Author's Note: Okay, here it is! The newest chapter of Just Enemies. I hope you enjoy this, cause I had a lot of fun writing it! Thanks to: Forever., peaceluvar, LilRockerStar, , channyfan83, FallForYouGirl19, DannySamLover20, IWrite34, and immehween for reviewing! Thanks so much! I'm so flattered by all the compliments and encouragement I've gotten for this story, you guys are awesome. Special thank you to FallForYouGirl19, for not only reviewing on Chapter 5, but also reviewing on every chapter up till then. Thanks! I enjoyed reading your reviews, they made me laugh. Yes, hopefully Mel will be in this story if I can fit her in, but there's lots of characters in here, so you never know. Anyway, I hope all of you enjoy chapter six!

Sonny's POV:

I stared at Chad's angry face. "Chad, I can't believe you! You pull that huge prank on me, and then have the nerve to come in here and accuse me of stealing your journal?"

"Oh, yeah, right, Sonny, pull the innocent girl from Wisconsin act! You were the only person I told about that journal! It must have been you who took it!" Chad's voice escalated.

"Well, for one, I side with Sonny!" Tawni stood up from where she and the rest of the cast members had been awkwardly sitting in the prop house and looped her arm through mine. "Sonny would never do anything like that Chad!"

"Yeah, well, maybe she didn't do it. But you might have for her!" His eyes narrowed.
My cheeks burned. "Chad Dylan Cooper! I'll have you know none of my friends or me would ever steal someone's personal private property like that. I didn't even remember you had a journal!"

Chad turned to face the rest of the cast members. "Alright guys, so someone pulls a prank on Sonny and she blames me-"

"Ha!" Tawni yelled, but Chad just glared at her and continued.

"-she blames me and gets mad and then my journal just magically disappears from its hiding place, which only Sonny knew about, and ends up on online. That doesn't sound even a little suspicious to you guys?"

I stared at them, wondering what they'd say. It does sound kind of bad, I reminded myself, I mean, if I didn't know I didn't take the journal, I might be convinced myself. Then I felt my anger well up within me again. I can't believe Chad is trying to get them to turn against me! He wants me to leave. And suddenly I realized I couldn't leave now. Not just wouldn't. I couldn't let Chad beat me again. This time, I wasn't going to back down. This time it was war.

Chad raised his eyebrows. "Come on guys, you all know me! Would I really play a trick like that on Sonny and then lie about it?"

"Yes!" Tawni said, but Chad just ignored her this time. I tightened my grip on her arm.

"Well, I believe Chad." Rebecca walked over and stood next to him. "Come on you guys. Except for Nico, Grady, and Tawni, we've never even met Sonny before. Why should we be loyal to her and not the guy we've been friends with since we came on the show." She took Chad's hand, and in spite of myself, I felt my heart plunge to my toes. He's not worth getting jealous over, I reminded myself.

The rest of the cast looked at eachother. Then slowly Nico stood up and looked at me. "Not too long ago, Sonny was accused of stealing the character of Sicky Vicky and later, a necklace and my old coin. I believed everybody else back then when they said Sonny was guilty. It seemed like the only obvious answer. But it turned out to be a trick and Sonny was cleared. She forgave me, but I always felt bad about not trusting her from the beginning. Well, this time, I'm not going to make that mistake again." He smiled and walked over to me. "I'm on Sonny's side."

I blinked back the tears that had formed in my eyes. "Thank you Nico."

"Me too!" Grady stood up. "I've known Sonny for three years now, and I know she would never ever do something like that to anybody, no matter how much they hurt her." He glared at Chad then went to stand next to Nico. "I'm with Sonny too."

I looked over at the only remaining original Random in the group. "Zora?"

Zora smiled at me. "Of course I'm on your side Sonny! Do you even have to ask?" She came to stand beside me and took my other arm. "I believe you."

My heart warmed but the glow of gratitude abruptly chilled as Rebecca scoffed, "Well that's no surprise. They're the original Randoms. They probably helped her pull it off. But I know you guys aren't like that." She turned to face the rest of the cast. "Don't any of you believe Chad?"

"I-I do." Celia stood up, her face bright red. She looked at me, almost apologetically, but Rebecca quickly grabbed her arm and pulled her towards her.

"See? Celia believes in Chad! I can't believe the rest of you! I thought you were Chad's friends!"

"We are but-" Matthew paused and glanced at Celia, who was staring down at her shoes. Then he looked at me. "Listen, Sonny, I've known Chad for about a year. As far as I can tell he's a pretty decent guy. So, forgive me for doing this but-" he stood up and went to stand by Chad, "I'm with Chad on this one."

I nodded, trying hard not to let the tears fall. "Yeah, it's okay, Matthew. I understand." And I really did. But that didn't stop it from hurting that he thought that I might be that kind of person.

Rebecca looked at Grace, Bridget, Audrey and Damien, who all shifted awkwardly under her gaze. "Well?"

Grace stood up first. "I've known Chad for just as long as any of you guys. But I've also known Nico for that same amount of time... and if he's sticking by Sonny, then I think I should too. I trust his judgment." She went to stand next to Nico and took his hand. He smiled at her.

"Damien?" Chad looked at him, his eyes sad. "Don't you believe me?" I felt my stomach sink, and the urge to cry came on full force. I hate this. This isn't right. We shouldn't be dividing like this. But then I looked at Chad and the group of people surrounding him. It's too late. The lines have been drawn.

Damien looked back at Chad for a moment. Then he looked at Tawni. Finally, he sighed and shut his eyes for a second. Then he stood up and walked over to stand next to Chad. "Okay, Chad, I believe you."

Chad smiled, then turned to Bridget and Audrey. "Well girls?"

"This isn't right!" I said quickly. Everyone turned to stare at me. "They don't even know me and this isn't their fight. They shouldn't have to choose sides like this! It's not fair."

"What's the matter Sonny? Afraid they'll choose to be on Chad's side and not yours?" Rebecca stared at me until I was forced to look away. "It's a matter of principle."

"Fine." I sighed. "Whatever."

"Well I-," Audrey stopped and blushed, then continued. "I'm, well, I'm with Chad."

Zora gasped. "Audrey!"

"What, Zora? It's my decision! You can't always tell me what to do you know!" Audrey quickly jumped up and stood next to Chad. Zora looked surprised, then hurt.

Everyone turned to look at Bridget. She gulped. "Well... I choose Sonny." Her voice came out very quiet.

"What?" Chad and Rebecca gasped together.

"You know you don't have to Bridget." I said quickly. "Just choose whoever you think is telling the truth. Whatever you think is right. I promise it won't hurt me." Actually, that's probably a lie, but I just can't stand that guilty look on her face.

She smiled and nodded. "I know. But I still believe you." She came over to stand beside me. I felt the tension grow as the two sides of the cast stared at one another.

"Well, what now?" Tawni asked. Her voice was ice cold, and she was glaring at Damien. If looks could kill, Damien would be long gone, I couldn't help thinking. I felt the sinking feeling in my stomach again.

"What's going on here?" Marshall walked into the room. "You look like you're about to kill eachother."

"Not a bad idea." I said, glaring at Chad.

"What?" Marshall stared back and forth between us. "Maybe someone should tell me what's going on."

"Sonny!" Shayne ran in, breathing heavily. "I found the reporters and I bought back the pictures from them. All the film is in these canisters here. I figured you'd want to destroy it yourself." He stopped and looked around. "Hey, what's going on?"

"Shayne!" I grabbed the film from him and gave him a huge hug before I thought about what I was doing. "Oh my gosh! Thank you so much! I can't tell you what this means to me." I thought I saw Chad glowering at us from the corner of my eye, but I ignored him. "I can't even imagine what they must have made you pay for these pictures."

"Oh, it was nothing. I'm glad to be able to do it for you." Shayne smiled and grabbed my hand. "Though I do know one way you could repay me... if you're interested."

I laughed and flipped my hair over one shoulder, very aware of Chad's eyes boring into the back of my head. "I'm very much interested!" Eat your heart out Cooper!

"Have dinner with me. Tonight. At the Patio."

I smiled flirtatiously up at him. "Oh is that all? I was expecting something a little more... challenging."

Chad made a little noise behind me that sounded like a combination of an annoyed cough and an indignant 'Huh!'.

Shayne ignored him. "That can be arranged too."

I giggled and leaned forward to peck him on the cheek. "See you at dinner tonight Shayne."

"Oh, well, I guess we'll see you there then." Chad's voice interrupted me from behind. I turned to see him glaring at me, his arm around Rebecca's shoulders. "That's where Rebecca and I were planning on going this evening. For our date."

"Oh really?" I said, quickly drawing Shayne's arms around my waist. "Isn't that convenient."

"Uh, well, actually," Grady cleared his throat, "we were all planning to go. But now..."

"Of course we'll all still go Grady!" I interjected quickly. "There's no reason why you, me, Shayne, Tawni, Nico, Grace, Zora, and Bridget can't all have a fun evening together. I even have a friend who could be Tawni's date!"

Tawni glanced at me, startled. I raised my eyebrows at her and nodded at Damien. She caught on. "Oh, yes! That would be perfect! I'm sure he'll be better company than the boy who was going to take me." She stared at Damien, and he rolled his eyes in response.

"Well, luckily, I have a friend who can be Damien's date for the night as well!" Chad said quickly. "She's gorgeous. A redhead. Not like these demanding fashionista blondes who are all over the place in Hollywood."

Tawni gasped but I just smiled. "Well, you would know about being a demanding blonde fashionista, wouldn't you Chad? Oh wait, I forgot, the blonde wasn't natural. But the rest still fits pretty well, wouldn't you say?" I gave my best fake smile as Chad turned bright red.

"Come on Chad, we don't have to stand here and take this." Rebecca pulled on his arm. "We'll see you all at The Patio, I'm sure."

"But of course." I said icily as she walked away with Chad and the others. Once they were out of hearing distant I sat down hard in one of the chairs. "I can't believe this is happening."

Marshall threw his hands up in the air and sighed dramatically. "Seriously! Will someone please tell me what's going on?"

As the others explained to him I sighed and shut my eyes. This is all my fault. Everything was going fine until I came back. Then everything just blew up in my face. Maybe I should just go home. I opened my eyes and shook my head. No. Don't let him psych you out Sonny. Stand up for yourself. Chad will get caught up in his own tricks sooner or later and he'll get found out. You just have to stick around till that happens. Tawni sat down beside me and sighed. "You doing okay?"

"Yeah... I guess as well as can be expected." I smiled at her. "Thanks for sticking up for me back there. I really appreciate it."

"You're welcome. But if you ever tell anyone I did that I'll never speak to you again!" I laughed and she grinned. "Why are we sitting here talking anyway! We've got to find an amazing guy to be my date tonight, and we've got to get you all prettied up for your date with Shayne tonight."
I groaned, but let her pull me to my feet. Oh come on Sonny. Lighten up. Sure, things aren't going so great right now, but it's just a dinner. How bad could it be?

Chad's POV:

How bad could it be? Is that really what I was saying to myself only a few hours ago? I looked around at my fellow cast members of So Random. I'd never seen any of them look this bummed. Then again, I'd never seen any of them get in a huge food fight and trash a restaurant before. Yep, this is a night just full of new experiences. And there's even more to come! Like, what's Mr. Condor going to say when he walks in and sees all sitting here looking like we just got attacked by an All You Can Eat Buffet? I looked across the room to see Sonny staring at me. Immediately she looked away. I stared at her for a second, then looked away too. How is it possible for a girl to be so beautiful with a piece of lettuce behind her ear and whipped cream in her hair?

I sighed and rubbed my forehead, smearing the mashed potatoes that clung there. It wasn't supposed to end up like this. We had just been sitting there, eating on opposite sides of the restaurant, minding our own business, when it happened. Damien and I had taken turns glaring at Shayne and Chris, Tawni's date, when all of a sudden, Tawni said something to Chris and pointed to Damien. Chris stood up and walked over to him. He said something to him, and Damien didn't seem to take it too well. The next second Chris had a bowl of soup covering his face, and then total chaos had broken out. When the cops finally arrived ten minutes later, there we all were, in the middle of it, covered in food and looking stupid.

The cops had given us all warnings and driven us back to the studio, where Marshall took one look at us and shoved us into Mr. Condor's office. We'd been sitting here for fifteen minutes, and the silence had gone from awkward to painful.

"Uh, so, how about that roast beef? Pretty good, huh?" Wow, Chad, that was so amazingly conversational. Not.

Everyone gave me a look and Grace said, "I wouldn't know. I didn't actually get a chance to taste it, but I am wearing it!"

"Yes, I can see that." We all gasped and turned as Mr. Condor walked into the room. He looked at all of us and wrinkled his nose. "You all smell like a five course meal."

"Mr. Condor," Sonny said quickly, "we can explain!"

"There's nothing to explain Sonny." Mr. Condor walked to his desk and sat down. He opened his laptop and typed something in. He turned it so we could see the screen and pointed. "What do you see there Sonny?"

Sonny peered at the screen, then blushed. "Uh, articles?"

"Articles about?"

"Um, So Random?" Sonny said nervously.

"So Random doing what specifically?" Mr. Condor said, his voice growing more menacing.

"Uh, fighting with eachother at the Patio." Sonny said quietly.

"Exactly." He turned the laptop back around and shut it. "This story is everywhere. There are photos, video footage, sound bites, whatever you can think of, they've probably got it. There's no way we can pretend this didn't happen or write it off as unimportant. This could mean massive negative publicity for So Random and Condor Studios. Parents want their children's programs to be filled with funny, helpful teens who donate to charities, not a bunch of angsty freaks covered in mashed potatoes and salad. If this behavior continues, I will be forced to cancel So Random. Permanently." He sat back as we all stared at the floor, as if letting his words sink in. "You've cut it too close this time kids. You're going to have to do some serious reconstruction to get you back in the public's good graces. Are you willing to do that?"

"Yes sir." We all murmured.

"Good. For starters, we've got to convince everyone what happened tonight was just a little misunderstanding. 'Every teenager makes mistakes. Even teenagers who happen to be celebrities.' That'll be our angle. Whatever differences you may have, they have got to be set aside here and now, for the good of the show. Sonny and Chad, the gossip sites are gobbling this up. They say it proves you two can't work together professionally without your personal lives getting in the way."

"Well, they'd be right." I muttered.

Mr. Condor raised his eyebrows. "Mr. Cooper, if you have something to say, I'd prefer you say it to all of us or remain silent."

"What? Oh, no, I don't have anything to say." I said, ducking my head and feeling like I was an eight year old being sent to the principal's office for talking in class.

"Fine then. Sonny, I understand this week you are the musical guest. With that in mind, I am prepared to lengthen the show time by a few minutes to allow you to perform two songs." Sonny looked confused. Mr. Condor continued slowly. "One you will sing alone as planned. And the other... you will sing as a duet with Chad."

"WHAT?" Sonny and I said together.

"Mr. Condor!" Sonny said, talking very quickly and nervously. "I can't sing with Chad. He's-he's-"

"He's what, Miss Munroe?" Mr. Condor stared her down.

"He's... I-I..." Sonny looked around, desperate for help.

"I have to agree with Sonny on this one." I said quickly. "A duet doesn't seem like a very good idea."

Mr. Condor stared at both of us. Then he stood up. "Listen kids, this is it. Either you make the sacrifices to keep up your good image and the show continues, or you don't and it doesn't. It's your choice. I'll give you thirty seconds to think it over. Then if after that thirty seconds, you really don't think you can manage to pull it together long enough to perform one song together, then that's it. And all of you are out of a job."

"Mr. Condor," Matthew said suddenly, "don't you think that's a little extreme?"

"This business is extreme. Thirty seconds." Mr. Condor boomed. "One, two, three..."

I looked over at Sonny but she was staring at the ground. I looked around. Everyone was looking back and forth between me and Sonny. I saw Rebecca mouth please.

"Fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen..." Mr. Condor continued.

"Sonny..." I trailed off. I didn't even know where to begin.

She lifted her eyes and stared openly at me for the first time since she had gotten here. Her eyes seemed to pierce through my skin and see straight through to my heart. For a minute I was sure she knew how I felt about her. Sure she knew how my heart was racing, how I longed to get up and stop all of this crap and just throw my arms around her and kiss her. Sure she knew how many times I'd dreamed she came back to me and told me she was mine. Sure she knew about how I had cried the day she left, standing there in the empty parking lot sobbing like a little girl, my tears dampening the pavement where she had been standing moments before. Then I saw her nod.

"Twenty-eight, twenty-nine, thirty!" Mr. Condor finished. "Have you made your decision?"

"Yes." Sonny took a deep breath. "I don't like it, but if Chad agrees... I'll do it."

I sighed. "I agree."

A gasp of relief rose up from everyone in the room as they realized their jobs were safe for the time being.
Mr. Condor nodded. "Good. You can go now."

As we all stumbled out of his office I saw Marshall standing there. His shirt and jacket were soaked in sweat but he smiled. "I was listening at the door. Looks like we're still a team." He hesitated for a minute, then continued. "Let's try to keep it that way shall we?" He looked sternly at all of us for a second then smiled again. "Go home and get a good night's sleep tonight kids. Rehearsals start tomorrow!"

AN: So what'd you think? Are Sonny and Chad getting in over their heads? Will everybody stop fighting long enough to put on the show? Will Sonny leave and go back to Wisconsin? And most importantly, will Channy have a chance? Hope you enjoyed this! Please review if you liked what you read! Thanks for reading!

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