A/N: First, I'd just like to say thanks to you readers. This story has now hit over 1000 total hits. Yay me! Well, here's my next update. Sorry it took awhile longer then I normally update, but I have a reason. Yesterday I had to go pick up my glasses, that were finally ready(first-time wearer, and wow, didn't know my eyes were that bad). Then apparently I think the glasses gave me a small headache, so I couldn't really concentrate to write with it. Plus, there's also the fact I wanted to wait a little bit since it's such an "evil" cliffhanger, so you could all go through the day going "Aaahh! I want story updated! Why won't he update?"

To GinnyAndDracoForever: I know it has been, that you know why now.

To DeathDealer210912 and JN426: Hehe, thank you. Yes I am. :)

To Stargazing Maiden: Aah! Wall of text! But I think I know what you mean now. I started writing awhile after I found this site. I was just reading stories, and I decided to write one myself. And the first one just happens to be this one of Zoey101. And also, I do go online and play games. Heck, I'm playing one currently as I'm writing this. :)

To GUCIGIRL: I liked that review, made me laugh a bit.

Disclaimer: See chapter 1

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The message appeared on the screen. Before Zoey read it, she looked up. Could this message really explain why Chase has been acting funny? I can't see how he couldn't tell me directly. (A/N: I have to side with Chase on that, telling them directly is reeeeally hard, trust me, I know.) But before Zoey was about to look back down to read the message, she heard a scream. She dropped the tekmate, with message still showing on her bed and ran out to the lounge. Zoey bumped into Nicole first, "What's going on? Why is everyone yelling?"

"There's a rat in here!" Nicole told her, over random girl's screams, freaked out.

Being the nice person that she was, Zoey went in to try and help the girls with their rat problem, while Nicole went in the other direction to her room. When she closed the door, she could still hear various yells from girls in the lounge. Nicole looked around the room, and saw she was alone. She went to go sit down when she saw the tekmate on Zoey's bed. She remembered the conversation she had the other day.

-FLASHBACK-

"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."

-END FLASHBACK-

Nicole sat down on Zoey's bed, next to the tekmate, but didn't look at it. That must have been what Quinn wanted. To give Zoey back her tekmate now that she fixed it. Nicole knew that Quinn must have been the one to fix it, after the conversation she heard in the bathroom just last night.

-FLASHBACK-

"Look Zoe, I'm sorry. I really didn't mean to yell at you like that. I just, sorta...lost it. So can you come out here?"

Nicole almost gasped out loud, shocked to hear Chase yelled at Zoey, but covered her mouth in time.

"Well it's not just that," Zoey started telling Chase, "it's also the fact that you don't trust me. Why else would you hide that from me?" She unlocked the stall door and opened it.

"I told you, you can find out everything when you read that message I sent you." Chase told her.

"But what if she can't fix it, are you just going to not tell me?"

Chase held his breath for a moment, and finally let it out. "If she can't fix it, I'll tell you."

"Promise?" she asked.

"Yes." Chase assured her.

-END FLASHBACK-

Nicole had the strongest urge to read the message. The message that, apparently, was really important to the both of her friends. She started to get confused. How could these little things be so confusing. She thought, referring to the tekmates.

Nicole wanted to respect her friends' privacy, but her curiosity got the best of her, and she looked down at the device to read message Chase had been talking about. She was shocked to find that the message was already loaded on the screen. Nicole looked up really quick to make sure she was alone, and no one would walk in on her. When she was sure it was safe, she quickly looked back down again, and started to read the short message. Nicole jumped up, eyes wide, after she read it. She wasn't sure of what she just read. It couldn't be... She looked at the message again and re-read it, all six words. She jumped again and squealed loudly. I knew it! Oh, I hope she feels the same.

Nicole then wondered if Zoey had already read the message. She did see it already open when she got there. The screams outside the room were still going. Maybe, she opened it, but when the rat showed up, she ran outside to see what was going on. It didn't really look like she had read it. I should leave it right where I found it. She thought with a smile on her face. When she placed it back on the bed, her thumb slipped, and accidentally pushed a button. She looked at it's screen, which had now changed. 'Message Erased' "What?" She screamed, "No! Don't erase! Undo, undo!" She frantically pushed buttons and tried to see if she could bring the message back. Fortunately for her, the device could bring back any recently deleted messages. Nicole let out a heavy sigh of relief, and placed it back on the bed.

Few Hours Later

The girls had no luck with getting the rat out of the lounge. So they asked the guys to try and do it. They didn't have much luck as well. So they all asked Dean Rivers to call some professionals to get rid of it. Eventually they came and quickly got the rat out. It was night time by the time Zoey and Lola could enter their room again. They saw Nicole already inside reading a magazine.

"Hey guys!" she greeted. "Is that rat gone now?"

"Yeah, took a long time though. We couldn't get it out, so we asked for the guys' help. Chase and Michael tried their best, but of course Logan wouldn't help at all...jerk." Zoey told her, exhausted. "So, we asked Dean Rivers to call for help, and eventually they came. They got it out pretty fast too." She and Lola were tired, so they went to bed. Zoey even left her tekmate turned on, on her bed, without looking at it.

The Next Morning

Nicole woke up early. She had a lot on her mind. Zoey and Lola were still asleep. Nicole looked over at Zoey, and saw the tekmate still on her bed. She hoped the message was still there. She was pretty sure she had brought the message back. Nicole didn't want to cause anymore arguing between Zoey and Chase. After getting dressed, she walked out to get an early breakfast.

About 10 minutes after Nicole left the room, Zoey had woken up. She sat up in a daze. Clearing the sleep out of her eye, she shifted her legs underneath her bed covers, and felt a small bump. She looked at the foot of her bed, and saw her tekmate, which was turned off.

Zoey grabbed it and turned it on. It immediately flashed 'low battery power'. She frowned at it, but then got up to attach it to the charger to charge. I must be unlucky. She thought sadly. When she got dressed, she noticed there was only one other person in the room. Nicole was gone. Zoey glanced at the clock, which read 6:32 A.M. Nicole isn't usually such an early riser, I wonder what's up. She left the room to go find Nicole. When Zoey reached the lounge, she saw Nicole watching the television. "Mornin' Nicole." Zoey said, sitting down next to her.

"Good morning," Nicole greeted back.

"So, what are you doing up so soon?" Zoey asked her.

"I– uh...just couldn't sleep. So I just came out here to watch t.v. What about you?" Nicole told her.

"Yeah, I couldn't sleep either..."

"So...did Chase ever tell you what that one message he stole your tekmate for said?" she asked Zoey, trying to see if she read the message yet.

"No, not yet. But he told me to look at my tekmate, and that he sent me a message, that would explain everything."

"And did you?" Nicole asked, getting hopeful.

"Well– yes...and no." Zoey answered, with Nicole looking confused. "I turned my tekmate on this morning, but it said the battery was low, and wouldn't work. So I have it recharging right now."

Nicole nodded at her, and looked back at the television. At least she will find out later on today, I hope.

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A/N: HA! You all thought Zoey was going to read it! But she didn't, she got distracted with rat yells! But, now Nicole knows. Wonder when Zoey will finally read the message. Will it be when Nicole hopes, right after it charges? Only I know. And, this is my longest chapter yet! Reached all the way down to the bottom of the 5th page. So, go on, review for me. Please? 'Till the next chapter!