It's Only for One Song Chapter 7: Complicated, a sonny with a chance fanfic

Chapter 7: Complicated

Sonny's POV

Uh-huh,
Life's like this
Uh-huh, uh-huh
That's the way it is
'Cause life's like this
Uh-huh, uh-huh
That's the way it is

"Hey Chad?" I said through the phone. I knew he had picked up but he was quiet.

"Sonny," he responded.

"Listen, I'm sorry about earlier tonight, I didn't mean to hurt your feelings or anything."

"No worries. It's not the first time I was rejected by the great Sonny Munroe!"

"Sarcasm, Chad, really? I can see right through you even when I can't see you!"

"Yeah? Well, wait, what?"

"I don't know either" I said, and I heard him snicker on the other side of the line. "Anyways, it's getting late, I'll see you tomorrow."

"Fine by me." And I gave him a crazy cackle that I didn't even know I was capable of. He hung up.

Chill out,
What you yellin' for?
Lay back, it's all been done before
And if you could only let it be
You will see

Gah! I give up…well no not exactly. My conclusion: he's strange. Period.

Walking towards the door of the studio, I waited for my mother to come and pick me up. I can't drive—yet, so I still get a ride from my mom.

"How was the show tonight, Allison?" she asked me when I got in.

"It was good, Mom. Wait I thought you said you were going to watch it on TV?"

"I was going to but I got called into work last minute. I only caught part of it. Your singing has improved! You know, that guy—"

"David?"

"No, Chad. He's cute!"

"Mom!"

"But he is! Now I can see why you, Lucy, and all my nieces had a crush on him."

"Mom!"

"Ok, ok, I'll stop. But really he is!"

"Mom?"

"Yeah?"

"You're scaring me."

"Oh, sorry sweetie, I was just trying to remember how to be a cool kid" and she danced in her seat. Or at least tried.

"Don't do that, please Mom, at least not in public." Lucky for us, the car was a minivan.

"Hmm?"

"Can I start my driving lessons soon? Please? So I can be independent and so I can go to the mall on my own? Please!"

"Sonny, we talked about this." She sighed, looked at me and then said, "Fine Sonny."

We arrived at the building. "Yes! Thank you Mom! Love you!" I hugged her and skipped into the building.

I like you the way you are
When we're, driving in my car
And you're talking to me
One on one
But you become

The next day at class, Nico and Grady pointed out Ms. Bitterman's odd habits, but I just said that she was lonely. So I had a plan.

At lunch, I convinced Marshall to sit with Ms. Bitterman and have lunch, telling the others I knew people; I proved my point—Marshall with his French fries and pie; Tawni's hairflip.

So my plan was going well, until the next day Ms. Bitterman told us to change our sketch idea from Scotland's Top Model to making Grady talk with an Italian accent. Ok, that was strange; later she came by the prop room and convinced me to eat worms. Yeah. Ew. All that did was earn laughs from Tawni.

So I came up with a different plan. Nico and Grady were off to find Marshall and show him that Ms. Bitterman had two different sized feet; Tawni and I went to get Ms. Bitterman telling her that Marshall still lives with his mother.

Nope. Didn't work.

"I thought you said you know people! Hmm!" Grady said to me at our table in the cafeteria.

"I do! Watch, I'll prove it again. Just watch Chad over there…"I described him and of course I was right.

Later I found Chad. "Chad! You are the most self-centered, cold hearted, soulless person I know!" and of course he responded cockily to me, but I got his attention. I needed a favor. Again!

We—well he thought up a plan to break them up. Bring me to Lookout Mountain. And the plan unrolls there. Ha! Let's see…

Somebody else
'Round everyone else
Watchin' your back
Like you can't relax
You're tryin' to be cool
You look like a fool
To me

Tell me

We sat in his car. And I told him that I was nervous. I wondered if that was a bad idea. Suddenly this giant hairy creature came up on my side of the car and growled at us. Our first reaction was to scream.

Then Chad looked at the creature and said "Wrong car!"

"Wait you know Bigfoot?"

"Yeah. And so do you."

I looked over and it turned out to be Nico and Grady. Well, Chad had a plan but it turned out to be based on an episode of Mackenzie Falls. I decided to do something because Chad was being just plain ridiculous and annoying.

Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you're
Acting like you're somebody else gets me frustrated
Life's like this, you
And you fall and you crawl
And you break and you take
What you get and you turn it into
Honesty Promise me I'm never gonna find you fake it

No, no, no

After talking things over with Marshall, I sort of realized that Chad had left already, so hitching a ride with Marshall and Ms. Bitterman was the only choice I had left.

Still angry when we got to the studio, I found Tawni in our dressing room curling her hair. She smirked and got on the phone.

You come over unannounced
Dressed up like you're something else
Where you are and
Where you sat, you see
You're making me
Laugh out
When you strike a pose
Take off all your preppy clothes
You know
You're not fooling anyone
When you become

"Yeah she's here, she just got in... Ok." I had a feeling it was Chad.

"Tawni," I said nervously, "why were you just on the phone with Chad?"

"Hmm? Oh, he wants to talk to you."

"Talk? Right after you guys ditched me on Lookout Mountain and left me in the car with two somewhat crazy adults talking about cats and feet? And now he wants to talk to me?"

"Feet? Eww," was her response.

A few minutes later, a knock came on our door. I was tempted to say, "No, this is not Pizza Palace, this is Dr. Phil's Mental Therapy, come again later." But Tawni put one hand on my mouth dragging me while she opened the door with her other hand.

Somebody else
'Round everyone else
Watchin' your back
Like you can't relax
Tryin' to be cool
You look like a fool
To me

Tell me

"Should I ask why you're being taken prisoner by Blondie over here?"

"Oh, please Chad! Well, welcome to Tawni-town!" she sort of jumped and put her hands up in the air and I tried to make a run for it.

Chad grabbed my arm, saying, "Sonny…"

"No."

"I didn't even finish!"

"Um, no."

"Hmm, she wants me." He said to Tawni.

"DUH!!!!!!!!!!" she said. "That's why I'm doing this!" and she pushed me closer to Chad.

"I have to go. I'm sorry Chad."

I walked out into the hall, when Tawni came out and said, "Look Sonny, we need to talk, girl to girl. How about you come over to my place tonight? You can just call your mom and we'll talk. Please. It's for your own good. Trust me."

I called my mom and told her the plan, not including the part about Chad earlier, and she approved.

Tawni and I walked to her car and she drove us to her place.

"My parents aren't home tonight, so its just going to be us two."

"Ok"

We got to the house, and well, it was pretty big. Once we were inside, Tawni dragged me up to her room, preventing me from staring in awe at all her furniture and what not. Then I saw across the hall, a huge room, or stadium or something with a big screen in it. Whoa.

Tawni's room was huge also. A walk-in closet, a lounge which included a soda fountain and mini-fridge, and a fancy looking bed. Whoa.

"So," she started as we sat down in her lounge; I grabbed a drink as she got out her manicure set. "From what I heard, you're not going with Chad to the party. Why? You two are perfect for each other!!"

I almost choked on the soda I was drinking. "Excuse me?"

"You heard me. You. Chad. Like. Each. Other. Take it in Sweetie,"

"EXCUSE ME?!??!?"

She sighed. "Look. I can tell from the way Chad acted when you went out with James. He was jealous. Like actually JEALOUS."

No, no, no...

The next morning, Tawni drove me home. I sat in my room wondering what she meant. Did Chad really like me? I doubted it. If he did, he would be smart enough to tell me about it. Then again, he and his ego would not.

The week passed by rather slowly. I shot another interview with David, and I stayed for his recording sessions, so in return he stayed at the studio and watched the show. From the look on his face, he seemed to enjoy it.

Strangely enough, I barely saw Chad. We only crossed each other's paths at lunch, and it was no more than awkward. Other than that, we stayed out of each other's way, and I was happy. Not only that we didn't interact, but that I was proving my point that he doesn't like me.

Then came Friday. I was with Tawni again, and she dragged me with her to go dress shopping. She helped me choose a dress, and I helped her. I expected everything to go the way we had planned. What I didn't expect is to see Chad.

Chill out,
What you yellin' for?
Lay back, it's all been done before
And if you could let it be
You will see

The day of the party, I saw Chad looking at me with an expression I had never seen before. Interesting.

David and I walked in the huge building where the event was taking place, and we got ready to make some speeches for the commercial with a bunch of other charities and celebrities.

Once that was over, it was time for the dance. The first one was simple; you dance with your date. And we did and it was fun. The next dance was one that involved dancing with someone you didn't go with. I looked for Tawni and instead of letting me dance with her date, she was grabbing Chad by the ear towards me and shoved us together, grabbing David and skipping off.

Somebody else
'Round everyone else
You're watchin' your back
Like you can't relax
You're tryin' to be cool
You look like a fool
To me, to me

"Hi." I said.

"Hi," he replied.

"So, we're dancing again, I guess."

"Yeah."

And unlike the first dance, this dance took about five songs, leaving me stuck with Chad for over twenty minutes. I thought I was going to explode!!

"This is nice."

"Yeah."

"So, Chad, who'd you go with?"

"Oh, I see,"

"How's David?"

"He's great."

That's when I tripped. I was walking with Chad, looking for Tawni, I thought I caught a glimpse of her, started running, and forgetting I was wearing heels, and tripped over myself.

No, no

Chad helped me up. "Thanks," I said.

"No problem, but you really fell this time right?"

I rolled my eyes, smirked and said, "Yes, Chad." I grabbed his hand and we went around looking for Tawni.

When we saw Tawni, I said goodbye to David, knowing he was going on tour soon, and that I wouldn't be working with him for a while. Chad escorted me and Tawni to her car. We took the limo to get here, so how the car got here, I wasn't sure.

"I TOLD YOU!!"

"Told me what?"