I hope my kittens enjoyed the first, extremely short, chapter of -Now on to the second.

I Do Not Own Zoey 101

Lots a Lot a Love, KandiKitty

It was now a month into their senior year and the five girls were closer then ever. They always found time to hang out even around their odd school schedules, their jobs and their boyfriends. Though it usually ended up just being Nicole and Dana since neither of them had a relationship and Dana worked as a surf instructor between classes and after school, she wasn't really busy until the weekends. It was a bright and sunny Saturday, Nicole was still in her pajamas waiting for Dana to get back from her morning work out. "I'm home." Dana said smiling at Nicole before walking over to her side of the room. "welcome back." Nicole greeted. This part of their routine started off as a joke between the two and now it just stuck. More use to Dana changing in front of her Nicole would stare openly since it didn't seem to bother her roommate. "Hey Nicky, let's go suffering." Dana offered using the nick name she gave Nicole. "You surf all day and now on your one day off you want to go?" She wasn't arguing, in fact she was already standing up to change but she was still curious why her best friend wanted to go. "Because you can't surf, and I wanna show you how." Nicole blushed as she left the room to change.

While Nicole was out Dana group texted Zoey Lola and Quinn-You guys up for meeting me n Nicky at sushi rox for lunch?- She knew they weren't up yet but she knew they would agree when they did wake up. Changing into swim trunks and a black bikini top, Dana waited on the couch for her roommate to return. Nicole had seemed really stressed out recently and she wanted to give her a nice day off by surfing, going to lunch with their friends and whatever else would cheer her up. Dana wasn't good with words so she hopped Nicole would know this is her way of showing she cared about her friend.

Reaching the beach Dana knew it was going to get busy that afternoon, there were a decent amount of waves to catch and all the tourists would want a lesson today- Thank god she wasn't working. "Alright Nicole, you ready?" Dana asked looking over to her friend who had a slight bit of fear in her eyes. "I guess…" Dana spent about an hour and a half showing Nicole how to surf before she got the hang of it. After catching her first wave without falling off the board, she hugged Dana super tight "OH MY GOD! That was amazing! Can we come out again?!" Dana laughed but nodded then informed Nicole about their plans to meet up with the others. They both agreed it was time to go back and get ready. It was about one when they started walking over to Sushi Rox. Dana was wearing black cargo shirts with a slightly lose black band shirt, sort of looking like a female Logan, while Nicole wore booty shirts with a tight blue tank top. No one understood how they had became such good friends, but it worked somehow. The other girls were already at a table talking to Chase, who happened to be working.

"There you two are! We've been waiting for like half an hour!" Lola complained. "It's been like five minutes Lo." Zoey laughed. "Alright now that everyone's here what can I get chaya'll?" Chase asked. They decided on getting a little bit of everything and sharing it. They all seemed to be having a great time, except Dana who would constantly glance at Nicole to see if she was really having a good time or if she was faking it. Lola picked up on that fast. So when everyone calmed down from their latest fit of laughter she had to ask. "Dana you keep looking over at Nicole, is everything okay between you two?" Everyone took a second to think about their lunch. "Yeah you Do seem a bit on edge…" Added Zoey, Quinn nodded in agreement. Nicole tilted her head and looked at her friend who held a slight blush. She looked at Nicole, "You've just been really stressed out lately. And it was starting to get to me…I just worry…" Dana went from sincere to angry in .5 seconds "Geez get off my back!" She stood up and exited the restaurant. Nicole watched as she left, the other three girls all smiled. They knew before Dana had even connected the dots. "What was that about?" Nicole turned to her smiling friends. "Why are all of you smiling?" The girls started to laugh "What?! Come on guys tell me whats going on!" Zoey composed herself first and told her she should go find Dana and ask her, herself.

Nicole looked everywhere for Dana. She wasn't in the dorm, not on the roof, not with the guys, or getting coffee, not seeing a movie- she wasn't anywhere on campus. Collapsing on the bean bag chair in room 301 Nicole groaned "Where is she?" The girls were all working on homework and were barely pay attention to her. "Just call her!" all three girls said at once. "Alright alright sheesh!" Exiting the room she called Dana.

Sitting on the beach Dana had her shoes off and her feet buried in the sand. What Lola said just pissed her off, then having to be all soft in front of them made her even more angry. She clenched her fist and punched the sand, it did little to quell the anger bubbling inside of her. Dana didn't know why she was angry, why she even cared if Nicky was upset, when did she even start calling her Nicky? So many questions were rolling through her head. Pulling her wallet, phone, shirt, and wrist bands off she went off for a swim in the ocean. She swam until her muscles started to give in, it was dark out but the cool breeze and lack of sun comforted the 18 year old. Using her shirt she dried her face off and then leaned back in the sand. The swim helped her think more clearly, looking down at her phone she opened a new message to Nichole, as she started typing her phone went off, a picture of her n Nichole filled the screen. She hesitated, not knowing if she should answer or let it ring. On the last ring she answered.

"Hey, Nicky, what's up?" Her voice was low and not as confident as it usually was.

"Where the hell are you!? I've looked all over campus for you!" Nicole was furious yet even more worried.

"Well I'm not on campus." She replied with a 'Duh' tone

Nicole face palmed herself then hung up without a goodbye.

Nicole slipped on her shoes and grabbed a towel before running out to the spot she n Dana went surfing. Dana had mentioned it was one of her favorite spots to go. It was close enough to the school so tourist weren't there yet far enough so students didn't go their either. Nicole ran through campus and out to the beach, she didn't stop until she could clearly see Dana's silhouette in the sand. Reach her she dropped the towel on her roommate and sat next to her. "You are going to catch a cold swimming out here at night, you know that?" Dana didn't answer she just rubbed her head with the towel drying what was still wet.

"Sorry I ran off. Lola just… she pissed me off!"

Nicole laughed "How did she do that? By showing you actually pay attention to me?"

"Well…you are my roommate, how would I not know if you weren't okay?"

Nichole shrugged "you never cared before…" her voice was sad and low

Dana looked over at her, putting her wallet and phone in her cargo pocket she threw her shirt over her shoulder and grabbed Nicole's hand pulling her up. "Don't ever say that again." Dana held on to Nicole's hand with a firm yet gentle grip as she led them back to room 101. Nichole didn't say anything, she just enjoyed the jester. Back at the room Dana opened their door leading Nicky to her bed before she went to the closet and pulled out fresh clothes and her shower bag. "Go to bed. Im going to shower." Without another word Dana left, leaving Nicole more confessed then ever before. She looked down at her hand and smile, Dana really did care about her.