Chapter One

Disclaimer: I do not own Zoey 101.

Boris Yeltsin - thx for the review btw! this story is different from the show because this is an alternate reality :)

(Memories from the past in season 1)

Memory#1

It was the first day of the semester in PCA, a boarding school that recently turned co-ed. There seems to be an issue with the basketball team though. Young Zoey Brooks and Chase Matthews were having fun in the basketball game between girls and boys. The boys won but the girls played well enough to earn the coach's respect and allowed Zoey to be part of the team. After the game, Chase gave Zoey a high five in which Zoey gladly responded to. Both of them were happy, probably because they proved Logan wrong. Zoey and Chase went to Sushi Rox after the game that night and celebrated Zoey's successful try-out. Zoey and Chase shared stories and laughed at each others jokes that night. They got along fine.

Memory#2

Dana and Nicole constantly fought and Zoey was tired of trying to break them up every time. Chase asked Zoey if they could go to the movies together believing it would help Zoey ease her mind. Zoey agreed and so they watched a movie together. Zoey was delighted to watch the movie with Chase and glad that she had a friend like him.

Memory#3

Zoey went to Chase's dorm and was ready to play 'would you rather' with him. They both enjoyed playing this particular game. Chase made fun of Zoey's answer and they ended up throwing pieces of grapes at each other.

"So would you rather...wake up with a different face with the same gender, or a different gender with the same face?" Chase asked.

"Hmm…a different face with the same gender, definitely", Zoey said with assurance.

"You sure? I mean, you'd make a beautiful boy you know" Chase told Zoey jokingly.

Zoey takes a piece of grape and throws it at Chase but hits Chase's afro.

"Hey, careful with the afro would ya?" Chase is checking his hair and got the grape out as Zoey laughs hysterically. It was her turn to ask.

"Alright, my turn. Would you rather wrestle an octopus or ..aw!" Chase threw a piece of grape at Zoey's face.

"Oops, it slipped from my hand", Chase grinned.

Zoey continued with a smirk , "..or throw grapes at each other?"

Chase suddenly went from grinning to closing his mouth. "Grape war!"

Each of them took a grape and started to throw pieces of grapes at each other. This is how they spent their weekends during 8th grade and they've been best friends ever since.

(End of flashbacks)

It was graduation day. Chase and the gang are finally going to be High School students.. Chase is walking with Michael and Logan but sees Zoey and runs after her.

"Zoe! Come here let's take a picture!" Chase grabs Zoey's hand and pulls her.

"Okay, sure let's go" Zoey answered.

Zoey and Chase posed for the photographer and took several shots. The first shot was a normal one where the two were standing beside each other and smiled. Chase and Zoey embraced and smiled at the camera for the second shot. After that, Chase made a macho man pose while Zoey leaned on his back for the third shot. Then Chase wrapped his right arm across Zoey's neck while Zoey held that arm for the forth shot.

The forth photo zooms out and reveals that the photo has been framed and displayed in Chase's room. Chase is lying down in his bed the opposite way Zoey is sitting. Chase is looking at their graduation pictures in a photo album. Zoey feeds Chase a grape.

"There. There's our picture until we were in high school", Zoey voiced as she ate a piece of grape. She then grabs another photo album, "and this is when we started High School", and hands the album to Chase. A thunder is heard and rain starts to pour.

"I don't really want to see it. It's all the same..you always cling with me" Chase implied.

"Uhh, that's definitely you", Zoey argues.

"Ohh.. really? Just look at our pictures. You're always embracing" Chase replied.

"I see..I see how it is. Okay then. Starting today, I won't go near you or feed you grapes anymore" Zoey told Chase.

"Heyyy! Really Zoe..you know what?" as Chase got up from bed and sat next to Zoey.

"What?" Zoey replied fast in a huff.

"You easily get into a bad mood don't you?" Chase said. "Just smile a little bit like this" He makes a funny looking smile. "Just like th..oww!" Zoey pinches his nose.

Chase starts nudging Zoey's head. Three seconds later, Zoey breaks free from the deadlock by biting Chase's hand.

"Ouch!...ouch.." Chase looks at his hand for possible scars. Chase stops for a moment and smells the air. "Hold on..I'm smelling something.." he proceeds to smell Zoey. "You have 'it' don't you?"

"What?" Zoey asks demandingly and in disgust.

"Hmm, first day or second day?" Chase raises his eyebrows and smiles in amusement.

"None", Zoey said in a less loud voice.

"What do you mean you don't have it? I've been noticing that you haven't taken a bath" Chase claims.

"Look, I took a bath okay?" Zoey is about to punch Chase. Chase flinched but Zoey never actually did it. Zoey gets up from the bed and stands up putting both of her hands on her hips. "You see, a girl can take a shower even if she has it"

"Ohhhh so that's why", Chase gets up from bed and crawls close to where Zoey is standing. "That's why you've smelled bad since I came here!"

Zoey is shocked of Chase's accusation and proceeds on grabbing Chase's afro and shaking it then throws him back to the bed and starts to hit Chase with a pillow.

"You stink, you stink, hahaha!" Chase says as he protects himself from Zoey's pillow attacks.

"No, it's you, it's you!" Zoey fights back. They engage in a pillow fight and kept saying stinky words to each other. They were pretty loud.

"Hey! Go to sleep! I don't wanna wake up in the morning with eye bugs tomorrow!" Logan interrupted. It was his room too so I guess he had a point.

"Okay okay, Zoey go back to your dorm" Chase murmured.

"Huh? There's thunder though! You know I can't sleep when there's thunder. Quinn and Lola always scream. Can I stay? Pleaassee? " Zoey grabs a pillow and hugs it.

"Go home because you can't sleep here anymore" Chase explained.

"Why?" Zoey has a sad expression on her face. "I always sleep here whenever there's thunder."

"Because we're getting older." Chase clarified.

"So what if we're older? Whatever, I'm still sleeping here" Zoey said as she throws a pillow. Chase goes to the bathroom and brushes his teeth. (there's a bathroom in this version)

Chase starts to talk while brushing his teeth, "You talk when you sleep you know and you sleep walk too and that's pretty scary. And when you don't do all of the above, you snore louder than Michael." Chase takes some water from his glass and then spits in the sink. "You really can't sleep here anymore because I can't sleep if you're here. Chase opens the bathroom door and proceeds talking, "Go ahead Zoey, go ho.." Chase sees Zoey already asleep in his bed. He looks at her and smiles then proceeds on sleeping on the couch.

Zoey wakes up the next morning. She sees a note beside the lamp. It reads:

Dear Zoey,

See you in my dreams :] We're going to be sophomores tomorrow and of course, let's go together because you have a Jet-X, hehe.

-Chase

Zoey smiles and puts the note in her pocket. She sees Chase sleeping in the couch and then slowly walked out of the room but stops before the door. She grabs a pen and a sheet of paper. She wrote:

Dear Chase,

Love you too ;)

-Zoey

and left the note next to the lamp then left the room.

A/N: I put the "memories" in the first few paragraphs in order to show how they became best friends. I hope it doesn't seem random :p