AN: I know you've been favoriting this story, but I sorta wished you had a review with that.

It helps me improve this thing more. (:

Cheers to rockstar1212 for all her reviews. She's the only one doing that for all 3 chapters. Haha.

Rating: So far, nothing inappropriate. Yet.

Disclaimer: Don't own the show... or even the Macbook or MSN.

Dana's voice shook while she spoke. "Look, Lane. I'm not going to call them just because you told me to."

To her surprise, Lane kept smiling. "Chill." She pocketed her phone. "I'm just messing with you."

Frowning, Dana replied, "You have a sick sense of humor, Thoms." To herself she was relieved she didn't have to do it. Not in public, anyway.

Lane shrugged. "I try."

Dana suddenly felt nauseous, not to mention confused with herself. Last night, she wanted nothing but to talk to Zoey and Nicole. But everytime someone asks if she misses PCA, she goes to denial mode. What the hell?

"Tell me, are you, like, psychotic or something?" Dana asked. "Because I've met a lot of people, and they certainly don't force new friends with insane dares."

Lane put a palm on her forehead. "Funny you should mention that, but no. My brain might be a bit unstable sometimes, but that's just me."

"The crazy-at-first-impression type?"

Lane grinned again. "Something like that." She sat beside Dana. "Sorry if I freaked you out, though."

Dana had to laugh at that one. "Nothing freaks me out."

Another mysterious smile appeared on Lane's face. "We'll see."

o.O

Staring at her Macbook screen, Dana tried to concentrate on her Chem homework, but different annoying thoughts came inside her head.

What's happening to me? Of course I don't want to go back to PCA. I worked my ass off to get here, and now I get all wussy and want to go home? Oh, no way.

"Augh!" she screeched. Deciding she possibly couldn't do any more work, she closed her word processing file and logged on to MSN.

In a matter of seconds, an instant message appeared.

zoeybrooks015: DANA! You there?

Dana's fingers where inches on the keyboard. If she replied, this conversation would go on forever, and that would drive her homesickness into overdrive.

Wait, homesick? ME?

"I'm not homesick, dammit," Dana muttered. Taking a deep breath, she typed a reply.

dangerxcruz: Hey, Zo. What's up?

zoeybrooks015: Oh my gosh, it's great to hear from you! How's France?

dangerxcruz: Fine, I guess. You?

zoeybrooks015: PCA isn't the same without you. (:

dangerxcruz: You guys miss me? That's a shocker.

zoeybrooks015: Of course! Why wouldn't we? Even Logan misses you.

dangerxcruz: Huh, really. Considering that he hung up on me, I find that hard to believe.

zoeybrooks015: Yeah... he told us about that. Sorry.

dangerxcruz: You don't need to apologize for him. Any ideas why he did that?

zoeybrooks015: Why don't you ask him yourself? He and the guys are about to come here later.

dangerxcruz: Is he? Can you have Michael and Chase kindly beat him up to a pulp while they're there?

zoeybrooks015: You know I don't approve senseless violence.

dangerxcruz: Well, Logan's pretty senseless, so I'm thinking that's just fine.

zoeybrooks015: Haha. Very funny. Hey, they're here right now. Want to see us in the webcam?

Dana bit on her lower lip. IMing Zoey had been okay so far. But if she see them all in that webcam, Dana feared that she'll probably break down and beg for the next plane back.

Of course I won't. Danger Cruz does NOT beg for anything.

dangerxcruz: OK.

Another window appeared, and soon enough, Zoey came clearly into view. Dana saw that she hadn't changed a bit, her hair got long-ish, but still pretty much the Zoey she knew. Behind her was Nicole, and the moment her mouth opened, Dana knew she hadn't changed, too.

"DANA! Oh my flippin' gosh, we miss you! Is France cool? Did you see any cute boys? Who are your friends? Are the boys hot?" Nicole exclaimed all in one breath. Dana rolled her eyes. Yep, Nicole was still Nicole, alright.

"Hi, Nicole," she replied as she gave her a little wave.

Okay, so far so good.

Soon, Chase and Michael were also saying their share of I-miss-yous. Dana couldn't help notice that the most arrogant of the arrogant was not with them.

As if reading her mind, Chase said, "Logan's MIA. We haven't seen him since... well, this morning?" He looked at Michael for confirmation. Michael nodded.

"Great to see you guys," was all Dana could say. She laughed softly. Well, this was awkward.

"Hey, what's going on?" Dana heard somewhere behind Nicole. In came a girl Dana haven't seen before. She walked towards the computer, wearing the most outrageous and brightly colored outfit Dana has ever seen in one person.

"Oh, good, you're here!" Zoey cried as she pushed the girl in front of the webcam. "Dana, this is Lola. She's our new roomie."

"Hey," Dana greeted flatly.

"Hi," Lola said, sounding confused. Obviously, she wasn't used to Dana's dull-as-a-dishwasher welcomes.

"Anyways," Dana heard Zoey say, "Any plans on coming back?"

"Uh, I just got here."

Everyone except Dana laughed. "She's just kidding, Dana," Chase said. "But we really do miss you."

There it was. The pang in Dana's chest grew larger.

Feeling's mutual, Chase.

I'd love to hear your comments on this one. :D

Sorry if Logan's not in this chapter. I like it that Dana always notice that he's not there. YAY.