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Chapter Six
Me and Annabeth talked for about twenty minutes before there was a knock on my door.
"Come in!" I yelled, in the midst of a fit of giggles. Anna had just told me all about the 'toothbrush incident'. Who knew a story about a toothbrush, two monkeys and a toy plane could be so funny?
"Miss Munroe, you're needed on set." said the guy in the doorway.
"Oh, okay. Anna, do you mind?"
"No, it's fine, I should probably get back to work. I feel bad getting paid for not doing anything."
"Okay then, see you later!" I hugged her goodbye, and then followed the guy to the set.
"Sonny!" squealed a girl when I walked onto the set. I was surprised to see that it was Chastity.
"Erm, Chastity, no offence, but what are you doing?" I said when she hugged me.
"Hugging you." She said, as if it was perfectly normal.
"Well that's a bit of a turnaround from this morning."
"What? I'm facing exactly the same way as I was earlier. Are you trying to confuse me?"
"No, it's a figure of speech."
"Well whatever that is, it sounds boring. C'mon, we have to rehearse!" she smiled at me, grabbing my arm and dragging me over to the rest of the cast, who were all smiling at me, except for Marta, who was scowling, and Chad, who wasn't there.
"What's going on guys? Are you going to pull a prank on me? Do I have something on my face?" I asked, really confused by now.
"Nope," Fergusen replied, "sorry about earlier, by the way. We misjudged you. We all figured you'd be really shy, and you'd just start crying and quit your job when we started being horrible. Apparently, you give as good as you get, and we respect that. Well, Marta doesn't, but whatever."
"Oh. Okay. Well, is that why I had to come? So you could tell me that?"
"No, we have to rehearse."
"Really? Does this mean we get scripts?"
"Yeah, duh, how else are we gonna rehearse?" scowled Marta.
"Sorry. I'm just excited. I really want to know who I'm playing."
"Well, Portlyn played herself," Skyler pointed out, "so you'll probably do the same."
"Yeah, but Portlyn sounds like a Mackenzie Falls type of name. Sonny sounds more like a weather-forecast type of name."
"Be nice Marta," said Chad from behind me, "she's playing Isabella, Chloe's distant cousin who comes to the Falls and steals Mackenzie's heart."
"What?" me and Marta cried at the same time.
"You heard me."
"Thanks for ruining the surprise, Chad." Paul scolded him as he walked over, a pile of scripts in his hand.
"But everyone loves Chloe and Mackenzie, if Mackenzie gets a new love interest there'll be loads of angry viewers. Most of the people I know wouldn't even watch it anymore if they knew that Mackenzie chose someone else instead of Chloe."
"That's why we are keeping the whole plot line under wraps until the episode airs. We also don't want anyone to know who the new cast member is until the day, so Sonny; you need to stay away from any media attention."
"Sure, I guess. But even if they watch the first episode, ChloKenzie fans will stop watching."
"Not if we make the IsaKenzie relationship so much better than the ChloKenzie one."
"How? Chloe and Mackenzie are practically soul mates!"
"Well, then, Isabella and Mackenzie will have to actually be soul mates!"
"But-"
"No buts. Viewers like drama. Mackenzie choosing Isabella over Chloe is drama. The viewers will eat it up."
"Okay, I guess. Can we check out the scripts then?" I sighed in resignation. Truth be told it was a good plot line. I just wished it wasn't me who had to be Chad's-I mean Mackenzie's-new love interest.
"Sure."
He gave out the scripts, and we all sat in silence as we read through them. I felt someone's eyes on my back. Turning, I caught Chad staring at me and smirking.
"What, Chad?"
"Nothing."
"Why aren't you reading the script?"
"Because, I help to write it. I know it pretty much by heart."
"What heart?" I grumbled.
"I heard that, Munroe."
"Shut up, Cooper."
"Fine."
"Fine!"
"Good!"
"Good!"
"So are we good?"
"Oh we are so good!" I huffed, turning back to read my script.
It was all fine, and I was getting quite excited. Then I got to the last page. This was the scene I was dreading. It was the first scene where my character was alone with Mackenzie. We were talking, and honestly, we sounded like a great couple. Then, right at the end, he kissed me. Chad Dylan Cooper has to kiss me, Sonny Munroe, on national TV.
"Erm, Chad, did you happen to have anything to do with the ending?" I asked him timidly.
"Yup."
"What? Why?"
"Because, every girl in America is in love with me, except for you. And I plan to fix that."
"It's going to take more than a kiss to make me fall in love with you, Cooper."
"Ah, but you've never been kissed by Chad Dylan Cooper. Trust me; by the time the episode airs, you'll be falling at my feet."
"Yeah, passed out after being hit by your huge ego."
"We'll see, Munroe, we'll see."
"I won't. I'll be unconscious." He just smirked and walked away.
*THREE HOURS LATER*
We had spent three hours rehearsing none-stop, without even a bathroom break, and I was tired. I went back to my dressing room, and checked the time. It was nearly time for So Random! Grinning, I ran to my couch and grabbed the remote. I found the right channel just as it came on. I was a good ten minutes into it when something caught my eye. The 'LIVE' sign in the corner of the screen. Then I remembered, it was being filmed right down the hall!
At the commercial break, I quickly switched off the TV and ran out of the room and down the corridor. That is, until I collided with something hard. I fell, landing hard on my butt. Looking up, I saw the person I had run into. Chad.
"Little excited are we, Munroe?"
"Yup. Now, if you'll excuse me," I said, getting up, "I have to be somewhere."
"Where could you possibly need to be down here? This is the So Random set."
"Exactly!"
"I'm confused."
"Well, I was watching it in my dressing ro-"
"Wait a minute. Did you just say you were watching So Random?" he gasped, eyes wide.
"Erm, yeah. I love it! Anyway, I realised that it was filming live, just down here, so I thought I'd sneak in and watch it in person. See you later!" I said the last part as I tried to push past him, but he grabbed my arm.
"You're not going anywhere."
"Why not? You can't tell me what to do!"
"You can't be on Mackenzie Falls if you like So Random."
"So, the rivalry's real, then? Not just a media thing?"
"Oh, trust me, it's real. We Falls kids hate the Randoms, and they hate us. They hate our show, we hate theirs."
"Well, tough. I love So Random."
"Okay, you're coming with me." He said, dragging me down the hall back the way I came.
"Chad! Let me go!"
"No."
"Where are we going?"
"My dressing room."
"Why?"
"Because you like So Random."
"Thanks, Chad, that really clears everything up for me." I rolled my eyes.
"Sarcasm."
"You noticed?"
"Just shut up, Munroe."
He opened his dressing room door, and I gasped in shock. It was huge! He had a huge TV, two couches, four separate doors leading who-knows-where, a computer, and a small kitchenette.
"Wow!"
"Impressed?"
"Totally. But I still don't get what I'm doing here."
"You'll see. Just sit down; I'll be back in a minute."
"Wait, Cha-" he shut the door and I heard a 'click' as he locked it.
Sighing, I went to sit down. After a minute, I got my phone out to play a game. I had one new message.
Hey, Sonny. Wuu2? –Lucy
Hi Lucy. Nothing really, just locked in Chad Dylan Cooper's dressing room.-Sonny
Yeah, right. Next you'll be telling me you're on Mackenzie Falls.-Lucy
That was when I remembered-I hadn't told anyone but my mom. I considered telling her, but I knew she wouldn't believe me, so I decided to surprise her.
Lol. How about you?-Sonny
Watching So Random. Aren't you?-Lucy
I was, but I got interrupted.-Sonny
How?-Lucy
I didn't want to lie to her so I tried to avoid the topic.
Doesn't matter. How u doing?-Sonny
Great. Do you want to come over tomorrow?-Lucy
Can't. Working -Sonny
Working? Since when?-Lucy
Yesterday.-Sonny
Where do you work?-Lucy
Oh no. I had no idea what to say. Do I lie, or tell her a bit of the truth, or what. I wanted to tell her, but she's the worst person ever for keeping secrets, so I knew I couldn't.
New pizza place down the road.-Sonny
Where? I'll come check it out.-Lucy
Don't bother, the food's terrible.-Sonny
Why do I get the feeling you're not telling me something?-Lucy
That was when I heard the unmistakeable sound of a key in the lock.
Dunno. G2G, Chad's back!-Sonny
I couldn't resist saying that last part. I knew she'd think I was joking again. I looked towards the door, which seemed to be taking a while to unlock. I got up to go see what was wrong, when it flew open, and Nico and Grady from So Random walked in.
"Nice on, dude!" Nico said, patting Grady on the back, then freezing when he saw me.
"Erm, hello?" he said to me.
"Hi, I'm Sonny."
"Why are you in here?"
"Chad locked me in?"
"Oh really?" they said simultaneously, raising their eyebrows at each other.
"No! Not like that. I mean, I'm the new cast member at Mackenzie Falls, and I was on my way to your set, because I love So Random and I wanted to see it live, and-"
"Whoa! Did you just say you love So Random? Are you sure you're on Mackenzie Falls?"
"Yeah, I'm sure. Why does everyone find that so hard to believe? Anyway, I told Chad what I just told you, minus the whole being on the Falls thing 'cause he already knew that, and he dragged me back here. Then he locked me in and went off somewhere."
"So that's what they were talking about!" said Grady.
"Huh?"
"When we snuck past the set to get here, we heard Chad and the cast talking about an 'intervention'. We just thought it was for the show."
"Oh. Dammit. And I missed So Random! I hate Chad Dylan Cooper!"
"Wow."
"What?
"That's the first time we've heard a teenage girl say that who isn't on So Random."
"Oh. What are you guys doing here anyway?" I asked them.
"Well, we weren't going to pull a prank on Chad, if that's what you're thinking!" said Grady, in a voice that made it obvious that that was exactly what they were going to do.
"Well, be my guest. I'm leaving."
"Wait, are you serious? You're just going to let us prank him?"
"Why not? He deserves it."
"I must be dreaming."
"Just don't pinch yourself. It hurts. Learnt that the hard way." They laughed.
"Wow, a Mack Falls kid who's actually got a sense of humour. Never thought I'd see the day."
"Well, you know what thought did. See you guys later!" I said coolly, though inside I was screaming.
I just met Nico and Grady from So Random! Best. Day. Ever.