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Chapter Two: Crushes and Dates

PCA Movie Theater

"Nicole?" Logan seems just as surprised.

"Oh! Good," Kyle said happily. "You guys seem to know each other already."

"Is that true, Nicole?" Tessa asked. "Do you already know him?"

"Uh…" Nicole tried to speak, but her mouth was too dry.

"Yeah, we know each other," Logan cut in. "We're in a couple of classes together."

Nicole nodded.

"That's good," Tessa said. "Then you two should be pretty familiar with each other." She slid her hand into Kyle's butt pocket and Kyle did the same thing to her, they walked together to the ticket booth.

Logan started towards the theater, and then turned back. "Nicole, are you gonna watch the movie or not?" he said, a bit annoyed.

"Um, yeah," Nicole answered awkwardly.

Student Lounge

Chase sat alone on a squishy, purple couch, reading from his history textbook. Twirling a pencil in his left hand, he chewed his cinnamon flavored gum. He had been reading the same sentence for five minutes, because he was thinking about Zoey.

Chase had already decided to ask Zoey to Homecoming. But how? He had no idea on how to even get to this subject.

This is lame, he thought. We've been great friends for such a long time and I can't even think of a conversation starter?

Just then, the twirling pencil dropped onto the ground. Oh great. Chase poked his head under the table to look for the pencil.

Ah, there you are, Chase thought, finally spotting the pencil. As he reached for it, he noticed a pair of orange and white Puma shoes behind it. Wait… Chase thought. "Zoey!"

Forgetting about the uncomfortable position he was in, he tried to sit properly on the couch again. On the way up, he bumped his head on the table.

"Oooo, that sounded painful," he heard Zoey's voice. "You okay, Chase?"

"Yeah, I'm fine," Chase said, getting up from under the table for the second time.

"Good," Zoey said, "Because I need to ask you something."

"What's that?"

"Um…i-it's…" Zoey blushed.

"Go on," Chase said.

"It's about Homecoming," Zoey finally said.

"WHAT!" Chase couldn't believe this was happening. "Say that again?"

"I said, it's about Homecoming," Zoey repeated. "Actually, never mind. You'll probably think it's stupid, anyways."

"No!" Chase said. Zoey's going to ask me to Homecoming! "I promise I won't think it's stupid." Chase smiled.

"Well…okay," Zoey said. "Can you ask Nick if he's got a date yet?"

Chase's heart sank. He knew that was too good to be true. Zoey would never like him in that way. To her, he's probably just a dorky brother.

"Chase? Did you hear me?"

"Uh…yeah."

"So can you ask him? Please?"

No.I won't ask him. She'll definitely go to Homecoming with Nick if he doesn't have a date yet.

"Oh I already know," Chase lied. "He's going with that blonde girl."

"Oh," Zoey said, disappointed. She didn't care who exactly "that blonde girl" was. All she knew was that Nick had chosen someone else already. "Okay. Thanks, Chase."

"No problem," Chase said, as Zoey turned to leave. "Wait!"

Zoey turned back. "Hm?"

"YouwannagotaHomecomingwitme?" Chase blurted.

"Huh?"

"Uh…I suppose…uh," Chase swallow. This was just as hard to say as he had imagined. "That since…um…neither of us have dates…and it'll probably be pretty awkward if we went alone. So…uh…maybe…um…maybe we can…"

"Are you asking me to go to Homecoming with you?" Zoey asked.

Chase's whole face turned pink and he nodded.

"But as friends, right?"

"Uh…yeah."

"That'll be great," Zoey said, smiling, and walked away.

"Yeah, that would be," Chase muttered to himself.

PCA Movie Theater

This movie will probably win the most boring movie award, Nicole thought, and slumped in her seat.

She looked to her right. Tessa and Kyle were making out, and not paying attention to the movie at all, and so were most of the couples in the theater.

Nicole rolled her eyes. Why do they pay to just get into a dark room that smells like popcorn to make out?

Nicole closed her eyes to rest. After about ten minutes, she heard the movie end. Thank god.

Logan was the first to get up and walk out. He probably hated the movie as much as I did, Nicole thought.

As she walked outside, the bright light blinded her a bit, but she was so relieved that the movie was over she didn't even notice.

"So what did you think of the movie?" Nicole asked Logan.

"One of the worst I've seen," Logan answered. "But at least I watched it."

"Huh?"

"You obviously thought Tessa and Kyle were far more interesting than the movie," Logan smirked.

"Hey," Nicole blushed. "The movie was bad, you said it yourself."

"Nicole! Logan! There you are!" Tessa said, her mouth a little red from kissing. "Good movie, huh?"

"Yeah," Nicole lied.

"So where do you guys wanna go for dinner?" Kyle asked.

"How about the sushi bar?" Nicole suggested.

Logan shrugged. "Okay."

"Fine with me," Tessa said.

"That'll work," Kyle said, and took Tessa's hand. Chatting, the couple walked in the direction of the Sushi Bar.

Logan started, and Nicole followed him. After a while of awkward silence walking next to Logan, Nicole felt his arm brush against hers. She smiled inside.

A couple of seconds later, their hands touched again, this time, Logan wrapped his hand around Nicole's fingers, and drew her closer.

Surprised, Nicole turned her head and looked at Logan, who was already smiling down at her.

((A/N: Woot. Another chapter.

Sorry for the delay…lots of school work, so don't expect me to update every few days.

Hope you enjoyed it!))