It's weird. Incredibly. He raises my hand to touch his cheek. Instead of me staring into his deep emerald green eyes like I should be: I'm staring at myself. It's like kissing a mirror! I lean forward and our lips touch for only a split second. I jump back, turning Chase's cheeks scarlet. He turns a fantastic shade of crimson too.
"Well..." I say eventually, trying to break the silence. "That didn't work."
"It didn't did it..." He laughs nervously. Then he starts coughing. Awww. How sick does that look.
"Maybe you should go back to bed."
"No..." Macho pride. "We're here for each other right... thick and thin."
"I vaguely remember thin." I sigh. I help him up and almost carry him downstairs. (Chase is stronger than I give him credit for. I'm starting to get used to these things that pass for muscles.)

"You look..." Dana starts. She takes another look. "Get to bed."
"I'm fine... Mom." Chase grumbles. He manages to sit himself down.
"You stink of puke..." Michael comments. Chase runs my fingers through my hair. I watch in slight disgust. He does look awful.
"Yeah well... you try being this sick." He mutters, tugging clumps of my stuck together hair behind his ears.
"Are you two ok?" Asks Quinn.
"Yes Quinn..." I say hurriedly. "We're fine."
"Why would Chase not be ok?" Queries Nicole. God I've never wanted her to shut up more than I have in my entire life.
"They..." Starts Quinn.

"Finally got together." I say hurriedly. He looks at me in shock. I didn't know my eyebrows could go that high. I mouth 'play along' He nods.
"OOOOHHHH" Squeals Nicole.
"Dude, uncool. You said I'd be the first to know." Michael whines.
"Who told who?" Dana asks curiously. I'm beginning to doubt the longevity of this lie now. When and if we ever switch back, we're going to have to break up.
"Chase..." He starts but his croakiness kills off his starting sentence. Nicole hands him juice which he gratefully accepts. "Chase told me." I hold up my hands in a typical Chase manner.
"I confess... I did do the telling." Chase smiles slightly. He's proud that I pinned him.

"You owe me five bucks." Logan says triumphantly. Michael grumbles and hands over money.
"Hey!" Nicole says.
"Logan give him back his money." Dana says, slightly annoyed that Logan is betting on us. I'm a little peeved too.
"I won the bet fair and square."
"Hey Zo..." For some weird reason Dustin comes up and wraps his arms around what he thinks is his big sister. Awww... He wants something.
"Hey Kiddo." I say
"Hi Chase! Hey Zoey..." He whines. I think he wants cash. "Have you ever been in love?"

"Not... really. I don't think. I've hada few crushes. Why..." Chase is frightened. He doesn't want to do a sibling talk with Dustin. I can't blame him. he's not his brother.
"How do you tell when it's a crush or love?" Dustin asks curiously.
"I'm in love. I'll tell you." Logan raises his hand.
"What?" I ask skeptically. Logan giving my baby brother love advice. No thank you.
"Hey... Dustin's like a little brother to me, right man?"
"Sure..." Dustin sits between me and Chase. I shoot him a strange glance. He shrugs.
"When you see her... um... assuming it's a her."
"Duh! Gross!" Dustin pulls a funny face. I want him to pay sisterly attention to me. Not looking too good when I'm a 14 year old boy...

"Okay... well when you see her... does your heart from go Dum... Dum." He pats his chest in rhythm. "To Dumdumdumdumdumdumdum." He continues to smack his hand down over his heart. Dustin nods. "When you talk to her do you find yourself insulting her to cover up for the sudden shyness,"
"Kinda..." He admits. I shoot him a mean glance.He looks slightly afraid and hastily adds "But I do apologise!"
"Ah, the apology isn't my best part. Okay. When she smiles does it feel like that's the most valuable thing in the world. Does her laugh make you feel like there is a god and there's a reason you were put on this earth?"
"Definitely." Dustin nods his head vigorously.

"Do you feel like if she just talks to you... that you'll be able to fly. That her voice gives you wings and you could touch the sky..."
"Yeah..." Dustin whispers in slight shock.
"And that if she'd just kiss you... then there'd be no desire whatsoever to go to heaven anymore because you'd already be there..."
"Yes!"
"And then..." Logan sighs. "She stamps on your foot and leaves you stranded." Dana gasps slightly. Her eyes widened. I know what's going on here, and so does she.
"That was so romantic!" Nicole cries.
"Totally... apart from... the stepping on the foot thing." Michael trails off.
"Yeah well, little dude you're in love. I say go for it. Make her yours." He stands up and ruffles Dustins hair. He makes to leave. I kick Dana under the table. She glowers.
"I know, I know." She complains, she stands up and runs after him.

"Logan..." She says, slightly out of breath, catching up to him.
"Yeah?"
"What you said back there..." She trails off.
"Just humoring the kid." He shrugs. Dana leans against the wall, trying to regain her dignity.
"So it didn't... mean anything."
"Oh I meant it. Every word of it. There's just no point in my tagging along after you like a lost puppy for the rest of my life now is there?" He crosses his arms.
"Maybe..." Dana says slightly nervously. "Maybe I like you tagging along after me like a lost puppy." He steps closer to her.
"Maybe I don't like playing second string." Logan pushes a stray curl out of his eyes. He steps even closer.
"Maybe I like the attention."
"Maybe I want to kiss you..." He whispers. Dana shudders at his touch as his hands find hers on the wall. He pushes her closer to the wall slightly.
"Maybe I kind of want you to kiss me. But kinda don't."
"Ambivalency is an issue, that can only be solved by having the answer forced upon you."
"Wow you pay attention in English." Dana sounds impressed.
"I also pay attention in French." He whispers flirtatiously in her ear. Frenchkissing.

His lips were upon hers. His tongue swept along her bottom lip hungrily. She refused to deepen the kiss. He had to wait for it. He raised their interlocked hands so he had her pinned against the wall. She surprised herself when she let out a moan of longing. She wanted to french kiss him so badly. But would he appreciate it? Or would she be another name in the little black book?
"Logan... stop..." She whispers. He pulls back and stares at her for a moment. She avoids his eye. He still has her pinned and she feels unneccessarily trapped.
"What you said was sweet..." She starts.
"But..."
"There is no but..." Dana says in confusion.
"There's always a but with you Dana." He lets her go. "I'm sick of it." He stalks off in a mood.

Next I have health class. This should be fun. Not. I'm going to be trapped between Nicole, Danaand Logan. 'Zoey' aka 'Chase-in-my-body' is not in my class. He's with Michael in my Social studies class. I take my seat. I sense hostility between Logan and Dana.
"What did I miss?" I ask Dana. She huffs and turns to Nicole, they instantly begin gossiping. Since when was I kicked out of the loop! Oh yeah. DUH ZOEY! I'm in Logan's loop now.
"What's going on?"
"That stupid... UGH!" He slams his head into the desk.
"Well... it's not the desk's fault." I say Chase-ishly.

"I blew it. I had my chance and I blew it." Dana whispers to Nicole.
"You so didn't blow it..." Nicole whispers consolingly.
"I did... He kissed me and I said no..." Nicole pauses for a minute, listening to what Dana said with half a concentration span.
"He's a good kisser though?" She asks. Trust her, she's so shallow.
"Ugh..." She sighs. "The greatest. Stupid Logan." She complains.
"You kissed Dana?" I whisper to Logan.
"Yeah... and she lead me on the love boat then pushed me off it. I can't swim anymore."
"Your metaphors confuse me."
"You usually get them." He mutters angrily. He starts scrawling Dana's name into his desk.

I open Chase's class book. The first page is full of Hearts, in them sayings like: 'Zoey is hot. Zoey is cute. Zoey is amazing. Zoey is gorgeous. I love Zoey. CnZ 4eva. Chase n Zoey. Mrs Zoey Matthews. CBM+ZB 4 life. I love Zoey I love Zoey I love Zoey Brooks. Zoey holds the key to my heart. Zoey, Zoey, Zoey...'

Wow. He really does like me... But I am him. So do I like Zoey... who is me, but also Chase. I'm confused. Well done Zo...