Best Friends and Girlfriends
Chapter 24

Stopping the Fight through a Line.

Disclaimer: I do not own Zoey 101.

Dana's POV

We all looked at each other.

"Austin didn't answer," Lola said.

"Logan didn't answer," Zoey said.

"Michael didn't answer," Nicole said.

"Chase didn't answer, too," I said. "Call again," I ordered my friends.

One ring. Two rings. Three rings.

"Hello," a scared Chase answer.

I had no time for hellos.

"Are they fighting," I gushed out.

All the girl's eyes were on me.

"No but Michael is trying to stop Austin from coming out the booth. Logan is just sitting here scared that Austin is going to damage his face I swear we are about to get kick out of the store because Austin is yelling at Logan and Michael," Chase said.

I let out a long sigh. "Put me on speaker," I said.

"Ok," he said.

"Listen don't fight Logan, Austin. Nicole was just playing," I said.

I heard them all the talking among themselves in the table.

"Hello," Austin said into the phone. "Why would she play around like that?"Austin asked mad.

"It wasn't to hurt you it was to hurt Logan. It didn't really hurt him because you didn't fight him. Matter of fact punch him for me," I said.

I heard the table laugh all but Logan. That moment I felt bad for him. Then I remembered all those mean things he said to me. How it hurt like nothing before.

"I should go. We are getting ready to go to the massage hall. Nicole is talking about the guys being really cute and have super soft hands. So bye,' I said.

"Ready?" Nicole asked me.

"Sure," I said.

I walked behind the others. My hand hung low. I wanted to see Logan. I knew that I couldn't. It is over between me and him for good. Now I wish my heart would just listen.

Logan POV

"Told you I didn't like Nicole," I said.

"I know," Austin said.

Now we are leaving the restaurant. I paid the bill and we were walking along side stores.

"That would be impossible for me to like her," I said.

"Why. Do you think she is ugly?" Austin asked getting mad.

"Yea," I said not thinking much.

"What!" Austin asked.

"She is not my type. Just talks to much and is a little slow," I said.

Austin stopped walking. He looked at me.

"What?" I asked.

The next thing I knew I was being punch in the face. Michael and Chase came running screaming at Austin and asking me if I was okay. How would I be okay? That was the second time I got punch today. His punch wasn't as hard as Dana's. He wasn't the least pissed off as she was. Not even one tenth.

"What was that for?" I yelled at him and checked for blood.

"Because you were talking about Nicole," Austin yelled.

"So?" I asked.

"What do you mean so?" Austin asked.

"She is isn't you girlfriend!" I yelled above the mall noise.

I saw my hand no blood. Wait. I think he open the cut I had from Dana.

"But. . ." Austin said.

He stormed off into the crowd in the mall.

"We have to find him," Chase said.

"We have to do nothing. He just punch me in my face. I have to find a mirror to see if I still look good," I said.

"You never looked good. You had a busted lip remember?" Michael asked.

I glared at him. I walked off to find a bathroom.

Chase's POV

So they didn't fight but Logan got punch in the face. Michael and me have no idea what to do or if we should be looking for the then. I looked at Michael hopping he know what to do.

If Zoey was here she would know. She would take charge and have the perfect plan. I need to see her but what would I say. Last time I spoke to her she told me she loved me and ran away. Maybe all that talk about Lola ruined things for me and her. I hope not. I never wanted it to. I just hope she likes me because she wants attention from me. When I talked about Lola I wasn't giving her attention.

"Can we talk?" he asked.

He look serious. I wonder what could be important. Maybe about how could he just went straight to sleep yesterday.

"About what?" I asked.

"Lola," he said.

Did he mean me and Lola or him and Lola. Wait Michael doesn't even like Lola. Does he?

"Okay," I said.

"Lets go get some coffee,"Michael suggested.

Coffee? Coffee didn't do me good last night. Maybe I just get some tea or a smoothie.

"Okay," I said.

Austin POV

God why I am getting all worked up for? It is not like Nicole is my girlfriend. Everyone one and more knows I want her to be. It is just that I doesn't want to hurt her. I don't want to play her out. I can't image ruining her bubbly spirit. That would be horrible. So I rather not get into the mess of going out with a girl.

See I am a player and any player wants to be the best at his game. So when the bet came up that whoever goes up with Lola gets the player tittle I jumped for it. She and I were working together in a math project so we already knew each other. I started to sit with her and Logan at lunch. I knew that Logan didn't like me because he knew why I was there. A real player can't rat out another player that menas they are just hating. So me and Logan never really had a friendship at first. He tried to scared me away like the others but I didn't leave. So we teamed up and pushed the other guys who tried to get in the picture out. Then some days we would sit with Lola and Logan's old gang. There I met Nicole. I had her in some of my classes and I knew how she was always happy. I never took much notice to her. At the time she was dating some other boy. Then the school year ended and a new one began. Nicole sat next to me like in every class. Lola left her old room and Dana came to replace her replacer. We stopped sitting with the old gang but Nicole and I became close the rest of the day. Then she told me she liked me and just told her I liked Lola. Which was lie. Then yesterday happened. Now it is today and Dana promise me that by 3 o'clock everything will be fixed.

I couldn't tell Nicole I really liked no loved her because she would wanted to go out with me. A player doesn't go out. That is Rule number two. The most important rule is number one. A player doesn't fall in love. I broke the important rule already.

I walked around the mall. Where was I?

Michael POV

I needed advice and I turned to my bestfriend. No one but Lola knew my feeling for her I am sure that the other girls know by now, too. I never told Chase because her liked her as well or he thought he did. Now I think Chase is lovesick with Zoey again. It is all my fault that Chase started to like Lola. I told him to move on from Zoey. He was talking about how no other girl liked him or even talked to him. I bought up Lola. He was like she is not my type. So I named all the lovely things about Lola. I was thinking about all the things I liked about her. I guess they sounded so good it made Chase like her, too. Then Logan liked her and Austin who was a long time friend from the basketball team liked her. I thought that Logan and Austin liked her for the bet. Then they both pulled out of it I didn't know what to think. I couldn't tell none of them I liked her. I knew that none of them 'really ' liked her the way I did.

Chase looked at me wanting to know what I wanted to talk about. We had already gotten our coffee. Well I had coffee Chase had tea I think. When did he start drinking tea?

"So?" Chase asked me.

I waited till we were seated at the cafe. I sat down and cleared my throat.

"I like Lola," I said.

Chase looked at me like I was crazy.

"What?" he asked in a whisper.

Logan POV

I found a mirror in the bathroom. Michael was right my lip was bad. I touch my lip with a tip of the paper towel I took. I wonder what the girls are up to. Mostly Dana she said they were getting a massage done. I wonder how it is going. I wonder who has their hands on my Dana. I really got to stop thinking about her as 'my' Dana. She would kill me if she heard me say that. How about the side plan that the girls made to hook Dana and I back out. What if she just punchs me again. If I was her I would.

I put my head down and looked to the sink as it had all my answers. I looked back up.

Who was I? I am not the same boy two days ago. Even when I thought I was in love with Lola it didn't hurt this bad. I know this pain and joy I feel in my heart but I am not used to it. It had been a year since I really felt the full effect of this pain. I wonder if I do get with Dana is this pain or the joy going to get stronger.

------Zoey 101-----------

Sorry I don't update faster. 8th grade has been busy.