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Chapter 2- Blast From the Past

There was another moment of awkward silence.

"You did, didn't you! Robert, you've gone and hurt my feelings..." The girl put on a pouty puppy dog look.

Again confused, Chase had nothing to say. The girl tried to jog his memory, "About 3 years ago, North Carolina... come on Chase-Face, you've got to remember me!"

"Chase-Face?" He seemed a bit perplexed by the pet name, but suddenly remembered a moment from his past, "The only per..." He cut himself off, this time, and after a split-second, his eyes widened and he was more shocked than ever. "Chloe!"

The girl smiled once again and let out a bit of a squeal. "The one and only!" She went to hug him again, and Chase actually hugged her back. She let out a sigh of relief. "Finally!"

Chase let go and got a better look at her, he was a bit more awake now, the whole situation was very stimulating. "What are you doing here?"

Chloe's eyes finally left Chase's, and went straight to the suitcase behind her. "I need you..." she seemed to be searching for the right words "...to return a favor."

Chase was almost ready to laugh at what she said, but he reduced the feeling to a very small half-smile. "What favor would that be?"

Chloe lowered her voice a little, as if she was embarrassed to speak her next thought. "I need a place to stay." Before Chase had a chance to even process those words, another burst flew from Chloe's mouth. "It won't be for long, I promise! At least, not as long as you were, I mean, I just need to get settled and find a job and an apartment, It shouldn't be more than a month, I swear!"

"Um, maybe we should go inside," Chase said, as he was fishing in his pocket for his keys. He had just realized that they had been standing outside of his front door for ages.

Chloe laughed. "Oh yeah, definitely." Chase unlocked and opened the door to a surprisingly large apartment. Chloe's jaw dropped when she saw the size of it.

Chase set his keys on a table next to the door. "Aren't you going to come in?"

Chloe was still standing in the doorway, her mouth was a bit open as she stared at the leather furniture, the hardwood floors,

and the granite countertops, but Chase's remark sort of jogged her back to reality. "Um, yeah." She picked up her suitcase, stuffed her iPod into her pocket and slowly treaded into his home. "Wow."

Chase smiled and closed the door. "Oh, it seems a bit overbearing, I know, but once you get used to it, it's pretty comfortable. At least, I like it."

Chloe was simply amazed at the place, even more so once she entered and got a full view of it. "I love it! Are you sure you'll be able to make room for me?" She joked.

Chase joked right back, "Are you sure that I'm even allowing you to stay here?"

Chloe's smile was immediately erased from her face. "Oh," she seemed a bit depressed at the thought.

Chase burst out in laughter (for the first time in a long time, actually). "Am I not allowed to joke like you?"

Chloe bit her lip in embarrassment. "Um..." The two laughed together. "So, does that mean I can stay with you?"

Chase shrugged nonchalantly. "Sure, I have more than enough room, and you'll have your own bedroom and bathroom and everything."

Chloe grinned and threw her arms around Chase yet again. "Thank you so much! It'll just like North Carolina, only... more space!" They hugged for a little while longer, and then realized what they were doing, and stopped suddenly.