Disclaimer: obviously, I don't own Zoey 101. If I did, there would have been some interesting pairings by now…and the show wouldn't just be a dot on the horizon of kid's TV.

Hey…

Experiment time!

I'm writing a story based around three songs which I've chosen at random from my playlist. So there are three chapters…should all be up tonight.

Chapter 1: One More Sad Song

One boy, one girl, two hearts, their world
Time goes by, secrets rise

I never really knew that Dana was unhappy. I guess after a while, "Wanna make out?" kind of lost its cute appeal. I knew she got jealous when I talked to other girls, hell I was fuming whenever I saw a guy hitting on her. But that night? I don't think she cared when I walked in with Lola. She was so stoned already… I guess maybe I hurt her more than she ever admitted. Asking out her best friend was low even for me, but she doesn't know why I did it.


One more, sad song, tears shed, she's gone
She'd take it back, if she only could
Hurting her is the last thing I ever wanted to do, and I hate myself for it. But I was scared of her…really scared. I didn't want to feel anything that strong. So I turned to Lola. Then that night, when Dana was wasted, and I went to take Lola home, Dana was beyond mad. She was just… I don't know really. Numb, I guess. Like she stopped caring. Put back up all the walls I had been fighting to break down. She turned to me, and said "I'm glad I stopped myself before I could fall in love with you. I could never love you more than I hate you, I could never love you enough to make myself care. So thank you, and goodbye". Then she ran. Far away from me…she's kept her distance since.


And all the perfect words they seem so wrong,
She's gone
You wish that you could learn to see,
The door is closed and you wish you could be
It's her fault. I told her I loved her and she didn't believe it. And all the times I said sorry after, just didn't seem to make a difference. She was frozen in time, an ice queen. I just wanted to melt her icy exterior, but I guess it's not like I could have said anything to make her feel alive again.


Alone with you, alone with me
What can I do, I cannot breathe
My heart is torn, for all to see
Alone with you, alone with me.

Best friend, worst thing, she's been, cheating
Friend deceives, she leaves
Last date. She cries, whispers, goodbye
She walks once more, out that door
That goodbye. It seemed so…final. And I don't want it to be the end. Seeing her crying as she left was the worst thing. I made her cry. And I have a feeling that with the tears that left her, every bit of love she felt for me also left her. Damn it! I hate myself…I've lost her forever. She was my best friend, and I loved her. Hell, I was IN LOVE with her. I still am.


And all the perfect words they seem so wrong,
She's gone
You wish that you could learn to see,
The door is closed and you wish you could be

Alone with you, alone with me
What can I do, I cannot breathe
My heart is torn, for all to see
Alone with you, alone with me.

Please stay, don't go away
The hardest thing is letting go of you
Please stay, don't go away
The hardest thing is letting go of you
what can I do?

I still think about her every fucking day. I look in the mirror…but even my reflection has lost the sparkle it once held in my eyes. All I see is the empty space next to me, and the bags under my eyes where I've lost sleep because of her. The worst thing is knowing it was my fault.

Alone with you, alone with me, what can I do?
I cannot breathe, alone with, alone with,
alone with you, alone with me, what can I do?
My heart is torn, for all to see
Alone with you, alone with…

Me. All alone. The first time she let me see her after the incident. It felt like talking to a wall. She didn't care, and it hurt. I literally couldn't breathe. All I could do was cry…

But I swear I saw a sparkle in her eye…