Reunited
Chapter Nine
Throughout the rest of the day Zoey and Chase continued to talk about the plans for the Wedding and Zoey's baby. Chase insisted on buying Zoey new winter clothes because she looked like she had been frostbitten. He got her a new coat, gloves, a scarf, and boots. She was so overwhelmed by his generosity. She offered to pay for it all but he just shook his head and told her that it was a gift. The old friends explored old resale shops and antique stores, built a snowman, and watched people ice skate on a little frozen lake. It was all together a satisfying day.
By four o'clock it started to get dark out and snowing really hard. "Don't you think we better head back to your house? It's getting late," Zoey asked Chase. They were back by Chase's car.
"Yeah I guess. The snow is getting pretty heavy on the roads. It may be hard to drive home," Chase said, sorry that the day had gone so fast.
Chase was right, it was really hard to drive in the mess of snow that made the roads slippery and unable to see two feet in front of them. They hadn't gotten on the highway before Chase started to get frustrated with the speed that they were going. Zoey started to get a little scared when she saw three cars in a ditch. She tried not to look outside and her eyes fell to Chase's cell phone that was on the floor. She picked it up and read the little green screen. He had five new voicemails. "Hey, you forgot to take your phone with you. You have a bunch of new messages," Zoey held up the little phone.
"Oh yeah, will you check them for me?" Chase asked.
She punched in the code and listened to all five of them. The messages were all from Christine. She sounded worried. "I think you'd better call your fiancé," Zoey said.
"I can't take this anymore!" Chase exclaimed.
"What?" Zoey asked startled by his loud outburst.
"We're going like two miles per hour. I think we'd better just spend the night here. It could take hours to get home," Chase tapped the steering wheel impatiently.
"Are you sure that's a good idea? Christine sounded really worried about you," Zoey said calmly.
"It's better than driving all the way home in conditions like this," Chase replied.
Zoey sighed. She hoped Christine wouldn't misinterpret what was going on. If her fiancé went out with a woman two days before her wedding and ended up staying in a hotel overnight with her, she'd think the worst, "Alright. Just make sure to call Christine and tell her exactly what's going on. I don't want to mess things up for you guys."
Chase pulled into a little hotel after about ten minutes of driving. He and Zoey walked in to the office and talked to the woman at the front desk. "Hi, uh, we need two rooms for one night only please," Chase said.
"Sorry we only have one room left. It's a single too," The woman said. Zoey and Chase looked at each other awkwardly. One bed?
"Isn't there a rollaway bed available or something?" Zoey asked.
The woman shook her head and stared at the two.
"This is a sign," Zoey said to Chase," We should just go home and deal with the snow. I'll drive and you can take a nap or something."
"It's dangerous out there Zoe. I don't want to end up in a ditch," Chase replied. He turned to the woman at the front desk. "That room will be fine. We'll take it."
After getting their room number and everything, they walked down the hall and got on to the elevator to the fourth floor. "I can sleep on the floor and you can take the bed," Zoey said.
"Don't be silly. You're pregnant, you can have the bed. I'll be fine on the floor," Chase replied. Their room was cozy. There was the king-sized bed, a little armchair, and a mid-sized TV. Zoey flopped on the bed, tired from the long day.
"I'd better call Christine," Chase sat on the chair and took his phone out. Zoey gave him a little privacy and went into the bathroom while he talked. When she came out she heard him say," Christine, I love you. You don't have to worry about anything happening between us. You know we're just friends. I don't think of her like that. Please trust me, Honey. Ok. I love you too. Bye."
Zoey felt nauseated. Honey? Ew. She hated pet names like that. She looked at him and sat down on the bed facing him, feeling very awkward.
"Well, I guess we should just make the best of this," Chase said once he had hung up.
"Sure," was all Zoey could think to say.
"Are you hungry? Ok, stupid question. Of course you're hungry we haven't eaten since eleven and it's already five," Chase answered himself.
"I'm a little hungry," Zoey said quietly.
"Well, let's go back out. I think I saw a Denny's within walking distance of this place," Chase got up and the two walked back the way they came in and went back into the snow. It was dark now, the snow was still falling as hard as it was before. The trees were thick with snow. The moon reflected off of it, making it glisten. Zoey felt very uncomfortable. She had a bad feeling about all this.
A/N: So I feel bad that when I told you it would be a fast update it took me two weeks. My mom's monitor for the computer is going out. I'll be home Monday and will finally have my own beautiful computer back so I can write all I want and I won't have to share the computer with my sisters. It'll be good to get home.