Well, since I have a long weekend, I'm up nice and late so I've done another chapter this weekend!

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Chapter 2:

Chase and Zoey continued to slowly close the gap between them. They were inches away, when suddenly, they heard the turn of a doorknob. Michael and Logan were at the door, just getting back from Sushi Rox.

"What are you two doing?" Logan asked with one eyebrow raised.

"Nothing, just fooling around" Zoey told the two boys. "Well I'll see you guys tomorrow, bye Chase!" Zoey said quickly, and then exited the dorm.

By now Chase was red in the face, partially from embarrassment, the rest of it was anger. "Why did you guys have to come in right then?"

"Why was this 'fooling around' more than Zoey made it sound like?" Michael asked as he emphasized the term 'fooling around'.

"Yes, we were practically about to kiss!" By now, Chase was fuming at his two roommates.

"Sorry dude, next time we'll knock or something" Logan assured his roommate in a sarcastic way.

"Whatever guys…I'm still not feeling to well, so I'm going to bed" Chase said as he pulled his covers over him.

Meanwhile Zoey was walking back to her dorm, still in disbelief at what had almost happened between Chase and her. In her mind this brought the topic of her feelings about Chase. She began a mental battle with herself.

Chase is my best friend, that's all!

Admit it; you know that you at least like him!

Zoey knew what the answer really was though. She did have feelings for Chase, as more than just a friend. But maybe that almost kiss really didn't mean anything. Maybe Chase was just running up a fever and didn't really know what he was doing. She couldn't risk their friendship over him…could she? The rest of the way to her dorm, she thought about if she was going to tell Chase how she felt.

When Zoey arrived back at her dorm, Lola was already fast asleep, but Nicole wasn't. She was up on her laptop, probably doing homework since her face was so scrunched up. Lola called it her 'thinking face' since you didn't see it all that often.

"What're you working on?" Zoey asked as she plopped down on the bed beside her friend.

"Just some English…I don't really know what to write about, maybe I should ask Chase for some ideas, he's awesome at English! Don't you just think Chase would be able to help me?"

At the mention of Chase, Zoeys face turned bright red, and she quickly turned away.

"Wait Zoe, I know that look. What happened between you and Chase?" Nicole asked as she slowly began her interrogation.

"Nothing really…it's just…we almost kissed…" Zoey slowly trailed off.

"REALLY!? Oh my gosh, that's awesome! I can't believe it! Why didn't you kiss, what happened? Do you like him?" By now Nicole was practically screaming.

"Nicole be quieter, you're going to wake up the whole floor."

"Alright" Nicole's voice was now almost a whisper. "So what happened?"

"Well, we were about to kiss, but the Logan and Michael came back to the room, so we kind of got interrupted…just before we kissed."

"Oh…that sucks. But do you even like Chase?"

"Actually, I thought about it the whole way home. I never realized it before, but I really do have strong feelings for Chase…really strong feelings. I think I'm in love with Chase." Zoey said blushing and looking at her feet.

"That's awesome! But what are you going to do?"

"That's the thing, I don't know what I'm going to do… what if he doesn't feel the same way that I do, and it'd ruin our friendship."

"Quit thinking so much and just tell him! I'm sure that he feels the same way, I mean, you can tell…it's pretty easy. Just watch how he looks at you, and how the two of you talk, and you'll probably be able to see it."

"Wow…Nicole, you just said something incredibly smart! Thank you, but I'm actually really tired, so I'm going to go to bed."

"Ok, goodnight Zoe."

The next day in class, Chase was admiring Zoey from the back of the classroom. He couldn't help but wonder whether or not last nights event actually meant something, or if it was just a big mistake. When Zoey turned around, he pretended to just notice her look over at him, waved to her, and then continued his work. Eventually he had to actually work though, because Nicole was asking for help for her English assignment.

"So do you know anything that I could write about?" Nicole was now pleading for help from her friend.

"Why not write about a personal experience? Teachers love that kind of stuff."

"…That's actually a good idea. Thanks Chase!"

"You sound surprised a good idea came from me."

"Well, I am, I'm going to go and start writing, bye!"

Just as Nicole left, Zoey came and sat down next to Chase.

"So Chase, about last night…"

"Yeah?" Chase asked in the way of telling her to continue.

"Well, I don't really know what happened… could you just explain your side of things?"

"Umm…sure" Chase said, while twiddling his fingers. He was obviously uncomfortable. "Well, I don't know…I wasn't feeling too amazing, and then there was just that moment. I don't know what happened really, but nothing really happened, so we're ok…right?"

Zoey sighed. Maybe Chase really didn't feel that way about her. "Yeah, we're fine" she told him as she got up and left the table, leaving Chase with a confused look on his face.

Chase was kicking himself right now. How could he lie to Zoey? He had the chance to tell her how he felt, and he chickened out again. Sometimes he wished that he could just confront his fears instead of being afraid every time an opportunity to arose. He began to wonder if he would ever tell her how he truly felt.

Alright guys, that's the next chapter. Sorry if some of you didn't like the non kiss, but you'll have to deal with it. I need at least 2 reviews per chapter before I update, that way I know that it's worth my late night effort :P Hoping that you're all enjoying so far though!