A/N: I've finally decided to start another Zoey 101 fanfiction. I once had one, called Forever Confused or Forever Naive? And it was about Chase and Zoey and basically what I thought happened after the play. I discontinued the story but now that I have seen most of the second series I am starting a new story, taking place after two-part episode of when the gang were on a show for March Break at Logan's house and it aired at PCA. Keep in mind that I missed the second part of the two part episode, except the very end when Chase is about to tell Zoey but they get interrupted.
Credits to: Nickelodeon since they created the show, firstly. Lifehouse for their song called "Hanging by a Moment" which is one of my favourite songs and because the song just... somehow fits, I mean it suits it in my mind and I love the song. Music is a big part of my life, basically, my all time favourite things in life are friends, family, music and writing. Anyways, for those unfamiliar with the song, I'll type part of the lyrics that stick with me...
I'm desperate for changing
I'm starving for truth
I'm closer to where I started
Of chasing after you
I'm falling even more inlove with you
Letting go of all I've held onto
I'm standing here until you make me move
Just hanging by a moment here with you...
The song is great and if you haven't heard it, I suggest you do anything to hear it at least once.
Full Summary: Takes place after the second part of the episode where Logan's dad tells them they are going to be on his new TV show and Chase takes Zoey's Tekmate. Chase has liked Zoey since he met her, but she's always thought he liked her as a friend and nothing more. After stealing Zoey's Tekmate to delete a text message he accidentally sent to her saying his feelings, he's torn between what to do. Tell her what the message said, and risk their friendship, or don't tell her what it said and risk their friendship.
Disclaimer: Zoey 101 isn't mine. If it was, well who knows where the story would have gone. This fanfiction should be enough to support that.
Hanging By A Moment
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Chapter One: Zoey's Tekmate
After the airing of the TV show was over, Michael walked over to Chase.
"So, did you tell Zoey yet?" he asked. Chase looked over at Zoey, and sighed.
"Well... yes and no. I started to, after she told me that she really, really wanted to know. But you guys came and dragged us in here, and I never got to. But... I sent her a text message on her Tekmate. And... I told her. She hasn't looked at it yet, but she will." Chase replied. He glanced over at Zoey again before leaving the room and heading for his dorm. He didn't want to be around when she read that message. It was the last thing in the world that he wanted, because then he'd see her read it, see her reaction, and watch as his friendship with her slowly crumbled until it was nothing but a mere memory. If he stayed away from her, he could avoid it, and pretend.
"Wow that was so great, wasn't it great? It was SO great," Nicole replied. Zoey rolled her eyes.
"Yeah Nicole, it was great. Have you seen my Tekmate?" Zoey asked, looking around.
"Did you ask Chase?" Nicole joked. She saw the look on Zoey's face and looked down. "Okay, its too soon for that..." she replied, more to herself than anyone. "No, I haven't. Hey maybe you left it outside!" Nicole suggested.
"Well... maybe," Zoey admitted. She hoped she hadn't, but it was a good idea to retrace her steps. They walked outside and Zoey saw her Tekmate floating in water, completely ruined.
"Its completely ruined," Nicole replied.
"Thanks, Nicole, I hadn't noticed." Zoey replied dryly. She saw Quinn nearby and called her over.
"Quinn! Hey, Quinn! Do you think you'd be able to... fix my Tekmate? It fell in the water, but..."
"I think I might be able to, but it would take time and it will erase everything that's on it now. You'll have to re-submit all your information on it, but I can get it running again. I better get started on that, first, with the drying process, and after that—"
"Quinn, we don't need to know how. Just... do it, please?" Zoey asked. Quinn nodded and carefully grabbed the Tekmate with prongs she apparently kept in her pocket at all times.
"So did you find out why Chase took your Tekmate?" Nicole asked.
"Yeah... he was trying to continue this conversation with Michael, and he sent the message. Only, it got sent to me. Whatever it was, he didn't want me to read it, and he deleted it. That was why he took it." Zoey replied. She sat down and Nicole followed suit.
"Oh... so you never learned what it said?" Nicole asked. Zoey shook her head. "But what could be so bad that he didn't want you to read it? Unless— no way!" Nicole shouted. She jumped up. "I gotta go Zoey, sorry, I'll talk to you later, lets meet at Sushi Rox or something," Zoey leaned back against a tree and sighed.
"What could Chase possibly have to say that he wouldn't want me to hear? I mean... I'm his best friend. Well, one of them." Zoey said quietly to herself. She got up and decided to look for Chase. It was time for him to tell her what that message said.
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"You sent her a text message? Dude that is so lame," Logan replied. "I mean, she obviously will be head over heels inlove with me like the rest of the female student body, but still... a text message?" Logan asked. He laughed and tossed a ball at the small net on the wall.
"Maybe it's the way of the future to confess your feelings through a text message," Michael replied, trying to be helpful but only receiving a glare from Chase. "Just trying to help..."
"Oh, like how you tried to help when you kept texting me telling me to tell Zoey? If you hadn't started up with that through the Tekmate, I never would have replied to it because it wouldn't exist, and then I never would have accidentally send it to Zoey and have to delete the message before she saw!" Chase replied. Logan got up and sat directly in front of Chase, smirking.
"I think you did it on purpose." Logan replied. Chase looked at him.
"Are you crazy! Why would I?" Chase asked. Logan shrugged.
"You got tired of Zoey not knowing. This way, you could pretend to be shocked that she got the message instead, and she'd end up knowing how you feel." Logan replied. "But then, you got chicken. You decided to back out at the last minute, and then, deleted the text message so she'd never read it."
"There's something wrong with your story, though Logan. Why wouldn't Chase have just sent her a text message telling her how he felt?" Michael asked.
"Simple. So Zoey would think it was 'sooo cute!' that Chase was worried about wrecking their friendship, and he'd have a better chance at her liking him." Logan replied. Chase glared at him.
"Well, actually, that makes sense... Chase...?"
"I didn't do it on purpose!" Chase shouted. Michael put his hands in the air.
"Okay man, its alright it was just a suggestion..." Michael replied. Chase stood up.
"Yeah, I know. I'm... I'm going for a walk. See you guys later," Chase said, closing the door to his room behind him. He just got outside of the boys dorm when he almost ran into Zoey. He hoped she wouldn't say anything and just keep walking, but unfortunately for him, he was the one Zoey was looking for in the first place.
"Chase, there you are! I've been looking all over for you, you left so quickly earlier..." Zoey started to walk with Chase and he knew then that there was no getting rid of her, at least not easily. He felt horrible for wanting to get rid of her, but he wanted to avoid talking with her now that he had sent the message to her telling her how he felt. He hadn't checked his Tekmate in awhile, so he couldn't be 100 sure she even read it.
"Yeah, I wasn't feeling well so I uh, went and lied down," Chase lied.
"Oh. Well, I was wondering if you... Chase, I— do you trust me?" Zoey asked. Chase looked at her, confused.
"What?" he asked.
"Do you trust me," Zoey asked again. Chase nodded.
"Of course, Zoey you're my friend, why wouldn't I trust you?" Chase asked.
"If you trust me, shouldn't you... why can't you tell me what the message said, and trust that I won't get mad at you over it?" Zoey asked. She waved to a girl who called her name and kept walking. Chase remained silent, so Zoey asked again.
"I... it's complicated, Zoey. Wait— didn't you get my text message? I sent you one earlier, telling you what the message said. Don't check it now though," Chase added quickly. "I'd rather be... well, not... next to you."
"Chase, I can't read any of my messages! My Tekmate got knocked over in the water, I haven't been able to read any messages. And I won't be able to. Quinn's going to try and fix it, but there's no guarantee and even if she does I won't get my messages from before back. It will be... well, reset. If you could tell me through a text message, can't you tell me in person?" Zoey asked. Chase remained silent. Why does she have to make this so... difficult? He thought to himself.
"I told you, its complicated. Its not like its something I without a doubt don't want you to know, its something that... is hard to say. I mean, picture this: you have your first ever crush, you don't really know the person and you want to ask them out. Wouldn't that be hard to say? Its one of those things that you just can't say easily without... hesitation."
"This is more than hesitation Chase, this is a literal beat-around-the-bush until she forgets kind of thing. If you can't trust me, maybe... maybe I can't trust you." Zoey replied finally, walking away.
"Zoey, wait! I... I will tell you! Just... not now," Chase added quietly. Either way, he had a basic losing situation. If he didn't tell Zoey how he felt, he risked ruining their friendship because she would think he didn't trust her when that was far from the case. If he DID tell her, he risked ruining their friendship by making it horribly awkward and making it so their friendship would never be the same, and so she'd wonder if he said certain things as a friend, or as someone who liked her. He just had to figure out which had the better upside to it.
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Nicole saw Chase, calling after Zoey but she paid no attention to that. She ran up to him.
"Chase! Wait a second," Nicole called. Chase stopped walking, still staring after where Zoey had went. "I need to ask you something," she added when she reached him. Chase had a bad feeling that he knew she was going to ask him something involving the Tekmate, and he didn't want to even talk about it now. Since they had gotten them, although they were extremely cool, Chase had had nothing but problems with it.
"Such as?" Chase asked tiredly.
"Do you like Zoey?" Nicole asked. Chase looked at her, surprised. There was a question he wasn't expecting... particularly from Nicole who usually came off as the denser one out of the three girls.
"I... I..." Chase stuttered. Part of him wanted to tell Nicole, because she was Zoey's friend and might have a better idea of what he could do. But then another part of him didn't want to... after all, this was Nicole, Zoey's dense best friend. "I don't know what you're talking about," he said finally. Nicole sighed.
"Chase... I won't tell Zoey either way," Nicole replied. Chase started to walk away, wanting to leave behind the conversation with Zoey and try and get away from Nicole who was close to finding out his feelings for Zoey.
"It doesn't matter whether I do or not. She's mad at me and unless I tell her what the text message said... I have to go, I'm sorry." Chase replied, frustrated. He was confused, angry, sad, and tired, all at once. It was crazy the way he felt. Nicole nodded.
"Oh, okay... if you don't, I think you should just try and tell her what the message said anyways. If you do... you have more than the message problem on your hands. I'm supposed to meet Zoey and Lola at Sushi Rox so... bye," Nicole walked away and Chase went his own way as well back to the boys dorm.
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The days passed, and Zoey was true to her word. She was practically ignoring Chase, but whenever she had to talk to him, it was very brief. She hated putting their friendship on the line, but what good were friends if they couldn't trust her? Besides, if Chase so badly didn't want to tell her, maybe he had said something extremely rude about her. How could she know for sure, unless he told her? She hoped he would tell her soon, because already she was missing one of her best friends.
"Come on Zoey, lets go get some sushi," Lola suggested. Zoey shook her head.
"No, I don't feel like it... you guys can though. I think I'm just going to hang out here today," Zoey concluded. Nicole sat beside her.
"Zoey, I didn't want to get involved because its none of my business... even though you ARE my best friend... but what's going on between you and Chase? One minute, you're fine with the fact that he took your Tekmate, and the next, you just..."
"Its not the fact that he took my Tekmate anymore, Nicole. It's the fact that he doesn't think he can trust me with what the message said, and friends aren't friends if you don't trust them. If he can't trust me, I can't be his friend. It's as simple as that," Zoey replied dully.
"But Zoey, its only this one thing that he's kept from you, not trusted you with. Sometimes, don't you have to trust that the other friend is doing the right thing?" Lola asked. Zoey stared at her feet.
"Well..."
"Chase may have just shared a guy story with Michael, and you know how guys freak out if girls are around. Remember when they didn't want us on their roof? Because "guys couldn't be guys" if girls were around? Maybe Chase told Michael some dumb macho story you wouldn't want to know anyways." Lola added. Zoey didn't say anything, but lied down on her bed and turned over so they couldn't see her face. Lola sighed. "Come on Nicole, let's just go. Zoey's being a drag," Lola added louder for Zoey's benefit. She grabbed a pillow and threw it in their direction, but the door closed. It was only her now.
—
Zoey awoke an hour later to knocking on her door. She didn't see Lola or Nicole's key to the room lying around, so she didn't know who it could be. She got up, yawned, and opened the door.
"Hi, Zoey." Michael replied. Zoey seemed a little disappointed... was she hoping that it was Chase, Michael wondered?
"Hey Michael, sorry I just woke up a little while ago, I'm still kind of asleep. So... what are you doing here?" Zoey asked.
"I came to talk to you about Chase." Michael stated. Zoey sat down.
"Oh. So how do you think you did on that pop quiz we had today?" Zoey asked, changing the subject.
"I know what you're doing, and it won't work. I'm here to talk about Chase, and I won't leave until I've said what I have to say. It would be easier for you to just let me say it and then kick me out of your room." Michael replied. Zoey sighed.
"Fine."
"Listen, I know you think that Chase isn't telling you because he doesn't trust you, or maybe just that it seems as if he doesn't trust you because he can't tell you. But its not like that! Chase is being a shy idiot and won't tell you because he's embarrassed. He sent you that text message you apparently never got, and ran off! Just so he wouldn't be there when you read it. Give him time, he'll tell you."
"Why would he act like a "shy idiot"? What exactly is this text message about?" Zoey asked. Michael didn't want to say anything to Zoey about Chase's feelings because he believed that Chase should be the one to tell Zoey, but he could tell her this.
"You."
A/N: Well, the finish of this first chapter comes as a welcome because it also means the arrival of new chapters for my other stories. At the moment as I'm typing this I have Time Turner done (one chapter, I mean), Secrets Can Be Deadly almost done, and I'm working on A Marauder's Tale at the moment. I won't upload ANY of the stories until they all have one chapter done, just for this time around, so that its fair considering I got out of my order a bit and can't remember which story I updated last so this is a fresh start.
Hopefully you enjoyed this chapter, I'll get a new one out quick, maybe even this weekend yet, and don't forget to review and let me know what you think alright?