Okay, guys, I'm glad I could update for you guys this fast! I made this chapter super long, dispite my sore throat, to satisfy you guys and make up for my short chapter before. So, without further adew, enjoy! Oh yeah, and I never made a disclaimer... well, here: I don't own Zoey 101 (though I may want to)
"Hey , Zoe, you got some black stuff on your cheek," Chase stated to Zoey. She gasped. She hadn't washed her face!
"I uh... gotta go tell everyone about the party!" Zoey sat up and ran back to her dorm. How could I have been so stupid? she asked herself. There was a knock on the door.
"Zoey! I forgot my key, could you please let me in?" Nicole called from the other side of the door. Zoey sighed, and opened up the door for Nicole, who was wearing a huge smile. "Oh my gosh, guess what!" Nicole shouted excitedly, making her phrase not even sound like a question.
"What?" Zoey was happy for Nicole for being so happy.
"Brad's coming to the party!" Nicole jumped up and down.
"But doesn't he make fun of you?"
"For what?" Nicole asked cluelessly.
"Remember, when Logan brought that web cam into the lounge, and he heard about your cute lip chart, and made fun of your 'hello bunny' underwear?" Zoey refreshed Nicole's memory.
"Yeah, but he was insulting me with his underwear! Do you know how lucky I am? He showed me his underwear! And, after the whole thing was over, he came by and told me that he had made a complete jerk of himself, showing me his underwear like that, and then, he asked what number I was on my lip chart!" Nicole's happiness was invincible.
"Why didn't you tell me before?" Zoey asked, catching Nicole's happiness.
"Because I thought that you would laugh," Nicole said, emphasizing this sad sentence with energy, making it sound awkward.
"Why would I laugh? I'm soo happy for you! He's cute," Zoey's words came out fast and peppy, sounding so much like Nicole that it even seemed to surprise Nicole herself.
"Oh, that reminds me," Nicole said, slowing her words a bit, "We have to make a make-out-corner." Zoey cocked an eyebrow.
"A what now?" Zoey asked bluntly.
"Well, the only way Dana will come is if there is one, and plus, I could spend some time with Bra-ad..." Nicole practically sang his name. "And you could get Chase back!" Zoey liked that Idea.
"Okay, then let's get to making this room ready for a party!" Zoey shouted happily, and hurried over to make her bed, and Nicole did the same. After they had finished that, they spent the next half-hour cleaning up their room, organizing their closet (Nicole had stated that a few people wanted to play "seven minutes in heaven"), and they even dared to touch Dana's bed, and made it. They cleaned up the dorm so well, they discovered that their room did not look ready at all for the party, even though it was clean. "We need to decorate it," Zoey suggested.
"With what? It's the end of the week, and I've already spent half of my allowance!" Nicole was distressed.
"No, like easy things, that we already have," Zoey felt a stroke of brilliance attack her mind. "I'll be right back with everything we need." And with that, Zoey hurried out of the room.
"Hey Brad," Logan was in the boy's lounge with Michael and Chase, and Brad had just joined them.
"Hey," Brad said absent-mindedly. "So, Chase, what's up with you and Zoey?"
"We're not going out anymore," Chase answered, annoyed. Twenty people had already asked him this.
"Oh, that's cool. Being single rocks," Brad tried avoiding Chase's bad attitude. "For you guys, though. I'm going for Nicole." Chase started coughing.
"You... you like Nicole?" He asked, shocked.
"Yeah, what's the big deal? Do you like her or something?"
"No, no! I'm enjoying the single life, I don't need a girl to drag me down," Chase noted to himself to sound more persuasive when lying.
"Right," Logan said. "Well, all I know is, Dana's fine, and she's mine. But, Zoey's hot, too." Michael bit his lip. That big two-timing jerk!
"So, are you dumping Dana then?" Michael asked, hoping that at least Logan wouldn't cheat on Dana.
"Ha! Are you kidding! They're both fine, And I'm fine, too. They can't help but be attracted to me, so I shouldn't leave Dana just so I can have Zoey, because Dana's a waaay better kisser, but I could give Zoey some lessons," Logan answered very matter-of-factly. Michael felt like beating the living crap out of Logan, but contained himself. Just then, Glenn Davis joined the little group.
"Zoey is hot, though. Maybe you could let me have her, and I could train her," Glenn raised an eyebrow. After Glenn said that, something inside Chase snapped. He stood up, looking at all of them.
"How DARE you talk about Zoey that way! She's not some sort of toy, she's a girl! She has a mind, and is good for things OTHER than kissing! You guys are pathetic!" Chase found himself screaming at them, and he turned around and stormed off. Michael was surprised. It was not like Chase to do that sort of thing, especially when he liked Nicole. Or maybe he was just trying to fool everyone, including himself.
"Okay, Nicole! We're all ready!" Zoey called as she walked in her door. She had three "Benjamin Moore color samples" in her hand, and ten empty shampoo and conditioner bottles. One of her friends, Vicky, had a dad who worked at the supermarket, and he always gave her those little bottles of paint so she could paint things. So, she thought up a great idea, that would look cute. She walked over to the table, spread out some newspapers, and began painting the empty bottles. "Nicole?" Zoey called. She got up, temporarily stopping her painting, to look around for Nicole. She walked over to the bed, and there was a note. Zoey picked it up and hopped down from the top bunk and read:
Hey Zoe! Sorry I left without calling your cell phone, but I thought that there was something missing (and it's not just the decorations). The more I thought, I realized, there weren't any snacks. And then I realized that we have lame snacks in our mini-fridge, so I'm out buying some chips, salsa, blix, and whatever else I can think of! Have fun decorating!
-Nicole
Zoey smiled upon reading this note, and made room in the mini fridge for the blix. After that, she went back to painting her shampoo and conditioner bottles. There was a knock on the door.
"Come in!" She called. Zoey had learned to leave the door unlocked during the daytime. Too many people knocked. Chase entered the door, and he looked very upset. Zoey cringed. She remembered the last time that they were in her room, alone, together. They had been going out, and the memory was painful.
"Hey, Zoe," Chase walked over and sat next to her on the couch. "Can I talk to you?" Zoey's spirits were slightly lifted. Maybe he wanted to get back together.
"Sure," Zoey said, setting down the bottle, yet again.
"At the party tonight, do you... uh," Chase couldn't find the right words to describe this. He knew that Zoey still had feelings for him, but he wasn't quite sure if he still had the same feelings for her. He was still more interested in Nicole.
"Yeah?" Zoey's smile grew a little wider, but not too big.
"Well, do you think that Nicole might want to hook up with me?" Chase felt like slapping himself for letting it all out like that. Zoey's expression faded.
"Oh," She said suddenly, letting both of them know what she thought he was going to ask. "Well, uh, sorry Chase," Zoey began, unsure of how to tell him how Nicole felt about Brad. "But she, err, has her eye on someone else." Zoey felt bad for making Chase bad, so she began painting the bottles again. She had finished four. Chase stared glumly at Zoey's paint covered hands.
"Oh. Well, what are you doing?" Chase asked, changing the subject.
"Making some decorations for the party," Zoey answered immediately.
"Well... Can I help?" Chase was interested in what she was doing.
"Sure," Zoey replied, handing him a paintbrush. "Just paint three bottles with this color sample, and then with the other one, paint two," she instructed. Chase nodded and began painting.
"Wow, you sure are buying a lot of stuff," The clerk informed Nicole as she brought up what she was planning on buying.
"Yeah, we're throwing a party," Nicole said happily. She had an entire box of blix, two large bags of tortilla chips, and a bottle of salsa. Thankfully, the PCA school store was having a sale on food. So, rather than having to pay 25 dollars for all that food, she only had to pay ten. Why the school was doing that, no one knew, but no one argued either. After Nicole had gotten all that food, she somehow lugged it all the way back to her dorm room, where she entered to find Zoey and Chase drying the wet paint on the bottles with her hair dryer and leaf blower. At first, Nicole was a little shocked, but decided not to make a grand entrance. She put the blix in the fridge, along with the salsa, and set the chips on top of the fridge. They hadn't quite noticed that she was in yet, so she went ahead and left. They were talking again.
"Before I know it, they'll be joining everyone at the make out corner tonight!" Nicoleexclaimed happily.
