A/N: Like, oh my god! It looks like Zoey is going to finally read the message! I mean, come on...you read the last part of the chapter before this. What could possibly happen now? But, I bet you are all thinking, "Pfft, knowing you, you'll distract Zoey again and make us wait like 1516217273 more chapters cuz your so dang evil!" I know at least one of you is thinking it, or something close to it anyway. Also, I want to just bring up, I'm not going to do that "big" update I promised you all... You know, doing about 2-3 chapters at once. Yeah, just don't feel like it. Sorry. And, sorry for the loooong wait. I have this small deadline thingy I have to worry about. So I have been worrying about that. And there is also the fact that it's such an awesome cliffhanger that I had to leave you all...well, hanging. :P (Yay for bad puns!)

Disclaimer: Yay! I own Zoey101 now! They shall now bend to my will! Tough luck to all you people:)

Pfft, I wish. I don't own jack. Well, except this really cool looking wallet. Of course, see chapter 1 as usual.

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(A/N: To start of this chapter, I'm going to place a few paragraphs of what happened at the end of the last chapter, I just think It's needed for how I plan to start this one.)

Nicole left the room, and went to the lounge. She looked around and only saw a few girls she didn't know too well. She went to the front door and walked outside. Immediately after walking outside, she noticed Zoey sitting down at a table in the distance, her head on her arms. Before she could walk over there, she saw two other people walking toward her. It was Chase and Michael. Though, it seemed like Michael was pushing him, as he wouldn't let go of Chase's shoulders.

"Zoey, we have something of yours." Michael told her, when arriving at the table. Zoey looked up, but didn't say anything, and just looked at the two boys. He gave Chase a small shove, and Chase pulled out Zoey's tekmate. Her eyes went wide as she grabbed it from him. She wasn't sure wether to be happy or upset. Zoey still said nothing, and continued to look at them. Chase took the silence, and tried to walk away, but Michael kept his grip on him. "I don't think so. Your not leaving yet. Zoey, turn it on, and read the message. Right, now." he told her, strengthening his grip on Chase so he would not try to escape. Zoey was still slightly confused, but nodded at him, and turned the device on.

Chase tried one last time to make an escape, but came up unsuccessful, once again. He knew he would have to stick around. And nothing would distract her now. He looked down to the ground and closed his eyes as she opened the message from Chase. Why couldn't he let me erase it...?

-FLASHBACK-

"Part of me didn't want to give it to you, but I think it was the best decision." Nicole told Chase, and left. He smiled and went inside his room, looking down at the tekmate in his hand.

"What's that?" Michael asked him. Chase looked up, and rubbed the back of his neck nervously.

"Uh...it's a...cabbage." Chase tried to convince him, hiding the device behind his back.

"Do I look stupid to you? That is not a cabbage. Cabbages are not pink. They're green." Michael said to him. "Now let me see what you have." He lunged for Chase, and wrestled him to the ground. About five seconds later, Michael was victorious. "Aha! It's– why do you have Zoey's tekmate again?" he asked Chase, standing up. "Wait...and why would Nicole give it to you anyway?"

Chase knew he was backed up into a corner now. So he decided to tell him the truth. "Well...When I went over to go see Quinn, that's the reason I went. I wanted to see if she still had Zoey's tekmate. I– I wanted to...erase the message before Zoey could get to it..."

"What?" Michael shouted, waking Logan up.

"Do you two not understand the concept I told you earlier? Do NOT wake me up!" he yelled at them. He looked over at the clock, and sighed. "I'll deal with you two later, I need to go take a shower." he told them, getting up and leaving.

"I changed my mind. I don't want her to know anymore!" Chase shouted back to Michael, as if Logan hadn't even been there.

"It was that nightmare you had, wasn't it?" he asked him. Chase looked away, closing his eyes. Michael sighed, "Look man, I told you, it's going to be all right. I promise you it won't turn out turn out like the dream."

"I don't want to chance it, just give me back the tekmate and let me erase it." he begged of him.

"I'm sorry man, I can't let you do that. I really think she needs to find out. In fact...she's going to find out. Right now. Come on!" He told him, walking up to him, and pushing him out the door.

"No, I don't want to! You can't make me!" Chase yelled, trying to get away, with no luck.

-END FLASHBACK-

There was silence. Nothing made a sound. No bird sounds, no insects buzzing, even the ocean was quiet in the distance. It was as if everything could sense the event that was taking place. Chase couldn't look at Zoey. He wanted to, but not when she was about to find out the truth, after so long.

Zoey selected the message to read, and opened it. Well, I finally get to know what's been going on. She let her eyes fall onto the screen, and started reading. After reading the message the first time. Her jaw dropped slightly. Oh...my...god... is this for real? She reread the message a second and third time. She wasn't sure if she had read it correctly. After reading the message about one-hundred times, she finally looked up at Chase, who was still looking at the ground. She then looked behind him and at Michael. He just smiled back at her, and nodded. She looked back at Chase. Can he...really...? She thought, before finally speaking up, "I...I..." she started, but got up and ran. Ran away from there. Ran to the girl's dorm. She rushed past Nicole, who saw the entire thing, though she didn't hear it.

"Zoey! What's wrong?" she asked her, with worry in her voice. Zoey did not answer her, and just made her way past her. She ran all the way to her room, and went inside.

The two boys were quiet. "You know... I pictured that going much better." Michael finally said.

"Yeah...thanks a lot Mike. Really..." Chase sighed. "Now she hates me..." he slowly walked away and back to the boy's dorm.

Nicole watched as Chase slowly slumped his way back to the dorm. Oh...this is all my fault isn't it. I hate myself now. I should try to fix things. She ran to her dorm room, and went inside. Lola was gone, and it was just Zoey and her in the room. Zoey was on her bed, looking out into space, lost in thought. Nicole frowned a little as she walked up to her. Zoey didn't notice her at all as Nicole sat down on her bed. "Zoey, what's the matter?" She asked her. Zoey didn't answer her. "Come on, you can tell me, I'm your friend. Please?" Another empty response. Nicole sighed, and got up. I'm sure she will tell me when she's ready. She thought, leaving the room.

Zoey's mind was racing with hundreds of feelings and emotions. I can't believe it...all this time... How couldn't I see it before? Looking back...it was all so obvious. She sighed. Chase...how could you? I just...can't believe it. He...loves me?

The Boys' Room

Both Chase and Michael entered their room together. "Look, maybe she was just in shock. It was pretty big news. So don't feel so bad." Michael said, trying to make him feel better.

"Michael, please. You've done enough...so, can you just leave me alone for now?" Chase asked, heading towards his bed.

He sighed. "Alright, I'll see you later then." he said, and left the room.

Aw man...Now Zoey is going to not want anything to do with me. I should just stay in here, that way Zoey can never tell me off.

Unbeknownst to Chase, Zoey was thinking the same thing. She didn't feel like leaving her own room as well. And that is just what they did. Neither Chase or Zoey left their rooms for an entire week. The only time they left was to go to the restroom. They didn't leave for classes, and they didn't leave to eat. Both of their friends had brought them those items, the missed classwork, and food. Everyday Michael and Logan would try and talk to Chase, but he wouldn't ever respond to them, while Nicole and Lola would talk to Zoey, who also would not respond back. The four met up outside, a week after Zoey read the message.

"Hey guys," Nicole said, sitting down. "How's Chase doing?" she asked them.

"Not too good. We can't get him to talk to us." Michael told her. "What about Zoey?"

"Same thing. She won't say anything to us at all." Nicole said sadly.

"Why are they acting so weird anyway? I don't understand it." Lola stated.

"How can you not know? It's so obvious." Logan blurted out.

"Didn't Nicole tell you yet? She knows." Michael asked Lola.

"No...she didn't." She said, all 3 of them turned to face Nicole.

She looked a little nervous. "Um...she never asked." she said, showing a small smile. They kept their gaze onto Nicole. "Ok fine! I just forget, okay? I was too worried about Zoey..."

"So...what is happening?" Lola asked, wanting to know.

"Well, last week, Zoey found out something about Chase. And that thing was, is that Chase has feelings for her...as more then a friend."

Lola just sat there for a moment, her expression unchanged, then said, "Well...that can't be right. When I went out with him that one time, he told me it wouldn't work out because there was someone in his hometown that he liked, not at PCA."

"Don't you get it? Of course he said that. He told you that because he didn't want you to know it was Zoey he liked." Logan told her.

"Oh...okay." she said lightly.

"So...what are we gonna do about Chase and Zoey? I don't like them like this." Nicole asked, laying her head down on her arms.

Michael started to think, and quickly had an idea. "I got it!"

"What is it?" Nicole wondered.

"I'll tell you later, just bring Zoey to the girl's lounge at..." He checked his watch. "5:35. That's in twenty minutes." He got up, and left towards the boy's dormitory, pulling Logan with him.

"What's the plan then?" Logan asked, wanting to get Chase out of the room.

"We need to get Chase to the girl's lounge before 5:35. Probably about 5:30." he told him.

"Okay...and what exactly are you going to do?" Logan asked, a little skeptical.

"You'll see." he said, before they entered their room.

Back with the girls...

"What do you think his plan is? Do you think it will work? I'm not sure about this..." Nicole was asking Lola, after the boys disappeared from view.

"I don't know...but we have a slightly bigger problem." Lola pointed out to her.

"What's that?" she asked with concern.

"How exactly are we going to get Zoey out of the room and into the lounge?"

"Oh...yeah...I don't know." They got up and headed to their room, both trying to figure out in their head how to convince Zoey to leave the room.

"Zoey..? You doing okay?" Nicole asked, when she came inside.

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Chase's Convincing

"Chase, man, you gotta get up. You've kept yourself in this room for too long." Michael shouted to him.

"I told you already, I don't want to run into Zoey." Chase said irritably.

"Dude, she's doing the same thing you are, I doubt your going to see her." Logan said, a little annoyed.

"Yeah, she's kept herself in her own room, and hasn't come out for a week." Michael added.

"See, I freaked her out..." Chase said, looking away.

Logan gave him a dirty look, and slapped him. "Stop thinking like that. Now get up! Your going outside, now!"

Chase didn't move, he just stayed put.

"Alright, we'll do this the hard way then." Logan said, approaching Chase.

"HEY! What are you doing? Ow! Don't do that! OW! Get off me Logan! Ow! Okay, I give, I'll go. Just get off me." Chase told him, rubbing his sore spots.

Michael had his eyes open in surprise. "Wow, you're good." He told Logan.

"Piece of cake." he boasted.

Michael looked at the clock. It was 5:23. They had seven minutes.

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Zoey's Convincing

Zoey had her legs pulled up to her stomach, and her chin rested on her knees. She was lost in thought once again. She was doing that a lot the past week.

"Zoey...we're worried about you." Nicole said, sitting on Zoey's bed. Zoey reentered reality.

"Why don't you come outside with us? At least just one night." Lola asked of her.

"I...don't know." Zoey said lightly.

"Well...uh...how about we go to Sushi Rox? We can get some food, then you can come back here." Nicole told her, knowing she could use a little food.

Zoey sighed. She was hungry, but she wasn't sure if she could handle it. Finally she said to them, "Alright...I'll go. Give me a minute to get ready." She slowly got up, and got a change of clothes on. When she was finished, she walked out the door, and Nicole and Lola followed. Nicole glanced at the clock real quick before leaving. It said 5:33. Only had two minutes left.

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A/N: HOLY CRAP! Loooong chapter. But hey, I had to. Long chapter for the climax of the story. :) So...Yay! Zoey finally knows! (Insert various cheers from readers) Aren't you all happy now? But...that wasn't the reaction Chase was hoping for. And what could this plan that Michael came up with be? Wait for the next chapter to find out! Review now please!