Chapter 4
Zoey walked into the girls lounge and looked around for Nicole. She saw her and walked towards her.
"Nicole!" she called.
Nicole looked and waved. Zoey sat down beside her.
"Do you still want to know what's bothering me?" she asked.
Nicole raised her eyebrows.
"Uh, sure," she said.
Zoey sighed.
"Ok. You know Chase's friend Mariah? Well, she's now our new roommate," Zoey explained.
"And that's bad because?" Nicole asked.
Zoey looked around.
"Because I like Chase and she does too," Zoey said quietly.
Nicole went wide eyed.
"You like Chase!" she whispered.
Zoey nodded.
"At least I think I do. Why else would I be acting jealous?"
Nicole nodded.
"You've got a point, Zoey,"
"And I think Mariah likes Chase too. Because she said something about it in the room when I went in there," Zoey said.
"Oh, right! Before I forget, we're going to the movies tonight, we're meeting there at 6:00," Zoey said.
"Cool. Who's all going?" Nicole asked.
"Chase, Mariah, Logan, me and I'm hoping you," Zoey said.
"Ok. Sure. But, I'm going to go welcome Mariah to PCA," Nicole told her.
"I'll come with. Just to make sure you don't say anything to her," Zoey said.
Nicole sighed.
"Come on, then."
Zoey got up and followed Nicole to their room. Zoey opened the door and saw Mariah sitting on her bed. Zoey stopped and put her hands on her hips.
"Excuse me. What do you think you're doing?" Zoey asked, irritated.
Mariah looked up at her.
"Oh, I asked the DA if I could have this bed and she said yes. She's going to get you a different one," Mariah said.
Zoey dropped her jaw.
"You did what?" Zoey asked.
"You heard me. Don't worry, you'll get a new one."
Nicole looked at her.
"Hi, I'm Mariah," she said.
"Nicole."
Mariah got up and walked towards the door.
"Bye, roomies," Mariah said, smirking.
She closed the door behind her.
"I can see why you don't like her," Nicole said.
"Yeah," Zoey said.
"I think you should tell Chase," Nicole said slowly.
"Tell him what?" Zoey asked.
"How you feel, of course! And about what Mariah is doing!" Nicole cried, throwing her hands up.
Zoey looked at her.
"Yeah, I'll just walk up to him and say 'Chase, I like you. Oh, and by the way, your friend Mariah, she likes you too and she hates me'. Awesome plan, Nicole," Zoey said sarcastically.
Nicole smiled.
"Thanks!"
Zoey looked at her with raised eyebrows.
"I was being sarcastic, Nicole!" Zoey cried.
"Oh…" Nicole said.
"But are you going to tell him?"
"I think I'm going to have too. It's the only way," Zoey said.
Nicole nodded and sat down by the window. Zoey joined her. Just then, the door opened.
"Hey guys!"
Zoey turned around and smiled at who was standing in the doorway.