Chapter 10: Zoey's Date

This will be Zoey's point of view during the events of chapter 9. I know it's a little long, but more of Zane will be featured in this chapter as well. Just bear with me.

Zoey's POV

Okay so I've been seeing my little brother with a smile on his face for the past few days. And it actually makes my heart flutter. I couldn't stand seeing him so miserable. Owen is really changing him. But, I also see a little bit of a spark in Owen's eyes too. I was at home to collect some things from my room when Zane brushed past me. I grabbed his arm to stop him.

"Hey! What…?" he began.

"Slow down dude, you almost ran me over. What's the big rush anyway?" I asked eating a piece of toast. He sat down beside me and glanced around making sure mom wasn't around.

"There's a possibility that there's more vampires in town." He whispered. My eyes grew wide.

"Seriously? Does that mean..?"

"I don't know yet. I'm hoping that maybe there's a link to Riley in there somewhere." He said.

"I do too. I really want happiness for you bro." I said. I watched as he left. Wow imagine that. More vampires in town. Wait, what if they're evil? I couldn't think like that, at least not now. I grabbed my bag and went to school.

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After seeing Zane those past few days so happy I decided to talk to Owen about it. As I stood outside of Degrassi I watched my brother drive away. I quickly went over to Owen. He seemed shocked that I was there.

"Hey Zoey what's up" he asked.

"Apparently Zane's attitude. Dude, I don't know what you did but he's like happy now. More so now since Riley left." I said.

"Yeah, I mentioned something about how old Riley was and he kind of spaced out." Owen said. I can only imagine why.

"He does that. But after he's been with you and his friends he seems, I don't know, happy. And I just wanted to let you know that I'm grateful for what you are doing." I said. He blushed! Owen actually blushed.

"Yeah, well I'd do anything for Zane. He's my best friend. I'm glad he moved here." Owen said and turned to walk towards his friends.

"Hey, wait!" I yelled at him. "Um, I know this is probably out of line, but I was wondering, if you had any feelings for my brother?" I asked as I bit my lip. Owen's expression went from shocked to complete bashfulness. Oh so it was true.

"Um, n-no. He's a d-dear f-friend. Nothing more." He stammered out with a blush. Aww how sweet.

"Look I know you. And personally I think it's sweet. He's needs someone in his life right now. Even if it isn't romantically at the moment, maybe it will be down the line. Try asking him out. Get the ball rolling." I said so proud of myself.

"But what if he doesn't like me the same way. I don't want to rush him into anything." Owen said.

"Now you have me blushing. You are so charming. I'm sure he does like you in some way. He's Zane for crying out loud. He never says what's on his mind. It's like trying to break through an force field to get to his mind." I said with a laugh. "But don't give up."

"Thanks Zoey. I promise I won't hurt him." Owen said and turned to walk away. I got in my car and drove back to my apartment. Meagan was waiting for me when I arrived.

"Ooh Zo, you're never gonna believe this." She said as she came towards me.

"What?"

"Wes totally likes you. You should go out with him. He is so cute. The way he looks at you. It's like instant love." She said. I went over to the closet to put my coat away.

"I highly doubt that. We just went out for coffee a few times, that it." I said coming to sit on the couch. "Besides you remember what happened a few days ago."

"What the whole growling thing? He said he was clearing his throat. But I know better. He was jealous that Todd was giving you the 'eye'. He's definitely crushin'." Meagan said. I guess she did have a point. And I guess I did kind of like him too. Maybe I could give it a shot.

"Yeah maybe. I guess I could go out with him. But only if he asks." I said. Meagan just squealed in delight. I just rolled my eyes.

"So what's the report on the fam?" she asked. I let out a deep sigh. I wish I could just tell her the truth. But I did promise Zane.

"Well mom's doing great. My dad and stepmother are fine. Zane on the other hand, it's mixed signals." I said.

"How?"

"Okay you know Owen Milligan right?" I asked.

"Yeah, he has the cutest little brother." Meagan chuckled.

"You see. Zane's been hanging out with him a lot lately. And Owen admitted to me today that he likes Zane. I can tell Zane likes him too, but he's still stuck on Riley." I said as I ran my fingers through my hair. Meagan just smiled.

"Look that was his first love. Of course he's gonna be stuck on him for a while. I mean he did just up and leave Zane, right?" I nodded my head. "Then just let him choose the right time to fall in love with somebody else." I blushed instantly.

"Oh no, what did you do?" she asked.

"I may have told Owen to ask Zane out." I said and squeezed my eyes shut. I opened one to see her shocked expression.

"Dude, you can't set your brother up! It's wrong. And he's not ready." She said.

"Okay, okay, I get that what I did was completely wrong and I know he's gonna be pissed. But if it works out, maybe he'll forgive me." I said. Meagan just sighed and got off the couch.

"I forgive. But you better not hurt my Zane. He's a good guy." She said.

"I won't. And hey, shouldn't that be my line?" I asked.

"Blah, blah, blah. Come we need to go shopping."

"Why?" I asked.

"Do you ever really need a reason?" I smiled and grabbed my keys.

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The next day I was at Starbucks with my laptop doing some online shopping. Boy do I love clothes. It's what makes me so unique. I was busy searching for some boots when I heard a throat being cleared above me. I looked up to see Wes smiling at me.

"And just what are you smiling about?" I asked as I casually flipped my hair over my shoulder.

"Uh, I saw you working up a storm over here and I thought that maybe you could use a pick-me up." He said as he held out a cup. I gave him a curious look and took the cup.

"I normally don't take coffees from strangers." I said smoothly.

"Well it's a good thing we went out on a few dates then. Otherwise it would be a different story." He smirked. How charming. I could just drool over him. But I had to play it cool.

"Yes, yes it would." I said as I took a sip. How did he know that I liked Gingerbread Lattes? Oh god he was too perfect. "Gingerbread Latte?"

"Yes. I knew you liked it because you and I are the only ones who actually like them. I found out from the barista that you liked them too." He said with smile.

"Aren't you just full of surprises?" I asked.

"You have no idea." I liked this guy a lot. "So I uh, was wondering if maybe you wanted to go out on an official date tonight. I mean if you want to. I don't wanna rush anything." He said with a blush. Oh yeah this guy is mine.

"Sure, tonight at 8 would be lovely." I said and grabbed my things. He grabbed my coat and helped me put it on. "Ah, such a gentleman."

"It's how I was raised." He said and kissed my hand. "See you tonight." I smiled and walked out the door. Oh my god, he's absolutely perfect. I can't wait to tell Meagan.

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I walked into the apartment to find Meagan doing her own fashion show. I mean come, we're girls, did you really think we weren't gonna have tons of clothes? Ha!

"What are you doing?" I asked. She turned to me to show me her Charming Pink Plated Jeweled Neck Chiffon Party Dress. I thought it was beautiful,

"Just trying on my new dress. I love being a girl. Ooh and check out the new shoes!" she exclaimed and held up the shoes. They were amazingly beautiful. "They're Platform Stiletto heels with red bottoms!" We both just had to scream at that.

"Awesome. Check mines out. It's a Chiffon Spaghetti Strap Ruffled summer dress. And I have black 4 7/10" sheepskin leather high heeled shoes." I said showing her my items. "Plus I have a leather biker jacket."

"What would you need that for?" she asked.

"Well I do have a date tonight. And he does own a motorcycle…"

"Wait! You actually did it! And he has a motorcycle? Tell me everything." I told her of the events that had happened today. We laughed at how Wes and I kept going back and forth with those little comebacks.

"Yeah, he's really sweet. I could tell from the first few coffee outings that he was charming. But tonight proves to me whether or not he's my type of boyfriend material." I said as I went to change.

"I'm sure he is. Let yourself feel the love girl." She said. "Oh and I wonder how Zane's date is going to go?" I quickly thought about that.

"I have to get to him. Let him know today that I might have had something to do with Owen's sudden asking him out." I said as I grabbed my dress and shoes. "I'll just change at my house."

"Good luck. You're gonna need it." Meagan said as I closed the door.

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I quickly arrived at the house. Damn, mom wasn't home so there'd be no witnesses incase Zane killed me. I rolled my eye and walked up stairs to Zane's bedroom. Great he was still here. Time to get this over with.

"So what's with the big smile?" he asked as I sat on his bed.

"Oh nothing. I met this guy. He's so sweet and charming. He can sing and everything. It was kind of a love at first sight thing." I said. It kind of pained me to seem so happy while he still seemed miserable.

"Good. Is he hot?"

"Unbelievably hot. But I fear that something is up with him." I said.

"Really? Like what?"

"Um I don't know. He's skin seems really hot. He's very protective. And one time I swear I heard him growl at someone. Now that freaked me out a bit." I still really don't believe in that whole clearing of the throat thing. And what was up with the skin thing.

"Well, if you like him, go out with him. But if he freaks you out, drop it. What's Meagan think of this?" he asked. Maybe he was right. But I had to see for sure.

"Same as you do. But this guy is like the best thing ever. I feel like that girl from that movie. The one where that guy really loves her despite that scar on her face." I said.

"Well he should considering that he's the one that gave her the scar." he said.

"That's besides' the point. Have you been interested in anyone lately?" he turned around to look at me.

"Uh, no. And I don't plan on it. I still have feelings for Riley. Even though he's gone…" he interrupted me before I could say anything. "I still miss him. There will never be anyone else like him." I got up off the bed and walked over to him.

"It's been months. I hate to see you go through this. I'm happy that you're finally going back out and having fun, but you need to let it go. I wish he would come back too. Just to see you light up. But you also seem to have a bit of a glow with Owen around too." I said. He looked at me like I was crazy. Okay he couldn't be this dull.

"What?" Maybe he was.

"Don't play games. I see the way he looks at you. The boy is smitten. And you don't seem to notice that because of your feelings for Riley. Let yourself be happy bro. Besides he's really cute. Don't let your past affect your future." I said and walked out of his room. As I was putting my lipstick on, I heard the doorbell ring. I just had to see this. I peeked around the corner to listen to the conversation.

"Wha- what are you doing here?" he asked.

"Well I decided that I might as well pick you up. No sense in you taking your truck when we were going to the same place anyway." Owen said. I couldn't help but smile.

"Oh okay. You didn't have to do that." He said. Oh my god Zane! He's being a major sweetheart and you're so gonna blow it! I put my hand on forehead.

"No it's okay. I wanted to." Owen said. And then I heard the door shut. He better not mess this up.

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I waited for the sound of a motorcycle but it never came. Instead a Lexus LS 640 pulled up in front of my house. Boy does he have taste. He quickly got out and helped me in.

"Wow, not what I was expecting." I said as he got in.

"Yeah well, it's a special night. I decided to use my actual car. Wouldn't want your hair getting messed up would we?" he said. I couldn't help but blush.

"Yeah. Smart choice." I said as we pulled off.

"You look beautiful by the way. Nice leather jacket." He said.

"Well I thought that since you had a motorcycle that maybe it would fit the situation. But there's always next time." He glanced over at me.

"Next time?" he raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, if you make a good impression tonight, I might just have to make it a regular thing." I said with a smirk. He just smiled and kept driving. Once we were at the restaurant we went in and were seated. It looked very nice.

"I love this place. It has the best food." Wes said.

"Yeah I do too. French Cuisine is to die for." I said. We ordered our food and just talked. It was nothing compared to how I thought the date would go. It was perfect.

"So Zoey tell me about yourself." He said. Boy was he in for a surprise.

"Well I'm from California. My dad got remarried to a singer, I have a brother, my mom's a judge, eh same old, same old. You?"

"I'm from Westerville, Ohio. I don't have any siblings, I love to sing and dance, my mom and dad are still married, I have a good few friends that I consider brothers, and I really, really like you." He said. I just stared at him. "Oh! I hope I didn't just offend you. I'm really sorry. I-I should just take you home…" I silenced him with a kiss. It felt really good. Like something just ignited in me. I pulled back to see a dazed Wes.

"I hope that clears everything up." I said.

"Oh believe me it does." He said. The rest of the night went swimmingly. When we pulled up to my house he walked me to the door.

"I had a great time tonight." I said.

"Yeah me too. I hope we can make this a regular thing." he said nervously. I pulled him closer and kissed him again.

"That would be a definite yes, boyfriend." I said and unlocked my door.

"Sweet dreams." He said and left. I was in love. I could actually admit it. But my happy mood was quickly doused when I saw Zane leaning against the chair looking at his phone.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"Uh, I think Owen's sick. I don't know. He acted really strange tonight. Maybe it was nothing." He said.

"Yeah maybe. At least I hope so." I said.

Over the next few days Zane was starting to fall back into that slump. He would constantly call Owen's house. But he would always get the same responses. I really hated to see him go through this. One day when Mrs. DeSousa came over to help my mother with some shopping I decided that it was time to go see Owen personally.

"But we can't do that. I trust that when he says he's sick that he's sick. Why would I need confirmation?" Zane asked as I grabbed my car keys.

"How about this? We go over there and I get the confirmation then, hmm?" I asked.

"Ugh, I don't understand why you can't just leave stuff alone." He mumbled.

"Because I'm your sister. I'm supposed to meddle in your life." I smiled and opened the door. "After you." I said and then we were on our way to Owen's house for some answers.

A/N: Whew, that was a lot of writing. It literally took days to come up with this chapter. I had so many ideas. More to come soon. I promise. Read and leave me tons of reviews. PLZ XOXO ShadowBeauty. P.s. don't just follow or story alert the story. Review too. And tell your friends.