Chapter 21- I like it like that

"This has to be perfect mom," Sawyer said.

Meredith Thomas nodded, "I understand, today is her birthday,"

"And yesterday was the worst day of her life," Sawyer placed his lacrosse stick down next to him, and then glanced at Chase who was no longer handcuffed to Zoey.

The handcuffs had been taken off earlier that morning after going back to the carnival to find the man that handcuffed them.

"So you and Chase want to throw Zoey a birthday party," Meredith pulled out a pad, "It's going to be hard arranging everything with so little time but…"

"We need a D.J., she needs a dress, something beautiful, fitting for a gorgeous girl like her, and we need tons of magnolias,"

"Magnolias?" Meredith asked.

"It's the state flower of Louisiana, and Zoey loves them," Chase spoke up.

Meredith nodded, "Okay, I have a friend in Malibu that sells flowers, and I'm sure she has Magnolias for the party, so where is Zoey right now?"

"Shopping with Nicole," Chase responded.

Meredith nodded, "Okay, we have a little bit of time and we have a lot of party planning to do by tonight."

"Thanks mom," Sawyer said.

Meredith nodded, "Of course, do you have any particular locations in mind for Zoey's birthday party?"

"I think we should have the party here in Malibu." Sawyer suggested.

"Okay, I'll see what places are available," Meredith stood up, "I'll call you later,"

"Thanks," Sawyer stood up. "I guess I don't have time for lacrosse today because I have to take care of Zoey,"

"I'll call you," Meredith repeated walking towards her car.

Sawyer turned towards Chase, "Do you know Zoey's dress size?"

"I think she's like a 2?"

Sawyer shrugged, "Maybe we should bring her dress shopping?"

"How about I go dress shopping with her, and you can take care of the invitations."

Sawyer thought it over, "Or maybe you can take care of the invitations and I'll take her dress shopping."

"We don't really have time to argue,"

"We'll flip a coin," Sawyer suggested quickly.

Chase raised an eyebrow, "Oh okay, Um…sure,"

Sawyer pulled a coin out of his pocket, "I call heads,"

"Tails,"

Sawyer flipped the coin, he caught it in his hand, and then looked down. "Tails,"

Chase smiled, "I won't mess up the surprise, I'll just tell her we're shopping for a dress for the Sade Hawkins dance."

"But then it will look like you expect her to ask you to the dance,"

"Fine, I'll think of something better, unless you have any better ideas?" Chase asked.

"Just go,"

Chase scowled.

"Sorry, I meant I'll call you later." Sawyer grabbed his lacrosse stick and started to throw the ball into the air and catch it as he walked away.

"I'm not going to Louisiana anymore," Zoey said.

Nicole adjusted her shopping bags in her hand. "Are you serious!"

"Yeah, I think it would be a better idea if I stayed here,"

Nicole linked her arm in Zoey's, "I'm so sorry I wasn't there for you yesterday,"

"Oh it's okay," Zoey's cell phone rang, she loosed her arm from Nicole's and then grabbed her cell. "It's Chase,"

She flipped her phone open and then answered it seconds later, "Hey Chase,"

"Zoey," He said happily.

She couldn't help but smile.

"Are you feeling better kiddo?"

Her cheeks grew warm, "Thanks Chase,"

"For what?"

"For caring, and I do feel a little better thanks to you and Sawyer,"

"Yesterday was tough for us all, where are you now?"

"At the Malibu shopping center with Nicole,"

Beside Zoey, Nicole was walking while her eyes stayed trained on a guy that looked just like Jordan. He was in a sports store.

"Jordan!" She yelled.

Zoey turned towards Nicole surprised.

Jordan turned around, "Hey,"

Nicole squealed, and then dropped her shopping bags.

"Nicole?" Zoey asked confused.

"I'm just so glad to see him," She ran towards him.

Jordan turned away from the desk where he was buying something and then turned to Nicole. She jumped up and then kissed him.

Jordan caught her, "Well hey to you too,"

Nicole then kissed him on the cheek, "I decided I'm not going to worry about that crazy psychic,"

"Good, she didn't know what she was talking about anyways," Jordan said placing his hand against Nicole's cheek.

"So what are you doing in this store?" Nicole looked up at a moose head on the wall. "Is this Abercrombie and Fitch? It looks different,"

Jordan smiled, "No it's a sporting goods store,"

"What's that?"

"Where you buy tents, and fishing rods for outdoor activities,"

"Oh, that's why I don't know about it, are you going fishing?"

"I was hoping we were,"

Nicole laughed, and then placed her hand against Jordan's chest.

"I'm serious,"

"I don't know the first thing about fishing!"

"Well that's what I am here for, I can teach you."

Nicole pouted, "It might take all night."

"I'm down for that,"

"So you want to go camping?"

Jordan nodded, "Just you and me…under the stars."

"With the bears, and the foxes, and the crazy killer people in the woods."

Jordan grinned, "No, it's just going to be you and me."

Nicole always turned down her dad's offers to go camping with her brother Noah back in Florida, but this wasn't her dad and her brother…this was Jordan

"It's no fun camping by myself,"

"You need a little company huh?"

"Yeah!" He said.

"I'm just warning you, I might accidentally fall into a ditch, or get dragged down the river, or eaten by a fox, or…"

"You have a highly active imagination."

"Well you know how many times you have saved my life already,"

"Who's counting I'm not," Jordan said looking into Nicole's sexy warm eyes.

"Aww," Nicole stood on her tipee toes to kiss him on the nose.

The cashier sighed, "Are you going to buy this tent or what dude?"

Jordan blushed, "Oh yeah, sorry about that."

Nicole held her breath as she watched Jordan. She didn't care what that psychic said, no one was going to die, and everything was going to stay perfect just like this.

After Jordan finished buying the tent, he wrapped his arm around Nicole and led her towards Zoey.

Nicole grabbed his hand.

"Hey Jordan," Zoey said.

"Hey," He said back.

"So what did Chase say?" Nicole asked.

Zoey looked down at her phone, "He's going to meet me in front of Aeropostale,"

"Oh," Nicole said with a nod.

"You guys can go ahead because I'm going to wait here for him."

"Are you sure Zo?" Nicole asked.

Zoey nodded, "Yeah I'm fine,"

"Oh and before I forget, I got this for you!" Nicole reached in her huge purse for a small bag. "It has gift certificates to your favorite stores, a coupon for a free trip to the spa, a card from me of course, and I even tossed in some tickets to the first football game of the season."

"Aww, thanks Nicole," Zoey hugged her best-friend. "But you know I don't watch football games,"

"But you do want to see the guys playing football don't you, the other ticket is for me!"

Zoey nodded and then smiled, "Okay, I see where you're going with this."

Nicole linked her arm in Jordan's, "I'm going to call you later and sing you Happy Birthday, Oh, oh, sweet seventeen!"

"It's Sweet Sixteen," Jordan corrected with a laugh.

"Opps, well seventeen is special too, so special seventeen!"

Zoey giggled.

"Okay, I'm going to stop making a fool of myself, and look it's Chase!" Nicole said pointing towards him who was making his way over towards them. "Jordan and I will leave you two, I'll call you later Zo,"

Zoey waved, "By guys,"

As Chase walked over he nodded in Jordan and Nicole's direction and then fixed his eyes on Zoey. She was wearing a denim skirt, which showed off her perfectly toned legs, and a white tank top. To him it seemed as if she grew more and more beautiful each day.

He sat down next to her.

"You smell good, what is that?" She said.

"Um…the usual,"

"Curve?" Zoey asked.

Chase nodded, "You don't know how good it is to see you smile."

"You don't know how good it is to smile again, it's hard for me to stay sad."

"I know, that's why I like being around you,"

Chase held Zoey's alluring chocolate saucers for a while longer.

She smiled and then looked down, her blonde hair fell forwards on her tanned shoulders. "You said something to me yesterday,"

"I said a lot of things," Chase said sitting closer to her.

Zoey looked up, her hanging silver earrings jangled every time she moved her head. "You told me you loved me."

Chase's mouth dropped. He had told her that yesterday.

"I love you too Chase,"

Chase looked down.

"But I still love Sawyer too, so I don't know what to do. So I was wondering if you could help me."

"Stop hitting me in the head with the beach ball Michael!" Skyler screamed playfully.

"Sorry I just can't…"

Skyler paused and then cradled the ball in her arms, "Are you even focusing?"

"In all honesty, I'm not." He smiled to himself and then tore his eyes away from Skyler's foxy bikini.

"Then what are you looking at milk dud head?"

"Hey, what did I tell you about that?"

Skyler laughed and then pulled her shades down. "Are you checking me out?"

"Ha, know one's looking at you,"

Skyler ran over to him, "You are!"

"No, I'm not,"

She threw down the beach ball, and then glanced out towards the ocean. "I'm going for a swim, watch my shades,"

"I'm going for a swim too." Michael pulled off his tee-shirt.

Skyler smiled, "Have you been working out?"

"I've been trying, I'm glad the ladies are noticing."

Skyler tilted her head to the side, the wind whipped her dark hair around her perfect heart shaped face. "What ladies are noticing you?"

"Race ya!" Michael took off running towards the beach.

"Hey!" Skyler ran after him.

Michael's ran into the cool salty sea water. The water splashed as he made his way through.

Skyler wrapped her arms around him once she reached him and then dragged him downwards.

They both fell into the small crashing waves.

Skyler laughed, "You didn't think I was going to do that huh?"

Michael shook his head, "No I didn't expect that."

"I like this boy,"

Michael looked down, "Is his name Logan?"

She pretended to gag, "Hell No! But I'm not sure if this boy like me."

"Where exactly are we going with this?" Michael asked slightly nervous.

Skyler shrugged, "Forget it, lets go in deeper, I want to see some big waves knock you down."

"Well they are going to knock you down too baby," Michael teased.

"Well bring them on," She said wading in further.

"Hi, I have a problem," Meadow said with a disgusted expression.

The Nurse looked back at her, "What's wrong?"

"I don't know, but I think it's something gross,"

"Something gross, Okay, have you had any symptoms of this "gross" problem."

Meadow looked around the empty office, "Well first of all it…Uggh, I can't believe I'm saying this out loud, but it hurts to…you know…" Meadow motioned her hands, hoping the nurse would get it.

"Pee?" The nurse asked.

Meadow clapped her hands, "You got it, but I just want to find out what's wrong with me, because I want it to like go away."

"Have you had any other symptoms?"

Meadow shrugged, "I don't know."

"Okay, I'll do some tests, do you mind if I ask you a personal question."

The door opened and Cassidy stepped in.

Meadow gasped. "Oh migod get out of here!"

Cassidy turned around and walked back out.

She felt bad, but that's the same thing he had did to her yesterday.

The nurse stared back at Meadow in disapproval, "Have you had sexual contact within the last couple of days?"

Meadow's face wrinkled into an expression of disgust, "No," She lied.

"Hmm…"

"Yes,"

The Nurse looked up, "Unprotected?"

"Eww, I mean I don't quite remember, I was drunk."

"Follow me," The Nurse said leading her to the back.

"I have finished the list Jack!"

Jack smiled as he watched Skyler and Michael play fight each other in the water. "Are they dating yet?"

Quinn adjusted her glasses over her nose, "Who knows, but I have the list of my pretty victims!"

Jack stretched out on his beach blanket.

"Are you trying to get a tan?" Quinn asked.

Jack pulled off his glasses, "Maybe,"

"The UV rays are bad cupcake, very bad, if you need proof I can show you my Grandma Mildred who looks like a withered prune."

Jack smiled, "I think I'll be okay,"

Quinn sighed, "Fine, but I'm telling you the sun is mean." Quinn reached in her book bag for a container of baby food, some spoons, and then an odd gadget.

Jack looked up, "What is that?"

Quinn smiled, "This is what I like to call my seagull umbrella…all you have to do is press this little red button…." She paused to press a red button.

The large beach umbrella flipped open, and a fake hand was at top.

"What is that for?"

"It's a seagull catcher,"

Jack glanced up at the hand, "A seagull catcher,"

"If one comes around you'll see." Quinn smiled mischievously, "Stupid seagulls."

Jack stared back at Quinn in concern. "So tell me about your love potion, we haven't really talked about it."

"Oh, well I have picked my subjects, and they are Sawyer, Zoey, Chase, Nicole and Jordan. Dana and Logan were on the list, but I heard they skipped town."

"How did you hear that?"

Quinn smiled, "Oh okay, I give, I have a listening device hidden in Dana, Nicole and Zoey's room, they were part of another experiment, but that has passed."

"Is my room bugged?" Jack asked.

"No, of course not."

Jack laughed, "Are you sure?"

"Positive, but anyways I need to gather a couple of things from my subjects,"

"Like what?"

"A strand of hair, a piece of fabric the same as their eye color, and last but not least their perfume and cologne bottles, but it has to be theirs or the experiment will be botched."

"And what will the potion do?"

"If my experiment works right, intensify feelings between the subjects, and make the one they love completely irresistible." Quinn clapped her hands, "I know my experiment is going to work!"

Logan woke up. He smelled chocolate.

He slowly opened his eyes. Huh? His face was sticky and covered in chocolate. "What the fu…"

He pulled back his covers his body was covered in chocolate as well, even his boxers, and what was even worse was it was chocolate syrup!

"Dana!"

Logan threw off his covers, and then stormed through the house.

They had gotten to Tijuana really early in the morning. Dana had been sleep so Logan had carried her inside. "Dana, where the hell are you!"

He stormed down the stairs of his father's Tijuana vacation home.

"Dana!" He yelled again. He stomped though the kitchen with chocolate all over his body, and boxers.

Dana turned around, she was cooking some breakfast. "Cheese toast…what the fck happened to you?"

Logan crossed his arms, "You did it."

"Okay, I did," Dana laughed. "Bacon?"

"Where's the chocolate syrup?"

"Come again,"

Logan walked towards Dana, she stepped back.

"I swear if you touch me, then I'm going to kick your ass,"

"I want you too," Logan said blowing Dana a kiss.

"I'm going to kill you Logan!" Dana squealed as he reached out with a hand covered in chocolate syrup.

"Logan…ahh, stop!" Dana laughed as she grabbed a pot. "I'll knock you upside the head."

"Do it," He started to walk faster.

"No!" Dana dropped the pot, and then made a move to grab it, but stopped when Logan started to run. "Logan, don't touch me!"

Dana ran up the stairs, Logan was right on her heels.

"Dakota help! Help!"

"He's not here," Logan said. "He went partying as soon as we got here, you're out of luck baby doll,"

Dana dodged into the bathroom, and tried to close the door, but Logan knocked into the door with his shoulder.

The bathroom door flung open, and they both fell on the floor.

Logan pinned Dana down with his chocolate covered hands. "I'm wondering if you covered me in chocolate because you thought I would taste better,"

"Once I get up you better run because you got chocolate all over my…"

Logan leaned forward and rubbed his cheek against Dana's lips.

"Logan you bitch!"

Logan smirked, "You liked that."

"No I didn't. Now get off of me so I can kick your ass, and then I'm taking Dakota's car and going back to PCA,"

"Well then I'm not getting off of you," Logan adjusted his weight on Dana, and rested his chin on hers. "We're in Tijuana for a week, anything can happen."

"Nothing's going to happen."

Logan grinned, "Oh baby, something's going to happen."

"Okay if you count me killing you, and then sending your body off to sea…"

Logan silenced Dana with a kiss, "I have a feeling you and I are going to take our relationship to the next level, explore new situations, get a little more freaky,"

"Get off of me you slut,"

Logan smirked, "I like it like that,"

Dana couldn't help but laugh. "Well I don't."

"Yeah, you do baby, you like our situation, you like me, and I think you like something else of mine."

"You are so dirty,"

Logan covered Dana's lips with his once again.

Although she wanted to kick him in the balls she gave in because she did like it like that…She liked kissing Logan after fighting him, she liked playing mean tricks on him, and even more she liked him.

(Hey everyone! It's so late and I have to get to sleep, this school life is not working for my schedule! But I'm posting this and then heading right to sleep, all questions will be answered next chapter, I promise, and I am sorry once again…I will also answer any new questions next chapter as well. Take care, and hope school is treating you'll better than it is treating me!)