"Zack Morris, I would be honored to have you in the choir!" Mrs. Silver, a rather short woman with short blonde hair, exclaimed. "I'm sure you'll be a wonderful addition to our choir."

Zack smiled at her, and pulled his chair into the front row. It was a couple of minutes before the bell and he had gone to see if he could join the chorus. It was clear Mrs. Silver was thrilled.

"Now Zack, all of the tenors sit in that section, so you're in the right place. You'll be sitting between Wesley and Drake."

"Are they nerds, Mrs. Silver?" Zack asked, hoping she'd say yes.

"Well, Wesley is going to be a music and theatre education major and Drake will be a business and finance major."

"So that's a maybe?"

"No, Zack. As I was saying, you'll want to listen to Wesley for pitches. I understand you're extremely musically gifted, but tenor can be difficult to sing."

As she said this, the bell rang and Zack stiffened. He was just a little nervous to be in a class with people he hardly knew.

The first two people in the door were a tall, slightly athletic looking boy following a rather chubby, but cute brunette girl. As soon as she spotted him, the girl walked over.

"Hi, I'm Lizzie. And... you're... Zack Morris?"

"Yes, I am. You've heard of me?"

"I'm friends with Lisa. I've seen you two talking in the hallway. I'm just surprised because you're in here and you're well, in that."

"Car accident over break."

"Oh, I'm sorry, do you mind me asking, is it... permanent?"

"Yeah it is," Zack sighed.

"Hey, I'm Wesley," the boy said, extending his hand.

"Hey, Zack Morris. Nice hair," Zack said, shaking Wesley's hand. Wesley had practically the same hair as Zack before the accident.

"Thanks! So, what brings you here?"

"A car accident and a good voice I guess."

Lizzie walked behind Zack and took a seat behind him. Zack couldn't help but feel like he was being watched.

"You're going to love it, so you're going to be sharing music with me?"

"I guess."

"We're doing some great Broadway pieces right now. And we're doing some rock towards the end of the semester, if that's more up your alley."

"Well, that sounds..." Zack started but Mrs. Silver hushed him. The class had all filled into the seats behind him, some running in just as the final bell rang.

"Lisa, Eliza, detention for the both of you! Sign in!" Mrs. Silver said, pointing at the sheet. Lisa had run into class with a girl who immediately caught Zack's attention. She was just his type, blonde and thin.

Lisa started walking towards Zack and sat down behind him, beside Lizzie.

"Zack, don't even think about it. She's going out with some nerd named Pedro," Lisa whispered. Eliza was finished signing in and went to sit on the other side of Lisa.

"Lisa, I think I'm going to move to the third row," Lizzie said, and moved back a row.

"Lizzie, quiet. Good morning everybody. First off, I'd like to introduce a new student. Zack Morris," Mrs. Silver said, trying to get the classes attention.

"Quiet guys!" Lizzie said to the right side of the room and some of the chatter died down.

"Right, Zack will be joining us this semester, and I will assure you, he is very good," Mrs. Silver said, nodding towards Zack.

"Uhh, sure," Zack replied.

"We've got competition coming up, so let's pull out our first piece..."

Hurrying out of the class to lunch, Zack was able to catch up to Slater and Kelly.

"Zack, what's the rush?" Slater asked, seeing a horrified look on Zack's face.

"That was the weirdest class ever. Belding lied, hardly any of those girls were great. There were some who were just quiet as could be, others stared at me the whole time!" Zack said and then realized what he was saying. "I mean, about a month ago I would've loved to have been stared at and you know, maybe they were looking at me, but I think I freaked them out."

"Nonsense, Preppie! They probably have all fallen for you," Slater said, trying to calm his friend down.

"Well, I found out the two best tenors, Wesley and Drake, aren't nerds at all. Belding wasn't lying when he said I had competition. Wesley even has the same hair I did!"

"Oh that guy? I'll hand it to you Zack, you've got a lot more charm than him. He may have a look, but he can't charm the girls nearly as well as you," Kelly said, smiling at Zack. "Don't let it get to your head, but your smile makes any girl melt. Wesley's is so... fake."

"Well thank you, Kelly. Anyways, that was a weird group of kids. I've never seen anything like it. I might just drop the class," Zack mused, trying to come up with a clever ruse to be put in Child Development.

"Lisa is in that class, do you think she's weird?" Kelly asked, trying to get an answer from Zack.

"Well, no, but... Some of them were so fake. I heard about a quarter of them are members of the theatre department, which would explain a lot..." Zack mused, just as Lisa walked up.

"Hey Zack, how'd you like the class?" Lisa asked, sitting down next to him.

"Uhh, it was, a learning experience," Zack nodded.

"Zack, those girls were all over you! Pretty much every one was staring. And Lizzie couldn't shut up about how cute and how sweet and how charming that Zack Morris is!"

"She's not really my type..."

"What, not tall, thin and blonde? She's a nice girl, Zack. Maybe a little talkative, maybe a little under assertive, but she'd be great for you!"

"She's a little chubby..."

"And maybe you're a little too short for her now, Zack. Come on, make friends with her! I really think I see something here. And if her weight bothers you that much, mention something about exercise and how great it is, and do that, oh about every three weeks. She'll be thin as a stick because she'll have listened to you," Lisa explained, glaring at Zack. Zack took a little offense to Lisa's first comment, but realized he was extremely picky about physical appearance. But then, what guy isn't?

"How do you know she'll drop the weight?" Zack challenged.

"Because she listens to people she likes or looks up to. That's part of how she is. Now if it's something important to her, like telling her she can't sing, or dance, then she'll get very defensive. But I think you can get her to listen to you on the weight issue. She knows it. She just needs to be reminded of it. And Zack, you have your choice of any girl in that class. Neither Wesley or Drake ever matched the number of girls you've managed to charm today alone. This one girl, who's normally very quiet, couldn't stop talking about you. You've done a number on those girls, Zack."

"Maybe chorus won't be so bad, maybe I did outsmart Belding. Hey Lisa, why weren't any of the chorus kids in Glee Club?" Zack asked, remembering when he joined Glee Club to get that trip to Hawaii.

"They think it's for dorks only. Mrs. Silver has so much on her plate she can't hold Glee Club, so Mr. Tuttle, who has no musical training other than being in a church choir, volunteered to run it. It's for students who need an extra curricular, or who simply couldn't make it into concert or show choir," Lisa explained, managing to insult Zack.

"Hey, I still go to the Glee Club meetings occasionally. If there's a chance to go to Hawaii, I'm taking it!"

"Well, you'll like chorus then. We take a trip every year, regardless of how we do in competition. Of course, the trips not free, but the kids parents usually pay for. Your parents certainly would, if it's for education."

"Yeah... Lisa, you're right. Let's get chorus to go somewhere very 'educational' this year," Zack said, thinking up a plan.

"Zack, I don't even want to know what you're thinking up."

(So, I know stories with a ton of extra characters can get boring, so this chapter was just to introduce one or two characters who will be shown or mentioned a bit, and a couple of characters that will be referenced to. Back to regular Baysideness next chapter!)