A/N: If you're reading this, thank you for being patient and sticking with me on this! I'm sorry for this chapter being so short, but I promise you the future chapters get much longer. Anyways, I hope you're enjoying the story so far!
December 18th
"C'mon everyone, the gate's closing in 5 minutes. Hurry up! The plane is leaving with or without us," the brunette woman named Connie shouted over the cacophony of the airport, hurrying the disorganized group along.
When Sonny reached the gate podium and handed the attendant her boarding pass, she said, "Don't worry, mom. I made sure I counted everyone at least ten times. They're all here."
"Oh good," her mother sighed with relief as they boarded the plane.
Altogether, the Condor Studios gang occupied the whole first class section of the airplane.
"What seat are you? I'm in 3D," Sonny said to her mother, looking at her own boarding pass.
"We all are, honey," she said jokingly. "I'm in 1B," she stated, shoving her luggage into the overhead compartment.
Sonny's eyes went from her boarding pass to the rows.
The plane's layout consisted of three seats on the left, the middle aisle, and three seats on the right.
Seated on the left hand side of the first row was Chad's housekeeper, Hannah Marin. In the right section of the first row were Tawni and two girls from Mackenzie Falls: Penelope Balitico and Portlyn Maddison.
In the second row on the left side sat Shayne, Damien, and Matthew, while Nico and Grady were on the right.
Zora, Audrey, and one of Chad's sisters, Cassie Demetria, occupied the third row, just behind the boys.
In Sonny's section of the row sat Chad and his other little sister, Caleigh Danielle.
Behind them were Logan and Luke. Across from the two quiet boys were the three louder ones, Rider, Chase, and Skyler.
Sonny sighed inwardly as she made her way down the aisle to where Chad was sitting with Caleigh. He sat in the window seat with Caleigh in the middle.
"Hey, Chad," Sonny said after placing her bag in the overhead bin and sitting down.
"Hey," he nodded.
Sonny smiled at his little sister, "And you must be one of Chad's little sisters, right?"
She nodded rapidly and said, "I'm Caleigh. Chaddy is my big brother. But I'm not little! I'm six years old!"
The older girl laughed at the statement and smiled warmly, "Well, hello, Caleigh!"
Caleigh grinned widely and said, "Hello! Are you Sonny Munroe? ...Hey, that rhymed! Didn't it, Chaddy?"
Chad nodded with his eyes fixed on his cell phone and said, "Yes, it did, Caleigh."
"Yay!" she said, squealing with glee.
Sonny smiled, "Yes, I am Sonny Munroe. How did you know that?"
"I watch So Random all the time. It's my favorite show!" Caleigh said, beaming.
"Oh, really?" she grinned.
"Yep! It's really funny," the little girl nodded seriously.
Her older brother rolled his eyes disapprovingly, but with a soft smile. "I haven't gotten around to showing her some real quality kids' shows."
The brunette scoffed, "So Random is a quality kids' show!"
"Yeah!" Caleigh chirped.
"Hey!" Chad said, pretending to be hurt. "I'm your brother. You're supposed to be on my side."
She looked up and shrugged, smiling innocently.
From the other side of the aisle sat Cassie, who was fiddling with the buttons on a small camcorder in her hands. After a few moments, she held it out so the camera lens could see her and then pressed record.
"This is the video diary of Cassie Demetria Cooper," she said, just loud enough for the camera to hear.
"Hopefully I'll get some good footage for my multimedia tech project out of this trip to New York," she shrugged.
"Today is December 18th, 2011 and we are currently waiting for the plane to take off for New York City, where we will be until after New Year's―"
"What are you recording?" Audrey asked, looking over Cassie's shoulder.
Cassie hit the stop button and replied, "Just stuff for school."
"Oh, cool. You didn't have to stop recording," she said.
The slightly older blonde said, "We'll be taking off soon anyways. Might as well put it away."
Audrey seemed a little confused and glanced back at Zora, to which she just shrugged and returned to her notebook, planning out places she and her best friend would be interested in visiting in New York.
Breaking Zora's train of thought, a voice began voice flowing through the speakers of the plane, "Hello! My name is Elena and I would like to welcome everyone for flying with us this afternoon."
She sighed, knowing very well the rules and regulations for flying cross country. Zora stashed her notebook in her backpack before leaning back and closing her eyes…
Towards the end of the flight, almost everyone was in a crabby mood.
The So Random boys' gaming devices all had died.
"Man, I so would have won that round if it hadn't run out of battery!" Nico sighed.
"No way! I was ahead by a full lap!" Matthew reasoned.
Grady laughed, "You're both wrong. I would've beaten you all."
"Hah, right. Says the guy who was in sixth place!" Shayne remarked.
"At least he wasn't in eighth!" Damien defended.
The older girls, excluding Sonny, complained constantly as they tried to nap.
"It's too hot in here!" Tawni grumbled.
"Are you kidding me? It's freezing!" Portlyn shivered.
"These seats are terrible quality. I can't sleep in these conditions!" Penelope criticized.
Meanwhile, Rider had already consumed a full can of soda and couldn't sit still for more than five minutes. Chase was becoming more and more agitated with each of Rider's complaints, especially because Skyler had slept through it all.
"Chase… Psst, Chase… Chase…" Rider whispered.
"What do you want? You're irritating me with your incessant whining," Chase groaned, not bothering to look up from his book.
"But I'm bored!" he exclaimed exasperatedly.
In turn, Chase suggested, "Read."
"I didn't bring anything to read."
"Of course you didn't," the boy in the dark rimmed glasses said, rolling his eyes.
"What are you reading?" the hyperactive actor asked.
"The Inferno."
"What's it about?"
"People being tortured in the afterlife," Chase replied, turning the page without looking up.
"…Why would anyone read something like that?"
"To find new ways to make aggravating people shut up?"
"…Like who?"
The quieter boy glanced up to see if his friend was serious.
"Really, Rider? You need an example?" he sighed.
The other boy didn't answer because he was too busy asking the flight attendant for another cup of soda.
Before the attendant left, Chase made sure that she brought him something decaffeinated. Neither Chase's sanity nor Rider's physical health would be able to withstand anymore caffeine running through the older boy.
While the two boys continued arguing, their friends Luke and Logan had fallen asleep. Luke's head rested on Logan's shoulder and Logan's head against Luke's.
In front of them, Zora and Audrey were watching a movie as Cassie tried to block out the noise with her music.
Across from the girls were Chad and Sonny, arguing over little things while Caleigh napped.
"Good."
"Good!"
"Fine!"
"Fine!"
"Good!"
"Good!"
"Oh my gosh! For the fifteenth time, shut up!" Tawni hissed from the front.
Silence filled the first class cabin until the flight attendant pushed the intercom once again.
"Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention for just a moment? At this time, we will begin our descent into New York City."
As everyone scrambled to gather their belongings and tidy up their seats, the plane began descending…
"Whoa," was all anyone could say when they arrived at Mr. Condor's place, the top floor of the Windsor Complex building in downtown NYC.
As soon as you stepped off of the elevator, you could see the entire city through the large glass windows.
In the center of the room was a fireplace column that reached from the floor to the ceiling. Behind the fireplace stack was a spacious, hardwood floored kitchen and dining area. In front of the fireplace was a group of three couches, arranged in a u-shape. Above the mantle of the fireplace was a flat-screen TV. A pair of surround sound speakers was placed next to the column. Behind the couches, there was a great big open space taken up by an undecorated evergreen tree.
In the next section of the main room, there were beanbag chairs, a mini fridge, and gaming systems galore—every gamer's dream.
A hallway branched off from the main area, leading to the bedrooms, bathrooms, and miscellaneous areas of the floor.
As soon as they entered, the So Random boys were content with just throwing their things into their bedroom and taking over the game area.
As they did that, everyone spread out throughout the condo, exploring.
Luke and Cassie met up in front of a white door covered in splatter paint. They examined the door and pushed it open, discovering a fairly large design studio. Instantly, they looked at each other with huge grins on their faces. The room was filled with paints, canvasses, pencils, pastels, sketch books, and photography and computer equipment.
"Oh my gosh! This is insane!" Cassie said as she headed towards the photography and graphic art section of the room. She was hoping that she was dreaming she never wanted to wake up.
Luke didn't say a word, but he inspected the canvasses and sketchbooks with a smile on his face.
As they marveled at the artist's heaven, Sonny, Chad, Skyler, and Rider stumbled upon a home recording studio. It was exactly like a professional studio, containing all the same apparatus: a piano, guitars, drums, and microphones.
"No way…" Sonny whispered as she entered the recording booth.
"Sweet!" Rider said, picking up one of the electric guitars.
The four musical teens tested out the equipment for the next half hour as Tawni, Penelope, and Portlyn wandered around for a bit until they found exactly what they were hoping for: a home spa. Inside, there was a hot tub, a small pool, and a lounge area. All three girls squealed with delight.
While everyone was exploring, Logan took it upon himself to follow Caleigh around as she explored. As the little girl skipped through the halls, he trailed behind with his hands in his pockets. She opened and closed several doors before finally finding something of interest.
"Wow!" she exclaimed, eyes wide, as she pushed a light pink door open. Inside was a princess playroom, probably Dakota's old toys from when she visited.
The walls were all painted in princess pink, with a cloud castle design covering most of the room. The majority of the space was taken up by a massive castle structure, various toys and costumes surrounding it.
Immediately, Caleigh ran in and began playing with her imaginary friends.
Logan chuckled, smiling as he stood in the doorway and watched.
When everybody was done exploring, they all began unpacking and settling in, renewed with excitement.
By midnight, everyone was in bed, trying to sleep in order to be full of energy for the day to come.
A/N: ...Review pretty please?