Chapter seven

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"You really think I'm the best?" Nicole squealed.

"Totally," Ty answered.

Nicole clapped giddily. "Yay me!"
Ty grinned. Spending time with Nicole was so…refreshing.

"Nicole, can I ask you something?"

Startled, Nicole looked up into his friendly green eyes. She could get lost in them. "Y—yes, Ty?"

Ty smiled at her adoringly. "Nicole, will be you be my…"

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"I can't believe you're making me ask Nicole out tonight," said Jem.

"Hey," Charlotte punched him playfully. "If you don't want to go out and spend time with her be my guest."

"Okay, maybe you're right," Jem admitted.

"Of course I am," Charlotte answered, brushing her long hair back with a manicured hand. Jem watched her in awe.

"What?" Charlotte asked Jem self-consciously.

"You're beautiful, you know that," he replied.

Charlotte blushed. "Oh—um, thanks. You're, you know, cute too."

"Okay," Jem took a deep breath. "Can we review one more time?"

"Of course," Charlotte smiled. "Okay, I'm Nicole. And hanging out with you has been so fun, Jem."

"I've had a—oh, crap. What have I had, Charlotte?" Jem asked haplessly, running a hand through his light brown hair.

"You've a had a great time too, Jem," she reminded him.

"Right. I've had a great time too, Char—Nicole."

Charlotte looked at him hopefully. "And…?"

"And I was wondering, would you like to—I don't know—go out some time?"

"I'd love to!" Charlotte squealed, sounding just like Nicole.

"Great," Jem grinned. Even though Nicole hadn't said yes yet, just the thought of going out with her made him happy. "I don't know if you've ever been to Piers, but it's supposed to be really good. Does Tuesday night sound okay?"

"Perfect!" Charlotte clapped.

"See you then, Nicole," Jem answered.

Charlotte laughed. "No, I mean you stuck to the script perfectly. I would go out with you for sure."

Jem didn't answer. He just studied the gorgeous girl before him.

"I mean, if I were Nicole," said Charlotte awkwardly.

"Right," Jem shook his head.

"You ready?" she asked.

"I'm a little nervous," he confessed.

"Don't be—you'll do great. I just know it."

Jem bit his lip. He hoped so.

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"Lip gloss?" Dana asked, reading off the list her and Zoey had constructed.

"Check," Zoey answered, closing her eyes.

"Hair gloss?"

"Check."

"Silver ring?"

"Let me see—yeah, check."

"Blush?"

"Check."

"Perfect," Dana crumpled up the piece of lined paper and threw it in the trash can. "Go get him, girl."

Zoey was a wreck. Just the thought of asking Ty to go to Piers with her filled her stomach with butterflies. "I can't do this, Dana."

"Yes you can," Dana insisted. "And you'd better, because I need time alone to formulate my plan for getting together with Logan."

Zoey laughed and looked down. "Okay, I'll do this—for you."

"No," Dana was practically pushing her out of the door. "You're doing this for you."

"Okay, you're right," Zoey said as her friend closed the door. Nervously, she made her way to Ty's room. When she got there, she smoothed her hair and adjusted her silver necklace to make sure that the flip-flop pendant was perfectly centered before knocking. Finally, she summoned the courage.

"Come in," came Ty's voice. She practically melted—she was sure it was him she wanted, not Chase.

Zoey let the door creak open. "Hi, Ty? It's Zoey—"

She stopped short when she caught sight of Ty and Nicole sitting on his bed, Ty's around her.

She stood in the doorway for a couple seconds in shock, and then fled. She couldn't believe it—the luck she was having! She had tried to get back together with Chase, and had found him making out with Alyssa. Then she'd tried asking Ty out, only to find him with his arm around who? Her best-friend!

"Zoey!" she could hear someone calling. She had deja-vu.

She whirled around and found that this time it wasn't Dana calling her, however—it was Ty.

"What?" she asked, trying to sound calm.

"Zoey," Ty repeated. He stepped closer. "I don't know what just went on back there, but I'm really sorry if I did anything wrong."

Zoey was about to ignore the textbook apology, when he shot her a smile. That she couldn't ignore.

"Is there any reason you came to my door?" he asked, his smile growing.

Zoey felt like she was floating on air. His smile was adorable. She was about to answer that she had been just stopping by to say hi when she made the mistake of looking into his eyes.

"I—I, wanted to know if…know if…know if you wanted to, uh--" Zoey sighed haplessly. "I wanted to know if you wanted to go to Piers with me Tuesday night. I have seven o'clock reservations for two, and I just figured you'd make good company."

Ty grinned at her. "I'd love to, Zoey."

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It was hard for Nicole to wait patiently for Ty as he tried to soothe Zoey, especially when he'd just been in the middle of asking her to be his something. Girlfriend, Nicole was sure. What else would it be? Finally, the door opened and in stepped a grinning Ty.

"Is Lisa okay?" Nicole asked peppily, melting at the sight of him.

"Lisa?" Ty asked, furrowing his eyebrows.

"Yeah, Lisa, you know…blonde hair, brown eyes…"

"You mean Zoey?"

Right…Zoey! Thought Nicole. I wonder what she wanted. Hopefully not Ty—she always gets all the guys. "Oh, well is she okay?"

"No," Ty smiled wistfully. "She's more than okay."

Nicole flipped her hair. "Oh…Ty? What was it you were asking me?"

"Uh," Ty thought for a second. "Right! I was going to ask you—this is going to sound so stupid—would you be my—"

"Your what?" Nicole prodded excitedly. She could hardly wait.

"—My best friend!" Ty finished.

Nicole looked at him. Her mouth fell open. "What?"

Ty's smile was wide. "Your so fun and easy to be around. I'd love if we could hang out more."

"So would I," said Nicole truthfully. "But don't you want Ryder or Jem or someone as your best friend and me as…another kind of friend?"

"No way!" Ty squeezed her shoulder. "Nicole, the great thing about is that with you I never think of you as a girlfriend or anything, because I would never, ever go out with you. I just think of you as one of the guys, only you're a girl!"

Nicole couldn't even bring herself to smile—she was so hurt.

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"He said yes!"

Zoey's voice was as happy as Dana had ever heard it. "That's great, Zo."

"He said yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes!"

"Yeah, so I've heard," Dana said sarcastically.

"Oh, I'm so happy!" Zoey gushed.

"Whatever," Dana rolled her eyes. "Now here's my plan for hooking up with Logan…"

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Just as Jem opened Charlotte's door to leave her dorm he came face-to-face with Logan Reese. He didn't really know Logan, all he knew about him was that the ladies seemed to love him. He seemed pretty stuck up, though.

"Oh—hi Logan. Are you here to see Charlotte?" Jem asked.

"Charlotte? Who the hell?" Logan spat. "I'm here to see the geeky Quinn. Someone put some kind of beeper in my socks, and I'm willing to bet it was her."

"Quinn's not here," came a voice from inside the room. It sounded like a female, so of course Logan struggled to see who it was. When he laid eyes on the sexiest girl he'd ever seen a hungry grin spread across his handsome face.

"Hey there, babe," he pushed Jem aside and walked over to the girl. Her long, dark hair was flipped back and perfect for running hands through while making out, not to mention her delicious, glossy pout…

"Hi," the girl said. "I'm Charlotte, and you are…?"

"Logan," he finished with a cocky half-smile. "And I don't suppose you have a map?"

"A map? No, I don't think so," answered a confused Charlotte.

"Oh," Logan looked disappointed. "Then I guess I'll have to stay lost in your eyes."

Charlotte was taken a back. In surprise she watched her eyes in the mirror on the opposite wall. They were the same as always: big, bright, and surrounded by thick, long dark eyeslashes. She smiled shyly.

Logan smiled greedily. He had her. "Wow, your bed looks a lot comfier than mine. Mind if I sit on it?"

"No problem," Charlotte said as Logan sat down.

"Um, I'm going to go now. I have someone to see," said Jem, winking at Charlotte. Charlotte winked back.

Once Jem had left, Logan said, "Close the door."

Charlotte obeyed him.

"Hey, I like your earring," Logan said suddenly.

Charlotte touched her dangling peacock feathers.

"Can I see them? Come next to me," said Logan, his voice deeper than usual.

Charlotte did. When they were both sitting on the bed Logan touched her earring, and then brushed his hand through her silky hair. Next his finger-tips grazed her soft skin. Finally he cupped her chin with his hand. He watched her beautiful eyes look at him with curiosity, wonder, and question.

"It's nice to be alone with you," he said in a whisper, his lips close to hers.

Charlotte looked down. "Logan…"

"Shh," Logan softly put his index finger to her lips, which he was dying to touch with his. Charlotte fell silent as he took his finger away slowly and let his mouth draw closer. He pressed it against hers and placed his hand gently on her back.

Charlotte was about to make a move to stop him, but she never did. He was so hot, and his touch felt so good…

Logan kissed her harder. She was definitely one of the best looking guys she'd ever met, but…

"Logan, don't you think we're going a little fast?"

"Huh?" Logan was startled by her drawback.

"Well, we did just meet," Charlotte said, raising an eyebrow.

She was so sexy it drove Logan crazy. He wanted to kiss her again.

"So…" Charlotte shifted uneasily. "No hard feelings, right?"

"Sure," said Logan, trying to conceal his smile.

Little did Miss Charlotte know, but when Logan Reese wanted something he got it. And so it was only a matter of time before he got her.