Chapter Two- They Call Her Love

Narrator POV

"She is love… and she is all I need. And when that world slows down... no stars burn out…. Oh she'll be, yes, she'll be there." Sonny sang, as she brushed her hair in front of the mirror.

"I didn't know you were a singer, Munroe." Chad's voice rang across the dressing room.

"Yeah. Go away, Chad." Sonny said, shortly, raising her eyebrows.

"Can't a guy talk?" Chad said, sitting down on the couch, putting his feet up on the table.

"Get your feet off the table! And, just get out!" Sonny said, stomping over to him and gesturing at the door.

"What if I don't want to?" Chad asked.

"I really don't care. My dressing room, my rules. Leave."

"Whatever. This place isn't cool enough for me anyway." Chad snapped, stomping out of the room.

Sonny sighed, sitting on the couch, and took a slow breath. It smelled like Chad's cologne, "Mmm… I mean uck. Ick."

Pulling out a book, she leaned back on the couch.

"Tawni's here!" Tawni's high voice broke the silence, "What are you doing?"

"Sitting on the Chad. I mean couch." Sonny put her head in her hands, "What's wrong with me?"

"You like Chad. Just admit it." Tawni said, rolling her eyes.

"No I don't!" Sonny exclaimed, "He's a jerkfacewad."

"A jerkfacewad? What are you? Four?" Tawni giggled, "Look Sonny. It's not so bad. You just got to… get over him. He'll just hurt you in the end."

"Are you… being comforting?" Sonny asked skeptically, as Tawni tried to give her a hug, but ended up just making the moment incredibly awkward.

"I always am to the less pretty and fortunate. Mostly less pretty." Tawni flounced over to her vanity, smiling at herself, "I'm so pretty. Yes you are, Tawni. Yes you are."

Sonny gave her a weird look, and went to get some frozen yogurt, passing Nico in the hallway.

"Get me some froyo?" He asked, smiling.

"Sure thing, vanilla?"

"But of course." He said, "Thanks."

Entering the commissary, she saw the hottest guy she had ever seen. And surprisingly, relieving her greatly, it was not Chad Dylan Cooper.

***

Justin was a guest star on the third show that shared Condor Studios with So Random! And Mackenzie Falls, Helen's Heart. He never would admit it, but he had only taken the part because he knew Sonny Munroe from So Random was in that studio as well. He had had a crush on her for a few months now. It was irrational, yes, but maybe it could happen.

"Dude, you are never, ever gonna get with Sonny Munroe. She is high obtain." Justin's best friend, Derek, said, shaking his head, "She's beautiful and smart and nice, triple threat, dude, triple threat."

"It could happen." Justin protested.

"Holy- Dude, Justin, Justin Dude it's her!" Derek stuttered, staring as Sonny entered the room.

"Yeah right. Quit making fun of me, okay. I know it's stupid." Justin said, grimacing, "Jokes aren't funny anymore, dude."

"I swear on Bella's Taco Supreme, she's behind you." Derek said, crossing his heart with his thumb.

"On Bella's what?" Justin laughed, "You're a freak. And I know it's practically impossible for me to meet Sonny Munroe."

"Not so impossible." A voice said from behind.

Justin spun around to find himself looking down at none other than Sonny Munroe (he was about a foot taller than her). His cheeks reddened, and he stuck a hand out in greeting, "I'm Justin Fuller. I've always admired your work. You're a great actress."

"I'm Sonny Munroe. And thanks. Are you a guest star?" Sonny smiled, and took a pudding cup from Brenda, the cafeteria manager.

"Yeah, I'm on Helen's Heart this week. Do you wanna eat lunch with us?" His cheeks flushed again, "If you want to I mean."

"Sure." Sonny's grin widened, and she followed them to a table much like Mackenzie Falls' table; tablecloth, candles, and roast lamb (with an occasional steak), "Does everyone get a nice treatment except us?"

Justin laughed, "What do you mean?"

"Brenda gives us this unedible food and y'all that delicious gormet stuff!" Sonny said holding out her plate for him to see the gray lump Brenda called food.

"Whoa. Is it moving?" He said, stepping back a little.

Sonny laughed, "You should be on So Random! You're funny."

"Thanks. Maybe I'll ask around, and get someone to check in. If it's cool with you, I mean, if you want to." He stuttered, 'Will my face just be permanently red around her?'

"Yeah, I'll ask my producer, Marshall. He's a great guy, I'm sure he'll left you guest star. " Sonny said, "This'll be so much fun!"

Sonny and Justin talked for almost an hour after everyone else from Helen's Heart had left. Justin found she was even better in person, and Sonny found Justin was a great guy, although she wasn't sure if she liked him liked him, like she liked Chad. But that 'liking' was a secret.

***

Chad was late. Late for everything- he had missed lunch, and rehearsal for a stupid press meeting about his puppy-shoving problem. He had to talk to a psychiatrist and everything, but, in the end it was worth it because the public and the press liked him again.

But still. He had hated it all. And he missed lunch. Brenda might not even be there with his lunch, so he might have to eat what the Randoms ate. He shuddered and walked into a supposedly empty cafeteria.

"Sonny?" He said under his breath, seeing Sonny with a good looking guy in the corner table, laughing, 'Not as good looking as me, but still.'

Chad rushed out, cheeks flaming, and ran to Portlyn, "Who's a guy with dark hair and blue eyes? He's not on Mackenzie Falls or So Random! So, he's on Helen's Heart. He is about as tall as me. A little under. Who is he, Portlyn?"

"That is… a guest star. Justin Fuller. Rumors of him joining the cast full time and moving out here. Rumors also of him liking a certain squeeze of yours, Sonny Munroe. Is that what's got you all freaked out?" A grin tugged at Portlyn's lips.

"Shut up. I just need to know about new people." Chad said after an awkward pause where he had to think of a retort, "Never mind, it doesn't matter. She'll like me in the end of it."

"I doubt it. You're always mean to her and her friends. Except for those miniscule times where you do something nice. How is a nice girl, a really nice girl, gonna see that as boyfriend material?" Portlyn's smile had turned to a sneer, "Plus Chad, come on. You're so off and on with her."

"You're hot than you're cold. Yes than you're no. You're in then you're out. Up than you're down." Portlyn sang, laughing.

"Shut up."

"What do you call her? Enemy? Friend? Passionate lover?" Portlyn was cracking up now. This was the first time she'd ever seen Chad like this, ga-ga over some chick he thought was gonna be a girlfriend. Girlfriend? Chad had dates, single one-time dates.

"They call her love." Chad muttered, thinking back to this morning, when he had caught Sonny singing to Parachute.

"What?" Portlyn hadn't been expecting that, and she stopped laughing abruptly.

"They call her love."

***

So… to mentionings in this chapter.

SONGS

They Call Her Love- Parachute

Hot N Cold- Katy Perry

I OWN

Justin and Derek and Helen's Heart, nothing else.

EPISODES

Mentions all when Justin says he's watched it since beginning.

Fast Friends- When Chad talks about the puppy-shoving problem

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X's and O's,

Callie