A/N: Thanks so much to everyone! Chapter 9 is finally here! I am so sorry for the extremely long wait. Some of the wait was attributed to my lack of time, but there were times when I had the time and I was just too lazy to do this so for that I'm truly sorry. Hopefully I'll get back to being more consistent with posting these chapters. My review responses might be a little on the short side but I wanted to get them done so I could get this out. I won't take the time to summarize this chapter because you can just go read it. Onto my oh-so fabulous reviewers!

larabaybee – Thanks! He really likes her. Sorry for the extremely long wait for this chapter! I'm glad you're liking the story! Thanks for reviewing!

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Chapter 9

Dana could hear the alarm clock blaring somewhere off in the distance. Is it just me or is it getting louder? she wondered. Suddenly, she heard the beeping directly in her ear. She yelped and fell out of her bed. Looking up, she saw Zoey standing there, alarm clock in hand. "TURN IT OFF!" Dana shouted.

Zoey smiled and turned it off. "Now that it's morning and now that you're up, you have to answer my questions," she declared.

"No, I have to get ready. Unless you'll let me skip class again," Dana suggested.

"No! You already missed 2 days!" Zoey pointed out.

"1 ½ days," Dana corrected.

Zoey shot her a look but Dana just smiled innocently. Zoey sighed. "You can't skip class," she repeated. "You've already missed a lot. We have this big project in science. It's a partner thing and we got to choose our partners. I have an information packet for you that Mr. Henson told me to give you. You should go talk to him at the beginning of class too. We're starting the project today."

"Fine. Where's the packet, what's the project, who's my partner?" Dana asked.

"It's in my binder and read it to find out. As for partners, like I said, we got to pick our partners, but, since you weren't there, Mr. Henson picked for you," Zoey began.

"And?" Dana prompted.

"And since Logan wasn't there either, you two are partners," she finished.

Dana was thrilled. At first, she tried to hide it, then she remembered that she had told everyone they were dating, so she decided that there was no need to hide her enthusiasm. "Really? Ok, cool!" she exclaimed. "I'm going to go get ready!"

With that, Dana left the room. Zoey sighed and went over to her backpack to get the information packet for Dana. She still didn't have any answers. Just then, Nicole reentered the room. "Morning Zo!" she chirped.

"Hey Nicole," Zoey replied.

"What's wrong?" Nicole questioned.

"Dana won't answer any of my questions about last night," Zoey explained.

"She's Dana – her business is strictly her business. I never expect to get any information out of her. I always ask anyway though," Nicole remarked.

Zoey sighed. "I guess your right. But I don't even know what time she got in last night. For all we know, she could've been out all night!" she commented.

Nicole suddenly remembered hearing the bunk bed creak early this morning. She'd thought it was just Dana rolling over in her sleep or something, but maybe…it was Dana coming in from a night with Logan. Nicole eyes widened. What would a night with Logan consist of? They obviously weren't in the girls' dorm, but could they have gone back to the boys' dorm? Chase and Michael would've had to come in at some point though. So they hadn't been in a dorm. They wouldn't have had time to sneak off and on campus again so where could they–

"Nicole?" Zoey inquired, interrupting her thoughts.

"I–" Nicole hesitated. Zoey was her best friend, and she told her everything, but she knew this information would make her worry. But, she would worry with out it as well. "I heard the bunk bed creak early this morning. I thought Dana just rolled over something but maybe she was just coming in," she confessed.

Zoey's heart sank. That's what she'd been afraid of. "Where do you think she was?" she wondered aloud.

Nicole shrugged. Sure, she'd been pondering that herself, but she didn't want to make Zoey worry even more. "She was with Logan, wasn't she?" Zoey realized.

Nicole hesitated, then nodded. "Probably," she noted.

"Do you think they did anything stupid?" Zoey cried.

"No!" Nicole stated quickly. "I mean, we know they weren't here. Chase and Michael were probably in Logan's dorm so they wouldn't have been there. There wouldn't have been enough time for them to sneak off and back on the campus. So, they probably were just outside somewhere just making out."

Zoey sighed. Nicole was probably right. She hoped Nicole was right. Nevertheless, she needed Dana to answer her. She had to make sure that they didn't do anything stupid, and that everything was ok. Until then, she was going to worry about it.

Logan rolled over and threw the pillow over his head. Chase sighed. "Logan, you have to go to class!" he exclaimed, exasperated, seeing as he'd been trying to get Logan up for the past 5 minutes.

"Make me," he muttered halfheartedly.

"I've been trying to for the last 5 minutes! And you still need to buy us that new alarm clock!" Chase pointed out.

"I'll go buy one today while everyone else is at class," Logan declared.

"No you won't because you'll be in class with everyone else!" Chase shouted. Logan ignored him. Chase was extremely frustrated now. He pulled out his cell phone and dialed.

"Hello?"

"Is Dana up yet?" he asked.

"Chase?"

"Yes. Hi Zoey. Good morning. Is Dana up yet?" he repeated.

"Yeah, why?" Zoey answered.

"Put her on the phone," Chase instructed.

"Umm, ok. Hang on," Zoey replied, confused.

"Hello?"

"I need you to get Logan up," Chase explained.

"What? Why?" Dana questioned.

"I've been trying to get him to get up for 5 minutes! He won't listen to me! You do it!" Chase ordered.

"You can't make me do anything!" Dana snapped, not taking Chase's ordering her around very well.

Chase sighed. "Please?" he begged.

"Fine," Dana grumbled.

"It's for you," Chase announced, shoving the phone into Logan's hand.

"Hello?" he mumbled.

"Just get up Logan. You actually missed the full 2 days of class. I only missed 1 ½ days and I still have to go to class. Besides, Zoey said there's this big science project we're starting today. It's a partner thing," Dana informed him.

"Who's my partner?" Logan inquired, somewhat curious. Mostly he was hoping that Dana would say they were partners.

"Ask Chase," she responded, trying to keep her voice as flat as possible.

Logan groaned. "Chase, who's my partner for the science project?" he quizzed.

Chase grinned. "Get up and I'll tell you," he decided.

Logan groaned loudly, but climbed out of bed. "There, I'm up. Happy now?" he growled. "You too. Happy now?" he added into the phone.

"You're partners with Dana," Chase told him.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Logan yelled into the phone.

Dana burst out laughing. "Bye Logan," she taunted, then hung up.

Logan groaned and shoved the phone back into Chase's hands. "I'll get you two for this," he whined.

Chase just laughed a little and went back to getting himself ready. Logan sighed and he too went to get ready.

Michael took the final step, then collapsed onto the bench. Sandra laughed and sat down next to him on the bench. "I can't believe you made it! It was hard for me and I actually run a lot!" she exclaimed.

Michael laughed with the little breath he'd managed to catch. "Wait…it…was hard…for…you? I thought…you do this…every…day," he panted.

Sandy grinned mischievously. "I kind of lied," she confessed.

Michael's jaw dropped open. "I came to you, apologized for lying, then you lied? And you didn't feel guilty? I nearly died with all that running!" he gasped.

"Drama queen," Cass muttered.

Michael had to laugh at that. There is no way I can stay mad at this girl. he thought. "I need breakfast," he announced.

"Mmm, breakfast sounds good," Cassandra agreed.

Michael somehow managed to pick himself up. "Oww," he moaned. "New legs wouldn't be so bad either."

Cassie laughed and stood up as well. "Come on, suck it up and walk it off," she told him.

Michael groaned. Sandra smiled at him. Michael temporarily forgot all the pain he was in. "Would you like an escort?" he asked, holding his arm out for her to take.

"Certainly," she declared, taking his arm.

Michael felt like the happiest man alive. Strength restored, he led the way to the cafeteria. As he walked, he decided, It was worth it.

A/N: Michael and Cass are cute. Zoey's worried about Dana. I don't need to summarize it because you just read it. I will summarize the next chapter though. It's 6 to 6 ½ pages long in my whole standard format thing. It's basically a Dana and Logan chapter and it finally introduces the big science project. I'll post the next chapter after I get at least 6 reviews or so. Thanks! Bye!

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