Here's the continuation guys! And even though this chapter's not that exciting, I think you will like the little surprise I put in the end. I sure did. And of course, I hope you guys enjoy it.
Logan Clyde's Office
Logan was signing papers, stamping them angrily, so that the whole movie would be over and be dissolved. He wanted to act like nothing happened for the past weeks.
Then came his assistant, Robert, with Dana, Chase and Lola. So much for acting like nothing happened. "They came to see you sir," he explained, obviously worried. He should be actually. Logan gave strict orders to not let anybody in his office. And that especially meant Dana.
Logan frowned upon sighting her. "She must have forced her way in. She was always too much for any guy. Robert must have been scared. Bah, whatever," he silently thought in irritation. Although, since she was with his other friends, he decided to ignore her in the end. "Good day to you, Chase, Lola. So, why are you two here?" he asked, treating Dana as air unseen.
"We're here to convince you not to dissolve the movie for-" Victoria started but was cut-off by Chase.
He began, "Yeah, man. You wanted that movie to be made since you were in highschool. And I loved making the script. It was my masterpiece. I want it to be published."
Dana made a big breath. "It's not fair to stop the production all because you found out that I lied to you. I guess it must be my fault, but don't be selfish, Logan! Others need this film! They aren't as rich like a director like you to pretend like nothing happened. Be angry with me for all I care. Just please don't stop this movie," she pleaded. Then, she thought of something, which caused her angry yet pleading tone to change. "And… you promised me that whatever happens, you'll do this movie."
Logan stood up. It was the last straw of his patience already. "I promised to Dana, not to Victoria. And I did that because I never thought you would do this! How was I supposed to know you would become a lying backstabbing-"
"Woah, woah, woah, Logan! I may be a liar, but I didn't backstab anyone. Watch your words!" Dana said, getting angrier by the second.
This made Logan angrier as well. He flipped the papers on his table. "What do you propose I should do?! I deny working with you, Dana! You have lied to me too much. It hurts me so much. Fine, I won't stop the movie! In one condition!"
Dana became sure that she could do any condition Logan would have laid, so she carelessly responded. "Name it?! I'll do it!"
"…if you find a new lead role to portray Haley," he said in a monotone.
This stroked her hard. But just nodded her head since she couldn't do anything anymore. "Sure… a girl lead is what you need? Then okay. I'll ask my friends and search for one that's… good enough."
Chase suddenly raised his voice. "But wait!! That person needs to look exactly like you, Dana. We have to put on a wig and a lot of make-up if necessary. The audience will obviously suspect that the character was changed."
"Yeah, I guess we have to do so," Logan answered.
"Well, I'll be off then and look for a… girl… suiting for the role," Dana sounded sadly. Obviously, she did not like the condition at all.
"I'll come with you, D," said a friendly voice of her friend Lola, as she placed a hand on her shoulder. Dana may had lied to her, but she was still her friend. She knew she needed to help.
Dana smiled a bit. "Thanks Lola, that means a lot to me."
And by no time, as said, they left.
Inside the room remained the two childhood friend boys, Chase and Logan. There was obviously gonna be a serious guy talk after this whole circumstance.
Chase started, "Logan, listen… now that they're gone, can we talk about… this?"
"What's 'this?'" Logan asked, and then sat down to go on with his paperwork. "There's nothing worth talking about, Chase."
"This happening. Logan, stand up! Listen to me! Be a man! You may have been hurt, but you should talk to Dana and not avoid her. You were pretty cold back there. You're just hiding from your fears! FACE THEM!" he explained.
Logan eyed at him all annoyed. "You're my friend right, Chase? Why take her side? You haven't seen her for quite some time. But I've been there for you for so long! Try to understand me! I've been searching for her for so long. And in the end of all this pursuit, she lies to me! I worked so hard and she lies to me!!" he exclaimed, pinning Chase on the wall.
"Logan, wake up!" he said as he punched his face. Logan was caught of guard and was really hurt by that. That was absolutely, positively, painful. Obvious by the red mark left on Logan's face.
"Wake up to reality, Logan. People lie. But that's not a reason to erase them from your life and not forgive them! WHAT YOU DO TO LIARS IS FORGIVE THEM! That's all there is to it," he continued.
Logan tried to ignore the pain, by just screaming louder at Chase, though it still definetly did hurt. "I would like to erase her in my life!! Erase her for the hardship she's causing me right now!! The bad thing is… I can't! I can't do it! When I saw her, my heart melted!! I may had been angry, but deep inside, I was happy to see her alive. Are you happy now!?"
"Why don't you two talk? Go after her. Hear her side, you may understand better."
Logan stared at his friend for a while, until he realized that everything he was saying was right all along. He just nodded then took his bag and left Chase all alone.
"Go get him, tiger."
Dana and Lola
"So, where do you think we're going to find a girl that looks a lot like you?" Lola asked Dana, as they were about to leave the building.
She became depressed instantly. And as she explained her feelings to Lola, all she could do was shake her head and look down the ground out of low self-esteem. "There's nobody who can play that role. Logan promised to me a few years ago that he would do that movie, and I knew I would be the only one who could play it."
Lola didn't quite catch that. What Dana said was the complete opposite she said to Logan. "Then, why did you tell him-"
"I just didn't want him to cancel the movie. I didn't want him to break his… promise…" she started to falter.
"But, Dana, what are you going to do? He won't let you play the part. I know he loves you, and I believe you still love him, but don't hurt yourself like this!" Lola emoted, blatantly still concerned of Dana, even though she liked Logan in the past. She had completely forgotten that for their friendship.
"I-"
Swiftly, someone came in the middle of their conversation, it was Logan, sweating and really out of breath. "Hey… girls! Uh… Dana!" he tried to make out. "We need to… talk. Can you excuse us… Lola?"
Lola smiled of happiness. She was right. Logan still had feelings for Dana, and that obviously proved it. "Sure, sure. I'll be going. Good luck!" she said to Dana in a peppy tone and ran off, though wearing stilettos. Chase who was behind them all along just went and followed Lola since they still had something to talk about.
"Bye!" Logan and Dana said in unison. They afterwards stared at each other and laughed since they said 'bye' on the same time. Pretty low, but they didn't care. It was funny for the both of them, and that was important.
"Uh… so… why'd you wanted to talk to me?" she asked timidly.
He closed his eyes. It was hard for him to say this to her straight in the eye. So he just closed his eyes, focused on his thoughts and let even a few of everything out. "Chase was right. I should hear your side of the story. I guess it's unfair, huh?" he explained. After that, he opened his eyes, as he presented his hand. "What do you say to an early lunch in an Italian restaurant?"
She gave a lovesick smile and accepted his request. She put her hand on his, and they walked of to an Italian restaurant for lunch, early lunch.
Italian Restaurant
The two had already ordered their own food and were just waiting for the food to come. As this happened, Logan began to ask, "Uh…Victo- I mean, Dana… I'm sorry, I guess I'm not yet used to calling you that. Anyway… Dana… could you please tell me the story behind your identity?"
Dana looked down and started to tremble. "If I do tell you a part of it, then would you continue the movie with me? That movie was sublime. It made me remember all my times with you, and I wouldn't dare any other woman playing Haley. Besides… if I tell you the whole story… a lot depending on it will-" she started, looking horrified.
Logan charged the table in anger. He still had his anger issues. "Why not!? Don't you want to be forgiven? I'm giving you the chance! Tell me what's going on!!"
She squeaked, still scared. "Hear me out, even a bit. Maybe you'll understand."
He calmed down with a sigh then looked at her with a raised brow. "I'm listening," he stated, arrogantly.
Which caused her to sigh as well in relief. "You see… in senior year… I broke up with you, right?"
"Who could forget," Logan said, as he rolled his eyes away from her.
"Well… I did that because… I was… hindering your career. A lot of opportunities were opened for you, but I kept being in the way. I hated doing that, and I tried to change it, but couldn't. So… I knew the best way was to break up with you."
"I don't believe you could do that!?" Logan said, standing up all infuriated. He had lost it. "You know what? I heard enough. You may be telling the truth or not, but whatever the reason is, I can't do this! How could you break my heart Dana!! And how could you love someone else!! My father was right!! You fooled me! You just fooled me!" he continued then left the restaurant.
In the process, he bumped into a blonde girl, causing her bag to fall down. He picked it up then gave it to her quickly. Afterwards, he dashed off, for Dana not to catch him.
Dana exited the restaurant, and saw that he had already vanished. She couldn't trail him off anymore.
Although, she did meet with the one Logan bumped on. The blonde. Who was actually with her friends. One of them was an African-American guy, and the other was a petite brunette lady with cheerful looking eyes.
As Dana was about to enter the restaurant again, the blonde asked her who she was, recognizing her right away. "Uh… excuse me. Aren't you… Dana Cruz?"
She looked behind her and then saw the girl with her two friends. After a while of staring at them, she realized who they were. "You're Zoey, Nicole and Michael!" she said in joy. "I missed you guys!" she continued, as she gave them all a hug.
"We missed you too, Dana," Nicole said. "But when did you become sooo peppy?" she insulted.
Dana broke the hug and started arguing with Nicole, as always. "I am not peppy! You're the one who's peppy!
"Well, I've changed!! I actually-"
"Stop it guys! You didn't change a bit!" Zoey said, getting in the middle of the two quarrelling ladies.
"Yeah, listen to her," Michael vindicated.
"Fine. Anyway, Chase called us for an emergency, do you know where he is? He told us that he was with Lola, actually," Nicole started explaining.
Zoey's widened when she finally put the pieces together. "You have a problem with Logan, don't you?" she asked, looking at Dana straight at the eye.
Chase and Lola finally appeared out of the blue. "Yes, she does have a problem with him," Lola explained.
"And I think Malcolm has something to do with it, hasn't he, Dana?" Chase stated.
Dana looked down on the ground, her eyes as terrified from when Logan asked her to tell the truth.
"Dana, we're your friends. You could at least tell us," Michael said.
Nicole comforted her as well. "We won't tell anybody. I'm not a blabber anymore."
"And we'll help you two get back together, okay? Besides, all of us stagger and fall. But it's no reason to not rise from your problems," Zoey said, as she presented a hug.
Dana just accepted it and cried. The others joined in a hug, forming a group hug. One they've missed doing for so long. Logan was the only one missing. He may have hated it, but he still belonged to their group. And they all knew that it was almost perfect, almost back to before, except Logan wasn't there.
"Okay guys… I'll tell you. I'll tell," she tried to say, in a very sad and emotional tone, as she broke the hug and wiped her tears.
And that was that. After the whole emotional crisis, Dana told the whole story about her relationship with Logan in college and how his father threatened her so that she would break up with him.
Zoey and her friends of course had to think of a plan to reveal the devious plan of Malcolm Reese and let Logan forgive Dana once and for all.
A/N: It came out to be better as I thought it would be. You guys think so? Well I do! I mean, I really didn't have an urge to write this, just wanted to finish it… but as I got in the middle, I really wanted to finish it since I missed writing about Dana and her friends. Maybe I could update my 'The Memories 2' soon after this. But of course, the La Corda fic comes first. If you know what I'm talking about, read it okay?! I love how I wrote it! Many actually do. :D
