Zoey begins life at PCA. She is nervous about the situation at first, but gets more comfortable when she meets her new friends; Dana, Quinn, Chase,Nicole, Logan, Michael. The girls and boys try to adjust to girls being allowed to attend PCA for the first time.

Every Halloween at PCA, the secondary makes a haunted house for the lower school. This year, Logan is in charge. He promises everybody that the haunted house will not just make them scream but it will make them cry. But when Dustin and his roommate, Jack, get "lost" in the haunted house, Logan starts to get scared and starts to wonder where Dustin and his roommate have gone. Michael gets chased all over PCA by some French tourists who think he is ill, and Nicole gets a case of mistaken identity when she chases Mark. Lola did not appear in this episode.

Dustin's new girlfriend, Trisha Kirby (Jennette McCurdy), turns out to be a very naughty girl. Zoey sends Chase to persuade Tricia to stop going out with Dustin and go for someone older. She gets the wrong idea and Trisha and Chase are boyfriend and girlfriend. Oops. so Chase and Zoey pretend to be girlfriend and boyfriend . Meanwhile, Michael tells Logan about his crush on Lola and end up getting sprayed by a skunk.

Another new year at PCA leads to surprises including the heart breaking news that Nicole will not be attending PCA this year because of her OMGD (obsessive male gender disorder). Thus, Nicole is sent to an all-girls school. After everyone settles into their new rooms, Chase tells Zoey he wants to talk with her privately. Lola and Quinn tell Zoey that Chase wants to tell her he's in love with her, but Zoey doesn't believe them. Meanwhile, Michael and Logan are fighting for the single bed in their new room. Chase decides not to ruin his friendship with Zoey, so he decides not to have a crush on her anymore by dating a new girl, Rebecca.

A new "hot" Dean fills in for Dean Rivers because Dustin,Quinn, and Dustin's friends hit Dean Rivers with a model airplane by mistake.. Meanwhile, the girls' Dorm Advisor Coco has just been dumped by her boyfriend, Carl. Zoey and her friends set up Dean Taylor and Coco on a date at Sushi Rox because Coco keeps complaining about Carl.