A/N:: yeah... that last chapter's my favorite so far. XP blah.... irl: I found out when you're high, broken/sprained wrists don't hurt and you can do things like type, sew, draw, ect. but I'm mad because I'm a gawd-awful writer high, so I've stuck to just working through the pain. XD

Once in Dakoda's dorm, the three put in a movie. Chase sat on the bed next to Dakoda, and Logan sat under her on the floor.

"Dakoda. Get me a drink." Logan half-asked casually.

"Get your own." She replied. Neither of them lost eye contact with the Tv. As the two bickered, Chase felt slightly out of it; still a bit in shock. Why were they acting so casual? Chase and Logan had kissed last night. Plus, today he basically had his heart ripped out, watched John get beat up, and then found out something he never would have known about Logan. Oh, and they were ditching class, after all…. So again, why were they so casual?

"Fine! I'll get my own drink." Logan scoffed, and went to Dakoda's mini fridge. Chase watched as Logan sat back down. Something was off with them two… he knew now that Logan and Dakoda went back and forth between their rich dad, their middle class step-mom, and their mom, who seemed pretty strapped for cash… he knew Logan and Dakoda went through some serious abuse with Bert, Logan and his ex-teacher. What kind of abuse was still a mystery. Obviously beaten, but…had Logan hinted that he was raped? No… not the Logan he had grown to know… its like this girl shows up, and suddenly Logan's whole personality is flipped to a new perspective.

As the movie continued, Chase's mind raced. If Logan was really gay, as Dakoda had said, why chase everything with a skirt on campus? And if he had gone through all that trauma, how could he be so… confident?

The movie was almost half over, when Dakoda stood up.

"Be right back, I got to go to the bathroom." she said, as she walked out the door. Logan waved, still not loosing eye contact with the tv.

"Logan?" Chase asked, finding his opportunity to ask the questions that had been buzzing through his head this whole time.

"What?" Logan's eyes were still glued to the movie.

"How can you be so confident at school? How… after dealing with this for so long… can you still parade around school and pick up all these girls?" oops. Chase wasn't suppose to know that Logan was gay. Maybe he wouldn't notice…

Logan gave him a weird look.

"if I had lived a perfect life then when I was ten I suddenly went through this, you probably would have seen a change." Logan paused. His attention was purely on Chase now.

"I had to deal with a lot before that, and yeah, Bert was the worst thing that's happened in my life so far, and it was really hard to deal with. But it was like coming here just slipped me into another life." Logan shrugged, and looked back to the Tv. Chase frowned. That wasn't comforting.

"So you never thought about it at school? I mean, I've been rooming with you since fourth grade, and have known you since first grade, and I never even knew you had a sister." Chase frowned. Logan turned to look up at Chase.

"You never asked." Chase found himself speechless. Even though Logan already was turned back to the movie… those few seconds while he said that… there was so much emotion in his eyes. Never asked… never asked about his sister? About his mom? Step mom? Chase thought back, but could never remember a time where he ever asked Logan if he was ok. He always was. Wasn't he? Logan was always so strong, and confident…

Chase stared at the floor.

"I'm sorry. I wish I was there for you more often. That I could have been a better friend all that time when you were going through that." Chase paused.

"How's life now?" He looked at Logan, and was slightly surprised that he was looking back. They held eye contact for a minute that seemed like years.

"Better. Not perfect. But it never is." Logan answered, just looked into Chase's eyes. Chase slid on the floor next to Logan.

"ok. You know… I want to.. I'd do anything just to be there for you. If you ever need to talk or anything." Chase admitted, barely even realizing now that there was a Tv on.

"Chase…?" Logan asked, looking deep into Chase's eyes. Chase looked back, frowning. Logan really was in a lot of pain…

"Why did you do it?" Logan looked away, back to the Tv.

"Kiss me, I mean." Logan clarified. Chase felt his breath catch in his throat. Even though Logan wasn't looking at him, he could still see the pain… Logan had never looked like this… or maybe Chase just never looked close enough to notice.

"Logan…" Chase trailed off.

"Don't ask questions your not sure you want the answers to." Chase sighed, running his hands over his face.

"I don't. I want to know." Logan replied, suddenly looking like nothing could touch him, completely contradictory to the face Chase had seen just seconds earlier. Chase opened his mouth to talk, when the door opened, and Dakoda walked in.

"Hey, sorry, I ran into Zoey and Lola as they were heading back to their room." Dakoda paused, and looked at the two. She suddenly looked very frustrated.

"Don't worry about it, you didn't miss much." Logan replied, looking back to the Tv. Dakoda sat down on the bed again, and sighed. 'yeah right, I've seen this movie a thousand times. I just missed the most important part of the movie... What did I walk in on?'

A/N:: so yeah, Please review, I don't know how much longer this story's gonna go on for, but I'm really enjoying getting back to writing it. :3