Ready for them to meet? Well, the wait is finally over. In this chapter, Chad will meet Sonny, and Sonny will meet Chad!
Again, I want to remind you that Sonny has no idea that Chad Dylan Cooper and Chad Dylan Goldfarb are the same person. He hasn't been in any shows since the Goody Gang, and Sonny has never watched Mackenzie Falls. She's heard about him from Lucy only.
And Chad has no idea who Sonny is. He's never met her.
Disclaimer: I don't own Sonny with a Chance.
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It had taken Chad awhile to decide what to do about the new girl on So Random. He was dying to know whether or not this Sonny was his Sonny, but there was no way that he was going to ruin his reputation to find out. So, for the last few weeks, he had been trying to devise a plan to meet her – without compromising his reputation.
A month had passed since the unknown Sonny had arrived at So Random, and he finally had a plan. It had come to him while he was sitting in his makeup chair, preparing for another shooting of Mackenzie Falls. His assistant, Bart, was hurrying back and forth, tying to find a watermelon pineapple smoothie. Sure, it was an odd combination, but it was Chad's favorite, and he was determined to have one before every take.
And that was when the inspiration hit him. Bart had to do anything that Chad told him to do. He would ask Bart if he knew the new Random, and then send him in to do a little spying for him. No one would suspect someone who ran around the studio all day, fetching things for Chad.
Once the idea came to him, Chad launched into action immediately. He knew that he had to be cool, calculated, and indifferent when he asked Bart. There were other people from the Falls around at all times. Fortunately, the opportunity came when Bart came running in with the smoothie. The timing couldn't be more perfect, as Portlyn had just left to go change into her costume.
Chad took the drink and sipped it slowly. Bart stood waiting for a new order, but Chad ignored him for the moment. He wanted to appear as uninterested as possible. He pulled the straw away from his mouth and twirled it between his fingers. The moment had finally arrived,
"So, Bart. You met the new girl yet?" Chad didn't even look up while he posed the question. He appeared to be completely absorbed in studying his smoothie,
"Who? Sonny? Yeah, I met her. She seemed nice." He looked over at Chad, "Seems like she's having a hard time fitting in with her cast mates. I overheard them sending her on a Fro-Yo run on my way over here." Chad nearly choked on his smoothie. The opportunity to meet the mysterious new Sonny had landed neatly in his lap. He knew that he had to act on it.
"Is that so? Well, Bart, I think that that is all. Go on and do whatever it is you do." With a wave of his hand, Chad sent Bart on his way. Fortunately, no one was around, so he hopped off his chair and ran out of the room to meet Sonny.
The meeting could not have worked better if Chad had planned the whole thing out. Sonny was standing by the Fro-Yo machine. At first appearance, she didn't appear to be the Sonny of his letters. She had really dark hair and was a lot older than he expected. Of course, then he reminded himself that she was on So Random. That at least explained the waitress costume and the odd hair.
Smiling slyly to himself, Chad meandered over to Sonny. The perfect plan was rolling around in his head. He was going to meet Sonny and save face with his cast members. He stood next to her, but not looking directly at her. It took all of his pride to keep from turning to stare at her and see if she was the girl of the letters,
"Excuse me, miss, when you're done with that order, I'm going to need an extra large chocolate." She appeared slightly annoyed as she turned toward him,
"Oh, I don't work here." Chad decided that the moment had come to turn toward her, "Oh my gosh! I know you." The moment had come. She was his Sonny. Chad was just about to tell her who he was, but she interrupted him, "You're, you're..." From the way she was talking, he could tell that she wasn't his Sonny. His Sonny would have known who he was immediately. She was just another starstruck CDC fan.
Despite his disappointment in not finding his Sonny, he still had to carry through with his plan in order to keep his cast from getting suspicious. He walked over to stand beside his poster. Seeing his face next to the poster of Mackenzie seemed to jog her memory, but she still couldn't come up with his name,
"Chad Dylan Cooper." She started flapping her hands around,
"You're Mackenzie from Mackenzie Falls!" Yep, just another fan of Mackenzie. His Sonny would have known him as Woody Goody. With the knowledge that she wasn't his Sonny, he decided to welcome her to the Falls/Random feud,
"And you must be Madge."
"Yes!" She looked confused for a moment, "No, no. Madge is my waitress character. And all this belongs to Madge too." She smiled and stuck out her hand, "Hi, I'm Sonny." Chad smiled. Time to play the part,
"Sonny? That's a nice name." He ignored her outstretched hand and began to sign a picture of himself that he had brought. She dropped her hand and began talking again,
"Oh, thank you. You know, when I was younger, I didn't really like it. But now, it kind of suits me. I mean, I have this one friend..." She stopped talking for a moment when he handed her the picture,
"Here you go." While she was studying the autographed photo, he swiped her tray of Fro-Yo's and hurried from the room. As luck would have it, he had even been able to take back the parking space that the Randoms had taken. Mission complete. He had met the new girl and had come out the victor in the Falls/Random feud.
Chad couldn't believe that he was standing here, about to play musical chairs. Musical chairs! If the press ever heard about this, he would be finished in Hollywood. He was beginning to wonder if losing his reputation was worth showing up the Randoms.
Yet, somehow, he knew that he would have made the same choices all over again. If only for the chance to watch Sonny Munroe's eyes when she was mad. Of course, he would never admit it to anyone that he found her attractive. But he would have been willing to do just about anything if it meant spending more time with her.
When she had stormed onto the Mackenzie Falls set, he had been furious. But something had changed while they were talking. Maybe it had been when his director had changed the set to a romantic, starry night. Something had come over him. He had started saying all these sweet things to Sonny. And when he put a hand up to her lips to silence her, he had had an overwhelming desire to kiss her. It had taken all his acting skills and pride to back away.
And then she had come back and demanded that they play musical chairs. He had been on the verge of refusing when she had started to bawk like a chicken. It was embarassing and cute at the same time. He had given in.
And here he was, surrounded by his cast, being called "Pooper" by one of the Randoms. He couldn't even remember the guy's name. Gus maybe? Chad mentally shook himself. He didn't have all afternoon to play a child's game. Portlyn had signed them all up for a teeth whitening session. Not that his perfect teeth needed to be whitened. He sauntered over to the Randoms,
"Let's just get this over with. Uh, gotta get my teeth bleached in twenty minutes." He smiled at Sonny, "Did you know there are eighty shades of white?" Chad had no idea how many shades of white there were. He had just been trying to sound impressive. She just gave him a goofy grin as he walked by.
"Did we win? Did we lose? Is it over? Can I leave?" No mistaking that voice. Tawni had just entered the room. Chad silently groaned. If there was any one Random that he disliked more than the others, it was Tawni Hart. Not only was she annoying, but she had once tried to kiss him back when they were on The Goody Gang. He hated Tawni Hart. He was about to say so too, when Sonny broke the silence,
"No! We need you. We are a team!" She turned to look at Chad, "Let's do this." No one needed to hear that twice. They all lined up around the plastic chairs. And the game began.
When the music began, they all started walking slowly around the chairs. Sonny was making faces at the other cast members of Mackenzie Falls. Chad was trying not to look at Sonny. Now, more than ever, he needed his concentration. The music abrubtly stopped.
Not surprisingly, Tawni was the first to get out. Then another Random got out, and another. And then Ferguson got out. One by one, people were eliminated. And suddenly, it was down to Chad and Sonny. To avoid being caught up in her brown eyes, he started taunting her,
"Looks like it's just you, me, and one more thing you're not going to get." She began taunting him back,
"You know, you're pretty confident for someone who's going to lose." She put extra emphasis on lose. He laughed,
"At least I can act."
"Can you Chad? Can you really?" He made a face and shook his head at her. She had just used his own line on him. And she had looked so cute while doing it. What was he thinking? He couldn't like this Sonny. For one thing, she was on So Random. And for another, she wasn't his Sonny.
But he couldn't stop looking at her. The rest of the room faded away. It was just the two of them, walking around and around a plastic chair. Sure, they were making faces at each other, but it was just the two of them. If he wasn't careful, he was going to do something crazy – like leap over the chair and kiss her.
"Owww!" Without warning, Sonny suddenly fell to the floor, and Chad's dream world fell away too. He was aware of the Randoms shouting in frustration. What in the world had happened. And then he noticed that Sonny was still on the ground clutching her ankle,
"Ow! It's my ankle. It really hurts. I think something snapped." Chad looked down at her,
"Oh man." He paused, trying not to let all of his crazy emotions come flying out of his mouth. He took a deep breath. "That looks really serious. We better get you to a doctor." He walked around the chair and held out his hand to help her up, "Just take my hand." Her beautiful eyes looked up at him. She gave him a sweet smile, and then suddenly he was on the floor and she was sitting in the chair,
"Peace out, Suckas!" The Randoms began jumping up and down and screaming. Chad stared up at her from the floor,
"You tricked me!" He couldn't believe that this sweet girl had been so cruel. She flung her hands up to her face,
"No, I was acting!" Chad smiled and got up from the floor. Sonny Munroe really was something else. He had a feeling that life in the studio was going to get a whole lot better.
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