Chapter 1:
It was a beautiful day at the PCA campus, the sun was shining, and the students were frolicking about. School had just started for the year, and everyone was excited. But hey, why wouldn't they? PCA was an amazing school, and even with the downside of classes, they spent a huge portion of their time with their friends.
Zoey Brooks looked around campus; she didn't see any of her friends around. In fact, she couldn't find them anywhere. They weren't at Sushi Rox, their dorms, or the girls lounge. Suddenly, she saw a certain bushy haired boy sitting on the side of the fountain, throwing in some change. Slowly, she approached him. Not noticing her presence, he heavily sighed, and threw in a quarter.
"What'd you wish for buddy?" she questioned, while tapping him on the shoulder.
Chase knew that voice. He turned around with a smile on his face, quickly coming up with something to tell her, not wanting to let her know what he had wished for. "If I tell you, the wish won't come through" he replied.
Zoey pouted. "You never tell me anything anymore." She whined.
"That's not true. I told you where to meet me, and that I'd pay for the sushi, so that you wouldn't have to bring your purse, but I can see that didn't stop you." Chase smirked.
"I thought it looked good with my outfit" Zoey whimpered, obviously embarrassed.
"You don't need a purse to look good Zoe" Chase told her. When he had realized what he had said, he quickly turned his attention back to the fountain, so that Zoey wouldn't see his state of embarrassment.
"Aww, thanks. Now, you promised me sushi, and boy am I hungry" Zoey yelled as she began running to Sushi Rox.
"Hey, wait up for me" Chase yelled back. As he got up to chase after her, he tripped. Once he looked down, he noticed that his shoe laces had been tied together…not for the first time. "Oh, you are so dead now" he whispered under his breath.
Once Chase got inside Sushi Rox, he had seen that Zoey had already ordered for the two of them and was sitting at a table for the two of them.
"Am I really that slow?" Chase asked Zoey.
"…yes, or maybe I'm just insanely fast." Zoey smirked as she joked with Chase.
"Ouch, that one cut deep" Chase said as he took a bite of his meal.
They continued to eat and chat as the rest of the gang slowly appeared before them at the table. Soon everyone was there, with multiple conversations going on.
"He is cute! I can't believe you'd say that he isn't!" Nicole was screaming at Lola over some guy.
"Dude, summer was awesome, I worked on my free throws, now I'm an 85 free throw shooter" Michael said as he mimicked his form.
"Is all you did play basketball over the summer?" Logan intervened. "Because you'd need a lot of practice to get that good.
Michael punch Logan in the arm. Logan began rubbing it continuously. Chase just shook his head as he began to observe his friends. Sure, they got on his nerves sometimes…ok, a lot of the time, but they were his friends, and he wouldn't change them for anything. Lola and Nicole were still talking about boys that they had seen over the summer, and Michael and Logan were talking about sports, movies, and girls among other things. Then there was Zoey.
Over the summer he and Zoey had kept in touch. They phoned each other every night, conversing about their days, and things that were going on at home. Zoey apparently had spent a lot of time with Dustin, while Chase, who didn't have any siblings, often spent times writing. He had sent a few stories to Zoey via email, just so that she'd have something to read, although he liked to hear her feedback more than anything. He believed Zoeys opinion over any of his other friends, except for maybe Michael.
"She's so beautiful" Chase thought to himself. His mind began arguing with himself as he thought that. How could he still have these feelings for her? All they had done was make him crazier than ever. He couldn't tell her how he felt, even if he wanted to. It could mean the end of their friendship, and that was the last thing that he wanted. He was so close to telling her, but it was like it was destiny to have any of his attempts foiled be it by his friends, problems with electrical devices (Tekmates), or even just himself. Over the summer he had decided that it was destiny that they would stay friends…so he wasn't going to tell her that he loved her… or was he?
"Chase, are you even listening to us anymore?" Michael asked, waving his hand in front of Chase's face.
"Oh, yeah… of course. I'm just not feeling to well I guess, I'm going to go up to my room and get some rest I think." Chase told his group of friends.
"Alright…we'll be back in a bit, hope you feel better." Michael said.
"Ok, bye guys" Chase quickly exited the restaurant.
Chase returned to his dorm, exhausted. He was yet to unpack his things, which were lying randomly throughout the room. He was going to have to put some of this stuff away before he went to sleep. He sluggishly began to gather some of his clothes off of the floor.
"Do you need some help Chase?"
Chase turned around to see Zoey standing in the doorway. He didn't expect her to abandon her friends at the restaurant to see how she was doing. It was a surprise, but a pleasant one.
"Sure, thanks."
Zoey began to put some of Chase's notebooks back into his desk drawers. She came across an interesting book, it was a regular notebook, but with a bunch of random drawings and stickers all over it. She began to open it, but Chase quickly snatched it away.
"Actually Zoe, I'd prefer if you didn't read anything from this book" Chase said slowly.
"Why, watcha go in there?" Zoey began to interrogate Chase.
"Nothing, it's just private things."
"Well I'm just going to poke you until you tell me." Zoey began to poke Chase in the stomach.
"Come on Zoey, stop it, I really don't want to tell you."
Zoey continued to poke Chase until he retreated to his bed, and hid behind his pillow. Zoey climbed onto his bed.
"You're not very good at hiding are you?"
"So that's why nobody ever wanted to play hide and seek with me when I was younger" Chase said, with a puzzled look on his face that turned into a grin.
"You're such a dork sometimes" Zoey laughed, as she grabbed Chase's pillow and hit him in the head.
"Yeah I know."
Chase slowly looked at Zoey, as she sat there hugging his pillow. They both looked at each other, slowly coming closer together.
"This is it" Chase thought to himself. "I'm going to finally kiss Zoey Brooks."
Alright guys, first chapter of my story. I'd like some reviews before I post a second one. I'll try and update every week or so, but I can't make any promises because of school, and home life etc. I'm hoping everybody is enjoying my story so far, and if anybody has any tips or anything, I'd love to have some. R&R.
