Zoey 101: The One Where Zoey Finds Out
Author's Note: I am using the Zoey 101 cast in a Friends plot line. Zoey, Chase, Lola, Michael, Quinn, and Logan will take the place of the Friends cast. There will be almost the same dialogue (some things might be changed to suit the characters of Zoey 101)… but the names will be changed. Oh, it will also be written more so a story than a script. This is Season 1 Episode 24 of Friends: The One Where Rachel Finds Out. Hopefully the story will be better than the summary sounds so… enjoy! This story, by the way, will be a three-shot. I used this website: so I thank whoever owns that site.
Cast
Zoey Brookes – Rachel Green
Chase Matthews – Ross Gellar
Lola Martinez – Monica Gellar (Lola's last name will now be Matthews. Sorry. You're going to have to go with the flow)
Michael Barrett – Chandler Bing
Quinn Pensky – Phoebe Buffett
Logan Reese – Joey Tribbiani
Zoey 101: The One Where Zoey Finds Out
Zoey Brookes, Chase Matthews, Lola Matthews, Michael Barrett, Quinn Pensky, and Logan Reese were all sitting inside their favorite coffee shop – Central Perk. It was located in Greenwich Village, New York and was right across from Central Park. Chase had brought photos of his newborn son, Ben. He and his wife, Carol, were divorced but it turned out she was pregnant even before they were divorced.
"…and here's little Ben nodding off," Chase said showing the group another photo of his son.
"Awww," Lola cooed looking at the photo. "Look at Aunt Lola's little boy!"
"What a shame though he doesn't have you haircut," Quinn joked as Chase's hair was a big afro and Ben's was so thin.
"Oh let me see!" Zoey exclaimed, grabbing the picture from Lola. "Oh god, isn't he just the sweetest thing? You must just want to kiss him all over."
Chase had the hugest crush on Zoey and her cooing all over Ben wasn't making things easier. By this time was practically drooling all over her.
"That would be nice," he said quietly.
Michael, one of Chase's best friends, was getting annoyed with his fawning all over Zoey, so he made a 'pfft' noise.
Zoey looked up. "Pardon?"
"Nothing," Michael replied. "Just a little extra air in my mouth. Pfft. Pffffft."
He walked over to where Logan was seated. Logan was looking at his Central Perk bill.
"Hey Mike, can you help me out here?" Logan asked. "I promise I'll pay you back."
"Michael looked at him. "Oh, yeah, right, Ok… including the waffles last week you now owe me… seventeen jillion dollars."
"I will, really," Logan promised. "I'll pay you back this time."
Michael sighed. He knew he would regret it later but he handed Logan the money anyway.
"… and where is this money coming from?" Michael asked since Logan was so insistent that he would pay back the money.
"Well," Logan began in a low tone of voice. "I'm helping down at the N.Y.U. Med. School with some… research."
"What kind of research?" asked Chase, overhearing the whole conversation.
Damn! Logan thought. Can nothing be kept a secret around here?!
"Oh, just, y'know… science," Logan replied vaguely.
"Science. Yeah, I think I've heard of that," Chase retorted back in a joking matter.
By now, everyone's interest was piqued and they all looked over at Logan. He sighed. Now he was cornered and he would have to reveal what he was doing.
Logan sighed as he said these next words, "It's a fertility study."
Zoey started cracking up even though Logan gave her a look.
"Oh, Logan," Lola said trying very hard not to laugh. "Please tell me you're just donating your time."
"Alright, c'mon you guys, it's not that big a deal. Really… I mean, I just go down there every other day an make my… contribution to the project."
Nobody could contain themselves. There were snorting, completely laughing, or were just completely stunned and were giggling.
"Hey, hey," Logan said trying to get them all to stop laughing. "But at the end of two weeks, I get seven hundred dollars."
"Hey," Chase said seeming impressed.
"Wow, ooh, you're gonna be making money hand over fist!" Quinn exclaimed jokingly.
That just made the entire gang lose it and everyone was in hysterics while Logan tried to contain some dignity.
-Zoey 101: The One Where Zoey Finds Out-
Later that day, Lola and Quinn were at the apartment that Lola and Zoey shared. Zoey's birthday was that night and the two girls were preparing for the birthday girl's barbeque party.
"Ok," Lola said checking the kitchen table and pulling last minute things out of the refrigerator. "We got the coleslaw, we got the buns…"
"We've got the ground up flesh of formerly cute cows and turkeys," Quinn said looking at the burgers. She was a very strict vegetarian and hated even looking at foods that were formerly animals. She finally couldn't take it anymore. "Ew," she grimaced handing the meat to Lola.
Just then, Michael and Logan entered the apartment carrying a bag of charcoal. They were able to get there so quick due to the fact that they lived across the hall in apartment nineteen. The girls lived in apartment twenty.
"Men are here," Michael said in a deep voice closing the door behind him and Logan.
"We make fire," Logan said in the same deep voice. "Cook meat."
"Then put out fire by peeing, no get invited back!" Michael continued.
"Ewwww," Lola and Quinn said in disgust.
Michael and Logan laughed as they set down the bag on the floor.
"Oh Logan, Melanie called, said she'd be a little late," Lola said.
"Oh, Ok," he replied.
"So, how are things going between you two?" Quinn asked. "Is she becoming you're special someone?" she continued saying the last two lines provocatively.
"I don't know. She's uh… she's pretty great," Logan replied truthfully.
"Yeah?" Lola said getting a little interested. "What does she think of your little science project?"
Quinn let a giggle escape.
"What, you think I'm gonna tell a girl I like I'm also seeing a cup?" Logan said in an obvious tone of voice.
"Man's got a point," Lola agreed and continued preparing.
"Well, the tough thing is, she really wants to have sex with me" Logan admitted as he sat down on a kitchen chair.
"Crazy bitch," Michael replied.
"Yeah, well, I still got a week left to go in the program and, according to the rules, if I want to get the money I'm not allowed to conduct any… personal experiments," Logan explained. "If you know what I mean."
Lola kneeled beside him. "Logan, we always know what you mean."
-Zoey 101: The One Where Zoey Finds Out-
Even later during the day, preparations were well under way. Logan and Michael were making the fire out on the balcony while Lola and Quinn were fixing some things in the living room. Around then, Chase entered the apartment carrying luggage. He had come from his apartment not too far away and was a little tired.
"Hey," Quinn and Lola greeted.
"Hey," Chase replied.
Quinn looked over at his bags and then up at him with confusion spread across her face.
"How long did you think this barbeque was gonna last?" she asked.
"I'm going to China," he said in answer to her question.
"Jeez," she said, still confused. "You say one thing and-."
"You're going to China?" Lola interrupted.
"Yeah, i-it's for the museum,." Chase explained. (Author's Note: Remember that in Friends, Ross is a paleontologist. Therefore in this case, Chase is one as well.) "Someone found a bone, we want the bone but they don't want us to have the bone so I'm going over there to try to persuade them to give us the bo- it's- it's a whole big bone thing Anyway, I'm going to be gone for like, uh… like a week, so, uh, if you wanna reach me y-you can't."
By this time both girls was starting to get the gist of things, but yet at the same were still majorly confused.
"So here's my itinerary," Chase continued handing a sheet of paper to Lola. "Um… here's a picture of me," he said pulling out a picture that he also gave to Lola.
"Oh, let me see!" Quinn cried as she took the picture right out of Lola's hands.
"Could you take it to Carol's every now and then, and show it to Ben, just so he doesn't forget me?" he asked Lola.
"Yeah," she replied.
Quinn, who was sitting in a chair, held the picture up to her face. Chase and Lola turned to look at her.
"Hi Ben. I am your father," she said in a deep voice. "I am… the head. Aaaaaaaaaaaah!" Quinn put the picture down but when she saw Ross looking at her, she said, "Alright, this barbeque is gonna be very fun."
"Hey, is Zoey here?" Chase asked. "Um, I wanted to wish her a happy birthday before I left."
"Oh, no," Lola replied. "She's having drinks with Carl."
"Oh."
There was an awkward pause when Chase finally decided to speak.
"Hey, who's Carl?" he inquired.
"You know, that guy she met at the coffeehouse," Lola answered.
"No."
"Oh, well, see," Quinn said. "There's this guy she met at the-."
"At the coffeehouse right," Chase finished by interrupting her.
"So you do know who he is!" Quinn joked. She started laughing but she saw Chase giving her a stare. "Sorry."
"Ok, I'm gonna go say good-bye to the guys," Chase told them.
"Oh, hey, y'know what? Tell them that bone story," Quinn suggested.
Chase gave her a look but left the living room to go step outside onto the balcony.
"Hi!" Chase said.
"Hey!" Michael and Logan responded.
Chase sighed as he said this. "I have to go to China."
"The country?" Logan asked.
"No no, this big pile of dishes in my mom's breakfront," Chase answered sarcastically. "Do you guys know who Carl is?"
"Uh let's see… Alvin… Simon… Theodore… no," Michael said.
"Well, Zoey's having drinks with him tonight," Chase explained.
"Oh no!" Logan exclaimed sarcastically. "How can she do that when she's never shown any interest in you?!?!"
"Forget about her," advised Michael.
"He's right man. Please. Move on. Go to China. Eat Chinese food," Logan said chipping in his two cents.
"'Course there, they just call it food," Michael pointed out.
Chase's face bore a look of sadness. He had really hoped Zoey would somehow grow to have feelings for him. Unfortunately, in his mind, that would never happen.
"Yeah... I guess. I don't – don't know. Alright, just… just give this to her for me?" he asked handing Michael a gift.
"Listen, buddy, we're just looking out for you," Logan said.
"I know," Chase replied.
"We want you to be happy," Logan continued. "And I may only have a couple of beers in me, but… I love you, man."
With that said, Logan gave Chase a hug. Michael gave them a weird look as Chase patted his back in an awkward way.
"I'm still on my first," Michael said. "I just think you're nice."
-Zoey 101: The One Where Zoey Finds Out-
It was even later that evening when Logan's girlfriend, Melanie, arrived. They were all in the kitchen: Melanie, Logan, Lola, Phoebe, Michael, and Zoey. By this time, Chase was gone.
"Anyway, that's when me and my friends started this whole fruit basket business," Melanie continued. She had been telling Logan and his friends how she had begun making fruit baskets. "We call ourselves 'The Three Basketeers'."
"Like 'The Three Musketeers', only with fruit," Logan added as if he were explaining.
Michael just sat there looking dumfounded at Logan's stupidity. "Ooooh," he said sarcastically.
"Ok," Lola said getting up from one of the kitchen chairs. "How does everyone like their burgers?"
"Oh, no, no, no. Presents first. Food later," Zoey said excitedly walking into the living room.
Everyone followed Zoey into the living room, secretly hoping she liked what they'd gotten her. A Logan started to walk into the living room, Lola pulled him aside.
"Hey, hold on there, tiger. How's it going? How you holding up?" she asked.
"Well, not so good," Logan admitted. "She definitely thinks tonight's the night we're gonna… complete the transaction, if you know what I…"
He looked over at Lola who rolled her eyes.
"Then you do. Heh, heh," he finished.
"So, uh, have you ever thought of being there for her," Lola suggested.
"What do you mean?" Logan asked.
"Y'know, just be there for her," Lola tried again.
There was a long pause and Logan just kept staring at Lola looking so incredibly confused.
"Not following you," Logan said.
Lola looked at him amazed in a way. "Think about it."
They both walked over to where the birthday girl was opening her gifts. Her first gift happened to be… a fruit basket!
"Ok, I'm guessing this is from…" Rachel hinted looking at Melanie who smiled at her. "Well, thank you Melanie."
"Ok" Michael said pointing out a gift. "This one right here is from me."
Zoey picked it up. "Ok… ah, it's light…" She then shook it. "It rattles." Zoey finally couldn't take it anymore and opened it. "It's… Travel Scrabble! Oooohhh, thank you!" she exclaimed handing it back to Michael.
Michael sat there, just looking dejected while Zoey picked up another gift.
"This one's from Logan," Zoey said. "Feels like a book… think it's a book… feels like a book. And…" With a flourish she opened the gift and said, "It's a book!"
"Oh, it's Dr. Seuss!" Quinn cried excitedly.
"That book got me through some tough times," Logan said to Zoey.
"There is a little child inside this man!" Melanie said with a smile.
"Yes," Michael added. "The doctors say if they remove it, he'll die."
Everyone smiled because well, it was true. Logan could sometimes act like he was a little child. Zoey then picked up the next gift.
"Who's this from?" she asked.
"Oh, that's Chase's," Michael replied.
"Oh," Zoey said not thinking much of its possible significance.
She unwrapped the gift to find a blue box and when she opened that box, a beautiful pin lay there.
"Oh my God," Zoey said in shock. "He remembered!"
"Remembered what?" Quinn inquired.
"It was like months ago," Zoey began to explain. "We were walking by this antique store, and I saw this pin in the window," she said motioning to the one in her hand. "And I told him it was just like one my grandmother had when I was a little girl. Oh! I can't believe he remembered!"
"Well, sure, but can you play it on a plane?" Michael said patting his Travel Scrabble gift with still a hint of dejection in his voice.
"Oh, it's so pretty," Quinn sighed. "This must have cost him a fortune."
"I can't believe he did this," Lola said in awe.
"Come on, Chase?" Michael said trying to have everyone return to planet Earth. "Remember back in college, when he fell in love with Carol and bought her that ridiculously expensive crystal duck."
Everybody turned to look at him and that's when he realized what had just happened. He had just spilled the beans about Chase's crush on Zoey. Michael sat there in complete distress over what he had just revealed.
"What did you just say?" Zoey asked flabbergasted.
Michael was panicked. "Ahem… um… crystal duck."
"No, no, no," Zoey said still in shock mode. "The, um, the… 'love' part?"
"F-hah… flennin…" Michael stuttered unintelligibly. At this point he was at a loss for any words.
Zoey couldn't believe her ears at this point. "Oh… my God."
"Oh, no-no-no-no-no…" Michael said rubbing his temples.
"That's good, just keep rubbing his head," Logan said patting Michael's leg. "That'll turn back time."
-Zoey 101: The One Where Zoey Finds Out-
A couple of minutes later. They were all still sitting there, still completely astonished about what they had just heard.
"I mean, this is unbelievable," Zoey said. She still couldn't believe that chase not only had a crush on her, but was in love with her.
"I know," Quinn agreed. "This is really, really huge."
"No, it's not," Michael said, trying to get everybody's mind off of what he had just revealed. "It's small. It's tiny. It's petite. It's wee."
"Nuh-huh," Quinn disagreed, getting up and walking away. "I don't think any of our lives are ever going to be the same again."
"Ok, is there a mute button on this woman?" Michael asked, wishing all of this would go away.
Unfortunately that would not be the case since none could possibly forget what had just been revealed. C'mon, it was Chase and Zoey… Zoey and Chase! There couldn't possibly be a couple more meant for each other.
"I think this is so great!" Lola exclaimed joyfully. "I mean you and Chase! D-did you have any idea?"
"No! None!" Zoey said honestly. "I mean, my first night in the city, he mentioned something about asking me out, but nothing ever happened, so I just… W-well, what else did he say?" she asked Logan. "I mean, does he like, want to go out with me?"
"Well, given that he's desperately in love, he probably wouldn't mind getting a cup of coffee or something," Logan suggested.
"Chase? All this time? Well, I've got to go talk to him," Zoey said, getting up.
"H-He's in China!" Michael quickly pointed out. The last thing he needed was Chase finding out what Michael had spilled.
"The country," Logan added.
"No, no, wait," Lola said, running to the kitchen table to check his itinerary. "His flight doesn't leave for another forty-five minutes."
"What about the time difference?" asked Michael, desperate for anything.
"From here to the airport?" Lola replied.
"Yes!" Michael said as Zoey walked towards the door. "You're never gonna make it!"
"Zoey, what're you gonna say to him?" Lola asked.
"I-I-I don't know," Zoey admitted.
"Well then maybe you shouldn't go," Michael told her.
"He's right," Logan agreed. "Cause if you're just gonna like break his heart, that's the kind of thing that can wait."
"Yeah, but if it'd good news, you should tell him now," Lola pointed out.
This is so hard! Zoey thought. I need to see Chase… but I don't even know what I want to say to him!
"I don't know," Zoey admitted. "Maybe I'll know I when I see him."
"Here, look, alright does this help?" Quinn asked.
She got up and held the picture of Chase up to her face.
"Noooo… look, all is know is that I cannot wait a week until I see him. I mean, this is just too big. Y'know, I just, I've just gotta talk to him. I…I gotta…Ok, I'll seem you later," she finished opening the door.
"Zoey, I love you!" Michael cried, frantic to get Zoey to stay. "Deal with me first!"
Zoey rolled her eyes and left quickly
Author's Note: Something happened with my laptop so this story is in honor of that. Thank you for taking the time to read it. Please review whether you have something good or bad to say. I will thank all at the end of the story who reviewed, alerted, favorited, etc… I will try to update ASAP! Merry Christmas!
-Mary