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Past Meets Present

Chapter 8

Wednesday had arrived, and as I woke up, I looked over at Zoey's bed. Her secret must have been big, she was already gone. I reached up to pull Nicole down, but I didn't have the heart. She was sleep-talking so amusingly.

"Oh Orlando, I'd love it if you'd marry me. Really? In Hawaii? And you want ME to star in your new movie? AND THERE'S A KISSING SCENE? Oh my gosh. Definitely!"

Okay, it began to get creepy, "Hey Mrs. Bloom!" I pulled her down.

"I was just about to make out with Orlando Bloom!" She exclaimed, looking at me as she stood up.

I laughed, "I heard. I heard the whole thing."

"Was I sleep-talking?"

I nodded, smirking, "Yeah, extremely fluently, and extremely loudly." I looked at her, "Anyway, it's Wednesday."

"So? It's another day..."

"You really do have short term memory loss don't you?" I asked, a smile still on my face.

She looked at me, "Huh?"

"Zoey's secret." I replied, grabbing some clothes. I went into the bathroom and changed into a pair of jeans and a white t-shirt from my last year at middle school, it was signed by all my friends. "Yeah Nicole, we find that out today."

"Are you going to tell her your secret then?"

I looked at her as I put up my hair, "Let's not be ridiculous."

"You know she's going to find out sometime." Nicole replied, as she fixed her own hair.

"I'll tell her... Eventually. I just have to find the right time."

Nicole shook her head as we walked out of the dorm room. Chase ran up to us, "Have you seen Zoey?"

I shook my head, "No... She was supposed to tell us that big secret today."

Michael and Logan joined us minutes later, "Chase, no one can find her!" Michael exclaimed, looking at Chase. He then turned to us for a split-second, "Hey Nicole. Hey Rachel."

"Thanks for the acknowledgement." I said, smirking.

Logan turned to me, "Why don't we split up?" He asked, "Rachel and I can go look for Zoey in one spot, and you three can go look for her in a different area."

"Sounds good!" Chase exclaimed, grabbing Nicole and Michael and bolting.

Logan looked at me, "Well, that was easier than I thought." He said, moving in to kiss me.

I turned my head to the side, he kissed my cheek, "Let's go find Zoey." I grabbed his wrist and went the opposite direction that Chase, Michael, and Nicole had gone.

I saw the other three run in front of us. So Logan and I kept going straight, toward the gates of the campus. I saw Zoey, and a girl I had never seen before. Logan's jaw dropped, "It can't be..."

I looked at him, realizing my hand had slipped from his wrist to his hand, "Can't be what?" I asked, hesitating to move my hand.

"Come on!" He pulled me down towards Zoey and the girl.

"Yeah, that popping sound? That was my arm."

"Sorry Rachel! But I gotta find out if it's..." His voice faded out as we approached Zoey.

Zoey and the girl turned around, "Rachel! Logan!" Zoey exclaimed, "Rachel, this is Dana, Dana this is Rachel."

I looked at Dana, "Hello..." I said, my voice faltering out. She was giving me a really rude look, not me as much as my hand. I was suddenly confused.

Logan sensed tension and dropped my hand, "I'm gonna go find the others." He said, bolting away.

"Logan Anthony Reese!" I shouted, turning to run after him, but then I turned around, to see Zoey smiling, and Dana continuing to glare at me.

"Is this the big secret?" I asked Zoey, a bit annoyed with Dana's non-ending glare.

"Yeah! This is our old roommate." Zoey replied, not noticing the tension like Logan had been wise enough to notice.

"I think I'm going to go help Logan find the others..." I muttered, turning to walk away, when I saw the four of them coming back, "Or not..."

"DANA!" Nicole screeched, running towards us.

The boys continued walking at their normal pace, I walked up to them, shoving Chase and Michael forward and looking at Logan, "Why does it seem like she hates me? And I just met her!"

Logan looked at me, trying to find the right words to say, "Um... Dana and I... We sort of... dated... last year." He said, in one choppy sentence.

"Looks like someone's not over it." I said, looking into his eyes, "You're going to have to make it so she does not want to kill me."

"She may have a temper, but I'm sure she doesn't want to KILL you."

"You didn't see the glares after she left Logan. She definitely would like to be the cause of my death, and the one to bury me."

Logan simply laughed, not taking me seriously at all, "She's not like that."

"First impressions last forever." I said in a sing-song voice. Logan grabbed my hand, "Come on Rachel, you'll be fine."

"That's what you think."

"It's not what I think. It's what I know."

He shook his head, "Rachel Elizabeth Day, you're going to relax. Like, now." He said, putting his hands on my shoulders. "She's not going to murder you or anything. I know she won't."

I shrugged, "I'm only going to do this for you. I hope you know that."

"I know." Logan replied, he allowed his hands to drop from my shoulders, and he grabbed my hand again, "Come on." We walked down to the rest of the group.

Nicole looked at me, smiling.

"Shut up." I hissed in her ear, "Just shut up."

She laughed.

Chase was talking to Zoey about something, I couldn't overhear. Michael was talking to Dana, but she wasn't listening, she was too busy glaring at Logan and I.

"What did I tell you?" I murmured, looking at Logan, "She's plotting, I know that look! That is my look!"

"I've been the victim of it plenty of times." He replied, tightening his grip on my hand, "You'll be fine."

The group merged into one, Zoey looked at me, and then at Dana, as if she was finally registering the thick tension between us. She then looked down at my hand, and how it was being grasped by Logan's and she nodded. More to herself than to anyone else.

I kicked Logan in the back of the leg, "Ow!" He exclaimed, "What was that for?"

"You need to tell her."

"Like she doesn't already know?"

"Hey, she could think that we're friends with benefits, and then she'll think she might have a chance."

"You've really thought this out in the five, maybe ten, minutes that you've known her haven't you?"

"When you have someone just about ready to kill you, you start to think fast."

"I already told you she doesn't want to kill you!"

Dana walked over to us, "So," She shoved me out of the way, standing in front of me, staring into Logan's eyes, "I'm only here for a week Logan, shall we pick up where we left off." She groped around for his hand, but his hands were shoved in his pockets.

Zoey looked at me, she still thought I had no feelings for Logan, but she was wrong. She was dead wrong. I approached Dana, "Excuse me." I said, pushing her back to her original spot. Logan took his hands out of his pockets, and grabbed onto mine, I smiled, "You guys can't really pick up where you left off." I said, the looks exchanging owners. I was now the one glaring, "Because Logan and I, have been picking up where we left off. A few years ago."

I saw Zoey lean over to Nicole and whisper something, and then Nicole whispered something back. I'd have to figure out what that was about.

Dana blinked and turned to Logan, "You're kidding me right? You're going out with this... new girl? After all the stuff you did to us on prank week last year?"

She was getting offended by my presence, and fate was falling into my hands.

Logan spoke up, "Rachel's more than a new girl." He said, looking at Dana, and tightening his grip on my hand as a reassurance, "I've known her a lot longer than I've known all of you."

"13 years longer." I replied, as if strengthening his point. I looked over at Zoey, her face was completely twisted in confusion.

Dana glared at me again, "I guess we'll have to make her welcome then. With a prank week scam."

I laughed. "Make me welcome?" I asked, laughing again, "You're the one who doesn't go here."

The tension was growing stronger, and everyone could sense it. Zoey stepped in, "Chase, Michael, Logan, why don't you three show Dana around, show her the changes?"

Logan looked at Zoey, his face now twisting with confusion, "Okay..." The four of them walked off, Dana giving flirty eyes to Logan. And Logan was staring the other way.

"God if she doesn't kill me first, I am going to kill her!" I exclaimed, not realizing that I had said that out loud.

"He's gone, you don't have to continue the act anymore." Zoey said, looking at me.

I looked at Nicole and she nodded, I looked back at Zoey, "Zoey... I have to tell you something."

Zoey raised an eyebrow, "Will it have anything to do with the secret you two have been keeping from me?" She asked.

Nicole nodded, "It has everything to do with that."

I swallowed some air, "I... sort of... kind of... maybe... just a little bit... like Logan..."

"For real?" Zoey asked, her eyes growing wide.

I nodded, "Yeah."

She smiled, "Finally!"

"Huh?"

Both Nicole and Zoey smiled, "That's been our idea the whole time." Zoey continued, "We could tell by the way you talked about him, and how you so willingly accepted the idea of dating him after only a night, the respect thing was a load of bull."

"You have got to be kidding me!" I exclaimed, staring at the two, "I really didn't like him until three weeks ago."

"Three weeks!" Nicole exclaimed, "Are you serious? You didn't tell me until like... Sunday!"

I smiled, "Can we go get Logan away from her now?" I started to walk.

Zoey grabbed my wrist, "Not so fast." She replied, "What about Pat?"

I felt the color slowly draining from my face, "I don't want to break his heart... He's been pretty much like a brother to me forever..."

Zoey and Nicole looked at each other, communicating with their eyes, "We'll handle it." Nicole replied, "But right now. You go get Logan away from Dana."

I sighed with relief, "Thank you so much!" I exclaimed, and I ran off towards Chase, Michael, Logan, and Dana.

So... Many of you said that you had an idea of what Zoey's secret was. Were any of you right?

I'll update again this week most likely...

MintoTheFox: This is why I love you, lol, you surprise me with reviews! Anyway, here's an update.

marcy: Was your idea right?

Zinaalla: I read your story Lovechain. And it's really good! I hope you enjoy the next chapters of this story.

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