A/N: So, I hope you all enjoyed the week of waiting I gave you all. :P But now, it is time to update this story! I bet you're all wondering... "What the hell did Zoey do?" from the last chapter. Well, I am trying to decide right now whether or not I should tell you all, or to let you try and figure it out. Hmm... Oh well. Let's move onto some other matters first shall we?
You know, I would've updated this a few days ago, but my weekend has been pretty busy. Like for example, on Friday, I went to go see the Nightmare Before Christmas... In 3D! Woo! Go me! It was freaking awesome, and it was cool since it was a one day only thing.
Also, I never figured this story would be so popular... :) I just decided to write it for the heck of it. And also because I DID NOT like how the Spring Break-Up episode ended. And now, here we are, at the very last chapter of it, and a lot of you say it's just an awesome story. :D Thank you all!
If no one has figured it out yet, what I wanted to do was actually have Chase be the one to "lose it". And you know, he hits her instead... But if I did, I'd probably have a crazy load of hate messages all saying like "OMGWTFBBQ! You hit Zoey! What the hell is wrong with you?" But... I can't have you all hating me, so I changed it to Zoey who "loses it." :P But I guess this way is okay, it actually kinda helps the storyline out.
Now, onward to the chapter!
Disclaimer: See chapter 1
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Why did I do that? Zoey thought to herself, tears still sliding out of her eyes.. What happened? I don't see how that could have happened. She was laying on her bed inside of her dorm room.
You're too much of a good actress I guess. I mean, it was rather convincing. I'm sure you're friends bought it anyway. A voice answered her back.
I guess so... but that's no excuse... Zoey thought lightly.
Do you have any other ideas then?
No... But I'm worried about Chase. What if I hurt him? And what if... What if he doesn't like me anymore after that? I didn't mean to hit him like that. Zoey's eyes watered some more.
I'm sure he's fine. He's a tough kid. Just go check on him tomorrow. You know, give him a little time to recover.
Zoey nodded at the voice. I guess... But I'm still worried about if he'll even want to see me now. What if that made him scared of me or something? I can't have that... I... love him.
You're over exaggerating. Just don't go around hitting him anymore, and I'm sure he'll be fine.
Zoey remained silent. The voice did seem to calm her a little, as her tears stopped falling, leaving her eyes slightly red from all of the crying. At that moment, the door opened up. Zoey turned her head to face the door. She saw that it was Nicole who came inside.
"Zoey! I can't believe you did that! Why did you hit Chase like that? I thought all you wanted to do was make it look like you two had no chance! I just don't see–" But Nicole stopped in mid sentence. She had spotted Zoey's face, which was slightly flushed from her crying. "Zoey... What's wrong?" Nicole didn't like to see her friend like this.
"Oh Nicole... I didn't mean for any of this. I don't know what happened. My emotion just took over or something." Zoey then sat up straight. "Nicole... is Chase all right?"
"Yeah, he's doing okay. He's up in the nurse's office."
"What happened?" Zoey asked with worry.
"Well, you broke his nose. That's usually what happens when you get hit in the face as hard as you swung at him." Zoey drooped her head to the ground slightly. "Oh... sorry." Nicole apologized.
"Was he mad?" Zoey questioned her.
"I don't know. When you hit him it kinda knocked him unconscious. He was still like that when I left the nurse's office. But she said that his nose was broken."
"So... I guess I'm in trouble then."
"Why's that?" Nicole asked, confused.
"Because I'm the one who hit him. Didn't the nurse ask what happened to him?" Zoey wondered.
"Oh... well, we weren't sure what to say. What you did surprised us all. Everyone figured there must have been some kind of reason why you did what you did. You're not the aggressive type. So we just told the nurse a fake story of how he accidentally rode his bike off the set of stairs by Brenner Hall. You know, that really long one. (A/N: Yeah, I don't know about that... so I made it up.) And we told her that he landed on his face." Nicole told her.
Zoey remained silent. Even after all that, my friends still won't rat on me. Wow... Zoey stared at Nicole for a moment, before saying, "I'm going to go see him tomorrow."
"Chase?" Nicole asked.
"Yes." Zoey said, laying back down on her bed, and closing her eyes. Zoey fell asleep almost instantly. She slept for the rest of the day...dreaming.
A Few Hours Later
Later that day, Lola came back from the nurse's office. Nicole greeted her as she entered the room.
"Hey Lola, is Chase doing okay?" She asked.
"Yeah, he just has to stay there for the rest of the night. Then tomorrow he can go back to his own room." Lola explained. She then started walking towards Zoey, who was still fast asleep.
Nicole appeared in front of her. "No, don't wake her up." Nicole demanded.
"Why? I want to ask her some questions. We need to know what happened. You don't just punch someone then not explain why." Lola told her.
"I know... Just, not right now. Wait until tomorrow."
"But–" Lola started to say, but stopped after she saw the seriousness in Nicole's eyes. She never saw that too often in her, so she decided to wait until the next day. "Fine."
"Thank you..."
The Next Morning
Zoey tossed and turned in bed. It was about six in the morning. She had been restless for about two hours at this point. But then she suddenly jumped in her bed. "NO, CHASE!" Zoey awoke with a start. She was panting slightly. Zoey looked around the room and saw Nicole and Lola asleep on their bunk bed. She swallowed the lump in her throat and brushed the small beads of sweat off of her forehead.
Zoey let out a sigh of relief that all of what she had just experienced was just a dream. I need to go see Chase. She jumped out of bed, and quietly got dressed, to avoid waking Nicole and Lola up, as she tried to forget about the dreams she had just witnessed.
Dream 1
Zoey walked into the nurse's office. She saw Chase asleep on the bed the nurse had left him to sleep in during the nightZoey took a quick look around. She couldn't find the nurse anywhere, so she just decided to walk right in anyway.
Zoey smiled down at Chase as he slowly breathed in and out in his sleep. He doesn't look that bad... She thought, raising her arm to shake him slightly. Chase started to stir awake a moment later. He looked at her for a moment, trying to figure out who was above him, while his eyes adjusted to the light.
"Hi Chase. Are you alright?" Zoey asked with a small smile.
"Zoey? What are you doing here?" He asked back, his voice sounding slightly spiteful.
"I came to check up on you. I didn't mean for that to happen yesterday." she said sadly.
Chase's eyebrows furrowed, as he glared at her. Zoey was taken back at this slightly. It scared her to see him like this. "I want you to leave. Now!"
"Wh– what? Why?" Zoey questioned. Her happiness seemed to shatter at this point.
"You know why! Now leave! I never want to see you again!" Chase yelled, pointing towards the door.
"But... Chase. I'm sorry! I didn't mean to hit you." Zoey told him, on the verge of tears.
Zoey closed her eyes for a moment. She wasn't happy that Chase wouldn't forgive her. When she opened her eyelids, everything was gone. All there was, was complete and total darkness.
Dream 2
Zoey was laying down on her bed, trying to finish up her homework. Chase was going to come over soon, as soon as the nurse released him. So she wanted to have it all done before he arrived. But, just as she had finished up her science homework, the door knocked.
Since she was alone in the room, she jumped out of bed to go see who was at the door. That can't be Chase. He said he wouldn't be over for at least another hour. Zoey opened the door, and she saw that it was, in fact, Chase on the other side.
"Chase? What're you doing here? You said you wouldn't be coming over until later. Did they release you sooner or something?" Zoey asked curiously.
He didn't answer her question. Chase had a sad look on his face. Zoey noticed this, and began to worry slightly.
"Is something wrong... Chase?" She asked with concerned eyes.
"Yes." He replied, looking away.
"Well, what is it?"
"Um... well, while I was at the nurse's, she wanted to call my parents. So I told her the number for it, and she called and spoke with my mom. She explained to her some story of how I fell off my bike from a staircase, which I'm guessing you guys told her, and... well..." Chase said.
"What?"
"Well... my mom wants me to come back home. She thinks it's too dangerous for me to be over at PCA anymore. And... it's kind of... immediate."
"Immediate? How soon?" Zoey asked.
"Right now..." Chase said lightly.
Zoey felt devastated. She didn't want him to leave her. Zoey looked down at the ground, and she saw suitcases by Chase's feet. She was so busy talking to him that she didn't notice this at first.
A sound of a car horn then filled the air. "That... would be my ride." Chase told her sadly. "Bye Zoey." He looked at her for a moment, then slowly walked away.
"No, Chase... come back..." Zoey whispered softly, as everything got dark.
Dream 3
(Zoey's third dream was the worst of them all. She wasn't sure why she dreamt this, as it wasn't related to the previous day's events in the slightest, but it still scared her none the less.)
Zoey was entering the boy's dormitory. She turned her head left and right, looking around the lounge for Chase. Today was going to be the first official date of Chase and her being boyfriend and girlfriend.
She checked her watch, which read 5:03. Where's Chase? He said to meet here at 5:00. She thought, sitting down on one of the couches. And I thought I was late...
The minutes passed, and Zoey was still sitting down on the same couch. As she started to get restless, she thought of something she had just noticed. The guy's lounge was unusually empty. There was no one when she entered it, and not a single person had come in or left as she sat and waited for Chase. Odd... Oh well. Maybe Chase said his dorm room, and not the lounge... Zoey thought, trying to make an excuse for Chase being late.
She decided that she heard him incorrectly, and got up to walk to Chase's room. The walk took a lot longer then it usually did, but Zoey shook it off. As she reached the door, Zoey took a moment to check herself, to make sure her outfit was straight and everything. When she was sure she looked her best, Zoey raised her arm to knock on the door, but as she did so, she noticed the door was open a crack. Hmm... strange. She thought. Zoey walked inside, expecting to see Chase inside... And she did.
As she pushed open the door, Zoey started saying, "I'm sorry Chase, I thought you had–" but she was cut short from what she saw. She saw two people in the room. One of them was Chase. Right at the moment, he was backed into the corner, with a frightened look on his face. Zoey didn't know who the other man was. He had a black ski mask covering his face, and another item, which caused Zoey to swallow slightly... a pistol.
"Zoey! Get out of here! Now!" Chase shouted. But she wasn't quick enough. The man faced her, gun in hand.
"I don't think so young lady. Close the door... and move over there." The man ordered, pointing to a spot near Chase, but not exactly next to him.
Zoey was scared, and wasn't sure what to do. But she obeyed anyway, and walked to where the man had pointed, shaking as she went.
"You're just in time Ms. Brooks." The man told her.
Zoey's eyes went wide. Who is this guy? How does he know my name?
"I was just about to get rid of this guy here, and I could use a decent audience." the man continued.
"What? Chase, no!" Zoey exclaimed.
"I'm sorry Zoe." Chase said. He wasn't sure what was happening either.
"So, any last words Matthews?" The man sneered.
"Yes..." He took a deep breath, knowing that it would be his last. "I love you Zoey."
Zoey's eyes began to water. Chase... The next thing she heard, was one very loud gunshot.
"NO, CHASE!" And that was when Zoey awoke in her bed.
At the Nurse's Office
Zoey walked into the nurse's office, and asked the nurse if she could see Chase.
"It's a little early to be visiting isn't it?" she asked.
"I know... but it's important. Can I please go see him?" Zoey begged.
"Alright, go ahead."
Zoey walked in the room, and saw Chase on a bed. But he wasn't asleep. He was staring at the window, looking outside. "Hi Chase."
Chase turned his head toward the voice. "Oh, hey." He said with a smile.
"Are you mad at me?" Zoey asked sadly.
"Not really... should I be?" Chase wondered.
"You know... from yesterday. When I... accidentally hit you."
"Oh that... No, I'm fine. I knew that was an accident. It really hurt though... but I knew you didn't mean it."
"I'm really sorry Chase." Zoey apologized.
"That's okay. I guess you're just a pretty good actress, and you started to believe your own lie. Just don't be hitting me anymore." teased Chase.
She smiled at him, glad he wasn't upset. But then Zoey started to cry.
Chase was surprised at this. "Zoe, what's wrong?"
"It– It's nothing... really." she said through the tears.
"Don't give me that. I know you. It's not nothing. So tell me, what is it?"
"Well..." Zoey told him of the dreams that she had suffered through a few hours before, and how upset they made her feel.
"Oh, Zoey... it's okay. I'm not dead." Chase said comfortably, pulling Zoey in for a hug, hoping it would calm her down.
Zoey pulled back from their hug, and smiled at Chase. "So, did it work?" Chase asked.
"Did what work?" Zoey asked, slightly confused.
"You know, your plan." Chase told her.
"Oh...yeah, that worked all right. But I didn't mean to hit you like that... I don't know what came over me."
"That's okay. So, are we done pretending now?" Chase question.
"You tell me." Zoey stated, and started to lean over Chase, and pulled him into a kiss. Chase happily accepted..
Time seemed to stop for the two as they kissed, but it stopped abruptly when they heard someone behind them.
"Excuse me." the voice said.
Zoey let go of Chase, and turned around to face the voice. She saw all of her friends standing in front of her. Nicole, Lola, Michael, and even Logan. Nicole was about to burst from happiness.
"What the heck? I thought you didn't want to be anywhere near Chase Zoey. And here you are kissing him!" Lola shouted.
Zoey grinned slightly, and rubbed the back of her neck. "Well... you see..." she started saying.
"No wait! Zoey, let me tell them! Can I please tell them? Please? I want to tell them!" Nicole shouted.
Zoey shrugged. "Okay, tell them."
"Yay!" Nicole smiled, and turned to the other three. "Okay well, it's like this. Waaaaaaaaay back when we locked Chase and Zoey in that closet, they were stuck together and forced to talk to each other. And they did. What they told us was that Zoey wasn't happy about this and wanted Chase to stay away from her, right?" Michael, Logan, and Lola all nodded. "Well, that's not true. What really happened was that Zoey told Chase that she felt the same exact way. And they were both happy about this."
"So...how did they get out?" Michael asked.
"Well, Zoey still had her tekmate on her, and she called Dustin, who came over and opened the door for them. Then Zoey came up with this plan to get back at us for locking them up and butting into their life as badly as we did. So Zoey told Chase to make it seem like it went badly. Which, I guess, worked. So after that, I found Zoey and Chase kissing at the beach, and that's when they told me everything. But Zoey made me promise to not tell you guys. Which was hard!"
"See! I knew something was wrong with her!" Logan exclaimed.
"And I guess Zoey came up with this 'master plan' thingy, and that's where she and Chase argued with each other around us. And they hoped that, that would teach us a lesson in butting into people's lives."
"You mean you planned to punch Chase right in the nose and break it?" Lola asked, bewildered.
"No...that was an accident." Zoey told her.
"Well hey, if it wasn't for us, then you two would never have gotten together." Michael added.
"That may be true, but I just hope that taught you to not interfere in stuff like that anymore." Zoey said.
"We're sorry..." Lola and Michael said. There was a slight pause after that. Lola slapped Logan in the back of the head after it ended.
"Okay fine! Me too... I guess." Logan said bitterly.
Zoey turned back around toward Chase, and pulled him in for another kiss, which, once again, he accepted.
"Yay!" Nicole shouted, clapping softly.
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A/N: Hurray! It's the end of the story! I hope you all enjoyed it! After all, this chapter was kinda long. So, how about those dreams, eh? Rather scary:P Hmm... what else to say? I hope you liked how it was ended, I personally think this is my best chapter yet. Hehe... What else to say... Mmm.. I don't know!
Oh well, as this may be the last chapter to the story, this is NOT the last "update". You'll see what I mean when I put it up tomorrow. Now please review, and give me any thing you think is necessary, since this is my FIRST completed story.
Bye for now all!
-Hybrid Speed