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Cloudy with a Chance of Channy - Chapter 5
Trouble in Paradise
Mandy Parker glanced carefully down the hall, making sure no one was watching. She walked swiftly down the hall towards a dressing room, with the words "Chad Dylan Cooper" engraved on in in fancy gold script. She knocked once.
"Chaddy?" she called seductively, when she didn't get an answer. Not getting any response, Mandy turned the knob and walked in. Chad's dressing room was as lavish as always, but it didn't impress Mandy. She had more important things on her mind. She caught sight of a paper lying on a table, and quickly snatched it up with her perfectly manicured nails.
Things I love about Sonny
Scowling, Mandy crumpled up the paper and ripped it up before tossing it in the trash can. Stupid Sonny Munroe. Ever since she had got to Condor Studios, that too-bright, too-peppy excuse for an actress had been complicating her plans to get back with Chad. She had the perfect scheme, all planned out too. She would come back, apologize to Chad for being such a jerk, act seductive, win him over, and boom. She would be popular again. Simple, right? It should have been. Until that annoying exploding ball of sunshine came into the picture.
Fortunately, Mandy was the kind of person who knew exactly how to deal with those annoying blemishes on pictures. She caught sight of Chad's phone, lying unattended on the couch. She smirked to herself, and opened it up. Perfect.
Scrolling through the numbers, Mandy found the one she was looking for, and opened up a text. Typing quickly, she pressed send and smirked as the little envelope appeared on the screen.
Text sent succesfully to Sonny Munroe.
Time for Phase 2.
"All right everyone, let's take it from the top! Act 3, Scene 2: Chloe dumps MacKenzie!"
Chad groaned and ran his fingers through his hair, messing it up. That was a big deal for him. Chad only messed up his hair when he was really agitated. Now was a pretty good example of "really agitated".
He had tried as hard as he could to get them to cut the kissing scene out, but the writers wouldn't budge. Stupid writers. I should've fired them. Chad thought.
"C'mon, Chad we need you onstage!" the director called, and Chad sighed again. He fixed his hair and stepped onto the stage. Chastity stepped onstage too.
"Sorry, Chad," she whispered, giving him a sympathetic look. "I know you didn't want to do that scene with Mandy." Chad grimaced but nodded a thanks to her.
"And, action!" Chastity imminently got into Chloe mode.
"I'm sorry MacKenzie," she began, looking at the ground. "I...I can't be with you anymore." Chad put an expression of hurt and confusion on his face.
"But, why not Chloe?" he asked, cupping her cheeks in his hands. "I love you." Chastity looked up at him with sadness and apology in her eyes.
"I'm sorry, but..." she trailed off, before taking a deep breath and continuing. "I love someone else." Chad's eyes widened and he tried to look heartbroken.
"Who?" he asked, his voice cracking perfectly. Chloe looked saddened and ashamed, her expression begging for forgiveness.
"D...Devon," she managed out. Chad's eyes widened and his mouth dropped open. "I'm sorry." Chastity whispered, before dashing offstage. Chad dropped to his knees and faked a few sobs.
"Why?!" he cried out, flinging his arms to the sky. "Why, Devon? Why must you take everything I love?!" Chad sat there sobbing for a few moments, until a tentative voice spoke up.
"MacKenzie?" Grimacing towards the wall, Chad stood up to see Mandy standing at the edge of the scene.
"Kayla?" he asked, trying to put hope and wonder in his voice instead of disgust.
"Oh, MacKenzie!" Mandy wailed. "It is you!" Mandy rushed towards him, arms open. It's only a scene. Chad reminded himself, before holding his arms open. Mandy crashed against him and Chad staggered backwards.
"Oh, Kayla!" he forced out, trying not to gag. "I love you!" Mandy smirked sexily up at him, before leaning in. Swallowing uncertainly, Chad braced himself when...
"CUT!" Heaving a huge sigh of relief, Chad pushed Mandy off of him and backed away quickly.
"That's all we'll do today, guys." the director called out. "We'll save the kiss for the real taping." Chad breathed out gratefully. He spotted Dani standing near the door and walked over to her, grabbing a water bottle on the way.
"Thank goodness the director cut the scene," she said. "I thought I was gonna barf, watching that sleaze all over you."
"You're not the only one," Chad muttered, taking a swig of water. "I still have to kiss her on Wednesday," Chad and Dani both made a face. Then, Mandy waltzed over to them in her too-tight skirt and revealing shirt.
"Heey, Chad," she said in a sing-song voice. "Can I talk you you for a minute?" Mandy batted her eyelashes and Dani gagged theatrically.
"No one asked you," Mandy glared at Dani.
"Which is exactly why I gave my input," Dani retorted. Mandy rolled her eyes and turned back to Chad.
"Please, Chaddy?" she asked again. Chad glanced at Dani who was glaring at Mandy with intense dislike.
"Um, okay," he sighed.
"Great!" giggled Mandy. "Follow me!" She skipped away, leaving Dani staring at Chad, one eyebrow raised. Chad had always marveled her ability to do that.
"I'll just go see what she wants," he explained, and Dani rolled her eyes.
"Be careful though," she warned. "Five bucks she's gonna make a move,"
"I'll be careful," Chad promised before following Mandy out.
Sonny skipped into her dressing room, rosy-cheeked from laughing. The sketch they had just rehearsed was one of her favorites, and they all had a great time rehearsing it. She picked up her cow print phone, which was currently saying she had one new text.
Hmm, it's from Chad. Wonder what he wants. Sonny opened the text.
hey sonny. meet me outside my dressing room at 11 sharp. -chad
"Wow, he actually signed his name Chad, instead of CDC," Sonny chuckled, putting her phone in her pocket. She checked the watch. 10:57. Uh-oh. She'd better hurry if she wanted to make it on time.
Sonny walked swiftly down to the MacKenzie Falls set, wondering what Chad could possibly want with her. Rounding the corner to his dressing room, she stopped dead in her tracks. Her eyes were as wide as saucers, and her mouth gaped open, taking in the scene before her.
Chad and Mandy were pressed up against the wall. Making out.
I followed Mandy out towards my dressing room. What did she want that she couldn't tell me back there? I thought back to Dani's warning.
"Where are we going, Mandy?" I asked her, getting suspicious.
"Oh, I just wanted to talk to you in private," she smiled. We finally reached my dressing room. I opened the door and was about to go in.
"No, let's just talk out here," Mandy insisted.
"Okay?" I said, somewhat questioningly, and leaned up against the wall. "What's up?"
"Well, Chad, I just wanted to say how excited I am to be back at Condor Studios," she began, rocking on her heels.
"That's it?" I questioned. Surely she didn't come all the way here just to tell me that.
"Well... I also wanted to tell you how sorry I am for cheating on you last time," she answered. "I was hoping we could make up." My eyes widened. She could not be serious.
"Make up?!?" I demanded. "After what you did to me?! Are you insane? Oh, and also, in case you haven't noticed, I'm dating Sonny." Mandy rolled her eyes, and stepped closer to me.
"Oh, come on, Chad," she said. "We both know you can do so much better than her. You don't really like her."
"Excuse me?!" I sputtered. What is wrong with this girl? "Of course I like Sonny! She's so much better than you could ever be!" Mandy stepped even closer to me.
"Really, Chad, really?" Oh, what, now she's stealing my lines too?!
"Yes! Really!" I spat at her. "Get away from me, you slut." I hissed at Mandy, venom in my voice. Instead of backing off like I expected. she stepped so close that we were practically face to face. A smirk danced across her face.
"What are you-" I was cut off as Mandy forced her lips onto mine. My mind went blank with shock as she snaked her arms around my neck and pulled me closer. The blankness soon faded away, and was replaced by fury. I shoved her off as hard as I could. I was about to yell at her, when I heard a sob and saw a flash of brown disappear around the corner.
Sonny.
Oh, Mandy was gonna get it now.
"What the hell is wrong with you?!" I screamed at her. Mandy just stood there, a pleased expression her face. That smug smirk made me even more infuriated.
"Oh, come on Chad." she rolled her eyes. "You liked that, don't deny it." My eyes bugged out of my head.
"Are you frickin' insane?!" I screeched. "You're nothing but a no-good, slutty bitch." I spat at her. Mandy looked slightly confused.
"But Chad-"
"Don't "but Chad" me." I hissed at her. "Thanks to you, my relationship with Sonny is in danger. Get out of here, you slut." Mandy's eyes widened, then an angry look came on her face.
"Fine," she spat back. "You're not worth it anyway. Don't come crying back to me, Cooper. This is the last you'll see of me." I laughed harshly.
"Best news I've heard all day," I countered. Mandy glared at me, before turning heel and strutting away. I watched her leave, then slunk down against the wall and buried my head in my hands.
What the hell was I gonna do now?
Sonny ran as fast as she could from that horrible scene, tears streaming down her face. She couldn't believe Chad was actually cheating on her. She thought he'd learned his lesson.
Apparently not. She thought viciously as she fled. She didn't know where she was going, as long as it was as far away from Chad as she could get.
Bump! Sonny found herself face to face with none other than Jackson Tyler. He looked alarmed to see her crying.
"Hey, Sonny, what's wrong?" he asked, pulling on her arm to sit them down on a bench. "What happened?"
"Ch-Chad... " she blubbered, wiping away the tears furiously.
"What did he do?" Jackson asked, a bit of anger entering his voice. Taking a deep breath, Sonny told him the whole story. Jackson sat there wide-eyed. Finally, he pulled Sonny into a hug. Sonny was grateful to Jackson for being so nice to her.
"I'm sorry, Sonny," he said finally. "You didn't deserve this."
"I...I thought he loved me," Sonny whimpered, sniffling. "Of course he didn't. Why would he?"
"Hey, don't say that," Jackson said. "I care about you," Sonny smiled slightly.
"Thanks Jackson," she replied. "That's really sweet of you." Jackson grinned at her, and Sonny grinned weakly back.
"Hey, I wanted to ask you something," Jackson said, looking kind of nervous.
"Shoot," Sonny giggled.
"Well, I know this is a bad time and all, seeing as you just broke up with your boyfriend," Jackson said. "But I would like to know you better, Sonny. Would you go out with me?"
Sonny's eyes widened. Part of her was going "Oh my god, Jackson freakin' Tyler, the hottest vampire celeb in all of Hollywood just asked me out. Say yes Sonny!" But a bigger part of her was confused. Had she and Chad really... broken up? Why was he asking already? Didn't he realize she would need some time?
"Come on Sonny," Jackson pleaded. "It would be so great for both of us. Think of the news!" Sonny's mouth dropped open. That was all he wanted?! Her press? Her popularity??
"Jackson, I don't think so," she replied, the words coming out harsher than intended. "I'm not so sure I'm ready yet." Jackson looked slightly angry.
"What?" he demanded.
"I said I'm not rea-" Sonny was cut off as Jackson roughly kissed her. Sonny's heart went into overdrive, but with fear. What the hell was he doing?
"SONNY!" she heard a voice call out. She pulled away from Jackson and turned around to see Chad standing there, shocked. All her previous anger and hurt flooded back in an instant.
Chad's shout attracted Dani, as well as the rest of her cast.
"What's going on here?" Dani asked, looking between Sonny and Chad, who were standing apart.
"That's what I want to know!" Sonny yelled, pointing an accusing finger at Chad. "Why were you cheating on me?!"
"It wasn't what it looked like!" Chad defended. "Mandy kissed me!" Sonny laughed bitterly, sarcastically.
"Oh, sure, that's it!" she retorted, her brown eyes blazing with anger. Chad's face became angry too.
"It was!" he insisted, then glared at Jackson. "It's not like you care anyway, Miss Vampire-Kissing Cheater!" Sonny looked extremely hurt.
"That doesn't matter! He started it!" Sonny yelled back. "I can't believe you would cheat on me, Chad."
"Obviously, it doesn't matter to you." spat Chad. "We're over, Sonny." A hushed silence fell over them as Chad turned on his heel and began to walk away.
"FINE!" Sonny shrieked at him, tears running down her face again. Chad whirled around, his face livid.
"FINE!" he shouted back, his face turning red.
"GOOD!"
"GOOD!"
Dani and the So Random cast watched in horror. This was nothing like Chad and Sonny's usual fights.
"GOOD AND GOODBYE!" Sonny screamed, then turn around and ran away, tears flowing down her cheeks. Chad turned and stomped away too, leaving Dani, Jackson and the So Random cast standing there, dumbstruck.
Dani groaned and put her head in her hands, while Nico patted her back comfortingly. Finally, Jackson broke the silence.
"Whoa," he said laughing awkwardly. "Wow. Heh heh. So much for Channy then, eh?" The So Random cast stared at him in utter disbelief. Dani lifted her head from her hands and glared at him with such intensity that the So Random cast backed up a few steps. If looks could kill, Jackson would be a pile of ashes. Dani walked towards him and Jackson glanced around nervously.
"Get. Out. Now." Dani hissed at him, venom leaking from her every word. Jackson looked slightly scared now.
"Um, but what about the guest starring?"
"Get. Out."
"But-"
"You have five seconds," Dani interrupted him. "You have five seconds to get your sorry ass out of here before I kick it into next year. Five."
"But the show-"
"Four."
"Hey, I-"
"Three."
"Dani, listen-"
"Two."
"I really-"
"One."
"Dani-"
"Zero." Dani leapt forward and growled at him.
"Agh!" Jackson squealed like a little girl. He turned tail and ran as fast as he could to his car. Dani watched as his car drove out of the parking lot at top speed. The rest of the cast watched nervously as Dani turned around, looking tired and defeated.
"I am so Team Jason now."
Wow, that was LONG. And hard to write. Poor Chad and Sonny. :(
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