Part 4
Ok, I just saw the Walk-A-Thon episode, so of course, this right now is totally AU, yes, totally AU. And you'll see why. I also brought in a few surprises in this chapter, I'm sure you know what they are already, or at least one of the surprises. Do not worry. We are nowhere near done the story. There is a lot of drama ahead, with Q/L.
I was also thinking of changing the name. Suggestions? Please guys, I need a new name, for sure, so please give me some ideas for a new name after you read this chapter. Thanks. Also to my reviewers:
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Ace's Buddy- Yay! You guessed it right first! Give the girl what she wants! Yes, I was thinking about that too, and hated that Chase is never mentioned again in the show, so I need to write him in! Thanks! BTW, NO YAY YOU!
IZIBELLA- Yes, Chase is awesome, that's why he must be here! In this story, at least. Thanks!
Logan got back to the dorm to find it empty. Thank god, Logan thought as he got changed and turned in for the night. He needed the sleep. Before he turned in, he set his phone to vibrate at 1am. He put his phone beside him and turned over, trying to forget about the day and tried to fall asleep. It was hard to fall asleep, when the day was so weird and complicated. I mean him and Quinn? They were total opposites! It could never work out, could it? Logan shrugged the afterthought off. It could never work, people would laugh and they both would be kicked out of the gang. Logan closed his eyes and finally fell asleep.
Michael and James paid for the bill and the four left the restaurant, looking at the time. 8:35pm, it read.
"It's too early to head in," Lola declared. The others agreed.
"We could go see a movie," James suggested.
"Sure," Zoey said, kissing James. Lola and Michael pretended to look grossed out.
"Guys, PDA much?" Lola laughed as the two broke away.
"Let's go," Michael said as the others laughed and followed Michael.
"So, what movie?" James asked the group. Lola and Zoey exchanged a look and giggled.
"Jumper," both said at the same time. Michael and James narrowed their eyes.
"Why?" Michael asked cautiously. Lola rolled her eyes.
"Because, of Jamie Bell and Hayden Christensen," Lola said, as if it were obvious.
"Well, Rachel Bilson's not that bad looking," Michael commented lamely as the others laughed.
"In your dreams Michael," Lola laughed. The four entered the theatre, bought their tickets and went inside their own theatre to see the movie.
"Wow that was amazing!" Zoey and Lola squealed as the four exited the theatre. The boys followed the two girls, who were squealing over the fantastic movie they just saw.
"It was fantastic. I wish I could jump wherever I wanted. I could go to Paris," Lola said dreamily. Michael laughed.
"In your dreams Martinez," he said. Lola glared.
"Well, it could happen," Lola defended before she saw the others were cracking up too.
"If I could go anywhere in the world, it would be Antarctica," Michael said. The others stopped laughing and looked at him.
"Why?" James asked.
"That's easy. Because there are penguins there. They're so cute," Michael fantasized before noticing the others looking at him weirdly.
"I, uh, mean, nevermind," Michael said as the others just shook their heads.
"Wow, it's already 10; we should get back to our dorms. We have class tomorrow," Zoey said as the four kept walking.
"Ok, so I'll see you in Media?" James asked Zoey. She nodded and the two shared a kiss.
"Bye Michael. Make sure the penguins don't eat you," Lola teased as Lola and Zoey waved and departed to their dorm.
"Jamie was fantastic in the movie, don't you think?" Lola asked Zoey as they turned a corner toward Fulton Hall.
"Yeah, but Hayden was so hot when he jumped," Zoey agreed as Lola nodded in agreement. The two began talking nonstop about the movie as they entered Fulton Hall and went to their dorm. As they opened the door, their voices died down as they entered the room, looking at the top bunk. There laid a sleeping Quinn, her chest moving up and down steadily. Lola turned on the light and they could tell she had cried a bit after they left. But she looked peaceful, like the old Quinn before her and Mark broke up. Zoey wanted to see the old Quinn again; she didn't like sad, mopey Quinn. Even though Mark and her just broke up, Quinn had changed quite a bit. Lola and Zoey got changed and Lola shut off the light, climbing into bed.
"Night Zoe," Lola said, yawning. Zoey climbed into her own bed.
"Night Lola," Zoey said, smiling as she shut her eyes and fell asleep, dreaming about the gang.
A few hours later…
Logan's phone vibrated in his hand as he woke up groggily.
"What the hell?" he whispered groggily, forgetting momentarily what he did. When he did remember, he sat up, thank god he wasn't in the lower bunk, and picked up his phone and shut the vibrate off. He yawned as he quietly got out of bed, landing softly on the ground. He grabbed a jacket and slipped in on. He also put on some pants over his boxers and quietly walked to the door. He opened it, and shut it. Now where could he go for peace and quiet? Basically anywhere, since no one was even up, they were all sleeping. He thought about it as he quietly walked outside, then had the perfect place, the fountain. He walked over there, knowing he would not get caught. Every single person was sleeping, unless someone couldn't sleep and was wandering around like he was. He held the phone in his hand as he reached the fountain, which was shut off an hour ago. Logan sat on the edge of the fountain, still holding his phone and dialed a number he remembered quite well. It rang twice before someone answered the phone.
"Hello?" a male's voice asked. Logan sighed. He really couldn't believe he was calling him, but he needed advice.
"Hey Chase," Logan said.
"Wait, Logan? Why are you calling me, at, um, 1 in the morning your time?" Chase asked, confused.
"I need advice. Is this a bad time?" Logan asked as he ran his hand through his hair.
"No, school doesn't start for another half an hour, and I have a free period anyways. What's up?" Chase asked. So, then Logan began launching into a full description of what had happened the day before, with Quinn and Mark, and the kiss.
"And I really don't know what to do! I mean, we're friends, and now that this has happened, I don't know if we're going to remain friends. I saw her after the kiss and she ran away from me," Logan finished. Chase sighed from the other end of the phone.
"How did she make you feel when you guys kissed?" Chase asked. Logan thought about it. It was too hard to describe in words.
"I don't know, it made me feel happy, giddy inside as if I never wanted the kiss to end. It made me crave for more," Logan said, trying to describe it as best as he could. Chase paused for a moment.
"And how did you feel when you saw her the next time?" Chase asked. Logan sighed.
"I don't know. Really happy, tongue tied, and there was this flutter in my chest for a second there. It made me want to kiss her again," Logan answered honestly. What was with all these questions? He wanted advice, not a therapist.
"And can you stop thinking about her?" Chase pressed. Logan sighed, and paused.
"No, not at all. She's all I'm thinking about," Logan admitted. Chase thought. A pause remained for a while.
"Well, what's the verdict?" Logan finally asked. A huge silence remained hanging in the air. Logan felt as if a blood vessel would pop if Chase didn't answer him soon. Then Chase spoke.
"You're in love. You're deeply, madly in love," Chase answered. Logan sat, shocked. Chase was right. Logan was trying so hard to deny his feelings, but deep down, he knew Chase was right.
"So, what do I do?" Logan asked after a few seconds of silence. Chase was a little shocked that Logan was actually kind of admitting he loved Quinn. Chase would never had thought Logan would fall in love with Quinn, science loving geek Quinn Pensky.
"Well, seeing as I didn't tell Zoey I loved her until it was too late, you have to tell Quinn as soon as possible. How you thought about the kiss, everything," Chase said. Logan thought about it. It made sense. He should tell her, get it off his back and before anything else happens, like Quinn getting back together with Mark. Thinking of Mark made Logan's skin boil with fury, a feeling he never felt with Mark before. He usually thought that Mark was just an idiot, for no reason at all.
"You're right. Thanks a lot Chase," Logan said sincerely. Chase fake gasped from England.
"Logan Reese, being sincere? Someone get a video camera and film it then send it to me!" Chase joked.
"If I was in Covington, I would totally kick your ass right now," Logan said, with mock anger. Chase just laughed.
"Good thing you aren't. Well, I won't be here for long," Chase smiled.
"Wait, what?" Logan asked.
"You have to promise not to tell anyone. The semester just ended so I'll be back at PCA next Sunday," Chase said happily. Logan smiled.
"That's great news! I won't tell a soul," he promised.
"Good, because if you do, I tell Michael that you're in love with Quinn," Chase blackmailed. Logan grinned.
"Not a word," Logan promised.
"Ok, I should go. But I'll see you next week. Bye Logan, good luck with your girl troubles," Chase grinned.
"Will do. Bye," Logan said before hanging up the phone, a lot happier now. Chase was coming back to PCA!!!!!! But then, Logan remembered James. Oh no, Chase didn't know about James, at all! Michael certainly hadn't told him yet, and neither did Lola, Quinn or Zoey, especially Zoey. But Logan promised not to say a word. So, what should he do? Deal with the Quinn business then deal with Chase/Zoey/James triangle later Logan thought. With that, Logan headed back to his dorm, thinking about what he should say to Quinn. He honestly had no clue what he was going to say to her. 'Hey Quinn, I really enjoyed the kiss we shared. Wanna make out?' He couldn't say that to her. That sounded pathetic.
Logan thought about it all the way to the dorm. Once he reached the dorm, he reached into his pocket for his key, but realized that he didn't have it. He forgot it in the room. Crap, now what? Logan asked himself. He couldn't knock. The others were sleeping, and if he did, they would wonder where he was and he was afraid of spilling out what happened. He had to talk to Quinn about this before Michael or James. But where could he go? Logan thought about it, but no places came to mind. Except one. Logan sighed as he took off outside again, checking the time. 2am. He had been talking for Chase for a good 45 minutes. Logan sighed as he kept walking outside to the perfect spot to sleep.
5 hours later…
A knock of the door sent Michael's eyes bursting open. Groaning, he got up, throwing a pillow at James.
"Dude, it's 7 am! Get up, and get ready for class," Michael said as he opened the door to find Firewire and his buddies there.
"What do you guys want?" he asked. Firewire and his friends were laughing.
"Michael, dude, you have to come outside and see this. It's so LOL," Firewire said laughing. James walked to the door.
"What?" James asked. Michael shrugged as the boys grabbed their jackets and keys and followed Firewire outside. They kept walking until they saw a crowd of people hovering a bench. They were giggling quietly and the others that had to talk were moving away. Michael and James approached the bench just as Lola and Zoey showed up.
"What's happening?" Zoey asked.
"I don't know," James said as the four pushed through the crowd and covered their mouths. There, lying on the bench was Logan. He was lying on his stomach, one hand dangling over the edge of the bench, the other he was lying on, his jacket covering his body, and he was dead asleep, snoring quietly. Lola thought that was cute, but was wondering why he was sleeping outside and not in his dorm.
"I thought he was in our dorm room. He was there last night," James muttered to Michael as he nodded. Michael walked up to Logan, not wanting him to be embarrassed anymore than he was.
"Logan, wake up. LOGAN!" Michael said, and then screamed as Logan, startled out of his sleep, jumped up, frightened and exhausted.
"What's goin' on?" Logan asked groggily, before noticing where he was and the giggling students.
"Come on dude," Michael said, leading him toward their dorm with James.
"We'll see you later!" Zoey shouted to them as both girls giggled and walked back to their dorm. James and Michael led the still groggy Logan back to the dorm. Once in the dorm safely, Logan was totally awake.
"Dude, you fell asleep outside," Michael said.
"What were you doing outside anyways?" James asked. Logan frowned, trying to remember last night, then it came flowing back. The talk with Chase, getting locked out, sleeping on the bench where Quinn and him kissed. Logan had to lie, quickly.
"Oh yeah, I went to go to the bathroom, but then I got locked out, and I tried knocking but you guys didn't answer so I went to go sleep on the bench," Logan lied. Michael shrugged.
"Ok dude. Next time, we'll answer the door. Call my cell next time, or something," Michael said.
"Ditto," James said as the three started getting ready. The three were soon ready, and they started walking to class. All of them had Media first, unfortunately for Logan. He still wasn't prepared to see Quinn, and talk to her. But he knew he had to.
Zoey and Lola reentered the dorm room, as Quinn was just getting up. She sat up.
"Where'd you guys go at, 7:10 in the morning in your pajamas?" Quinn asked, wiping the sleep from her eyes as she jumped down from the top bunk. Zoey and Lola looked at each other and giggled.
"There was a commotion outside. Apparently, Logan was sleeping on some bench outside in his pajamas. And honestly, the way he was sleeping was so weird, but so cute," Lola giggled. Quinn froze when she heard Logan's name being used. She covered up her shock by asking, "Why was he outside?" Lola shrugged.
"Michael and James dragged him off before we could ask," she answered as she went into the closet to find an outfit to wear.
"Oh," Quinn said as she rummaged through the closet with Zoey and Lola. Lola and Zoey picked their outfits and got changed, leaving Quinn to pick out her outfit. She didn't know what compelled her to pick this out, but she picked out the same outfit she wore on her first date with Mark, her best casual outfit. She rarely wore this, unless trying to impress Mark or someone. And Zoey knew this. So when Zoey saw Quinn slipping into this outfit, she narrowed her eyes.
"Quinn, why are you wearing that?" Zoey asked casually. Quinn looked down at her outfit, and then shrugged.
"I don't know. It feels right," Quinn said honestly as she started combing out her hair. Lola and Zoey exchanged a look, but shrugged as they got ready. Finally, they were all ready, and they walked to their Media class, Quinn feeling more nervous by the second. Logan was in that class, and she was so not ready to face him. She would have to avoid him, sit far away from him and pray they would not have to do anything together. They approached the classroom cautiously, Quinn getting more and more nervous with each step. Quinn forced herself to relax as they entered their Media class just as the bell rang. Quinn immediately saw Logan, James and Michael at the front center of the class, with three seats saved for them. Unfortunately, they were between each boy. She knew Zoey would sit beside James, and Michael, Lola would sit between Michael and Logan, and she would be stuck beside him. She was right. She watched Zoey sit beside her boyfriend and Lola sat between Michael. Quinn really didn't want to sit beside Logan, but she didn't want to be too suspicious. She then spotted Carter Blake, the good looking tennis player with nobody sitting beside him. She immediately walked over to him, smiling. They talked in their American History class a bit, since they had to sit beside each other there, so it wasn't totally unusual for Carter when she took a seat next to him.
"Hey Carter," Quinn said to him, smiling slightly. Carter smiled at her.
"Hey Quinn. I heard about you and Mark, sorry you guys broke up," Carter said sympathetically. Quinn smiled.
"Thank you," Quinn smiled as she took out her book. She spotted from the corner of her eye, Michael, Zoey, Lola, James and Logan looking at her, Logan looking a bit jealous? Quinn shook it off. She must be going crazy, she thought as Mr. Bender entered the room.
"Hello class, sorry I'm late," Mr. Bender said. Quinn looked down at her paper and opened to a fresh page as Mr. Bender started the lesson, about the influences of media, and what different things media does. Quinn started to zone out. She started subconsciously drawing on the blank piece of paper as she thought about Mark, and Logan. She started thinking about their pros and cons. Let's see, Mark was a sweetheart, they had so many things in common, he was a great experiment for her Quinnventions, he didn't complain at all, and their time together was spent well. The cons of him though were he was kind of boring in a way, it took them nearly two years to kiss, he never said he loved her, his kisses weren't that great and he barely cracked a joke.
Logan's pros were that he was a fabulous kisser, opposites attract they say and both were definitely opposites, Logan was a sweet guy on the inside, and he had a great sense of humor, it was never boring with Logan around. But the cons are that he was a jerk, he got girls then would basically dump them, he only dated girls for their hotness and their kisses, and he was her good friend. If they broke up, it would be awkward between them. Quinn was suddenly aware of Mr. Bender's voice.
"So, I have assigned you into groups," Mr. Bender said as he looked for the lists. Quinn leaned into Carter.
"What's happening?" she asked. Carter smiled. "Mr. Bender's assigning groups for a project on researching a celebrity that's in the media lately and how it influences us," Carter answered. Quinn smiled. But was secretly praying she didn't get paired up with Logan.
"Zoey Brookes and James Garrett"
"Lola Martinez and Michael Barrett"
"Quinn Pensky and…Carter Blake." YES! Quinn breathed a sigh of relief as she smiled at Carter.
"Logan Reese and Stacy Dilson."
"YESH! My dream of working with Logan has come true! I'll be the best partner you've ever had!" Stacy yelled with her lisp as she ran and hugged Logan tightly, Logan looking freaked out as Stacy ran back to her seat. Immediately, everyone started getting into their groups as Quinn turned to Carter.
"So, what celebrity are we doing?" Quinn asked. Carter thought about it.
"Most people would probably do Britney Spears, or Lindsay Lohan. Maybe we could do someone in rehab," Carter suggested.
"Or someone that has a scandal, like Vanessa Hudgens. Maybe we could do Owen Wilson," Quinn thought. Carter frowned.
"No, maybe someone different," Carter said.
"Maybe someone that has done a positive influence in the media, like," Quinn thought then both said, "Angelina Jolie!" Both started laughing as Quinn pushed back her brown hair.
"I love it," Quinn said. The two then started mapping out their research report into a few subtopics, and decided who was going to find out what. Quinn was having fun with Carter, he was a good guy. But he definitely wasn't someone she would date. Besides, he had a girlfriend already and she just got out of a relationship. And she just wasn't interested, no matter how hot he was. But Quinn snuck a few glances at Logan and he seemed to be glaring at Carter for some reason. Maybe there was some past thing they had that made them hate each other, Quinn decided. Suddenly, the bell rang shrilly, making Quinn and Carter jump. Quinn gathered her stuff and put it in her bag.
"Ok, bye. See you in History," Quinn smiled at Carter before exiting the room. She knew where she was heading next, Literature, which Logan and Zoey were in. Great she thought bitterly as she turned a corner to her next class. She entered the classroom to find Logan and Zoey already there. Quinn paused awkwardly. Unfortunately for her, Ms. Hammond assigned seats, and she was stuck in the middle of Zoey and Logan. Quinn saw Logan look up and Zoey waving to her. Quinn smiled awkwardly as she walked through the isles to her seat. She avoided Logan's eyes as she sat down in her seat as the bell rang and she grabbed her books.
"Hey Quinn, you ok?" Zoey asked, Ms. Hammond just walking into the classroom. Quinn looked at Zoey and smiled. "Of course," Quinn said as Ms. Hammond set down her books and shut the door.
"Ok, so right now we're learning about William Shakespeare and his work. So, to learn more about his plays and work, I have assigned a project. I have assigned partners, their play Shakespeare had done, and the scene from the play. Ok, Melan Allan, with Charles Million. You will be doing Twelfth Night, Act 2 Scene 2. Naomi Farrell and…" Ms. Hammond started reading off the list, tossing them the book from the plays for them. Quinn secretly prayed that she would not get Logan as a partner, but she had good luck before in Media.
"Zoey Brookes and Lance Rivers, you'll be doing A Mid Summer's Night Dream, Act 1 Scene 4," Ms. Hammond said, tossing Zoey the book. Zoey groaned as she looked at the boy she once dated, the Dean's son. He was a total jerk, rigging stuff for Zoey. Even Lance looked upset. Ms. Hammond kept reading the list, Quinn's name never called, or Logan's, which made Quinn even more nervous. No, stay positive, Logan is not your partner, Logan is NOT your partner, Quinn thought to herself. She actually felt calm.
"Quinn Pensky and…Logan Reese, doing Romeo and Juliet, Act 1 Scene 5," Ms. Hammond read. Suddenly, both voices screamed, "WHAT?!?!"
Ok, I think this is a good place to stop. So, what do you think? Next chapter will be Logan's reactions, kind of Logan's point of view at the beginning. So, what did you think of the Chase/Logan conversation? Now do you see why this is totally AU? Tell me what you think. And if you read Romeo and Juliet, you may know what scene I'm talking about, well, part of it anyways. I didn't do research on the other plays I mentioned, so whatever scene I mentioned, I have no clue what scene it is with. So, please review!
And remember, I need an idea for a new title!