The next day, Zoey is at a restaurant, sitting outside at a round table with Sammy and Gwen. She talks to them about what happened last night.
"Whoa." Said Gwen in disbelief.
"I can't believe it." Said Sammy. "I'm so sorry, Zoey."
"Thanks, girls." Said Zoey, sulking. "I just can't believe my dad opened his big mouth."
"Parents will do anything to embarrass their children," Gwen states. "Especially their dates." She sips from her cup.
"I just wished Mike had left after we had dinner, then this wouldn't've happened. This was something he didn't have to know."
"Well, don't worry, Zoe." Comforting the indie chick. "You're secret's safe with us."
"Still, Zoey, I wonder..." Said Sammy. "How many guys did you date?"
Zoey hits her head on the table.
"What? We're just wondering, that's all." Sammy said only for Zoey to lift her head up and say,
"Sammy, listen... I may have dated a lot of guys, but that's only because I was the only one in my school that didn't have a boyfriend."
"Didn't look like you'd have any trouble with that." Remarked Gwen.
"Yeah. I mean, look at you." Said Sammy. "You're obviously a great catch."
"I know that, but my looks are a blessing and a curse." Said Zoey. "A lot of the girls at school were angry of me because I attract every guy within a 20 foot radius."
Just then, a young, attractive waiter walks up next to Zoey and says seductively, "Anything I can help you with?"
Zoey looks at him and says awkwardly, but straightforwardly, "You're not our waiter."
"I know, but he really bus-" He then feels someone poking his shoulder: it's another waiter giving him a serious look. "Oh." He nervously laughs at the revelation that he's caught. The other waiter gestures him to walk away from their table and he leaves dejectedly. The other waiter follows.
"See what I mean?"
Both of the girls nod "yes."
"Yes, I have dated many attractive guys, but do you know why I broke up with them?"
Sammy shook "No".
"Because... they didn't care for me that much. And the fact that most of them already had girlfriends."
Gwen and Sammy's jaws drop.
"We didn't have any chemistry. They were all jocks and juvie rejects..."
"What girl doesn't love a bad boy?" spoke Gwen. She then lovingly looks up and thinks, 'Duncan.'
"And I think one of them was a big Star Wars fanatic. Anyway, Mike is different. He's sweet, smart, kind of hot, and a good listener. But now... he's gone… and it's all my dad's fault!" Zoey groaned in sadness while Sammy and Gwen patted her back.
At Mike's house, he and Shawn are sitting on stools at the counter. Mike is telling the beanie wearing, zombie-phobe his side of the story on last night's episode.
"I can't believe it, dude." Said Shawn, comforting Mike by placing a hand on his shoulder. "You weren't Zoey's first crush?"
"No. I couldn't believe it, either. I mean, Zoey... she said she never dated anyone but me. But she lied to me. Why didn't she tell me?"
"Maybe she was... afraid. Maybe she thought you would think of her differently if she told you she once dated a lot of guys before you."
"What? No! No, I wouldn't!" Mike stood up and continued. "Shawn, Zoey is special to me, she's the only girl that accepted me for me." Shawn smiles, touched by Mike's affirmation. "She loves me so much and I love her the same way, even if she dated a lot of guys before me. I love Zoey... and I will never, ever stop loving her... not even for a second."
"What are you going to do?" Shawn asked Mike.
"I'm going to find the boys that Zoey went out with. Maybe I can find out what she saw in them that she didn't see in me."
Mike runs straight to Zoey's house. He goes inside, only to see no one there. He walks down to the basement, where he finds his girlfriend's father frowning, carrying and cleaning a large gun, which he then aims.
"Whoa! Uh, heh-heh. I'm, uh… (Nervous chuckle) I'm sorry I came barging in like this. I-I know you're mad that I…"
"Relax, this isn't my gun. It's my wife's." Zoey father said to the boy as he lowered the firearm.
"Really? It is?" Mike asked in question.
"Yes." He walks to a wide, wooden closet and opens it. "It's one of hers from her collection." The closet is filled with various types of firearms, like pistols, rifles, shotguns, etc. on racks connected to the inside of it. "I told her to keep it hidden when she was pregnant with Zoey. I have to clean them all as my punishment." Zoey father sighs and wipes the gun still.
'I hope none of them are loaded.' Mike thinks to himself.
"So, why are you here?" Zoey father asked him in a rough tone.
"I need you to help me find all of Zoey's ex-boyfriends." That's when Zoey's dad looked confused and crazy.
"What? Why would I help you do that?"
Mike replied to him, "I just need to know why Zoey liked them and broke up with them in the first place." Soon Zoey's dad placed the gun on the rack, closed the closet, and walked to the boy.
"But why would I help you at all!?" Zoey's father got into Mike's face only for him to say,
"Listen, I know you hate me. But listen, I care about Zoey a lot! She's... a part of my life. She's the only girl to actually like me for myself. I never had anyone like that but my parents. But when I met your daughter... I fell in love with her. She's my north star to my cloudy night sky. Sir, have you ever had this feeling before when you were dating her mother?" Hearing that triggers a flashback when Zoey's dad was younger and unmarried and was visiting his future wife's parents. After it ends, he ponders over it for a while.
"Yes. My father in-law hated my guts, just like I hate yours... but my wife made him talk to me; to get to know me. Now, he likes me... a bit more. Looks like I'm acting just like him, huh?" Zoey dad sighs and said, "Alright, fine. I'll help you... I guess." So Mike and Zoey's dad walk to every house of Zoey's ex. Mike talked to them and asked them why she broke up with them. Later in the evening, Zoey is walking back home, when she sees Mike, her dad, and her exes behind them.
"Mike, what the heck are you doing?" Zoey said, but she gets nervous seeing her former boyfriends. "And why... are... the boys that I... previously dated behind you?" Zoey was surprised to see Mike and her exes. Mike walked up to her and said,
"I had to know, Zoey – to know why you dated and then broke up with them."
"But, why? Why would you do that?"
"Zoey. I know I'm not like the other boys that you went out with in your town, but I just want you to know that I really love you. I loved you since the day we met. When I saw your face, I thought you were the most beautiful girl in the world. You made me feel special." He closes his eyes and drops his head down. Zoey lifts his head up and says,
"That's because you are special." He opens his eyes when he heard that. "Mike, listen. You want to know why I broke up with them?" Mike just nodded. "It's because they only cared about themselves!"
Zoey's exes, appalled, shouted, "HEY!"
"Sorry," Zoey apologizes, then remarks strictly, "but you did."
The boys shamefully murmur that it's true.
"Well…/ She's right. / I didn't know… / I have been a real, big jerk… / She does have a point."
"Listen Mike, the reason why I love you is because you actually cared about me. I mean you always listen to me, you care for me... and that's why... that's why I love you... and I will never, ever stop loving you."
Mike smiles at her. Zoey's dad says to the couple, "I guess I owe you two an apology, especially you, Mike. I want nothing less than to have my little girl happy. If you can do that as well as I can… well… maybe I didn't see it."
One of the exes says to the former MPD, "You better treat her right, much better than we would."
"You found the perfect girl; she just wasn't perfect for us." Exclaims another one of Zoey's ex-boyfriends.
Mike glances at them and says with utmost joy, "I will." He then locks eyes with Zoey. "I promise."
Zoey and Mike kiss while her exes smile and applaud; some even shed a tear or two, including Zoey's dad.
