Chad With a Chance

Chapter 13 [!]

I DO NOT OWN ANYTHING.

"Her thumb"! Tawni screeched. "It's TWITCHING"! Is it really?!

I looked over at her hand, and sure enough, it was twitching. Was she awake? Could she hear me?

"I'm going to go do something. I'll be back in a few". I told the 2 casts. They all gave me nods of approval, so I left the room. I ran straight into a doctor and I received a scolding.

"Watch it son! SOMEBODY'S GOING TO GET HURT! AND THIS IS A HOSPITAL! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING"!? He screamed at me.

"Listen Doc! I need something. An invention or a machine of some sort. Do you guys have anything that can read minds or dreams"? I asked with complete urgency.

"If we did, I could not tell you". God! This Doctor is so SUBBORN!

"What's the matter"? I asked innocently.

"Well… we do. But we don't have the money to get it into the hospital rooms and actually use them. You could say we're underfunded". He explained sadly.

"Name your price"!!! I exclaimed. "I need it really badly".

"You would pay 10 million dollars for one person"?! He was shocked. Excuse me?! CHAD DYLAN COOPER IS RIGHT HERE. I CAN DO ANYTHING!

"Use it for others too, I don't really care, I just need it right now for Sonny Monroe". I was getting mad. This Doctor wasn't helping either. I also realized that we were still outside her ER room. Both casts were staring at me in shock.

"Dude! What's happening"? Trevor asked me. They had all come outside, searching for answers.

"This sonny boy right here wants to pay 10 million dollars for a Brain Reader. I'm trying to tell him that he's outta his mind"! The Doctor fumed.

"WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT MAN"? I was seriously mad. How could he say that?! If I was willing to do something nice, let me be!!! "IF I'M WILLING TO PAY 10 MILLION DOLLARS TO HELP PATIENTS IN THIS HOSPITAL, THEN LET ME"! I couldn't contain my anger and I felt the heat rush up to my face.

"Dude Chad, we get where this guy is coming from. I mean seriously? 10 MILLION dollars for that Sonny chick? We gotta at least split the money man. I'm not going to let you pay 10 million by yourself". Trevor said.

"Fine. But I'm paying more". I said stubbornly.

"Okay that's where you're wrong Chad. We're ALL going to pay a part of it". Tawni said.

"Yeah. We all want Sonny back, and we're all going to pitch in. Whether you like it or not". Chassity said.

"What if me and Nico don't have any money"? Grady asked. HAHAHA.

"Yes you do"! Tawni said sternly. "You keep all your savings for CHEESE! Well, today is going to be the day where you use that money and transfer it to the 'Get-Sonny-That-Weird-Contraption-Thingy-That's-Going-To-Save-Her-And-Make-Her-Live-Happily-Ever-With-Chaddykins-Over-There' account". She said cheerfully. SAY WHAA?!

"*cough cough* excuse me"?!?!?! I asked.

"Oh come on Chad. We both know that you're going to end up with her one day anyways". Tawni said. Then the vent – girl started laughing.

"Why are you laughing"? I asked angrily.

"It's just so funny how you and Sonny pretend that you hate each other but really, you guys LOVE each other". She explained during fits of laughter.

"Yeaaaaaaah, I already told her I loved her". I blushed and scratched the back of my neck.

"Oh YEAH! I REMEMBER"! Tawni yelled. Blondes. Everyone rolled their eyes.

"You guys going to pay"? The Doctor asked impatiently, tapping his foot.

"Oh. Yes. Okay uhmm… there's 8 of us, not counting Portlyn, that are paying. You guys will pay 1 million each and I'll pay 2 million 'iight"? I asked.

"OK". They all said and pulled out their wallets, taking out cheques, credit cards, and loads of cash. The Doctor looked at all of us strangely, but accepted out money. After 20 minutes of processing the moolah, he retreated to a room behind a door that I never knew was there. He came out with the weirdest thing I ever saw. The "Brain Reader" consisted of many plugs, flips, switches, twists and turns, rods, buttons and lights. It was humongous! And on top, I had this screen where you could see everything that was going on in her mind. We all jumped out of the way as the Doc (whose name is Remmy by the way) took it into Sonny's room. I was so excited and I could tell everybody else was too. We had basically made history (in a way).

"I will now hook her up. You guys are not allowed to enter". And with that, he closed the curtains and locked the door (which I personally thought was very disturbing and unsafe).

During the 2 minutes, we heard weird whirring noises and electronic beeping. We heard sounds of the flips going up and down, and the machine pumping.

"You guys may now enter". He motioned for us to follow him into the room. "Now, this thing does not tell you in black and white what exactly she's thinking or dreaming. If when you press this green button, the screen turns a solid black color and then other colors, it means that she's dreaming. If it turns to white and then other colors, it means she's awake and thinking and responding to other things in this room. Are you guys ready"? He asked us. We nodded.

"Wait – how do we know what she's thinking by colors?" I was so confused.

"Here. It's a manual about the machine and dreams and colors and what-not. I have no time for explaining. I'll be on my way now". And with that, he left us to Sonny.

This time, it was when I really looked at Sonny. She was hooked up to the machine. A cup placed over her mouth, and wires attached all over her body. I suddenly felt a pang of jealousy because the Doctor got to touch her all over her body and I didn't. Then there was a main central "bowl" that was placed over the top of her head where her brain was. Then it led up to the actual machine and the screen. Suddenly, the "bowl" glowed a bright yellow and the machine whirred. I swung my head around to see what was happening. I found out that Tawni had already pushed the green button, so I tilted my head to see if the screen was black or white. It was white! SHE'S AWAKE!

I ran to her side, giving the manual to Zora, knowing she was the smartest out of the bunch.

"Tell me what she's thinking"! I pleaded.

"Alright alright. Don't get your panties in a bunch". She grumbled.

"Sonny can you hear me"? I asked. The screen went blank and swirled a whole bunch of colors.

"It's processing her thoughts. Like loading". Zora explained. "Ahh. I see". I said to no one in particular.

The screen suddenly played a short clip of Sonny saying "Yes Chad! Gosh". From her memory of us after a fight of me asking her stupid questions. All of us stared in shock at the screen above us.

"Yeaaah, the machine does that. Whatever she's thinking, she has to either represent it in colors, or tell us through her words that she said in a memory".

"Hi Sonny! It's me! Tawni"! She squealed. Girls. I rolled my eyes.

The machine went over to a memory of Sonny's (all from her perspective of course) in which she ran into hers and Tawni's dressing room saying:

"BOO"!

"SONNY! YOU SCARED ME"! Tawni whined.

"SORRY! I just wanted to say hi… so HI"! And the screen quickly jumped to another memory in which she was saying "What's wrong you guys"? to Tawni, Zora, Grady and Nico, after the TCA's, in which, they lost, again, to Mack Falls.

"I'll tell you what's wrong Sonny"! I cried. "You're here in the hospital because you got hit by a car! And the only way we can communicate with you is through this! And you can't even speak properly! Or move"!

The screen transformed to Sonny yelling "You GUYS"! after her co-stars when they rejected her sketch idea. And quickly faded to a light blue.

"What's blue mean Zora"?

"Blue… blue… blue… BLUE! Aha! Blue means sadness… or she could be thinking of something that reminds of the color blue". Zora said absentmindedly.

What could she be thinking of that's blue? I wondered.