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Chapter One
SPOV
I am so excited! I'm outside Condor Studio's, the place where Mackenzie Falls and So Random, my two favourite shows, are filmed. Scary, though, considering how many other brown-eyed brown-haired girls there are. I can't say anything about the smiles, though, because everyone looks too scared to smile. The studio said that they would only hire those who weren't using hair-dye or wearing contact lenses, but some of the girls here who have blonde or red or black eyebrows are really pretty, and I don't see how they could actually just send them home, just like that. But apparently, in Hollywood, people can be ruthless like that.
"Oh my Gosh it's Chad Dylan Cooper!" I hear someone scream, and suddenly everyone is shouting and screaming and shoving, trying to get over to wherever he was. I don't understand why everyone likes him so much. I mean, sure, the guy is gorgeous, but there's more to a person than good looks, and according to all the magazines, he's a stuck-up jerk-throb and why would any self-respecting girl want anything to do with a guy like that?
Ducking to avoid being knocked over, I slowly made my way towards the front doors of the studios. There have been girls stood here since two days ago, but as soon as they get the chance to possibly see Chad Dylan Cooper in person, they abandon their places, leaving people like me, who really don't care about Chad, to take their places. If anyone asks for their places back, I'll let them, but if they start demanding or being bitchy, I'm not moving. It's their own fault.
Sure, I thought Chad Dylan Cooper was pretty hot, but I can't understand why so many girls insist that they are in love with him when they don't even know him. You can't judge a person by the way they look, and he could say anything in his interviews. Anyone who thinks they actually know a person when they've never met them is an idiot.
There were a few other girls stood by the doors, and one was stood, separate from the rest, staring at the girls who had chased Chad in disdain. I had a feeling I was going to like this girl.
"Hi!" I said, grinning widely as I walked over to her.
"Are you talking to me?" she asked, eyes wide.
"Yeah. Why wouldn't I?"
"Well, none of the other pretty girls here have given me the time of day. Most of them just give me dirty looks, and one girl actually laughed, like, in my face." She said.
"Really? Wow, some people are so mean! And you know, you're pretty too. They're probably just angry because they know there's no way that the producers would pick them over someone as pretty as you."
"Thanks, but you don't have to say that. I know you're just being nice."
"No, really, I'm not. So, what do you think of The CDC?" I smiled, stifling a giggle when she pretended to vomit.
"Don't get me wrong, he's cute and all, but really, not my type."
"How can you know that? Have you ever even spoken to him?"
"Not enough to know him well, but, see, I'm not really a big fan of incest."
"Incest? You mean, you're-"
"He's my very distant relative. I won't go into detail, but we call him my cousin, 'cause it's easier. I've only met him a couple times, but from what I've seen of him, I'm glad we don't spend more time together. The guy's a jerk. He treat his family like hired hands, and the hired hands like scum of the earth. Oh, whoopee, I think he's seen me." She rolled her eyes with this last bit, and put on a huge, but totally fake, smile. I whirled around to see him walking over, from the opposite direction all the girls had gone.
"Hello, Annabeth. Long-time no see. How's my favourite cousin?" said a smiling Chad Dylan Cooper.
"I wouldn't know. My sister's in Australia, I haven't spoken to her since the whole 'toothbrush' incident. Why don't you call her? Oh yeah, because after what you did to her, she won't speak to you. With good reason. Am I right?"
"Wow. That hurts. I though you knew you were my favourite!"
"Flatter me all you want, Chad, there's no way I'm ever letting you anywhere near my toothbrush."
I couldn't hold it in anymore. I burst out laughing. I mean, 'Toothbrush Incident'? And the 'look of pain' on his face? It was all too hilarious for someone like me, someone who found even the cheesiest joke reason to roll around on the floor.
"And you are?" he said, scowling at me.
"Sonny, Sonny Monroe. I'm here for the auditions. You?" I threw that last part in to annoy him, and from the colour of his face, I'm assuming it worked.
"Oh, I think you know who I am." He scoffed, turning as if to walk away.
"Oh, yeah. Wait, what are you doing here?"
"What do you mean? I work here?"
"Oh. Sorry, I thought you were the pizza guy from home. But I think he's got better hair. And he's taller."
By now the guy was fuming. Wow, who knew? Maybe Chad Dylan Cooper is a diva!
"I-I-I…I'm Chad Dylan Cooper! Mackenzie from Mackenzie Falls! How can you not know me?"
"Really? You're him? You look so much bet-I mean, you look different on TV."
By now Annabeth was doubled over, laughing. I was smiling too, until he blew up. Figuratively, of course.
"How can you not know me? EVERYONE KNOWS ME! I'm CHAD DYLAN COOPER! I'm-" Annabeth came to my rescue.
"Chad, chill. She was joking. Of course she knows who you are. She was only messing with you. Looks like you'd be better off on So Random!, Sonny." She smiled.
"Yeah, you're right, she would," he said, suddenly seeming rather calm, "that's where all the people too ugly and pathetic to be on the Falls ends up."
He walked away, leaving me staring after him with my mouth open. Who says things like that's. I didn't realise I was tearing up until I felt the first cold tear slide down my cheek and drip from my cheek. Shaking my head, I turned away, to smile slightly at an incredulous-looking Annabeth.
"I'm so sorry, I can't believe he said that! He's such a cow, he really is!"
"It's fine, honest. I wound him up, it's my own fault. Anyway, it just makes me want to try even harder for this part, just to prove him wrong, right?"
"Sure. If you're sure you're okay…"
"I'm fine, really. So, if you want the part, why didn't you just get him to pull some strings. I can see he's horrible, but surely he'd let you have the role, right?"
"Oh, God no! I wouldn't want to be on that show, ever!"
"Oh? So you don't like the show?"
"No, it's a great show, I just couldn't work with him. Plus, he kisses, or does more than kiss, every girl on the show, and, hello, family. Gross."
"Good point. So, why are you here?"
"My mom, believe it or not, scares the hell out of him. She asked him to get me a summer job at the studios, and he did. So, here I am!"
"Good, at least I won't be up against anyone I like for the part. Are you-" but I was cut off by a sudden scream, followed by hundreds more, and I turned in shock to see that all the girls who had run off earlier in pursuit of 'Chad Dylan Cooper' were stood behind a locked gate, struggling to get back through, but to no avail.
"ATTENTION ALL HERE FOR THE MACKENZIE FALLS AUDITIONS! ANYBODY OUTSIDE THE GATES IS NO LONGER ELIGIBLE FOR THE PART. WE NEED SOMEONE WHO ISN'T GOING TO GO CRAZY EVERY TIME THEY SEE THEIR CO-STAR. THOSE OF YOU STILL IN THE RUNNING, SOMEONE IS ON THEIR WAY, AND THEY WILL ESCORT YOUTO THE AUDITION ROOM. THAT IS ALL."
"So that's why Chad was over her, it was all just a set-up. Makes sense, I suppose." I said.
"Yeah, Chad threw a fit last time they hired someone without doing this whole test thing. As soon as he walked in the room to do rehearsals, she screamed and fainted. They wasted a whole day and had to postpone the episode because they couldn't get a replacement in time." Annabeth explained.
"Did you know about this?"
"I figured they would do something or other, but no, I wasn't sure. I just knew that they wouldn't risk Chad having another fit like that. He actually threatened to quit, and Mackenzie Falls can't afford to lose Mackenzie. If they did, it would just be Falls. Who would watch a TV-show called 'Falls'?"
"I suppose. Hey, this is good news for me. Now I'm only up against seven other girls for this part. More chance of me getting the part, right?"
"Yeah, as long as Chad doesn't have a say in it."
"Huh? What do you mean?"
"Sonny, that guy can hold a grudge for years. He hasn't spoken to his brother in seven years, all because he went in his bedroom without permission, and broke something. I don't even remember what it was that he broke. I just know that to this day, Chad is still mad."
"And I wound him up. Great. Way to go, Sonny. You screwed it up, and you haven't even gotten in the building yet."
"Hey, no worries. He probably doesn't have a say in casting. I hear they don't usually take the cast's feelings into consideration. Sure, they ask them, sometimes, in some shows, but they never really listen. They just want to keep the cast happy. And I hear Condor Studios isn't exactly 'full of love'. They care about the money, and as long as people watch the show, they get plenty of that."
"Okay, well, I hope you're right. 'Cause I really want this part. Really bad."
"Hey everyone," came a voice from the now open double doors to the studio, "those auditioning for the Falls, follow me. Anna, you starting today?"
"That's the plan, Stan."
"Okay, then, just follow me and I'll show you where to go. Come on everyone, we don't have all day!"
"You know him?" I asked Anna.
"Sure, he's one of Chad's old friends. Before his head blew up completely, Chad got him a job here. Now he's too good to be friends with the 'help', so they don't really talk anymore. I dated him." She added that last part almost as an afterthought.
"Lucky girl, he's hot."
"Yeah, and he was nice, but I guess I'm too much of a romantic, waiting around for Mr Right. There just wasn't a spark."
"Better than my last boyfriend. With him, there was too much of a spark."
"How so?"
"He got drunk and blew up a car."