A/n: I know I've been gone a while but I'm having a personal struggle against myself. Ever look in the mirror and hate your reflection? Why am I ranting to you. All you want is the story.
Chapter 5:
"It's Week 2 in the Bigger Brother household and after Lewis's departure last night the house seems to be functioning just fine without him. However, Zoey is nowhere to be seen." The telly was on but nobody at PCA was listening. They were too excited about the camera crews coming to visit them. More specifically they were coming to visit Dustin, Nicole, Dana, Michael and Chase… and possibly if they had time Quinn. (Although nobody had yet warned them of Quinn's odd tendencies)
"Ugh! Why'd they have to come today!" Screeched Dana stomping up the stairs and locking herself in her room.
"What's her deal?" Asked Michael
"I don't know… she's been acting weird all week." Nicole shrugged. "But we have bigger issues. I'm wearing blue so should I wear blue mascara or would that look like I'm trying too hard… should I wear black. I don't know… black's so neutral I don't want to look too plain. But if I think if wear blue I'd look too pushy. Don't you think?" Chase rolled his eyes and grabbed a random tube and threw it over his shoulder.
"That solve your problem?" He asked irately.
"Geez, Dana's not the only one who's getting all grouchy." Nicole growled.
"I'm just a little stressed. What if they bully me into admitting how I feel about Zoey… And what if they show it to her!"
"Dude, you're hyperventilating! Chillax." Michael ordered.
"You chillax!" Chase snapped. The cameras were arriving.
"They'll probably just ask you how she acts at home and stuff."
"Logan too." Commented Quinn from the chair.
"Quinn… WHY are you braiding Dustin's hair?" Nicole asked in a breathy voice. She was trying to calm herself down. Plus this was what Zoey would normally do. Without the presence of his big sister, Dustin was spending a dangerous amount of time with Quinn. Dangerous being the operative word.
"I usually braid Zoey's." Quinn reasoned.
"And she's paying me for it." Dustin smiled, showing his sister's friend a handful of cash.
"Dude, you are aware that you're going on world wide TV in like five minutes?" Chase asked.
"Ahhh!" Dustin ran off screaming. After Dustin's screams had died down, and the cameras had started interviewing Michael, there came an anguished cry from upstairs.
"That sounded like Dana." Mumbled Chase.
"Who's Dana?" Queried the interviewer.
"Logan's sort of girlfriend. They love each other to pieces…"
"Nicole. They hate each other's guts!" Chase laughed. "You sure you're not delusional." There came a thud and Dana appeared at the bottom of the stairs. She slipped onto the sofa, looking ready to cry.
"What's wrong?" Asked Nicole. That was too much. Dana started to cry. The camera's focused on her.
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"You plan on coming out of the room anytime soon… only, me and Ash thought…"
"I'll come out once that jerk gets voted off." Devonny didn't have to ask who 'that jerk' was.
"Listen, that won't happen for… at least another week. And to be honest. It might not happen at all… I mean he is kind of hot." Admitted Devonny.
"You're really not making me feel better here." Zoey sighed. She sat up. "It's just… Logan's my best friend… for now. You know what I mean?"
"Sure, like me and Ash. We've come in here knowing each other. You're all moody and secluded so you wouldn't know… but she's been flirting with everything male. She's been TOTALLY selling me out."
"Oh… I'm sorry. In all the confusion I guess I didn't think…"
"It's cool. But how about you and me go in and eat sinful amounts of food."
"You know we don't have enough Devonny."
"This isn't Big Brother Zo, it's BIGGER Brother. They have to feed us enough to live on, legally. My uncle's a big law-talking guy,"
"A lawyer?" Zoey suggested.
"Do I look like I have time for details?" She laughed, rushing out of the room. Zoey laughed and followed her.
"It lives!" Joked Ciaron, who was sat with his arm half draped across Monica's shoulder. Zoey realised just how much she'd missed. It was not a surprise however, to see Logan surrounded by Natalie (Of course) Corey, Aaron, Honey, Aislin, and Leonie. He always had been popular. Zoey avoided his eye.
"Sometimes I get the feeling I could die in there and nobody would notice until it was time to evict me."
"Housemates this is Bigger Brother." Corey said with his hands over his mouth like a microphone. "Zoey has until the count of ten to leave the house, or else we'll come and get her…"
"And… oh dear, Zoey's dead." Aislin didn't sound particularly bothered. Zoey rolled her eyes and sat next to Darren, who was not amongst the gaggle surrounding Logan. He avoided her eyes and turned scarlet.
"Hey Leonie, soda." Aislin said.
"Get it yourself." Leonie said snappily, turning her attentions back to Honey, whose hair she was braiding. Aislin growled and Devonny frowned. She could sense when her double was getting mad.
"God! Did your mam never teach you any manners!" Ash fumed.
"You leave my 'mam' out of it. You can't even talk properly." she scoffed.
"LEONIE! EVERYONE HAS DIFFERENT ACCENTS. ASH, STOP BEING SO LAZY AND GET THE STUPID SODA YOURSELF!" Zoey screamed, intervening.
Then there was silence. Logan could very vaguely recall Zoey getting mad, and she'd never to his memory yelled in her life until she came on the show. Until then she'd have just tugged on someone's sleeve and pulled them to one side and guilt tripped them.
"Well… welcome to the mad house Zoey." Aaron said finally. Zoey blushed.
"I'm just so sick of everyone arguing." She said. "I get enough of that back home at PCA.
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"This is Bigger Brother. Could all housemates please meet in the lounge and await instructions." Aislin crawled out of bed. Devonny, Honey and Zoey didn't have to move, they were already sat there. Monica, Natalie, Logan and Ciaron all arrived in their swim suits, fresh from the Jacuzzi… (Natalie a strange beetroot colour.) Leonie Corey and Aaron appeared from nowhere and Darren scuttled out of the bedrooms.
"Why're you so happy clappy?" Honey asked Natalie curiously, as she sat down between her and Zoey.
"I just kissed Logan." She said matter-of-factly.
"Is he a good kisser?" Natalie nodded furiously, she seemed to have gone slightly light headed.
"Blergh, can we not talk about him?" Zoey pulled a face.
"Oh lighten up Zo," Devonny said, ruffling Zoey's already messy hair. Zoey had exited her room that morning for the first time of her own accord since the incident. The eviction day was tomorrow (I know I'm skipping a lot but it's a really long show) and Zoey had wanted to maximise her chances of being evicted. She had been nominated, and it was between her, Leonie and Aaron.
"Well… what up?" Asked Aaron to the ceiling. There was a momentary pause.
"Bigger Brother has a surprise phone call for a housemate."
"Cool." Corey muttered.
"Which housemate?" Aislin asked.
"Dana Cruz is on the line." Bigger Brother continued.
"Yay!" Zoey said with a broad grin.
"We are now connecting her to the Bigger Brother house."
"Hi." Said a voice the other end of the line, it was being broadcast over the speaker.
"Hey Dana! How's it going…" Zoey said excitedly.
"Aww, I'm sorry Zo." Dana apologised. "I'm not calling for you. I'm calling for Logan."
"Naturally." Logan laughed.
"Zip it lover-boy. I'm not in a good mood with you." Dana snapped.
"Woah! I'm not even at home and I'm managing to PO you?" Logan asked in disbelief. "That's GOTTA be a new record."
"I can see everything you do now. I know how much of a jerk you've been to poor Zoey." Zoey smirked and stuck her tongue out at Logan. Logan crossed his arms and sank lower on the sofa, succeeding in knocking Devonny onto the floor. "I know you've been all over that Natalie Kid."
"Who're you calling kid!" Natalie demanded.
"If you've called just to yell at me then maybe I feel like hanging up now!" He snapped.
"No… not that could but please don't. If I had my way, I wouldn't be announcing this on world-wide television Logan…"
"This is Bigger Brother you have ten seconds."
"And this isn't easy for me to say…" Dana was crying.
"Hey, hey. Don't cry. It can't be that bad." Logan seemed slightly shocked. Had Dana ever cried? Was she capable of crying? Evidently she could.
"It is!" Dana protested.
"This is Bigger Brother. You have 5 seconds."
"If you're gonna say it say it fast." Ordered Logan, checking his watch.
"Logan… You know how we… but we were never even… oh to hell with it." Dana took a deep breath and the housemates waited patiently.
"What?"
"Logan… you're gonna be a daddy." Beep beep beep.
"This is Bigger brother. Your phone call has been terminated." Logan froze.
"This is… this is a sick joke!" He said. "It's a challenge or something!"
"You know… she sounded pretty frightened." Ciaron said.
"Yeah well nobody asked you!" Logan snapped, running his finger through his hair. It was a definite possibility. "But we used protection… it's NOT possible. No way."
"Logan… you know those things are only 97 accurate…" Zoey said looking ready to cry. She stood up and sat next to Logan, wrapping her arms around his stomach and laying her head on his chest. Logan frowned.
"I still think its some sort of hoax. A wind up." He glared at the ceiling. "Bigger Brother if you're screwing with me…"
"It's not Bigger Brother that's been doing the screwing is it…" Natalie flounced from the room.
A/n: Short chapter? A lot happening? I know. Is Dana really pregnant? Will Zoey still want to get evicted if Logan's in this much trouble?
