Chapter 4- Hearts and Minds

"I think someone likes Logan!" Skyler taunted at Dana.

"Eww, I don't like him." Dana said with an air of snobbery. She flipped her chestnut locks off of her shoulder, and then sat down at a random table.

The girl that was sitting there looked back at Dana and Skyler with thick glasses.

"What?" Dana barked.

"This is my table."

Dana shrugged, "Get another one, this table has a nice view."

The girl got up and walked away.

Dana smiled satisfied. "Why do you keep on saying I like Logan?"

Skyler leaned forward and stared Dana directly in the eyes, "Because I am trying to get the scoop. Logan is hot, and if you don't want him…"

"Are you kidding me Skye? Logan can only be with one person and that is himself."

"Hello ladies, did I just hear my name?" Logan asked strolling over to them in some "pimp" shades.

Dana scoffed, "Take those off you look like an ass. Opps, I forgot you already are."

"Oh that was a good one." Logan said sarcastically.

Dana smiled, "I know…now go away."

Logan sat down.

Dana scoffed, "Are you death?"

Before Logan could open his mouth Skyler spoke up. "No, he can stay if he wants."

Logan glanced at Skyler and smiled. This girl was smart and beautiful. But she was no Dana. He wanted Dana and he was going to have her. "So did you ladies come for the main course?"

Dana watched as Sawyer walked over to them. She sat up and smiled.

"What main course? Are they serving food at poetry night?" Skyler asked.

Logan shrugged, "I don't know, and I don't care."

Dana rolled her eyes, "Then what the hell are you talking about?"

"Ohh, feisty." Logan teased.

Dana crossed her arms, "Why are you wasting our time."

"Zoey and Chase are going to kiss tonight."

"What?" Sawyer asked sitting down at their table.

Logan turned to Sawyer, "You heard me man. Zoey, Chase, lip lock, it's gonna be awesome!"

"I don't think she's going to go through with it." Dana said filing her nails.

"Actually, I know she is." Logan replied.

"And what makes you so sure?"

"Confidence, Intunigtion." Logan said.

"Intuition," Dana corrected coldly.

"Yeah, that word. So do you want to place a bet?"

Dana rolled her eyes, "No, what is up with you and bets today?"

"Chicken,"

Dana slammed down her nail filer, "Then let's do this. Yeah, I bet that Zoey will not kiss Chase."

"Okay, and if you lose then you have to run around PCA in your bra and panties at night…"

Sawyer hit Logan, "What are you doing man? Make her run around the campus naked. Dana is an exhibitionist she loves to walk around in her bra and panties."

Dana gasped, "How do you know that?"

Logan glanced at Sawyer from the corner of his eye, "We walked by your dorm at night. We saw you watching t.v. like that." He added quickly.

Dana narrowed her eyes at Logan and Sawyer, "Something sounds fishy."

Logan shrugged. "No,"

"Okay, well if Zoey and Chase don't kiss then I want you…" Dana pointed at Logan and then pointed to Sawyer, "If Zoey doesn't kiss Chase then I want you to kiss him."

"What the F…" Logan started.

Dana shrugged, "Pucker up Logan, because I have a feeling you are going to lose."

Quinn walked around Michael and then placed her hand to her chin.

Michael snacked on a potato chip, as he reached into the bag, Quinn smacked his hand.

"Oww!" He said dropping the bag of chips.

Quinn adjusted her glasses on the bridge of her nose and stared back at Michael in interest. "I think I got it."

"Really?" Michael asked.

"Your cologne will be ready in the morning."

Michael slowly picked up his chips and then stared back at Quinn oddly. "Now Quinn, I am not doubting you or anything, but does this potion have any side effects."

Quinn's eyebrows furrowed low over her eyes, "So then why are you questioning me?"

Michael raised his hands, "Oh, um…no reason."

"Good. So stop by in the morning and I will have it ready. I assure you girls won't be able to keep their hands off of you."

Michael smiled, "Well alrighty then."

Quinn nodded, "Okay, well you must leave because I need to get started on your cologne."

"Okay," Michael grabbed his bookbag, and paused on his way out. "Oh yeah, Quinn can I borrow your science notes?"

"Once I'm finished. Run along." Quinn said mixing milk and an unidentifiable blue liquid together.

Michael clenched his jaw. He just hoped Quinn gave him the love potion, and not a disaster.

Nicole bit off the edge of a carrot. She glanced at Zoey and Chase with a smile. They would make a really nice couple. Nicole looked around the Cyber Bean. Where was Sawyer. Oh No, she had lost him! Nicole stood up.

Zoey looked up at her, "What's wrong Nicole?"

"I'm on a mission, Sawyer has gone missing."

Zoey looked over her shoulder, "No he's not, he's right behind us."

Nicole tilted her head to the side and smiled. "Oh yeah, look at that smile. I wish I had a camera Zoey."

"Why?" Zoey asked stealing a glance at Chase.

"So I could take a picture of Sawyer's gorgeous smile and plaster it right next to my other pictures."

Zoey's eyes widened, "There are other pictures."

Nicole nodded with wide eyes, "Uh-huh, I have a collage of Sawyer pictures in my notebook. He wakes me up every morning. I give him a kiss before I brush my teeth."

Zoey bit her lip, "Nicole you are crazy."

"Yeah, crazy in love." Nicole said dreamily.

"Zoey, can I talk to you?" Dana asked

"Um, sure Dana," Zoey said turning around in her chair and resting her arm against the edge."

Dana grabbed Zoey's arm, "I need to talk to you alone."

"Oh, okay," Zoey got up and followed Dana outside. It was a little cold so Zoey wrapped her arms around her body. "What's going on Dana."

"Are you going to go through with Logan's dare?"

"Why does everyone care so much!" Zoey exclaimed.

Dana sighed, "I don't care about your kiss with Chase, it's something else…"

Zoey stared back at Dana in confusion, "What on earth are you talking about?"

Dana raised her hand and looked down. She had said way to much. "Listen Zoey,"

Zoey crossed her arms and stared back at Dana with a serious expression, "I'm listening."

"You really like Chase…"

"I never said that." Zoey corrected.

Dana rolled her eyes, "I heard Chase had a crush on some other girl."

Zoey swallowed down a lump in her throat. Why would Dana say that?

"I just thought you should know." Dana's cell phone rang, she pulled it out of her purse. "Oh hey, Charlie,"

Zoey bit her lip. Charlie? She thought Dana stopped dating him. Well anyways she didn't care. So did Chase really like another girl. Zoey frowned, she liked Sawyer. But just the thought of Chase liking someone else hurt.

"Charlie and I are back on." Dana clasped her cell phone closed and then disappeared back inside.

Zoey closed her eyes. She couldn't go through with this. Tears started to well in her eyes. Why was she crying?

"Hey what are you doing out here all by yourself?" Sawyer asked.

Zoey quickly wiped at the tears. She put on a brave face, and gave Sawyer the warmest smile she could muster. "I was just thinking."

Sawyer placed his hand on Zoey's shoulder, "I keep forgetting to tell you that your southern accent is so adorable."

Zoey winced. He was not helping this situation.

Dana was on a hunt. She had to find Chase and sabotage this kiss. Her eyes zeroed in on Chase who was at the refreshment table eating cocktail weenies. Dana frowned, Chase was so oblivious. If he did kiss Zoey then why would he want his breath to smell like cocktail weenies. A couple of seconds later he looked around and then popped a stick of gum into his mouth. Dana frowned, it was almost a shame to ruin Chase and Zoey's kiss after they both wanted it so bad.

"Hey Chase,"

Chase dropped the weenies onto the floor. "Yeah,"

Dana frowned, "I'm not going to attack you."

"I know," Chase said with a shrug.

His eye started to twitch, and his hand started to shake.

Dana's eyes widened, "Are you okay."

Chase grabbed onto his hand. He was nervous. He clenched his jaw, and struggled to control his nervous eye twitch.

"Um…I just wanted to tell you that Zoey was looking for you."

"Is she?" Chase asked letting go of his hand.

Dana nodded. "Uh huh."

She watched from the corner of her eye as Logan walked towards the bathroom with his eyes on her. She gave him a sour face and turned back to Chase.

"Okay," Chase headed towards the door.

Dana raised an eyebrow. It looked like Logan was going to be kissing Sawyer and her clothes were going to be staying on.

Chase fixed his hair. He looked down at his zipper. Check. He blew his breath into his hand. Minty fresh. Check. Zoey here I am, where are you. He opened the door.

Sawyer let his hand drop down Zoey's backside towards her waist.

Chase frowned. Why was he touching her like that. He held his breath, and then stepped back inside. Chase turned away from them and shook his head.

"Are you Chase?" A woman asked coming up to him with a clipboard.

Chase nodded, "Yes, am I up next."

The lady nodded. "You should probably head back stage."

Chase took one last glance outside and then walked towards the stage. He winced as he stepped closer to the stage. What was he doing? He had anxiety issues, he was about to go onstage and read a poem to Zoey when she wasn't even in the room. Chase closed his eyes he couldn't do this. He couldn't.

"PCA, I would like you to give a warm welcome to Chase who is going to read an original piece, Chase." The woman said.

Chase looked around. Wishing there was another guy named Chase on deck.

"Yeah, you," The woman said somewhat impatiently.

Chase nervously smiled and pointed to himself. "Me?"

The woman nodded, "Yes,"

"I am going to leave." Zoey said.

Sawyer was torn. He didn't want Zoey to kiss Chase, that was the last thing he wanted, but at the same time, he didn't want to kiss Logan either. "So your going to leave?"

Zoey moved away from Sawyer, "Tell Chas…"

Her brown eyes rested on the stage inside. She bit her lip and placed her hand to her heart. Poor Chase, he was on stage right now, and he looked so scared. A smile formed on her face. She wanted to save him, but she couldn't go through with the kiss. Zoey tilted her head backwards.

"Do you need a massage? You look a little tense." Sawyer said.

"No," Zoey smiled at Sawyer and then headed back into the Cyber Bean. She paused at the door and watched Chase.

"Hi, my name…is…oh yeah, my name is Chase, and I am….I am…wow, are those lights bright."

Zoey walked through the crowd. "Excuse me, Excuse me,"

Chase looked down at Zoey. He smiled.

Zoey smiled back at him and then stepped on stage. She kept her eyes on Chase's in order to forget the millions of eyes on them. Zoey expected another step before she got on the main stage, her foot caught on the ledge and she fell forward.

Oh my gosh! Oh my gosh!

Chase quickly lunged forward and caught her.

Zoey pulled her hair out of her face and looked back at him in graciousness. Chase had just saved her from complete embarrassment in front of half of the students at PCA. Now was a perfect time to kiss him. Zoey tried to close her eyes, but it wasn't working. She tried closing her eyes, but they remained locked on his caring green eyes.

Chase helped her up. "That was close," He whispered in her ear.

Zoey giggled as Chase's lip touched the edge of her ear. "Thanks Chase."

He nodded.

"Can we continue please?" The woman asked stepping back on stage.

"Sure, Sure," Chase said approaching the microphone once again. "Hey everybody, sorry about all the commotion, this is my friend Zoey…and she is here to um…calm my nerves. As you can see I am kind of nervous…well you guys obviously don't care so I am just going to..yeah okay."

Zoey gave Chase an encouraging clap.

Chase smiled. "Thanks,"

"Your welcome," she mouthed.

"This poem is called Undone at the Seams and I wrote it for my um…English class."

Zoey glanced out into the crowd. Her eyes rested on Logan, and then Sawyer. Sawyer looked really upset. What was wrong with him? As Chase started to read she redirected her attention back towards Chase.

"I see you. Do you see me to? As I steal a glance. Do you dare look back. Sunshine on my window, as you my angel drives past. You're so beautiful. You're so wonderful. Oh, why have I fallen for you? I paint you in my dreams. And come undone at the seams, when our eyes meet. I try not to stare. Because it's all in my mind. And you don't love me like that. Why have I fallen for you. I try to shake it. But I can't break it. My knees they buckle, and take on their own song. When you walk past, I'm trying to ignore you. I'm trying to believe you don't want me to. But my mind is telling me that you do. I know I'm the fool. I want to be with you. So I am believing that what I'm seeing is love between us even though we don't speak. I want to believe that you also come undone at the seams when you see me in your dreams."

Everyone started to clap.

Chase smiled. He was happy that they liked his poem, but what about Zoey. He wiped his clammy hands on his jeans. Why was he still sweating? The worst was over.

Dana watched Zoey inch closer to Chase in alarm. No Zoey don't do it!

Kiss, Kiss, Kiss! Logan thought excitedly as he looked between Zoey and Chase on stage, and a very nervous Dana on the floor.

Sawyer placed his hand over his eyes. This was a minor setback, he was just going to work harder to win Zoey's heart.

Nicole smiled as she watched Zoey and Chase on stage. Soon that would be her and Sawyer, after she landed the job here, she was going to make Sawyer fall for her.

Zoey placed her hand on Chase's shoulder, "That was really good Chase,"

"Thanks," Chase said. The tension was so thick between them that he felt as if he was suffocating.

Zoey leaned forward to kiss him, completely shocked Chase turned his face. Zoey's lips touched his cheek. Her eyes opened, and just as Chase turned his face to kiss her, Zoey pulled back.

"Um…good job." With flushed cheeks Zoey walked quickly off stage.

Chase stared after Zoey wounded. She tried to kiss him, and his unstable anxiety took over. Dammit! With his head bent Chase stepped off stage.

Dana held her hands out. Did that count?

"So it looks like your running around PCA naked tonight." Logan said confidently.

Dana frowned, "They didn't kiss."

"Um…I think your wrong. There was a little lip on cheek action. Besides I kissed enough girls to know what a kiss looks like."

"You are such an ass, you know if I get caught I could be kicked out of PCA,"

Logan shrugged, "Well that's the gamble you have to take."

Dana rolled her eyes, "I hate you."

Logan smiled, "I hate you too, and to show you how much I hate you. I'll streak with you, to make it fair."

Dana stared back at Logan in shock, "And why would you do that?"

"Your right, by kiss I meant a french kiss and Zoey and Chase didn't deliver. Take it or leave it Dana."

Dana looked down, "I swear making a deal with you is like selling your soul to the devil."

"Ouch," Logan teased placing a hand to his heart.

"Well if I get expelled then your going down with me." Dana retorted.

Logan nodded, "Fair enough. Meet me by the student activities center at twelve tonight."

Dana rolled her eyes, "The stroke of midnight, how cliché."

"Okay then twelve fifteen."

Dana walked away without saying anything.

Logan smiled. "Be there,"

Dana turned around and gave him a drop dead look and continued to walk away. "I'll be there, but I have a feeling you won't."

Logan arched his eyebrow. He would definitely be there. He wouldn't miss this for the world.