Living Without You

By CallmeMaddy...Chapter 19

Disclaimer:I don't own it (A BIG SHOCK after NINETEEN CHAPTERS...)

A/N: Man, I haven't updating this all year! (Silence) Humor me! Laugh! (Weak laugh). Whatever...

Chapter 19: Turn Back Time

It was another five hours and the nurses still hadn't called Chase or Logan in for examinations. Zoey called the school so they would know that all of them would be missing class. Dana still was fast asleep on Logan. Nicole was talking Paul's ear off. Michael was on his fifth bag of potato chips from the vending machine. And let's just say there's a lot of tension between Zoey, Lola, and Chase...

"...And that is so why I can NEVER wear only black and white. Like Dana, she'll wear like all black. I NEED COLORS! I mean I feel like I'm in some cheesy forties movie, ya know?" Nicole hadn't stopped talking to Paul for the whole time.

"Totally," Paul said, pretending to be interested. He was actually really good at pretending that Nicole actually bought it. Paul thought she was worth the non-stop talking.

"It's like so boring! I mean can you imagine me goth? Like EW! Goths really should wear pink, it's so pretty!" Nicole was her usually girlie self.

"Nicole, I think their whole style is against the color pink. It's too...happy and girlie," Paul informed her.

"That's SO weird! Who doesn't love being happy?" Nicole asked. Paul slapped his forehead.

--

Chase was sitting on the seat closest the the window. Lola had stolen the seat next to him and was moving closer to him by the second. Zoey watched from a far. At that point in time, Zoey knew she made a big mistake. And she knew what she had to do: fix it.

"Hey Chase," Zoey walked up. Lola glared. "Can we talk? Alone," Zoey said coldly.

"Do you have a problem with me?" Lola asked, although she knew the answer.

"Is that a serious question?" Zoey asked, "Because if it was, I would begin to worry about you."

"I ALREADY worry about you," Lola snapped back.

Chase looked at the two girls fighting...over him, "Um...I'm going to go talk to Michael."

Zoey looked at Chase, "I need to talk to you, please. Now."

Chase sighed and let Zoey drag him away from Lola.

"Bitch," Lola mumbled under her breath about Zoey.

"I heard that," Zoey told her continuing to walk away.

When Chase and Zoey got to a private spot, Zoey started talking, "I want to be friends."

"Friends?" Chase asked, sort of disappointed. (A/N: Ok, I lied, VERY disappointed.)

"Yeah, I mean Chase, ever since we broke up--"
"Nine hours ago..." Chase informed her, he had a timer on his cell.

"Ok, well, we have been a bit uncomfortable...I couldn't stand to watch you hanging out with people while hating me--""
Chase interrupted, "I don't HATE you." In fact, I still love you...He said to himself.

"Will you stop interrupting! I wish I could turn back time and never go out with you. So it would be normal again. It's just that we weren't good as Boyfriend/Girlfriend, and I miss being friends," Zoey confessed.

"Me too. And I mean maybe in a few months we can try dating again," He suggested. He really was getting desperate.
"Maybe. I just need to be single for a while...Friends?" Zoey asked.
"Friends," Chase agreed. There is hope,He told himself. They hugged, making Lola shoot Zoey an icy look.

--

"How are you sleeping, princess?" Logan asked his new girlfriend, Dana, who was sleeping. He loved spoiling her rotten, "Don't worry, I won't let anybody wake you up." He stroked her hair, "Actually, I will have to get up when they finally call me...but who knows how long that's going to be?"
Dana's phone started ringing. "Phone," He alerted Dana, "Don't worry I'll get it...you sleep."
He picked up the phone, "Hello?"
"Hello. Who is this?" The man on the other line asked.

"Hey buddy, you called me, who are you?" Logan asked, rather rudely.

"This is General Cruz of the United States Army, now who are you?" The general asked.

"Why, this is Logan Reese! Who else would I be?"
"Oh, I'm sorry, I must of called the wrong number, I'm trying to call a Miss Dana Cruz," The General apologized.

"Oh, no! Wait! I'll wake her up!" Logan told him.

At this point the General was confused, "Do you know my Dana?"
"Know her? I'm her BOYFRIEND!" Logan told him. The line went dead.

Moments later, Dana woke up.

"Hey Dana! You're awake!" Logan remarked.

"Why are you in my dor—Oh, right, the hospital...did I fall asleep on you?" Dana asked, embarrassed.
"Yeah. No big deal. You smell good," He flirted. Dana smiled. "Hey listen. This guy called your phone...he was really weird."
"Guy? What guy?" Dana asked, alarmed.

"Some general..."
"General Cruz? Logan, he has the 3rd highest position in the army!" Dana yelled.

"So?"
"Please, tell me you didn't talk to him."
"Do I have to lie?" Logan asked.

"LOGAN! NO! What did he say?" Dana was in a sheer state of panic.

"Oh, I told him I was Logan and I was your boyfriend," Logan told her.
"NO!" Dana screamed.
"What's wrong?" Logan asked.
"Logan, he's my FATHER! And he doesn't want me dating until I'm thirty. That's why I go to a boarding school. I am so dead. You're so dead. WE'RE so dead," Dana panicked.

"Calm down."
"I can't calm down," Dana told him. EVERYONE was staring.

"Chase Matthews. Logan Reese," The nurse had finally called them in.

Dana picked up her phone and called her dad, "Daddy! It's me Dana pie." (A/N: Raised eyebrow...)
"How is my girl?" He asked.
"I'm great, look I heard you talked to Logan..."
"I did," There was a serious tone in the general's voice.

"I know you don't want me dating, but I swear we haven't even officially gone out...sorta. He's a really good--"

The general interrupted her, "Sweetie, calm down. Look, I'll make you a deal. I'll let you two date--"
"I sense a but coming..." Dana commented.

"Look, I'm coming home from Iraq for a couple weeks. I'm staying nearby, so I'm going to come and check him out. You know, find out his intentions with my daughter," He laughed, "I'll be here tomorrow. I want to meet him. Gotta catch a plane, Iraq's far away." He hung up.
Zoey, Nicole, Paul, Lola, and Michael came over.

"What's up?" Zoey asked.

"My dad's coming tomorrow," Dana told them.
"Cool," Paul commented.

"Seriously, who are you?" Dana asked, "Anyway it's NOT cool."
"Why?" Zoey asked.
"My dad has this thing of being really overprotective. He doesn't want me dating--"
"What about Logan?" Michael asked, "He's crazy about you."

"My dad made a deal...I can date Logan if my dad likes him," Dana finished.
"Ouch," Nicole said.

"My dad's really strict and I'm afraid Logan's going to say something stupid."
Lola jumped into the conversion, "So...you have less than 24 hours to prep Logan. Good luck." They all started to walk away.
"WAIT! I need your help," Dana begged.

Logan and Chase came out. "Nurse Michael" was right—Chase didn't have anything broken and Logan had a broken arm.

Logan took a sharpie, "Babe! Be the first the sign my cast!" He told Dana.

"Logan, we have way more important things to deal with..."

A/N: Wow. So, is the General going to like Logan? Is Dana still going to be able to go out with Logan? And Chase and Zoey are friends again...will it stay that way? Will they be enemies? Will they start dating again? And what about Lola? Nicole and Paul...cute! Will Paul finally show Nicole how he feels? And the band has it's first practice.

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