Chapter 2
Chase walked aimlessly through campus, his hands tucked into his pockets. He was lost in thought, his heart hurt, and anger arose from him as he tried to comprehend why this hurt so much… sure Zoey dated another guy, that was irrelevant now due to the fact that they were together, that's all that mattered now wasn't it? His thoughts were immediately interrupted by two strong arms lifting him up in a tight embrace.
"Chase!"
It was Chases best friend Michael, Chase was happy to see him, as he tried to sell his best excited look and pretend that nothing was wrong.
Good to see you man, how was your summer?
"It was awesome man! but I bet not as good as your summer" Michael elbowed him with a raised eyebrow and grin.
Chases smile froze as he thought back to the eventful summer with Zoey, and all the crazy events that occurred, events he didn't dare speak to anyone about.
"Wow Chase, what's wrong?"
"Michael, why didn't you ever tell me?" Surprising anger spewed from his tone.
"About what?"
"James" Chase coldly replied.
"Oh….him, not much to tell man I mean…"
"Not much to tell? he dated Zoey pretty seriously from the looks of things, right after Zoey told me she loved me, I mean what am I supposed to think of that? What does that say about Zoey? How can she just move on so quickly, and then right back to me when I returned, I didn't think she was that type of girl… It hurts man, to know the girl I have loved ever since I first laid eyes on her, can just switch between guys so quickly, I thought I meant more to her than that."
Michael sighed, then placed a comforting hand on Chases shoulder.
"Look I know this tough, heck it was even tough for me seeing her date him after all you went through for her, the very fact that you missed an entire semester here for her, and it seemed like in return she just dated another guy..."
"She told me today that all he was, was a replacement a plug for the whole I left"
Michael eyes saddened.
"Look you and Zoey really have to talk this out… cause i know the first time Zoey saw James there was something there that was mutual… I'm really sorry to be telling you this man… but I think you should know the truth…"
Chases heart felt like concrete but nodded to Michael to continue.
"Chase they kissed like on one of their first days together… spent so much time together… I mean… its kinda like… she didn't really miss you… she was really happy while you were gone… and according to Lola and Quinn on the day of the prom she thought maybe it was a dumb decision to break up with him... I'm really sorry if this is hard to hear but you are my best-friend and you always deserve the truth.
Chase couldn't believe his ears. He felt downright deceived by Zoey she didn't even mention any of this, and on the day of the prom she was having second thoughts? That's when they got back together! What if he had never come back!
"Are… you alright man?" Michael asked.
"No… not at all, i'll talk to you later"
Chase dipped his head and walked away from Michael... he headed toward the beach, He desired to be alone and attempt to unpack all of this new information.