A/n: It's 2 in the morning and this is a result of my insomnia... oh lookThe Zack Files is on
Summary: When Butterfly shows up and instantly chooses to hang with Logan Dana refuses to be jealous.
Chapter 1:
She sighed. So this was PCA. It was a lot bigger than she'd expected, but surveying the surroundings it was exactly everything else she'd expected. Peppy happy teenage girls ran around screaming, chasing boys and some sat braiding hair. The boys she could see were all funny looking. Apart from one... typical. She approached him and his friends. Smirking.
Dana's POV
"Can I help you?" Zoey asks besides me. I look up to see a very pretty looking girl standing besides our table just staring at Logan. Just who does she think she is?
"Depends..." She drawls, removing her sunglasses. "You know where room 102 is?"
"Sure it's next to ours are you new?" Nicole gabbles excited.
"No." She says sarcastically. "I've been here three years... of course I'm new. Sheesh." Well I can tell straight off the mark that she's not going to be a good neighbour.
"Okay sarcastic maybe you don't want our help." I snap at her. She scowls.
She looks a little like me to be honest. She's got deep tan skin, long curly hair but her dress style's all wrong. Her hair's a bit darker than mine too. She's wearing a long black skirt that drags on the floor, a black (too) tight T-shirt with a silver butterfly embossed on it. Who is she fooling?
"Maybe I don't need YOUR help." Logan laughs. I growl at him.
"What's so funny?" I demand. He turns to the new girl.
"People don't tell her off often enough." he compliments. I throw an olive at him angrily. She smiles sweetly.
"Thanks." She turns to me and looks me in the eye. Copy cat. Her eyes look like mine. Who is she trying to copy exactly! I bet I'm older, she looks too young so therefore she stole MY look. Cheeky... "Sorry... I didn't catch your name..." She says to me.
"Didn't throw it." I say icily.
"She's Dana..." Zoey sighs. She's used to my antics by now. This is what I do. I meet new people and I judge straight away. You only get one first impression with me.
"I'm Zoey, those are Chase, Nicole, Quinn, My kid brother Dustin, Michael and Logan."
"Nice to meet you." She says in a sickly sweet tone. "Sorry I snapped Dana... jet lag. You know how it is."
"Jet lag... where are you from?" Zoey sounds interested.
"California." She responds coolly.
"Awesome." Michael smiles at her.
"Could one fo you big strong boys help me with my cases?" She flutters her eyelashes. God how common is she!
"I'll do it." Chase scrambles to hit feet and grabs her cases. Now... Logan or Michael falling for a flutter of the eyes and a smile I could understand... but Chase? That's unusual. Zoey's face is a picture. She looks both alarmed and is feigning a look of non-jealousy.
Chase leads the mysterious new girl away, carrying her suitcase and carry on luggage. As she leaves she turns and winks at Logan. Who smirks in return.
"Just who does she think she is!" I fume.
"Someone's getting jealous." Zoey sings.
"Hypocrite! You wanted to tear her throat out too!" Zoey pouts.
"You both need to get lives." Logan snaps.
"And you need to get a girlfriend with a sense of style." I growl.
"When I see one maybe I'll ask her." He smirks. I hate how he always smirks. it's like 'I'm-so-much-better-than-you' and he so is not. I stand up and storm off to my room.
"Dude that was mean." Michael comments behind me.
"She started it." He whines.
When I get there Chase is leaving 102.
"How's your little girlfriend?"
"Who... her? She's cool." He shrugs at me.
"Don't break Zoey's heart." I beg.
"I wish." He mumbles. He looks almost as though he's had his heart broken. I can't help but wonder if there's something Zoey's not telling me. He waves me off
"Anyway see you later Dana." As I'm about to enter my room I spot the sign on room 102. Where the name plaque is the word 'Butterfly' has been written. The B on the word has been mirrored to form a butterfly. There are mini-antennae and stuff on it too. What is she playing at. Oh well... Coco will tell her off later. You can't put nicknames on the door because I once tried to shorten Nicole to 'Nikki' we got in trouble.
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She's in my seat at tea time. How dare she! I sit down haughtily between Chase and Zoey.
"Are you ok?" Michael asks me cautiously. He knows that when i'm in a mood I am liable to explode like a volcano. This is the point in time that if I were talking aloud Quinn would inform me that Volcano's do not explode they errupt. But Quinn is busy playing with Michael's boombox. She's tinkering with the wires.
"So..." Chase says conversationally. "I walked past your room earlier... what's your real name then?" Zoey looks slightly upset that Chase passed their rooms and didn't call on her. I think she might be discovering her feelings for a certain teenage boy.
"Butterfly." She growls. I snicker. Her eyes dart to me and she startes a death glare match. Ha take that Butterfly, I am championship glare-r
"Are your parents hippies?" Nicole asks.
"No, they are not!" She snaps. Quinn jumps as she connects two wires and a song starts playing.
"Looking for you, looking for me, looking for somewhere else to be." Butterfly sings along. "Life better when you're around." I gotta admit her voice is good. Logan smiles at her... Chase does the same. Michael looks up from his bag of potato chips. I can sing too! How dare she steal my spotlight. Now I know this sounds nasty but I have to be the centre of attention. I must sound like a total diva but I'm NOT.
"Take me out of this town," I continue. She narrows her eyebrows. "Small minds can bring ya down. Everything's better when you're around." Zoey and Nicole are staring. I don't think they've ever heard me sing before. Strange. When I'm at home I never shut up.
She picks herself back up on the chorus and whilst keeping in key we both raise our voice to drown each other out.
"Put me in your spotlight oo-oo-oo-oh." I steal a glance at Logan. "It's been a permanent midnite oo-oo-oo-oh." How dare she furrow her eyebrows at me. I don't know why I'm getting all jealous. She's welcome to Logan. I just don't like being shown up.
"Dim all the black lights aaaa-aaa--aah. It's been a permanent midnite, permanent midnite."
"GIRLS! The music stopped four lines ago!" Dustin laughs. I cross my arms and avoid everyone's eyes
"You should take up singing as a professional career." Logan comments. He's talking to Butterfly. Why not me? I'm a better singer! I growl under my breath.
"Thanks... but I'm a better dancer."
"I'll take you up on that." Chase flirts.
"Any time." She said twirling her fork around her fingers before eating her pasta. Nicole attempts to copy her and ends up spilling Pasta all down her white 'Hello Kitty' T shirt. Perhaps the fork should've been empty before she tried it. What an idiot.
Butterfly catches my eye and I glare. She raises her eyebrows as if challenging me. I'm not in the mood for this at all.
"I'm going to bed!" I stand up and stalk off.
"Night Dana." Butterfly sings sweetly. She's been here two minutes and I hate her. She's taken over my friends she's flirting with ALL the boys. I mean... she's not even that pretty! Oh who am i fooling! She's gorgeous.
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(normal POV)
Logan tossed and turned in bed. He couldn't sleep. Butterfly turning up had not shocked him. She had rang to tell him a few months ago. But he didn't think she'd actually come. She looked strange in comparison to the last time he'd seen her. Partially because her hair had grown and partially because he hadn't seen her in a long while.
Finally he could take it no longer. He stood up and pulled on a sweater for decency. He stole his way out of Bradford hallf and to Butler hall. He didn't knock on her door.
"Hey, Butterfly... you awake?" He whispered into the darkness.
"Hi Logan." She smiled and turned on the light in her room. Neither noticed the hall light turn on as Logan closed the door, leaving it very slightly ajar. "I missed you so much." She whispered, her voice almost cracking.
"I missed you too." He slipped his arms around her lightly and held her close. He kissed her hair gently.
"Things back home got so boring. I missed fooling around with you..." She sighed.
"It's not the same here... it's different without you."
"You have me now." She whispered.
"I know... I'm glad you're back, Baby."
"I wish you wouldn't call me that!" She laughed.
"Ah you know you love it."
"I know I love you."
"You turned all soppy in my absence." Logan said in shock. "You been hanging around with that Miller boy?"
"Hanging around with him? I dated him." She grinned.
"Butterfly..." Logan warned.
"Oh relax... it was only for a little while. And it's over now." She pulled away from him and sat on her bed.
"Good." Logan said, reassured. "he hurts you and I swear..."
"Logan..." Butterfly warned. He sighed and nodded. "You never did like me to fight your battles for you did you baby."
"No I didn't... do you uh... want to stay the night?"
"Chase and Michael'll notice I'm gone." Logan shook his head. "But I'll see you tomorrow yeah."
"I'm not going anywhere." She grinned. Stood on tip toe and pecked him.
"Night."
"Love you..."
"Love you too... now get to sleep!" He smirked and left.
(Dana's POV)
I flattened myself against my door. It worked. Logan hasn't seen me. But I'd seen them. Love? LOVE? I bite my lip so hard it bleeds. It tastes like mtal in my mouth.I feel my eyes tearing up, and salty tears drip against my will down my cheeks.Why am I getting so worked up! It's only Logan! Logan and his... girlfriend.