A/N: As promised, here's Chapter 2!

Disclaimer: I don't own Gorillaz, blah blah blah.

Noodle groaned in frustration for the millionth time. "Nothing makes sense. There was nothing different about today than yesterday, the day before, or the day before that. Russ is like my big brother. Murdoc is…well, Murdoc. And 2D is my best friend. That's all. I mean, even if I did…love him…how would I know? I've only been around three men in my whole life! How am I supposed to know what it feels like to love someone? But I'm almost twenty now. And 2D's what, thirty one? That's insane! But, they do say age is just a number…and we are a lot alike…I can be myself around him…"

Noodle fell silent for a minute, before rolling over onto her stomach, burying her face in a pillow and screaming. After a few seconds of that, she flopped back onto her back and sighed.

"I give up. Maybe…today's the day I realize that I…love 2D." She giggled and blushed. "Now that I think back on all our years together…" Noodle closed her eyes and let the memories wash over her.

2D looked stupid, and he knew it. "I can't do it!" he dropped his chopsticks, laughing.

"You can! You can!" Noodle encouraged, picking up his chopsticks and shoving them back into his hand. "Watch. I'll demonstrate again!" she said, with mock annoyance.

2D watched carefully as Noodle picked up her pair and moved them up and down. Open and close. 2D tried to copy, but his chopsticks slipped from in between his fingers and clattered to the floor.

"Stupid pieces of wood!" his face heated up in embarrassment.

Noodle laughed and picked them up. "Don't worry about it. We'll try again tomorrow."

2D glared at the chopsticks in mock anger. "I'll master yew tomorrow!"

Noodle was never in a bad mood when she was with him. It wasn't possible. Her eyes scanned the walls of her room. Pictures were taped up everywhere. Pictures of Japan, her favorite musicians, things fans had made for and sent her, and, of course, pictures of her and her band mates. Not surprisingly, the majority of them were of her and 2D. She hopped off her bed, and walked over to get a closer look. They both looked so happy. Could that happiness go from a friendship to…love?

"Now comes the tricky part. Hiding all this. I'd rather love 2D in secret than tell him and risk our friendship." Noodle sat back down on her bed and sighed.

2D's eyes were wide, his heart was racing, and he felt like he couldn't breathe. Did that really just happen? Did Noodle just confess that she loved him? He had slid down the door and was sitting against it. 2D ran his hands through his hair, and his brain registered four emotions at once: disbelief, fear, relief and excitement. There was no way Noodle had just told him – unknowingly – that she loved him. He never thought she would ever feel that way about him. But what if she got too uncomfortable and stopped hanging around him? Maybe now he could tell her that he loves her, too. Maybe they could finally be together! 2D smiled to himself. It would be completely legal now, too. He had had feelings for Noodle for quite a few years, but never acted on them for fear of rejection, and that she was a minor back then. But she's nineteen now! A year over the legal age limit. 2D shook his head back and forth a few times, trying to gather his thoughts.

"Why did I come up 'ere in tha' first place?" he tapped his chin with his finger a few times. "Oh yea! Ta' see wha's wrong wit' Noodle. But now tha' I know wha's 'wrong', wot do I do?" 2D's black eyes went vacant as his mind's gears attempted to turn and think. He was pulled out of his trance by the sound of Russell's heavy footsteps coming down the hall. 2D jumped to his feet as Russel came into view.

"Shit, 'D. Have you been zoning out this whole time?" Russel gave him a disapproving look.

"No, no! I 'avent!" 2D held up his hands defensively.

Russel cocked an eyebrow, muttered "I'ma have to take away his pills…" pushed past 2D and knocked on Noodle's door.

"Baby girl? You okay? It's me and 'D, and we're worried about you."

Noodle's eyes snapped open. 2D? Outside her door? She quickly jumped off her bed and ran to the door, her hand on the knob. Heart pounding, Noodle wiped any traces of worry off her face and replaced it with a smile. Taking a deep breath, She threw open the door.

"Hey. What's up?"

Russel looked at Noodle suspiciously. "You alright?"

Noodle nodded, a bit too enthusiastically. "Absolutely fine. Why?"

"You were acting pretty weird downstairs."

Noodle waved her hand dismissively. "Oh, that. Sorry. My mind was somewhere else, but I got it all sorted out now."

Her exterior seemed laid-back and chill, but she was going insane on the inside. Did 2D hear anything? What about Russel? If Murdoc found out, he would tease her about it for the rest of forever. Her heart rate was through the roof. She'd been watching 2D out of the corner of her eye, and noticed that he was looking everywhere but at her. That was unusual. He normally would've been checking her over, asking if anything hurt, asking all sorts of questions. But he was dead quiet. Were his cheeks pink?

Russel noticed Noodle starting at 2D with a confused look on her face, and 2D not even giving her a glance. "Yo, 'D, you okay?"

2D quickly looked at Russel. "Yea, I'm fine. Why do yew ask?"

"You seem out of it. And not in the normal way." Russel looked from Noodle to 2D a few times. "First Noods acts odd, then she's fine. Then you act fine, now you're odd. The hell's wrong with you two? Are you guys fightin' or somethin'?"

2D forced out a laugh. "Russ, 'ave me an' my lil' luv eva' fough'?"

Russel didn't even have to pause to think about it. "Naw. But hey, baby girl, you oughta come back downstairs. Muds is worried, even though the stubborn ol' bastard won't show it."

Noodle rocked back on her heels. "Sure. I'll be down in about two minutes. I just have to talk to 'D for a minute."

Russel shrugged. "Hurry up." He turned and left down the hallway.

The second Noodle heard the lift doors close, she turned to 2D. "You're lying. What's wrong?"

2D finally made eye contact with her. "Nothin'. I promise." He smiled, but it wasn't a big one. Not even close to reassuring.

2D reached up and brushed Noodle's violet hair out of her warm emerald eyes. "Jus' worried 'bout yew, luv."

Noodle glanced down and shook her hair back in front of her eyes, trying to hide her blush.

"Yew're special ta' me. Yew know tha'?"

Noodle nodded meekly. "Yes. And you're quite special to me, as well." She snaked her arms around 2D's waist and clung to him tightly.

2D's heart raced, and he knew she could feel it. He returned her hug, and gave her a light kiss on the top of her head. He always did that, but upon realizing her feelings for him, it meant much more to Noodle now than it did yesterday.

Back downstairs, everything was back to normal. Well, everything except Noodle being in love with 2D. The band mates were broken up into three groups: Murdoc, sitting in a recliner in the far corner with a beer and a nudie magazine, Russel trying out a new recipe in the kitchen, and Noodle and 2D huddled together next to the tv, looking at 2D's vast collection of zombie films.

"'ow 'bout this one?" 2D asked, holding up Dawn Of The Dead.

Laughing, Noodle took it from him. "No, 'D. We've seen that one at least a dozen times!"

2D gave Noodle his best puppy dog face, knowing she couldn't resist. Not only could she not resist, it also unleashed a flurry of butterflies in her stomach and made her heart stop. Noodle's blush didn't go unnoticed. 2D's heart, much like Noodle's, skipped a beat. Why did she have to be so damn cute? 2D realized his expression had gone from one of mock pleading, to one of awe. He blinked a few times, trying to gather his thoughts.

"Uh…" he looked back at the pile of DVD's, and blindly stuck his hand in the pile and pulled one out. "Wot 'bout this one?" he asked, hoping for Noodle's approval.

Taking it, she flipped it over and read the summary on the back. "Sure. I haven't seen it."

2D smiled his toothless smile. The butterflies in Noodle's stomach kicked into overdrive, and she turned away from him. Thankfully, the DVD player was sitting right behind her, so she had a reason to turn away. Opening the case and popping out the disc, Noodle turned the DVD player on. She hit the 'eject' button, and gently placed the disc on the pop-out holder when it came out. She pressed the 'eject' button again, sending the disc holder and the DVD reeling back into the square silver box. Noodle skipped through the movie previews, and hit 'Play movie' when the title screen finally appeared. 2D got up and headed for a ratty, but still comfortable, couch. Noodle trailed not far behind him. 2D sat down and stretched out his long limbs, and laughed when he saw Noodle glaring at it. She always hated the couch, no matter how comfortable it was. It wasn't Asian friendly. So Noodle, being Asian and the shortest of the Gorillaz, always had to jump up and climb onto it. She crouched a bit, before launching herself up and grabbing onto a cushion. She pulled herself up, and settled against the back of the couch.

2D laughed. "D'ya need a stepping stool, luv?"

"No!" Noodle smacked him on the chest with the back of her hand.

2D continued to giggle to himself during the opening scenes, which mainly consisted of moans escaping the mouths of decaying corpses, which were chasing screaming people who kept falling down and didn't know how to fight back.

It was a typical zombie film; but one Noodle had not seen, and she didn't exactly laugh at zombies the way the blue haired man sitting next to her did.

About halfway through, Noodle had covered her face with her hands, and was peeking out from between her index and middle fingers. Nothing could be seen on the screen except a decaying green man with torn clothes, a blood stained face, and a wild look in his eyes slowly making his way toward the viewer.

2D leaned over to Noodle and whispered "Looks a bit like Murdoc, yea?"

Noodle just managed to nod her head absently, eyes still glued to the screen. Murdoc, still in the room, stumbled up from his chair and made his way drunkenly to the couch. His long green fingers wrapped around 2D's neck, as Murdoc attempted to yell out a death threat, but a drunken mumbled slur came out instead. 2D began to choke and sputter, and Noodle turned to see green fingers strangling 2D, and heard a low moaning. Terrified, Noodle screamed and scrambled off the couch, tripping over herself and landing hard on her elbow, forgetting how high the couch was to her.

"No! No, zombie! Go away!" She ignored the stinging she felt on her arm, and the wet warmth that was forming around it. Noodle squeezed her eyes shut, not wanting to see the 'zombie', and hurled the first thing her hand landed on in the direction of the moaning and choking sounds.

"Bloody 'ell!"

Noodle slowly opened her eyes to see a stunned 2D, and Murdoc standing behind him, clutching his nose, from which blood was flowing freely from.

"I think yeh broke me fuckin' nose!"

Noodle visibly shrank back slightly. Yes, she was a master of martial arts, but that didn't mean she liked hurting people. Even though she'd had impulses in the past to punch Murdoc, she never would. But, she had to admit, she did feel a bit smug for breaking his nose, because he'd been choking 2D. Even though she – and everyone else – knew Murdoc would never kill 2D. At least, not on purpose. Murdoc needed 2D; he was the Gorillaz' vocalist, their main image, their main sex appeal. Murdoc would never do anything that would hurt his success.

Russel thudded into the room, hearing all the commotion. "The hell happened?" He asked, seeing Noodle on the floor, 2D's stunned face, and Murdoc clutching his nose. His hands and chin were covered in blood, and streams were steadily dripping off his chin and making a puddle on the floor.

"Noodle thought I was a damn zombie an' chucked a fuckin' remote at me!"

No one was surprised that Noodle could do so much damage with just a hunk of plastic. What with her being a super solider and all.

"Damnit." Russel said under his breath as he crossed the room and yanked Murdoc's hands away from his face, resulting in him spitting out a slew of insults and curse words.

"Yeah, definitely busted." Russel sighed. "We ain't got anything here to treat that. We gotta get you down to the ER."

Murdoc groaned; he hated hospitals. "I don' wanna!"

Russel shrugged. "Alright. They might be able to do somethin' that would make your nose look less fucked up."

Murdoc rolled his eyes. His nose had been broken eight – well, nine now – times. It couldn't get much worse.

Russel sighed. "Oh, yeah. I heard they just hired a few new nurses. Young, too. No older than thirty."

Murdoc smiled devilishly. "Did they? Well, maybe a trip down ta' the hospital ain' such a bad idea."

Russel laughed and clapped a hand on Murdoc's back. "Get your shit together and we'll go. 'D, Noods, you guys comin'?"

Noodle jumped up. "Of course!" her conscious kicked in, and she felt horrible for what she had done. Of course she was going to go with them.

"'D? What about you?"

2D blinked. "Wot? Oh, yea, I'm comin'."

Noodle eyed him. Something was off. She mentally shrugged. She figured it was most likely that she'd been violent. 2D was always against violence, which was why he never fought back against Murdoc when he would hit the poor brain damaged man. Well, that, and Murdoc could probably snap 2D in half, being the scrawny man he was.

2D stood and glanced around for the keys to the Geep. "Everyone ready?" he asked, spotting them on a nearby table and snatching them up.

"No, hang on." Noodle dashed up to her room, and fished her wallet out of a drawer in her dresser. Never being the girly type, Noodle didn't carry a purse. She tucked the wallet into her back pocket, and snatched her phone off her bed as she walked by it on her way out of the room. She tucked it safely into her front pocket with one hand, and closed the door to her bedroom with the other. Jogging back down the hall, she saw the boys standing in the lift, Russel holding the door open for her. Noodle stepped inside and thanked him as he released the doors, which closed with a faint 'ding'.

Ta-da! There you guys go. I know it may seem like a slow start, but patience is key.
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