Disclaimer: Don't own Zoey 101, just having fun

A/N: Please go easy on me, I'm way out of practice with fan fiction, and this is my first Zoey 101 fic in a very long time,

Zoey was lying on her bed and staring at the celing, just thinking. This wasn't a usual practice of hers, but something had just happened that had given her a lot to think about.

She and Lola had sat down for lunch, debating over wether or not they should have grabbed the chocolate cake, when the heard Chase and Michel talking at the next table. She had started to go over to their table, when a few words from Chase stopped her short.

"Michel, when are you going to listen to me, I can't tell zoey I love her because it would wreck our friendship"

"C'mon man, you've been into her for like forever, just take a chance."

She gasped and they looked up and saw her. I guess something in her shock must have shown on her face, because Michel was all

"You heard that didn't you"

She managed a small nod and ran all the way back to her dorm.

Zoey hadn't known, she hadn't even suspected that Chase felt that way about her. But now that she thought about it, the signs were everywhere, that incident with the play for instance, Chase had been really annoyed when Logan got the lead role, and she thought that was all it was. He was jealous, jealous that Logan got to kiss her. She was relieved to have spared her, and him, that pain.

And that time where computers had matched them up with dates, how could she have missed that. He hadn't been protecting her; he had sincerely wanted to go with her. Wow, why hadn't she seen it before, it was so clear

The weirdest thing to remember was when Lola had went out with him. She remembered that all to well, it had bothered her more then she could say. She thought it was because Chase had always been to busy to do stuff with her, but now she wasn't so sure.

Zoey thought back to all the crazy incidents, and started to wonder why it didn't bother her, why none of this bothered her, it was just surprising. She thought back to the moment earlier when she had heard Chase's confession and she remembered the surprise, but it still didn't bother her, that was the clearest thing of all.

Nothing about this bothered her, in fact…

Did she feel the same way?

Now way she thought, that's impossible, he was her best friend,

Then why?...

Lola walked in, dumped a piece of paper on Zoey's lap, and walked off without saying a word, it was a letter from Chase

Zoey,

I'm sorry about what happened, that's not the way I would have chosen you to find out, actually I wouldn't have cosen a way for a long time but…;you know what I mean.

It would be really easy right now to make up an excuse for what I said, and put off the moment of you finding out, but I'm not going to. For once in my life, I'm going to take a risk and tell you that I meant everything I said there.

Please meet me on the basketball courts so we can talk

-Chase

Zoey read the letter three times before she believed it, but what she felt when she read it was real

OH MY GOD she thought desperately I like him too.

She got up and left her dorm in a hurry, she had to do this now, before she chickened out. She ran down to the basketball courts where Chase was playing Horse with Michel, Logan, and some boys she didn't know. She went up to them without saying a word

"Zoey? We weren't supposed to meet till…" he didn't get to finish his sentence because Zoey grabbed his shoulders and kissed him. For a long time. The other boys applauded and Michel whistled.

"Wow" Chase said as they broke apart "Does this mean…?

"You tell me" she interrupted and they kissed again.

It all was finally clear