SPOV

I was standing behind Tawni, who was still stuck to her mirror. "Come on, Tawn, we got to leave now. We are almost late."

"One minute," insisted Tawni, reaching hurriedly for her lip gloss before applying it slowly. I tapped my foot impatiently, looking at my wristwatch. It was already 10.55 am. We had only five minutes to get to the cafeteria for the contest. Tawni finally capped her gloss after applying about five layers for the third time.

"Come on," I said again, dragging her out of the dressing room. "We are going to be late."

"Sonny, pretty cannot be hurried," explained Tawni, jogging behind me.

I rolled my eyes. "Yes Tawni, it can. If you want to keep your job."

"But I was just glossing. It's essential!"

I threw up my hands in exasperation while jogging towards the cafeteria at the same time. I must have looked like a clown to those around, but I would rather embarress myself than lose my job. "But Tawni, why on earth do you need to gloss before eating froyo? It will disappear soon anyway."

"Oh Sonny," said Tawni in reply, "you are too naive. I am not planning to stuff my face with froyo, that would just ruin my pretty."

"But Tawni, remember the plan? We have got to beat them!"

"Aah, you can do that while I watch," said Tawni, skipping ahead of me.

We finally reached the cafeteria in about a minute, to see everyone else form our cast there. However, the Mackenzie Falls cast was not there yet.

"Where are those kids?" thundered Mr Condor. "If they are not here in a minute, I will disqualify them!"

Zora hid a smirk, trying not to aggravate Mr Condor further. Did she even realise that she was the only one he feared?

Suddenly, the cafeteria doors flew open. One by one, the Mackenzie Falls cast members entered, spreading themselves out. Chastity and Ferguson stoopd one the right hand side while Skyler and Marta stood on the left, leaving a gap in the middle. A few seconds later, Chad entered, making his way to the middle, before striking a dramatic pose along with the rest of his cast.

I bit my lip to stop myself from laughing. Nico and Grady were pinching themselves to control their laughter, while Zora was shaking in silent laughter. Tawni, on the other hand, seemed entirely oblivious to the dramatic entrance; she was gazing at her reflection on her mirror.

Mr Condor, bless him, just glared at Chad's cast. "What do you think that you are doing? I ordered the whole lot of you to appear by 11 am. Your cast was almost late! And you can actually still spare time to make a dramatic entrance?"

Chad just blinked in astonishment. "But sir, we were just-"

"Enough!" bellowed Mr Condor, "Now get into position!"

We hurriedly rushed over to the tables that were set up for the contest. There were two rows of five tables each, facing each other. A few crew members were standing at the end of each table. I took a seat between Nico and Tawni, hoping that Tawni would at least make an attempt to eat.

"Ok, for the first round, you are required to finish up one cup of froyo. Press the buzzer once you are done," explaine Mr Condor, looking considerably calmer.

I looked up at the opposing team to see that Chad was sitting on the third table, directly opposite me. I stuck out my tongue at him, still not over what he had said the previous day. We were so going to beat them. Chad noticed what I was doing, and just smirked back. Jerk.

The crew members stumbled to place one cup of froyo on each table, obviously following some order given by Mr Condor. I hoped that I had not missed any important instructions when I had been gazing -I mean, glaring- at Chad.

"Mr Condor," whined Chastity, "I only eat vanilla flavored frozen yogurt. Can i have a different cup? Chocolate reminds me of mud."

"Quiet!" shouted Mr Condor, "You will eat what you are given, or you will be disqualified." Chastity shut her mouth, looking down at her cup with disgust.

Grady and Nico were actually licking their lips in anticipation. I did not see how this could be exciting in any way for them; they ate at least five cups of froyo each day.

"The first three from each team to finish one up will enter the next round," explained Mr Condor, looking as bored as he sounded. "On your marks," we all picked up our spoons, except for Tawni. I nudged her, tilting my head to her spoon. Grudingly, she picked it up.

"Get set," we moved our spons nearer to the cup. "Go!"

I shovelled spoonfuls of yogurt into my mouth, swallowing it as fast as I could. Getting into the next round was something I took seriously, despite how absurd the contest was. The amount of froyo in my cup as getting considerably lesser, and I spooned some more, getting encouraged. I heard two buzzers sound.

Taking one of my last few bites, I looked up at Chad to see how he was doing. Chad was sticking his spoon from his cup to his mouth at a astonishing speed, which hinted that he was almost done. His eyes locked with mine, making me blush. Determined to finish before him, I stuffed my mouth with more froyo, before swilling the spoon in the cup to get the last few drops of froyo. Placing that into my mouth I leaned forward and smacked the buzzer at the exact same instance Chad hit his.

I looked over at our opponents, seeing that only Chad had finished his cup. The other two guys were still eating furiously, while Marta placed small bites into her mouth daintily. Chastity was just glaring at the spoonful of yogurt she was holding, refusing to put it into her mouth.

We were so going to win this. Nico and Grady had obviously finished before me. I glanced at Tawni to see that her cup was untouched. She was currently glossing her lips for the umpteenth time. Zora was almost done.

In a few seconds, Zora had pressed the buzzer. Moments later, the guys from Chad's casts pressed their own buzzers.

"Ok, the first round is over!" shouted mr Condor, causing Mata to pause mid bite. She sighed in relief, putting her spoon down. "The first three from each team remain in your seats. As for those who did not make it into the next round, get lost!"

Chastity and Marta got up, linking arms before they skipped out of the cafeteria, without sparing a second glance for the rest of their team. Zora rolled her eyes, standing up before dragging Tawni up by the hand she was using to hold her mirror. "Come on, we can stand at the side and support them," she said, ignoring Tawni's protests.

I looked down, hiding my smile. Tawni obviously could not be bothered by the outcome of the competition. "Beat them, Sonny," whispered Zora, as she dragged Tawni past me. I nodded discreetly.

"Ok, seems like there is only one girl left," observed Mr Condor. "Tell you what," he said, sounding less moody, "I will give you a 15 minute break. The next round will start in 15 minutes. Be back here by then or be disqualified," he said, before turning an leaving the cafeteria.

I stood up, joining Tawni and Zora at the other end of the cafeteria while Nico and Grady ran off to the froyo machines. Typical.

CPOV

Hmm, so Sonny could force down a cup of froyo at the same speed as me huh? Cool... It made it much easier for me to carry out my plan. Now I have to make sure that she made it into the final round with me. The two dorks on her team seemed to be able to eat way faster than her. The only way she could get into the next round was if I eliminated her competition.

Turning around, I noticed that Sonny was sufficiently distracted by her other two cast mates. She was laughing, throwing back her head as the lovely sound escaped her throat. Her long brown hair waved down her back, catching the light as it moved from side to side. She really did have pretty hair. Not that I was planning to admit it again.

Smiling, I made my way back to the froyo machines, where Cloudy and Rainy were bouncing on the spot in excitement.

"Man, I wish we were allowed to eat more of this frozen goodness," said Rainy.

"Yeah, it tastes like heaven on earth," gushed Cloudy.

Actually, I had no idea which one was Cloudy and which one was Rainy. Who in their right mind actually names their children after depressing forms of weather. Come to think of it, I was not even sure if those were their real names. Ah, I would just have to go with the flow.

"Hey guys," I said, clapping both of their shoulder. "So," I continued, leaving my arms around thier shoulders as I walked them closer to the froyo machines. "Both of you seem to have mastered the art of froyo eating like professionals."

Rainy eyed me suspiciously, but Cloudy bought it. "Yeah, we do. We even finished at the same time!" he exclaimed in excitement. Rainy smiled at the thought. "Yeah man, we make a good team," he said in reply.

"So, which of you is better?" I asked. They both looked at me in confusion.

"Why are you even here with us?" asked Rainy. He seemed to be the smarter one. Cloudy tapped his chin at this. "Yeah, since when do you mingle with the 'Randoms'?" he asked, also looking suspicious.

"Hey. Don't look at me like that!" I objected, holding up my arms like I was giving up. "I was just curious to know which one of you was faster. After all, only one of you can get ito the next round."

Rainy and Cloudy looked at each other with blank looks on their faces. They really seemed to have no clue as to how to answer my question. "We don't knoww, man," replied Rainy, turning back to look at me.

"Why not," I said in answer, while trying to keep my tone neutral,"you two have a contest to see which one of you is faster?"

"Why would we want to do that?" countered Rainy.

"Yeah," added Cloudy, "we are going to share the froyo machine."

Hmm, this seems to be harder than I expected. "Yes you are," I said, trying to think of some way to trick them.

"But?" asked Cloudy, looking at me expectantly. Rainy turned to look at him in surprise. "What?" asked Cloudy, "I just felt like he was going to add a 'but'."

"Yes," I said slowly. "There is a 'but' in there."

Cloudy and Rainy just stared back at me blankly. Guess I was going to have to spell it out for them.

I tried to compose my face, ensuring that I had a serious expression on my face. "There is only one machine and two of you. Who gets to eat directly from the machine first?"

Cloudy suddenly looked looked at me like I had just dropped a bomb on him. "I guess we do have to have a contest," he said to Rainy, looking distraught.

"Yeah man, the froyo machine should be worshipped by the better froyo eater first. I agree to the contest to," he said, shaking his friend's hand. "May the best man win."

Game on.

*AN: Hey peeps! Sorry, I know that I disappeared for eons, but it was unintentional! My home computer crashed and I dont have a notebook, so I had to wait for it to be replaced. Please don't be angry! And thanks for reading this. The next chapter should be the last chapter, so see you then! Please review!*