Summary: Bella Lambert, a fifteen year old from Louisiana, gets the chance of a lifetime when she wins a free week on the set of So Random! After arriving, Bella immediately strikes up a friendship with the cast (well, most of them, anyway), and also notices how perfect Sonny and Chad are together. She sees that they like each other but never admit it, so she decides to hook them up. After all, she has a whole week to do it. How hard could it be?
Yeah, I suck at summaries, but it's much better than it sounds. And this is my first story for Sonny with a Chance and my first story that includes humans, so please don't flame me! *hides*
Anywho, the story will mostly be told from Bella and Sonny's point of view. And maybe Chad's, but I'm not sure about that yet. Sooooo... enjoy the first chapter!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything or anyone except Bella, her mother, and the plot.
Bella's POV
I stared at the TV, bouncing up and down on Mom's old red sofa as I waited for the stupid commercial to finish. I didn't want to hear about some guy selling cars, I wanted to continue watching my favorite show, So Random!!Of course, today was different, because today was the day they were going to say who won the So Random! contest.
See, during one of their shows, the executive producer (I keep forgetting his name) stepped in and first announced that there was a contest going on. All you had to do was call the number at the bottom of the screen and give them your name and phone number. They would write all the names of everyone who called on some strips of paper (which was probably a lot of work), put them in a hat, and, after today's show, randomly pick one out. Whoever they chose would get a free week on the set of the show and would also get to make a guest appearance!
It has always been my dream to meet the cast and to act on a TV show, so I called the minute the announcement was finished. Which brings me back to myself on the sofa, still waiting impatiently for the commercial to finish. Out of the corner of my eye I saw my Mom poke her head into the living room. "Bella, lunch is ready."
"I'll be there in a minute," I called back, my eyes still glued to the TV.
Mom walked into the living room and plopped down beside me on the sofa, pulling off her stained white apron as she did so. Looking over at me, she smiled and ruffled my black hair. "Still waiting, huh?"
"Yup," I sighed, then turned to her, trying to distract myself. "What are we having for lunch?"
"Rice, baked chicken, and broccoli."
Broccoli. Mom knows I hate broccoli. I hope this isn't a bad sign. I glanced back at the television and frowned. The car commercial was done, but it'd been replaced with a noodle commercial.
"Mom, do you think there's a chance I might win?" I asked her, hoping she would say something to make me feel less jittery.
She gave me a small hug. "Of course there is. And I bet you will win. Just wait and see. Now I'm going to check and see if the chicken's still warm, then I think I'm going to make cookies." She stood up, put on her apron, and left the room, saying over her shoulder, "Good luck!"
I giggled as she left. Mom loves to make cookies. She bakes, like, practically every day. We have a lot of snickerdoodles that we haven't eaten yet. I've been trying to convince Mom to start selling her cookies to the neighbors or something, since there's no way we can eat all those cookies, but Mom always says something like 'Sorry, I zoned out there for a second, what'd you say?' And then she makes up an excuse to get away from me so she doesn't have to listen to my endless babbling, as she calls it.
Personally, I don't get why she doesn't start a business. I know I would. But I guess Mom and I are kind of different.
I was distracted from my thoughts as the announcer said, "We now return to So Random!!"
"Finally," I mumbled, continuing to stare at the television. On the screen, Nico was holding a microphone. Next to him, Grady was holding a really, really big black hat.
"Hey, everyone, if you've been waiting for the results of the contest, wait no longer!" Nico said in an announcer's voice. "We have all the names of everyone who entered in this hat!"
Grady snorted with laughter. "You said 'everyone who entered in this hat'. That's like them walking into a hat..."
Nico elbowed Grady, who said, "Oops, forgot we're on TV." He promptly stopped talking.
Nico cleared his throat and continued. "Now, the moment you're all been waiting for! Out of more than one million viewers, one person will be chosen to - "
I zoned out there for a bit. More than one million people??? I didn't think that many people would've called! I was never going to win now. There was no way. But maybe, just maybe... I clutched the sofa's armrests and leaned forward unconsciously, my eyes wide.
"The winner... is..." Nico paused. Grady put his hand into the hat.
Please oh please oh please oh please... I thought anxiously and closed my eyes.
"A rabbit?" Nico's voice made me open my eyes, and I gaped at the screen for a few seconds before laughing. Grady held a white rabbit in his hand, looking genuinely confused. Nico stared at the bunny and asked, "How'd that get there?"
"Uh... magic!" Grady said, waving his hand in the air dramatically, which made him drop the rabbit. I laughed hysterically as it hopped away, with Grady and Nico tripping over their feet to try and catch it. I wasn't sure if this was part of their act or not, but it was hilarious! And it definitely made me feel better. I wiped my hand over my eyes and managed to stop cackling. On the TV, Nico and Grady had gotten on their feet again. Nico cleared his throat, then said into the microphone, "Ok, for real this time, the winner is...."
I crossed my fingers.
Grady pulled a strip of paper out of the hat and handed it to Nico. There was a pause. Then -
"Bella Lambert!"
My jaw dropped. My eyes popped. After a few seconds of gaping at the television, I did the only logical thing to do; I screamed.
Right on cue my mom skidded into the living room, her apron flapping all over the place. "What happened, who died!?!?!?!" she yelled, waving a ladle in the air wildly. Goodness knows why she needed a ladle to bake cookies.
I hopped off of the sofa and jumped up and down. "No one died, but I won, Mom, I won!!!!!" I squealed.
The ladle clattered to the floor. Mom gasped, and then she started jumping up and down and squealing with me. We finally stopped long enough to hear Nico say, "And just in case Bella isn't watching right now, we'll be calling her to give her the good news."
This just started up the squealing again.
When the phone rang a few minutes later, I almost fell over in my eagerness to get to it. I grabbed it and said breathlessly, "Hello?"
"Is this Bella Lambert?" asked some guy on the other end.
I nodded wildly, then realized that the guy couldn't exactly see me so I said, "Yes."
"Well, then, congratulations! You're the winner of So Random!'s contest!" The man went on to give me instructions about how I'd have to catch a private jet on Sunday, which was in two days, and Marshall Pike (that's the executive producer's name!) would pick me up in a limo at the airport. And the best part was that it was all completely free.
"We can't wait to meet you in a few days, Bella!" the man said cheerfully.
"Yeah, bye," I said dazedly and hung up. I couldn't believe this was happening. I was going to HOLLYWOOD!!
Mom, who'd been listening in on the whole conversation, pumped her fist in the air and said, "I'm so happy for you, Bella! Although I'm going to miss you! It's going to be so boring here with you gone for a week!" She pulled me into a hug, then let go of me and grinned. "This calls for a victory dance! And some cookies!"
"Sure, Mom," I said, laughing. "But first I have to pack."
"I'll help you!" she said cheerfully, clapping her hands together.
"Um, sure, but what about your cookies?" I asked quizzically, raising an eyebrow.
She gasped. "Oh my gosh, my cookies! They've probably burned!!" She dashed back into the kitchen, yelling, "On second thought, I'll help you later!"
"Okee dokee!" I giggled, then danced through the hallway and into my room. I only had one thought on my mind. Hollywood, here I come!!!!!
So this chapter was basically just introducing Bella. The next chapter will be all in Sonny's POV.
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