Summary: With Zoey and her friends 8th Grade year starting, they're all very excited. But then a strange new girl comes to PCA. She seems nice enough, but the secrets she harbors and the burdens she carries is enough to make their 8th Grade year more interesting than the last.

Disclaimer: I don't own Zoey 101 or Charmed. The only thing I own are the characters you don't recognize. These include Porter MatthewsHaliwell, Maradeth, and Patience MatthewsHaliwell. But that's about it….OH! And the plot! I own the plot, so don't take it.

"Dignity consists not in possessing honors, but in the consciousness that we deserve them," Aristotle

Chapter Three

Settling In

"So Patience, what do you think of the PCA campus so far?" Dana asked, going to take another bit of her salad. She, Nicole, Zoey, Michael and Chase were sitting with Patience outside where they normally sit, eating lunch. They had been showing Patience around since early that morning.

"It's different. I've never been to a boarding school before anyways. But it's great. Better than anywhere I could have been with Maradeth." she exchanged dark glances with the girls before scowling into her salad. Chase and Michael exchanged glances.

"Uh...Pay? This wouldn't have anything to do with uhmm eumm gruhh." said Chase. Patience rolled her eyes and said,

"Kind of. I hate her. I wish I could use my dumm err uhmm on her." answered Patience. Chase raised an eyebrow and said,

"Well, I think that everybody feels that way about their parents." Patience shook her head, looking into her salad.

"I never felt that way about my dad. He would always let me do my own thing. If he was going to do something important, he'd always ask my opinion first. Like, when he wanted to move, he asked me if it would be ok. Or, when he wanted to buy out the malls in California he asked me-"

"WAIT A MINUTE!" everyone yelped. Patience jumped and Nicole said,

"Your father owns every mall in California?"

"He used to." Patience said. Everyone sighed, before Patience continued, "But now that he died he left them to me. You know, I get someone else to take care of business until I'm 18 or so then I can legally take over. But I still get free everything, or major discounts-"

"Oh-migod. I officially like you like, 30 times more than I already did." said Dana, scooching next to Patience. Patience smiled and said,

"That hurts. I don't want friends who like me just because I could buy them everything in Sears."

"Then don't tell Logan." said Zoey. Everyone laughed and Patience stirred her milkshake, pursing her lips.

"You guys wouldn't happen to want to go shopping, would you?" she asked, off-handedly.

"Uh, ya-yeah!" Nicole said. Everyone agreed with her.

"So, are you allowed off campus?" asked Patience. Chase nodded and mumbled,

"Until Wednesday, when school actually starts. How will we be getting there?" Patience smirked at him and said,

"Not the way you're thinking. My cousin Chris can drive us. He'll do anything to come along." Everyone laughed as Patience pulled out her cell phone and dialed a number.

"Hey Paige. Is Chris there?" Patience asked the person on the other line. The person on the other line must have said something Pay didn't like cause she said,

"He's WHAT?" she listened for a moment.

"For god sakes Aunt Paige don't you have any control over that boy?" she listened for a moment before laughing and said,

"Oh, god dammit Chris! When did he go?" pause. "That's a long time." another pause. "Don't you think you should look for him? What if he's hurt?" pause. "Well d'uh! Honestly, tell Piper I thought she was supposed to be the smart one." another pause. "Hehe, that's me, Satan's Spawn with a credit card. Yes I know. I'll take you guys next weekend." pause. "I know, I love you too Aunt Phoebe." pause. "Oh really? I bet Phoebe could use another pair of pants too? OH , ok sure. Oh, hey Pheebs." pause. Laugh. "Oh really? Oh, Chris' back? Ok, put him on. I need give him a piece of my mind. Love you guys too. Next weekend. Bye." pause. Pay smirked at the group, before turning her attention back to the phone. "Christopher Perry Haliwell what the hell were you thinking? Oh puh-lease, that's a load of dung and you know it. My safety? Your safety! Oh, right Mister, I've rolled with the best of the gangs I can handle anything! Yes I'm holding that against you! Look, are you coming to the mall with me and my friends or am I taking Phoebe? I thought so. Bye." she looked up as she clicked her phone shut. She grinned at everyone and said,

"He'll be here in a ½ hour."

"What was that about?" asked Zoey.

"Oh, well, my cousin's a bit reckless. He doesn't listen to anyone, I try and keep him in line but he doesn't always listen."

"Is he old enough to drive?" asked Michael.

"Oh yeah. He's 23. But listen, I think I should warn you now, that a lot of my girl-friends have a stun reaction to my cousin."

"What do mean?" asked Nicole.

"They kinda stop, and stare at him."

"Why? Is he, like, deformed or something?" asked Dana. Pay shook her head and said,

"No, definitely not. Come on, I'll show you a picture of him." Pay stood up, and they left to the girls dorm.

When they got to the room, Pay went over to her trunk and moved things around until she pulled out a picture. She handed it to the girls and they all gaped at it.

"Oh-migod. He's gorgeous." said Dana, her mouth open wide. Zoey and Nicole nodded in agreement.

"I know." Pay said simply. "I just thought I'd let you make that deduction for yourself. So I thought I'd warn you. Now, grab your shopping shoes and lets go he should be here in like 5 minutes."

A black BMW pulled up in front of the car.

"Hey look it's it's the Child of the Corn with all her little friends. Do you need a ride little girl?" Chris asked, the windows rolled down.

"My mother told me never to talk to strange hot men. She also told me never to take rides from strange hot men." said Pay innocently.

"Do you ever listen to what your mother tells you to do?" Pay shook her head, opening the passenger door and climbing in, allowing the others to get in the back.

"My step-mother told me that taking rides to strange hot men was fine. She also told me I should bring them home with me." said Patience, giggling.

"Do you always listen to what your step-mother tells you?" Chris asked.

"Yes." Patience said.

TADA! another chappie...mad sorry I didn't post earlier...had a bit of writters block...and then what I thought I might make happen..didn't. lol...it'll prolly happen next chapter... so what do you think? Please review, its ur reviews that keep me going honest to god...

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So next chapter you can look forward to what I had planned for this chapter...and the mall...that's going to be hot...

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