The next day, Miley picked us up from cheerleading practice.

"So do you wanna go get some food?" Miley asked.

"Yeah." I said. "What about McDonalds?"

"Sounds good." Miley said as she drove us to Mickey D's.

We ordered our food and sat down where Zoey noticed one of the employees looked familiar.

"Trent?" She asked.

Trent walked over. "Zoey Martin. It's been a while." He said.

"Yeah I didn't know you worked here." Zoey said.

"Yeah listen, I was wondering if maybe you'll go out with me." Trent said.

"Well…" Zoey said with a pause as she noticed the smile on Trent's face. "Sure."

I looked at her with a bit of shock on my face. But Trent was a friend of hers. I guess it was better than her dating a total stranger.

"You know I have a few friends, maybe we could do a group thing." Trent said.

"I'll pass." I said.

"And I'm only in town until tomorrow." Miley added. "Plus I kind of have a boyfriend at home."

Trent noticed a manager looking at him. "I have to get back to work. How's Wednesday sound?"

"Wednesday would be good." Zoey said.

"So you have a boyfriend." I said to Miley. "What's his name and does he know?"

"Oliver." Miley said. "And yes he knows. He was one of the first people I told. I had to tell him because he was kind of stalking me."

"And you're dating him why?" Zoey asked.

"He stopped." Miley said with a laugh. "We've actually been friends for a long time. He just kind of loses his cool around celebrities but we're working on that. He's almost over his Taylor Swift obsession. So do you have a boyfriend?"

"No I haven't been on a date in a long time." I said, not knowing if I had ever been on a date in this new reality. There was a probable chance that I had. I would bet that Zoey and I probably went out some double dates in the years that we'd known each other. That's what girlfriends do isn't it?

"So you don't sound like you're from California." I said. "Where are you really from?"

"Tennessee." Miley answered. "I guess wherever I go, I'll always be a southern girl."

"So what did you think about the ball last night?" Zoey asked our new friend.

"I thought it was a pretty nice party." Miley said. "It's not something I would want to do. No offense."

"Oh it's not something I want to do either." I said. "It's just my parents want me to do it. If all goes according to plan, I won't become a debutant."

"And she dragged me along." Zoey added.

"Okay then I guess neither of you have any reason to be offended then." Miley said. "You know if you ever wanted to make a career as a music star, I could drop your name in an interview."

"Thanks but no thanks." Zoey said. "I think I should do it on my own. I already have the legacy thing going for me and I don't need anymore help."

"I respect that too. Oliver doesn't want my help either." Miley said. "Maybe you two should come to Malibu some time and we can hang out more. So what do you do for fun around here?"

For the second night in a row we got done kind of late. We ended going to a Sox game that we couldn't even stay for because it went into extras. Miley had gotten a free room at the St. Mark in exchange for performing. Zoey arrived home a little after 10:00.

There weren't very many people in the lobby but one person she did recognize was Maddie Fitzpatrick, the candy girl and Zack's constant crush.

"Hey, Maddie" The younger blonde said, resisting the urge to call her sweet thang because it would sound extremely strange. "How's it going?"

"Hey, Zoey, I'm just closing up." The older blonde said. "I didn't get the chance to tell you this last night but I saw walk in when you got home. You looked really pretty."

"Thanks." Zoey said, blushing.

"No problem." Maddie said. "So how did you like it?"

"It was kind of fun. But don't tell London that I danced with her boyfriend." Zoey said.

"How did that happen?" Maddie asked.

"Well I was standing still like I was supposed to and Todd cam up to me. I didn't really want to say no to him since it was just a dance." Zoey explained.

"So I guess you're over your crush on him then." Maddie said.

"Yeah…" Zoey said as her face turned a shade of pink.

"It's still not as bad as when you were crushing on Esteban." Maddie said.

At that point Zoey might have invented a new shade of red.

"Can we stop talking about this?" The utterly embarrassed girl said.

"You know I'm only saying this because you're like a sister to me." Maddie said. "Wow we've been talking for awhile. I should probably get going and you should probably go to bed."

"Maddie, I'm almost 18." Zoey said.

"Yeah I know. I've just watched you go up." The college student said. "It seems like only yesterday I was taking you to buy your first bras."

"You're right I should go to bed." Zoey said having been embarrassed enough for one night.

"Just remember that you were lucky to go." Maddie said as she grabbed her purse. "There are millions of that would give anything for that. If tried something like when I was your age, I would have been throw out, probably literally."

"Good night Maddie." Zoey said.

"Night Zoey." Maddie as the two of them left the lobby.

Zoey went into her room and changed into her pajamas. Not soon after there was a knock on the door.

"Come in." Zoey said.

Kurt walked into the room.

"Hey." He said.

"Hi Daddy." She said.

"You haven't been home much the past few days." Kurt said.

"Yeah, Miley was only in town for today. We wanted to do something with her." Zoey responded. "Did you catch who won the game by the way?"

"Sox in 10." Kurt said. "Listen I was thinking maybe tomorrow if you don't have plans you could stay in. I know you're young and want to spend time with friends but you do need to be with your family some."

Zoey sensed the irony in getting a family lecture from her father who wasn't exactly the family man in the world she knew.

"Okay but I have a date on Wednesday." Zoey said.

"Are you considering a second date or this going to another of your one and down things?" Kurt said. "I probably shouldn't have said that."

"Daddy, I don't know what I want." Zoey said.

"We can stop discussing boys now." Kurt said. "You should probably sleep."

"Night daddy." She said as she hugged him.

"Good night, Princess." Kurt replied before he left the room. Zoey then went to sleep.

On Wednesday night after cheerleading practice, I was in Zoey's room helping her prepare for her date. I was currently doing her makeup.

"So how do you know Trent anyway?" I asked.

"He was on Arwin's basketball team with me, Cody, and Bob. Remember when you went on vacation during the signups and weren't allowed to play." Zoey said.

"Yeah I remember." I said, remembering how pissed I was at the rec league after that. "So why'd you say yes?"

"I don't know. I guess I kind of wanted to see what it would be like dating a guy." Zoey responded as she brushed her hair. She was wearing a dark blue halter top and a denim miniskirt. "Does that make any sense to you?"

"I guess it does." I said, "You're really starting to accept this being a girl thing."

"Well I figured out I might as well enjoy it, I do want to change back but that doesn't look like it's happening anytime soon." Zoey said.

"I guess you're right." I agreed. "I just hope you know what you're getting into."

"You're not jealous, are you?" Zoey asked me

"Jealous? Why would I be jealous?" I asked. "It's not like I like you like that."

"I meant jealous because I have a date and you don't." Zoey said as she giggled slightly at my reaction.

"Oh that, I'm still not jealous" I said quickly "If there were any guys that I wanted to date right now, I would. But there really isn't a single guy at Cheevers that I would consider dating right now."

That was true because Zack was the only guy I would consider dating. I did feel that if we had tried hard enough we could have made it work. The problem with that was Zack hardly tried to do anything. There were definitely differences between Zoey and Zack. Zoey was like a better version of Zack. She actually put effort into things and seemed to think things through. I don't think she was smarter but Zack wasn't stupid. His total lack of responsibility and effort was the main factor for his bad grades.

"Alright I kind of feel the same way actually. Trent doesn't go to our school. I don't know where this thing is going to go anyway." Zoey explained, which made me think that she somewhat knew what she was doing. "This really is just a trial for me. Why does the only decent guy at school have to be my brother? It's really kind of unfair."

"Yeah and even if he wasn't your brother, he's taken anyway." I agreed with a laugh.

"So I guess you can wish me luck." Zoey said as she headed out to the lobby to wait. She was going to meet Trent in the restaurant. She approached the front desk. It would be the first time she talked to Moseby since being changed.

"Hey, Mr. Moseby." She said.

"What can I do for you, Zoey?" Moseby asked with absolutely no malice in his voice.

"I was wondering if a boy came in looking for me." She said.

"Well there was a boy saying that his date told him to meet him in the restaurant." Moseby said. "Would that be him?"

"Yeah I think that's him." Zoey said as she headed to restaurant.

Trent was seated at a table. She happened to hear Patrick the waiter say "She is so out of your league" which was ironic because he had said the same thing to Zack on our date and She's Out of My League happened to be the movie that they were seeing. Zoey walked over to the table and Patrick seated her. She smiled as she began to look over the menu.

"So what are you thinking right now?" Zoey asked.

"I'm just wondering how I managed to score a date with such an amazingly beautiful girl." Trent said which immediately caused Zoey to turn red.

"I'm not amazingly beautiful." She said.

"But you are. You may not have the best body but you're very pretty." Trent said.

After they finished eating, they left the Tipton and headed to the movie theater. Since they were both 17, they each showed their ID at the box office and then headed to their movie. The movie was really funny, they were definitely laughing out loud during it. Anyone who was there could tell that Zoey was having a good time.

After the movie was over, Trent returned Zoey to the hotel.

"So what did you think?" He asked.

"It was good." Zoey said.

"Listen I've heard a few things about you like how you rarely go on second dates." Trent said.

"Yeah…" She said.

"I was wondering if maybe you could make an exception." Trent said with a smile. "I've got an extra ticket the Celtics playoff game on Saturday."

"Sure, in fact I need a date for my prom next weekend." The blonde girl said. "Would you like to go with me?"

"I'd have to request off work but I think I can do it." Trent said.

"Great, I should probably go back to my room." Zoey said as she began to walk.

"Zoey wait!" Trent called as she stopped in her tracks and he walked over to her. "There's something I wanted to do first."

"What?" Zoey asked before she felt another pair of lips pressed against hers. She closed her eyes and leaned into the kiss. Kissing eventually led to making out which led to her being pressed against the wall before she felt the need to breathe.

"I really should go. I'll see you on Saturday" She said as she wriggled away and walked back to her room.

On Saturday, Trent took Zoey to the Boston Garden, the Celtics home arena. She wore a green dress and a white Celtics hat with green beads. They watched as the Celtics defeated their rivals the Cavaliers with a last second buzzer beater by Kevin Garnett. They put them one game away from the NBA Finals. After the game was over, the two of them headed to Trent's house.

"So what are we doing here?" Zoey asked.

"I was just thinking we could have some alone time." Trent said as her held her hand

"I'd rather not. I'm not that girl." Zoey said.

"So what kind of girl are you then?" Trent said as she felt his hold on her strengthen.

"You're hurting me." She said, wincing slightly. "Let go!"

Next to her hand smacked against his face and he let go She could definitely see the anger in his eyes as he pushed her into a table. She went in face first as she was left with a black eye. As she clutched her eye, she did the most logical thing she could think of. She ran.

So there are a lot of different characters in this one. I do think Maddie would see Zoey kind of like a little sister. Also it's kind of ironic to hear Kurt talking about family related stuff. And Zoey crushing on Esteban instead of Maddie is kind of adorable. Finally I went back to Trent's cbaracter and found he had anger issues which might lead to him abusing a girl. Don't worry, revenge will come to him.