-this chapter has been redone :D enjoy-

"Hmm," I stared out the window as I breathed in the cold breeze. I closed the window and the curtains and I laid out my most holiday-ish outfit on the bed and looked at it. It looked cute; a scarlet red top and sleeves touching the tip of my elbow and a ribbon at the side to finish off the sweet look. Then I picked out a pair of candy cane striped stockings and a red and white puffy skirt. I took Tawni's advice to wear a holiday-themed outfit when going out so I won't be accused of being an "anti holiday tween" or something. Then I added a pair of dark red flats and a ribbon to keep my hair up.

I got out of my room headed to the kitchen. I had nothing to rush to today since they moved postponed all rehearsals to the 26th, but of course the studios are still open only in the afternoons and on special occasions—although it was the 24th. I stepped in and saw my mom looking at me from the kitchen island.

"What?"

"You look like an elf vomited all over you," she plainly said, sipping her coffee.

"Well, I haven't seen an elf. But I did take Tawni's advice on puffy skirts," I told her as she motioned to my cup of hot chocolate brunch muffin.

"Want me to puff up the marshmallows too? Or make the muffins sparkle?" she joked as I smiled at her.

After eating, I kissed my mom goodbye and excitedly went out of the apartment, down the stairs and hopped the last step out of the building. I need to wear these types of shoes more often. They are so comfortable! But I had to admit, I looked a bit like a walking piece of candy. I smiled at the thought and hailed a passing cab. When I got to the big sign noting the location of the Condor Studios, I happily skipped—sorta—to the set of 'So Random!' to get the decorations ready for the party tomorrow. Yes, they will hold the party on Christmas day but it's not compulsory and it's going to be more of a small gathering what with the fact that almost everyone's gone on vacation.

I grinned as I reached the doors and saw the guard posted by it.

"Hello Officer Rothband! and Officer Dilman!" I smiled happily as I greeted the guard and his dummy-er- partner.

"Hello Sonny!" the puppet replied, "Have a merry Christmas Eve!"

"Happy holidays!" Officer Rothband greeted, cheerfully.

I skipped, happily to the building where Tawni's and my dressing room is located. I brushed my fingers along the walls and was greeted by an egotistical voice.

"Hey. Why so sunny, Sonny?" he asked, grinning to himself. "See what I did there? Ha, I'm such a genius!"

"Oh hey, Chad! " I was really happy today and killing me is most probably the only way to get me down. "Well it is Christmas Eve. What do you expect? Me, all gloomy and down like I've just been to the funeral? Oh, no, no, no. That will never happen," he started to walk with me to my dressing room.

"Yeah, you're just too bubbly and nice to be all that and in authority."

"What?" I asked as I opened the door.

"Well, Mr. Condor put me in charge of the decorations for the set and the design," he smirked as he saw my face contort.

"No he didn't, nut job, " Tawni's voice tuned into our conversation as we stepped in. She was wearing a cute pink dress with a darker belt on it and tiny white puffs hanging by the hem of her skirt.

"Yes he did!" He protested.

"No he-"

"He did not, Mr. Cooper," Mr. Condor spoke just outside the room. "Sonny, you will be in charge of the preparations for tomorrow and Tawni will be assisting you along with some crew members if need be," he started to walk in. "Since there are just about four of you who went here, Chad, you will be following Sonny's and Tawni's orders," Mr. Condor turned around and paused, looking back at us. "Oh, and Sonny?"

"Yes, sir? " I asked in a soft tone.

"Make sure Chad does most of the heavy lifting. He is starting to grow...unfit, okay? Just make sure he does this. Now, get to work. I expect to see everything done before five," with that said, he continued on his way.

"Well Chad, looks like I'm the mistress and you're the slave," I said proudly, teasing him.

"What? Too excited to have me pick up some slack and order me around?" he said, a little more hostile than usual.

"Of course I'm excited! I love ordering people what to do especially when the "people" refers to you," I smirked at him.

"Alright drama pants, Mr. Condor clearly said that you should follow everything we tell you to do," Tawni had this menacing smile dancing on her lips.

"No way. I am going home. Peace out suckas!" he tried to escape but Tawni grabbed him by the ear. "Ow ow ow!"

"First off we're going to change Sonny's outfit and you will help," he groaned.

"What's wrong with this?" I asked, slightly offended, gesturing to all of me

"Oh please, Sonny, even I can say you look like a fire hazard," Chad said, sitting on Tawni's couch.

"Shut up, dufus," she smacked him behind his head as he tried swatting her away. "Now, I have a dress in here that was supposed to be my Christmas present to you but then, looks like you need it now," she smiled and threw a neatly wrapped box at me.

"Okay. Um, thanks T—"

"Now go change. Everything you need is in the box," she said, pushing me into my side of the room.

"Okay then," I closed the curtains and unwrapped it. I found a red dress that looked a lot like Tawni's except it was red and white and the belt was black. I took it out and saw a pair of black heels. I had to admit it looked so much better than my puffy outfit. It didn't take long for me to change into it. I was so excited to see myself wearing it. I could hear murmuring from Tawni and Chad so I listened.

"That's not really your gift to her for tomorrow isn't it?"

"Of course not! "

I opened the curtains and stepped out.

"Wow, Sonny. You look-"

"Perfect!" Tawni then started dragging me to her vanity mirror and made me sit down. "Okay let's start with your make up. Hm. No, let's do that last. Let's do your hair!" She said excitedly and started pulling out the ribbon in my hair. She must really want to do this since she let me sit in her vanity. Wow.

"Ow! Tawni! Are you trying to pull out the ribbon or my brain?" I said, annoyed. Sometimes Tawni can get a bit violent when in a hurry.

"Sorry!" she started pulling again, only gentler. "Ugh, Sonny, did you glue the bow to your hair?"

"Tawni, you know you can just pull one end of it, right?" I said, my eyes looking at myself in her mirror.

"Oh, right," she did. I could hear Chad scoff as if trying to stop breathing.

Tawni rolled her eyes as she let my hair down and scrunched up my curls.

"Done! " She said, excited. "Come on, Chip, You need to get the decorations with us."

"What? Wait n-"

"Remember what Mr. Condor said. You know, he has the power to fire you," I said with a sickening smile dancing on my lips. I had an idea—but I might need Zora for this…

He groaned, "Fine"

"Woah there, I'm not Sonny. Now, come on you two," Tawni said seeing me starting to comment and dragged us out to a storage room at the end of the hall.

"All you have to do is find the two big boxes full of Christmas decorations," She said pushing Chad into the small room. "Oh and you might wanna use the cart outside," she pointed behind me just outside the room and grabbed a box that says 'Tawni' Hart' then stepped out.

"Where are the boxes?" Chad complained, looking up.

"Not up there you dumb nut," She said rolling her eyes.

"Is that it?" I asked to no one in particular. I was pointing to a box in the corner that says, 'Xmas Deco'

"Right," he said, picking it up. I pulled out the push cart from behind me and helped him place it there. He took the another one labeled 'Xmas Misc' as I looked around.

"Where's Tawni?" I asked him.

"Maybe she went ahead," he said slightly peeking in the boxes. Then we heard a moo.

"May—hold on," I held my finger up as my phone continued to moo in the pocket of my dress.

"Dear Sonny," I started reading the text aloud, "I went ahead,-Tawni," I furrowed my eyebrows as I shoved it back.

"See," Chad said in a matter-of-fact tone. I started walking ahead as he pushed the cart after me. We saw Tawni by the stage's doorway as we neared the set.

"Okay, good you're here," she said, superiority hinted in her voice as she spoke, looking at her pink clipboard. "I already planned everything so all we have to do is sit back, relax and make Drama Pants over here do everything," I heard a groan from Chad.

"But I wanna stay and help," I insisted.

"Alright, stay then," she said as she handed the plans to me, "I'm just gonna be in my dressing room preparing for the 5 o'clock caroling later," she added joyfully as she skipped down the hallway to our dressing room.

"Caroling?" Chad questioned as I read the clipboard. There was a note on top. It was about the caroling. It says, 'Notice: All available stars of Condor Studios for the 5 o' clock Caroling on December 24th. All last minute absences are to be noted by the head of the studio and will be excused only on extreme cases.'

"Here it is," I said as I handed the note to Chad.

"Signed Mr. Condor," he read the last line, "Does everyone know?"

"I don't know," I shrugged and checked the time on my phone. 3:26. "We can just text everyone later or maybe Tawni already did," I walked over to the boxes and unloaded them.

"Okay, says here on Tawni's list we first have to 'hang some Christmas ornaments and lights on the leafy green stuff all over the room," I looked at the little drawings on the paper then around the room, "Looks a lot like she already had everything half done," I grabbed a Christmas ball from one of the boxes while Chad was trying to open the other one. I found a low hanging "branch" on the green stuff and reached up to hang it.

"Come on, Chad, help me out here," I said trying to hang the ball. Later, I felt hands on my waist and I was able to hang it on. I looked down to see Chad looking up at me. Wow, his eyes are so blue. He gently put me down and dragged the one of the opened boxes beside me.

"Chad, can you get a ladder?"

"Nah, I'll just carry you. It's more fun than just standing," I looked at him, smiling with my head tilted to the side. He turned around and looked back. "Come on, get on my back," I giggled. No one was around. Well that explains why his ego didn't explode. The only people around were darting back and forth to offices, no one else. I hopped on his back as he held up another ornament, a gingerbread man. How cute. Not long after, Chad let me use a chair as long as I took off my heels after he found a ladder to help himself reach higher. We both got down and arranged the ornaments at the doorway.

"Look up," a voice said and we did. I looked around to see who it was and saw Portlyn, one of the Mac Falls people. "If you two aren't gonna kiss, you're gonna break a tradition," she added, smirking. I just realized—Chad and I were standing under the mistletoe. Great and we were the ones who put it there.

"But-," we started to protest.

"Fine, you guys win," she said still with that suspicious smile on her face. She started walking over to get inside. She brushed behind Chad and 'accidentally' pushing him in the process. He almost fell over on me. He was leaning on the door frame behind me as I moved back. Then I hit the frame. We've never been this close to each other's faces ever. Our lips were just a few breaths away from touching. I was looking into his eyes. I could almost count the shades of blue in them.

We shared a brief peck on the lips and then, silence—but not awkward silence. It was...comfortable. Portlyn was happily looking at the screen of her phone, giggling from time to time.

Chad and I continued decorating as Portlyn popped in and out of the room, bringing in some extra touches.

"Perfect," I said, looking at the outcome of our work. The set looked amazing. I checked the time on my phone: 4:45. "Hey Portlyn?"

"Hm?" She uttered, still looking around and fixing the small details.

"Do you know about-"

"Yeah, the caroling? Mr. Condor told me already and I told everyone else," she said.

"Everyone else? As in...?" Chad asked.

"The whole Falls cast," she was reading something on her phone again.

"Sonny! Chad! Portlyn!" I heard Tawni's voice, "Come on, you three! We start caroling in like 10 minutes!"

We hurried down the hall and followed Tawni outside. My cast and the Falls were all there and so was Mr. Condor and his brat. They were all holding books of carols. I suppose they were practicing. I probably knew the songs they did. It was practically tradition at home to go out and sing songs around Christmas.

We practiced for a bit then headed to the nearby orphanage. Most of the children's faces lit up as we started singing just outside the building. A few songs later, Mr. Condor ordered one of us to head to the car and get a bag full of toys. Some of the kids would come out and hug us. I loved the look on their faces. They were adorable.

"Sonny? What's your wish for Christmas?" one of the orphans asked me. I think her name was Katie.

"Well, I already like things as they are. I don't see why I still need to ask more," I smiled at her.

Aaaaand that's it, folks! :D okay I'm lying but hey, old story, old jokes, right? Anyway, I'm redoing everything here and (finally) finishing everything up within the next few days (or weeks, idk) well bye!

P.S. if you're still reading this, wow omg thanks so much and so sorry for my unexpected hiatus T-T