A Rose for Dana

A "Zoey 101" Fanfiction by mellow.yellow90

Summary- One day after class, Dana went to her dorm room and found a mysterious package. In it, she found a rose, chocolate, and a note. All this was anonymous. She must now gather clues and find out who her mystery man is!

Disclaimer- I unfortunately do not own "Zoey 101" or any of the characters belonging to it. However, I do own Jake…and a cat! But sadly, she doesn't appear in this story.

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Chapter 1: The Mystery Begins

A tall brunette with curly hair walked out of her photography class and onto P.C.A's quad.

"Hey Dana," a familiar voice called.

Dana turned and saw a brown- and blonde-haired girl waving at her. It was Dana's roommate and best friend, Zoey Brooks. She was gesturing towards an empty seat beside her.

"Sorry Zo, but I have to go back to the dorm. I need to call Jake and tell him I'm canceling our date tonight because I need to study for my photography mid-term," Dana called back.

"Alright, see-ya later, D. But you're still coming to English, right?"

"Yeah," Dana called over her shoulder as she was running to her dorm. "Bye, Zo."

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Gotta hurry, gotta hurry, gotta hurry Dana thought.

Before she knew it, Dana was at Room 101. What she didn't notice as she tried unlocking her dorm room door was the tall wooden basket and white envelope sitting on the ground. Dana only noticed it when she kicked it as she tried walking through the door.

"What the cr..?" Dana said as she looked down at the wooden basket. "To Dana," she read aloud. "Oooh…a present for me, I wonder who it could be from," she said sarcastically. Of course the present was from Jake. Duh! Who else could it be from? She thought.

Dana set the present down on her desk ripped the envelope from the basket handle and searched for her blue and black cell phone. When Dana had no luck finding her cell phone, she spotted Nicole's and used hers to call her long-time boyfriend, Jake. After seven rings, Jake's cell went to voicemail.

"Hey, you've got Jake. The beep's coming, so I think you know what to do with it," said Jake's voice on his voicemail message.

"Hey Jake, its Dana, I'm calling because I have to cancel our date tonight. I gotta study for my photography mid-term. Sorry! I love you though, and thanks for the present. Bye!"

Dana closed Nicole's cell phone and placed it back in its fluffy purple chair holder on her nightstand. Typical Nicole, Dana thought. She quickly looked at the time (1:45) and heard her stomach grumbling. She realized that she'd better get some lunch and quick before her next class started. Dana didn't want to be late again-or else she'd have a week of detention. So, Dana decided that she'd leave the looking-through of her basket until after school. And with that, she scampered off to the cafeteria in search of a salad and her friends Chase, Logan, Michael, Quinn, Nicole and Zoey.

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Dana was sitting in English Class. She tried telling Zoey about the present that was left for her, but she never got the chance to tell Zoey at lunch about it because not only was Dana late, but Zoey was too absorbed in playing with Chase's hair and a game of "You're-so-cute-No-you're-so-cute". Luckily for Dana, they were using computers in class, though, unlucky for her when Zoey sat on the other side of the room. Logan now sat beside her, trying to look at Dana's computer screen when he noticed that she started an IM conversation with Zoey.

[A/N: I did not make up these screen names, they are from the actual Pacific Coast Academy website, so full credit goes to them. Please note, anything in bold is the IM conversation between Dana and Zoey.

DanaisBuena- Hey, would you stop staring at Chase for a minute, I need to talk to you.

"Class, I want you to open a new document in your word processors and take down these notes. After you're done, you may begin on your creative writing assignments," Mrs. Petterton said.

ZoeyB-Girl- I was not staring Dana, simply gazing. But, we'll talk after I copy down the notes.

DanaisBuena- Sure you were. Staring, gazing, same shit my friend. Tell me when you're done with the notes and then send them to me, I can't see from here.

Zoey looked up from her laptop at Dana. She could tell that Dana was lying, but gave in when Dana gave Zoey her infamous puppy dog face.

Worked like a charm Dana thought. She then turned her attention to Logan.

"So Logan, are you as sick as I am about seeing Zoey and Chase all lovey-dovey 24/7?"

"Yeah! Two days ago, Michael and I walked in on them making-out. I don't know what Zoey sees in Chase. I should've been in Chase's place," Logan responded.

Dana rolled her eyes.

"Right, Logan," Dana said avoiding his comment. "Um…so what have you been up to lately, we haven't gotten the chance to talk at all?"

"Not too much. I've been going on a few dates the past few weeks with Holly Branchaw, Michelle Simpson and Brianna Winston," Logan said, lying. He still didn't want to reveal his feelings for Dana-especially to Dana.

"Oh that's cool," Dana said.

"What about you, what have you been up to?"

"Not too much. I've been hanging with Jake for a little while, and I've also been focusing on school a little more."

"Jake…right," Logan said with jealousy in his voice.

"Is there a problem with me going out with Jake," Dana said as she eyed Logan suspiciously.

"No…what would make you say-"

"Mr. Reese, Ms. Cruz, get to work right now! Enough with the chatter," Mrs. Petterton said.

"No…what would make you say that," Logan whispered.

"Well, I sensed a little jealousy in your voice when I mentioned Jake."

"You're hearing things, Cruz," Logan said as he turned to his laptop.

"What are you talking about, Reese?"

"I said you're hearing things, Cruz. Now shut up and let me work!"

"Fine, be an asshole, I don't care," Dana said as she grabbed her backpack.

Just before Logan could respond to what Dana said, she put her iPod headphones in her ears and turned the music up to full blast. Zoey then IM'd Dana.

ZoeyB-Girl- Here are the notes. What's going on between you and Logan?

DanaisBuena- Thanks and nothing's going on, he's just being an asshole, as per usual. Now can I tell you what I wanted to tell you at lunch?

ZoeyB-Girl- Go for it, I'm all ears.

DanaisBuena- Okay, well when I went to the dorm, I found a basket and an envelope with my name on it:)

ZoeyB-Girl- Was it from Jake?

DanaisBuena- Yeah! Who else would it be from?

ZoeyB-Girl- I don't know…anyways, what did you get?

DanaisBuena-Hold on, I have someone to smack.

Dana noticed Logan looking at her computer screen. A loud 'SMACK!' was heard from the back corner of the room where Dana and Logan were sitting. The whole class turned to look at them.

"That should teach you for looking at other people's private conversations!" Dana screamed.

"You're a bitch, Cruz. A total and complete bitch," Logan said while holding his face in pain.

"Fuck you, Logan. Fuck you."

"You know you wanna."

"Ewww, no I don't Reese. For your information, I have a boyfriend!"

"Right," Logan said sadly, "right."

"If I hear another word or smack out of the two of you, you're going to have a week's worth of detention. Ms. Cruz, I'd like to speak to you after class," Mrs. Petteron said.

"But Mrs. Pett-"

"One…more…word," Mrs. Petterton warned.

ZoeyB-Girl- Dana that was one hard smack! Couldn't you have just kicked him in the balls after class?

DanaisBuena- No, it wouldn't have taught him the lesson that he just learned. Anyways, I haven't looked through the present yet, but I will after class.

ZoeyB-Girl- Awesome.

The bell rang and the class quickly filed out of the room. Zoey mouthed to Dana that she'd wait outside for her.

"Ms. Cruz, why did you smack Mr. Reese?" Mrs. Petterton began.

"Well…," Dana tried to think a lie and fast. "He…he…kept trying to take my iPod," Dana said as she looked at her iPod.

"Really? Well, I heard something about looking at other people's private conversations, Ms. Cruz."

Crap…busted Dana thought.

"No, I didn't say anything of the sort."

"I'm sorry; Ms. Cruz, but I don't believe you. Tomorrow, you will apologize to Mr. Reese and I'd like to have a 1,000-word essay on keeping our hands to ourselves by Thursday. You also have two Saturday detentions. You may go now, Ms. Cruz."

"I'm sorry Mrs. Petterton," Dana said apologetically.

"I know Ms. Cruz, but that still doesn't get you out of apologizing to Mr. Reese, writing the essay or out of the detentions. And, if I see you use physical violence one more time in my class, you will go straight to Dean River's office and have a talk with him, your parents and the school therapist," Mrs. Petterton warned.

"Yes, Mrs. Petterton," Dana said. She then turned around and walked out of the room.

"You heard all that didn't you, Zo?"

"Yeah, but don't worry, I'll help you with the essay if you want," Zoey offered.

"That's alright. I just use the one I used last year for my exchange in France."

"So you've done this before? Why am I not more surprised," Zoey asked, more to herself than to Dana.

"Shut up, before I smack you too," Dana warned.

"Uh…okay," Zoey said with fear in her voice.

"Calm down, I'm not going to smack you. Let's hurry up and get back to the dorm."

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"That's weird….," Dana said as she put down the letter.

"What's weird," Nicole and Zoey asked.

"Well, I thought the present was from Jake, but it's not."

"How can that be Dana," Zoey asked as she got up to read the letter.

When Zoey was done reading the letter, she put it down.

"There's only one person who can help us to solve this mystery."

"Who?" Dana and Nicole asked.

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A/N: Uh oh! Who's the only person that can help Dana, Nicole and Zoey solve this mystery? Read and review and you shall find out. I want at least five (5) reviews. That's not so much, is it? No double-reviewing either. Now, make me happy by pushing the purple button and typing what you liked and didn't like about this story. Thanks! P.S. The faster I get the reviews, the faster the suspense ends!