A/n: Hehe, gotcha guessing! And THAT'S how I like it.

Chapter:

As usual that night, Nicole snuck off to wherever she snuck off to. Zoey was very tempted to follow her but thought it best not to. Whatever her roommate got up to in her spare time was none of her business. She suspected she was going to go climb into bed with Clayton. She was wrong.


As she had last time Dana lay still while he hurt her. She closed her eyes and willed the pain away. She felt tears run down her cheeks. When he finally finished, she lay still, staring at the ceiling.
"This isn't my idea. But my girl wants you out of this school." Dana gasped. His girl? "So..." He grabbed the lamp on her desk and Dana knew what was going to happen a second before it happened. She felt an excruciating pain tear through her head as she was struck with the lamp. Bits of glass cut her face, and then all went black.
"I know who raped Dana." Logan said to Chase quietly.
"Who?" Chase asked in disbelief.
"I don't wanna name him til Dana tells me so." Logan shook his head but he was almost certain that when Dana had kissed Chase, she'd been sending him a help message.
"Where IS Dana? I haven't seen her all morning."
"You remember her. Lazy thing. She'll have overslept." Logan chuckled slightly. Chase smirked.
"Yeah. Come hell or high water that girl wouldn't wake up after she fell asleep." He remembered.
"Ah, give her another hour then we'll go splash her with water or something."

Logan eyed Nicole out of the corner of his eye. She had her head on Clayton's shoulder and was seemingly sleeping, her mouth slightly open. Clayton's eyes were wandering and his hands on his pencil were making some alarmingly phallic movements. He'd never been one to be faithful, and was constantly in trouble for eyeing up other people's girlfriends. Logan slipped his arm around Katie protectively. She was his and nobody else. He leaned down and kissed her.
"What was that for?" She asked, cuddling slightly closer.
"For being beautiful?" He suggested. She smiled softly.
"Thanks." She whispered.
"Only being honest." He whispered nibbling her ear, she giggled.
"MR REESE NOT IN MY CLASSROOM!" Said the teacher. Logan groaned. Stupid teachers.


Dana tore her eyes open. Her head was throbbing. She raised a hand to it and squeaked when she felt red hot blood. She grimaced trying to help herself sit up, but couldn't manage it. She rolled off the bed, hoping she could crawl, but she ended up in a tangled heap under the comforter. This was how she was foundwhen the boys walked in. They very nearly stepped on her. Chase bent down and pulled the cover back. He swore loudly and jumped back. Dana lay still, the effort of moving now escaping her.
"Not again, Dana, Dana can you hear me?" Logan tapped the side of her face. She couldn't move. She blinked in response though, feeling the pain shooting through her limbs. "Chase dial 911 for me."
"Dude has she been... interfered with?" Logan nodded.
"Think so." He took Dana's hand and squeezed it lightly. "Don't quit on me."

She didn't look so good. She didn't feel it either. Things were fading and Dana felt she was losing consciousness again. She could feel Chase and Logan sat with her. She could hear them talking, but wasn't 100 percent sure what they were saying. She felt the paramedics lift her. But she fell asleep when they got her into the ambulance.

When she was awoke she was all clean. She sat up, feeling a little dazed. She hadn't been to hospital since the baby was born. Chase looked at her.
"She's awake." He said softly. Dana gave a gentle smile. "We called your mom, she's come down." he informed her.
"Yeah and your brother's tearing up the carpets in the playpen." Dana grinned. Her mom came through with a tiny terror.
"Oh sweetheart what happened?" She sobbed. Dana smiled very weakly at her mother. But seeing the small boy she leaned down, wincing painfully, and picked him up. "I'm going to go talk to the nurse." Her mom said as Dana bobbed the small boy on her lap. Dana nodded.
"This is him then." Chase said. Dana bit her lip and nodded. Logan looked totally confused.
"Wait is this... this is..." Logan stuttered. "Oh wow." Dana smiled gently. "He's beautiful."
"Thanks!" Said the boy cheerfully. Dana giggled at him.
"Dana was it... Clayton?" Logan asked very cautiously. Dana looked so shocked he'd said that.
"Wait, Nicole's Clayton?" Chase asked in disbelief. Dana took a deep breath, and uttered her first word in three years.
"Yes." She started crying. Her voice was hoarse from so many years of disuse. Logan cuddled her. Chase looked shocked.

"Then Nicole's in danger too." Chase said. Dana laughed tearfully and shook her head.
"No. She's not." Her throat hurt. "He said 'My girl wants you out' Nicole knows... Nicole's in on it." Dana shook her head crying her eyes out. "She put him up to it. She's supposed to be my friend." She sobbed.
"Shh. Look don't talk now." Dana found it ironic that people had been trying to get her to talk for three years and when she finally did she was told to be quiet.
"Dana stop crying." Said the tiny kid. Dana hated it when he said Dana.
"Not Dana. MOM. Ugh." She deposited him on Chase's lap.
"What's his name?" Questioned Logan eventually.
"Scott." She mumbled. "Cruz."
"Of course." Chase said. He ruffled Scott's curls.

"Can we PLEASE turn in Clayton?" Logan asked her, climbing onto the bed with her.
"I don't want to." Dana snapped.
"Why not?"
"Because... just... look it's none of your business."
"Dana, when I have to practically pry my friend from the floor of her dorm room covered in blood... it becomes my business." She pushed him away.
"No it doesn't. Look I might hate this guys guts. He might have slain me to within inches of my life but he's the father of my child and I can't see him arrested." She choked on her words.
"So what you plan on going back and letting him do this again?"
"No. I'm gonna go back home." She said decisively.
"Oh no you're not."
"What do you care anyway?" Dana demanded. "You have a girlfriend."
"So!" Logan could not see her point of view at all.
"Look you're not to touch Clayton ok." She growled.
"I'm gonna tear him a new a..."

"Nurse!" Dana called suddenly. Logan and Chase looked panicked.
"What's wrong? Are you ok?" Chase gabbled.
"Nurse. Look. I need rest and these guys are bugging me. Make them leave?" She pleaded.
"Ok ok!" Logan said getting the picture. "Goodbye Dana. This isn't over." He asured her. He bent down and kissed her.
"Yes it is." She sighed. She raised her fingers to her lips and drew them across in a zipping motion. He knew that meant she was going to stop speaking. He sighed and left. Chase bent down and hugged Dana, he kissed Scott on the head.
"Be good for your mom." He ordered.
"Gotcha." Scott nodded.


Dana was in hospital for a week. Logan and Chase respected her wishes, and stayed away from Clayton. They both totally iced Nicole, neither believing she could have put him up to it, but entirely trusting Dana's word on it.
"It's a full moon tonight." The day she came back she didn't speak. Neither of the guys had told on her for talking. But now she was sat, 4 feet from her attacker, silent as a lamb. It was almost unbearable.Chase drummed his fingers on the table repetitively. Dana ate her food in silence as per usual. Chase felt tears prick his eyes. He wanted to thump Clayton so bad. He wanted to make him pay. Logan however felt a million times worse. Katie was cuddled up with him, but in pain, his grasp on her shoulder was painfully tight. She winced.
"Logan baby tone it down?" She pleaded.
"Shh." He hushed her automatically. Seeing what was happening Dana gave a theatrical sigh and stood up. Before she'd got more than a few feet nicole stood up. Chase's hand snatched her wrist and tugged her close. She looked alarmed.

"I have cheerleading practice." She said softly.
"Sit." Chase ordered roughly.
"Dude you're out of order." Clayton said automatically. "Let her go."
"I'M OUT OF ORDER!" Chase roared.
"Chase..." Logan warned.
"NO! SHUT IT LOGAN!" Chase's eyes were livid. "HOW CAN YOU JUST SIT THERE!" He demanded,"HOW CAN YOU SIT THERE KNOWING!"
"DUDE SHUT UP. HE'S RIGHT YOU'RE OUT OF LINE." Logan knew Chase was inches from blurting Dana's secrets.
"Chase you're scaring me." Zoey said softly. Nicole burst into tears unsure of why everyone was yelling.
"YOU STAY OUT OF IT." He snapped.
"Don't yell at me." Zoey said calmly. She knew how to make Chase come down off a mood.
"I'LL YELL AT WHO I WANT! LOGAN I..." Zoey stood up very coolly. She touched his arm and he turned into her in confusion. She slipped her arms around his neck and kissed him very softly.

"Now." She said breaking off. "Relax. And follow me." She headed off. Chase and Logan followed her, much to Katie and Nicole's confusion. Nicole cuddled into Clayton and Katie rocked a little to herself. She was being paranoid. Zoey took them into 101, she held Chase's hand all the way up to prevent him going off the rails, but as soon as they were in she let go.
"Ok guys. Cut me in on the deal here."
"What?"
"Tell me what's going on?"
"We can't." Chase said automatically. Logan smacked him.
"So there IS something going on." Zoey said decisively. "Does this have something to do with Nicole sneaking off at 2am?" She questioned. Logan glared at Chase.
"Keep your mouth shut Matthews."

Zoey however had her mind set.
"Don't make me do it Chase." She begged. Chase shifted uncomfortably. He had sworn to Dana he wouldn't tell... but her life was in danger.
"I can't Zo... please don't. I hate it when you, aw why!" He snapped as Zoey burst into tears. He had never been able to help himself when Zoey cried. Logan scowled.
"Quit with the bunny tears it's none of your business."
"Look. Zo please..."
"I can't believe that there is something going on that you won't tell me about! We used to tell each other EVERYTHING!" Zoey sobbed. Chase winced. he stood up and crossed to her wrapping his arms around her and rocking her gently.
"Zo if I could I would."
"You can tell me anything." She mumbled.
"S'not my secret to tell."

"Nicole would want me to know."
"Zoey don't be an idiot." Logan snapped standing up and prying the two apart. "If it were to do with Nicole and she wanted you to know you'd know. As it happens it's not and Chase and I have to leave... NOW!" Logan ordered. Zoey tried to wipe away her tears then looked at Chase with her eyes. He hated it when she used the eyes.
"Dana was raped." He confessed. Zoey's eyes widened. "That's why she left PCA so long ago. She was raped and got pregnant. She's got a 3 year old son and the rapist got her again last week."
"What!"
"Dude!" Logan cried out.
"Oh my god!" Zoey screeched. Her tears now entirely dried. "WHO?"
"Clayton."
"NICOLE'S CLAYTON?" Zoey asked. "Oh god. I gotta go get Nicole... she's in danger." Zoey sprinted for the door.

"NO. If you do that Dana will know we told... and besides."
"What besides?"
"We think..." Logan sighed. "Clayton said Nicole put him up to it." At this Zoey sank to her knees.
"All these... late night rendezvous... she was with him wasn't she? Plotting to hurt Dana. Oh god I'm such an idiot. And I'm a TERRIBLE friend." This time Zoey's tears were real. She curled up on the floor. Chase sighed and bent down. He rubbed Zoey's back.
"You shouldn't have told her." Logan growled. "And anyway it doesn't matter. Dana's leaving and Nicole and Clayton are gonna walk free."
"No. We have to tell the police." Zoey said.
"Logan I think she's right. It's out of her hands now."
"Only because you have a big mouth. And we can't tell the police. Dana won't testify you heard her."
"Dana's an idiot. She doesn't understand what she's saying." Zoey said hysterically. Chase clutched her tightly to him to stop her throwing herself at a wall.
"Logan..." He said gently. "What if... what if next time it's Katie?" At that thought Logan shuddered.

He loved Dana, but he felt now that it was more of a protective thing. With Katie it felt different. He was starting to think it was love.
"Ok..." He sighed. "Ok. But we'll tell Dana first. Give her time to collect herself."
"It's only fair." Chase said reasonably. Zoey wiped her eyes.
"yeah. I guess." She stood up and shyly took Chase's hand as they walked. They headed to Dana's room, but upon finding it empty Logan froze. He sprinted off outside. Zoey and Chase followed him.

Dana and Nicole were stood in the yard. Dana seemed to be screaming silently at a clueless looking Nicole.
"Logan. Can you translate for me?" She pleaded. Logan watched Dana for a moment.
"She says... you're a nasty wicked bitch and she hopes you choke on your boyfriend's DANA!" He looked very shocked as Dana made a very explicit gesture. Nicole looked utterly confused.
"Why?" She looked ready to cry.
"We know why." Said Chase. "And frankly we agree with her." At this Nicole started to sob.
"WHY?" Zoey couldn't take it anymore. She flung herself at Nicole, clawing at her face and tugging clumps of her hair. Nicole screeched indignantly as they fell about fighting.

Dana looked at Chase and Logan in alarm. A clear
'YOU TOLD HER!' look on her face. Then she softened. She felt tearful. Logan wrapped his arms around her. Chase forced his girlfriend off of Nicole, who looked totally bewildered. She was tearful and had claw marks down her face.
"What was that for?" She cried.
"FOR DANA." Zoey spat at Nicole's feet. "And if you have an ounce of sense you'll leave before I do that again." Nicole eyed her torn shirt and and a particularly nasty bite mark on her wrist. She looked up to Dana who was cuddled into Logan's chest crying softly.
"What did I do?"
"You and your precious boyfriend."
"What does..." Nicole was very tempted to argue. Instead she sighed. Forcing herself up, she cast her former friends a sad look before limping off.

Katie turned the corner to see Logan and Dana cuddled up. Everything she had been working to prevent was there. She shook her head in disbelief, seeing Nicole limping away in pain. Zoey was nursing a very sore wrist. Dana didn't appear injured. She turned to Clayton who was still behind her.
"I thought I told you to get rid of her." She hissed.
"I thought I did."

A/n: AWWWW poor Nicole.