The mind is easily swayed. The heart, not as much.

Zoe's P.O.V.

It was three P.M. on a Sunday. Four days since Blair's funeral. I decided to take Storm on a walk through the park. She loved it there. I walked upstairs, and leashed her up.

After making sure mom was gone, I took Storm out. We jogged to the park. I saw a few kids playing on the swings, and digging in the sand. Storm saw them, and woofed. Some little kids ran over to pet her. After that, Storm sniffed around, and took a leak. I looked at the sky. It looked like it was about to rain. I felt a tug on my arm. I looked over at Storm. She had seen another dog. It was a big brown German Shepard. He had short fur, brown eyes, and a happy expression on his face. He bounded over.

"Hey boy," I knelt down. The dog was normal weight, and had a clean pelt. I guess it had an owner. I saw a collar, and a name tag. I read it. The dog's name was Rocky, and he was Cole's dog. Huh, I never knew that Cole had a dog. I looked for something that I could use as a leash. I had a chain on my jeans I could use.

I took the chain off, and clipped it to Rocky's collar. I held both dogs' leashes, and took them home. On the way home, I could tell that Storm liked Rocky, and vice versa. I walked them through the neighborhood, trying to tire them out. Maybe Storm would be a little calmer.

Rocky seemed to know where he was. He barked once. I laughed. "Come on Rocky, let's get you home." I walked up to Cole's front door, and rang the bell. Around three seconds later, the front door swung open, revealing Coach Hence. "Zoey!" He exclaimed. "Hey, is that Rocky? Where did you find him?" He asked. "I found him in the park." I told him. Coach nodded. "Thank you. Cole's been looking everywhere for him." I took the chain leash off, and Coach took Rocky by the collar. "Bye." I turned to leave. "I'd better call Cole up." Coach muttered.

I walked through our front door, and heard shouting. Oh boy. I ran upstairs with Storm following. I was about to go to my room when Zane's door opened. "Hey Zoe, guess what?" He asked. "Did Pixal ask you out?" I joked. "Not yet, but no. Come on." He sounded excited. I rolled my eyes, and flowed him in. I saw a white lump on the ground. Crystal was next to it, petting it. "I found a dog on the front steps." Zane told me. "Cool!" The lump raised it's head.

The dog was a white, light gray husky. His eyes were ice blue, and his nose was also white. The dog had matted fur, and was too skinny. "Dad said I could keep him." Zane said. "Sam's mad, but this isn't her house." Crystal said. "What are you going to name him, Zane?" I asked. "I was thinking that Shard would be a good name." He admitted. I nodded. "It suits him." I told Zane. He smiled. "I'm going to go to PetSmart later. Do you need anything?" I shook my head, no. Zane nodded. "Um... do you have anything I can use as a leash?" He asked. I sighed, and handed him the chain. He smiled. "Thanks, you're the best!" Do you really need to tell me?

After dinner, (I skipped it) Zane came home from PetSmart with Shard. Shard had gotten a bath, and now he looked a lot better. Zane bought some dog food for both, Shard and Storm, a few other miscellaneous things including a blue collar, and a blue leash. After feeding the dogs, I went upstairs. I took a shower, and went on my laptop. I had one E-Mail from Amanda.

Hey. Wanna hang out later on?

-Mandy

Sure! How about we go to the beach on Saturday? 9:00 P.M.

-Zoe

Okay, sound like fun! See you tomorrow!

-Mandy

See ya.

-Zoe

I went onto YouTube. I logged on, and posted a new video. It was for The Sims Three. I logged off, and shut the laptop down. I got my guitar, and did a quick tune up. Making sure the strings sounded right, I played a few chords. I was trying to figure out how to play the song 'Love Like Whoa' by The Ready Set. Including all of the effects, it ain't easy.

(It really isn't. Take this from a girl who plays the E. Guitar.)

After taking a break, I saw that Cole was home. His room was pretty well organized. The walls were painted gray, and the carpet was dust colored. The whole bedding theme was orange. He had a bass guitar in the corner, an IPod set up by his nightstand, a black lamp with tiny holes. I guess to make it look like stars. There was a bunch of other things like a bookshelf, a pair of bunny slippers, (Wait, what?) a few clothes scattered here and there, a video game consol, a few billion video games stacked by it, a TV, and a few movies. Man, he has his own TV? Lucky! I used to have one before I accidentally spilt a soda on it.

I smiled. Why? I actually don't know. I looked at the clock. It was eleven. I got up, and drew the curtain over the window. I slid the wooden panel, letting some moonlight in. The stars blinked. I hopped in bed, and turned out the light. The last thing I remember before drifting off was looking at the sky.

I woke up to shouting. Mom and dad. Man, how does anyone get any sleep? I looked at the clock and groaned. It was already seven in the morning. I got up, and closed the wooden panel. It would help keep the room cool. I rushed to the bathroom, and got ready. I brushed my teeth, and straightened my hair. Never an easy job due to having really curly locks mixed in with wavy hair. Not to mention the mood changing highlights. After a lot of cursing and ripping, my hair looked decent. I got dressed in purple leggings, a denim skort, a purple short sleeved tee with two butterflies in different shades of purple, (I had water proof makeup on my arms) and added a purple headband. I ran downstairs, and saw Zane already getting ready to go. He saw me, and smiled. I saw Shard and Storm next to him.

"Where's mom?" I asked. I knew that she got pissed whenever she saw a dog.

"She went to work before you came down." Zane told me. I nodded. I gave both dogs a pet on the head. Shard looked so much better.

Zane looked at the clock. "We'd better go. Wanna lift?" I nodded. Zane got the keys, and walked out the door. I followed. I thought that he would lock the door. He just kept on walking.

"Forgetting something?" I called. Zane stopped, and doubled back. "I knew that." I smiled, and rolled my eyes as I walked to the car. "Dibs on shotgun!" I heard Cole call. "Really Cole?" I asked. He ran to the car after locking the front door.

"Yeah, really Zoe. My dad left early for a teacher meeting." Cole smirked. I sighed. "Course." I muttered. "Anyone else want a lift to school?" Zane joked. I got in the back. The only good thing that comes out of it? Uh...I got nothing.

I pulled out my IPad. I played the Sims Freeplay for a while. A little while later, I looked up and saw that we were at the school. I turned off the IPad, and hid it under an old jacket. I got out of the car, and spotted Amanda. She was talking to Kai. They would make a cute couple. From the looks of things, Zane thought so too. "Aww..." he said. I looked at him funny. "Dude, you are a guy, right?" Cole asked while giving Zane a funny look. Zane glared at him. "Yes. I'm a guy. What about you?" That pretty much ended the conversation.

I walked towards Pixal. She was standing with Jay, talking about something. They stopped when they saw me. "What's up?" I asked. "Nothing much." Jay said.

Pixal looked at Zane.

"Wow, um, never thought that I'd want to say this, but, hey, I'm down here!" I looked at Pixal. She looked at me, a slight blush on her cheeks. I didn't know that Nindroids could blush.

"Sorry." She said sheepishly. I laughed. "So, you like Zane, huh?" Jay asked. "No!" Pixal cried. "Okay, I'll just tell him that and break his heart." I joked while keeping a straight face. "That's not what I meant, and you know it." Pixal gave me a look. "If you tell him, I swear-" I held my hands up in surrender. "Hey, don't look at me. Jay's the one most likely to tell Zane." Pixal shrugged. "True." I laughed. Jay and Pixal joined in. "But seriously Jay, if you tell Zane, I'll tell Nya that you like her." Pixal threatened.

Classes were normal. It was after school when things got interesting. I was walking to the car with Amanda. Some kids passed us. One bumped into Amanda, nearly knocking her over.

"Oops! Well, at least you aren't in a hospital like your sister is. Or, was." A girl said. I recognized her as Mia. Amanda glared daggers at her. "Shut up." She muttered. "Oh, sorry, what was that? I couldn't hear you." Mia said. "I said shut up!" Amanda shouted. A few kids exclaimed. "Look, the little girl can yell! Congrats. I didn't think you knew how." Mia taunted. "At least you're smarter than your sister. She was dumb enough to get in a car accident. She was probably drunk."

That crossed the line. Amanda charged. Mia gasped, and froze. Before I could do anything, Amanda had gotten to her, and began to beat her up. I ran over, and tried to pull her off. "Amanda, stop it!" I shouted. I finally managed to pull Amanda off of Mia. "You're going to get in trouble!" She shouted at Amanda. Mia had blood dripping from her nose, and a few scratches here and there. She ran off to tell Sensei. "Amanda, you just beat up Mia. Do have any idea what this means?" I asked. "Yeah. That I just had the best time of my life." Amanda smiled. I shook my head. "No, this means that you could get expelled."

Boom! Finished! What's gonna happen to Amanda? Will she get expelled? What about Zoe and her mom? A bunch of things are going to happen in the next chapter, so it will take a little longer than usual to upload.

So, I know that you aren't allowed to put song lyrics in a story, so I'll just put the name of the song in. Okay? It will help if you listen to the song while reading.

Also, I'd really appreciate it if you didn't report this story. I worked so hard on it, and I deleted the docx for it. Not my best move, huh?

Thanks for reading! Expect the next chapter somewhere between now, and next week. Most likely next week though. I'm a fast writer, but not that fast. Ya know what I mean? Shalone, peace, bye, hasta la vista, aloha, and the old fashioned, good bye.