Disclaimer: I own nothing affiliated with Sonny With A Chance.

A/N: Oh. Hai. Welcome to the seventh installment of SOWK. I sincerely hope you'll enjoy this installment! No rambling this time, so go ahead and read! ^_^

--

pyrolyn-776 Presents

The seventh installment of Somewhere Only We Know

A ChadSon fic

--

"Well aren't you just lookin' perky today."

"Who? Me? No..." Sonny blushed and then toyed with some strands of her hair, twisting them around her finger and releasing them. She beamed at Chad and then shrugged girlishly. "Okay! I'll tell you! So, before I moved here, you know I used to live in Wisconsin and well, I had that boyfriend - I mentioned him to you, right?- and, well -

Chad himself perked up when he heard one key word in her little rant. "Boyfriend?"

"As you know," she continued on, ignoring him, "he moved here and he's my next door neighbor and all that. And he wants to get back together with me!" She clapped her hands together and leaned towards Chad. "Isn't that just the greatest thing you've heard all day?"

Chad inwardly rolled his eyes but smiled lightly towards her anyway. "Uh huh."

"Ugh, I don't know why I ever expected you to care," Sonny frowned to him, picking her script up from her side. "I mean, you don't really like me. We're probably not even friends." She sighed and looked down at her fingers, toying with the pages of the romantic tale. "It's just a bet. Right?" she mumbled quietly.

For once, Chad didn't reply with a lot of confidence, nor did he look sure of himself. He looked down and avoided eye contact with his female co-star. "Sonny...I like you. And I don't want to hear how excited some guy makes you feel. I want to make you feel that way."

He was wearing his heart on his sleeve, though Sonny couldn't believe he was able to. When she first met him she figured he was just another ditzy blond actor. In the business because he was cute, and knew how to operate. What he was doing made her nervous.

He opened up his script and turned to the first scene that they would have to film. He only scanned the first line before he nudged her gently and said, "To answer your question...we're not friends, Sonny. I don't think I can ever be just your friend."

"Chad..."

He cut her off with his opener line, and for just that moment she let him. Because as much as it surprised her, there was a lot more to Chad than what was on the surface.

Oliver: "So? What do you think?"

Melanie: "I...I can't believe you would do this for me."

Oliver: "Melanie. Don't you know already?"

Melanie: "What?"

Oliver: "I'd do anything for you."

Melanie: "Why are you so perfect? You're, like, better than my dreams."

Oliver: (laughs) "Isn't that a good thing?"

Melanie: "I don't know. I usually wake up at the best part. I don't want that to happen with us."

Oliver: "It won't, Mel. I promise. I love you."

Sonny paused on her last line and then looked deep into Chad's eyes, channeling her inner Melanie. "I love you."

The beautiful part of her portrayal of the character, was not how flawlessly she nailed the line, but at how easy it came. Was she supposed to be feeling butterflies? For Chad Dylan Cooper?

She wasn't sure if she wanted to know. But a part of her already knew that she wasn't exactly feeling indifferent.

"Hi! I'm Sonny!" Sonny held out her hand to Bailey Pierce, the actress who would be playing her best friend. They had only met a handful of times, once when they were auditioning, and again at various callbacks. She looked like a nice enough girl, and Sonny figured hanging out with her for the next few months would be great.

"And I'm Tawni." Tawni Hart didn't even look at the newbie actress, instead focusing on her ruby red nails. She squinted from behind her shades and frowned when she saw a chip. "Ugh," she sighed.

"Hi! It's a really great honor to meet the two of you!" Bailey smiled widely and raved, "I love the show. It's amazing!"

Sonny chuckled and shrugged. "I'm glad you like it, and I can tell we're going to be really great friends."

"Really?" Bailey squeaked.

Sonny had to laugh at the sight before her. It was like she was standing in a flashback of her meeting with Tawni. Bailey was acting exaclty like she had, excited and nervous, not sure if she was ready for the fame. Sonny decided that being friends with Bailey was going to be awesome, definitely awesome.

Tawni rolled her eyes and put a hand on her hip impatiently. "Are we going to run through our lines or not? Filming starts tomorrow you know. And some of us," she threw a pointed look to Bailey, "need all the help they can get it."

"Tawni!" Sonny shouted.

"What?"

"You're being really mean," she insisted.

"Whatev. Now, can we please start?" Tawni pulled out her bedazzled script and waited for the other two girls to do the same.

Tawni's character was the complete and total opposite of Bailey's. Tawni was to be the ruthless, vicious diva. The popular girl. The cheerleader. The stereotypical bitchy mean girl. The one every teen drama insists upon. She was to be Regina Bates, Melanie's ex-best friend. Her main purpose in life? Tormentation. Her main focus? Oliver, Melanie's boyfriend.

Regina: "Look what we've got here. Little Melanie Peace, girl wonder. How does it feel to be the most hated person in school?"

Bailey: "And what would that make you?"

Regina: "Was I talking to you?"

Bailey: "You were talking around me! Same thing!"

Regina: "Whatever. Melanie, you better watch your back, because someone might just step on it."

Melanie: "Someone like you, Reggie?"

Regina: "It's Regina. And yes, Mel. Someone exactly like me."

Bailey: "Why I ought to -

Melanie: "Are you threatening me?"

Regina: "Call it whatever you want hon, just know that by the end of the year that pretty little boy-toy of yours will be mine. And you'll return to the place you belong."

Melanie: "And where would that be, Reggie?"

Regina: "Underneath my one-of-a-kind boots of course. Take care, Mel." (Exits)

Bailey: "I don't understand why you won't let me take a bat to her head!"

Melanie: "As happy as that would make me, I don't think I'm ready for jail time."

Bailey: "Eh. So we'll hit her once. How much damage could a wooden bat do?"

Melanie: "If you're holding it?"

Bailey: "...yeah, you're right. Alright, miss goody-goody. We'll let the ice queen continue to attack your boyfriend."

Melanie: "And when you put it that way..."

Sonny looked down at her watch and then set her script aside. "Hey, guys. Let's break for lunch, okay?"

Bailey shrugged and Tawni merely stood and walked away. "Did you want to go grab something or..." She let her sentence trail off, waiting for Sonny's response.

"Actually I have to meet someone, but if you want to come over later my roommate and I were planning on renting a movie and ordering in..."

Bailey beamed and quickly gathered her stuff. "Great! I'll see you after lunch, okay?"

Sonny smiled and nodded. "Great." She then turned to her phone, picking it up and dialing away. "Hey, it's me. We should talk."

A/N: I think I am pretty evil. Jeezus. I always end up doing cliffhanger after cliffhanger, haha. Review if you like or are curious. Thanks!