A/N: Sory for the delayed update. I've been busy.

Chapter 8

"Does anyone know the answer to number eight?" Mrs. Redmon asked.

The class remained quiet. My head was still spinning. Austin, I guy that I hardly even know just asked me out. It was totally unexspected and just... weird. I glanced back briefly in Chase's direction. He was fuming which I must admit, was pretty funny. Now he knows how it feels. Jealousy.

After class, Austin turned to me again and asked," So... do you want to go out sometime? I mean I know I've only had casual conversations with you in Creative Writing. But I don't know, I really like you."

"Um..." I felt Chase's glare on my back. "Sure."

"Cool. I'll meet you outside your dorm tommorow night at seven, ok?"

"Alright," I picked up my bag as Austin walked out of the room. I turned around to see Chase, Logan, Micheal, Nicole, and Dana in a stunned silence.

"Well, that was awkward," Nicole said flatly.

The next day in the girl's dorm. 6:45 p.m.

"All I'm saying is you shouldn't go into something this fast," Nicole said.

"Nicole, I've known him since the first day of school," I said as I got ready for the date with Austin.

"So?"

"So I don't need to know guys as long as I've known Chase before I start going out with them."

"Yeah but Austin could be a murderer. Or a rapist. Or a rapist and a murderer," Nicole said.

"Austin doesn't seem like the murderer type. He seems sweet,"I said.

"How would you know? You've only spent like two minutes with him!"

"I spent like five years with Chase. And look what he did," I said.

"True. But ya know, Zo, I've heard things about this Austin guy," Nicole said.

"Like what?" I asked with a hesitant sigh.

"I dunno...he's a jerk!" Nicole said

"Nicole if you're not going to offer me a real reason to not go out with this guy then I am just going to go," I said and left the room before she could respond.

I waited for about ten minutes outside my dorm, like Austin had said. I must have looked at the clock on my cellphone a hundred times. The sun slowly set. The people in the busy area started to thin. Sadly, it took almost an hour after he was supposed to show to realize that Austin wasn't coming. "Man, I am such an idiot," I said to myself.

"No you're not," I heard someone say from behind me. Of course I knew who it was so I was about to get up and run. Like I've been doing for the past two months.

"Please don't leave, Zoe. Just talk to me for like two secounds," Chase said.

"I have nothing to say!" I said pulling blades of grass out of the ground.

"Then you just listen. Please?" He asked.

"Alright." I sighed leaning on the cement wall gazing at the stars that just came out.

"Zoey you are NOT an idiot. I am the idiot for even glancing at the Lauren girl. You were my best friend and I loved you all those years and wanted you to be mine so bad. And then once I had you, I took you for granted. Lauren means nothing, absolutely nothing to me. The past few months that I have been without you, I was lost, completely lost. I am nothing without you in my life Zoey Brooks. I love you.Will you please forgive me?" I stared at Chase trying to think of what to say.

"I'm pretty sure I'll forgive you. Eventually. But I don't think I could ever love you again. Not the way I did before. It's over," I stammered. And with that I walked back to my dorm leaving Chase in a stunned silence trying as hard as I could to not let the situation bring me to tears. Again. I am really sick of crying.

A/N: It's not over yet... The story I mean. Just please review. I need encouragement. It took all I could to write this stinking chapter. Oh and I have a new story. Read it please.