A/n: Woohoo! I got my new computer to work. It's a weird change switching from floppy to compacts.

Chapter 9:

"This is Bigger Brother, can Dana please come to the diary room?" Dana hoisted herself up. Today was eviction day. The three PCA kids had packed their bags and were ready to leave should their names be called. Dana figured this was about the dying task until Bigger Brother's monotonous chime chanted up again with "Can Logan also come to the diary room?" He shot her a 'Don't look at me, I didn't do it!' glance before following her.

"Hello. This is Bigger Brother, take a seat." Dana flopped lazily into the cushion chairs but Logan just leaned against the wall. He didn't really like Bigger Brother. He found it incredibly sadistic. And, although montonous, he was sure it could get sarcastic.
"Why are we here?" He asked eventually. It was also slow.
"How is the baby?"
"Fine... I think." Dana said curiously. "Why?"
"You have a visitor." Dana's heart stopped. If they had brought her mother on the show she would kill them! If her mom watched Bigger Brother then that was how she had found out her darling daughter was pregnant, if she didn't watch the show then she probably saw it splashed across a magazine. She gulped thinking about it.
"Both of us?" Questioned Logan.
"All three of you actually. Hi I'm Dr Fields... I'm here to give you an ultrasound scan for the baby." Said a woman walking in. Dana relaxed and sank lower in the cushions. Logan became a little uptight.
"Want me to leave?" He asked her. She shrugged coolly.
"Suit yourself." He slowly straightened up.

Dana was very uncomfortable. They put cold gel on her belly and attached sucker like things. They hooked her up to a big television. She shiverred slightly.
"Cold?" Dr Fields asked. Dana nodded slightly. Then the Tv flickered on. Suddenly everything was forgotten. It didn't matter about the cold gel. It didn't matter that she didn't like Logan. An ultrasound scan showed a vague blue blob. She took a deep breath in as did Logan. He stared transfixed at the screen.
"Oh my god..." Dana whispered, mesmerised by her baby's image on screen. She could see a head, a face, hands and arms, feet and legs.
"The baby is in a bit of an awkward position."
"Is that a bad thing?" She asked, her eyes widening.
"Goodness no. You're only around 13 weeks gone, it usually turns itself around in the second trimester." Dana relaxed. "It just means that you may suffer morning sickness and mood swings more violently and the baby's kicking may twinge a little." Dana nodded. "I'm assuming this is your first?"
"Yeah." Dana answered. It seemed to be an unspoken agreement that Logan could stay if he kept his mouth shut.
"Well everything seems healthy." She shut the monitors off and tested the baby's heartbeat with a cold stethoscope. Dana shiverred again. The doctor seemed determined to try and freeze the baby. "Steady heartbeat... You know your blood groups?"
"AB Positive." Said Dana automatically.
"A." said Logan, speaking for the first time. Dr Fields nodded. Dana's attention shifted to her stomach. There was her baby! Healthy and heart beating.
"Good good..." She packed up her stuff and prepared to leave.

"Um..." Logan asked cautiously. "She's 13 weeks gone, right... can you tell if it's a boy or a girl at that stage?" Dana's head snapped up. She couldn't believe that it had slipped her mind. She stood up.
"Well?"
"Yes. Do you both want to know?" She asked. Dana nodded enthusiatically. Logan waited for her response before nodding. He did not want to offend her.
"Please?" She begged the Doctor using her infamous puppy dog eyes. Dr Fields laughed.
"You're having a baby boy." Dana screamed. Logan tried to surpress a smile. He knew that was what Dana had been hoping for and to be totally honest it would have been his first choice. Dana was ecstatic.
"We're having a boy!" She flung her arms around him. He caught her and stumbled back a little, shocked at her sudden change of heart. "Oh my god we're having a boy!" She said laughing. He rubbed her back for lack of anything else to do.
"Thanks Doctor." Logan said over Dana's shoulder. She smiled and left through the secret doorway. Dana seemed to realise what she was doing, the adrenaline having worn off. She nervously detached herself, blushing a little bit.
"Sorry uh... come on." She hurried to the door and Logan sighed. There was no winning with her.

"What did they want with you two?" Zoey asked demanding to know why they were alone together for so long.
"Three." Corrected Dana.
"Three?" She questioned.
"Logan... Me... and my son." Zoey's eyes widened. Dana nodded. Zoey hugged her, Dana grinned. "They gave me this scan and oh my god Zo, he's so tiny!" She was close to tears of joy.
"Oh well... cool." Zoey was not happy about the baby as much as she had been. Dana sat on the bed ready to relax when Bigger Brother spoke again.
"As a result of Dana passing this week's task you all have a reward, can contestants please enter the lounge?"
"What task?" Questioned Logan. Dana raised her finger to her lips and walked into the lounge behind Zoey.

"SWEET!" Yelled Corey, turning the TV onto Mtv.
"Who'd ya have to kill to pull this one off!" Ciaron asked, snatching the remote to put on a car chase. Tani gave the 'Please' eyes and managed to get the remote through sheer cheek.
"Myself." Dana answered. Monica looked confused. Dana bit her lip at her. "I'm NOT dying in childbirth..." She hesitated."At least, I don't intend to." She paused again and and then smiled. The room relaxed.
"Well that's a relief." Monica said. Natalie nodded offhandedly. She had decided after a little hesitation that maybe Dana had a good enough reason to be so nasty.
"Sorry I lied." She pulled the 'You can't stay mad at me' eyes. Everyone group hugged her. Apart from Logan, who wandered absentlyinto the garden. A boy. He'd probably look like his daddy. But he'd never know his daddy. It was bittersweet. He sat at the edge of the jacuzzi. For ten minutes there was nothing, no comforting sound other than the crowd outside. The eviction would be in around an hour. Not long left.

"Hey." Dana whispered, stood behind him.
"Excited?" He asked, trying not to sound nasty.
"Yeah." She muttered. "Can I sit here?" The sun was setting and it made everything glow an odd gold color.
"Sure." He waved his hand vaguelytowards the space beside him. She slipped off her shoes and dangled her legs into the water. For a little while there was silence between the two, the only sound was Dana splashing in the water. She lay back staring into the sky.
"I'm going home tonight." She said eventually.
"You don't know that."
"Yes I do. I just waltz right in and take over." She laughed.
"Well that's just you isn't it, there's nothing wrong with it."
"Yeah well the public don't think so. I'm going tonight, I know it." Dana sighed and turned her head to look at him.
"Personally? I think I'm going."
"You do? But you're Bigger Brother's 'It Boy' the nation loves you." She pouted cutely. It took all of Logan's resistance not to kiss her.
"The nation thinks I'm a rapist." he mumbled. Dana sighed again.
"I never said rape, Zoey did." She defended herself.
"It doesn't really matter who said it." He shrugged. "It's been said."

There was another long silence.
"It'll be me who leaves tonight." He assured her. "Promise."
"Yeah, right." She rolled her eyes. Her hand sank automatically to her belly. "If I leave, promise me you won't kill Zoey? She's only trying to stick up for me."
"I know. She's the one who starts it though! I swear if she weren't Chase's chick I'd have killed her ages ago."
"Don't let her hear you say that." Dana warned. "Come to think of it... don't let Chase hear you say that."
"Yeah yeah..." He lay down beside her and turned to face her, surprising himself at how he had misjudged the distance. She was a lot closer than he had first thought. They were close enough to kiss. "Thought about names?"
"For the baby?"
"No for your cat... of course the baby."
"Promise not to laugh?" She asked cautiously.
"Promise." He put his hand on his heart, which he could feel breaking as he looked at her.
"Phoenix." She said decisively.
"I might've known."
"You promise you wouldn't laugh!" She complained.
"I'm not laughing it's just... it's kinda typical you isn't it. You never did like to be 'normal'... did you?" She caught his eye and shook her head.

"Why be normal, when I can be me."
"I'd pick you over normal any day." She smiled slightly and lowered her hand to her stomach. It was an automatic reaction. Whenever Logan spoke to her, whenever she felt her resistance fading, she reminded herself what had happened.
"I'm gonna ask Zoey to leave you alone when I leave ok."
"You're not leaving tonight!" Logan promised her. She rolled her eyes and continued.
"I'm gonna tell everyone the full story. No matter how gross. No matter how slutty I seem to the nation. It's not fair that I sorta ruined your reputation. Just coz the public hates me, doesn't mean they should hate you."
"They don't hate you. Nobody hates you. You're Dana Cruz." There was a long pause.
"You hate me." She said eventually.
"No I don't."
"Yes you do. I slept with you. Totally random. Purely because we were bored. I got pregnant. Told you via phonecall on television viewed by all of America. Accused you of rape, then turned the whole country against you!" She said in distress.
"Shh," He nodded. "I don't hate you."
"Yeah right. Whatever. I'm going to check I've got my toothbrush packed." She stood up and made towards the house he grabbed her wrist and dragged himself up. He stood staring at her.

"The public love you. Everyone in this house loves you Dana."
"Not everyone." She mumbled.
"Everyone." He promised. "Dana, I love you." It was the first time he'd said it. For a moment Dana was shocked.
"Huh?" She spluttered.
"I love you." He raised his hand to cup her cheek. He leaned forward to kiss her. Dana leaned in, slosing her eyes. She could feel his breathe tickle her face. Then the baby kicked. Suddenly she remembered who it was she was about to kiss.Her eyes snapped open and shepushed him away then screeched.
"STAY AWAY FROM ME!" She ran into the house crying. He closed his eyes. They had been so close to kissing. It wasn't fair.
"Dana wait up." He followed her in. She was sat beside Zoey.

"Leave me alone." She ordered icily.
"No I won't. We're gonna be separated in ten minutes. Don't you wanna talk about that!"
"No I don't!" She said angrily. "I want to tell everyone what happened and then I want to walk out of this place and enjoy my time at PCA withiout you following me everywhere I go!"
"Come on, you know it's not like that!"
"Well that's what it feels like to me!" She stood up. "Everytime I think that maybe I can be your friend you go and do something stupid! I don't even wanna know you Logan Reese!" She was shaking with adrenaline.
"That's not true." He said angrily. How could she say that?
"It is though!" She screeched.


Knowing one of their friends was leaving the house that night, Chase, Dustin and Nicole came down to the set. The crowd outside was throbbing but they got VIP access. They waited outside in the cold as the fight went on. The big screen showing and sounding everything.
"She's gonna hit him." Nicole said shaking her head as she watched her friends fighting. She knew Dana Cruz far too well.
"Who do you think's going?" Dustin asked eventually. Chase and Nicole paused then said
"Logan." Together.
"GET OUT OF MY FACE LONG ENOUGH FOR ME TO TELL THEM WILL YA!"
"IF YOU HADN'T OPENED YOUR BIG MOUTH IN THE FIRST PLACE NOBODY WOULD EVEN HAVE THOUGHT THAT!"
"I'M TRYING TO SAVE YOUR REPUTATION!" She screamed. "PRECIOUS LITTLE DADDY'S BOY ISN'T A RAPIST, DID YA KNOW!"
"Will everyone stop shouting!" Zoey begged.
"Stay out of it you're the one who caused this!" Logan growled. "Because of you Brooks, I'm going to go out of here tonight and be torn to shreds!"
"Quit playing for sympathy nobody thinks you're going to get voted out." Dana said angrily.
"Sympathy! Sympathy!" He roared. "Sleeping with you was the stupidest thing I ever did!"
"THEN WHY DID YOU DO IT!"
"BECAUSE YOU LET ME!"
"EXACTLY!" Dana howled. "YOU DIDN'T RAPE ME! I LET YOU DO IT! I WANTED YOU TO DO IT! AND NOW LOOK AT US!"
"YEAH, LIKE THAT'S MY FAULT!" Smack. Dana's hand left a nasty red mark blossoming on his face.

"WHAT WAS THAT FOR!"
"FOR BEING YOU!" She screeched. "FOR BEING MR PERFECT ALL OVER AGAIN!"
"ME!"
"I'M PREGNANT!" Screamed Zoey at the top of her lungs. The room went silent. Dana turned pale. Logan's jaw dropped. The nation stared at the blonde girl.


Chase choked.
"Chase, what did you do!" Screamed Dustin.
"ME!" He asked in shock. "I didn't do anything!"
"So... if you didn't do anything... who's she pregnant to?" Nicole asked in slight shock. Chase nearly fainted.
"What..." Dana asked softly.
"Who to?" Logan asked curiously. Zoey said nothing. Dana sank down and sat beside her. She wrapped her arm over Zoey. Who cuddled into her.
"Aww look Zo it's... it's not so bad..." She said. "Yeah things with me and Logan suck but... I mean you... you know... I..." Dana wasn't brilliant at giving advice.
"I can't believe you're pregnant." Said Aislin in shock. "Yer too skinny."
"Zoey..." Logan knelt infront of her and placed his fingers under her chin, bringing her up to face him. "If you need any help..."
"I'm not pregnant..." Zoey confessed. "I just said it to stop you two arguing." Dana breathed a sigh of relief. Logan relaxed.
"You scared me there..."
"It's just someone's gonna leave in a few minutes and all you two are doing is screaming." She mumbled into Dana's shoulder.
"I'll say I'm sorry if he will." Dana said quickly.
"I won't say I'm sorry." Logan said shocking the room. "I meant it. I shouldn't have slept with you. But I'm in love with you. So I won't take it back."
"No you upset ME with that. You don't have to apologise to me... say you're sorry to Zoey for yelling."
"Fine then, whatever, I'm sorry."
"I'm sorry too. Blame the hormones." Dana apologised. She turned to Zoey."You're definitely not pregnant?"
"DEFINITELY NOT!" Zoey swore with a laugh.

"Gonna say... nevermind." Logan trailed off, taking a seat on the sofa beside Monica who gave him a furrowed brow look. He ignored her.
"What were you gonna say?" Zoey asked curiously.
"Well... Just that wherever Chase is, he's probably had a heart attack by now." He snickered. Zoey and Dana giggled softly.
"Probably." Dana nodded.
"Aww lay off. He's over protective is all." Zoey said with a small smile.
"Because he's in love with you." Dana answered.
"Is not!" She gasped in shock.
"Is too!" Dana and Logan chanted. They glanced at each other then returned focus to Zoey.
"He's head over heels for you Zoey."
"No... he's not." Zoey laughed.


"Yes he is." Chase sighed. He was relieved she wasn't pregnant but was slightly upset that she was refusing to acknowledge his crush on her. Had she seriously never seen it before. Was she that blonde?
"He never stops talking about you." Logan assured her.
"He's my friend." Zoey said giving Logan the 'Don't stress me' eyes.
"Who's hopelessly in love with you and has been since he first met you." Dana filled in. Zoey smiled at her feet.
"You two are both delusional." She said. "Chase sees me as his little sister. That's why he's so protective over me. He's just looking out for me."
"Well if you're his little sister then he's had some pretty incestuous thoughts." The gang were amazed that he knew the word 'incestuous' and used it correctly in a sentence.
"Why'd you have to make everything about sex?" Dana asked. "Chase's crush on Zoey is strictly romance."
"Is it now?" He asked rolling his eyes.
"Oh don't be all 'I know something you don't know' if you're not gonna tell us... it's really annoying." Dana huffed crossing her arms.
"You're really annoying." She stuck his tongue out at her.
"If I didn't know better I'd say you two were flirting." Said Zoey with a smile.
"Nah uh!" Dana crossed her arms tighter and pouted at Zoey.

"This is Bigger Brother."
"No it's not!" Dana said jumping up. "Guys I have an announcement to make. I didn't really get to know you much..."
"The results of this weeks eviction are in."
"No they're not!" Dana told the recording,"Shut up! I'm talking!"
"I'll admit I haven't made the best first impression. Coming in here and making a total uproar. But I'm openly confessing... Logan didn't rape me. So lay off him, ok."
"Then why did you say he did!" Demanded Natalie
"I didn't." Dana confessed. "What happened happened. It was... ok it was sex. It wasn't rape. But I told Zoey and she misunderstood and... it all got really out of hand. I'm sorry."
"Apology accepted." Logan said calmly. Dana smiled and sat back down.
"You can tell me to get out now." She said to the ceiling.
"Leaving the Bigger Brother household this week is..." Dana sighed. Logan stood up ready to grab his suitcase. "Zoey."

Zoey screamed loudly.
"YES!" She jumped up and grinned. "I'm outta here! I'm gonna be able to sleep in my own bed!" Dana looked panic stricken.
"Zoey?" She asked in disbelief. "But..."
"I'll see you when you get out."
"Zoey you have ten seconds to leave the Bigger Brother House, or else we're coming to get you!" Zoey grinned again. She gave Dana a quick hug. Smiled at Logan and waved everyone goodbye. Then she was gone.


When Zoey's name was called Chase's heart jumped to his throat. Dustin sighed. Nicole squeaked. They watched her give her goodbyes then stared at the door. There she was. As beautiful as ever. She stepped out and cameras flashed, the crowd went crazy, people waved banners and everyone screamed. Dustin, Chase and Nicole pushed their way to the front. She spotted them and ran at them. She hugged Nicole tightly. She grabbed Dustin and kissed his forehead. She then jumped at Chase who supported her weight easily.
"Welcome back." He said into her hair. She laughed as he lifted her clean off her feet and spun her right round.
"Put me down!" She giggled. He complied and for a moment he just stared at her. She was the most amazing girl he'd ever met. He leaned forward and her eyes widened slightly.

He closed his and lightly kissed her on the lips. He expected her to push him away and to cry and say they were just friends or Brother and Sister. He was incredibly shocked when her hands slid up around his neck and pulled him closer. The crowd 'Ahhh'd and camera's kept flashing but he didn't care. He was kissing Zoey Brooks. He wasn't sure who deepened the kiss but soon enough it had turned into a french kiss.
"Zoey..." Warned the microphones. "You need to give an interview." Zoey pulled back and turned her head.
"You couldn't gimme a minute!" She cried. The hostess grabbed her wrist and pulled her on stage. Chase was ready to faint.


It was midnight when Zoey left. Dana went to bed at ten past. Everyone could see she was really upset at Zoey's leaving, but nobody knew how to comfort her. They had all retired to bed at nearing 2am. Dana was awake at four. The baby was moving she felt incredibly sick and she was very upset. She padded barefoot into the bathroom and spent a half an hour throwing up. She slipped back into the room, enjoying the feel of the carpet between her toes.
"Y'ok?" Asked a voice in the darkness. She recognised it.
"No, I'm not ok. Incase you didn't know, SOMEBODY got me pregnant and now I feel sick, thanks a lot."
"You're welcome." He said calmly. She rolled her eyes. There was a bit of an awkward silence. "How you holding up without Zoey?"
"Why are you being so nice to me?" She demanded very suddenly. "I am a real bitch and you treat me like I'm a princess... why!" She was obviously incredibly stressed out and normally Logan would have argued with her. "Are you trying to make me look bad! Is that it!"
"No, I told you. I'm in love with you." He breathed.

The pause was unbearable. Dana could hear her heart beating.
"Can I... can I just pretend I didn't hear that?" She asked nervously.
"You can pretend you didn't hear it all you want. Doesn't mean I don't mean it." He stared at her. She gulped. She was stood at the foot of her bed, rooted to the spot. "You miss Zoey?" He asked her cautiously.
"Yeah." She raised her fingers to her head and began absently curling her hair. "Does that sound stupid?"
"Nah..."
"She's like my only friend here." Dana confessed. Logan sat up and pulled the covers back. "I know we didn't always see eye to eye but..." Dana was close to tears. She blamed the hormones. Stupid baby.
"C'mere." He beckoned her into the bed.

"No." She said it very firmly and she stood her ground.
"Look, no catch just... come here." He pleaded. She took a frightened step back and fell onto her bed in a sitting position. She stared at him for what felt to Logan like the longest time.
"You come here." She ordered.He didn't hesitate to stand up cross and sitbeside her. He was only in his boxers and he thoroughly expected things between them to be awkward. "I don't understand you." She said shaking her head.
"Why not?"
"I'm an awful person. I'm horrid. Why d'you like me?" She burst into tears and mentally cursed herself. Why did she have to cry! She looked so weak. He didn't know what to do. All he wanted to do was to wrap his arms around her and kiss her. But he knew she'd kill him. He was just getting her to trust him again... kissing her was out of the question. So instead he slid his arms around her but held her at arms length.


Zoey was exhausted. It was 4am. She had just gotten out of the interview and the gang were boarding the bus home. Neither she nor Chase had said anything.
"I'm tired." Moaned Dustin.
"You're tired! Bigger Brother made me wake up at all hours!" Zoey complained. She sat between Dustin and Chase.
"Sooooo... dish!" Said Nicole. "Ciaron and Tani what's going on there?"
"To be totally honest I think Monica has a thing for him. I sense trouble. Monica was there first." Zoey yawned furiously. She was absolutely run off of her feet. She lay her head on her little brother's shoulder.
"Aww..." Nicole cooed. "Family album." She snapped her camera. Zoey growled.
"Nicole!"
"Sorry sorry but it was cute." She complained.

Zoey hadn't been lying when she had said she was tired. Within a matter of moments she was asleep, nestled agains't her little brother's shoulder. Chase smiled at her.
"You want her?" Dustin asked.


"I like you because you're strong... smart... independent... sometimes a littletoo independent."
"Huh?"
"You can't live on your own. You can't live your life shutting out everyone who tries to help you." He whispered softly. it was uncharacteristically nice of him.
"I can try." She mumbled. He said nothing for a long time. He just looked at her. She became squeamish and uncomfrotable and pulled away from him.
"You feeling better?" Neither Logan or Dana had moved.
"Not particularly." She mumbled.
"Want to sleep with me tonight?" He asked. Her eyes widened. "I didn't mean it like that!" He said quickly.
"I knew what you meant!" She sounded appauled. "After all that's happened between us! All you can think about is getting lucky!"
"That's NOT what I meant!" He argued.
"Is too!"

"I meant do you want to share the bed with me tonight on account of you don't look too healthy!"
"That's not what you meant." Dana growled. He said nothing. He had no intentions of doing anything illicit with her.
"Think what you want Cruz." He muttered, he got up and climbed into his own bed.


"What do you mean?"
"She's kinda heavy." Dustin pushed Zoey slightly so her head lolled onto Chase's shoulder. He slipped his arm around her to support her weight.
"She is not." Chase rolled his eyes.
"Can I?" Begged Nicole. "Please please please please please?" She waved her camera. "These could be like your last few moments before you're a couple!"
"Nicole... Zoey... doesn't like me like that." Chase breathed.
"Yeah she replied like that to a kiss because she DIDN'T like you..." Dustin said sarcastically.
"Zoey is... beautiful. She's amazing, she's funny, she's kind, she's smart, she's..." He broke off and stroked her hair softly. "Way out of my league."
"Chase..." Started Nicole, seeing where this was heading.
"And for me to think she liked me liked me was kinda naive. And to kiss her like that I was WAY out of line and I'm amazed she's even talking to me."
"Chase..." Chase said nothing. Zoey twitched slightly in her sleep. He sighed and continued to play with her hair. As the bus bumped and fell and jumped about Zoey's head slipped onto his chest and he inhaled sharply, trying hard not to breathe too heavily and wake her up.
Dana crept out of the bathroom two hours later. She had just spent the best part of an hour throwing up in the bathroom. Logan was sat up in bed when she re entered but he didn't say anything. She stood and stared at him.
"Guess he doesn't want either of us to get any sleep." She whispered awkwardly. He nodded awkwardly and lay back down. A momentary lapse in judgement controlled Dana's feet and she stood at the head of his bed. He pulled back the covers but didn't look at her. It was an open invitation, yet he didn't want to pressure her. She slipped into the bed beside him. She felt as cold as ice against him.
"What changed your mind?" He asked softly.
"Dunno..." She shivered and he slipped his arms around her, moving his hands rhythmically to warm her up. "Try anything and you die painfully." She promised him. Although her voice was hostile her body action wasn't. She nuzzled closer to him, basking in the warmth.
"Point taken." He promised. "I love you." He whispered in her ear.
"I still choose not to hear that." She told him.
"I still choose to say it." He whispered, kissing her forehead.

She blushed furiously.
"What was that for?"
"Told you, I love you. Not gonna say it again."
"No... 'I love you' is a kiss on the lips... a slip of the hand... A kiss on the forehead is 'I feel sorry for you'."
"Dana... you're reading way too much into things. You want 'I love you'?" He leaned down and kissed her full on the lips, a little forcefully. "Happy?" He growled.
"No..." She whispered in almost fright,turning her back on him. He sighed.
"Dana I didn't mean that." He apologised.
"You didn't?" She demanded.
"I mean... Yeah I meantthe kiss, I meant I love you...but... Dana..."
"Just be quiet." She mumbled. He placed his arms around her again. She didn't move.
"I love you. I'm a jerk. Sorry." She said nothing. He didn't want to resort this. He slipped his hand up to her neck. She gasped as his fingers arrived at her collarbone, for one insanely terrifiying moment she thought he was going to strangle her.

Then his hand continued. His fingers tangled in her hair and she breathed roughly.
"This is blackmail." She hissed.
"I know..." He toyed with her loose messy curls. His hands running deep, twirling the strands awkwardly and seductively around his digits."Give in?" He begged. She sighed and turned to face him. He slipped his arms around her waist.
"Truce for tonight. Because I am very tired. I am kinda sick. And don't feel like being blackmailed." She mumbled
"Ok... just for tonight." He sighed. It was better than nothing, and to have her cuddled into him felt so right. She didn't want to admit it but to her it felt right too. She quickly covered up forherself.
"I still hate you." She said.
"Ok."


"It's our stop... should we wake her up?" Nicole questioned.
"But she's so tired!" Said a shocked Dustin.
"I'll carry her." Chase promised. He slipped his hands underneath her and carried her in a cradle position. Her head against his chest and his arm underneath her knees. Dustin demanded someone walk him back to his dorm so he didn't get attacked by the media, Nicole offered considering Chase was MIA with Zoey.
"Stupid door." Chase complained, trying to kick the door off it's hinges.
"I know it sticks sometimes." Zoey said.
"You're awake?" He seemed genuinely surprised. Zoey had not known she was that good an actress.
"Yep." She smiled cheekily.
"And you let me carry you?" He asked in shock.
"Yep." She grinned and took the key from him. "I didn't actually go to sleep. I've been listening to you."

"You heard all that!" He asked in shock. He had been openly professing his love for her.
"Yeah it was cute..." She smiled and looked at the situation. He face was inches from his and his was entirely in his grasp."You can uh... put me down now... if you want." She blushed furiously.
"What if I don't want to?" He asked cautiously.
"Then I guess maybe we stay here all night?" She suggested. "Question what did you mean by 'Out of your league'?"
"You're too good for me..." Chase said simply. She blushed furiously.
"Am not."
"Are too..."
"Am not..."
"Are t..." She cut him off. It's hard to talk with someone else's tongue in your mouth. Her arms crossed behind his neck and he lifted her closer. Her tongue wandered around his mouth desperately. He was a little shy but complied with her requests. When they broke off she just stared for a moment then she pulled herself out of his grasp.

"Am not." She closed the door to 101. Leaving a slightly stunned Chase in her wake, his mouth open and his eyes wide.