Chapter 3:
"And he just said nothing happened!?" Nicole was yelling at the top of her lungs after Zoey said what had happened.
"Yeah…he seemed really uncomfortable about the whole ordeal. I don't know what's going on with him. I really don't know how he feels."
"Well Zoe, there's only one way to tell…you have to tell him how you feel, straight up. Don't beat around the bush, just go through it!" Lola advised her roommate.
"You think so? No…I can't do that, it could ruin our friendship. Is there any other way to tell?"
"Well, you could make him jealous, but I have a better way to do it if you don't want to hurt anyone else's feelings." Lola said while an evil grin spread across her face.
"What?" Zoey was now sitting on the edge of her bed leaning forward, intent on what Lola was about to tell her.
"Flirt with him. It's that simple. Wear some outfits that will make him just say 'wow, is that the Zoey I know?', be flirty with him, I don't know, more touchy feely etc. Show signs that you may be interested, and see how he reacts."
"… That's a brilliant idea!" Zoey was now very enthusiastic about the plan."
"I like the plan, I say do it Zoe" Nicole advised.
"I think I will, but will you guys help me pick out an outfit?"
"Sure" the two girls said in unison.
Meanwhile back at the boys dorm, Chase was talking to Michael about the events which had happened previously in the day, while Logan tried to tune them out with his Ipod.
"So…you chickened out…again!?" Michael asked for the third time.
"YES! How many times do I have to tell you this?" Chase yelled at his friend.
"I believe that was the third."
"Very funny, but seriously, what am I going to do?"
"Well do you think that she knows that you're interested, or were you really all that sincere back when you told her?"
"Well it's Zoey, the only one that seems oblivious to the fact that I love her…so I doubt that she knows what's going on." Chase said after analyzing Zoeys behavior in his head.
"Then you're fine, just make some subtle signs for her, see if she catches on. You know compliment her, be completely nice, girls love that stuff."
"Can you two shut up down there? I'm trying to get into my new CD I picked up today!" Logan yelled from his bed.
"Dude, what CD?" Michael asked, obviously interested now.
"The Arctic Monkeys."
"They're awesome! Mind if I borrow the CD and rip it to my computer?" Michael asked enthusiastically.
"Yeah, sure, whatever. The disc is on my table if you want it."
Michael quickly bounced off of his bed where he had been talking to Chase and began to download the CD onto his computer and 'rock out' to it. Chase shook his head at how foolish his friend looked and decided it was time that he go to class.
Zoey and Lola were sitting in their history classroom. None of their friends had the class with them…other than Chase.
"Where is he?" Zoey asked in a panic.
"Don't worry, he'll be here." Lola replied.
10 minutes into class they heard a large crash down the hallway. All of a sudden Chase popped into the class through the door and tripped. The entire class erupted with laughter. Their teacher did not seem pleased.
"Sorry I'm late, I was just running a little behind."
"That's no excuse Chase, now you know the rules. You're late, so you have to sing. What song will it be this time?"
Only one song was in Chase's head.
"Umm I think I'll sing 'When the sun goes down'" The entire class looked kind of confused. Not many people at their school listened to that kind of music.
Chase began to sing:
I said who's that girl there?
I wonder what went wrong
So that she had to roam the streets
She dun't do major credit cards
I doubt she does receipts
It's all not quite legitimate
And what a scummy man
Just give him half a chance
I bet he'll rob you if he can
I can see it in his eyes, yeah
That he's got a driving ban
Amongst some other offences
And I've seen him with girls of the night
And he told Roxanne to put on her red light
They're all infected but he'll be alright
Cause he's a scumbag, don't you know
I said he's a scumbag, don't you know!
"That's enough Mr. Mathews. I hope that this doesn't happen again… I think that we all hope you're not late."
The entire class shared a laugh about Chase's lack of musical ability. Chase took his seat, rather embarrassed.
Zoey then leaned over and whispered "Wow, nice song choice, I was getting tired of 'I'm a little teapot'".
Chase and Zoey shared a laugh, and then went back to their studies. After class, Zoey quickly followed Chase out of the classroom he was still rather embarrassed about his singing.
"Chase, wait up!" Zoey called after him.
Chase turned around to see Zoey. She was wearing what he thought was a blue tank top, and a jean skirt. It was quite low cut. He gawked at her for a moment until she caught up to him.
"What're you lookin' at?" She asked inquisitively.
"Umm, nothing." Chase answered, quickly shaking his head. "So…what's up?"
"Not to much, you know the usual, he lets go to the girls lounge and hang out, k?"
Before Chase could respond, she grabbed his arm, and began to walk there with him. Arm in arm.
What is she doing? Chase thought to himself?
When they arrived at the lounge and took a seat, nobody else was there, except for them, and a small group of people in the opposite corner.
"This area's kind of secluded eh Zoe?" Chase said, while raising one eyebrow at her. Great Chase, nice one… you moron.
"Yeah…I guess it is." There was an awkward silence. They both began to say something at the same time, but both stopped when the other began talking.
"You first" Chase told Zoey.
"No, you I insist."
"Alright…um so you have any plans for this weekend?"
"Nope, just sitting in the room… alone." Zoey said somewhat suggestively.
"Well, if you aren't doing anything, I was wondering if you wanted to go and see that new movie?"
"Of course! I mean…yeah, sure." Zoey answered somewhat enthusiastically, maybe to enthusiastically.
"Umm, alright, so I'll meet you outside the theater at 1:30?"
"Sounds good, but I've got to go and do some homework, bye."
"Bye Zoe."
Zoey walked away feeling great and so did Chase. They both thought that they were going on a date together. But they didn't know if it was an actual date.
Alright, hoped you liked the update :) The singing was something that just happened today, I found it amusing back then, I hope you guys did too :) I probably won't update until the weekend, because I have a busy week with some drama performances and so on. If I have free time, I'll write another chapter though. Reviews PLEASE :D
