Who Do I Choose?

CHAPTER 5

Chase and Zoey were on the floor in a small make-out session when all of a sudden, Zoey pulled out.

Chase quickly got up on his knees, eye to eye with Zoey.

"Zoey? Zoey what's wrong?" he asked worriedly. Had he done something wrong?

"Chase I can't do this," she sighed and buried her face in her hands. "I have a boyfriend! Oh my god, what was I thinking?!" she cried out loud.

"Zoey?" Chase said putting a hand on her shoulder. "Hey, it's OK. Let's just forget this little thing never happened."

Zoey looked up at him. Her eyes were filled with tears. "Is that what you really want?" she said wobbly.

"No," Chase admitted. "But your James' girlfriend and you owe him loyalty. Yet, you have a choice to make."

"A choice?" she said while drying her tears.

"Well, yeah. Are you gonna pick James or me?"

Zoey sighed. Chase was right. She had kissed Chase, obviously meaning she still had feelings for him. But on the other hand, could she really betray James like that. She had no idea. What she did know was that she needed to think about the whole situation.

"Chase, I don't know. I need to give the predicament I'm in a bit more thought."

Chase nodded. "OK."

The rain had died down and Zoey thought it best to go back to her own dorm room, so she changed out of the T-shirt Chase had loaned her and into her clothes she was wearing. She then started to leave.

All of a sudden, Chase called out, "Zoey?"

She turned around. "Yeah?"

"Follow your heart."

"OK," she said and walked out the door, closing it behind her.

Chase walked over to his bed and fell backwards upon. "I hope you know I still love you," he said to himself.

-Who Do I Choose?-

Zoey raced back to her dorm room. As soon as she reached it, she quickly unlocked the door, ran inside and closed it again.

Lola and Quinn woke up to her loudness.

"Zoey, what's wrong?" Quinn asked, getting out of her bed to turn on a lamp.

"Yeah and why are you coming into our dorm at… 11:45 p.m.?" Lola asked, hopping down from her top bunk.

Zoey sighed. "I'm late cause of the rain and what's wrong is the fact that I'm stressing," she said sitting down on her bed.

"Why?" Quinn and Lola asked simultaneously and sat down on opposite sides of Zoey.

"I was in Chase's dorm room," Zoey began.

"Yeah?" her roommates said, motioning for her to continue.

"It was late and we were talking."
"Yeah?"

"I all of a sudden found myself saying to him, 'Kiss me,'".

"WHAT?!" Lola and Quinn shrieked.

Zoey shushed them. "He did and all of a sudden we began to make out, but I pulled away. We both know it was because of James."

"Well… then what?" Lola asked.

"Chase told me I had a choice to make, I knew he was right, I said I would and that's where it ended."

Quinn and Lola stared at her in shock.

"Wow," Quinn said.

"Who are you gonna choose Zo'?" Lola asked.

"Honestly, I have no idea," Zoey said. "What I do know is that I'm gonna get some sleep."

"K. Night Zo'," Quinn said.

"Night changed Zoey," Lola added.

"Night guys," Zoey said.

As soon as Zoey had changed into her pajamas, Quinn turned off the lamp and all three girls climbed into their beds. Quinn and Lola fell fast asleep again, but Zoey knew she would be tossing and turning the whole night."

-Who Do I Choose?-

The next day was a horrible one for Zoey. She woke up raggedy, had sore limbs, and with barely any sleep. She groggily got out of bed, threw on the first shirt and pair of pants she saw that matched, got into some flip-flops , grabbed her book bag and went downstairs for breakfast, leaving Quinn and Lola asleep.

She grabbed an apple for breakfast, and then headed to a bench. Zoey sat there, just thinking about who she would choose.

After about half an hour, someone yelled, "Hey Zo'!"

Zoey looked up to see Lola and Quinn walking towards her.

"Hey guys," she said with a weak smile.

"What were you thinking ditching us this morning?" Quinn asked.

"Sorry," Zoey apologized. "But I needed peace and quiet just to think about who I was gonna pick."

Lola said, "We understand. Don't worry about it."

"History is in 20 minutes," Quinn announced. "You wanna come with us Zo'?"

Zoey shook her head. "Nah, I'll catch up with you guys in a few."

Lola and Quinn agreed and began to walk away.

All of a sudden, Lola turned around and yelled, "Zoey?"

"Yeah?" Zoey yelled back.

"Just follow your heart," Lola advised and began to walk away again with Quinn.

Zoey sighed. "Not as easy as everyone says," she said to herself.

She got up and began to leave. Suddenly, a blond-haired guy was walking in her direction… JAMES!

Hoping James hadn't spotted her, she started to sneak away. Unfortunately for her, she was spotted by him.

"Zoey!" James cried out and ran to her.

Zoey, pretending to be surprised, turned around. "Oh, hey James!"

When James reached Zoey, he wrapped her into a big hug. But when he bent down to kiss her, she pulled away.

"Zoey what's wrong?" he asked.

She sighed. "James, I have to tell you something."

"What?" James asked worriedly.

Zoey brought them over to the bench she had just been sitting on. She took a deep breath, and began.

"James," she began. "Last night, something happened in Chase's dorm."

James raised an eyebrow at her. "What?"

"Chase and I were talking," Zoey started. "All of a sudden, out of the blue, I asked him to kiss me." As she said that last line she lowered her head.

James' eyes widened and he looked like his blood was about to boil. "YOU WHAT?!"

Zoey's eyes filled with tears. "James I'm sorry, but Chase coming back is rekindling a lot of feelings."

James started to cool down. "You're right. I guess that means it's gotta be Chase or me Zoey. It's your pick."

Zoey nodded. "I know, but I need to time to think it over. It's not an over night decision."

"I can agree to those terms," James agreed.

"Thanks James," Zoey said.

"Oh Zoey?"

"Yeah?"

"Let your decision come from your heart," James said as he got up and walked to first period.

Zoey groaned. This whole letting the decision come from you heart was getting on her nerves.

-Who Do I Choose?-

Over the next few days, Zoey couldn't eat, couldn't sleep, and couldn't even think straight. James and Chase were constantly on her mind. One day after school, when Zoey had little homework and was by herself in her dorm room, she took out a sheet of paper and wrote James on one side and Chase on the other and put a line between them. Then she cut their columns in half for pros and cons.

She wrote pros for each guy first. For James, the pros were:

Sweet

Kind

Loyal

Lovable

Fun

Cute

Very romantic

For Chase, the pros were:

Also sweet

Also kind

Also loyal

Also lovable

Also fun

In a way, also kind of cute

We've been best friends forever

Then Zoey wrote cons. For Chase, the cons were:

Clumsy

A little careless

Weird at times

For James, she sighed deeply because she knew the one thing that was wrong with him:

1) He's not Chase

Author's Note: Well, that's it for Chapter 5. Zoey's decision will probably be in the next couple of chapters where my story will end. Hope you like my story so far. Plz review to voice your opinion. Thnx and keep checking back cuz hopefully Chapter 6 will be up shortly.