SPOV

The sun shined bright on Condor Studios. I walked up to the door with a smile on my face. I saw the dent in the bushes that the gardener never fixed where Nico crashed his bike. The small stain on the wall reminded me of where Tawni through her lip gloss at Chad. Memories flooded my mind. We were only gone for the summer, but it seemed like forever.

"There's my favorite group of kids," Marshal said walking towards us as we entered the studio. We all enveloped each other in a group hug. I turned around to see Chad stand awkwardly off to the side with his hands in his pockets. I raised my eyebrows.

"Chad?" I asked holding out my arm inviting him to join. We all stared at him waiting. He hesitated but then came close enough, so I could pull him into the hug. We all patted each other on the back. We pulled away from each other to see an annoyed Zora standing there with her arms crossed.

"I go to Hawaii for two weeks and you guys leave me and go to Wisconsin," she said glairing.

"Sorry Zora, but by the time you got back they already flew out," I explained.

"Whatever." She started walking away and then turned around. "But don't think I'm not watching you." She walked backwards for a few steps, then turned around and walked away.

"So, I think she missed us."

We sat in the prop room, going over ideas for a new sketch. "Hey guys," someone said walking into the room. We all looked over to find out who it was and our jaws dropped. Grady almost choked on the sandwich he was eating.

"Aubrey," I said in disbelief. There Aubrey was standing in front of us in the Mackenzie Falls uniform. That's not what really shocked me. I had already discussed that matter with Chad. Our producers still needed to talk about Aubrey coming to So Random. What did shock me was the fact that Aubrey was wearing mascara, eye liner, blush, foundation and many more makeup products. Her usually straight hair had curls scattered about. She looked so different, but, so same at the same time.

"Wow," Nico and Grady said at the same time. Chad walked up behind Aubrey and put his hand on her shoulder. She smiled up at him.

"Never thought I would see the day Aubrey wore the Mackenzie Falls uniform," Nico said.

"Yeah, doesn't Aubrey look-" Chad started. I guessed what he would say next. Like Falls material, or worthy of the Falls, but instead he said "Great." I guess I was used to the old Chad here. I smiled. Aubrey walked over and sat down on the couch. Chad walked over and sat down too. I noticed he was wearing a Mackenzie Falls suit.

"Back to that old suit again, I see," I said pointing at Chad's suit. He looked down at his outfit.

"Trust me. I wouldn't wear this if I didn't have too." I raised my eyebrows. He smiled.

"How about we go get some lunch," he said.

"Great, I'm starving," Grady said standing up and rubbing his stomach. We all looked at him. "Oh, you meant Sonny." He sat back down. Chad held out his hand and I grabbed it.

We walked outside to the lunch room. I smiled and we laughed talking about random things. He was so easy to talk to. Out of no were a man jumped out of the bushes and snapped our picture. "Wait, what?" Chad asked just as more people popped out of nowhere. Suddenly we were surrounded by flashing lights. I put my head against Chad's chest and closed my eyes tightly to block out the flashing.

"Hey Chad, is it true you cleaned up your act?" one of the people asked him.

"Yeah, is it?" others asked.

"I'm not going to say anything," Chad said firmly.

"Oh come on Chad, you usually would do anything to be on the front of a magazine," a guy said.

"Yeah and what's up with you and Little Miss. Sunshine?" another guy asked. Chad didn't say anything and held me close to his chest. He pushed through the crowd and walked into the lunch room.

"Are you okay?" he asked when we were safely in the lunch line.

"I'm fine," I mumbled. He pulled me into him and hugged me.

I hugged him back when I heard someone ask "So, your usual Mr. Cooper?" I turned around to see the lunch lady holding a steak prepared for Chad. I sighed.

"Actually, not today. Would you mind giving it to Sonny?" he asked. The lunch lady looked as shocked as me.

"Uh, sure Mr. Cooper. Whatever you say." She handed the steak to me and I watched Chad pick up a trey covered with slop.

"Why did you do that?" I asked when we sat down at a table.

"Because I lo-" He looked up at me. "Loathe eating the same thing every day." He smiled like it was obvious. I smiled and leaned over and kissed him on the cheek. A flash went off out the window.