Chapter 3- Under My Skin

"I'm going to paint you," Chase said.

Zoey looked up surprised, "Now? Like this!"

Chase nodded, "Yeah,"

Zoey stared back at him in disbelief, "I look a mess, I'm not wearing any make-up, my hair is sticking up like I just got zapped by electricity…"

"I was going to ask you about that," Chase teased.

Zoey gasped, and then a smile formed on her face. She then playfully hit Chase. "If I was going out somewhere I would try and look presentable."

Chase nodded, "So can I still paint you? This project is due next week."

"Can I put on some make-up, and fix my hair, you know look cute."

Chase smiled, "You already do Zo," He blushed as soon as he said this.

Zoey bit her lip in order to cover her smile. "Aww, thanks."

Chase nodded.

Zoey watched as Chase's cheeks turned a shade of red, along with the tips of his ears. She thought he looked so cute with his hair cut low. Zoey reached out and ran her hand along his hair. She pulled her hand back and giggled.

Chase widened his eyes, and looked back at Zoey with a pretend mean expression. "Are you laughing at me Brooks?"

Zoey ran her hands along Chase's hair once again, "Your hair reminds me of a Chia Pet, if I pour water over it, will it grow."

Chase pretended to laugh, "I'm the butt of all jokes today aren't I?"

Zoey shook her head, "No, I was just kidding."

Chase grinned, "Uh huh,"

"I was,"

"So can I still paint you,"

"Sure, I don't know why you would want to do me though."

Chase remained silent.

"I meant…"

"I know," Chase added quickly.

"Okay, so what do you want me to do?"

"Just relax…um, do you want to sit down by the window?"

"Sure," Zoey got up and walked towards the window. She pulled down her short yellow American Eagle shorts, and then sat down. "Is this good?"

"Perfect Zo,"

"Where's your sketchbook and paint?" Zoey asked.

Chase looked around, "Well, I must have lost my mind."

"Did you leave it in your dorm?"

"I think so,"

Zoey got up, "Chase, let's go get it."

"Or we could just do it some other time…damn, how could I be so absent minded."

"You're starting to act like Nicole,"

Chase sighed, "Yeah,"

Zoey sat up, and then flopped down on her bed next to Chase once again. "Thanks for coming over here, I feel so much better,"

"Don't let them get to you Zoey, you did a good thing, and the fashion show…it rocked."

"It rocked?" Zoey repeated.

Chase nodded, "Yeah, it was awesome, and the fact that you put most of it together is crazy."

Zoey hugged him. "Thanks,"

Chase inhaled her perfume. Before even smelling it he knew it was Curious. "So, your birthday is coming up."

Zoey nodded, "In two weeks,"

"What are your plans."

"I'm flying back home to Louisiana for the weekend, and seeing my little brother Dustin, and my parents."

Chase scowled, "Aww…"

"But you and Sawyer are invited,"

"Really?"

"I hate flying, you can hold one hand and Sawyer can hold the other."

"I'm poor, but I want to go too."

Zoey laughed, "I'm poor too, but my parents offered to pay for one of my friends with their frequent flyer miles…but I managed to pull for two."

"I've never been to Louisiana."

Zoey stood up, and then helped Chase up, "I can show you how it's done in the south."

Chase grinned, "Country Girl."

There was a knock at the door.

Zoey looked up, "I bet it's Sawyer."

Chase sat back, and then he got up.

Zoey looked at him confused, "What are you doing?" She whispered.

"I um…ohh, is that the Butterfly Effect?" He said changing the subject. The truth was he didn't want to look too comfortable on Zoey's bed, when her boyfriend was right outside the door.

"Those are Nicole's movies…she has like every Ashton Kutcher movie." Zoey said as she opened the door for Sawyer.

"Hey you." She said.

"Hey," He said.

"Do you want to come in?"

"I'm kinda locked out of my dorm, good thing I gave you my key. Can I have it?"

"No,"

"Huh?" Sawyer asked surprised.

"Why don't you join Chase and mine's slumber party,"

Sawyer raised an eyebrow in Chase's direction. "Slumber party?"

Chase shrugged, "I don't know what she's talk…"

Before he could finish Zoey picked up her pillow and then tossed it at Chase, "Don't ruin it…Spending time with you both is exactly what I need right now."

"So you want me to stay over?" Sawyer asked.

Zoey nodded, "You have before,"

Chase looked down.

"And we always kept things PG," Zoey added. Why did she feel as if she had to let Chase know that?

Sawyer smiled, "Are you feeling okay Sunshine," He placed his hand on her forehead.

Zoey reached for his hand and dragged him into the room.

Sawyer grinned, "I feel like I'm being dragged into your lair for a beating…what's wrong with Chase's face?"

Chase winced.

Zoey squeezed Sawyer's arm, "Yeah, Chase what happened."

"You didn't notice before?" Sawyer asked.

"I did but he never answered."

"I was playing with Michael…not playing…I mean wrestling…not like that just uh…"

Sawyer raised an eyebrow, "You'll were playing rough huh?"

Chase blushed, "Um…yeah, I mean No…"

Zoey grinned, "Let's just drop that subject…who wants to watch a movie?"

Sawyer sat down on Zoey's bed, and watched with a smile as Zoey walked over to the t.v. in her short little American Eagle shorts. Now that he thought about it, he never got to see her nice legs, at least not that much. She wore skirts, but the shorts were looking pretty sexy he had to admit. Sawyer glanced over at Chase who was bashfully stealing glances at Zoey as well. Sawyer gave him a look, and then remembered that he wasn't out to make Chase his enemy. Chase was Zoey's BF, and despite the hugs, and the occasional looks, he HAD to be cool with that.

"I feel so much better already," Zoey said taking in a deep breath.

Chase grinned as he watched her smile, "I see,"

"Okay, so here's the choices fellas, Gigli, or Crossroads."

Sawyer playfully booed, "What is this Night at the Razzies?"

Zoey winked, "I could always toss in a little Elektra and Catwoman."

"No way, Zoey please tell me you don't have those bad movies." Chase said.

"Okay I lied, but I do have Mean Girls…a little Lindsay Lohan anybody?"

"Looks too much like the M…" Chase said.

Zoey raised an eyebrow, "The M?"

Chase motioned his hands, for Zoey to think harder and then it would come to her. "Mean Girl that looks like Lindsay,"

"Meadow," Sawyer said flatly.

Zoey scowled and then tossed Mean Girls across the room. "Okay, how about 13 going on 30? That's a good feel good movie."

"Jennifer Garner is hot and all, but I don't want to see that," Sawyer said kindly.

"I like it," Chase said.

Zoey smiled back at Chase, "Me too, we're watching 13 going on 30, Sawyer."

When Nicole woke up, she was laying on something soft.

Her shoes were off, and she was on someone's bed. Nicole rubbed her head. Oww, the last thing she remembered was running into a tree, and then feeling Jordan's arms around her. Nicole slowly sat up. The t.v. was on and Jordan was playing some trivia game as he sat at the edge of the bed.

A smile formed on her face. Despite him pushing her away, she still liked him a lot.

"What is the capital of California," The announcer on the game asked.

"Orlando," Nicole answered.

Jordan turned around to face her, "You're up,"

Nicole nodded, "Yeah, so was I right,"

Jordan looked down and smiled at the ground, "The capital of California is…"

Nicole held up her hand, "Wait, it's Mexico City right!"

Jordan bit his lip, "Um..close,"

Nicole smiled back at him, "Baja California?"

Jordan gave Nicole a hopeful smile, "Closer…but it's Sacramento."

"Oh, I never heard of that place." Nicole sat up.

"How is your head? You took a hard hit Nicole," Jordan paused the game, and then got up to inspect Nicole's head.

"Do I have any bruises?"

Jordan shook his head, "No,"

"Good,"

"Nicole, I wanted to apologize about the other day."

Nicole just wanted to love him. She didn't want to know why he pushed her away. Even if they couldn't be together, she would rather believe there was still a chance in her mind.

"Nicole I…"

"Jordan," She said quickly.

His light blue eyes stared back at her in concern, "Yeah?"

"Thanks for taking care of me as always, In case you can't tell I'm a wreck…and in desperate need of saving."

Jordan reached for her hand, "We all are, I wanted to apologize, and…"

"Jordan,"

"Yeah Nicole?"

"You don't have to tell me, I mean I shouldn't have came onto you and…" Nicole allowed her words to trail off. As Jordan ran his thumb along her hand, she felt her hands start to grow clammy and sick feeling. She slid her hand out of Jordan's.

He placed his hands on his jeans, "I'm sorry about that."

"It's okay,"

Jordan turned back towards his game on the t.v.

Nicole was fighting the urge to tell him how nice that blue shirt looked on him.

"Do you want to play?" He asked trying to change the subject.

Nicole nodded, "Yeah, how do you play?"

"It's kinda like Who wants to be a millionaire, you answer a question right and you get a lot of money."

"Cool," Nicole crawled over to the edge of the bed with Jordan.

"Do you want to go first?"

Nicole nodded, "Yeah,"

"Okay…first question did I hurt you the other day?"

Nicole stared back at him in surprise, "Jordan…"

"If I did then I'm so sorry, it wasn't my intention at all, That's all I'm going to say."

"You didn't hurt me." Nicole lied.

"I didn't?"

"No, not at all."

"Hug?" He asked.

Nicole nodded, "Sure,"

Jordan wrapped his arms around Nicole, and she allowed herself to give in. Because this was the only place she wanted to be, right here like this with Jordan always. He kissed her on the cheek, and then slowly pulled away. She didn't want to know his "secret".

Loud rap music blasted from the speakers.

Rich Laguna Beach trustfund kids drunkenly danced around the spacious mansion situated in the mountains.

Dana stood outside with a glass of punch in her hand, and looking around. She was looking for Logan. Although she didn't want anything to do with him earlier, she wanted him now. Not to talk to, just to be close by.

Dana sighed, and then took another sip of her punch. She just needed to get Logan out of her head. Maybe what she needed to do was find a guy to dance with.

"Hey,"

Dana turned around.

A cool breeze blew past.

"Hi," She said to this guy who resembled Logan.

"I'm Dakota."

"Dana,"

"Do you want to dance Dana?"

Dana shrugged. What the heck. Hopefully Logan saw her dancing with Dakota…or whatever his name was. She placed down her punch, and then started to dance with Dakota.

Dana raised her hands in the air, and started to move her body with the rhythm. As she danced with Dakota she looked around for Logan.

"So what college do you go to?" He yelled in her ear.

"PCA," Dana answered still actively looking for Logan.

"Oh, you do. What grade?"

11th," Dana answered.

"I'm a 12th grader there…"

Before he could say anything else, Logan tapped him on the shoulder.

Dakota stopped and turned to him in surprise. "Logan!"

"Cody what the fu…" Logan stopped when he realized who his cousin was dancing with.

Dana stared back at Logan with anger. "You know him?"

Logan nodded, "You're dancing with my cousin…what are you doing up here in Laguna?"

Dakota smiled, "Well lemme see, my Catholic school got shut down with one last semester left of senior year…how does that happen. And anyways my dad talked to your dad and he suggested PCA."

Logan nodded, "Cool…but can I talk to you for a second?"

Dakota nodded, "Sure,"

Dana stepped away from them, and reached for her punch. She needed something in order to distract her from Logan's eyes. So Dakota was his cousin. He looked a lot like Logan, but not as cute.

Dana bit her lip. What would've happened if she didn't push Logan away this morning? Would they be dating? Dana quickly erased the thought. Yeah right!

"Hey Dakota, did that girl ask you to dance with her?" Logan asked.

Dakota smiled confidently back at Dana who was looking over at them. She quickly looked away, and then placed down her punch, so she could pull her nail filer out of her purse.

"Dana, is her name."

"I know her name." Logan said.

Dakota smiled, "She's one hot tamale isn't she, one hot chica…"

"I got your point, but you don't want to go after her."

"Why not?" Dakota asked.

"Just because,"

"Do you want her?"

"No…I mean she's beautiful, but I'm not the type to be tied down."

"So let me be tied down to her…or at least let me tie her down…some handcuffs, whipped cream…me and Dana could have some…"

Logan pushed Dakota, "Hey, watch how you talk about her."

Dakota stared back at him surprised, "Woah, Lo, are you going all soft on me over that girl?"

Meadow listened in amusement as some drunk guys talked about approaching Dana and asking her if she wanted to sleep with them.

Meadow rolled her eyes. Laguna Boys were so stupid. She glanced over at Dana who was watching Logan, and some other boy who looked like Logan a little.

"Have you tried this?" Some guy asked Meadow.

Meadow wrinkled her nose in disgust. This stupid guy was trying to give her some purple pill. "What is it?"

He shrugged, "Don't know, but it makes you let loose, and enjoy the party, and it also brings ya out of your shell, try it baby."

Meadow took the pill, she wasn't going to try it, but Dana was.

An evil smile curled across her face. She never liked Dana, and the fact that she was the perfect little byotch Zoey Brook's roommate didn't help her case. Dana was going down.

Meadow walked towards the punch table, pushing people out of her way in the process.

"Move," Meadow yelled. Once she reached the punch table, she grabbed a cup and poured some punch, and then she dropped the little purple pill inside. She had no idea what it was, but she couldn't wait to see what effects it had on Dana.

"Hey excuse me," Meadow said politely to a tall gall.

He smiled down at her, "Yeah?"

"Do you see that girl over there, the one with a mean permanent glare, and the stalkerish glances at that boy over there."

The guy nodded, "Yeah,"

"Can you give her this drinks, because I have to head to upstairs really quick."

" Uh sure,"

Stupid idiot. Meadow thought wickedly.

"Thanks stud," Meadow said sending him in Dana's direction.

Dana was thankful that Logan hadn't danced with any other girls. She had been watching him all night, and was almost ready to fight any girl that approached him. But she had decided against that after she remembered her breakdown this morning. Her emotions for Logan were like a yo-yo. Logan's cousin, or at least from what she heard was his cousin, was staring back at her in interest.

Dana smiled back at him.

Logan glared back at her.

A smile curved across her lips. She was getting under Logan's skin. She had to prove that sleeping with him changed nothing…even though she knew nothing would ever be the same between them again. They had slept together…and she enjoyed being so close to him, but just not in the nasty locker room.

"Hey this is for you."

"Me?" Dana asked.

He nodded, and then handed her the drink.

Dana took a sniff, she was checking for any odd smells. It smelled okay, and besides Logan was looking, so she took a sip anyway. It tasted fine. Dana finished the cup, and then gave Logan a smug smile.

Logan raised his chin, and then went off to find another girl.

Dakota winked at her, and then followed after Logan.

Dana felt a rush of dizziness to her head, she placed her hands against the railing. The dizziness faded a couple of seconds later. She stared out at the dark waters, and the mountains in the background underneath the star filled sky. She felt really weird…maybe she shouldn't have drunken that punch….

Hey guys, thanks for the reviews!

I was worried about disappointing with Part 2…because I felt like I was starting over, but the positive feedback is great…so I'm still holding your interests!

(Thanks to technopunk2000, ludaverse, Mellerties, Loganreeseroxmysoxandmore, you guys rock.)

Mrs. Logan Reese- Hey Natalie, you're already a good writer! And you're welcome. You summed up Dana and Logan's relationship perfectly.

Sevenleafclovergrl7- Thanks for the idea, but that would make three girls like Sawyer, and then Jordan would be alone so…I thought about it though, that might work again, but just not now. Great idea though!

Hopefully- You sound full of ideas! If you have any now lemme know. Much luv to you too.

MidnightPrincess15- Thanks! After a while my stories do seem like shows…so I guess we're in Season 2 now!

Classic Rock n Roll Fan- I'm glad you thought that chapter was funny! Meadow is raising your blood pressure…lol! And I think the pole will take care of Meadow…lol, you see she's getting meaner though! You rock.

Thanks guys once again…and until next update…Peace.