A/N: Sorry this took so long. It's finals time, so I haven't had that much time to work on this. Anyway, thank you for reading/reviewing/alerting. I hope you'll enjoy this chapter! P.S. I'm redoing the formating on previous chapters, so don't worry. It's the same story, but with breaks in them where they are supposed to be originally.


It was a long dress rehearsal. I was in a bad mood over the whole Chad-stole-my-slippers thing-and-I-couldn't-rescue-them thing and my elbows and legs were hurting from crawling back in the vents. I was glad when I was able to go back to my dressing room to go home for the day. I was stripping out of my ice cream cone costume as soon as I walked through Tawni's door. I was down to my t-shirt and shorts when I got to my side of the room.

I put my hands on my vanity and looked into the mirror at my sweaty self. Even though ice cream is suppose to be cold, that costume gets so hot! I reached to grab a towel, but a piece a paper caught my eye. I picked it up from the table, read it, and screamed.

"What is it?" Tawni ran over to my side of the room halfway still in her gingerbread girl costume.

"He left… a note," I said as I handed her the paper.

If YoU wAnT tO sEe

YoUr sLiPpErS aGaIn

CoMe To StAgE 14

tOmOrRoW aT 4

aLoNe Or ThEy GeT iT

"He didn't," gasped Tawni when she looked up from the note. "That's the lovebird stage!"

"The what?"

"Stage 14 is empty," explained Tawni. "So, it's where all the lovebirds go, kinda like Lookout Mountain."

"Eww!" I squealed. "Why would he want to meet me there?"

"I think somebody likes you," Tawni sang.

"Oh geez, Tawni, not again!" I whined as I sat down at my vanity.

"Fine," she said when she handed back the ransom note before she strutted away. "Don't believe me, but don't come crying to me, because all I'll say is 'I told you so'."


Tawni was wrong. She had to be. There was no way that Chad Dylan Copper liked me and wanted to meet me in Stage 14. Stage 14 is probably not the lovebird studio. She was probably confused and meant Stage 41. Yea, that was it.

"Hey Nico, Grady," I said as I walked into the prop house. The guys were playing video games in their X9000 gaming chairs. They finally saved up enough money to get a second chair so they could finally stop bickering over the first one.

"Hey Sonny," they replied together. They were playing the new Monkey Cars 3D video game.

"Guys, I have a question." I started pacing back and forth behind their chairs. "Hypothetically speaking, if you wanted to take a girl someplace romantic on studio grounds and only on studio grounds, where would you go?"

They paused the game and looked at each other. They both said in unison, "Stage 14."

"Oh Geez." The guys weren't helping my cause at all and they went back to their game. I went over the sarcophagus and knocked on the cover.

"What?" screamed Zora when she opened the door.

"Do you know how to get to Stage 14 through the vents?"

"No," she screeched. "They closed off the vents since it's an unused studio."

"Thanks, Zora. Thanks a lot," I said as she slammed the door shut.

I stormed back to the dressing room. Tawni was right, but I didn't want to tell that to her face. Stupid Slipper Stealer Chad. I perked my head up at the thought of an idea and sprinted for Marshall's office.


"So you want to do a sketch about a slipper stealer?" asked Marshall from behind his desk.

"Yep," I said with a big smile. Marshall didn't look convinced.

"And you want to have this done for tomorrow's live show?"

"Yep." My smile grew even bigger and my cheeks were hurting. Marshall was deep in thought and he didn't look convinced.

"I," he started and I crossed my fingers, "like it! No, absolutely love it!" I breathed a sigh of relief. "You get started on this right away! I want to see a run through three hours before the live show!"

"Thanks Marshall." Another big smile was on my face as I went out the door. "I won't let you down."

I sprinted right out of his office and back to So Random!


I was running in the hallway that connected Mackenzie Falls and So Random when I almost ran into Chad Dylan Cooper. I only say almost, because I saw him and meant to dive behind a plant. In midair, Chad grabbed my arm and pulled me towards him causing me to crash into his chest and this caused both of us to tumble down to the ground.

"Whoa, watch it Munroe," said Chad as soon as he loosened his grip and I scrambled off the top of him. "What were you doing diving behind a plant? Didn't want to see the Greatest Actor of Our Generation?"

"Uh, no," I said as he got up with his hand still on my arm. "I just happened to spot a… penny and was going to pick it up."

"And that involved diving?"

"Yep." I tried to walk away, but his grip on my arm tightened.

"Whatever, Munroe," he said when I finally broke free of his grasp and took off. "I'll see you later."


"You want us to do a sketch about WHAT?"

That was Tawni's reaction when I broke the news about the last-minute sketch during rehearsal on the stage. She was the one member out of our cast that was the least ecstatic about this idea.

"You heard me."

"So we're doing a sketch about your ugly shoes being stolen? Are you sure you don't have a crush on Chad? Because I'm 99.9% sure he has one on you."

"I DON'T have a crush on Chad and he DOESN'T have one on me!"

"I think someone's in denial."

"Whatever Tawni, let's just practice the sketch."

"Fine," she said as she looked at where the camera was supposed to be. "Hello, my name is Tawni Hart and I'm here to inform you of a situation that is sweeping the nation… SONNY MUNROE IS IN LOVE WITH CHAD DYLAN COOPER!"

Everyone in the room gasped, especially me.

"I do NOT!" I insisted.

"De-ni-al," she sang, stretching out every syllable.

"Whatever," I said trying to brush it off. "Let's just rehearse this, please? And seriously?"

Weird stares from my cast mates were my answer as we started.