"Have you seen the board yet?" Were the first words out of Felicity's mouth when she joined him at his locker after school.
"No. Should I have?" Chase answered, closing his locker and tossing his bag over his shoulder. Felicity was near to bursting with excitement, her body in constant motion and a massive grin plastered on her face. Without answering him, she grabbed his hand and pulled him over to the aforementioned board and directed his gaze to a bright blue sheet of paper. His eyes skimmed it and then widened, looking it carefully over a second time. Finally, he turned to Felicity, the look on his face nearly matching hers.
"We made the team." He stated dumbly. Felicity laughed and threw her arms around his neck, pulling him into a joyous hug.
"You bet we did, Pretty-Boy. I told you you'd be awesome." She confirmed as he returned the hug, letting the excitement overtake him as he swung her around, causing her to laugh.
"What're you two so happy about?"
Chase set a still laughing Felicity back on her own feet and turned to respond to his sister. "We made the volleyball team."
"Volleyball team? Wait, since when are you into volleyball? Or even sports in general?" Bree asked, clearly confused. Chase frowned; he'd completely forgotten that he hadn't told his family.
"I asked him to join a few weeks ago and he agreed, so I ended up teaching him how to play. He's actually really good, enough to land a spot on the team." Felicity explained, bumping shoulders with him as he tried not to blush. Bree was silent for a second, her face speaking volumes on her disbelief, then she smiled at Chase.
"Congratulations you two. I can't wait to see your first game."
Chase returned her smile with a small one of his own. "Thanks Bree."
"You two going out to celebrate?" Bree asked.
"Well, we were gonna go catch a movie, but I think this calls for something better." Felicity responded. Chase nodded, already knowing exactly what she had in mind: the street café he'd taken her to the day he showed her around the city. Thinking about it reminded him of his recent conversation with Psyche, and suddenly everything seemed perfect.
"Have fun you two." Bree said, walking away as Chase realized he'd completely missed the girls' conversation. Felicity waved after her and then turned back to Chase.
"Ready to go?" She asked.
"Uh, yeah. Let's go."
Felicity lifted her eyebrow at him, silently questioning his response, but didn't comment as they left the school and headed for the café.
As they walked and talked, Chase wondered how exactly to broach the subject of asking Felicity out, 'officially'. It wasn't easy. Everything he thought of sounded awkward or cliché. He was beginning to wonder if it was even a good idea.
He kept mulling it over as they finally reached the café and ordered their food before heading to their typical table out on the sidewalk.
"So, what's eating at you?" Felicity asked.
"What do you mean?" Chase responded, hoping she hadn't picked up on his nerves.
"Don't give me that. Something's bothering you and we both know it." Felicity gave him that look that told him she was not about to take 'no' for an answer. Chase sighed, running his fingers through his hair nervously.
"Nothing's bothering me, per se, but…I've been meaning to ask you something, and I can't seem to figure out how to properly do so and I guess there really isn't one, so I'll just say it." With this, Chase finally looked at her and she simply gazed back expectantly. "Will you go out with me?"
"Pretty sure that's what we're doing right now." Felicity explained slowly, but Chase waved her response away.
"Not like this, I mean like actually going out as…you know…" he stopped and, when it became clear she wasn't going to say anything, continued. "As a couple."
Chase almost couldn't meet her eyes, expecting her to say no or laugh in his face. Instead, Felicity smiled and took his hands in hers.
"I knew what you meant, Pretty-Boy; I just wanted to hear you say it."
"So, is that a yes?" He asked, perking up with hope.
Felicity laughed. "Of course it is, you dork. I wouldn't be here with you otherwise."
Chase laughed as well, releasing all the nerves that had built up inside of him. He couldn't have imagined this going better. Well, actually he could, but, right now, this was perfect.