"So," Zoey said excitedly as they hopped off the bus, "what is it?" They began walking down towards the animal shelter. It was two blocks, and the bus didn't go in that direction, so they had to walk.

"Well, Zoey, You see... Aren't we supposed to go to brunch?" Chase interrupted himself. Zoey stopped in her tracks. Chase did too.

"Oh yeah. Where do you wanna go?" Zoey was hoping that maybe they could go some place where they could talk. Some place where she wouldn't get stuff stuck in her teeth, either.

"Well, I dunno..." Chase looked around. He'd never really left the Pacific Coast Academy Campus. "How about the pizzeria?"

"Sure!" Zoey said excitedly. It was a bit interesting for her to eat pizza first thing in the morning, but at least there wouldn't really be any people there. Nobody wants to have pizza at 10:30 in the morning. Doesn't that make me nobody? Zoey asked herself as they walked in the door. "Do you have money?" Zoey asked.

"Yeah, I brought a ton," Chase said. "I'll pay."

"We can split it," Zoey offered. They argued for a while and struck a deal that Zoey would pay 40 percent, and Chase would pay the remaining 60. They ordered and sat down in a booth. Perfect, Zoey thought, No one else is here, we're in a booth, so...

"So, Zoey, what's up?" Chase said, hoping Zoey had forgotten about the thing he needed to tell her when they got off the bus.

"You still have to tell me," Zoey said, and Chase smiled nervously.

"After we get the pizza," He saved himself. Zoey gave him one of those 'you've-got-to-be-kidding-me' looks, but Chase ignored it.

"Okay, then," Zoey said airily. It's worth waiting for, She agreed.

"So have Nicole and Dana been getting along well?" Chase asked, trying to stay off that subject. Zoey sighed.

"They don't really argue anymore. I'm a person who can work well with that kind of stuff," Zoey said, bragging about herself.

"Could you 'fix' Logan?" Chase asked and smiled. Zoey laughed. He loved her laugh. And her smile.

"I don't think anyone can 'fix' him," Zoey giggled. Chase's smile faded as the pizza came. He hoped she wouldn't remember.

"So...will you tell me now?" Zoey asked anxiously after the waiter left. She hadn't forgotten, that was for sure.

"Ummm..." Chase couldn't think of anything to hold it off so he shoved a bite of pizza in his mouth. Zoey rolled her eyes. She still had the rest of the day to get it out of him.


Zoey smiled as they got out of the pizzeria.

"Now what?" Zoey asked, as if Chase had planned this entire day out, which she didn't doubt he did.

"How about we go to the arcade?" Chase asked. Zoey smiled and nodded happily.


"Well, I know for sure they're kissing now!" Nicole said happily from their dorm room.

"Put a sock in it, Nicole!" Dana said, tired of hearing her saying that.

"You've only said that about seventeen times, too," Michael added. He was also annoyed by this. "Besides, Chase wouldn't tell her so soon. He's not like that." Nicole sighed.

"Well, I'm willing to risk five more dollars that they will kiss before nine o'clock tonight!" Nicole said. Dana raised an eyebrow.

"You're on," She said, shaking Nicole's hand. Michael laughed.


"Dana, you just lost five dollars," He managed to say, and Dana shot him a death glare.

"Oh, hold on, Chase, I'll be right back," Zoey said and ran off to the bathroom. Chase let out a sigh of relief and pulled out his cell phone. Dialing Michael's number, he double checked to make sure Zoey wasn't going to come out anytime soon.

"Hello?" Michael answered.

"Michael!" Chase said loudly.

"Did you tell her yet?"

"No." There was a pause.

"Are you gunna?"

"Yes."

"When?"

"I... don't know! How am I supposed to know?" Chase raised his voice a bit.

"You were supposed to know when a good time to tell her would be."

"Oh. Yeah, well, it didn't work out that way," Chase's eyes darted around to make sure that Zoey wasn't right there.

"So you're going to tell her, right?"

"Right." Chase spotted Zoey. "Oh! There she is! Gotta go, bye!" Chase rushed to hang up and fit the phone in his pocket before Zoey came back.

"Okay, so, what do you wanna play first?" Zoey asked, oblivious to the conversation that had taken place before she had gotten back.

"How about... this one?" Chase asked hopefully, pointing to a car racing game. Zoey smiled again.

"Sure!" Chase waited for a moment as Zoey hurried over.

"I should tell her soon," He said to himself.

"Come on, Chase, let's play!" Zoey said his name a lot. He liked that.