A/N: Wow, sorry I haven't updated in forever. By the way, about the last chapter, "santizer" is really supposed to be "sanitizer." (I just noticed this and it bothered me). Thanks to my 6 reviewers. I'll try my best to update more often. Enjoy! -Erica
Chapter 5: It Couldn't Be
"Dustin, are you okay?" Zoey asked as she leaned over her brother from her chair.
Dustin's eyes opened wide. He sat up and looked at Quinn. "Zoey…I think it's time we had that talk…" He said in state of shock.
"Dustin!" Zoey snapped. She jokingly pushed Dustin's head to the side.
"It looks to me like Dustin's got himself a crush…" said Michael with a grin on his face. Quinn blushed.
Dustin stood up fast. "I do not! OUCH!" Dustin fell to the ground. "My knee! It still hurts! Zooeyy!" he said in an annoying voice.
"Well, there's always my hypo-allergenic sanitizer…It's chemically invasive and it won't clog your pores, plus it doubles as an insect repellent and…" Quinn rambled.
"I think I'll just take him to the nurse's office." Zoey suggested. "Dustin, can you walk on it?" Dustin shook his head pitifully. "Well I'm not gonna carry you!" She exclaimed.
"I'll come with you guys." Michael picked Dustin up and he and Zoey left.
"Well I'm going to go get in line to get some food before class starts. Does anyone want anything?" Quinn asked. Chase, Nicole and Dana shook their heads and resumed eating.
As Quinn walked away, Chase smiled a small smile.
"What was that I just saw?" Nicole said to Chase.
"What?" He asked, coming out of a small daze.
"You were smiling at Quinn, weren't you?"
"Are you kidding? Quinn? Quinn? Yeah right!"
"Oh come on Chase, when she walked in, you practically fell out of your seat!" Dana commented.
"I did not."
"Okay Chase if you want us to believe that…we'll just play along." Said Dana. She and Nicole stood up to leave.
"Wait! Where are you guy going?" He asked.
"We were up talking all night and we kinda forgot to re-type our book reports." Nicole said.
"You guys just can't leave me here alone with…" Just then, Quinn walked up and put he tray down.
"Bye you guys, we'll see you in math!" They both walked away.
Quinn and Chase were left alone…together at one table. Quinn looked down and started unwrapping her fork and napkin. Chase stared at her deeply. He couldn't help the strange feeling inside of him. He felt as if he could stare at her for hours.
"Where did Nicole and Dana go?" She asked him. Chase quickly snapped out of his daze.
"What?"
"Where are Nicole and Dana?"
"Oh, uh, they went to the computer lab."
"Oh, okay. It looks like it's just you and me." She grinned and took a sip of her milk.
"Yeah, just, you and me." An awkward silence passed over the table. Chase was getting tired of the silence. He wanted her to talk. He wanted to hear her voice, which had become exceptionally beautiful after the accident.
"So…did you see that National Geographic special last night?" Quinn asked, breaking the silence.
Chase smiled. "No, I didn't. What was it about?" Chase was so caught up in the sound of Quinn's voice and the look of her face, that he didn't realize that he had led her to talk about what he dreaded and what she loved…science.
"Well, it was about this new Polynesian bacteria that spreads throughout the human body and causes a rare form of bacterial Polynesian meningitis. It starts by jumping into your blood stream and…Chase?" She paused. He broke from yet another trance.
"What?"
"Are you still listening?"
"Yeah, of course, keep talking." Quinn continued her story.
"So, it starts in the blood stream and eats away at your intestines and…oh no!" Quinn cried.
Chase sat up in his seat quickly, "What?"
"I forgot to turn on my chicken incubator! I was so bummed out about my accident that I totally forgot to turn it on! Now the eggs will never hatch! Sorry Chase, I've got to go!" Quinn raced off to her dorm.
Chase sat back in his chair and sighed. She was gone. He thought about how much pain she was in at the hospital and he was so glad to see her happy again. Chase got caught up in his thoughts.
"She looked so good today…" Chase said.
"Who looked good today?" Chased turned around to see Michael hovering over him like a bee.
"No one! What are you talking about?"
"I know who this is about. You've got the hots for Quinn don't you?"
"No.We're just f-friends." Chased stuttered as Michael gave him a smirkish look.
The bell rang.
"Yeah, just friends…right…come on, let's go." Michael stood up.
"I'll be right there, I'm just gonna throw these trays away."
"Okay, I'll see you in class man." Michael left.
Could he really be having feelings for Quinn? Never in a million years had Chase even want to lay eyes on Quinn, now that was all he wanted to do. He stared at her tray, remembering how she looked when she opened her fork and napkin and that cute smile that she gave him. Usually Quinn looked like a Party City had exploded, but today, despite her clothing she really did look radiant. Chased fell into another dream state, until he realized that the warning bell had rung and that he only had five minutes to get to the other side of campus. He threw the trays into the garbage can and ran off to class.