Chapter 2- The Detention Club

Zoey glanced down at her watch as she ran towards Food Nutrition. "I can't be late! I can't be late."

Once she reached the door she was already out of breath. She turned the knob and then stepped in. Zoey looked around frantically for Mr. Walsh. She was 1 minute late and she knew he would count that against her. Thankfully Mr. Walsh was trying to send Logan back to his dorm to get a shirt. Zoey smiled, Logan was unbelievable.

"Detention Logan," Mr. Walsh growled.

"Well then can I leave?" Logan asked.

"Go to the nurse's office and get a shirt, and that is a detention for you too Ms. Brooks,"

Zoey closed her eyes and sighed. "Man,"

"Walsh, I am not wearing one of those hand me down scabies infested shirts from the nurse's office. "Logan, either you get a shirt or your expelled."

Logan sighed, "Fine, I'll go."

Zoey placed her hand to her forehead. She never got detention in her life. Logan looked at her on the way out.

"Remind Nicole, I want my money."

Zoey sighed and turned away from him. Detention at four, another thing to add to her list.

"Mr. Walsh is so mean." Dana whispered.

"Yeah," Zoey pulled her notebook out of her binder.

"Can you get the notes for me Zoey?"

"Um…why aren't you taking them Dana?"

"Because I have to catch up on my beauty sleep." Dana folded her arms out in front of her and then rested her head down.

Zoey raised an eyebrow and then turned back around to face Mr. Walsh. Her mouth dropped when she realized he was staring at her and Zoey with the evilest expression she had seen in her life.

"Tell me Zoey, and Dana, are your personal lives more important than Food Nutrition?"

Zoey shook her head.

"What do you think Dana?"

Dana slowly sat up, "I think I am too tired for this."

"Oh really, well are you to tired for detention because that's where you will be at four." Mr. Walsh explained.

Dana pouted, "But…Oprah is on at four."

"Tape her, I do. Now back to my discussion on the perfect New York Cheesecake."

Dana leaned forward to whisper in Zoey's ear, "We should get him fired."

"Dana," Zoey sighed.

"What? He's ruining our lives Zoey." Dana exclaimed.

"No…let's listen, because we are already on his list."

Dana reached for her purse and stood up.

"Dana where are you going?" Zoey asked.

Dana flipped her hair off of her shoulder, "Well Oprah isn't going to tape itself."

"Dana, where are you going?" Mr. Walsh asked with widened eyes.

"Well, since I already have detention, I think I am going to…I don't feel good." Dana opened the door and pushed past Logan. She paused and then took one glance at Logan's XS small baby blue polo. "Eww,"

"Shut-up," Logan retorted.

Zoey opened her notebook and started to scribble. Zoey loves Sawyer…No, what is Nicole saw that. Zoey loves Chase is more accurate. Logan sat down next to her. She quickly closed her notebook, and then turned to him. Her mouth opened and she bit her lip in order to keep from laughing.

Logan turned to her annoyed, "And can I ask what is so funny?"

Zoey shook her head, "Nothing."

"Okay, class choose your partners." Mr. Walsh instructed.

Zoey bit her lip. They were making a cheesecake but she hadn't listened to Mr. Walsh so she had no idea what she was doing.

"Well I guess you're my partner." Logan said adjusting his polo.

Zoey nodded. She was going to get an F on this assignment. Logan stood up and walked towards a kitchen in the classroom. Zoey placed her notebook back in her bag, and then joined Logan.

"So what do we need Brooks?" He asked.

Zoey shrugged, "How should I know."

Logan stared back at Zoey as if she was stupid, "Weren't you listening?"

Zoey rolled her eyes, "Let's not argue. We have to figure out what we have to do."

"Basic knowledge," Logan retorted.

Zoey shook her head, "Let's get this over with."

45 minutes later Zoey and Logan pulled their disaster of a cheesecake out of the refrigerator.

"Is it supposed to be lumpy like that?" Zoey asked.

Logan shrugged, "Um…I don't know."

Mr. Walsh walked over to them, "I'm not going to even bother trying that. You guys got a D."

"Sweet!" Logan exclaimed pumping his hands in the air.

Zoey looked down in disappointment. "We got a D Logan, why are you happy."

"Because I had an F in this class, a D should help that."

The bell rang.

"See ya in detention." Logan said walking over to his bookbag, and then strolling out of the class with an air of confidence.

Zoey grabbed her bookbag and then headed over to Mr. Walsh.

He looked up from his computer, "Can I help you?"

"Yes, is their anyway I can do that assignment over."

"Um…No."

Zoey looked down in defeat. "I'm a good student, I've gotten A's on all of the assignments…"

"Ms. Brooks, I am trying to bid on a painting on Ebay, can we discuss them some other time?"

Zoey sighed, "Sure,"

She glanced back at Mr. Walsh and then walked away angry. Nicole was waiting for her outside.

"Zoey, guess what!"

"What?" Zoey asked trying to clear her mind.

"I am going to apply for a position at the Cyber Bean…and guess who works there!"

Zoey shook her head. She had gotten a D in Food Nutrition! That was definitely going to affect her A in the class. Oh No, what if she got a B in that class.

"Zoey," Nicole said tugging on her arm.

"Um…yeah Nicole?"

"I am going to apply for a job at the Cyber Bean and guess who works there."

"The really mean manager who throws your drinks at you?"

"Ugh, besides her…Sawyer works there!"

"Oh that's cool." Zoey replied.

They stepped outside. Bright California sun beamed down on them. Zoey closed her eyes. She just wanted to go to sleep and then forget about today.

"I signed you up for the experience, who do you want to get paired with?"

Zoey knew. She wanted to be with Sawyer or Chase. "I don't know."

"You have to…Woah!" Nicole slipped on something on the floor, and reached for Zoey's hand taking her down with her.

"Oww," Zoey said rubbing her knees.

Nicole smiled back at Zoey embarrassed, "Sorry Zoey, I'm never wearing heels again."

Zoey nodded and picked herself up, "Why are you wearing those again?"

"Because Sawyer is in my first period, and I wanted to appear nearly as tall as him."

Zoey grinned, "Did he notice,"

"No, but there is always tomorrow. What do you want to do?"

"Go to the cafeteria and get something to eat, and chill with Chase. Do you want to come with?"

Nicole sighed, "I would, but Sawyer and Logan always skate around the library so I am going to go check out some books."

"Oh, okay. Well I have detention later, so we can hang after that." Zoey replied.

Nicole nodded, "Okay, see ya."

Zoey headed towards the cafeteria. She got there five minutes later, she found Chase serving hamburgers behind a counter.

"Can I have a hamburger with ketchup, and onions?" Zoey said with a smile.

Chase nodded embarrassed. "Sure,"

"So when's your break?" Zoey accepted the hamburger from Chase and then leaned closer to him.

"My break is in five minutes, but since you're here, I might go a little earlier." Chase pulled off his apron and then walked around the counter.

Zoey grinned, "Taking some risks Chase?"

"Yeah, I'm going to get a tray." Chase said.

Zoey smiled at him. "Okay,"

She looked down at her plate of food. Chase was cute, but he was one of her closet friends. It would never work. Chase grabbed a tray and then headed back to Zoey.

"Pizza?"

"Yeah," Zoey said following him to the pizza stand.

"Zoey," Chase said turning around.

"Yes," Zoey asked with big eyes.

Chase smiled, "I want to help you organize the PCA fashion show. I don't think it's fair that you have to do it by yourself."

"Thanks Chase."

Chase nodded. If he helped Zoey organize the PCA fashion show that meant he would get to spend extra time with her. The thought of that brought a smile to his face.

Zoey stepped into detention. She took the first seat in the front and pulled out a book.

"Psst…" Logan said tossing a paper ball at her head.

"Stop Logan," Zoey said focusing on her novel.

"Who reads anyways?" Logan said.

"I do, now leave me alone." Zoey whispered.

Logan stood up, he pulled down his polo and then walked over to the board.

Zoey glanced up at him quickly and then back down at her book. What was he doing.

"Hey Zoey look."

Zoey sighed, and then gave Logan her attention.

Logan reached for a piece of chalk, "Zoey loves Chase," he wrote.

Zoey rolled her eyes, "Do you know how childish that is?"

"I'm not finished." Logan said. He continued to write, "Zoey loves Chase the cafeteria hairnet lady."

"Logan, stop." Zoey replied.

Logan glanced down at the teacher that was sleeping. "How worthless is he?"

Dana strolled in fashionably late.

Logan smiled and then wrote, "Dana is a primadonna."

Dana focused on Logan with a venomous glare, "No, I think that is more you than me Logan."

Logan shrugged, "Don't hate."

Dana reached in her purse for a magazine, "We should leave Zoey. This teacher wouldn't even notice."

Zoey reclined back in the stiff chair. "I'm going to stay. I wouldn't be surprised if Logan tried to wake him as soon as we left."

Dana placed her hand to the side of her face and sneered at Logan. "Your right, he is such a pain."

Zoey smiled, "He is, but I thought you like him."

"I what!" Dana exclaimed.

Zoey placed down her book, "Remember that time you told Nicole and I that you thought…"

"No!" Dana exclaimed.

Logan stepped in front of Zoey's desk. "So what is the latest girl talk. Who are the cutest boys and am I on that list…wait of course I am."

"Go away." Dana ordered.

Logan pulled up a chair in front of Dana's desk and stared directly back at her.

"Do you want me to punch you in the face?"

Logan leaned closer to Dana and smiled confidently. "You wouldn't mess up such a pretty face."

Dana rolled her eyes. "Try me."

Logan leaned even closer.

Zoey's eyes widened. She folded the page in her book and gave Logan and Dana her complete attention. Logan was now close enough to kiss Dana.

Dana started to breathe heavily. She leaned away from him and then turned towards Zoey.

"Dana, can I borrow your English notes?" Zoey asked trying to save her from Logan's glare. She could tell that Dana did like Logan.

"Um sure," Dana glanced at Logan who was still really close, and then grabbed her bookbag. She searched for her notes, and once she had them she handed them to Zoey.

"Thanks," Zoey took one glance at the surplus of sketches and lack of notes on the paper. Thank God she didn't really need the notes.

Dana pushed Logan's head back with her hand. "Stop!"

Logan grinned devishley, "You know you liked it."

"No, I would rather kiss a llama."

"Are you sure about that?" Logan asked.

"Yes, and you can toss in a mule. Because anything is better than you."

Zoey smiled and shifted her attention towards Logan, expecting him to come up with a clever comeback. Instead he shrugged and walked towards the back.

"What a loser…" Dana said.

Zoey nodded, "Yeah,"

Principal Jerkins ran into the room. "Mr. Jackson."

Mr. Jackson slowly opened his eyes. He stretched out his arms and then reclined back in his seat. "Ahh!" He yelled as his chair gave way under him.

Zoey gasped, and Nicole, Logan and the rest of the kids in the class erupted into laughter.

Mr. Jackson got up. "I'm okay, thanks for being concerned."

Principal Jerkins shook his head, "There was a couple of over flowing toilets in the boys bathroom the floor outside is soaked. I need you to help the janitors…"

"What?"

Principal Jerkins opened the door, "Anybody can sleep on the job. I'll check on the students."

Mr. Jackson scowled, and the grabbed his laptop. "I'm not leaving this in here with these hooligans."

Principal Jerkins shrugged, and then turned to face the class. "I will be checking up on you guys. So don't try anything."

Zoey crossed her arms and then looked down. Never before had she been treated like such a juvenile.

After Principal Jerkins closed the door behind him. Logan shot up.

"Let's play a game."

"Sit your ass down." Dana growled.

"Your first." Logan directed his attention towards Dana and then walked over to her. "Truth or Dare, Dana."

Dana removed her make-up compact from her purse, "Oh come on!"

Logan shrugged, "So your chickening out?"

"No," Dana said applying some lip gloss on.

Logan's eyes traveled down to Dana's lips, and then he focused on her eyes. "Then come on and play."

"Okay, Truth!" Dana exclaimed.

"Okay…let me see, do you think I am hot?"

Zoey clasped her hands together and gave Dana her full attention.

Dana sighed, "No,"

"Lie,"

"Get over yourself. I gave you the truth. Now leave me alone." Dana crossed her arms and then turned away from him.

"Okay, your turn Zoey."

"Dare," Zoey said with a small voice.

Logan nodded, "I'm impressed. I was sure you were going to pick truth. Okay, I dare you Zoey Brooks, to kiss Chase tonight at the Cyber Bean."

Zoey's mouth dropped open, "Wh…What."

"It's poetry night at the Cyber Bean, so bring him there and then kiss him." Logan said with a wicked grin.

Zoey pouted, "Is it too late to do truth?"

"Yep," Logan grinned. "This is going to be good."

Zoey closed her eyes and then sunk down in her chair. Kiss Chase. She wanted to, but she was scared. What if he didn't like her like that. Zoey bit her lip and turned to Dana who was now sleeping. She was officially way over her head.