for fanfic100: Zoey 101; Zoey Brooks/Chase Matthews; 019: White
Title: When I'm Gone
Fandom: Zoey 101
Characters: Zoey Brooks & Chase Matthews
Prompt: 019: White
Word Count: 459
Rating: G
Disclaimer: If I owned Zoey 101, Zoey&Chase would be together by now, Nicole and Dana would not be gone, and Dustin wouldn't have knocked down Chase way back -- okay I'm getting off track here. The point is, Zoey 101 is Dan Schneider's, not mine.
Summary: Zoey has some news for Chase.
Author's Notes: I actually wrote this as an exercise on keeping secrets for my creative writing class. You'll see what I mean when you read it. :]
Zoey stares at the walls. They’re so white. So cold, white, and uninviting. But aren’t they all like that?
“Zoey Brooks?”
Zoey stands up and follows the nurse, glad to be out of the horrible waiting room. The nurse leads her into a room at the end of the hall with a big number eleven on the door.
“Dr. Rose will be with you shortly.”
The nurse shuts the door and Zoey sits on the blue cushioned bench. She picks up a magazine, not even glancing at the title, and thumbs through it. She flips through five pages without reading a single word and puts the magazine down. She’s too nervous to read.
There’s a knock at the door and the doctor pokes his head in. “Miss Brooks?”
Zoey stands up and the doctor walks forward to shake her hand. “Hi, I’m Dr. Rose. Please, have a seat,” he says.
Zoey sits back down. The doctor pulls out his clipboard and flips through the pages. “The results of your tests came in today,” he says, eyes scanning a particular page. He flips through the rest of the pages, not saying anything else.
Zoey digs her nails into her palms. She can’t take the silence anymore. “And?” she asks.
The doctor looks up at her, his face expressionless.
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Zoey knocks on the door to room 148, Maxwell Hall. Michael answers. “Hey Michael. Is Chase around?”
“Yeah, hang on a sec. I’ll go get him.”
Chase appears a few seconds later. “Hey there,” he says, shutting the door behind him. “How do you feel?”
“I’m okay,” she replies. But come on, let’s go for a walk.” She slips her hand into his and guides him out of the building.
They walk in silence for a good fifteen minutes and end up at their usual spot: the beach. Zoey feels Chase pull on her hand and she stops walking.
“Zo, I can’t take it anymore,” Chase says. She can hear his voice wavering. “What happened today? Were the tests negative? What did the doctor tell you? I need to know.”
Zoey wraps her arms around Chase’s neck and he automatically puts his hands on her waist. She rests her head on his shoulder. She feels his warmth and thinks how nice it is, how much better than the cold hospital waiting room.
“Zo,” he pleads. “Please.”
She doesn’t want to tell him. “Chase,” she whispers, trying to keep her voice from shaking. “It runs in my mom’s family.”
“What-”
“The tests were positive, Chase,” she says, and her voice breaks because she’s crying now. “I have breast cancer.”
So hold me when I'm here
Right me when I'm wrong
Hold me when I'm scared
And love me when I'm gone
A/N: Title and lyrics are from When I'm Gone by 3 Doors Down. Kinda short, but I like it that way. So what do you think?
Fandom: Zoey 101
Characters: Zoey Brooks & Chase Matthews
Prompt: 019: White
Word Count: 459
Rating: G
Disclaimer: If I owned Zoey 101, Zoey&Chase would be together by now, Nicole and Dana would not be gone, and Dustin wouldn't have knocked down Chase way back -- okay I'm getting off track here. The point is, Zoey 101 is Dan Schneider's, not mine.
Summary: Zoey has some news for Chase.
Author's Notes: I actually wrote this as an exercise on keeping secrets for my creative writing class. You'll see what I mean when you read it. :]
Zoey stares at the walls. They’re so white. So cold, white, and uninviting. But aren’t they all like that?
“Zoey Brooks?”
Zoey stands up and follows the nurse, glad to be out of the horrible waiting room. The nurse leads her into a room at the end of the hall with a big number eleven on the door.
“Dr. Rose will be with you shortly.”
The nurse shuts the door and Zoey sits on the blue cushioned bench. She picks up a magazine, not even glancing at the title, and thumbs through it. She flips through five pages without reading a single word and puts the magazine down. She’s too nervous to read.
There’s a knock at the door and the doctor pokes his head in. “Miss Brooks?”
Zoey stands up and the doctor walks forward to shake her hand. “Hi, I’m Dr. Rose. Please, have a seat,” he says.
Zoey sits back down. The doctor pulls out his clipboard and flips through the pages. “The results of your tests came in today,” he says, eyes scanning a particular page. He flips through the rest of the pages, not saying anything else.
Zoey digs her nails into her palms. She can’t take the silence anymore. “And?” she asks.
The doctor looks up at her, his face expressionless.
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Zoey knocks on the door to room 148, Maxwell Hall. Michael answers. “Hey Michael. Is Chase around?”
“Yeah, hang on a sec. I’ll go get him.”
Chase appears a few seconds later. “Hey there,” he says, shutting the door behind him. “How do you feel?”
“I’m okay,” she replies. But come on, let’s go for a walk.” She slips her hand into his and guides him out of the building.
They walk in silence for a good fifteen minutes and end up at their usual spot: the beach. Zoey feels Chase pull on her hand and she stops walking.
“Zo, I can’t take it anymore,” Chase says. She can hear his voice wavering. “What happened today? Were the tests negative? What did the doctor tell you? I need to know.”
Zoey wraps her arms around Chase’s neck and he automatically puts his hands on her waist. She rests her head on his shoulder. She feels his warmth and thinks how nice it is, how much better than the cold hospital waiting room.
“Zo,” he pleads. “Please.”
She doesn’t want to tell him. “Chase,” she whispers, trying to keep her voice from shaking. “It runs in my mom’s family.”
“What-”
“The tests were positive, Chase,” she says, and her voice breaks because she’s crying now. “I have breast cancer.”
So hold me when I'm here
Right me when I'm wrong
Hold me when I'm scared
And love me when I'm gone
A/N: Title and lyrics are from When I'm Gone by 3 Doors Down. Kinda short, but I like it that way. So what do you think?