A/n: You all think I'm a psycho.
Chapter 8:
Nicole slid out of her psychic's dorm. She had been going to see him every night, sneaking off. Now it was only 11pm, her earliest ever visit, because of the full moon. She wiped her eyes, her psychic having mentioned something about a baby and completely confusing her. She padded into her dorm, avoiding Zoey's eyes. Nicole herself had a very smart looking black eye. She sat on Lola's bed and drew her knees up to her chest.
"Are you two going to tell me what's going on?" Lola asked after a long uncomfortable silence.
"She broke my wrist." Zoey grumbled. At this Nicole started blubbering again cuddling into Lola's shoulder. Lola looked slightly shocked.
"Zoey you made her cry!"
"She deserves it! After what she did, I'm with Dana she deserves to die." Zoey looked disgusted.
"Zoey I don't care what she's done. Nicole's been your friend longer." Lola said straightly.
"Yeah well, she'll be in prison longer too."
"Huh?"
"We called the cops." Zoey lied.
"I didn't do anything!" Nicole howled.
"Shut up." Zoey snapped. "Tell that to Dana. Tell that to Scott."
"And who the hell is Scott?" Zoey couldn't take it.
"I can't sleep in the same room as you." She grabbed her pillow in her good hand and left the room. She went straight to the guys dorm. They were sat in there with Dana. She had obviously been crying.
"I hate that girl." Zoey said decisively. "Can I bunk with you tonight?" She pleaded. Chase nodded and invited her over to the bed. She sat between Chase and Dana. "Called the cops yet?"
"Not yet. Dana wants to talk to Nicole and Clayton first." Logan held up a tape recorder. "If we can get a confession, she won't have to stand up in court." Dana nodded. She looked exhausted, her wounds were healing but she still looked beaten. Zoey felt bad for her friend.
"I'm sorry Dana. I should've tracked Nicole at night." Dana shrugged and lay her head tiredly on Logan's shoulder.
"You can't sleep on your own tonight." Logan said. Dana agreed.
"How about Logan and I, and you two girls share?"
"Well... actually. I think Dana would be better protected with Logan." Zoey gave Chase the eye. He blushed furiously.
"Uh... that ok with you guys?" Logan sighed,
"Katie won't like it." He confessed. "But yeah. I'll protect her." Dana hugged him as thanks. Then she over gestured her yawn and climbed up the ladder.
"How's your wrist?" Logan questioned. Zoey prodded it and winced.
"Yep, still broken. Nicole's fat head." She mumbled sadly. "I can't believe it. She's always been this innocent little thing and..." Zoey broke off. There was silence.
"We'll call it a night yeah Zo." He took her pillow and placed it on top of his. Logan took his cue and turned the light off. He climbed up into bed with Dana. She wasn't asleep. Laid still staring at the ceiling. He watched her for a long moment.
"I'm scared Logan." She said eventually her voice so quiet he feared he'd imagined it.
"Don't be. We got your back." He wasn't surprised she was speaking. She only seemed to speak when she needed to.
"Not about tonight. About the rest of my life. If he's in prison. He can apply for custody and junk. If he doesn't know where I am... he can't."
"You can't hide from him again, D." He whispered.
"Logan..." She asked cautiously. "Do you love her... Katie?" He lay beside her.
"Why d'you ask?"
"Curious." She said eventually.
"Yeah. I love her." He said decisively.
"I was afraid of that." She sighed. "Night." She turned on her back, away from him.
"Rough day." Zoey yawned, fluffing the pillow. Chase watched her.
"Yeah." He agreed. She slid under the covers. He stared at her. She smiled gently. He smiled back. He raised his hand to her cheek softly. She nuzzled into it, closing her eyes. He leaned down and very lightly kissed her. She enjoyed it but didn't comply. He pulled back and sighed. "I can't win with you can I?"
"Chase... until you say sorry for last year I can't..."
"And I told you. I won't say sorry," The fight had been so stupid but to this day Chase still felt he'd been in the right. He leaned down and kissed her again. "Stop fighting me Zoey." He begged.
"If I stop fighting you... you gotta treat me good."
"I always did." He whispered. She nodded. She kissed him deeply.
"Now go to sleep I'm tired." She ordered. He smiled cheekily.
"Love you too." He said sarcastically, sliding his arm around her.
Dana took a deep breath and rearranged the tape recorder in her bra. She headed over to where Nicole was crying in Clayton's arms. She clicked her fingers to get attention. Nicole jumped three feet and span.
"DANA!" She cried. "I didn't... Why're... don't hurt me." She winced. Dana wrinkled her nose in disgust and looked at Clayton who was surveying her with narrow eyes. "Dana..." Nicole begged.
"Shut up." Dana hissed. "I just thought Clayton oughta see this." Dana pulled out a photograph of Scott. "Our son. From the first time he raped me. Three years ago."
"WHAT!" screeched Nicole.
"And let's just hope I'm not pregnant again this time." Dana muttered.
"You have no proof."
"DANA I..." Nicole was in absolute floods. "I don't understand."
"Don't act all innocent. He told me you put him up to it." At this Clayton looked confused.
"She didn't make me rape you."
"No." Nicole sobbed. "It's not true! My psychic said you're my soulmate please don't let this be true!"
"Psychic?"
"I go to see a psychic every night." She sniffled, wiping her black eye. At this Dana jolted. She'd made a terrible mistake. But he'd said the r word. that was all she needed. She grabbed Nicole's hand and pulled her away. As soon as they were round the corner she hugged the crying brunette.
"I'm sorry." She howled. "I didn't know!"
"I know." Dana mumbled. "But he said... he said his girl made him..."
"I'm not his only girl..." Nicole sighed wiping her eyes. "He dates a million of them." She sniffled. "I thought... I REALLY thought I was special." Dana bit her lip.
"I'm gonna explain this to Zoey. Then we're calling the cops ok."
"Do you have to?" Dana glared. "It's just..." Nicole bit her lip. "My psychic says he's my soulmate." She wrung her hands close to tears. Dana clipped her friend across the head.
"Don't be an idiot Nicole." She nodded and silently followed her friend to 101.
Logan and Katie were sat on Lola's bed, and Chase was on the computer chair with Zoey on his lap. The room fell quiet upon the two girls entrance. Zoey stood baring her fist at Nicole who whimpered. Dana pointed at Katie then jabbed her thumb towards the door. Logan automatically let her go, but she didn't move.
"Katie..." Logan started.
"I don't want to go." She muttered bitterly. Logan bit his lip, he didn't know what to say. He knew she couldn't stay but he knew she wouldn't leave. He looked at Dana for help. She placed her hand on her hip and jabbed her head towards the door, splaying her hair violently. Logan sighed.
"C'mon you gotta." He rubbed her shoulder. Katie bit her lip.
"Please?" She whispered. "I hate it when you leave me out." he looked cluelessly at his friends.
"You told your girlfriend." He said to Chase eventually. Dana was at this point VERY angry. She walked over to them, grabbed Katie's wrist and dragged her up.
"Dana let go of her." Logan warned. Dana scowled at him and dragged Katie to the door. She pushed against her.
"Logan are you gonna let her push me around like that!" She screeched indignantly.
"No." Logan said shaking his head. "No I'm not." He approached his girlfriend and cuddled her. "Dana look, I know you're stressed."
"Stressed doesn't cover it." Katie mumbled into his shirt. He rubbed her back.
"Shh," He soothed her."But don't take it out on katie. You wanna attack someone, attack Nicole ok."
"But I didn't do anything." Nicole said, promptly starting to howl again.
"Shut up." Zoey snapped. Dana bit her lip.
"She's jealous." Muttered Katie.
"Yeah she is." Logan said. "Look, we'll have to talk later." He ordered Dana. Dana let go of Katie's wrist.
"Jealous?" She whispered incredulously.
"She talks?" Katie asked in shock.
"That's what you think this is?" Dana's voice was barely above a whisper. "You think I'm jealous of her?" Dana felt tears prick the back of her eyes. "Y'know something Logan. He hurt me. he hurt me real bad, But you just hurt me SO much more." Dana felt a hot trickle run down her cheek. She turned on her heel and fled. Nicole hurried after her.
"Dana, wait up. C'mere." Nicole hugged her friend tightly. "Katie's wicked. So's Logan. Forget them." Dana wrestled away from Nicole.
"Don't worry. I will." She flew off in a blind rage, grabbing the bags in her room that she had already packed and running out of the building.
Katie nuzzled her head against Logan's neck. Lunch time was so silent now. Chase constantly wondered where she was. Zoey wondered if she was ok. Clayton kept his distance. Nicole rocked back and forth at a table of her own. Michael, Quinn, Lolaand Dustin sat clueless. Logan felt guilty. And Katie was a little confused. It had been a week since Dana had stormed out of PCA. She'd left half her stuff in her room. Logan went up there a lot, absently leafing through her photo albums, or cuddling her stuffed animals.
"Logan." Katie said eventually. "Take me to bed."
"Katie it's 2 in the fucking afternoon." He growled. She bit her lip and he sighed. "I'm not up for it. Just, be quiet ok."
There was a cry from behind them as a three year old flung himself at the black haired boy.
"Hallo Scott!" Chase laughed picking up the infant. "Where'd you come from?"
"My mommy and daddy had me DUH." He said with a cheeky grin. He stole a few fries from Zoey's plate.
"Who's this?" Michael questioned.
"Um... he's a relative of Dana's." Logan said for lack of anything better to say.
"Logan!" Scott said as though seeing him for the first time. "My mommy says you're a doody head." At this Chase and Zoey snickered
"She does does she?" Logan asked with a small smile. "Where is she?"
"Dunno." Scott said suddenly realising his mother wasn't with them.
"Shh," Zoey said. "She'll be around somewhere." Chase rocked Scott gently. "Wanna go check her dorm?" She asked. Chase nodded at her.
"I have to go see someone." Katie said as everyone stood up. She pulled her boyfriend close to her and kissed him deeply. He didn't protest, skimming his hands up her back. Her fingers laced into his hair and she pulled him back so he laid against her, almost completely flat against the table.
"You two are animals." Zoey snapped. Katie blushed realising the situation and that given different circumstances she'd have continued.
"Oops." She giggled. Logan pulled back, also slightly embarrassed. He stroked Katie's cheek.
"See ya later." She nodded and grinned in the typical 'You betcha' before skittering off. Logan followed his friends.
Dana was in her room gathering belongings, stopping occasionally. She found a photo album and smiled, sitting on the bed and leafing through the pictures.
"Hey Dana." Chase said softly. Dana looked up and smiled seeing a large gathering of her friends, her son in safe hands.
"Hey." She said quietly.
"Talking again." Dustin said gently. Everyone seemed to realise it was a tense moment even those who didn't understand the situation. Dana nodded and held her arms out for Scott. Chase sat beside Dana and gave him to her.
"Yeah uh... nothing to hide anymore." She confessed, cuddling Scott gently.
"Sorry about... whatI said." Logan muttered eventually. Dana scowled at him.
"Sorry doesn't cut it Reese."
"Look I'm NOT the person you should hate. It's Nicole." Nicole squeaked. Dana looked at her.
"You didn't tell them you were innocent?" She asked in disbelief.
"I was scared Zoey would hit me again." Nicole confessed.
"Innocent?" Zoey asked in shock. Dana nodded.
"She didn't put him up to it. I'd have thought she'd have told you."
"Nicole I am SOOOO Sorry!" Zoey screeched looking at how rough her friend looked.
"Nicole didn't even know about it."
"But you said he said she did." Logan said looking slightly irritated.
"I said he said his girl did." Michael looked bewildered, Lola pretended to look like she knew what was going on, Dustin made faces at Scott and Quinn was making notes. "Turns out he's not exactly a faithful boyfriend." Dana sighed. She didn't know if she should say what she had found out since.
"Oh my god." Zoey was in tears. She'd never hit a person before and the first real fight she got into involved her creaming Nicole, her innocent best friend.
"Zoey it's not your fault I'd have hit me too." Nicole said. "And I dumped Clayton. And I tracked a load of of his girlfriends."
"That's where you were wrong though. We weren't looking for a girlfriend. We were looking for an ex girlfriend." Dana said.
"You... know who did it?" Breathed Chase.
"Did what?" Queried Michael.
"Yeah. I know who did it." Dana admitted awkwardly.
"You gonna turn them in?" Logan asked. Dana shook her head.
"Wouldn't want to be called jealous." She snapped.
"Look I said I was sorry about that!" Logan growled. Katie bounded in, a happy look on her face.
"Hey Dana." She saidseeing the brunette."Logan!" She turned to her boyfriend. "I got a surprise for you. But for later ok." She kissed him on the nose. Dana huffed and looked the other way.
"Wait..." Said Nicole, for once the first to twig on. "Didn't... Katie?" She questioned looking at Dana. Dana bit her lip.
"I'm not pressing charges." She said eventually.
"Woah. You know what Dana you're out of line." Logan said hearing the accusation. Katie looked clueless.
"Out of line." Dana laughed. "When your girlfriend plots behind your back... I'M out of line."
"You ARE jealous. How can you say that. First you accuse Nicole, then you accuse Katie..." Dana felt tears in her eyes again. "Any minute we'll find out Clayton's innocent too."
"Well why don't we ask her." She said trying to stay calm. "Katie... who were you with just now?"
"A friend." She said with a confusedshrug.
"Clayton?"
"Well yeah but I don't..."
"Aha!" Nicole cried. "Proof."
"That proves nothing. Other than the fact I'm friends with my ex. Big deal." Katie looked innocently clueless. Dana held up her hand to silence Nicole and Zoey's indignant screeches.
"If you wanted me out of PCA why didn't you just say so?"
"You're a psycho bitch you know that Cruz. Logan she's scaring me." Logan said nothing. He realised that Katie did indeed have motive, or at least more than Nicole's.
"I'm a psycho bitch?" Dana laughed. "You're the one who got your bit on the side to rape and beat me til I nearly died." At this Katie froze and became pale.
"Rape?" She whispered. She took one look at Scott and started shaking. "No. No I... oh god." She looked like she was going to throw up.
"Do you deny it?" Dana asked harshly. Katie burst into tears.
"I didn't!" She sobbed. "I told him to beat you up. I confess. But I didn't know he'd... I really... are you freakin serious!" She cried. Dana scowled.
"Don't use the crying act on me! It doesn't work. Over the past three years I've cried more than you have in your life. Because you told your stupid boyfriend to rape me. Because I got freakin pregnant to him and because I was too scared to even speak!" Dana crowed. "Because you ruined my life! And the second I come back to PCA you do it again!"
"I honestly didn't know!" Katie cried.
"WHY SHOULD I BELIEVE YOU!" Dana screamed. Scott began wailing and Logan picked him up. At this Katie looked up, she wiped her eyes and looked at the crying infant.
"He's... he's beautiful." She mumbled eventually. "Dana you don't have to believe me. And I think I deserve to be beaten up way worse than Nicole but... before you do... Can I just say something?"
Dana sighed.
"If you must." Katie turned to Logan who couldn't look her in the eye.
"I was with Clayton a few minutes ago," Katie confessed, shaking slightly. "And... well. We weren't discussing Dana. He'd gone down to the drug store for me." Katie bit her lip so hard it bled. "I know you probably don't care anymore. But uh..." She pulled something out of her coat pocket and showed him it. A pregnancy test. Logan paled considerably.
A/n: Show of hands, who believes Katie didn't have a clue about the rape.
