Zoey should have seen it coming. She knew what Logan was like. She might have known he wouldn't just give up.
The boys, or rather Logan on his own, had pulled another prank. One which sent Nicole into therapy and Zoey not so much as angry but down right enraged. Miserable as well. The Dean would have suspended Logan for it, if he had taken the blame for it…and if his father wasn't the head of a major production company.
Logan pushed it too far. He was well known for taking things too far, but what he did was just mean.
It was so clever and surprisingly simple that Zoey didn't know how she had missed it.
It was about a week after the boys had forfeited. Everything seemed to be fine until Nicole's shampoo went missing. Naturally she asked Zoey to lend her some. And, naturally, Zoey did without giving it a second thought. They both washed their hair on the same day and used the shampoo from the same bottle.
They first noticed something was wrong when their hair brushes took away a lot of hair with them. Zoey stared at her brush and then put her hand up to her hair…whereupon a large clump came free.
Shakily Lola handed her a mirror. She screamed and passed the mirror on to Nicole…who also started screaming.
Dana and Lola tried their hardest to calm them down but when they failed Lola went to Quinn's room to explain the situation and to beg for an antidote to the hair remover and something to calm them down.
Quinn said she would get to work on an antidote but for the meantime she recommended they wear hats to hide the rapidly balding patches. She demanded seeing the girls and Zoey's shampoo which it transpired had caused the hair loss.
"My fingerprint scan of the bottle revealed one of Logan's. I'm guessing he's the one who made the switch."
"Logan. I should have known." Dana cracked her knuckles in a threatening manner, clearly implying that she would thump him for this stunt.
Zoey looked downcast. What would Chase think of her now? Oh well. A boy like him would still be her friend even if she was bald.
Bald? Oh god, please no! Personal appearance was very important to Zoey and, as for Nicole, it was her whole life.
Neither left the dorm that day and Nicole spent most of it weeping and trying to stick her hair back into her head.
The other girls in the grade were very nice to them and visited them often, bringing them lunch and a vast selection of hats to cover the bald spots.
"We can't just wear hats for the rest of the semester. We'd look like total idiots." Zoey pointed out.
Lola suggested that the other girls also wear hats and they say that it was some sort of new fashion statement. The other girls agreed and some of the girls went out to town after school and came back with a multitude of hats of various shapes and forms.
The boys in the school shouldn't have found out about Logan's stunt were it not for the fact that the school was situated by the sea and therefore received a lot of wind.
Nicole was refusing to leave the room and was under the care of a nurse and therapist. The boys had questioned her whereabouts and the girls had responded with the excuse that Nicole was ill and had to stay in bed.
One of the hats Zoey was wearing was a cowboy hat and as they sat in lunch a few days later, the wind blew it off her head. Zoey noticed and grabbed Lola's hat before the boys could notice anything was wrong.
Unfortunately they did. They had seen her hair, or lack of it, and were now staring at her in open mouthed surprise.
"Zoey, what-"
"Nothing happened. At least nothing that concerns you. Or maybe it does concern you? Perhaps you can tell me why I'm going bald? I was under the impression that the Prank War was over since you boys surrendered. Clearly no one gave you the memo about it! Do you think it's funny, huh, making my hair fall out? And it's not growing back either! Someone had better give me a decent explanation or your heads will be the new PCA board signs!"
"Zoey, we swear we had nothing to do with this." Chase and Michael said at once. No one messed with Zoey when she was that angry and upset.
No matter how much they protested their innocence the girls wouldn't believe them. It wasn't until Lola spotted Logan laughing and pointing on one of the balconies above them that they realised that he was the lead perpetrator in the plot. Then it clicked for Zoey.
"All girls gather in the girls lounge for an emergency meeting!" Zoey shouted.
A few minutes later they were all there. Zoey and Dana got up on a table so they could address the girls.
"Alright, I know that we have already won the Prank war, but I'm sorry they can't get away with this. We all know well that Logan is known for taking things too far. We've all been on the receiving end of him at some point since we've been here, mostly during prank week. He is to blame for this, I'm sure of that. And I also know that we would all like to get our own back on the biggest jerk at PCA." Dana fired off quickly.
"If we let him get away with this then he could do the same to you. I will not let what happened to me happen to the rest of you. Who's with me?"
The vote was unanimous. Logan was in for a surprise.
