Aundrea was awaken from her dreams by the sound of seagulls and waves crashing nearby. Wow, the ocean sounds so near, she thought.
She opened her eyes and nearly screamed out loud before she remembered last night's events.
Logan. Sure enough, when she turned to look at the source of warmth, there he was.
She couldn't believe she spent the night with Logan, innocent as it was. From all the letters she had received from Chase, she had always pictured Logan as this rich jerk who didn't care about anything but himself. But then again, she'd only known Logan for about 2 days where most of that time they spent flirting.
Aundrea looked up at the sky. It looked like it was about 6:00. They should get going before anyone noticed they were missing.
"Logan," she said gently, "wake up, we've got to go before they miss us."
"Hmm… what?" Logan said, still half-asleep. He got up and rubbed his eyes, taking in his surroundings as he remembered what happened. "Oh, right. Let's go then."
They walked back to campus in an awkward silence. They didn't know how to act around each other. But can you blame them? They've only known each other for a couple of days, and spent the night together on the beach.
"Well, I'll see you later, I guess," Logan said, as they reached Aundrea's dorm.
"Yeah, see yah," she replied softly as she entered her dorm.
Luckily, nobody saw the two going back to their dorms early in the morning.
The rest of the morning, Logan and Aundrea avoided each other as much as possible. This, however, didn't go unnoticed by the others, so at lunch, Zoey decided to question Aundrea about it.
"Hey Drea," Zoey said. "Do you mind if I call you that?" Aundrea shook her head. "Um… I know this is probably none of my business, but what's up with you and Logan?"
Aundrea turned a slight shade of pink before answering. "Me and Logan? There's absolutely nothing between us." She laughed, it even sounded fake to her own years. "Why, do you have a claim on him or something? Because I'll back off."
"Ew no," responded Zoey, with a small smile. "It's just that yesterday you guys were all flirty, and today you guys are avoiding each other like the plague."
"I don't know what you're talking about," Aundrea said breezily. "Well, I have to get going. See you around."
Zoey sighed as she suppressed a chuckle. It was only Aundrea's 3rd day here at PCA and things were already getting more interesting.
Classes were over and Aundrea decided to take a walk down the beach. For some reason unknown to her, she couldn't get Logan out of her mind.
"Penny for your thoughts?"
Aundrea's heart fluttered, thinking it was Logan. She sighed disappointedly to see it was Chase.
"Not worth it Snooks," Aundrea said blandly.
"Come on Drea, this is me you're talking to. We've known each other forever, you can tell me anything," prodded Chase.
Aundrea sighed. "It's just…"
"Chase!" called Zoey, interrupting Aundrea. Aundrea rolled her eyes. "I wasn't interrupting anything was I?"
"No, nothing at all," Aundrea said. "Well, I should get going. I've got to do…um… stuff. See ya round."
"What was all that about?" questioned Zoey.
"I'm not sure. She's been pretty moody lately," Chase said. "Probably PMS."
Zoey just rolled her eyes at his comment and started to head back to the academy.
Aundrea was completely caught up in her own thoughts as she headed back to the academy.
What was happening to her? Why was this boy she just met affecting her so much? After all, wasn't she in love with Chase? Of course, she never admitted this out loud or to anyone else, but that's how she always felt in her heart. Chase was her best friend, and she loved him, but she knew how he felt for Zoey, so once again she played supportive best friend. That's how's she felt for years now, and this one guys is changing everything. It feels as though they have some sort of connection.
She was so caught up in her own thoughts, that she didn't watch where she was going as she bumped into someone.
"I'm so sorry, I should've watched where I was going," Aundrea apologized profusely. And then she noticed who it was she had bumped into. Logan. Or to be more exact, Logan and some girl who was clinging to Logan's arm and laughing.
Aundrea's heart filled with some sort of dread. She felt so stupid. Here she was, thinking that she and this guy had some sort of deep connection after knowing him for only a couple of days, and here he is, having fun with some floozy.
'A floozy who happens to be ten times prettier than me,' she couldn't help thinking. She felt puzzled. Am I… jealous? No, I can't be.
"Aundrea," Logan said without emotion.
'How does he do that? Speaking without any emotion. If I tried to talk right now, my voice would probably crack or show how jealous I'm feeling. Wait. I AM NOT JEALOUS!' she thought. She just nodded back and continued on to her dorm before she broke down into tears.