Reunited

Chapter Five

About fifteen minutes later Chase pulled up with Michael in his car.

"Logan! Chase is home!" Dana called up the stairs. She made him go up and unpack while she and Zoey talked more.

"I'll be right down, "Logan yelled back.

"Hey, Chase! It's good to see you!" Dana stood up and hugged her old friend.

"Where's the kid?" Chase asked.

"You mean Grace? She's sleeping in her baby carrier over there," Dana pointed to the area where the wood burning stove was.

"Hey, Zoey! Dana! How are you guys?" Michael walked in with two suitcases in his hand. He pulled the two girls into his arms.

"I'm fine," Zoey give him a quick hug.

"I'm good," Dana did the same, "So what's going on with you these days, Michael?"

"I'm dating a girl named Elisa," Michael took off his coat and laid it on the couch. He turned to Chase," Where's Christine and Nicole?"

"Shopping or something like that," Chase muttered, "Does anyone want anything to drink?"

They all settled on the big couch and sipped coffee. Zoey of course didn't take any coffee, knowing that caffeine was bad for a developing baby. Being a caffeine addict, going from coffee to cocoa was tough.

"So Dana, Logan, how's life in Colorado?" Chase asked.

"It's frigid," Logan said.

"It's where I grew up," Dana defended her hometown.

"It is so cold there, I walked outside with my hair wet once and it froze within five minutes," Logan smirked.

"Yeah but you have to admit that the mountains are beautiful," Dana pointed out.

"Yeah I guess they are," Logan admitted. The two looked at each other feelings of both disgust and adoration toward each other. Just like it always had been. Some things never change.

"So, Zoey how is, what's his name Ryan? How's Ryan doing?" Michael asked.

Zoey sighed. Was she really going to have to explain this to everyone? She should have just announced it in the local newspaper. "Actually we're not together anymore," Zoey said.

Just as Michael was about to ask why they weren't together, Nicole and Christine burst into the door laughing with about five bags on each of their arms. "Hey everyone!" Christine called to the guests. The baby immediately woke up with a ear piercing wail. "Oh my, I'm sorry. Did I wake her up?" Christine asked dumbly.

Dana got up and picked Grace up. She walked up the stairs and shut the door behind her. Zoey followed. She silently walked into Logan and Dana's guest room and saw Dana rocking her baby gently back and forth. It was amazing, Zoey thought, how much she had changed since she last saw her.

"Hey," Zoey whispered.

"Hi," Dana whispered back.

"Do you mind if I stay in here?" Zoey asked.

"I don't care, "Dana pulled a bottle out of the diaper bag and started to feed the baby, which made it a lot quieter in the room. "You don't like her do you?" Dana asked.

"What?" Zoey asked, confused.

"Christine."

"Of course I like her...she seems nice," Zoey picked at the bedspread.

"Uh-huh," Dana said sarcastically.

"What?" Zoey asked.

"You don't like her," Dana said simply.

"How would you know?" Zoey asked.

"I saw the way you looked at her when she walked in," Dana said. She took the bottle out and Grace fell asleep again.

"Okay, so I wasn't exactly jumping for joy when she walked in and showed me her gigantic engagement ring. But I don't not like her," Zoey defended herself.

Dana gasped, "You're jealous!"

Zoey didn't even bother denying it, "Yeah, I guess I am."

Dana smiled, "I knew it."

Zoey waited for her to continue.

"You know, the day that you announced that you were getting married we were all together. That was back when we all lived in the same area, except for you. You called Chase first and told him. He fell off the couch," Dana said.

"He was that upset?" Zoey asked starting to feel a tinge of guilt.

Dana nodded, "Yeah, he was going a little psycho. Pacing the floor and talking to himself."

"Oh Gosh, I had no idea that would effect him so much," Zoey said shaking her head.

"Zoey you are so clueless. You have always been," Dana explained. "Didn't you know how much the guy liked you?"

"I had a vague idea. But I didn't analyze the situation or anything," Zoey said.

"Well he did. A lot. And when he heard that you were getting married he told himself it was over and there was no point in avoiding other relationships anymore," Dana said.

"So that's why he got engaged so fast?" Zoey asked.

"Maybe. Or perhaps he got engaged so fast because most of his friends were married and he was single and lonely living in an empty 6 bedroom house," Dana suggested.

Zoey put her hands to her head. How did everything get so complicated? All the details where giving her a headache.

A/N: Alrighty guys. This was probably the fastest I've updated. Please review. And thanks for the last reviews.