Whoa, an update from me? For reals? Two weeks earlier than expected? *dramatic gasp*

Turns out that my computer was in good condition and didn't need that much work done, so I got it back earlier. Hooray! :D And on an even better, note, Falling for the Falls is on YouTube! There are links on my profile.

Disclaimer: No, I don't own SWAC. Do you have to rub it in?


Cloudy with a Chance of Channy - Chapter Ten

Just The Way We Are

It's been about four days since I agreed to guest star on MacKenzie Falls. Four days since I realized I'd have to be filming my first mature scene. Four days since Chad had tried to be a comedian.

Four days since Chad and I have been avoiding each other.

No, that's not the right word. We haven't exactly been avoiding each other, thing are just kind of... awkward. Yeah, awkward. Really awkward. I mean, it's not that I feel uncomfortable doing the scene or anything... okay, maybe a little.

I just don't know how to feel about the whole situation. I've never really had a boyfriend for as long as Chad and I have been together. And, yes, I'll admit, we've had our ups and downs. But, we just got over a huge fight, and I don't want to start another one.

We're not fighting, though. We're just... not as comfortable around each other now. It's like doing a love scene with him has made me ask myself questions about our real life relationship.

And Dani hasn't been any help either. Normally, I'd talk to her about this kind of stuff, because, let's face it, she's kind of an expert on relationships. Especially me and Chad. But I haven't even seen her around that much lately, and I have a weird feeling that she and Chad haven't been getting along.

As you know, I'm a talker. And since I haven't had the chance to talk to Dani, I've had to resort to other people.

Which, trust me, hasn't turned out too well.

"And it's just been really awkward, and... Tawni! Tawni, are you listening?"

"Hmm?" my dressing roommate looking up from her nails, which she was filing. "I'm sorry, did you say something?"

"Yes!" I cried, exasperated. "Can you just please listen for a minute?"

"Sorry, Sonny!" she replied, not sounding that sorry. "But you kind of ramble on, and I'm not really sure what you're talking about." I sighed.

"I'm worried about my relationship with Chad," I confessed. Tawni's eyes widened.

"Seriously? But you just made up!" she said. "Don't tell me you two are fighting again."

"No, we're not fighting," I explained. "It's just... you know about the scene I have to do with him on MacFalls, right?" Suddenly, Tawni burst out into hysterical laughter.

"Ha- stop!" she snorted, choking on her giggles. "It's too funny!" I rolled my eyes.

"It's just made me think about our relationship and where it's going," I said, partly to myself. Tawni stopped laughing abruptly and looked at me.

"Use protection, okay?" she said seriously. I swear, I turned beet red.

"What?" I spluttered, my face burning. "I wasn't thinking- I'm not going to- TAWNI!"

"What? I'm just saying." Tawni said defensively. "Why are you asking me anyway? Go talk to Chad about it." I blushed even deeper and began to mumble incoherently. "Or why don't you ask Dani?"

"I haven't been able to find her," I replied. "I'll look again though. Thanks for trying, Tawn." I sighed and got up.

"See that, Tawni?" I heard Tawni talking to herself in the mirror. "I can be nice. And I give great advice too! And I'm pretty!" I rolled my eyes and walked over to MacKenzie Falls. Dani was probably hanging out by the lounge, or in her brother's dressing room. Or at least I hoped she was.

As I passed by Chad's dressing room, I heard raised voices.

"I said no, and that's final!"

"You're not my father! Don't tell me what to do!"

"I'm trying to protect you, okay? That guy is bad news!"

"You don't even know him!"

"Exactly!"

I closer to the dressing room door and listened. It sounded like Chad and Dani were having an argument.

"This is none of your business, Chad. Stop worrying about my romantic life, and start worrying about yours."

"I- what do you mean?"

"Hello? You've been avoiding Sonny for the past few days."

"I have not!"

"Yes, Chad, you have. And I'm almost sixteen now, I can look out for myself. I'm not a china doll, I don't need my big brother breathing down my neck all the time."

"Dani-"

"Later, Chad."

I heard footsteps coming towards me and I realized almost too late what that meant. I dove away from the door before Dani could open it. Unfortunately, I tripped over my feet and stumbled. Dani opened the door, looking angry, then froze. I smiled at her sheepishly.

"You heard all that, didn't you?" she asked, putting her hands on her hips.

"Well, I was coming to look for you and-" I broke off under the stare she was giving me. "Yes." I sighed guiltily. She looked at me for another few seconds, before motioning for me to follow her.

"Come on," Dani said, and began walking away. I followed her all the way into the Prop House, where she plopped down onto the couch with a huge sigh. I sat down next to her tentatively.

"So..." I began awkwardly.

"Chad is a nosy, interfering, self-obsessed jerkface," she said simply. I cringed. What was I supposed to say to that?

"I'm sorry," Dani sighed. "I just needed to get that out of my system. Let's talk about you now,"

"No," I said suddenly. "We always talk about me, Dani. About me and Chad. Tell me what's happening with you."

"It's nothing," she mumbled, looking down at her feet.

"It didn't sound like nothing to me," I said gently. "Tell me. Maybe I can help."

"I... I got an offer for a movie," Dani began uncertainly. A grin lit up my face.

"Really? That's great! Congratulations!" I cheered. I noticed the sad look on her face and stopped. "But...?"

"But Chad doesn't want me to do it," she replied.

"Why not?" I asked, confused. Chad always knew that Dani loved acting. She was really good at it too.

"It's filming in New York," she continued. "And it's a teen romance. It's about this high school girl who gets drunk at a party and ends up getting pregnant. The baby's father is the girl's enemy since kindergarten. There's a lot of intense scenes in it, and Chad doesn't like my co-star very much."

"Who it is?" I asked.

"Justin Bieber," she replied, and I winced. Chad had always had very strong feelings against that kid, even though he'd never met him.

"It's not like I'm some obsessed Bieber fan!" Dani cried. "I just want to do this movie. I know Chad's trying to look out for me, but he doesn't think that I can do this on my own! And I can!"

"Dani, he's your older brother," I said comfortingly. "And it's Chad. This is his weird, twisted way of showing he loves you."

"I know," Dani sighed. "I just wish he wouldn't tell me what to do. I'm not a kid."

"Why don't you go talk to him?" I suggested. "Tell him what you told me."

"Yeah..." Dani looked down at her feet, then back up at me. "What about you, huh?"

"Me?" I asked, confused.

"Yeah, you," Dani's impish grin appeared again. Uh oh. "You two have been avoiding each other since Saturday." I blushed and mumbled something. Dani laughed.

"I'll talk to him if you do," she said, and I winced.

"But what do I talk to him about?" I asked.

"I dunno," Dani shrugged. Oh, thank you. Very helpful. Not. "Just talk. You two haven't talked forever."

"It's just so... awkward!" I burst out. "It's like I don't even know what to make of him anymore." Dani nodded thoughtfully. Just then, a very disheveled looking Chad ran into the room.

"Dani!" he cried, then his gaze landed on me. "Hi, Sonny."

"Hey, Chad," I replied, not meeting his eyes. Dani nudged me sharply. "OW!"

"What do you want?" Dani snapped at him.

"I'm sorry," he pleaded. "Can we just talk about this?"

"Okay," Dani sighed. "Chad, I'm old enough to do this movie, and I'll be fine. You need to just trust me on this one. I don't even like Justin Bieber, it's just acting. And this could be a really big break for my acting career."

"Dani..." Chad hesitated and looked at his sister. "I know."

"You do?" Dani asked, surprised.

"Yeah," Chad sighed, and sat down on the couch next to Dani. "I just... you're the only little sister I have, and it's hard for me to let you go across the country and make out with some Zac Efron wannabe. Just... just promise me you'll be okay."

"I promise," Dani grinned, and I could've sworn I saw tears in her eyes. "I love you, Chad."

"I love you too lil' sis," Chad grinned too and wrapped Dani in a huge hug. Dani hugged him back fiercely.

"Awww..." I cooed, putting my hand over my heart. The two jumped apart quickly. "You two are so cute." I grinned at them. Dani stuck her tongue out at me and hopped up.

"Well, now that that's over with," she grinned. "I think you two have a little talking to do as well. Toodles!" Dani waved and skipped away before I could say anything.

"Sonny..." Chad looked at me pleadingly.

"What?" I asked, confused yet again.

"You know that I love you, right?" I blinked. Where did that come from?

"Of course, Chad, but what..." I was cut off as Chad crushed me in a gigantic hug as well. "Can't- breathe!" I gasped. Chad let me go and I stared at him.

"What was that for?" I asked.

"Well, I know I've kind of been avoiding you lately, and I'm sorry," Chad mumbled.

"I'm sorry for avoiding you too," I sighed. "What's going on with us?"

"I don't know," Chad replied, and we just sat there for a while. "I think it's the scene." he said finally.

"Me too," I replied.

"Sonny, I don't want this to change anything between us," Chad burst out. "I know it's really awkward, but we just got into a fight, and I don't want it to happen again and..." I cut him off by pressing my lips to his in a short, sweet kiss.

"I know," I grinned at the dazed expression on his face. "And it won't." Chad grinned hugely and pulled me in for another kiss. I sighed, tangling my fingers into his hair as he pulled me closer.

"Hey, have you guys seen my - OH EW!" Dani shrieked as she walked back into the room. "Oh my god! My eyes! GAH! Well, I'm guessing everything's okay now. Oh, gross. Get a room, geez!" Dani fled, covering her eyes.

I pulled away from Chad and started laughing uncontrollably. He stared at me for a moment before starting to laugh too. We just sat there, giggling hysterically, enjoying each other's company.

"I'm guessing everything's okay between you and Dani now?" I asked after a while.

"Yeah," he smiled, making my stomach flutter. Those deep blue eyes hypnotized me every time...

"You were getting lost in my eyes again," Chad smirked. I blinked, coming back to reality.

"I was not!" I protested, my face turning pink and my voice getting high. Stupid high voice.

"Were too!" Chad teased me, poking me in the side.

"Was not!"

"Were too!"

"Was not!"

"Were too!"

"SHUT UP!" Chad and I both jumped as the sarcophagus door flew open with a bang, revealing a very annoyed looking Zora. "God, you two are so irritating!" she scowled. "Can a girl not get any peace around here?" Zora slammed the door again. I stared at it for a few minutes before starting to giggle. Chad rolled his eyes,

"Hey, we haven't been out in a while," he suggested, looking towards me hopefully.

"Is this your way of asking me out?" I teased.

"Is this your way of saying yes?" he countered.

"Oh... fine," I relented, smiling happily.

"Fine," he replied.

"Fine,"

"Fine,"

"Good,"

"Good,"

"Would you go away already?" Zora groaned, opening the door again. Chad stuck his tongue out at her, and Zora responded the same way. I rolled my eyes.

"Come on, let's go get some froyo," I laughed, getting up. "Last one there has to buy!" Chad took off running at top speed. I laughed again and waited for a little while. Sure enough, a few seconds later he skidded to a stop.

"Wait... we get frozen yogurt for free!" I snickered and ran past him. "Sonny!" he whined, chasing after me. He chased me into the cafeteria where he tackled me into a chair and began tickling me. You may not know this, but I am very, very ticklish.

"Aw, you two are so cute it makes me want to barf," I glanced up to see Dani making a face at us. She plopped down in the chair next to me.

"Guess what?" she said excitedly, stealing Chad's froyo and eating it. "The director said I got the part!"

"That's great Dani!" I squealed.

"Hey! That was mine!" Chad protested, trying to snatch his yogurt back. Dani snickered and danced out of his reach.

"Not anymore," she teased, spooning some more into her mouth. "Mmmm... this is delicious." While Chad whined and tried to steal his yogurt back, a man in a delivery outfit came up to our table.

"Excuse me," he said. "I have a delivery for Miss Danielle Cooper." Dani glowered like she always does when someone says her real name.

"That's me," she replied, and the man handed her the box.

"What's that?" I asked, peering to look at the label.

"I dunno," Dani ripped open the box and gasped. "Sonny! It's my Ploopy the Pillow with Pants!" She squealed happily and pulled out a cute purple pillow with stitched on eyes and blue pants.

"Oh my gosh!" I cried. "You finally got it!"

"Do you remember when you ordered it?" I said. "That was the day I met you!" I sighed, remembering the day like it was yesterday.

"Yep," Dani grinned. "That was also the day I decided to get you and Chad together." Chad rolled his eyes and put an arm around me.

I snuggled into it as Dani, Chad and I talked and laughed together. I felt truly happy for the first time in a while. Now that all the drama and awkwardness was over, I realized what great friends (and boyfriend) I had. Sure, we were kind of an odd mix. And we did have our spats, our awkward moments, and our mistakes. But I wouldn't change it for anything.

Because that's just the way we are.


And that is the last chapter of Cloudy with a Chance of Channy!

There WILL be an epilogue though, so don't worry. The epilogue is mainly going to be showing the episodes of So Random! and MacKenzie Falls. And just sort of a farewell, wrap up thing.

Thank you for putting up with the super long wait for an update! And I WILL be updating A Summer to Remember soon! I promise!

Peace, love, and Falling for the Falls (eep!),

~ TeddyLuver