(A/N: Thanks so much for those reviews, guys! Sorry for the long wait...lots of homework...you know how it is:P

Disclaimer: I do not own Zoey 101)

"Mom, PUHLEEEAAASSSEEE?" The brunette whined, dragging out the word 'please.' For the last five minutes, Nicole had been following her mother around the kitchen, asking her the same question. The question which, everytime, her mother ignored. Her mother finally broke down, leaning against the kitchen island with her head in her hands.

"Nik, I brought us out here so we could all spend some quality time together without any distractions. Not so you could go to the mall!" Nicole ignored her mom's statement.

"PUHLEEAAASS--"

"ALRIGHT," Mrs. Bristow yelled rather suddenly, causing Nicole to fall back a little. "Alright. If I let you go, will you PROMISE me," At this point, Nicole was nodding her head vigourously. She didn't care about the conditions as long as she got to go to the mall. "that we'll all sit down for dinner as a family tonight. I don't want you four teens running off to eat in front of that television."

"Uh huh, okay. Thanks mom!" Nicole piped up quickly, giving her mom a quick peck on the cheek and dashed upstairs to tell her sister and friends that they were going shopping. But halfway up, she realized something then ran back down again. "Err...you're giving us a ride, right?" The woman heaved a sigh, nodded and waved her hand in the air dismissively. Nicole clapped her hands together happily as she rushed back upstairs.

"Can we PLEASE stop now? I'm dying here, Zoe." Chase was carrying the majority of the girls' bags. In all about 13.

"Just a little bit more, Chase. Then we can go for lunch." Nicole stated as Zoey sympathetically gave Chase a kiss on the cheek. "OOOOO! I DIDN'T KNOW THEY HAD AN AMERICAN EAGLE HERE!" (A/N: I don't own American Eagle, just so you know:P)Nicole grabbed the upper part of Chase's arm and started towards the store, with Emma trailing not too far behing her. Zoey rolled her eyes and started to follow the teens.

"Yo dude! Pass it over here!" A male voice cried out as the body attached to the voice jerked backwards and crashed into Zoey. The body immediately turned around to see what he had hit to find Zoey on the ground. "Oh, sorry about that," the boy started as he reached his hand out to help her up. Zoey took his hand and he hoisted her up back to her feet.

"It's alright." Zoey replied politely, dusting herself off. The boy smiled, his blue eyes staring at her.

"Josh." The boy stated, brushing the brown hair out of his eyes, holding his hand out in front of him. That name hit Zoey like a ton of bricks.

"Okay, Em. Truth or dare?" Nicole asked her sister anxiously.

"Ummm...Dare?" Emma answered, more in a question.

"Awww...Fine. Uhh..." Nicole trailed off and stared up at the ceiling with a blank look on her face. Zoey snapped her fingers in front of the brunette's face.

"Nicole," -snap- "Nicole," -snap- "NICOLE!" Zoey yelled in her ear.

"What?...Oh. Sorry. So you picked Truth, right Em?" Emma sighed and mumbled 'Whatever,' "Okay. So...Who are you crushing on right now?...Oh! And you have to desctribe him!" She sighed, knowing that this was just another chance for her sister to daydream about cute guys.

"Okay. Josh Harnett. He's really nice and I think he likes me," She blushed a little. "He's got these GORGEOUS blue eyes and brown hair..." Emma turned to her sister, and sure enough, she was staring blankly into space.

"Aaaannd...We've lost her..." Zoey narrated.

"Zoey." She responded, ignoring Josh's waiting hand. She knew his intentions. He took his hand back to his side, but didn't stop smiling.

"I haven't seen you around here before. You know, our small town. You usually see everyone. Where you from?" (A/N: Ellsworth, Kansas has a population of about 3,000 people...According to wikipedia.)

"California." Zoey informed him simply.

"Oh, cool," He was still smiling. It was starting to bug her. When she didn't say anything, he spoke again. "I'm from here."

"Wonderful," She muttered, with a hint of sarcasm in her voice. "Well, it was nice meeting you, Josh," 'Not really,' She thought. "But I should probably go and meet up with some people..." Zoey explained, turning away, smiling that the conversation had ended.

"Okay. I'll see you around." He called after her.

(A/N: Just so you people don't get confused, this happens like 5 minutes earlier.)

"Ooooo! This top would look perfect on Zoey! Em, can you go find her?" The brunette nodded then scanned the teen trend shop, but there was no sign of the girl. She stepped out of the store and looked around. Her eyes landed on a girl with her back turned to her, talking to a guy that was unmistakably Josh. She focused a bit more on the scene before her and noticed that Josh was using that smile. The smile that he always gave her. When they appeared to be finished talking, she saw Zoey turn around and start to walk towards American Eagle...with a smile on her face. ZOEY. Seriously, Zoey Brooks was just FLIRTING with Emma Bristow's almost-boyfriend! Zoey was almost into the store. So Emma did the first thing her racing mind was telling her to do. Take revenge. Before she knew it...

She was kissing Chase.

(A/N: Ok, what did you guys think? I know some of you are either too lazy to review or can't think of anything to put in your review, but basically, I just want some opinions on how well I'm doing with the story. So If you can't think of anything to put in your review, (I dunno WHERE I got this idea) just gimme a letter grade like A, B, C, D, F ...hmm.did you ever wonder why there's no E? ...lol anyways, review! And thanks for reading!)