voice as I stared in awe, there was no way that this was scientifically possible how could two people switch bodies? Why had we switched bodies? Was it some higher being trying to accomplish something?
"Tawni?" I asked softly, again startled by the voice that escaped my lips. That would take a long time to get used to if I were to be stuck in this body forever. That thought was too much for me to dwell on.
The brunette stood from the couch and rushed across the room to the doorway now staring me straight in the eyes with brown. I stared back for a moment moving closer to inspect her closely, every little detail looked like me, and it was eerie. The look of confusion and shock on her face undoubtedly matched mine. We moved our heads to the left at the same time inspecting each other, before moving our heads to the right, the only difference in our actions being that she was shorter than I was.
"Oh thank god! I'm back to normal!" Tawni said and I had to hold back a laugh as that large smile that the blonde always complained about hating spread across her face. It actually was a little creepy, at least now I understood the accusations. Then I realized what she said.
"No! Tawni! You are not back to normal! This is not a mirror, it's me Sonny!" The high-pitched voice that escaped was not my own but I ignored it as I reached out and grabbed my best friend by her shoulders shaking some sense into her. She was obviously growing delusional with all the strangeness.
Brown eyes widened as she realized that I was in her body and that this was going to be our reality, for a while at least. "Sonny?" She squeaked out.
"Yeah, it's me…" My voice came out softly and reassuringly.
"No! You're me! How can you be me!"
"I don't know Tawni; I don't know how this could have happened! I've never heard of something like this scientifically—" She cut me off mid-sentence to my annoyance, she may be in my body but she seemed to still be the same old Tawni Hart.
"I don't care if it's scientifically possible! You cannot be me and I cannot be you! I'm too pretty to be you! And you're too "Sonny" to be me!" The way that she said my name was with disgust and her facial expressions matched her voice.
"Thanks." I shot sarcastically as I glared into brown eyes with blue.
Ignoring the glare, the brunette previously known as Sonny Munroe walked toward the couch she had been sitting on and let out a whine falling back onto it. "Waahh! What are we going to do Sonny?"
"Sonny?" Zora asked as she popped her head out of the vent looking very confused as to why Sonny would have screamed out to Tawni, calling her Sonny. I immediately caught on that this was what had shocked her; it seemed that my co-star had not caught on as quickly.
"Yeah, Sonny." She stated cocking her head to the side, looking at me as if I were deaf. I watched as understanding filled her brown eyes and she quickly looked up to the vent. "I mean uh… yeah, I'm Sonny." The way that she said it almost sounded as if she had something terrible in her mouth that she was being forced to swallow, it did not sound convincing.
Raising an eyebrow at us Zora closed the vent. Tawni turned looking as confused as I felt. "Is that so?" The voice came from behind me and I jumped screaming out in my new found high pitched voice.
Turning on my heels I glared at the little girl growing agitated with her questioning. It took a lot to get me upset and this was definitely one of those days that I did not care to play games. Tawni and I needed privacy so that we could discuss what had happened and how we were going to reverse it. I did not think that I could live another day in her shoes, and not only because they were starting to give me blisters. "Yes that is so!"
"Hm…" Zora stated unbelievingly as she started to circle me like a shark circling their prey.
"What are you looking at?" I screeched out.
"Hmmm…" She said again looking me over from head to toe. "Well, you do look like Tawni, I'll give you that."
Placing my hands on my hips I smiled smugly, feeling proud that I had pulled off being the blonde. Not that I had not had some help considering I was "wearing" not only her clothes but her voice and body as well. My pride was quickly crushed as Zora shouted out "But you!" pointing at Tawni who was still sitting on the couch.
The brunette on the couch screamed out as she was pointed at and yelled at "Ahh! Jeezus, what?" I realized what she meant, she was not doing the best job portraying me, but what had I expected?
Walking toward her the younger girl started to do to Tawni as she had done to me, circling around her inspecting every inch of her. "There is the floral shirt; I didn't even know you owned a floral shirt Sonny. Then there is the headband, the bright pinks you are wearing, and that language you just used. Yes, something is definitely up with you." Tapping her finger on her chin she squinted her eyes at the brunette. "I just can't quite put my finger on it."
"Um well…" Tawni was obviously trying to think of an excuse and coming up with nothing. "You see, I had a bad night and my cat got loose and when I got back to the house the door was locked so I um… went over to Sonny's house—I mean Tawni's house and—"
I decided to try and salvage the story and save my rambling friend, though in all honesty the way that she was rambling and seeing the words coming out of my mouth, actually matched my personality a lot. I could not lie to save my life after all. Rushing over I sat down on the couch beside Tawni and wrapped an arm around her shoulders. "Yeah, she came to my house and she stayed the night so I had to let her borrow my clothes."
"You just let her borrow your clothes?" Zora asked disbelievingly, Tawni was not exactly known to be the most giving of people.
Biting down on my bottom lip I tried to think of what the blonde would say in this situation, trying my hardest to imitate her. Luckily I had spent a lot of time watching her and admiring her from afar that I knew her very well. Too well for any normal friend. Ignoring the warmth building on the side of my body from the contact between the two of us I lifted a manicured hand and laughed. "Yeah, I had to try and help her with that horrible fashion sense."
As if this made complete sense the twelve-year-old girl laughed and smacked her forehead. "That does seem like something you would "help" her with. This all makes perfect sense thank you guys for clearing that up!" As the brunette turned to leave, Tawni and I let out sighs of relief. Both of us glad that Zora had not figured things out.
"Except one little thing!" The younger said before raising a finger and turning back to them, both girls immediately tensing again. "When did you get a cat Sonny?"
Silence filled the room as we awaited "Sonny's" answer, when I realized that Tawni was not answering I glanced to her. Expectant brown eyes caught hold of my blue and I let out a sigh, forcing a smile and nudging my friend. "Yeah, SONNY when did you get a cat?"
Realization filled brown eyes and the girl sitting beside me started laughing "Oh um.. just the other day, you'll have to meet her Zora."
"Yeah, I will, you two are really acting strange today." The strange girl said shaking her head and turning away from them again as she headed out the door of their dressing room laughing. I watched a moment longer before letting out another sigh of relief.
Letting out a loud sigh of relief I pulled the brunette closer to me laughing and resting my head on her shoulder. I could feel Tawni immediately tense up beneath my touch and quickly realized that just because we were in each other's bodies did not make it acceptable to touch her. 'Even if I am technically touching myself… this is weird… so weird.' "That was close." I stated deciding to enjoy the closeness of our bodies for as long as possible, even if she was in my body, it felt nice being close to the woman I loved.
"Yes, it was. Not as close as you are to me though. Get off." Tawni responded in agitation.
Laughing nervously I removed both my head and my arm from around her shoulders and smiled up at her with a dorky grin. This earning a look of disgust from her, which looked funny on my face. I assumed that the look of disgust was from seeing herself smiling so brightly. This was definitely going to be a strange day… Hopefully that was as long as it would last. The thought caused my heart to race in fear.
"You know, you are going to have to work on being nice if you are ever going to pretend to be me." I stated before laughing as the look of disgust only grew to one with more intensity. "It isn't that hard I promise."
"Do you not remember when I tried to be wholesome? It was a disaster Sonny!" She replied standing up from the couch. I laughed only louder as I remembered when she had tried to pretend to be a down to earth girl with that guy that she really liked. "Why are you laughing? This is going to be horrible? Am I just supposed to pretend to be you forever?"
"No, not forever, just until we can figure this out. But, right now we have to do our sketches." Smiling softly I stood to join her and placed a soft hand on her shoulder. At first she tensed up but then grew calm under my touch.
Chewing on her lip she glanced up to me catching my blue eyes with her brown, it was weird being taller than her for a change. 'Oh yeah, that's the thing you think is weird.' After thinking on it for a moment she let out a sigh and a loud groan "Fine! If there is anyone I know well enough to pretend to be it is you! But you better fix this Sonny!"
"No more calling me that and I will." I said in a hushed whisper. If we were going to make this work then she could not go around calling me Sonny when I looked like Tawni.
"Whatever." She mumbled and started toward the dressing room to get ready for the Icky Vicky sketch.
Reaching out I again grabbed hold of her arm and pulled her closer to me. "About your mother… Tawn, I really do not think it is healthy what she does to you." My voice was a whisper and as always I was meddling into other people's business. But, in this rare circumstance I figured it was kind of my business as well. Apparently I had been wrong, hurt flashed behind brown eyes quickly replaced with a cold anger.
"I don't want to talk about that. I love my mother and she loves me, and that is none of your concern." Normally her voice would have made this sound like she was angry and shallow, but in my voice the sadness shined through and it broke my heart. I could only hope that maybe I could fix things between her and her mother and maybe even get closer to the woman that I loved by the end of this adventure.
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Authors note: Wow this story has grown exceedingly popular over night! So yay! I decided to add another chapter because I have a few ideas I really want to do in this next chapter. I don't know how much it will move along the story but it should prove to be entertaining to say the least. I didn't really know whose POV to be in so I went with Sonny for this chapter…
Reviews=Love! Oh and if anyone was worried I am feeling much better!
-Tracy Cook