CHAPTER 3: THE BUS RIDE AND A REST STOP
A/N: I never thought I would write this much. Wow. Now I will take some time to stretch my hands, and then keep typing. R&R, please. Love ya, even though I don't know you and don't know if u r reviewing this.
DISCLAIMER: I wish I owned Zoey 101, but this is not a wish that is coming true.
No poseo Zoey 101 (I don't own Zoey 101-it's in Spanish).
A/N # 2:This is the start of me writing about the field trip.
(That had to be the shortest author's note I ever wrote-hey I'm a poet and I didn't even know it )
At 9:03, Zoey and her friends had boarded the buses after checking in with the teacher chaperones. The 7 people (yes, Quinn sat with them) were sitting together- there were rows of 4 seats, and they had gotten a section where two rows faced each other. They made themselves comfortable and put their luggage away. The four girls sat together-Dana had the window seat, then Nicole, then Zoey, then Quinn on the aisle seat. Logan was sitting across from Dana, Chase was across from Nicole, and Michael was facing Zoey. The seat next to him was empty.
Logan asked Dana "How are you feeling now?" She gave him an odd look and said "Fine… actually, I'm really tired…why do you ask?" He had forgotten that she wouldn't remember about what she had done when she was being mind controlled. Everyone exchanged glances. Nobody had told her about yesterday…Dana was really tired in the morning and was kinda dazed. Quinn had told her that she fell asleep in her dorm and she didn't want to wake her up, so she let her spend the night. "What do you guys know that I don't know?" Dana asked suspiciously. Everyone looked at Logan and Quinn. Dana repeated her question. Quinn and Logan hesitated, and then explained what had happened. Dana didn't say anything. Then she turned to the others and said "Thanks for worrying about me." She turned to Quinn and said dangerously "Your invention might have killed me. Ever think about that? Guess not." Then she looked at Logan and said in that same quiet, calm, yet unnerving voice, "I guess we're even then, huh. Come here", and she put her face close to his. He had a scared look in his eyes. "Don't be scared" she said in that same weird voice. It had no emotion in it. She sounded like a robot, kind of, only more dangerous and...well, it was really hard to explain. It was just weird and kinda creepy. "Look directly in my eyes and tell me you're sorry."
Logan narrowed his eyes. Her eyes flashed dangerously. "Do it, Logan. Now. Apologize."
He relaxed a little and said, "Look. I am sorry for making you be part of Quinn's experiment. I never thought…I thought everything would be under control. I really am sorry. But I only did it because of…what you did that morning." Dana seemed to be satisfied. "I could understand why you would want to get back at me. But I only did that for that kid. You shouldn't have tried to beat him up. Do your own work, and I won't have to step in again. That was for his sake, not mine."
She sat back. Logan sat and watched her for a minute. She looked up and saw him staring at her. "What are you looking at?" she asked rudely. She was her old self again. Logan stopped looking at her and turned his attention out the window.
The ride to the ski lodge would take a long time-about 10 hours. They would be traveling from 9:00 am to 10:00 pm. Although they were on a coach bus, which had a bathroom in the back (it was only for one person, though), they were going to stop at rest stops at 12:30 and 6:00 for lunch and dinner. It was about 12:20 now. The group had fallen asleep, since Quinn and Dana had stayed up late, and the rest of them stayed up late until they fell asleep on the beach, which was only for a few hours. Nicole had literally fallen asleep-she fell out of her chair right onto the floor (which was clean, by the way). She slid between Dana and Logan's legs. Dana jerked in her sleep and kicked Nicole awake, accidentally. Nicole yelped like a puppy, and the rest of them woke up. Logan also jerked awake, and his foot just missed hitting her again. Zoey helped Nicole back into her seat. Mr. Bender stood up at the front of the bus and called for attention.
"Would everyone please look up here now? Okay. In a few minutes, we will be stopping at a rest area. There are a few small stores you can look in. Everyone will get off the bus to stretch and we'll all get something to eat. You can stop off at the bathrooms, too. At 1:00, everyone should meet in the food court and eat-we'll do a head count there. Once I check you in-oh that reminds me, everyone on this bus, you report to me as your chaperone. Anyway, once I check you in, I will hand you a meal ticket. You can go to whatever station you want and get whatever you want to eat. Afterwards, you'll have another ten minutes, and then everyone should meet back at the main entrance. We'll do a head count before we board the buses, and then we're off. Any questions?"
Nicole raised her hand. Logan whispered to Chase, "How much do you wanna bet it has something to do with shopping?" "I heard that, Logan" said Nicole, "but yeah, it does have to do with shopping. My question is can we bring, like, our purses or anything off the bus with us, Mr. Bender?"
"Of course you can" he said. "Did everyone hear that? Girls you can bring purses, guys you can bring money or whatever. Just leave your luggage on the bus, but say if you have a canvas bag with money and stuff in it, you can bring it."
Everyone got off the buses and went into the rest stop. After everyone had stopped at the bathroom, they met in a small lobby. Nicole looked up at the high ceiling. A balcony went around near the top. She saw an escalator near a map of the rest stop, which showed that the stores were upstairs. "Come on, lets check it out up there!" she said happily. Her friends followed her up the stairs.
Nicole stopped in front of a souvenir shop. "Let's go inside" she said. They followed her into a large room filled with racks of clothing, mugs, key chains, etc. Nicole was in heaven-"Shopping on the road has never been so cool!" she exclaimed. The others raised their eyebrows. Zoey remarked, "You know, this store is like our school store, except the PCA logo isn't all over everything." Dana looked at her cell phone. "It's almost 1:00, everyone. We better go to the food court." Nicole protested. "Just five minutes, Dana. I want to buy this charm bracelet and these charms-come on, you can't beat this one." She showed Dana and Zoey a charm that was a tiny yellow chick, with letters swinging underneath spelling out 'Chicks rule'. The two girls smiled. "Buy it, Nicole. But be fast. We have to be at the food court in five minutes." Dana said. The three guys decided to go down the food court and save them a table.
After Nicole had bought her stuff, the girls went down to the food court. They found Mr. Bender, got checked off on the headcount list, got their meal tickets, and looked around. They decided to get their food and then try to locate their table. Nicole wanted a salad, Dana wanted Taco Bell, and Zoey wanted Chinese. They split up and went to the different food booths.
Zoey had just gotten her food, and she turned around. "Ahh!" she yelped. Logan was standing right behind her. He smirked. "Are you that uncomfortable around hot guys?" he asked. She was embarrassed for yelling. "I…I didn't expect someone to be standing right behind me. Where are we sitting?" she asked. He pulled her by the arm to a nearby table. Chase and Michael were sitting there, and so was Nicole. Apparently, the three boys had decided to get McDonald's. Zoey sat down next to Nicole. The boys were across from them. Dana was nowhere in sight. Then Nicole spotted her. Well, actually she spotted a super hot guy, and then she saw that Dana was talking to him. "No fair!" said Nicole. "That guy must be like 17 or something!" Everyone was totally mystified by Nicole's strange outburst. She got up and went over to Dana.
"If you ever bother me again, dude, I'll smash your face in so bad it'll come out the other side! If you think I'm kidding, I'll be happy to demonstrate on you!" Dana was yelling at him. The guy smirked-it reminded Nicole of Logan, only this guy seemed to be even more conceited. "Yeah, whatever" he said and walked away.
Nicole was going to ask Dana what that was about, but Dana shook her head. "Later" she said. Nicole brought Dana to the table. Everyone quickly finished their meal without talking much because they only had about 7 minutes until they had to meet back at the buses. After they were done, the girls went to the bathroom
In the girls room, Nicole and Zoey cornered Dana. Dana said, "That guy came up to me and tried grabbing my cell phone off my tray." Zoey asked, "Why was your cell phone on your tray?" "Because I took it out of my purse to get to my money. I put it on the tray, and he tried to take it." Dana said. "What a jerk" said Nicole. "But I don't understand why you didn't want to mention that before. And also, did you notice that he smirked like Logan, only Logan wasn't as obnoxious." Dana nodded, and then saw the clock above the row of sinks. "It's…we have two minutes! Come on!" The girls ran out and dashed to the bus. They almost smacked into Mr. Bender. He checked them off, and they ran onto the bus. They sat down in their seats. Then they noticed that they hadn't seen Quinn since they got off the bus. She came in just then, panting very hard. "I…I discarded…my…mind…
controller. I took it… apart and flushed the individual parts down the toilet. It took a while. I didn't have…time…to eat lunch. But now we don't have to worry about it anymore." Quinn closed her eyes and caught her breath. She opened them again to find everyone staring at her, worried. "I'm okay" she said. "I don't really care about that" said Logan very rudely, "but you said that you got rid of the mind controller, right?" Quinn nodded, although she was glaring at him for the rude comment. Dana said, "Logan, do you want me to teach you another lesson, this time about being rude?" He smirked and said, "If by a lesson, you mean making out, then sure." She looked like she was going to slap him. He backed off a little. "Sorry" he said, not sounding like he meant it at all. She rolled her eyes. "Touchy lately, are we?" he said. She ignored him.
Around 3:30, everyone woke up. Once again, they had fallen asleep. However, this time, Nicole had stayed in her seat. They were trying to think of something to entertain themselves now. Zoey suggested that they play truth or dare. Everyone agreed happily, except Dana. She was kind of reluctant to play. Logan said, "Hey, Dana, you scared? Are you chicken? I never thought you would be, since you like beating up boys." Dana glared at him and finally agreed to playing.