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"Wait…. Mandy wants to get revenge on us?" Grady asked again.
"Yes!" I said, "How hard is it to believe?"
"A bit harder since it's you saying it," Nico said.
"Guys, please you have to believe me! And you can't tell anyone about this," I said.
"Wait, what about Tawni?" Grady asked.
"I-…. I can't exactly tell her… she'll never believe me and she'll tell Mandy…" I said, "But I'm still working on that. I have to go warn Chad too," I said.
"Why?" Nico asked.
"Because whoever Mandy was talking to, wanted payback on Chad," I said.
"Why should we trust you? You're the one who betrayed us!" Grady said.
"Because. This isn't something I would lie about," I said.
"But you are jealous that Mandy is taking your spot in the show, aren't you?" Nico asked.
"Maybe a bit, but why would I lie about this?" I asked.
They stopped, thinking.
"Fine we believe you!" Nico said.
"Alright! Now just keep your eye out to see if Mandy's doing anything suspicious!" I said, "I'm going to go warn Chad."
And I turned around and ran off to find Chad.
I found him walking down a hall with Trevor and Devon and they must have talking about something they liked or someone said something funny, because all of them were smiling and laughing when I found them.
"Chad! Can I speak with you privately?" I asked.
"Oo, discussing wedding plans?" Trevor said and he, Chad and Devon all laughed.
"It was only one kiss," Chad said.
"Two, actually," I corrected, "And we're not getting married!"
"M'kay," Chad said.
"Well, hurry up, Chad, we're not gonna wait to get fro-yo without you!" Trevor said.
"You two have fun," Devon said, before he and Trevor burst out in laughter.
"What's their problem?" I asked Chad when they were gone.
"Ah, they're just a little crazy. We had a great rehearsal!" Chad smiled.
"That's great, Chad," I said a little quietly.
"What's wrong?" Chad asked.
"I overheard Mandy… She was talking on the phone and… I think she was planning to get revenge on us… She and someone else… Whoever it was wants you dealt with too… And I just wanted to warn you. But I don't know how to tell Tawni… because Tawni's a target, too… And she's close to Mandy," I said, "If I tell her, she'll tell Mandy. I don't know what to do."
"Well, I'm not sure what to tell you about Tawni… but I think I could get you the name of the person of who she called," Chad said.
"Really?" I asked.
"Just leave it to me," he winked.
CDC POV
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I walked through the halls and through a couple short cuts I had found since I started working here and then soon I made it to Stage 3 to see everyone sitting around. Either they hadn't started or it was break time. Didn't matter to me. I just needed Mandy's phone… I wish I had thought this out a bit more…
I thought about walking away to think this over a bit, but then I realized it was a bit too late.
"Chad?" Tawni said.
"Umm, hey," I said.
"What are you doing here?" she asked, walking up to me with Mandy by her side.
"That's a good question… see I was on my way to Stage 2, and then I…" I couldn't think of anything.
"What are you really here for, Chad?" Mandy asked, "And no excuses."
"Fine. I'm here to somehow steal your phone and see who you were calling and plotting to plan revenge on me and Sonny with. Okay and the other Randoms, too, I guess."
Mandy seemed to freeze for a moment.
"Mandy? What is he talking about?" Tawni asked.
"I have no idea," Mandy said, "He's babbling nonsense. How did you hear of this? I'm not saying what you're saying is true, but, what drove you to say this?"
"I have my sources," I said, folding my arms across my chest.
"Oh, come on, Chad," Mandy said putting a hand lightly on my shoulder and walking behind me. She put her arms around my shoulders and played with my tie. I crinkled my nose in disgust as she spoke quietly, "You can tell me. We used to tell each other everything back in the days."
"Yeah, that was when I liked you," I spat, shoving her off of me and fixing my tie.
"You've changed," she said, angrily, coming back in front of me, "You used to never want anything to do with So Random. If someone was plotting against them, I would have thought you to just sit back and watch so amused it made others sick! I was the only one you liked and you always refused to come over and I came to you."
"Then you never left me alone and I was starting to see that you were just an awestruck fan girl who didn't care about me. So I stopped caring about you," I said.
"But now I see that things have changed since I was last here! You care about Tawni, Nico, Grady, and Sonny. And you wouldn't want anything to hurt them now, would you?" she asked.
"Listen, it's Sonny that I care more about. The only reason why I wouldn't want the others to get hurt is because those are Sonny's friends. Well, they used to be, but she still cares about them and if they got hurt, she would be sad and it kills me to see her like that!" I said.
"Well then," Mandy said, looking down a moment before her green eye stared icily into mine, "You want to see my phone?" she asked, "Here, then."
She pulled out her phone and handed it to me.
I took it without taking my eyes off her until it was firmly in my hand.
When it was, I looked through the whole phone, looking for something that might suggest who she called around the time Sonny came to me… There was nothing.
I let out a heavy sigh and handed it back to her and walked away.
"You're welcome," she said as I left.
"Did you find out anything?" Sonny asked when I saw her again.
"No," I said sourly.
"Well, we'll just have to figure out something else… were her messages deleted?" Sonny asked.
"Yeah, I think so. Are you really sure you heard what you did?" I asked.
"Of course, Chad! And I thought you had a plan!" Sonny spat.
"I did!" I defended, "Sorta…not really…"
"So how did you get a look at the phone?" Sonny asked.
"I told Mandy the truth…" I muttered.
"You did what!" Sonny yelled.
"I didn't tell her about you! All I said was: I'm here to somehow steal your phone and see who you were calling and plotting to plan revenge on me and Sonny with…And the other Randoms…"
"Chad!" I said, exasperated, "This might have just made things worse!"
"Nuh, I don't think so," I said, "She seemed to know something was up."
Sonny huffed, "Fine then. We still need to figure what's going on out, though."
"Yeah, we do. And we will. Who else knows?" I asked.
"I only told Nico and Grady," Sonny said.
"Yeah, Tawni seemed surprised when I said to Mandy that I was trying to figure out who she called. She asked Mandy if it was true and obviously Mandy disagreed," I said.
"Obviously," Sonny said.
"What's wrong with you?" I asked her.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"You're acting like I did something to make you mad!" I said.
"Look, I'm sorry, Chad, it's just, I don't want anyone to get hurt tomorrow."
"Neither of us does, Sonny. We'll find out what Mandy's doing and who she's doing it with," I said, "And we'll figure it out together."
"Thanks," Sonny said, smiling before she walked close to me and wrapped her arms around my waist and rested her head on my shoulder.
I blinked. I was not used to being hugged. By anyone. But I could make an exception for her and I returned the hug quickly and awkwardly before I pushed her gently off me.
"Heh," I laughed nervously, "I better get going for now…. D-Devon and um, Trevor might still be in the Cafeteria…" Though I somewhat doubted it… I was gone for quite awhile. No more than an hour though.
"Alright," Sonny said quietly, "Bye, Chad."
"Bye," I muttered, turning around and nearly hitting a wall as I walked out.
SPOV
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I smiled to myself as Chad stumbled away. I never saw him this nervous. He was a bit odd from when I had kissed him that one time, but not really nervous…
Then I sighed. What was I doing? Ugh, I'm not supposed to be nice to Chad, but I already kissed him twice, helped him with his show a bit, and now we're working together to solve this Mandy thing and I just hugged him!
"Sonny Munroe you need to snap out of it!" I told myself, "Don't focus on Chad at the moment… Aside that we're gonna work this out together, doesn't mean I have to be all in love with him!" I paused. I think I just said 'in love… I thought for a moment then gave up. What else was I going to call it? This definitely wasn't a normal school girl crush. I liked him for awhile… just never gave it a serious thought.
I took a deep breath. I was just going to put this aside for now and go back to So Random for a bit to see if I could talk to Mandy.
And on my way to So Random, down one of the halls I stopped and walked over to a door and pressed my ear against the door, "Mandy?" I whispered to myself.
"Chad's onto us," she said quietly, talking on the phone probably since I heard no other voice, "He came over today and flat out told me someone heard me talking to you…I didn't tell him anything. Nothing about you, or what we're planning for tomorrow…." She chuckled to whatever the other person said, "Yes, they'll never suspect a thing… I know. I will be extra careful…You're definitely going to be there, right?... Alright…. Oh and yeah, you'll know when. I'll give you a signal… Sonny, Tawni and Chad first? Sounds good to me… Alright. See you tomorrow, James."
I froze and felt my mouth go dry. James… As in… it couldn't be… No..
Then I realized I had to get out of there and I ran, darting down the hall, but then I heard a snap and I tripped and fell on my stomach and looked to see I had broken my heel! I scrambled to get up, but Mandy had seen me.
"Problem, Munroe?" she asked me.
I stood up and now felt very 'uneven', "I'm fine," I said, "I just broke my heel."
"You were running," Mandy said, "I saw you."
"So? I was running, big whoop!" I said.
"Were you listening to my conversation?" Mandy asked.
"No!" I lied.
"You're lying," she hissed, "You can't lie. It's not in your nature."
"Then you know, I am going to tell everyone about this," I said.
"You'd need proof," Mandy said.
"I wouldn't need proof, because whatever you're planning you'll do tomorrow during the show!" I said.
"And who's going to stop me? You?" She asked.
"You bet I will," I said.
She smiled evilly, "Don't bet on it."
"What do you mean?"
She was staring behind me and I turned around to see a couple of security guards. One with Chad, one coming towards me, "Ms. Munroe, we're going to have to ask you and Mr. Cooper to leave the Studio until next Monday," he said.
"What?" I gasped, "Why?"
"According to Ms. Krinoch, you two have been harassing her," he explained.
"That's not true!" I said.
"Why would I waste my time harassing her?" Chad asked.
"Please remain silent," the guard said to us both. He put his hand on my shoulder and said, "This way," and Chad and the two guards and I walked in silent until we reached the entrance of the Studio.
They stopped there, but before we left, one of them said, "Don't even try coming back until Monday."
We both walked outside and Chad scrunched his nose in displeasure, "I can't believe this! They have no right to ban Chad Dylan Cooper from-"
"It's James Conroy," I said.
"What?" Chad asked.
"She's working with James Conroy."
