Chapter Eight: To Us!
"I can't believe they didn't remember."
Back at the dance, Logan was hanging out by the food table, holding a cup of fruit punch and looking grim. He hadn't danced with any girls and he was just not enjoying himself. How could he when nobody, not even his friends, remembered his birthday?
"Hey Quinn!" Logan called to Quinn as she hurried past him, wearing an apron and rubber gloves. The two of them hardly talked- in fact, they lived on completely different planets. But a good birthday wish from Quinn was better then not getting a birthday wish at all… right?
"Oh, hi Logan," Quinn said. "I suppose you've been having a good time."
"Nah, not really," Logan said, grinning. "Although I really should be having a good time since today is my birthday…"
Quinn's eyes widened behind her glasses. "Today's your birthday?" Logan nodded proudly. "Well then, I must give you a proper birthday present!"
"Alright!" Logan said, looking gleeful. A present was better than a birthday wish. "What is it?"
Quinn thought for a moment. "Well, I'm not sure about you, but I've always wanted to see what it would be like to have my fingers fused together. Perhaps you would like me to do that on your fingers!" She looked eagerly at Logan's fingers, which he quickly stuffed in his pockets.
"Uh no," he said. When she walked away he muttered under his breath, "Freak."
"Hey man," Michael said as he wandered over to where Logan stood. "Did you see Chase and Zoey? They ran out of the gym… what do you think happened?"
"I don't know, but hey, you know whose birthday it is today?" Logan said, raising his eyebrows and grinning.
"No, whose?" Michael asked curiously as he poured himself somemore fruit punch.
"Mine, doofus!" Logan cried feeling agitated. Nobody remembered his birthday- except his parents of course, but they had just wished him a happy birthday a week ago before rushing off to vacation in Australia.
"Ohhhhh, right," Michael said, slapping Logan on the back. "Well happy birthday man, but… I don't care. I've got to find out what's going on between Chase and Zoey!" He ran off with his plastic cup filled with punch, spilling half of it on the ground as he ran.
Logan crossed his arms angrily. No one remembered Logan Reese's birthday? This was just not right. Nicole came skipping past him, arms linked with the cute guy she had eyed before.
"Nicole," Logan said cheerfully. "My best friend! Did you know today's my-"
"Oh my gosh, Logan, do you know Tony?" Nicole pointed to the guy she had her arms linked with. "Well this is Tony and he's like a fantastic dancer!" She leaned in so only Logan could hear. "And he's totally hot. Isn't he hot? He is SO hot." Giggling she walked off with Tony after waving a quick good bye to Logan.
Logan yelled in fury and kicked the table leg with his foot. His toe throbbed painfully and he cursed under his breath.
"What's your problem?" Dana said, coming up to him and looking confused and slightly amused.
"None of your business," Logan snapped. He rubbed his toe and sighed heavily. "I'm not even going to bother asking you if you remembered my birthday. It's obvious that you forgot. Everyone did. How could anyone forget the great Logan Reese's birth-"
"Well actually," Dana said, interrupting him. "It happens to be that I didn't forget." She shoved the white box that she had been holding before at him. "It's… for you." She rolled her eyes. "But I only got it for you because no one else remembered and I just felt sorry for you because you were so pathetic."
Questioningly, Logan opened the box to reveal a small cake with the words 'Happy Birthday Logan! Hope you have a good one' written on it in white icing. He just stared at it for a long time before realizing that Dana was waiting for an answer.
"Where… where did you get this?"
"Well I was just going to buy it for you, but then I'd thought I'd make it so I had to take this 'become a chef in five hours' course to know how… and then I had to get a job to pay for the course and then I made you the cake and… yeah." She took a deep breath and hesitantly looked Logan in the eye. "So… do you like it?"
Logan just stared at her. Their eyes locked together and all of a sudden he dropped the box with the cake in it and kissed Dana right on the lips. Everyone seemed to stop what they were doing and look at them, mouths hanging open in shock.
"Oh my gosh, that looks like Dana and Logan! Is it Dana and Logan? That is so totally Dana and Logan!" Nicole was squealing and jumping up and down.
"Hey!" Michael cried. "That's Dana and Logan!"
Right then Chase and Zoey came in, hand in hand. Eyes swiveled over to them and several people gasped at what they saw.
"Chase and Zoey! Oh my gosh, isn't that Chase and Zoey holding hands? That is like so totally Chase and Zoey!" Nicole was going hysterical now.
"But the potion is supposed to have worn off," Quinn said, looking confused. "They can't still be together if the potion wore off."
Michael gave Chase a knowing look and winked.
"Actually," Zoey said, clearing her throat. "We've decided to… you know, go out for real now." People gasped. "And we're not under a spell. It's for real this time."
"Hey," Chase said suddenly. "Is that Dana and Logan kissing?"
The two of them broke apart and just stared into each others eyes for a second. Then Logan bent down and picked up the cake which was, I'm glad to say, unharmed.
"Let's eat this now," he said. Then he grabbed Dana's hand and, laughing, they both ran out of the gym together. Chase and Zoey smiled at each other and followed them, Michael right at their tails. Nicole sighed heavily.
"Sorry Tony, but I know that I'm like so going to regret it if I don't join in on their party," Nicole said, groaning. She quickly rushed off after her friends.
Nicole found them all in room 101, sitting on the floor, the bed, anywhere they could fit. Nicole sat down on the Zoey's bed and crossed her arms.
"Okay so what's the emergency meeting?" she asked.
"No emergency," Logan said. "Just thought we should get away from the dance to a quieter area…" He kissed Dana on the cheek.
"I guess this is kind of like our own mini party," Zoey said, smiling.
"Our own mini party," Chase said slowly. He grinned. "Hey, I like that."
There was a knock on the door and Nicole got up off the bed to open it. Quinn popped her head in and held up a bottle of soda and seven cups.
"Drinks!" Chase said eagerly as Quinn dumped it all on the floor and took a seat next to Zoey on the bed.
"I thought we could use some refreshments," she said, smiling.
"Who invited you?" Logan asked, raising his eyebrows. Dana punched him in the arm and he spat out the piece of cake he had in his mouth.
"Ew," Nicole said, wrinkling up her nose.
Zoey laughed as she poured herself some soda. "Here's to us. Loving each other without a love potion," she grinned at Chase. "and finding out that sometimes your worst enemy can be your best friend."
Dana and Logan smiled at each other. Nicole frowned.
"Wait a second!" she said. "Dana, when did you find time to buy a cake for Logan?"
"I baked it," Dana said. "And hey, if you can find time to go to the mall, then I can find time to bake cakes!"
Michael poured everyone some soda and held up his cup. "One for all…"
"And all for one!" Everyone chorused cheerfully. "To us! Cheers!" They hit their cups together and each took a long drink. Everyone except Quinn.
"Quinn why aren't you drinking?" Zoey asked. Her eyelids started to droop slightly.
Quinn smiled. "Not thirsty. Go ahead and drink."
Everyone finished their drinks and Quinn waited patiently. They all suddenly fell asleep, some people who were sitting collapsing over.
"Excellent," Quinn said, grinning. She took her tape recorder out of her pocket. "Reporting the day where the real love potion testing begins. This time they all drank it for sure. They have no clue that I emptied the entire potion into the soda." She chuckled lightly to herself. "The potion is not supposed to be used on more then two people… but I suppose we'll just have to see how it goes, won't we?" She clicked the tape recorder off.
The End!
Okay well, there you have it. The very end of the story. Tell me what you think- was it weird? Was it bad? Was it the stupidest ending ever? Or was it completely fantabulous:) Anyways, review please! Also, I already have another story idea. My next stories will be a bit of a continuation of these stories which means that Chase and Zoey will be going out and Dana and Logan will also be together. In case you're wondering, my next Zoey 101 story will be all about Dustin's first crush… Until then! See you laters!