Whoa. It's chapter 8. My apologies for taking so long. Don't forget to review!

"This is officially the greatest day, in the history of great... day-ie-ness!" A very drunk Lucas shouted.
"You got that right." Takuya said to himself, rather enjoying the sight of Lucas making a total idiot out of himself in front of Zoe. There were other people at the dance that were also drunk as a result of Sid's spiked punch, but none of them were quite as drunk as Lucas.

"I love you, Zoe." Lucas burped while putting his arm around Zoe. "And that baby of ours. They grow up so fast." he suddenly burst into tears. Zoe couldn't remember the last time she had ever felt this embarrassed, or this disturbed. She took Lucas' arm off her.
"Sid what the hell was in that punch!" she demanded. Sid pretended to be oblivious. Zoe stormed off. She wasn't enjoying this dance any more.

Lucas then moved over to Takuya and put his arm around his shoulders.
"Ah, Takuya. Buddy!" Lucas said to him with his hand in the air waiting for Takuya to give him a high five. The last thing Takuya wanted to do was give Lucas a high five. And he was definitely not his buddy.
"Oh, ok. I see how it is." Lucas said when he realized that he had been rejected. He took his arm off Takuya and began to leave, but not before he decided to make an even bigger fool of himself. "Oh and by the way dude, I know that you've like had a thing for Zoe for a while now. So I just thought that I should let you know that, you don't have a chance with her!" Takuya's glared at him. His hate for Lucas started to turn into rage. "I mean like come on! You should know by now that she only has eyes for the Lucanator." he said arrogantly and staggered away. Which was a good thing because Takuya had a strong urge to hurl something at him.
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"Great, where did he go now?" Zoe muttered. She was getting really annoyed of trying to keep Lucas under control. He had seemed like such a descent guy, but tonight he was acting like a real jerk. She couldn't be mad at him though. It wasn't exactly his fault he was acting this way. This dance was going to be over soon, and she needed to find Lucas because he promised that he'd take her home. But she couldn't find him any where.
He didn't leave without me, did he? She thought worriedly.

Zoe sighed. She didn't want to go home by herself. It was dark out. And she didn't know if anybody else would want to take her home. There was always Takuya. But he hadn't been acting like much of friend to her lately. Zoe didn't want to bother him. He probably wouldn't want to do it anyways. She continued looking for Lucas, but gave up and decided to wait on the stairs. Hopefully he would come back.

"Zoe?" she heard someone say. She looked up and saw Takuya standing in front of her. "Hey. How are you?" he asked her.
"Uhm, I'm fine.. I guess?" she replied, unsure of why he was suddenly not trying to avoid her.
"Oh ok. Cool." he took a seat a few inches away from her on the stairs. "So... did you have fun tonight?"
"Hmm, depends on what you think 'fun' is." she responded. Takuya didn't say anything for a while. He started tapping his foot, nervously, on the floor.
"Wouldyouliketodance?" he suddenly said out of the blue.
"What?" she asked, a little surprised.
"Would you like to dance, with me?" he said slower this time.
Great, a pity dance. She thought. "Well... if Lucas comes back, I don't think he'd be too happy about seeing me dance with another guy..." she lied.
"Oh. Of course. Should have known better." he said quietly. He got up from the stairs and began to leave.

Zoe thought that Takuya was only asking her to dance because he felt bad for her, but judging by the hurt look on his face, maybe he actually did want to dance with her.
"Takuya, wait!" she yelled. He stopped and turned around. "I would love to dace with you." she smiled and put her arms around his neck.
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This felt like dream. Here Takuya was, dancing with this girl that he had been in love with ever since they both fell in a hole on their first day in the digital world. He had always been too afraid to make a move on her. The 'just friends' factor was always in affect. Even more so after she started dating Lucas.

But he wouldn't give up on being with Zoe that easily, not without a fight. He couldn't lose her, especially not to Lucas. He did too have a chance with her. Takuya needed to prove Lucas wrong. When he finally plucked up the courage to ask Zoe to dance, he wondered why he hadn't done so sooner. This moment, holding her close to him, it was pure bliss.

"We should be together." Zoe said softly.
"What..?" Takuya asked hoping that she had just said what he thought she said.
"We should be together." she said a little louder. Takuya didn't really know how to react. Zoe, wanted to be with... him? This was unreal. He wanted to be with her for so long, and she felt the same way about him!
"Yeah- yeah we should be together!" he said with unexpected enthusiasm.
"I know, exactly, I mean don't get me wrong, Lucas is great and all, its just that, you're a lot more exciting than he is. This whole baby assignment would be a lot easier if we were working together." Takuya's smile faded.
"You meant, we should be together... for the health assignment..?"
"Yeah."
"Oh.."
"What you don't think it's a good idea anymore?" Zoe asked when she noticed the disappointed look on his face.
"No... it's just that... Listen, Zoe there's something I need to tell you." He couldn't hold it back any longer. He needed to tell her how he felt about her. He couldn't hide it anymore.
"What is it?" she asked.
"Ok. Where do I begin... um, well, you see, Zoe.. I know we've been friends for a long time.. but, the thing is-" Takuya was cut short. The music stopped and the DJ came on the speakers.

"Ok ladies and gentlemen, I'm sorry to say this, but this evening has come to an end." People in the crowd began to boo and groan. "Hope you all had a good time. Get home safe. I'm out." said the DJ and began putting away his stuff. Everyone began to leave.
"What? No. Not now!" Takuya panicked. He had to tell Zoe now, or he might never get the chance.
"Sorry, Takuya." Zoe said noticing how upset he was.

"No, Zoe, wait. Don't go yet! Ok just listen, this won't take long." he was getting desperate.
"Don't worry. I'm not going anywhere." she smiled, giving Takuya her undivided attention. Takuya held both of her hands.
"Ok." he took in a deep breath, "Zoe, I know we've been friends for a long time, but... I want us to-"

"Zoe!" Takuya was cut short again. This time by Lucas. He came running in after Zoe.
"Lucas! Where have you been?" she let go of Takuya's hands and gave her attention to Lucas.
"Please don't be mad at me, Zoe. Oh god, I am going to have such a hang over tomorrow. Note to self, never drink the punch at a high school dance again. I spent the last half hour throwing up." Lucas whined. He clenched his stomach in pain.
"Aw, Lucas, you should have told me. I could have helped you." she told him compassionately. Lucas moved closer to Zoe and put both his arms around her.
"I'm sorry. I won't do it again." he hugged her. Takuya glared at him. Zoe pulled away gently from Lucas.
"Sorry, Takuya, what did you want to tell me earlier?" she said realizing that he was still staring at her.
"...It's not important." Takuya said angrily and walked away. Zoe watched in confusion as he left. He didn't even say good bye.

"Why do you always hang around that guy anyways?" Lucas asked Zoe testily when Takuya was gone. She didn't immediately respond. She found herself staring at the stairs where Takuya had asked her to dance.

"He... is a really good friend of mine." she sad, wishing that he was something more.