As The Rain Falls

Takes place when the gang are all 16. Zoey has a boyfriend. Logan and Dana try going out. Dana goes out on a "pity" date with Chase. It's all love and games in this story. Movie rating would be PG. Might turn to PG-13 later on. Instant Messaging and emails!

Mostly 3rd person POV but I'll tell you when it changes.

Chapter 1

The Painting

"Give me my toothbrush, Nicole." Dana yelled running around the dorm room while Zoey entered.

"Not until you tell me what you did with my makeup." Nicole said, ducking behind Zoey when Dana grabbed a shoe.

Zoey screamed. She didn't have time to duck and...WHAM! The shoe hit her right in the eye.

"Oh no! Zoey!" Nicole said bending down to see if she was ok.

"Way to go Nicole. If you didn't take my toothbrush, none of this would have happened. Now we have to get Coco." Dana said going to see if Zoey was alright.

There was a knock at the door.

"Uh...who is it?" Dana asked, scared that it was Coco.

"Chase, Logan, and Michael." They heard Chase say through the door.

"It's open." Nicole said, not thinking about Zoey laying on the floor, now with a red eye.

"Nicole." Dana grunted.

"What?" Nicole asked, in a ditzy voice.

The door opened and the three boys walked in. Their eyes widened when they looked down and saw Zoey laying down on the ground.

"What'd you guys do to her?" Michael screamed.

"Shut up Michael. We don't want Coco to hear." Dana said in a loud whisper.

"Let's just take her down to the nurse's office." Logan said, bending down to pick her up.

There was a look of jealousy in Dana's eyes.

"It's not like she's unconscious." Dana said in a bratty tone.

"Dana, I'm going to carry her down to the nurse's office." Logan said calmly. "Maybe you can come for a ride later."

Logan exited the room carrying little Zoey in his arms, her head resting on his shoulder.

It had been two hours since the shoe hit Zoey, and she was feeling much better. She was now outside sitting on the sand, watching people surf.

"Nice day isn't it?" a boy said, walking up to her and sitting down beside her.

"Huh? Oh, I mean yeah." Zoey said, smiling slightly.

This boy is cute! Zoey thought, checking him out. He had blonde, messy hair, dimples, and a nice smile. He wore a black shirt and swimming "trunks". His skin was tanned, and he smelled like he had sunscreen on.

"Allow me to introduce myself." He said, laughing quietly. "I'm Chris."

"Cool. I'm Zoey." Zoey reached out her hand.

"I know." Chris told her, shaking her hand.

"Um...okay." Zoey said, a little weirded out.

"Oh, I'm kind of new here." Chris said noticing the look on Zoey's face.

"Oh. I came here a couple of years ago." Zoey said.

"I got here on a painting scholarship." Chris said, grinning. "This may sound a little weird, but I painted you before."

"Really?" Zoey asked, surprised.

"Yeah, it's in this bag, if you'd like to see it." Chris said, happy to know she was at least a little bit interested.

"I'd love to!" Zoey said, smiling.

Chris got out a big piece of white paper. He turned it around, and Zoey saw a beautiful picture of...well, her! He had drawn and painted it, which must have take a really long time. There were so many different colors. It was magnificent.

"It's beautiful." Zoey said in awe.

"So are you." Chris said smiling.

Zoey sat there, not knowing what to say.

"So, would you like to go out some time?" Chris said, breaking the silence.

"You barely know me." Zoey said, blushing slightly.

"Well, I could get to know you, like...a friendly date!" Chris said, waiting for a 'sure! I'd love to!'

"Okay, sounds great!" Zoey said, standing up.

"Um...where do you want to go?" Chris said, standing up with her.

"How about the Paper Lantern?" Zoey said.

"Sure." Chris said. "How about 7:30, in the girls lounge?"

"Okay!" Zoey said, walking off. "Tomorrow, 7:30, the girls' lounge. You got it!"

"Bye" Chris said, taking off his shirt to go surf.

Zoey walked to the dorm room, excited. She couldn't wait to tell Nicole the good news. Even if Nicole was the reason she got hit with the shoe, she didn't care. She was so excited!

"Nicole!" Zoey screamed, running in the dorm room.

No one was there.

Maybe I should just take a nap. Zoey thought, laying down on her bed.

"Zoey, wake up." Nicole said, shaking Zoey.

"What is it?" Zoey asked, yawning.

"I heard you screaming my name when I was in the shower." Nicole said.

"Oh yeah, I got a date!" Zoey said, popping right out of bed.

"Awesome! Who is he?" Nicole said, excited.

"His name is Chris. He paints." Zoey said thinking about the way he looked.

"Chris Thomason? Does he have blonde hair?" Nicole asked.

"Yeah. I guess." Zoey said.

"Zoey, he's the richest boy at PCA. He's richer than Logan." Nicole said excitedly.

"What does that have to do with anything?" Zoey asked Nicole.

"Nothing. It's late. Well, really, it's only 7:30, but we have a big day tomorrow." Nicole said.

"Oh yeah. I almost forgot about that." Zoey said, laying back down.

"Good night, Zo." Nicole said.

"Night Nicole." Zoey said closing her eyes.

End Chapter!

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