Chapter eleven

"Get the hell off of her!" Sean yelled. He was a nice guy who didn't get mad often, and yelled even less often. It actually sounded funny when the tranquil boy raised his voice because his voice was so raspy, but he loved Charlotte more than anything.

"'Scuse me, but I'm not on her," said Logan, keeping his cool.

Charlotte's eyes opened slowly. "What…?"

"Omigosh—Logan!" she exclaimed suddenly, her eyes opening to their regular size. "Sean! How…?"

Charlotte sat up, bumping Logan's chin with the top of her head.

"Ow!" he cried.

"Sorry," she turned her head to face him as she apologized. When their eyes met she couldn't look away. Her eyes stayed locked on his sexy brown ones, unable and unwilling to stray.

"Y-yeah," she finally stammered. "I—I'm sorry."

Logan replied with a cocky 'yeah, I know I'm hot' half-smile.

"Charlotte," Sean said.

Charlotte whirled her head around to face Sean, whipping Logan in the face with her ponytail.

"Ow!" he cried again.

But this time Charlotte didn't apologize. She wasn't ready to get lost in Logan's eyes again. Logan was a jerk.

Yeah, a jerk I made out with twice, Charlotte reminded herself. And a jerk I just fell asleep on.

"Sean," Charlotte started. Her voice sounded tired, and Sean didn't have the heart to yell at her.

"Charlotte," his voice was soft and understanding. Charlotte loved the sound of his voice. It always sounded like he had a sore throat, but in a nice way. "It's okay. You don't have to explain."

Charlotte smiled gratefully. She had really missed him. She'd missed his floppy dark hair and face full of freckles. Sean was also the sweetest guy she'd ever met. He was so easy going, and so fun…

"No," Charlotte said. "I do have to explain. Can we go back to your dorm?"

"Naw," Sean ran a hand through his hair. "Nate's in there with that girl Zoey. I don't think we should interrupt them."

Charlotte smiled weakly. She was tired. Her and Sean could always talk tomorrow.

Logan sensed Charlotte's exhaustion and knew that there was still hope. "Come on, boys, out. This is my dorm, you know."

Sean sighed. "See you, Logan. Charlotte."

But Charlotte was already asleep.

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"So, Nate," Zoey batted her eyelashes flirtatiously. "You're on the basket ball team?"

Nate grinned back at her. "Yup."

They were in his dorm, sitting side by side on his bed. Earlier Nate had caught sight of an upset Zoey sitting all alone in the PCA park, so he asked her if she wanted to sleepover. And she had gladly accepted.

"Wow. That's soo cool," Zoey gushed. She knew that she was being ridiculously flirtatious, but she didn't care. She needed to forget about Chase and Ty somehow.

"Yeah, It really is," Nate agreed. He stretched his arms over his head and leaned back. "So, Zoey. What do you want to…do?"

Zoey just shrugged and smiled. Whatever would make her forget all about Chase and Ty.

Nate switched on his CD player and Green Day's American Idiot blasted out of the speakers.

"Zoey…" he started, leaning closer. Zoey knew he was about to kiss her but didn't care. She didn't like him all that much, but if it would make her forget…

Don't want to be an American Idiot.

Nate's lips touched Zoey's. Zoey kept telling herself that she wasn't just using him to take her mind of the two boys she really cared about.

Don't want a nation that's under the new media.

They started to kiss, but in guilt Zoey pulled back. Could she really kiss Nate knowing she liked someone else?

And can you hear the sound of hysteria?

Nate looked at her. He had wanted that kiss more than anything.

The subliminal mind-fuck America.

Zoey looked at his sad expression and swallowed. She knew she would have to get over Chase and Ty and hook up with Nate. She didn't like him, but who cared about what she wanted?

Zoey leaned forward again and this time she kissed him. Satisfied, Nate started to kiss her back as the chorus to American Idiot kicked in.

Welcome to a new kind of tension, all across the alien nation.

As the two kissed something didn't feel right. All Zoey could think about was Chase. And Ty. And Ty and Chase…

Everything isn't meant to be okay.

Nate was happy as anything. He had had a crush on Zoey for a while, and for a while he had thought that she only had sights for that afro kid and the new guy. But he was happy to see that he seemed to be wrong. Or so he thought.

Television dreams of tomorrow, we're not the ones who're meant to follow.

Zoey head started to spin. Why was she doing this?

Well that's enough to argue.

(A/N: So…what'd you think? I know it was short, but I don't think it needed to be long. Anyway, I'm to take a break from the OC's (like Charlotte, Sean, Ryder, and Jem) and focus more on the original characters like Zoey, Nicole, Dana, Chase, Michael, and Logan. I know Michael hasn't been in the story much, but I plan to give his a big part. Oh, and I don't own the song American Idiot. It's by Green Day and on their album titled American Idiot and everyone should get it because it rocks. Don't forget to review!)