When they got to the hospital, the doctors rolled Chase over to the emergency room. Zoey and Michael waited in the waiting room. They started to play rock, paper and scissors.

Meanwhile, in the emergency room, when some doctors saw Chase on the mattress on wheels, one of the doctors asked, "What's wrong?"

"Well, it seems that this boy choked on coffee," said another doctor.

"Oh, that's bad," said another doctor, "come on. Let's get to work."

Back at the waiting room, Zoey and Michael were thumb wrestling.

Meanwhile, back at the emergency room, Chase had wires attached to his head and the doctors saw that a green line wasn't moving. One of them shook his head.

An hour later, Zoey and Michael were playing checkers. Then, a doctor came to them and explained, "I'm afraid I have some very sad news, kids. That coffee your friend choked on went into the wrong place. It went into the lungs, which is very rare. And the coffee burnt one of the lungs."

"And that means…?" asked Michael.

"It means that your friend won't be able to breathe," said the doctor, "so, I'm afraid that your friend, what's his name?"

"Chase," explained Zoey.

"Right," said the doctor, "I'm afraid that Chase is dead."

"No-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!!" said Zoey.

When Zoey and Michael got back to PCA, Nicole saw the tears in Zoey's eyes and came to her to make her feel more better.

"Come on, Zoey," said Nicole, "let's go back to our dorm and I'll get you a cup of your favorite drink: orange blix."

Nicole and Zoey went to their dorm and Nicole put some orange blix in a cup with a straw and gave the cup to Zoey.

"Thanks," said Zoey as she took a sip.

"So, Chase is in heaven?" asked Nicole.

"Yes," said Zoey.

"You miss Chase?" asked Nicole.

"Yes, again," said Zoey, "I really miss him, Nicole."

"I know," said Nicole, "when one of my friends from home, Katie, died from a car accident, I was upset for days."

"Is this like the story of your uncle?" asked Zoey.

"No," said Nicole, "anyway, my mom helped me get better. She said that if I remember the good times Katie and I had, I wouldn't miss her as much. And she was right. I went to all the places that Katie and I used to go to together and had flashbacks. Then I felt better."

"So, if I remember the good times Chase and I had, I won't miss him as much?" asked Zoey.

"It's worth a shot," said Nicole.

"Okay," said Zoey, "thanks, Nicole."

"No problem," said Nicole.

Zoey, holding her blix, looked around campus. She had flashbacks of when she and Chase first met, the time when Chase took her on a boat ride and got seasick and made her laugh a bit, the time on a rainy day and they got cuddled up by the fire and more. Thank you, Nicole.