A/N: Thanks to everyone who read and reviewed this story! I am so, so sorry it took me so long to post this! I've been so busy lately. If you want a more in-depth explanation as to why I haven't been able to post lately, just check out the beginning author's note of chapter six of The Game of Love. It's not super in-depth but more so than this one. Anyway, I got a tremendous amount of reviews and I'm so thankful for that! Alright, I won't hold you up much more. Onto my oh-so fabulous reviewers!
larabaybee – Sorry it took me such a long time to update! I'm going to try to get the rest up faster though. I'm glad you're liking the story! Thanks for reviewing!
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Disclaimer: I don't own Zoey 101 or any of the characters except Aaron Emerson, Monica Riley, and Pierre.
Chapter 2
Logan's POV
That first night at the reunion was a living hell for me. Not only did I have all that drama with Dana to deal with, but then I had to drive all the way home, pack, and then drive all the way back. Mrs. Mood Swings may be good for two things, but I'm almost positive that's it. Next time she plans another stupid reunion, I'm not going. Oh, who am I kidding? I'll end up there somehow. Either the happy couple will force me to go, or I'll go just to see Dana again. God, I'm a wreck.
It's day two of the reunion. I was woken up at 7 AM by two awful pounding noises. One was Chase pounding at my door, telling me to wake up. The other was Dana, pounding on Nicole's door, yelling at her to turn off her blow-dryer. That girl has a loud scream and a loud blow-dryer.
Now we're at breakfast. There's Chase, Zoey, Nicole, Michael, Monica, Dana, and me. How'd I end up next to Dana? I don't know if it's good or bad. Under normal circumstances, I would've been thrilled. Extra chance to work my charm on her. But she's married. This is the worst reunion ever.
Holy shit – thank God I wasn't sitting next to Nicole! My eardrums would be bleeding. She just screamed a scream worse than bloody murder and took off. For a girl who's always hated running, she leaves and gets back pretty fast.
"Guys!" she shrieks. "This is Aaron! My fiancée!"
Mrs. Perfect, of course, gets up right away and introduces herself. "Hi! I'm Zoey Matthews, and this is my husband, Chase. It's so good to meet you!" she greets. She makes me sick sometimes.
"Hey man. I'm Michael Barrett. This is my girlfriend, Monica Riley. She never went to PCA either," Michael introduces, getting up too.
Dana and I are the only two left at the table. I hear her sigh and she stands up. "Hi, I'm Dana Cruz," she tells him as I get up too.
As I turn, I see everyone giving her funny looks. "But you got married," Nicole finally says what everyone's thinking.
Dana looks down at her ring. What's up with her? Regardless, she obviously doesn't want to talk. "Hey, I'm Logan Reese," I cut in.
You-Know-Who glares at me, but out of the corner of my eye, I see Dana smile. Screw Zoey, I know Dana, and I knew that was what she wanted. And I was obviously right. Hey, I just realized something. I'm the only one who's still single. Ok, so maybe I should've realized that awhile ago, but I sure as hell didn't graduate at the top of our class.
"Isn't he amazing? I think he's just amazing! Isn't he amazing?" Nicole's gushing on about Aaron.
"You two make such a good couple!" Zoey agreed. Always the good friend. I can't believe that after all these years, she still hasn't screwed anything up. I've screwed up more times than I can count!
The three couples go back to the table and sit down. Dana's still staring at her ring. She seems kind of out of it. I touch her arm and she jerks away from me. "Don't touch me, Logan!" she hisses.
I smirk. "Hey, just like old times, babe," I tease.
She frowns. Ok, not like old times. Oh, right. She married. Damn. I sigh and look back at the table of happy couples. I don't belong there and I know it. "Hey, I'm going back to my room if anyone asks," I decide.
"Well don't tell me. I am too," she declares.
I can't help but smirk. If she weren't married, I'd make a comment like, "You're coming back to my room?" and she'd smack me and it would all be good. But she's married. I can't. Damn. "Why don't you stay?" I question instead. "You're married. Even if he's not here, you fit in with them."
She rolls her eyes at me. Why does she always act like these simple questions are so dumb? "I never have fit in with them and I never will," she states. "Why are you here anyway? A reunion doesn't seem like your thing."
She's right. "Yeah, I know. Well, apparently Dean Matthews back there failed to mention a few things. I was the best man at their wedding. Chase and I are best friends. I live 15 minutes from them. Oh and I see them way too often," I explain.
Dana laughs. "So, in other words, Zoey forced you to come," she clarifies.
"Yes," I agree. "But…" I trail off. I can't tell her that I actually did want to go once I made sure she'd be there. She's married. I can't tell her. She's married. Well…what could it hurt? "But…I did kind of start to look forward to coming. After all, I haven't seen you in…nine years." I swallow, hard. Not only should I have probably not said that since she's married, but I just sent us back to that stupid day when I blew my one shot.
"You missed me? After I didn't give you a chance to say anything else, you missed me? After nine years of not seeing me, you missed me? After nine years of having no contact with me whatsoever, you missed me?" she asks.
Ok, definitely not what I was expecting. "Why wouldn't I miss you, Dana? We both knew what should've happened that day. I screwed up. I screwed up so unbelievably bad. I've been beating myself up over that for the past nine years, Dana! I was the one who told Zoey to invite you! I convinced her that, even though you didn't graduate with us, you were part of our original group, and we hadn't seen you in nine years. Which, of course, was my fault. But I got her to invite you and she made you come. I knew she'd make you come once I got her to like my idea. That's one of the only things she's good for. I was so set on seeing you again and convincing you to give me another chance! But now I don't even get to know if you would've because I'm too late. You're married. I'm surprised you can even stand to be around me after how badly I messed everything up. So, to answer your question, yeah, I missed you."
Whoa. Did I just say all that? She looks shocked. Oh God, I must've actually said all that. I can tell she's thinking about everything I just said. I turn away. I can't look at her. This sucks. Wait a second. I swear I just heard her say, "I would have." But…she's gone. Disappeared. I'm not surprised. I'd run from me after something like that. I must've been hearing things. She probably just said she was leaving or something. Yeah, just wishful thinking. Damn.
"Logan! Are you in there? Open the door!"
I groan, climb off of my bed, and open the door to let Chase in. "What is it?" I whine. I don't feel like dealing with people right now.
"Zoey wanted me to tell you that we're going to the beach," he explains.
Great. "So, in other words, she sent you to force me to come with you guys," I clarify.
Chase just shrugs. I sigh. "Who else is coming?" I ask. Just out of curiosity. Yeah right, who am I kidding? I want to know if Dana's going to be there.
"Zoey, me, Nicole, Aaron, Michael, Monica, you, and she's talking to Dana now," Chase lists.
So Dana will be there. I should've figured since Mrs. Bossy Matthews is setting this thing up. "Well, I don't have a choice so, I'll go. Are we just going to go hang out down there or are we going in the ocean?" I question.
"Probably both," Chase answers.
"Alright, I'll be ready in a minute," I tell him, pushing him out the door.
"Yeah, sure. Make sure that minute isn't an hour," he instructs. Yeah, whatever.
I close the door and sigh. The only good thing about this reunion is seeing Dana, and even that's not so great anymore since she's married. I'm ready in a minute – just like I told Chase I would be. Ok, well, five minutes – but that's still pretty good. Everyone is waiting outside my door. Chase rolls his eyes as I walk out. Zoey looks annoyed – and really fat. Well, she is pregnant. I wonder if anyone's ever been so fat, they said they were pregnant so people wouldn't realize they were just fat. Or maybe someone was fat, and then got pregnant so they'd have an excuse for being fat. Maybe Zoey was getting fat so she got Chase to knock her up so she'd have an excuse. That would be awesome. She wouldn't be so perfect then.
"Logan? Are you coming?"
Whoa, they're all leaving! How did that happen? Whatever. I head after them. Dana looks out of it. I don't know what she was talking about when she said she's still the same. She is definitely not the same. What would she normally be doing now though? Oh yeah. Arguing with me.
She's near the back of the group anyway so a few more steps and I'm next to her. "Hey Dana," I greet.
She looks at me funny. What? She turns away. "Hey Logan," she mutters.
Oh, yeah, she's totally the same. Yeah right. I'm not saying anything else. She's married. There's nothing I can say really without worrying about getting in trouble for saying. She's married.
We've been at the beach for half an hour. Everyone's in the water except for Dana and me. We're lying on the beach. I can't help myself. I keep looking over at her. She looks really hot in that bikini. But she's married. I hate that.
It's weird though. Every time I look over at her, she's looking at me. I feel like she almost wants to see if I look at her. Probably so she has evidence against me to have her husband murder me. She's married. I shouldn't be looking at her and thinking about how hot she looks. I really shouldn't be. It is really hard though.
"Dana! Logan! Come in the water!" Zoey calls.
I glance over at Dana. She's still looking at me! Damn it, I probably will get murdered! I quickly turn away. "Nah, I'm fine, Zo. I'm just going to stay here," she shouts back.
"Yeah, me too," I agree.
Zoey rolls her eyes at us and goes back to flirting with Chase. I wish I could be flirting with Dana right now. It's so perfect. Just the two of us, sitting on the beach. But it's the two of us, and her with her wedding ring. She's married. I wish I could make it go away.
Damn it, I looked at her again. And she caught me, again. Well, at this point I'm probably getting murdered anyway. Mind as well make the best of my remaining time. I roll over onto my side so I'm facing her and prop myself up on my elbow. She notices and does the same.
"Dana," I begin.
"Logan," she mocks.
I smirk and she smirks back. Now this is more like old times. Kind of. We probably would've been angrier under normal circumstances. Well, I'm sure that can come. "So…what's up?" I ask.
She raises her eyebrows. Yeah, that's not normally one of my questions. I've never really done the whole small talk thing. But it's not like I can just say "Wanna make out?" like I used to. She's married. Man, this is getting annoying.
No matter how weird it is, she answers the question. "Nothing really. You?" she questions.
She looks down at her hand. I glance down quickly too. I can't help it. But I tear my eyes away. I can't bear to look at–
Wait a second. I look back down at her hand. She's not wearing her ring. "Where's your ring?" I quiz.
I swear she smiled slightly. "I left it in the room. Pierre would kill me if I lost it," she explains.
"If you lose it, he should just buy you a new one," I comment. She shakes her head, smiling. "What? Is it special or something?"
She laughs slightly. Why was that a funny question? "You could say that," she declares.
Hmm…when she's not wearing her wedding ring, it's as if she's not married. And if she's not married, I'm free to flirt with her. So, if she's not wearing her wedding ring, it's ok for me to flirt with her. Right? Kind of? Well, close enough.
With my free hand, I reach out and tuck her hair behind her ear. She looks up at me and smiles. Oh God, my stomach just flipped. How did that happen? I'm supposed to do that to her – not the other way around! Ok, quick Logan! Pull yourself together! I lean in closer to her. I swear, she could probably hear my heart beating. I was that close to her and that nervous about it. "Why don't we ditch everyone else and go hang out somewhere else?" I suggest.
Please don't slap me. She doesn't. She's smiling. "What did you have in mind?" she wonders.
"Let me take you out to dinner tonight," I decide. "We can get way better food than what they're serving here."
She laughs. That's a good sign, right? Unless she's laughing at what an idiot I am. Great. "That sounds great. Pick me up at 5," she instructs.
I grin. She's packing up her stuff. "Hey Zo – I'm going back up to my room, ok? I'll see you guys later!" she announces.
I watch her leave, then look at my watch. It's about 2:30. I'll wait a little before I leave. I just can't believe she said yes. Crap. I just realized something. I have to make sure she doesn't wear that stupid ring. If she has that on, I'm screwed and our dinner and all my chances are ruined. With the ring, she's married. Without it, I can at least fool myself and pretend that she's not.
Now…how do I get her to not wear her ring?
A/N: I love Logan. lol. I love how he's going to just pretend she's not married if she doesn't have her ring on. Well, it was beneficial for him because he gets to take her out to dinner. It's not a date though. It can't be a date, because Dana's married. Next chapter is all their not date. lol. It's a little over 7 ½ pages long. And it's kind of like Finale A since it's the second to last chapter. There are only 4 chapters, if I didn't mention that already. Chapter 4 is Finale B. Or you could just call them Chapter 3 and Chapter 4. lol. So, how many reviews did I ask for last time? 10. Ok, I feel bad for keeping you guys waiting so long so this time I'll post the next chapter after I get at least 7 reviews. Thanks! Bye!
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