Thank you to linglangxpsu for your review :) And to anyone else reading this, if you want to read another Beth focused CL story, their fic "Relying on Friendship" is really good.

Anyway, Chasing Life has officially been cancelled and I'm so upset. But, I plan on finishing this story, though I may need some motivation because I'm getting to the point where I don't like my writing anymore and I feel like no one does so why bother finishing it. But I hate not finishing stories, and I have the ending of this story mapped out in my head, so I'm going to finish it. But if I don't update on time it's just because I'm losing motivation, but believe me I will finish it!

Chapter 6

The next week passed by just as slowly, with Beth spending as much time out of her apartment as she could. Every day she spent either working, working overtime, with April, or just out. the only time she was found in her home was when she was sleeping or when she knew Natalie wouldn't be home. And even then, it was slim. She feared seeing Natalie. Every time she did see her, her heart would race with what she could only assume was anger. They had both ignored each other since their latest argument after Danny's party, making the tension between them rise whenever they were in the same room. On nights when Beth thought it was safe to be home, she'd wind up finding Natalie with Dale, and she'd leave again immediately.

What seemed to aggravate Beth the most was that she knew Dale wasn't Natalie's type. And not because he was a quiet, nice guy, like Natalie had claimed, but because Natalie never went for the the shy, quiet guys. She admitted it to Beth before. But all of a sudden, she decides she wants to date him. Beth even noticed the lack of attraction Natalie had for him when she first invited him over. It's as if she was dating him solely because Beth said he wasn't her type, at least she thought anyway.

With all this time to herself, Beth thought a lot. Not so much about how much she was angry with Natalie, but more so about how much she hated that they were fighting. She missed how they used to be. Two roommates who could go out together and complain about guys while watching reality TV. She wasn't angry at Natalie so much anymore as the days progressed. Granted, she still believed Natalie and Dale were only together out of spite towards her, and that bothered her. And she wasn't particularly thrilled with what Natalie had said to her. But Beth wasn't one to hold a long grudge, at least not usually. She just wanted it all of to be over, for everything to go back to how it was before. She wanted for the two of them to stop ignoring each other, and most of all, she just wanted to see Natalie again without her face heating up and heart pounding with anger.

The day she finally understood everything was the day she went home earlier than normal and saw Natalie in front of a half empty room with packed bags next to her.

"What are you doing?" Beth asked after a few moments of confused silence.

"Clearly us living together isn't working, so I'm moving out."

"You can't just move out."

"Beth, we haven't talked to seen each other in over a week. We've both been avoiding each other. We were stupid to think things wouldn't be weird after. So, I'm out." Natalie picked up two of her bags and headed towards the door. Beth stopped her.

"Where are you even going to move to?"

"Dale said I could stay with him until I find a new place."

"Oh my god, Natalie, are you serious? You just met the guy-"

"Really, this again? Beth, you need to-"

"No, stop, look this isn't why I came home. I don't want to argue with you anymore."

"Sure as hell doesn't seem like it."

"Look, Natalie, before you leave, just let me say something."

"So now you actually wanna talk to me."

"Please?"

Natalie put her bags down and put her hands on her hips, waving her on.

Beth took a deep breath. "I've been thinking a lot about this past week, about us, I guess, and how ridiculous it's all been. About how we've been so angry with each other for such stupid reasons. About how I haven't been able to even be in the same room as you. Ever since that night. And I guess you're right, we were stupid to think things wouldn't be weird after, but it shouldn't have been this bad. I didn't understand why I was so angry with you, why seeing you with Dale made me so angry. But every day I kept going back to that night, and I realized today that I haven't had a night that great in a long time. Every moment with you was perfect and better than any date I've had in a really long time. And it finally dawned on me today that, I…" She paused for a second, catching her breath. "Natalie, I think I like you." She didn't wait for a reaction before going into her next ramble. "That's why I can't be in the same room as you, and why I can't stand seeing you with Dale. I just always want to kiss you all the time. I'm so mad at you because I know you don't want to kiss me back and you don't feel the same way, and I'm so angry with myself for feeling like this." As she rambled on, she didn't notice Natalie walking towards her. "And I know this is so dumb, and I've made things even worse between us, but I guess I just had to tell you and-" She was cut off by Natalie's lips pressing against hers. She stood there shocked as Natalie pulled away. "Did you just?"

"Yes, I did just." Natalie laughed.

"I'm confused then."

"When I woke up that morning and I remembered what I did and what happened, I felt so embarrassed and so stupid fro getting so drunk. But when I looked over and saw you, I wanted to do it all again. I wanted to kiss you right then and there. Then I saw the look of panic on your face and I knew you didn't feel the same. So I ignored it. I put it all behind me, or so I tried. I tried to go about every day, pretending seeing you walk out of the shower was normal and fine because I've seen it before. Pretending living with you wasn't a struggle because I've been living with you for awhile now and it never bothered me before. So I started getting irritable and easily bothered. And I started ignoring you. And you're right Dale was so not my type, but I was hoping dating him would either get me over you, or maybe, just maybe, it'd make you jealous. But I knew it was a long shot, so anyway to avoid you worked for me, because I just wanted to kiss you again and again."

"So shut up and kiss me then." Beth smiled and pulled Natalie to her and kissed her passionately. Natalie kissed back instantly, smiling into the kiss.

Natalie's hands trailed down Beth's sides to her hips and walked her backwards towards the wall behind her. Beth's arms wrapped around Natalie's neck as they pulled themselves closer to one another. Soon, the two found themselves in Beth's bedroom, still kissing. Natalie pushed Beth on to the bed and climbed on top of her. Her hands slid up her shirt and started to undo her bra, but Beth broke the kiss and stopped her.

"Wait. I don't think this is right."

Natalie pulled away, confused. "I'm sorry, I thought-"

"I want to, believe me I do. But, I don't know." Beth fought to try and find the right words. She sat up, fixing her shirt. "Don't you think this is weird? I mean, April is your sister and my best friend. Isn't this, like, against girl code?"

"I already broke that by dating her ex," Natalie chuckled.

"Really though, I just feel like it's...wrong."

Natalie moved closer to Beth, sitting in front of her on the bed. "We don't have to do this is you're uncomfortable, but April has nothing to do with us. We're all adults and we can make our own decisions. And we can't help the people who we fall for." She reached out to hold Beth's hand.

"I think I've fallen for you." Beth smiled and placed her hands in Natalie's.

Super cheesy chapter ending, but yeah, here it is. This isn't the end though, there's still a few more chapters, so hopefully I get over my self-consciousness towards my writing and I can get those last few chapters written and uploaded.

Also, if you haven't seen it yet, there's a petition going around to potentially save Chasing Life, or at the very least show ABC family how upset we are with their decision and show the creators of the show how much we love it. I'll put the link in my page in case you want to sign it. Right now it's at about 3,000.

See you next week.