Lovelyanime: Thanks again to everyone for reviewing and reading. I didn't really think people would like Promises. Anyway, the chapter begin when they get to Zoe's house. What does Takuya see in her eyes? The sparkle that he saw when they were younger or cloudiness that hides her secrets?

Chapter 3- Goggled-Headed-Dough-Boy?(I decided to change the name)

"This is it." Zoe said as she got out of her car and walked towards the house. "Home, sweet home."

Takuya got out of the car and looked at the house, it wasn't tat big or that small. "I really like it, Z." He walked up to Zoe at the door

"I'm glad you like it." She unlocked the house and threw her jacket on the couch. "I'll look what I have to eat. You can watch some t.v."

Takuya looked around at her house. He went and sat on the couch and didn't turn on the t.v. He didn't really want to watch it and he was thinking that it felt so good to see Zoe again.

"Takuya, I have left over stew from last night. Is that okay?" She asked as she came in. "Because that's what we're having and I'm not gonna take an hour to cook you a meal."

"We can go out and get something to eat."

"I got a couple reasons why I don't want to. I don't want to go anywhere else tonight, I just put the stew in the microwave and I need to get rid of it since Sora and I didn't eat that much of it."

"Who's Sora?" He asked as Zoe sat next to him.

"She's my friend that I met in college and she helps me out a lot."

"That's great that you made a friend while I was gone. I was wondering…Have you been going out with somone?" He turned his head away from her not wanting to hear her answer. 'Why did I even ask her that? But I have to know…' He thought.

Zoe bit her bottom lip. "No…I haven't met anyone… not yet." She lied. She tried not to remember the man that she met a years ago.

Takuya sighed with relief and something popped in his head. He turned his head towards Zoe. "You know what I just realized?"

"What? You need to visit Koji while you're here?" She spat at his name.

"That too. I just realized you haven't called me the nickname you used to call me."

She giggled a little. "You used to hate that name."

"I Know, but it was funny. Want to know what else is funny?" He scooted closer to her.

Zoe began to blush of him close. "What is it?" Then suddenly he was on top of her and she was laughing uncontrollably. "Stop…That…Tickles!" She yelled in between laughs and closed her eyes tightly.

"Why should I?"

"I'll…I'll touch your ticklish spot and I'll call you that nickname you hate."

He stopped tickling her and grabbed both of her wrists. "I would like to see you try." He leaned his face closer to hers with not much space in between.

She opened her eyes and saw Takuya close up. She felt her face heat up, then she noticed he was holding her by her wrists and for some reason she was a little scared. Images of a man up close like Takuya with anger on his face and was holding her like that, but more tighter. She could remember that he was yelling at her for no reason. She closed her eyes again. 'It's only Takuya! It's only Takuya!' She shouted in her head. 'Takuya wouldn't hurt me like him.'

"Zoe?" Takuya noticed fear on her face and quickly let go. He didn't think he had seen a impression on her face like that before. "Are you okay?" He moved away from her face. "Did I do something, if I did I'm really sorry."

Zoe opened her eyes again and looked at Takuya. She saw that he was worried and she didn't need more of that. She quickly had to think of something and noticed she was free from his grip. That's when she thought up a evil plan.

"I'm okay, but you're not…" She poked him in the somach. "Goggled-headed -Dough-Boy"(Kind of weird, huh?)

He wrapped his arms around his stomach and began to laugh uncontrollably. He fell to the ground and Zoe jumped on top of him and continued to poke his stomach.

"That's…Not…Funny!" He said in between laughs.

"Then why are you laughing?" He grabbed her wrist once more and pulled her down. Their faces were as close as they were a minute ago. "Ta-Takuya?" She blushed and stared at his eyes.

He stared in her eyes back and saw it wasn't like before he left. It wasn't like the green emeralds he saw that were the most beautiful things he had ever seen. They were now dark and cloudy like a thick fog.

"Zoe, something's wrong with you. You're usually more cheerful than this and your eyes…"

She tuned her head away from him. "There's nothing wrong and you can't really think there's something wrong with me just because my eyes are different."

He pulled her chin, forcing her to look at him. "Of course you can… Everyone can just look at someone's eyes and tell."

Zoe knew what he was saying and he was right. She also saw something in his eyes like she knew she was safe, unlike JP's eyes. She also saw something that wasn't there before, but couldn't put her finger on it.

"You're right… Goggled-Headed-Dough-Boy." They both laughed.

They didn't know why, but they started to move their faces even closer. And as their lips were about to touch…The microwave went off to tell the stew was done. Zoe quickly got up and went I n the kitchen while Takuya went back on the couch.

"Takuya, it's ready," she called out.

As they ate it was quiet since they were deep in thought. They were to embarrassed to talk to each other. They didn't know what would happen next, but Takuya will be asking a lot of questions.

End of chapter 3

Lovelyanime: I know Goggled-Headed-Dough-Boy was a Weird name, but this is my fanfiction.

Zoe: You're a weird person, but that's how your personality.

Lovelyanime: Shut the hell up! I'm not weird and this is supposed to be a drama so quit trying be funny.

Zoe: I wasn't joking, it's a sad truth. Please review.