A/N: Here's the tenth 'scene' of The Little Things In Between. Forty more to go, everybody!
Disclaimer: Oh, darn. Dan still hasn't given me the rights to the show.
Timeframe: during Paige At PCA; after the scene where Michael neglects his psychology project with Chase and Logan to be with Lisa.
Words: 735
Couple(s): none; very slight mention of Michael/Lisa.
Inspiration: Because I wanted to focus on the Chase/Logan dynamic. They have such opposite personalities with Michael meeting both of them halfway. So, that's my inspiration for this snippet.
The Little Things In Between Brilliant
Four days was a world record to Logan Reese especially considering how thin is patience was.
Four days was way too long to be easy-going and lenient because how angry he was about to get.
Narrowly suppressing the urge to strangle his roommate, he really hoped his glare would literally burn holes through Michael from behind as he ran to be with Lisa. Again. He wasn't getting his possessions confiscated again by his father because he got another low grade. Logan understood the whole importance of being with a girl, but when someone else put his ass in the line of fire because of case of the 'I-have-to –spend-every-waking-moment-with-my-girlfriend' Syndrome, then it made him furious.
It was quite stupid. He never got attached to a girl anyway. It wasn't his style.
And he wasn't about to start now.
"Dude, what are we going to do? I'm going to kill him if we don't get that A!"
"And I think I'll allow it," Chase added, with a sigh, absent-mindedly entertaining himself with his half-empty water bottle. "And why do you care about an A this time? The most you go for is a C minus."
"Because if I bomb psychology, then my dad takes my new platinum red credit card away, and I haven't broken it in yet. I'm still trying to figure out which slot in my wallet it should go."
Chase looked at his roommate, and really couldn't understand his friend's logic, most of the time. Giving Logan a deadpanned expression, the bushy-haired teen rolled his eyes, his tone coated in thick sarcasm.
"Yes, because you losing your credit card will be a crying shame to all…"
"You're lucky I'm going to let that one slide, because I have an idea but I can't do it alone," Logan revealed to Chase. He almost cringed because he knew that look of conspiracy and scheming so well. Most of the time, Logan's ideas became shipwrecked, and there was no way Chase was crossing over to the metaphorical dark side, especially against his best friend.
"Whatever you're thinking, no…"
"Come on, you didn't even let me explain what my idea was anyway!"
"Do I want to know?"
"You don't have a choice," Logan retorted, and then smirked. "Come on. I may not care too much about my grades, but I know you do."
"Okay, what's this big evil plan you got?" Chase questioned, raising an eyebrow. Logan's eyes lit up at the chance to explain because it was actually foolproof this time. Not like the time he had proposed he and Michael eat the hottest peppers to see who claimed the single bed. Or the time they attempt to steal and use the girl's bras as slingshots way back in the eighth grade just to name a few.
"Okay, we make Michael think he's losing it and actually going nuts. We write a report about his reactions and stuff, and," Logan snapped his fingers for emphasis. "Instant A, and my dad doesn't confiscate anything from me. There's a psychology thing to it, am I right?"
Chase opened his mouth to protest, before he actually saw the rare clarity of Logan's logic, and there was a genuine psychological inquiry to be explored here. There would be no bunnies harmed in the endeavor.
Could it be? Was Logan Reese, the same guy who considered it a sin to lather, rinse and repeat even though it clearly said to do so, the mastermind of a foolproof plan that could actually be right?
"I can't believe I'm going along with this, man," Chase complied, the thought of his grade point average suffering in the slightest becoming his motivation. "You'd better know what you're doing."
"Of course, I do. When have I ever let you down before?" Logan asked, before realization struck and he cut Chase off. "Don't answer that. But it'll be a riot. And Michael just gets to be in it, sort of."
"Can't wait."
"Now, let's go. I'll rent a tux, and you finally put that photoshopping thing to something useful…"
Chase glared slightly, before deciding that something like this should be left alone.
He wasn't going to admit to Logan that this plan was actually pretty brilliant.
Logan's head would simply inflate even bigger, prohibiting them from accessing their dorm and setting their plan in motion.
But it was pretty brilliant.
A/N: There's my tenth moment, drabble, whatever you want to call it. I will put another update up later tonight because I'm off school tomorrow, because it's Thanksgiving. So, happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Canadians celebrating. Stay safe, and pig out, lol. I already have the eleventh one planned out since I watched the School Dance episode. It's the DL one I promised a while back. Not only will I have a new update out (I have a long rant up for October 11) but I will change the poll to be something different. I want to do another oneshot with the five senses. It'll probably be Misa. I don't know yet. I'm working on that Chase/Zoey, Chase/Lola angst oneshot, Pedestal. So look out for those. Anyway, I've jabbered on and on enough and you're probably sick of me by now.
Yeah. Reviews sound nice right about now.
-Erika