A/N: Yippie! More reviews for me. I would have updated yesterday, but I had to go to this dinner thing. So I was gone all day. So, this will be my first attempt at a long chapter... Here I go!

Disclaimer: See chapter 1

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After watching Michael head back down, Chase got up and looked out towards the horizon. Maybe I should just go tell her right now. He kicked the chair he was once sitting on. Why does this have to be so hard?

At the Girl's lounge

Zoey entered the lounge and immediately took a seat on the couch. A few girls congratulated her again for being on television the day before. She thanked them as Nicole came over.

"Zoey, can I ask you a question?" she asked her.

"Sure Nicole, what's up?" Zoey responded, sitting up a little.

"Well, I was just wondering, what were you and Chase talking about at the fountain yesterday, before the show?"

Zoey widened her eyes a little. That's right, I forgot about that. I never did get my answer from him. "Do you remember, on the first event of the game we played, that Chase stole my tekmate away from me?" she questioned her.

"Yeah, he was cheating wasn't he?" her voice a little stern.

"That's what I thought, but that's what we were talking about. He told me why he took it." Zoey paused to think about the conversation. "Chase told me that the reason he took it was that he sent some text message to Michael, but accidentally sent it to me by mistake. He said he didn't have time to put it back after he took it to erase the message."

"Oh, well, at least he wasn't trying to cheat. That's the good thing. Besides, we won anyway. Though it was kinda weird that you won the aqua battle when you had lost the thingy." Nicole said, smiling cheerfully. "Any clue as to whatever the message he erased said?"

"Well, I did ask him. I wanted to know what was so important to hide from me. And I think he was about to tell me, but you guys dragged us in to watch the show. And I haven't seen him since then."

Just then, Quinn entered the room. "Zoey, I think it's going to be awhile before I can manage to get your tekmate up and running again." She said with a sad face and quickly left the room.

Nicole looked confused. "What happened to it?"

"Well, I believe it fell out of it's case, and fell into the fountain while I was talking to Chase yesterday. Jonathan came to our room a little earlier ago and returned it to me. He said he found it there. Oh, and uh...about our room..." Zoey said, chuckling nervously, "Sorry for the mess."

"Oh, so that's what he went passed here for." Nicole said, not noticing the comment about the room.

"I'm going to go get something to eat, I'll see you later Nicole." Zoey waved to her as she walked off.

At the tables

Zoey was headed for the tables when she saw Chase and Michael sitting at one of them. She greeted them as she took a seat. "Hey guys."

"Good morning." Michael told her, while Chase just sat there nervously.

"Why are you eating chips for breakfast?" Zoey asked Michael, having noticed his small container of chips.

"Hey, these are Quinn's chips. She finally managed to figure out the problem with them, and they are now completely healthy, with no weird side effects."

'Oh' was all Zoey could say as she looked at Chase, who wasn't looking at her.

Michael looked at them both and sighed. "Chase, are you going to tell her or not? Or do you already know Zoey?" he asked Chase, but then directing a question to Zoey.

"Tell me what?" Zoey asked, getting confused, while Chase just answered him with a 'No, not yet.' Is he talking about yesterday? Zoey questioned herself.

"Alright, fine! If you won't tell her, then I will!" Michael told him loudly. Chase bolted upright, eyes wide. "Zoey, you should know, that Chase–" but just then, Chase had quickly stood up, grabbed the container in front of Michael, and quickly ran off.

"What the..." Michael looked puzzled. But when he looked down, it hit him. "Hey! You little chip thief!" he shouted after him, getting up. "Come back here with my chips!" And he ran off after him, leaving Zoey all alone.

Wonder what that was all about. I should go find Chase. I want answers, and I want them now! With that, Zoey walked to the boy's dorm area, in hopes that she would find Chase there.

The Boy's Dorm area

Now that he had lured Michael away from Zoey, he ditched the chips by the door, and sat down on the couch. Michael grabbed his chips and headed to their room, glaring at Chase as he passed. Chase sighed. Well, I got through that one. I don't have to worry about Zoey knowing for a little bit longer. He looked out the window and turned a little pale. Zoey was walking towards the building. Chase got up and ran down the hallway towards the restroom, bumping into Logan on the way.

"Dude, watch where your going!" He said, a little mad.

"Sorry Logan," Chase said quickly, looking behind him. "If you see Zoey, you didn't see me, got it?"

"Yeah, whatever." he answered, as Chase ran into the restroom. Logan continued walking as Zoey came up to him.

"Have you seen Chase recently?" she asked him hopefully.

Logan smirked, "Yeah, he went into the washroom."

Zoey ran up to the door. Hoping Chase was the only person inside, she stepped in.

Chase was leaning against the bathroom stall when he heard the door open. His heart beated much faster when he heard his name called. "Chase?" He was trapped. He couldn't escape now. He waited as the slow foot steps came closer. Soon, Zoey's image appeared in front of Chase. "Chase, what's been the matter with you? You've been acting so strange."

"I can't tell you." Chase said, trying to keep his face straight.

"Why not? What could you be hiding that you can't tell me? I thought we could tell each other everything."

Chase sighed. He tried to look at Zoey eye to eye, but he couldn't find the strength to look at her. "Have...have you looked at your tekmate lately?"

"Huh?" Zoey blinked. "No, don't change the subject!"

"Just...answer the question." he said, looking at the floor.

"Well, no. It's broken right now. It fell in the fountain when we were talking yesterday. But Quinn's working on it as we speak. Though she said it will be awhile before it should work again. But what does that have to do with anything?"

Chase sighed again. "I sent you a text message...that should explain everything. So– so when she finishes working on it, you can read it."

Zoey grabbed Chase's face with both of her hands, making him look directly at her now. "Why can't you just tell me right now?"

"I just can't right now!" he yelled, rather loudly at her, and ran out of the restroom, leaving her with her thoughts.

Zoey just stood there, in the empty bathroom, a single tear falling on her face.

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A/N: Yes, that's right. I stole Michael's chips. And I'd do it again too! And yes, I made Zoey cry, but just 1 tear. It seeped out of her eye, and fell. So, with that said, REVIEW! Next chapter coming soon.