Disclaimer: I own nothing affiliated with Sonny With a Chance.

Author's Note: So I'm not ashamed to admit that I love Sonny With a Chance, and Sonny/Chad is just the cutest couple ever. I just have to write about them and, though this idea is slightly clichéd, I can work it differently. For instance, it's written differently: as a series of journal entries, switching between Chad and Sonny.

Summary: Sonny Munroe gets a lead role in an upcoming movie, Stand. Two problems with that: 1—Chad Dylan Cooper is the lead male and 2—the movie is a romantic comedy. Let the games begin…

The Standing Chronicles
By PiperPaigePhoebe01

Chapter One

Sonny

Sunday
August 9, 2009
Prop House
5:33 PM

Mood: ecstatic

"Congratulations, Sonny Munroe. You've received the role of Katie Hall in our upcoming movie, Stand."

Yeah, you read that right.

I, Sonny Munroe, am now a movie star—or I will be, once we start filming. I am so ecstatic right now that, as I am writing this, I am dancing around the prop house, singing as loud as I can, and grinning maniacally at anyone who even so much as looks at me. Of course, Nico, Grady, Tawni and Zora left thirty-four minutes ago when I first burst in here, grinning even more maniacally than I am now (and yes, that is possible).

Thirty-five minutes ago now, I got the news. And it's still sinking in. I just can't believe this! I'm the lead!

And you know what else?

This movie is a romantic comedy. This means I get to costar with someone cute and nice, like Joe Jonas or Sterling Knight or Drew Seely. Personally, I'm holding out for Robert Pattinson, because not only does he star in Twilight, he has an ultra adorable British accent. Anyone with a British accent automatically goes up on my "Top Ten Cute Guys" list.

Although anyone is fine, so long as it's not Chad Dylan Cooper. Chad Dylan Cooper is so jerkish that I can't fathom having to actually work with him. It's hard enough seeing him on a daily basis, but actually having to work with him?

Please.

I'd rather stab my eyes out with a spork.

And let me tell you: I bet that would be painful. So for the sake of my intact eyeballs, Chad Dylan Cooper better not get the role. I know he has a good chance of getting it, because he auditioned, and though he's against Zac Efron and Robert Pattinson, he's still a good actor and might be able to con his way into the role.

I won't think about that, though. I will instead think about Robert Pattinson getting the role. My life would be epic win if he did, I'm telling everyone right now. Even though the only person who will ever see this is me.

Eeeeeeeeeee.

I'm super excited to start filming! I will find out who got the role of Jonathan tomorrow, and then next week, we head to New Zealand to start the movie. Thankfully, So Random! is almost done filming this season, so things will work out really well.

Although there's still one more sketch to film, but that's tonight. Speaking of which, I'm supposed to be in the dressing room in… sixteen minutes, so I'd better finish this journal entry up. Or on second thought, I'll just bring it with me. Tawni and I can pass notes while Nico and Grady do another one of their "Dolphin Boy" sketches. I think she's mad at me, though I don't know why… I'll figure it out.

'Kay, later.

Same Day
Backstage So Random!
6:01 PM

Hey. -S

Hey. -T

Are you mad at me?

No.

Oh. It just seems like you were.

There's no reason for me to be mad at you. Except, of course, you stealing the lead role of that movie from me.

What? I didn't "steal" it!

That role's mine.

How?

Because I obviously deserve it. I don't deserve to be this… Lauren chick in that other movie. I need to be the lead!

You'll have plenty of spotlight time in that movie too.

Yeah, but she's not the lead.

You'll look prettier in that movie than I will in mine.

That's all right, then. Do you have any idea who your co-star is going to be?

No idea. I'm hoping Robert Pattinson.

Cute.

Yeah. Anyone but CDC.

CDC?

Chad Dylan Cooper.

Oh. But we all know you'd secretly like to kiss him.

…who?

Chad!

I think all of that lip gloss is addling your brain. I do not now, nor will I ever, want to kiss Chad, not if I'm sad or mad or bad, or… any emotion!

Sure. I believe you.

Your sarcasm is dripping.

?

You don't believe me.

Of course I don't. You're blind, Sonny.

I can see perfectly well, tyvm!

Then you can see that it's a minute before we're on. I need time to look appropriately pretty. So let's stop this note-taking and denials.

All right.

The note-taking, not the denials.

Not that I am denying anything. Because I'm not.

Same Day
Bedroom
10:00 PM

I'm not denying anything.

Tawni is crazy.

When have I ever shown the least amount of interest in Chad Dylan Cooper? When have we (Chad and I) ever had a conversation where we haven't wanted to yell at each other? When have we ever looked anything like a couple?

…all right.

There was the prom, but that's it.

Chad and I are nothing alike. He's stupid and jerkish and dramatic and waaaay overconfident and the star of the most dramatic show on TV, and I'm funny and sweet and slightly less confident and (one of) the stars of the most comedic show on TV. We don't mix, we're like oil and water or—or—or something else that just doesn't mix well.

Sure, we argue and bicker a lot, but really, that's so clichéd. Rivals who argue and bicker all the time getting together? Clichéd. We might live in Hollywood, but we're not about to act like a lame romantic movie.

Oh. Wait.

I am.

But there's no way Chad can get the role. There's such a slim chance that I will no longer even entertain the possibility. Instead, I will talk about how I started writing in this journal thing in the first place.

So to start at the beginning, my mother gave me this journal a few days ago, but I haven't had a chance to write in it since a few hours ago. I've been super busy with So Random! stuff, like planning sketches, filming sketches, and just hanging out with the cast before I have to leave them for a month. I've also been busy trying not to let Chad get under my skin too much, not that it's working.

Ugh, Chad's taking over my journal. Look at that, I tried not to mention him and I did, in the very next paragraph. I will try not to mention him.

More about the journal. I told my mother several times that I've wanted something where I can write about the Hollywood goings-on, and she gave the journal to me the last time she visited me. The journal's bright red, very pretty, and has a sun on it. "To Sonny, I love you, Mom" was written on the inside, and it makes me happy whenever I see it!

I wanted to hold off on writing in it until I had something special to share, and sure enough, I have something super special to share. I'm going to be a movie star! I still cannot believe it. It blows my mind, really, that I'm part of an actual movie and not a lame one like "The Chad Dylan Cooper Story."

Now that's lame.

Aaaanyway.

I really like writing in this thing so far, and it will be nice to write the goings-on when I get to New Zealand. It'll only be thirty days, which isn't that long. I'll still miss Tawni and Nico and Grady and Zora, though. I've only known them for a season, but let's face it: they're amazing, and I am going to miss them so much when I leave.

Enough of that, though. Tawni's getting angry because the scratching of my pen on the paper is keeping her up, so I'd better get to bed.

Good night.

Author's Note: So what do you think? Slow, yes, but I think it's really going to be a great story. The chapters will get longer, by the way. Please review and tell me what you thought and if I should continue? Thanks!