CHAPTER 7
That whole day Quinn couldn't stop being mad. She was beyond annoyed she just couldn't stop thinking about why that girl bothered her so much. Quinn thought to herself 'I'm sure she's such a lovely person and everything, except for her bimbo attitude and dumb hair and face".
She had finally finished classes, in which for the first time ever she had paid zero attention. She couldn't think properly on no sleep not to mention her mind racing a billion miles a minute. Quinn entered dorm room 101 cursing under her breath, not taking the time to see if her roommates were home.
"ooohhhh Logan you're so hot, and your stupid dress and stupid heels and stupid hair and oh my god you could totally win in a fight against him blah blah blah" She was mumbling under her breath putting on a fake voice in her head impersonating Logan's date Tori from lunch. She had nicknamed her Stori – for stupid Tori, all for her own personal amusement. She couldn't understand why she felt like ripping everything she saw to shreds and then burning it and then ripping it again. Maybe she was sick; it could have been from sleeping out in the cold the other night.
"Ahem" Chase coughed; Quinn looked up to find Chase, Zoey, Lola and Michael sitting on the couch and beanbags. "Oh, sorry I didn't see you guys".
"Quinn, are you okay? You seem…umm edgy? To say the least.." Zoey asked innocently, the four had discussed the fuming Quinn before she had come to the dorm before and they had all decided to be vague on the subject and stay out of it.
"I'm fine! Why wouldn't I be fine? I'm smart and I study hard and I'm happy and who even cares anymore," she sulked to no one in particular.
"Well, it's just because you seemed a little upset at lunch? Are you sure you're okay about the whole Mark thing from yesterday?" Michael asked.
"Mark? Oh right, Mark, no I'm fine, he apologised out of the goodness of his heart so I suppose that's it". Quinn was a little bit nervous about asking what she had been dying to ask the whole time she had been in the room. What she wanted to ask was what the hell was Logan even doing with that girl with stupid hair in the first place? Did he like her? Were they serious? Are they still together from lunch?
"So um Logan has a new girlfriend huh? That's good huh? Yeah, I think it's great in fact." She had made that sound, perfectly like she didn't even care, win!
"Yeah she is so hot isn't she?" Michael said loudly to try and annoy Quinn. Unfortunately Lola must have forgotten the plan and looked at him in disbelief until he leant over and whispered that it was just for the plan. It was then that she had calmed down and started to play along.
"Yeah he's really gotten himself a good catch there, I was thinking of maybe inviting her over to hang out with us sometime" Lola said as if it was no big deal that she was trying to invite the girl that Quinn couldn't stand over.
"Are you freaking kidding me? What the hell is wrong with all of you, she's a freak! With her stupid hair and her dress that's so short its borderline inappropriate and her really pretty face and her stupid, dumb eyes"
"Wow Quinn is something wrong? I thought she was so nice, and she's like the smartest person ever, she studies AP everything, isn't that cool? You'd really like her if you got to know her" Zoey said so innocently that it really pushed Quinn over the line and she stalked out slamming the door behind her.
"Did we go too far?" Lola said looking worried.
"Honestly I think that Quinn needs to see that they are meant for each other, I mean I think they'd make each other really happy but they need to stop being stubborn and actually realise that they like each other instead of beating around the bush all this time" Chase said.
Everyone looked at him like he had grown a second head.
"What? Is there something on my face?" Chase asked embarrassed.
Lola and Michael looked at each other with the most shocked looks anyone had ever seen and nodded at each other. "Really, you of all people have just outlined the entire relationship between you and Zoey" Lola stated bluntly.
Chase and Zoey flushed the deepest red and stayed stunned in silence. Until Chase stood up from the couch and looked at Zoey, "Zoey I have never met anyone like you, you're smart, funny, athletic, interesting and most of all you're the most beautiful girl I have ever laid eyes on. Somewhere between hitting that pole on my bike and falling to the ground, I managed to fall in love with you along the way. I would be honoured if you would be my girlfriend, keeping in mind that if you say yes, I'm never letting you go, ever. So what do you s-?"
Chase's romantic speech was cut off mid-sentence by Zoey jumping on him and kissing him so passionately that he couldn't even respond for a minute until he had realised what was happening. When they pulled away, neither of them had ever looked so happy. "I'm in love with you too" Zoey said shyly while Chase had the biggest, goofiest smile on his face. "Awwwwww!" Lola and Michael cooed as they got up and congratulated their new couple friends.
Meanwhile, Quinn was off storming the campus. She couldn't understand why all she wanted to do was cry into her pillow and never have to feel like this again. She hadn't slept at all in the last few nights, and she couldn't understand why nothing was getting better for her. First Mark hated her and now Logan hated her. How could he think that something was going on when Logan hated her more than most people. It was ironic that just a few days previous she thought she was the one to hate Logan Reese most, however she was having trouble proving that true anymore.
The next day Quinn looked terribly ill, she was pale and had bags under eyes from the lack of sleep she'd had lately. On top of all of it she had this continuous sad and sickly feeling sweeping over her making her feel even worse. She was looking forward to Lunch though as she had heard Zoey and Lola talking in their dorm earlier saying that Logan had ditched Tori. At least now she wouldn't have to deal with stupid Tori and her stupid face any longer. She sat down at the table whilst her five friends gossiped and laughed about a joke Michael was telling about a girl in the year below them. She smiled and sat down at her seemingly permanent place next to Logan. She organised her food and then looked up at everyone saying "hey's" and getting "hey's" back in return.
Quinn decided that now was her chance to try talking to Logan again while the other couples were distracted. Zoey and Chase were quietly talking to each other and smiling every five seconds when the other would talk, whilst Lola and Michael were feeding each other grapes. Gross, but at least they were together, that was the main thing.
"So Logan I –"
"Hey babe, I missed you soooo much" A girl who Quinn recognised as Darcey from her Human relations class had walked up to Logan from behind and started making out with him right in front of her. He didn't even say hi back, Logan merely accepted the kiss and then invited her to sit down and introduced his girl once more.
"Everyone, Darcey, Darcey, this is everyone" introduced Logan.
"Hi's" were muttered around the table before Logan turned to Darcey once more to continue kissing her and whispering things in her ear.
Quinn felt this sharp pain in her chest. She unknowingly clutched it and closed her eyes. What was this feeling? She couldn't understand why someone this young could be having a heart attack. Surely that wasn't it. She took a deep breath and opened her eyes, Logan had left with Darcey and was now off walking her to her next class.
Quinn felt much better now and the pain had subsided, she couldn't help but think that was an odd feeling to have, and couldn't figure out why it had happened.
Her friends all exchanged knowing glances and smiled to themselves, continuing to eat their food.
"Stupid Darcey with her stupid hair and her stupid perfect eyes and her stupid fashion sense". Once again, Quinn felt herself boiling with anger walking home from class. She slammed the door shut and through her bag at the floor with great force. She then proceeded to throw herself face down at her bed and scream into it as loud as she could.
"Ahem" Lola and Zoey had witnessed her little tantrum and gone to sit on her bed with her.
"Quinn, are you sure you're okay?" Lola asked whilst patting Quinns back lightly to show her support.
This was followed by another piercing scream muffled into her pillow.
"I guess not" Zoey said secretly winking at Lola while Quinn was still lying down. They stepped back and allowed her to sit up, she looked terrible, she still hadn't slept properly for days and when she did all she could dream about was the beach and a certain jacket that she couldn't seem to make out.
"It's just…like…what it is…okay I just really don't know what's going on with me lately. I can't sleep, I can't eat. Why do I feel so…sore all the time? I don't get what's wrong." Quinn admitted shamefully, not knowing anything was not her strong point.
Zoey and Lola looked at each other hesitantly before answering. "Quinn, why do you think you feel this way?" Lola asked cautiously, afraid that Quinn would once again scream or worse, cry. "I just told you, I don't know that's why I am feeling so bad" Quinn responded.
"Okay let's try this again, how do you feel about Logan?" Lola asked.
"Again with the Logan thing nothing is going on with Logan and I for the final time, really guys how is it that everyone can see something that I can't, it's not true at all you're just making it up and so was Mark." Quinn was getting tired of everyone suggesting that something was going on. "He is clearly with that Darcey girl, with her stupid hair and stupid eyes and stupid mouth and stupid 'oh my god I miss you sooo much." She put on her best impersonation to make this Darcey girl sound like a high pitched, lispy person with the most annoying voice ever.
Zoey had to stifle a giggle, Quinn jealous was by far the funniest thing she had ever seen in her life. She regained her composure and asked Quinn once again "Quinn how do you feel when you see Logan with Darcey?".
Quinn didn't even have to think, she once again started a rant about Darcey's dumb face and hair and intelligence and everything. This was so unlike Quinn and Lola and Zoey were clearly amused by the situation.
"Okay seriously, do you remember the time when Chase dated Rebecca and I came to our lunch table and I was saying that I couldn't stand her stupid annoying lips?" Zoey asked.
"Yeah, you liked Chase and Rebecca was the one who got to be with him. You were jealous" Quinn started, "How does that have anything to do with Logan?"
"Darcey and her stupid face…" Lola said, trailing off in hopes that Quinn will make the connection. Her and Zoey gave Quinn a quick smile and walked off to meet the boys for dinner at Sushi Rox.
Quinn sat on her bed staring at the ceiling. She still wasn't entirely sure what just happened. She couldn't really like Logan, surely not, the idea sounded silly.
After an hour of sitting there silently, Quinn decided to take a walk and get some air. She went to grab a jacket when she saw Logan's football jacket on her nightstand. She walked over and decided that it was by far the warmest jacket she had in the room, and it would make sense to wear it in case she got sick. That would be the only reason why though.
The cool night air brushed against her face as she walked towards her new favourite spot; the beach. She walked passed Sushi Rox on her way, pondering whether or not she should go in. Quinn decided to let her friends have some couple time and continued walking onwards. She had finally reached the beach and sat down on the warm sand listening to the gentle waves hit the shore. This was peace for her, it was the clearest her mind had felt all day, and she contemplated making this a daily ritual. Closing her eyes and laying down on the sand, Quinn tried to think as clearly as she could about how she was feeling the last few days. However these thoughts were interrupted when she heard giggling.
Realising she was not alone she sat up and saw that same Darcey girl dragging Logan towards the beach.
"No I don't want to go to the beach it's…I just don't want to go to the beach" Logan said grumpily trying to resist being dragged towards the sand.
"Aw but baby I was thinking we could have some fun here, all alone on the beach" She giggled loudly enough to make Quinn gag. It was then that Darcey grabbed Logan and kissed him, causing his hands to roam her body obviously enough for Quinn to see.
There was that pain again, she couldn't stop it from getting worse and worse, and she held her chest like it was about to explode if she removed her hand. She whimpered and it was then that the Quinn Pensky realised what was wrong with her. Tears began to stream down her face and Logan heard a sniffle, realising that they had company.
"Quinn? What are you doing here?" Logan asked shocked, pushing Darcey away from him.
Quinn didn't speak; she just let herself cry and began to walk home. As she passed Logan and that stupid girl, Logan attempted to grab her hand.
"Logan just get off me, go be with your girlfriend" She whipped her hand away, but not fast enough for Logan to go without noticing his jacket adorned on her shoulders. And with that he watched the retreating figure of Quinn away walking from him.
