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Here is Chapter 5. I am so sorry that it took me forever and a day to update. I have been very busy and have had some writer's block. Hopefully it turned out well!
Sonny is eight in this chapter, so for those of you looking toward the present Sonny and Chad, we are one step closer :)
Again, I don't own Sonny with a Chance.
"Emily! Watch me do a flip!" Eight-year-old Sonny Monroe was spending the morning jumping on the trampoline with her best friend, Emily.
Emily had recently mastered a front flip, so now Sonny was working on perfecting hers. Unfortunately, her attempt ended in her being sprawled on her back in the middle of the trampoline.
"Umph," she grunted, while rubbing the back of her head. "That hurt. It's not funny, Emily!" This was in response to her friend who had started giggling. Sonny sat up and stuck out her bottom lip. That only made Emily giggle harder. With her friend's infectious giggling, Sonny soon joined in. Soon, both girls were rolling around the trampoline, laughing so hard that they were crying.
It was at this point that Connie came outside. She stopped and smiled at the sight of the two girls.
Ever since they had met on the first day of kindergarten, the two girls had been inseparable. Sonny had been thrilled to find that Emily was a big fan of The Goody Gang and Chad Dylan Goldfarb as well. She wasn't as big of a fan as Sonny though, so Sonny was still allowed to marry Chad. They had often talked about the show during class, which had gotten them in trouble more than once.
The last day of second grade had been a couple of weeks ago and since then the girls had been spending ever possible moment outside. They hadn't been able to spend every day together. In fact, they had only been able hang out twice since school ended, but today was a special day. Today was the last episode of The Goody Gang, and their moms had agreed to let them watch it together.
Actually, their moms had agreed that they didn't want to spend the whole day listening to their daughters go on and on about Chad Dylan Goldfarb and The Goody Gang, so they had decided to let the girls watch it together.
The show didn't start for another hour, so, in the meantime, the girls were hanging out on the Monroe's trampoline. They both sat up and attempted to stop giggling when the saw Connie approaching the trampoline. Neither girl was very successful. Sonny got the hiccups, and Emily had an occasional giggle escape from her lips. Connie just smiled and gave the girls a chance to recover before speaking,
"It's almost 10:30 girls. The show is about to start. You'd better come on inside." Connie braced herself for the girls' responses. She wasn't disappointed. They both squealed loudly, then scrambled to get off the trampoline. Neither girl had bothered to wear shoes outside, so they ran towards the house in their bare feet. Connie just shook her head at the girls' excitement.
Sonny ran into the living room and grabbed the remote. She was now able to work the remote without her parents, so she turned on the television and switched it to the correct channel. The end credits were playing for the previous show. The girls settled down on the couch and got ready for the show to start. Sonny was beside herself with excitement,
"I can't wait to see Chad again! But I am going to miss him SO much. It's not fair that they had to stop the show. What are we going to do without seeing him on TV every week?" Emily nodded her head enthusiastically.
"Um-hm, I like him lots too, but not as much as you." She wrinkled her nose. "I don't like the name Goldfarb. He'd better change that before you get married."
"Well, maybe he can take my name! That would work. I think." She frowned, but not for long. The theme song for The Goody Gang began to play.
"It's starting!" Sonny squealed and clutched the television remote. Emily squealed as well. Sonny reached over and gripped her friend's arm, then squealed again. "There's Chad! Oh, he's so cute!"
Most of the time, Sonny considered herself very grown up. She was, after all, eight years old. Connie was reminded several times a day that "eight is almost grown up, Mommy." However, whenever Sonny caught sight of Chad Dylan Goldfarb, she forgot to act grown-up. Instead, she was just a silly little girl in love with a celebrity. Of course, she wouldn't have called it that. In her mind, she was just in love with her future husband.
Today was no exception. Sonny sat with her legs crossed on the couch, staring dreamily at the television screen. The remote had fallen unnoticed to the ground. Emily was sitting in a similar position, except that her feet were tucked up underneath her.
Both girls were so focused on the show that they didn't say a word throughout the entire half hour. They didn't even speak during the commercials. Sonny spent the three minute commercial breaks thinking about how blue Chad's eyes were. And Emily spent the breaks wondering why everyone in the Goody Gang had the last name Goody.
The episode was a very special one. Since it was the final episode of the show, they producers had brought in all the previous main characters who had grown up and left the show. It was fun to see all the different characters again, although Chad didn't have as big of a part because of it. As the last scene, all the characters stood and blew a kiss towards the camera. It was really cheesy, but the girls loved it. Sonny squealed with glee and blew a kiss back at Chad. Emily just giggled.
After the show was over, the girls began to excitedly talk about the episode. They both loved it, and had been excited to see the old characters who had come back to visit the gang. Sonny was disappointed that Chad hadn't been in the show as much. Emily thought that one of the older characters who came back was a lot cuter than he had been a couple of years ago. Sonny spoke first,
"I liked the show, didn't you, Emily?" At her friend's enthusiastic nod, Sonny continued, "I just hope that Chad won't forget about me now that he isn't on TV anymore."
"Maybe you should write him another letter. You know, to help him to remember you."
"Emily! That is a good idea. Let's do that now."
"Ok, I'll draw a picture for you to send him. I know! I'll draw a picture of you, so he can see what you look like now." The girls jumped down from the couch and ran into the kitchen where Connie and Alivia were sitting at the table.
"Mommy, will you get down the markers? Emily and I are going to draw pictures for us to send Chad." Connie smiled.
"I suppose, dear. Are you going to write him a letter too? Do you want me to write it for you?" Sonny gave her mother a look,
"Mommy! I'm eight years old, 'member? I'm a big girl and I can write all by myself now."
"Of course, dear." While Connie and Sonny had been having this exchange, Alivia had gone and gotten the markers and paper. She placed them on the table, then left the room. Connie followed shortly afterward. Neither one of them wanted to hear the girls' discussion of Chad Dylan Goldfarb and The Goody Gang.
However, both girls were very absorbed in drawing their pictures and didn't say much at all while they worked, other than an occasional comment on the other girl's drawing. Sonny was busy drawing a picture of Chad, making sure to give him blonde hair this time. Emily was drawing a picture of Sonny. In the picture, Sonny was dressed in a wedding gown and had a veil on.
Sonny finished her picture first, so she grabbed a sheet of notebook paper and began to write her letter to Chad. When Emily finished her picture, she read over Sonny's shoulder and suggested a couple of things for her to add to the letter. Since it had been three years since Sonny had last written him, her letter was fairly long-winded, but she finally came up with the perfect letter:
Dear Chad,
I'm writing this to you all by myself now. My teacher, Mrs. Smith said I have good spelling, but not good handwriting. I hope that you can read my letter. Emily says that she can read it, but she's my best friend, so she has to say good stuff about me. We watched the goody gang together today. Mommy says that it was the last one and now I wont see you on the tv anymore. That is very sad. But that is why I want to right you. You cant forget me now that you are no longer on tv. Maybe you will be in a movie. Or you can move here. Mommy said that I still can't send you my last name or my adress addres address. That makes it very hard to tell you where I live so you can move next door. I drew you a picture of you. Don t worry I didn't give you green hair today. It is yellow just like yours. Emily drew you a picture too. It is of me in a wedding dress. She likes you to and wants to say hi but she doesn't want to marre you. That is good because then we couldn't be best friends. Livi says the best way to end a letter is to say that I hope you are doing good but I saw you on tv and you looked very good to me. I think you are getting taller. Don't get two tall or it might be hard to kiss. Andrew says that he don't like to kiss tall girls. I don't know if that is the same thing or not.
Love, Sonny
P.s. I stil think you are the best actor I ever seen.
Awww! I love little Sonny! Again, I am soo sorry that it took me forever to update! I promise that I will get Chapter 6 out very soon.
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