Minor Incidents

Pretend to be Nice

Summary: Zoey thinks about how she'll deal with the Chase issue as Logan and Dana try and fin a way to just be friends.

A/N: WHOA! Its been a while. I was grounded, sorry. Hope you enjoy. Thanks for hanging in there.

Zoey POV.

I try. I really do. I try and do everything to make everyone happy and they still rebel against me. Why? I just don't understand. Chase loves me? Whoa, that's weird. I have to admit I really didn't expect it. I just don't know what to do about him. I like Chase, he's my best friend, but I don't love or like him like that, right now. I've never really thought about it. I mean, Chase is really cute. I don't know what to do! It's horrible! I feel completely useless! All I know is that I don't want him to leave, I would just die.

Dana walked in.

"Hey Zoe." She mumbled.

"Hey, what's up with you?" I asked her in the same mumbly voice.

"Nothing, I'm just kind of confused, you know?" She asked me. She came over and sat on her bed.

"Yah, join the club." I said faintly.

"Chase?" She asked.

I nodded. "Logan?" I replied.

She nodded. "You go first." She said.

I sighed. I needed to talk about it. Maybe Dana would have some advice. "He loves me Dana. He really loves me and I don't know what to do about it." I paused. "He's going to leave if I don't love him back. I don't want him to leave, I can't live without him."

She shook her head. "Everyone knows he's in love with you. Zoey, you don't have to love him back, but he just wants you to know that he loves you. He wants you to know that he cares about how you feel about him too. Do you at least like him?" She asked me.

"I don't know. I've never really thought about it. I love Chase, he's my best friend, but I don't love him like that Dana. I don't want him to leave because I don't love him though." I told her.

She sat and thought for a second. "Do you like Chase? Even just a little? I need to know right now, because I have a plan." She cracked a small smile.

I sat there and looked at her blankly. I thought about it. I kind of like Chase, I guess. It's a little overwhelming. I mean I guess Chase isn't so bad. He's cute and funny and he's always been there for me. "I do, just a little but I guess I like him as more than a friend." I finally said.

Dana smiled. "Well, he didn't say you have to love him too right? All you have to do is show him that you like him too, maybe give him a small kiss and tell him not to go and he'll stay. He's Chase. He's like that." She said. I sighed with relief, where would I be without Dana?

"Thank you so much. That'll work. He leaves Sunday and it's only Thursday night, so I have time to prepare." I smiled. "So tell me about this Logan situation." I said. She started telling me about it, and what happened and her asking him to hang out and all that crap but I didn't get much of it. I kept thinking about this thing with Chase. Maybe he would be staying at PCA after all.

Chase POV

I hadn't heard from Zoey for a while. She wasn't responding well to that whole conversation the other day. I'm starting to think she didn't really like me at all, let alone love me. Which is a horrible feeling for me right now. I want to cry. I thought about crying but Logan walked in.

"Hey man." He said as he walked over and layed on his bunk. He looked depressed.

"Whats up?" I asked him.

"Nothing too good." He responded.

"Want to talk?" I asked him.

He shook his head. "No." We both sat there silent for two minutes. He sighed. "Dana doesn't want to be my girlfriend."

"Why not?" I asked him.

"She doesn't want to be in a relationship with a stupid idiot like me." He said sadly.

"Join the club." I said. I laughed because Zoey always said that. Logan made a huffy noise. Then I realized that Dana always said that too. Great.

"I think I might, thanks. She's never going to want me. She hates me." He said.

"Zoey hates me too. I finally told her today. She just walked out on me. Logan, I'm leaving PCA, I think." I confessed.

"Why? Cause your beloved Zoey hates you?" He said sarcastically. I didn't find it funny, but he's in a bad mood so he's pulling a Dana.

"No, my parents are getting a divorce and my brother and my mom really need me right now." I told him.

"Oh my God. No way!" He shot up. "Your parents are like perfect. Unlike the rest of us, who have lame parents. They were supposed to be together forever!" He said.

Unlike most of my friends, Logan actually knew my parents really well. Michael did too, but not as well as Logan. Logan spends a lot of time at my house over the summer because he hates being alone. Nobody really knows the real Logan, and I'm sure Dana is trying to get to know him, but I'm pretty sure I am the only person on the earth that knows the real Logan, except for maybe Lauren. "And if Zoey doesn't want to be with me, then I am leaving." I told him.

"Well man, for all of our sakes, I hope Zoey wants to be with you. We'll really miss you if you go man." He said. I just nodded.

Dana POV

After that talk with Zoey, I went to bed. I slept in and out that night. I kept thinking of Logan and how much I liked him. Spring Break was next week. Which is why Chase was leaving Sunday, like the rest of us would be if we were going anywhere. I hope Logan's not going away. I would miss him.

Anyway, I woke up the next morning knowing it was Friday. I was excited to hang out with Logan today. I was planning on a pretty much, all day thing. Lunch, hang out, dinner, hang out, dessert, hangout, you know? I like Logan and I want to get to know him better. I went to shower because Zoey and Nicole were already gone to Lord knows where. I got dressed in a cute outfit, still Dana, but cute. I brushed my teeth and headed down to breakfast. I spotted Chase. I got myself a juice and a muffin and then went and sat next to him.

"Hey Chase." I said. "Any luck with Zoey?" I asked him.

"Not as much as I'd hoped. I really love her Dana." He sighed.

I took a sip of juice. "I know Chase. She didn't really want to talk much when she got back, I suppose that's to be expected. How about Logan? Is he doing alright?" I asked him.

"He wasn't looking too great when he got back. He really was depressed about something." Chase informed me.

I sighed and thought about how hurt he was. "I hate doing this to him, but I have to. I cant just let him think that he can have me when he wants. I have to teach him a lesson." I said firmly.

"I totally agree with what you are doing." He said.

"Thanks Chase." I said. "I have to go soon, but I can spare some time to sit and eat with you, but I'm hanging out with Logan all day today, so we can get to know each other better." I stated.

"Good for you. Let me know of any changes in Zoe, will yah?" He asked.

"Of course." I semi-lied. "Will do." I smiled and finished my breakfast. I hope everything works out for Chase and Zoey, but I hope everything works out between me and Logan more.

A/N. I am SO SORRY it took me sooo LONG to update. I was grounded FOREVER. Parents, pshh. Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I enjoyed writing it. I know exactly what is going to happen with Logan and Dana and when it's going to happen and I know exactly what is going to happen with Chase and Zoey and when it's going to happen. As for Michael, Lola and Nicole, I am thinking about hooking one of them up with the other. I don't know. They aren't the main characters.

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