So, one thing that I wasn't ready for was Max buying me heels. I didn't know why I had to wear heels. I wasn't that short. It wasn't like I couldn't see things. I was glad that not many people were at the mall, because I felt a little ridiculous wobbling before I finally took them off. I could try to figure out it later.

After I was finished walking, Max and I went to the food court to get some food. We decided to go to the Chinese place and it was…average. It was perfectly edible and it was also better than anything at the school cafeteria. I would have to find an alternative to that because I was pretty sure that I needed to watch what I eat. I wasn't sure what to do.

"So what are we going to do for the rest of the day?" I questioned. We still had several hours before we would be good to go home.

"I have an idea. I think we could go somewhere fun." She suggested. I wasn't sure how much I would have, but I wanted to do it with her.

What she ended up deciding was going to the YMCA for some swimming. I was nervous about it but I did like to swim and I didn't think that I should just stop. I knew what that would entail, but I would probably have to do it eventually. We could have gone to the Tipton, but that would have just been stupid. Anyway, we paid the visitors fee and then headed into the locker room:the girls' locker room. I was a little bit nervous about going in there but it was I really didn't have any other choice. They were way too conservative to a unisex locker room. So. we entered the locker room and I hoped that there wouldn't be too many people in there. Luckily for us, the locker room was fairly empty except for some old ladies who I didn't even want to see naked. We both looked away while the other was changing. I didn't think it would be a good idea to look at Max naked. She was also my best friend. It would be a little weird. I also didn't really want her to see me naked. I found that putting on the bikini wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. It was black with a red trim, while Max was wearing a navy blue. I was actually a little bit surprised she decided to get a bikini since she didn't seem to like them.

"This is a little uncomfortable." I commented. It kind of felt like everyone was looking at me, even though I was pretty sure that no one was actually looking at me. "But I do feel like I need to relax after everything that we did."

After shoes and lunch, we had gone to get some bras. I was pretty sure that I didn't need any, but I did need to learn how to put one on. When we were at Victoria's Secret, Max had noticed that there was a sale on bikinis and that was how we got to where we were. After we walked out of the locker room, we headed to the hot tub. It seemed like it would be a good place to relax.

"Ah this is so relaxing." I declared with a slight moan. I blushed a little at it. The water made my skin feel a little weird but in a good way. "You know I used to put things in the hot tub on the boat."

"I don't know if you did anymore." She countered. "We still don't know much about you. For all we know, you could be a good girl as opposed to what's the word Moseby uses for you."

"Let's see there's: delinquent, miscreant, hooligan, hoodlum, malefactor, and rapscallion." I listed. "But he is so much fun to mess with."

"He is a lot fun to mess with." She agreed. "So is this making you uncomfortable? You being here with me wearing a bikini?"

"I'm a bit uncomfortable being in a bikini but other than that, no." I answered. "I don't really think of you as more than a friend. It's kind of hard not to since we tried dating a few times and it never worked out. But you're still my best friend. That's definitely good for something. That's one thing that we do know. The two us are BFFs now."

"Yeah I guess that is a good thing since, I've never really had a female best friend." Max replied as she leaned back. "Man, I could stay in this thing all day."

"I don't think that they're going to let us do that." I remarked. I was pretty sure that it was also a bad idea. The sign said that we weren't supposed to be for longer than 15 minutes. "So, what are we going to do when we're done here? I don't really want to go back to the mall. I think we've done enough shopping."

I then heard Max start to giggle. I didn't why she thought it was so funny when she didn't seem to like it either. To be honest, I probably had more fun than I thought I would because I was doing it with my best friend. I then decided that if she wanted to laugh, I would give her something to laugh about. I went under the water and started to tickle her.

"Stop. You got me." She said through the giggles before I emerged beside her with a smile. "How about we go and see a movie? What do you want to see?"

"I don't know. Do you an app on your phone that can tell us what movies are playing right now?" I asked. I hadn't really been paying attention because most of the good movies didn't come out until the summer.

"Okay I guess we can check out the Fandango app after we get dressed." She stated as we stepped out of the hot tub and headed toward the locker room. Once we got there, we both noticed that there was a busty girl that appeared to be a lifeguard. I blushed and grabbed my clothes before I headed into one of the stalls. I was so embarrassed. I didn't really want to talk about it, but I was pretty sure that Max would say something about it. I would just have to figure out how I was going to talk about it. I did have to reapply my makeup before we left, which Max knew how to do because that was one part of being a girl that she always seemed to do.

"What was that about?" She asked. "Shouldn't someone like you like it when a girl like that walks into the room?"

Why did Max have this perception of me that I was perverted? I mean I liked sex, but I didn't want to have sex with every girl that I saw.

"It wasn't that I didn't to look at her." I answered. "It was that I didn't want her to look at me."

"What?" She questioned.

"It's just that she's so hot." I explained. "And then there's me. I'm just not. Why can't I look something like that?"

I couldn't believe that I was feeling jealous. I also really didn't want her to see me naked because I was pretty sure that she was like 25 and people Maddie's age were really my limit. Anything more seemed gross. That was when Max did something unexpected. She gave me a hug.

"Trust me you don't wanna look like that." She told me. "I wouldn't be surprised if that girl has implants. When you look like that you'll have guys constantly hounding you. You're already a cheerleader but looking like that means guys would never leave you alone. And besides, I think you look good."

"Thanks Max." I replied as she returned the hug. "I know this sounds cliché but I don't know what I would do without you."

"I'm just trying to be the best best friend that I can be." She replied as she took out her iPhone and opened it up. "Hmm do you want to see Clash of the Titans? That should be a good way to kill a few hours."

"We might as well." I agreed.

"And I was going to say something else." She stated. What was she going to say? "I didn't say it because I didn't know how you would feel about it."

"Now I want to know what it is." I remarked. She couldn't just mention something like that without making me curious.

"Okay, then try not to get upset." She said before pausing. "This what I think someone would say in that situation. One thing is everyone doesn't finish puberty around the same time and it's possible that could apply to you. You could get bigger boobs, but you probably don't want to be a girl long enough for that to happen."

"Oh." I remarked as my smile faded. She was right. I didn't want to be a girl long enough for my breasts to get bigger. "Let's just go and see the movie."

"I told you that it might upset you." She reminded me as I walked with her out to her car. The trip to the movie theater was pretty quiet. I started to think about what she said. Could I handle something like that happening? However, before I could too into my thoughts, I heard a song on the radio that I loved and started to sing along. Maybe because I was a girl, I wasn't afraid to look like a fool singing it.

Guess this means you're sorry, you're standing at my door
Guess this means you take back all you said before
Like how much you wanted anyone but me
Said you'd never come back but here you are again

Cause we belong together now
Forever united here somehow
You got a piece of me and honestly
My life would suck without you.

It felt really good to let loose and sing like that. Maybe it was because both of my parents were singers, but I really did love to sing. Was it something that I would want to do as a career, I wasn't sure. I didn't know I would ever be as good as my dad was, but maybe I could try. There were quite a few singers whose parents were also famous singers.

"Zoey, that was really good." She gushed. She was one of the few people that had heard me sing before. We even had a band together when we were kids, but I would definitely sound different as a girl. "You hit all the right notes. You sounded so natural."

"That's because I am." I pointed out with a blush. "Both of my parents are singers. I must have inherited something from them."

We went to the movie and I couldn't help but be amazed at how bad it was, but it was kind of an interesting bad. The performances were pretty over-the-top like they knew that they were in a dumb action movie and were trying to ham it up as much as possible. It didn't even make much sense. From what I understood about Greek mythology, the gods were just jerks like that for no apparent reason.

After the movie was over, we had a little bit of time to go to Max's house to get that doctor's note. Max's parents weren't at home which made it pretty easy. I had to say it was one of the best days that I had had in a while.

A little after school would let out, we arrived at the Tipton. Moseby didn't even glance at us when we walked in. Cody was in the lobby. We followed him.

"We're in a different room?" I asked in confusion as we entered the elevator

"Yeah, my guess is that Mom didn't want a boy and girl in the same room so she managed to convince Mr. Moseby to give us a suite with separate rooms." Cody said. "Anyways I managed to get some information about you."

"What do you got?" I inquired as Cody took out his key and unlocked the door.

"Well apparently you've dated a lot of guys but never had anything serious." Cody explained. "Most guys think you're a tease."

"Great." I replied with a sigh. That was exactly how I wanted people to think of me. Also did that mean that I would have to date guys?

"There's more. You've never had detention and get mostly Bs which would make sense because you need to have at least a B average to be a cheerleader. You're not dating anyone right now." He stated.

At least I didn't have a boyfriend that I had to pretend that I cared about.

Before either of us could say anything, we were interrupted.

"Oh you're home." Mom declared.

So Zoey went to the pool for the first time and had a mostly enjoyable time, plus she seems to have real vocal talent? Will that come up later?