Logan's POV:

Don't do anything rash. Don't do anything rash. Think this through; can't do the wrong thing. Right…I'm gonna kill him. I went over to the bastard, roughly grabbed the back neck of his shirt, and shoved him back into the wall.

"What the hell!" He yelled before he saw my face. Once he did it changed into a "gosh, I'm an idiot"/ "oh crap" face. Although I could argue that that "gosh, I'm an idiot" face is something he always has plastered on, but I'm getting off topic. So, he saw who slammed him into the wall and began to try and cover his ass (figuratively), "Hey Logan, man it's been a while. I just… um…alright, so I know you'll understand this, so no point in lying. See, Dana she's great and you can't tell her about this or that I'm here cause she thinks I'm back at school. I don't want to lose Dana, but she's still saying she doesn't want to do it and, you understand, guys have needs. That's all this is, you know she's" he said gesturing to the girl I ripped him off of, "just to fulfill the physical part she doesn't really mean anything. You understand man right? Just don't tell Dana and no one gets hurt."

What is he kidding me? Yeah, I understand how you cheat on the girl you claim to love, sure. I feel guilty every time I kiss another girl and Dana doesn't even want me. But…damn it...what am I supposed to do? Sam, the guy who is cheating on her, he is the guy she wants. And he's right, if she doesn't know she doesn't get hurt. Seeing her face when I tell her, that would be horrible. She probably wouldn't even believe me, it's not like I have proof. I need proof, just in case telling her is what I should do, because honestly I have no idea what to do right now.

I've got to play it his way, so he'll go back to the girl and I can snap a picture with my camera phone. So, I tell him, "Yeah, man I understand. No worries. Have a good weekend." And then I looked the girl up and down winked at him and left. Well, I went to go hide. Sam said something to the girl and then went back to mauling her. I took out my phone and started snapping away. Damn it, I can't get a good angle. Uh, oh he's seen me. Well, since he's caught on to the fact that I care enough about Dana to tell her, I might as well stop resisting that urge I've been feeling since I saw him. He came towards me, like he actually thought he was getting my phone away from me, and I punched him, in the face, hard. He fell to the ground; that felt extremely satisfying. But, as I walked away, just having done something that that jealous monster that lives inside of me has wanted to do for two years, I still couldn't smile. I mean, I have to go break the heart of the girl I love, but I don't know that I can do it.

I can't hurt her, but in telling her it's like I become someone who's hurting her by association. The worst part is, if I don't tell her she gets to remain happy, ignorantly so, but happy. So, do the honest thing and tell her and hurt her or lie and don't tell her and let her stay with the guy she loves?

I think I need someone else to help me figure this out, because I don't know what to do. Chase, I don't really get his way of dealing with the girl he's in love with, so I don't really think I should go to him for help. Michael, he makes a lot of sense usually, but he's kind of wrapped up in trying to help Chase with his problems and he has a new girlfriend. There's Nicole, but anything said to her is spread throughout school within the hour. Zoey, she can keep a secret, she's pretty smart about stuff, and she would give a girl's perspective; I guess I should go to Zoey for help.

Luckily when I got back to my room Zoey was already there, but no one else was. It was kind of weird and if I didn't happen to want to talk to her I would have questioned why she was there. So that's what I did.

She was sitting on our couch watching TV, I came in said hi, she said hi back, I sat down at my desk and started pretending to do stuff on my computer. I tried to ask casually, and nicely since I didn't want her to leave, "Are you waiting for someone?"

"Not really," she replied as she started flipping through channels, "I just wanted to go somewhere to get away, somewhere quiet. Dana's all mad and Nicole met a new guy so she's rambling, which just gets Dana even angrier. I didn't really feel like going somewhere public and your door was unlocked, do you mind?"

"No it's fine," like I said I needed to talk to her and now I had another reason to do so, "So what's got Dana mad?" okay that was suspicious, I need to cover, "Nothing that's going to mess up my team is it?"

"Our team will be fine Logan," she said believing my cover, "she's just mad because Sam was supposed to come visit this weekend and he had too much work to do so he canceled. Don't worry even if she is still mad at our game next week she'll still play good, she always does." She stopped talking, but I didn't know what to say. Her face changed and she started talking again, "Can I ask you something seriously?" Oh crap she knows. She didn't buy my cover, she knows. I nodded, completely terrified. She continued, "I heard this rumor and I know rumors aren't usually true, but then I kind of heard it again and again. You live with Chase, so you should know…do you think he likes me, as in more than a friend?"

Okay, it's still an "oh crap" situation, but not the one I was thinking. What am I supposed to say to that? It's been five years, Chase obviously doesn't want her to know. I've got nothing, I'm drawing a complete blank; I don't know what to do again. Saying the first thing that came to mind, "Uh, what kind of answer do you want?"

She didn't really seem that confused, but she asked, "What do you mean?"

Crap, what do I mean? I developed this as I said it, "Do you want the rumors to be true?"

"Does it matter?" She retorted avoiding my question.

"Yeah," I said still figuring it out as I went along, "rumors don't matter unless you have something invested in them. So, what answer do you want? If you're asking me if they're true then you must have some kind of investment. So, what's probably more important than whether or not they are actually true, is what type of investment you have. Do you really want them to be false? Or do you really want them to be true?" Damn, I'm smart. That actually was true, good, and it completely avoided me having to tell her that the rumors are true.

She seems surprised that I made so much sense. Her mind obviously thinking over what I had said, "I don't know," then she stood up and said "I've got to go. Thanks."

I let her go, she has a huge thing to deal with now, it wouldn't help if I dump something else on her. But, I still don't know what to do about Dana. Part of me thinks that I'm being selfish because I want to tell her the truth. If I tell her the truth she'll be heart broken, but she'll also probably break up with Sam, which is something I've been hoping for since the second they started dating. But, no matter which way I try to spin it, if I don't tell her, I'm lying to her. I need serious guidance in this. Guidance! That's it! I could go to the guidance counselor. She already knows that I love Dana, it's perfect.

First thing the next morning, Friday morning, I went to the guidance counselor. Luckily her name was on the door because I kind of forgot it.

I knocked on the door, she said come in. As I did so, I said, "Hi Ms. Burtonni, can I talk to you about something? It kind of has to do with what we talked about yesterday."

"Sure, I'm free now, have a seat," She said as she gestured to the seat on the other side of her desk.

"You know how I'm in love with Dana, and I know you don't actually believe that but…"

"Why do you think I don't believe you love her?" She interrupted.

"Because you said yesterday that sometimes people only think they are in love," I explained.

"I wasn't talking about you," okay that confused me.

So, I moved past it, "Okay, well anyway yesterday I was at the mall and I saw Dana's boyfriend with another girl and I don't mean his sister. I confronted him and he said that since Dana wasn't sleeping with him he just went to other girls, or maybe just the girl he was with, he wasn't clear, to fulfill that 'need'. He told me not to tell Dana. And I took pictures of them with my camera phone, but none of them are very clear. You can't really tell that it's him in any of them. And I don't know what to do. I mean do I tell her and hurt her or lie and let her be happy with her cheating boyfriend. I think if I tell her I'm being selfish because then she would probably be single and I'd have a chance. Then if I don't tell her, I'm just as bad as her jack ass boyfriend."

After my rant she was silent for a minute. After what seemed like forever she said, "So you go for option number three. I wasn't talking about you for people who only think they are in love, but I was talking about her. I honestly can't tell you if she loves you, not at this point, but from what I can tell I wouldn't bet five dollars on her actually being in love with Sam. But, even though I don't think she actually loves him, it would still really hurt her to learn that he's been cheating and it would put you in a horrible position. If you tell her and you try to start something with her you risk becoming her rebound guy. So, you go for option three, where you see if she chooses you. It's still not the best scenario, but it is your best option."

It sounds like she's telling me to make a move on Dana. I must be misunderstanding because that is absolutely crazy. "I don't think I understand what you think I should do?"

She seemed ready for the question, "Well, like I said, it's not the ideal situation, but it is your best bet. I think that it's time you make a move on Dana…"

I said exactly what I was thinking, not being able to control myself in my shocked state, "What! That's insane! You're insane! That's the worst…"

"Logan!" she interrupted loudly, "will you let me at least explain it to you before you decide against it." She looked scarily serious and I was kind of curious, so I stopped talking and let her explain. She continued, "Okay, look I know it sucks, but thanks to the fact that you caught her boyfriend cheating you're in a really bad position. If you tell her, she could associate you with breaking her heart, or you become her rebound guy and those relationships usually end badly. If you don't tell her and don't do anything, she stays with him. I don't think she's in love with him, but you are in love with her, so go after her. I know it makes you look kind of scummy to go after a girl who's in a relationship, but if she falls for you, or has already fallen for you, it won't matter in the end. If she doesn't love you, then nothing will have changed; you'll love her, she won't be with you still. You don't have anything to lose, just something to gain."

I must be insane just like her because I'm actually considering this, "So, if I was to go with your plan, what would I do exactly?"

She seemed pleased that I was considering it as she responded, "Well, like I said, I only think she's not in love with Sam, so first you need to make sure that she's not. Have you ever heard that Aretha Franklin song 'It's In His Kiss'?"

And now I'm leaning towards she's insane again, "You want me to kiss her!"

"Yeah, that would be the best way to see if she's in love with another guy," she said with my obvious shock not rattling her at all.

"Explain?" I'm not getting it.

She did, "If she kisses you back or in the way that she kisses you back you'll at least be able to tell if she loves someone else. If you're lucky you'll be able to tell if she loves you. If she's doesn't kiss you back like she loves you the first time, don't get discouraged, because you'll probably have to work at getting her to fall for you a little."

"Whoa, first time? You mean this isn't a one-shot type of thing? And what do you mean 'get her to fall for me'? I don't want to make her love me. Nothing is making me love her I just do. And if she's going to be with me then I don't want to manipulate her into it; I want her to want to be with me," I ranted after her speech that made me think that hers was a bad idea again.

Once again my freaked out state didn't affect her thought out, calm response, "You are not going to manipulate her, but since she's technically with someone else, you might have to persuade her a bit, tempt her. You're not going to lie to her, you're just going to show her that she wants to be with you. You're known as a ladies man, you're going to woo her. Show her who you are, what it would be like to be with you. All of the things you resist doing because she's with someone else, start doing them."

"I don't think you want me to do everything I want to do. I mean, I've kept what I've told you really clean, if you know what I mean," I let her know to clarify what kind of things she thinks I should start doing.

"Well, there's nothing wrong with that, those kind of desires are perfectly normal, and if you think it would be something that would help her admit any potential feelings for you then there's really no reason to keep resisting those urges either," she tried to put delicately.

"No, thankfully she's not that type of girl. You have no idea how good it was to hear from Sam that they never went that far. I had, kind of, assumed they had," I admitted. That was a little weird to talk about so I tried to move on and get some answers, "So, what things did you mean for me to start doing?"

"When you want to hold her hand, hold her hand. When you want to kiss her, kiss her. When you want to tell her what you think of her appearance, do it. Just stop holding back altogether. Be the guy you would be if you were with her," She explained.

Am I completely insane for thinking this is a good idea? Or am I just that desperate that I'm willing to completely potentially make an ass out of my self to finally find out if I have a chance with her? Either way, I've decided, "Yeah, okay, I'm going to do it. I'm going to finally go after what I want."

She seemed pleased, but then she seemed serious when she said, "Logan, I think you are doing the right thing, but you have to understand that she may not love you. Just because she may not love him, doesn't mean she loves you and if she doesn't…just be prepared, because you might have to give her up, again, but permanently."

I nodded in understanding and sighed heavily before I said out loud, "Okay." I thanked her and said good bye. I know it's crazy and I haven't thought about it for very long, but I'm going to try it. I'd rather spend one minute being completely openly in love with her to find out if she could possibly love me back, than spend the rest of my life hiding the fact that I love her and always wondering what if I just tried to be with her. I'm going to go after the girl I love, I'm going after Dana.

A/N: Next chapter will be Dana's pov as Logan begins his wooing. Just what will happen when he begins to give into his temptations? And how will loyal Dana react?

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