Chapter 1: Jealous Meeting
It was a warm and sunny day at Pacific Coast Academy. It was Sunday, so most of the students were using this time to bask in the brilliant sunlight, hang out with friends, and blow off their homework until the night. Zoey, Chase and Nicole were gathered on a small blanket in the grass as they chatted animatedly amongst themselves.
"I feel so left out." Nicole whined to Zoey, "You and Chase are together and so are Logan and Dana! I wish I had a boyfriend."
Chase laughed, wrapping his arm around Zoey's waist as she giggled.
"Come on Nicole. A lot of guys want to go out with you. You just haven't found the right one yet." Zoey said as she looked up at Chase, snuggling closer to him, "Like I have."
Nicole sighed and glanced around at the other students. Eversince Chase and Zoey got together she had felt like a 3rd wheel when she hung around them. They were always hugging, kissing, and making love-eyes at each other. Blah. As Nicole scanned the crowds her eyes landed on a girl she had never seen before. The girl had short chin length black hair with blue highlights as her short bangs shaded one of her eyes.
"I must get the name of her hair stylist!" Nicole thought as she continued to examine the new girl.
The girl was sitting by herself underneath a tree strumming a few chords on a guitar as she ocasionaly wrote something down in a notebook that was by her side. Nicole couldn't see her face but that was no matter. She just judged the girl on her style instead.
"A pair of faded whitewashed jeans, ripped at the knees with a cute dark blue tanktop/midrif that has an adorable design across the chest and a pair of blue flipflops." Nicole thought before muttering, "I wonder who she is..."
"What was that Nicole?" Zoey asked curiously.
"Huh? Oh, I was just looking at that girl over there. I've never seen her around before."
Chase and Zoey followed Nicole's gaze to the new girl sitting beneath the tree.
"I don't know. Why don't we go say hey? It looks like she doesn't have many friends." Chase suggested, looking back at his girlfriend.
Zoey nodded in agreement and the small group stood up and made their way over to the new girl. As they got closer they started to hear soft singing coming from the girl's mouth.
"Tough love, heart break, why does it have to work this way... Dang that line still doesn't sound right." The girl wrote something in her notebook again.
Zoey cleared her throat, trying to get the girl's attention as she intertwined her and Chase's fingers. Chase was too busy listening to the girl's singing to notice. She had a beautiful voice. The girl jumped at the sound of Zoey clearing her throat and her grip tightened on her pen as she continued to scribble something down in her faded red notebook.
"Just a minute." She said quietly as she finished her writing and closed her notebook.
The girl looked up at the group and Chase felt his heart skip a beat. She was beautiful. The girl's eyes were a shocking ice blue and her smooth porcelin(sp?)-like skin seemed to make her heart-shaped face shine in the sunlight.
"Can I help you?" The girl asked politely as her eyes trailed over to Chase and a small smile appeared on her rosey lips, but it quickly faded once she saw his and Zoey's hands clasped together.
"Actually, my friends and I saw you over here sitting alone and decided to come over and say hey. Are you new here at PCA?" Zoey rose an eyebrow at Chase's slightly gaping mouth and gave him a sharp, discreet kick in the shin.
"Yes I'm new. My name's Shay." Shay replied meekly.
Chase ignored Zoey's kick as he smiled at Shay, "I'm Chase. This is Zoey and this is Nicole. Welcome to PCA."
Zoey glared at Chase as she shot a comment at Shay, "Yes welcome."
"Thank you. Now, if you don't mind, I'd like to get back to my song."
Shay opened her notebook again before going back to strumming on her guitar, singing the lyrics softly. She ignored Zoey, Chase, and Nicole as they walked back over to the spot they were sitting before.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Zoey snapped at Chase as she pulled away from him and crossed her arms over her chest.
"N-nothing. Nothing's wrong with me. Zoey why are you freaking out?" Chase asked, obviously confused.
"Why am I freaking out? You're the one who was drooling over Shay!" Zoey said angerly while still keeping her voice down to prevent from being overheard.
"I was not!" Chase protested, "Zoey, you know you're the only girl for me. I would never look at another girl with as much feeling as I have for you."
Zoey rolled her eyes before standing up and storming off. How dare Chase look at another girl! Nicole and Chase watched Zoey walk off, Chase feeling like a lousy jerk.
"Well," Nicole said, turning back to Chase, "I thought Shay was nice."
Chase groaned. He stood up and ran after Zoey, leaving Nicole along on the blanket.
"What did I say?" Nicole said, sincerely confused as she ran after her two friends.
End of Chapter
Author's Note: Nothing much yet, but please comment if you wish. More drama to come!
