SPOV
"Congratulations, Sonny!" exclaimed Zora in an enthusiastic manner. "Now we can beat them!"
I smiled. She was finally acting her age. Being stuck with people older than her must be hard for Zora.
"Yeah, Sonny. Make sure Chip doesn't win this thing," added Tawni, before fluffing her hair. It was already perfect, but Tawni was never easily pleased with her good looks; she always had to keep prettying herself up.
"We don't have to worry about that, guys," I reassured them. "We have Nico and Grady in our team. Everyone knows that no one else in the studios can eat as fast as them."
Zora laughed at that. "Yeah, even the teen gladiators would lose to them. I guess you are right. Speaking of the guys, where are they?"
We looked around us, before spotting Nico and Grady beside the froyo machine. This was common occurence, considering that part of their daily ritual was emptying the froyo machine. The only weird thing about the picture was that they were listening to what Chad had to say with expressions of utmost seriousness on their faces.
"What are those two doing with Chip Drama Pants?" asked Zora, squinting as if she could see what they were doing more clearly.
I looked at them as well. The guys rarely bothered with Chad, so it must be something important that was making them listen to him.
"Aah... They must be discussing something guyish like how to pick up girls," commented Tawni, after offering them a glance.
"Oh," I said, looking at Chad again. He was smiling at something the guys had said. His eyes crinkled, making him look even better than before.
Wait, what was I thinking? Nevermind, forget I even thought that.
"I just thought of a great sketch idea!" exclaimed Zora again. She looked even more excited than before. "Come on, lets go to the prophouse!"
I glanced at Chad once more, before leaving with my cast mates.
CPOV
Cloudy and Rainy had bought it. I led them both to the froyo machine, watching as they filled a cup each.
"So," I said, "we have about 10 minutes of break left. I will time you two to see who can finish the most number of cups in 7 minutes. Ok?"
"Sure man," replied Rainy. "I got one question though."
"Fire away."
"Why 7 minutes?"
"Because I said so. Your time starts now!" I exclaimed dramatically, before starting the stop clock.
Cloudy and Rainy stared at me blankly for a few seconds before my words finally caught up with them. They hurriedly shoveled spoonfuls of yogurt into their mouths. Anticipating that they will both finish at the same time, I flagged 2 crew members over. "I want a steady supply of yogurt provided to these two for the next two minutes."
Nodding hurriedly with looks of reverence on their faces. I was not known as the greatest actor of the generation for nothing.
Cloudy and Rainy gobbled up their first cups quickly, just as the crew members passed them a pair of freshly filled cups. Those went down quickly as well. It was amazing how quickly they could down the freezing cups of goo.
After 5 minutes, they were both at their sixth cup. However, they were both showing signs of slowing down. "Come on guys, quit lagging!" I shouted, causing them to speed up again.
Tick tock... I kept an eye on the stop clock, noting that there were only a few more seconds. Both Rainy and Cloudy were working their way through their eighth cups, no to mention at a slower pace.
"10... 9..."
They grabbed their ninth cups at the exact same moment
"8... 7... 6..."
"3... 2... 1... Alright gentlemen, your time's up!"
At that both of them dropped their cups and slumped down on their seats.
"I cannot take another bite," moaned Rainy.
"And my head hurts," commented Cloudy.
"Yeah, brainfreeze," added Rainy. "So, Chip, which one of us was faster?"
I blinked. These two guys werer creepy. If synchronised eating was an Olympic sport, they would win the Gold medal.
"Erm," I said. "That is really a good question."
"Spit it out man. My head hurts."
"The thing is," both of them stared at me, "you are both equally fast."
"What?" they exclaimed in unison. I shut my eyes, hoping that they would ignore me, instead of beating me up. But the blows never came.
Slowly, I opened my eyes, only to be greeted by an unexpected sight. Both the guys were hugging and patting each other on the back.
"Good job, man."
"You too. We rock!"
Ok, that was weird. They seemed unfazed by the fact that none of them had won.
"Guess we will just take turns being first then," said Cloudy.
"You got it, man" replied Rainy, pulling him into a hug.
"So, what do we do now?" asked Cloudy.
Rriiinnggg!
"Was that a bell?"
"Ok kids, time for round 2!" boomed Mr Condor's voice.
SPOV
"Sonny! It's time for round 2!' squealed Zora.
I laughed at her excitement. "Yes, Zora. I kind of gathered that from the bell. And Mr Condor's announcement."
"Yes, and remember! We must beat The Falls!" said Zora, looking very serious.
"Yes, Zora," I replied. "I will do my best to stuff froyo at supersonic speed into my mouth."
With that, I turned and hurried towards the tables for the second time that day. Nico and Grady were already at their positions, which were on either side of me, and they looked kind of pale.
"Hey guys. Ready to get them?"
"Sure."
"You go girl."
"Erm, ok. You do realise that we are relying on you two to win right?" I asked them. They did not seem their usual selves.
"Sure."
"Yup."
Ok, that was weird. Shrugging, I looked up to see Chad directly opposite me again. When he saw me looking at him, he smirked, revealing his perfectly white teeth which had no traces of chocolate on them. Argh, I wanted to win just to wipe that annoyingly cute smirk off his face.
"Alright," said Mr Condor. "Your time starts... Now!"
I quickly started started stuffing myself with froyo. Three cups was a whole lot, I was lucky if I didn't get a brainfreeze.
In a short while, I had finished with my first cup, and a crew member hurriedly replaced it with a newly filled one. Ok, I could do this. While continuing to spoon yogurt into my mouth, I glanced up to see Chad getting his second cup as well. Oh no, he was almost catching up with me! At least we had Nico and Grady to rely on.
Suddenly, I heard Zora shouting. "What is up with you two? Hurry! You need to eat much faster than that!"
Without slowing down the rate at which I was eating, I looked up to see who she was shouting at. To my surprise, I realised that both the guys in our team were starting to look a little green.
"We're trying, man," mumbled Nico, as he forced another spoonful into his mouth.
Doing my best to not let the shock slow me down, I finished off my second cup, starting on the third.
Chad was openly laughing at this point. Ok, that did it. He obviously had something to do with this. I emptied my last cup into my mouth and pressed the buzzer, happy that I had at least beat him. At that, Chad stopped laughing and hurried to finish his cup.
"Thank god you qualifed, Sonny. I don't think that I could eat another cup of froyo," said Grady, looking slightly sick.
"What happened guys?" I asked, looking at them. It was not like them to avoid froyo.
The buzzer rang all of a sudden, signalling that Chad had also qualified.
"Ok, Monroe and Cooper, you are up for the next round," bellowed Mr Condor. "Next round in 3 hours."
I nodded at him, before dragging the guys out of the chair. Tawni and Zora hurried towards us, helping me drag the guys to the prophouse.
"What was up with that? You knew that we were relying on you two!" exclaimed Zora. She looked really agitated.
"We know," moaned Nico, "but we couldn't take it anymore."
"Couldn't take what?" we cried in unison.
"We were sick of froyo."
Tawni laughed at that. "How can you two be sick of froyo? That's like me being sick of Cocoa Moco Cocoa!"
"Yeah, well, anyone would be sick after eating eight cups of froyo."
"What?"
*AN: Ok, I'm really sorry for not updating for ages. Truth is, I had no time after semeter started. However, you can start expecting regular updates from end of december, when my holidays start. I'm sorry! This story is almost done though, it's just way longer than I thought it would be. Thank you for reading. Please review!*