AN: Hey guys sorry about the long delay again in updating. I just want to thank everyone the reviewed and everyone that kept after me to update. Even if it takes a while, I will never abandon this story…as long as you guys continue to enjoy reading it I will keep writing it. I have a question though, I know some of you have gotten frustrated because I've taken so long to update, so do you guys want me to finish this story sooner like in two long chapters…or just continue writing, but making it shorter like 3-5 pages an update so I can update sooner and hopefully more often? Also with this chapter, they're starting senior year so I jumped ahead a little bit, but it shouldn't be to confusing. Thanks so much for the support you guys, and I'm sorry again for the delay.

Chapter 25- Changes

"Boys…Boys….Boys," Nicole wrote down as she listened to her new teacher yap on and on about history. She looked up for a second and then looked around at the guys in her classroom. A loud yawn escaped her throat. The guy in front of her turned around and then smiled.

"Boring stuff right?"

He was cute. Nicole nodded and then beamed back at him. She looked down at her notepad once more and then scribbled down, "Cutie in the Frontie," She couldn't help but to giggle because she had no idea what that meant.

"So um…is that guy wearing an animal or what? I swear I heard it make a sound or something."

Nicole's eyes focused on the obvious toupee that her professor was wearing. She grinned and then looked away because the sight was so horrible. "Yeah, that thing is ugly with a capital W!"

"W?"

Nicole placed her pen to her mouth in thought, "There's no W in Ugly?"

The guy shook his head, "No,"

Nicole smiled nervously. "Oh duh,"

The bell rang signaling that it was the end of the period. Sighing in relief Nicole gathered her books. She was so not ready for school to be back in session and so far all she had done was slacked. Nicole was afraid that she would fail the semester at the rate she was going. After saying goodbye to the boy that she had talked to most of the period Nicole quickly left.

"Hey,"

Nicole turned around to face Jordan. She squealed and then threw her arms around his neck. He laughed and then hugged her back.

"Hey you,"

Nicole playfully hit him, "Hey you, back." Her eyes widened and then she adjusted Jordan's collar, "Oooo, someone looks sexy!"

"Thanks, I like that skirt you're wearing," Jordan added.

Nicole linked her arm in Jordan's as they strolled down the hall. "I got it for sale at this really cute place in the mall, I went with Zoey, but she was being beyond depressing, so then I got depressed, and brought all these clothes." Nicole tilted her head to the side causing her long silky russet locks to flip onto Jordan's shoulder. "And when I think about it, I'm still depressed because Zoey's depressed, and then there's Dana…and Jordan talk about major depression…and gawd!" Nicole suddenly hit Jordan's shoulder.

He slightly jumped and then looked back at her confused, "What did I do?"

"Oh, love bug you didn't do anything. It's just Dana is so evil these days, she's mean! I swear one time she was crying because she's all upset about whatever happened between her and Logan in Mexico, and anyhoo, I turned on the light and she almost attacked me…wohoo talk about major issues!"

Jordan nodded. He watched as Cassidy quickly walked past them.

Nicole watched as well. Because she thought he was cute. "Well anyways…" Nicole glanced up at Jordan who was still distracted. She tugged on his shirt, "Earth to my boyfriend."

He snapped out of it, "Yeah?"

"Would you mind if I asked you to break the rules?"

Jordan raised an eyebrow in surprise, "Huh?"

Nicole reached for his hands and entwined her fingers in between his, "Zoey and Dana have been unbearable, and I can't focus in that hostile environment, my pictures of hot guys, and screensavers of even more hot guys can't even distract me anymore…I need a change…"

Jordan nodded. He adjusted his messenger bag on his shoulder and then stepped out of the way of Meadow and a girl he had never seen before as they walked past.

"Move," Meadow's friend groaned to Nicole.

Nicole rolled her eyes.

Jordan glared at the girl, and he was about to say something until Nicole clamped her hand over his mouth.

"I have gym with them both next period, and unfortunately dodgeball is the sport! Like eww, I mean I don't even like dodgeball, and especially with them…um…talk about scary!"

"She can't talk to you like that," Jordan said.

Nicole smiled. "You're so cute when you're concerned."

He smiled bashfully and then focused his pale blue eyes back on Nicole. "So what were you trying to ask me before Meadow and her evil spawn decided to walk past?"

"Can I stay at your dorm?"

"Logan, what's up dude?" Sawyer said sitting across from his friend.

Logan looked away from the gym floor where Dana was playing basketball with some other girls. "Nothing much, you?"

Sawyer sat down across from him, "Pissed, that's all."

"Me too, I mean what's so special about Cruz?" Logan asked.

Sawyer looked at Logan in surprise with his eyebrow arched. He wasn't sure if Logan was waiting for him to respond or what. So he just shrugged.

"I mean…look at her, I swear that girl is evil, she enjoys other people's pain, she's…" Logan suddenly realized that he couldn't find enough bad things to say about Dana. And not to mention the only other thought that came to mind was that she was hot. Logan sighed. He felt as if Dana had softened him. She had turned him into a somewhat nicer guy, and when he was with her, he didn't care. Logan turned back to Sawyer, "So what's the deal with you and Zo?"

"There is no me and Zo, we're finished."

"Oh yeah, she started acting all weird and shit," Logan said with a shake of the head. "And to think she was seeing Matthews all this time? I didn't even see it coming. Girls are good for nothing all of them…"

"I want to forget about her man," Sawyer leaned forward and then started to rack his hands through his shaggy blonde hair. He then placed his hand over his mouth. "But it's not easy, it's just…Zoey wasn't acting like herself, it was as if she was under some kind of influence."

Logan smirked, "Goody goody two shoes was on drugs? Is that what you're trying to say Sawyer, I've got trouble believing that."

Sawyer clenched his jaw, "I don't know. I'm not saying she was on drugs, but something wasn't right."

"Well you can't do anything about it, and you can't change what happened between you and her, so my advice for you is to forget about Zoey. I mean look at us dude, we're sitting around like women crying over relationships. We gotta move on." Logan looked back at Dana as he said this. He froze for a second when he realized that her sultry cocoa eyes were fixed on his.

Sawyer seemed to notice Dana's look as well, "What was that about moving on?"

Quinn sat down across from Zoey, and stared back at her intently.

Zoey looked up, "Can I help you Quinn?"

"How is Chase?"

Zoey raised an eyebrow, "Umm…he's okay? Why do you ask?"

Quinn looked down and then adjusted her glasses on the bridge of her nose, "For scientific purposes of course, but also because I was concerned."

Zoey tucked a strand of golden hair behind her ear, and then folded the page over in her book. "Did you do something to us?"

Quinn was shocked at first by Zoey's accusation, but she quickly recovered because she knew it was the truth. "I didn't mean for things to turn out the way they did…"

"How dare you Quinn!" Zoey practically screamed causing her southern accent to flare in anger. She grabbed her book bag and then tossed it over her shoulders. "I don't know what you did and why you did it, but you messed up my life!" Zoey stormed away.

Quinn sighed. "Well that was easier than I expected."

"Why!" Zoey yelled as she turned back around on her heels.

"Jimminy Crickets," Quinn grunted. She turned around in her seat to face Zoey with a somewhat apologetic expression.

"I know you want to be a scientist and all, but you can't just go controlling people's lives. Quinn, your experiments don't work! They never do, so you should just give it up! You messed up my relationship with Sawyer, he won't even talk to me or look at me…and I guess Chase's short sickness had to do with you too!"

"But he's better…"

Zoey held up her hand. Her face was red and tears were now brimming in her eyes, "I am so disgusted with you, I can't even describe it. Stay away from me Quinn."

Quinn looked down. "Zoey, I…"

Zoey shook her head, "You ruined everything, this is my senior year, I'm supposed to be happy, but I'm starting it a mess, and that's all because of you!" She stormed out and then ran down the hallway towards the bathroom.

"Excuse me can I be excused?" Dana asked the manly coach.

Ms. Mann turned to face Dana with a hardened expression. She crossed her bulging arms and then wrinkled her nose in Dana's direction.

Dana stepped back because she was almost positive that Ms. Mann was going to hit her. She wasn't usually scared of anyone except for her mom, but Ms. Mann was intimidating. She swallowed down a wad of nervousness as she watched Ms. Mann raise her upper hairy lip to snarl in distaste.

"Excused for what?" Ms. Mann asked in a deep baritone voice.

"I um…have to use the bathroom, I'm not feeling so good sir," Dana bit her lip. Shit. She had just called Ms. Mann a man. "Um…I meant Ms."

Ms. Mann grunted.

"I mean woman,"

Ms. Mann's eye started to bulge out.

Dana stepped back. She suddenly wasn't feeling as angry anymore. But she didn't want to feel scared of Ms. Mann, she wanted to rebel. Misbehave and show Logan that she was upset. Let him know just how much she hated him for being so irresponsible that day in Mexico when they had slept together without protection. Dana looked back at Logan. As she looked at him, she couldn't help but to flash back to all the times they had shared together. Logan always had on a "sex" face, and Dana hated that. How could he be so calm and collected after what they had done? Of course it was because he was a guy.

"Cruz!" Ms. Mann yelled.

Dana jumped. "Yes?"

"Get back in line, I have some new techniques to show the class."

Dana knew Logan was still watching so she couldn't back down. She had to be a bad ass. Even if she got in detention she didn't care. "No,"

Ms. Mann stepped back, "Excuse me!"

Dana placed her hands on her hips, "I said No. I don't feel like playing basketball, and if I don't want to then you can't make me," With that Dana turned around and headed out of the gym. She smiled to herself. It felt good to rebel. It felt damn good.

Her stomach was starting to feel queasy so Dana placed her hand to it. A shadow of worry overcast her features at the thought of being pregnant. She had worried about that every night since she had slept with Logan, and Dana feared that she was. Dana closed her eyes. What would she do if she really was? She bit her lip. Her life would be over.

"Did you see that wife beater Logan was wearing during lacrosse practice?"

Dana's head snapped around. Who was this girl talking about Logan? For her sake she better be talking about another Logan. Because even though Dana loathed Logan with a passion, he was still her problem, part of her dysfunctional relationship. Dana passed an evil death glare at Meadow who was leaning against a locker with her books held close to her chest as she talked to some blonde chick.

"I saw him Austin,"

Dana realized that she was just standing in the middle of the hallway so she turned around to act as if she were entering in a combination to some random locker.

"Logan Reese is fine, and he is all mine!" The blonde sang.

Dana's mouth dropped. Bitch! Bitch! Bitch!

Meadow giggled, "And now that Zoey is out of the picture I guess I have Sawyer to myself, I mean he's been hurting so much lately. He looks so sad…I just want to go up to him and give him a hug. I missed him. Poor baby,"

"Yeah, poor guy got played by that little skank Zoey."

Dana clenched her fists. She was feeling bad enough to fight, but before she got the chance her name was brought up.

"I heard Logan and Dana had sex in Mexico," Meadow added.

Dana's mouth dropped open. Her fists unclenched and her eye's widened. How the hell did that girl know about that! She took in a deep breath and then glanced over her shoulder to see if Meadow had recognized her.

Meadow giggled, "Dana is such a slut."

"What!" Dana screamed.

Meadow gasped and then stood up straight. The other girl turned around as well.

"Repeat that again Meadow!" Dana yelled.