Zoe knocked on Chad's door for what seemed to be the third time; she was in a hurry, and he was taking his sweet time. He even ignored the messages she sent telling him she was at his door.
Behind the door, she heard TV, rummaging, and a scream; that definitely wasn't Chads. As she went to knock on the door again, it opened, revealing a random boy who stood there wearing a Star Wars shirt, sweats, and slippers.
He just stared at her as his eyes widened, eyebrows furrowing as he wondered why a girl was at his dorm, but then he remembered Chad, his roommate, and this was probably his girlfriend.
"Hey, I'm so sorry for interrupting you, but Chad left this in my apartment, and I wanted to give it back before he questioned if he lost it." Zoe told him as she handed the boy the Superman action figure she bought him for his birthday about three years ago.
"Y-y-yea, uh, sure." He stuttered as he sat it down on the table, then his eyes flickered towards her eyes, then to her mouth. She looked at him again as she caught his gaze eyeing her, his face flustered pink, realizing he got caught watching her. She just laughed at his dorkiness.
"Uh, you can come in if you want." He asked, scratching his head as he gestured for her to come in.
"Sure." She obliged. "You must be Chad's roommate, Ethan." She asked him.
"Uh, yeah, I am." He muttered, shocked that she knew who he was and even more scared that his voice would ruin everything if he talked even more.
"Do you want anything to drink? We have water and some apple juice." His voice had courage as he asked her, shocking him self that he was confident enough to talk.
"No, I'm fine. Thank you, though." She smiled at him.
Silence filled the air after their little conversation, and it kind of made them both uncomfortable as they sat there while the movie blared through the room's speakers. Her phone beeped, alerting her; it was a message from "Favfratboy🏈🥈: I'm coming up the steps now!"
"I'm going to go, Chads, just around the corner. It was nice getting t—." Before she could say her goodbyes, the door unlocked again for the second time. Chad walked in as he watched his roommate and best friend so close together.
"Uh, am I interrupting something?" Chad inquired as he stared at the two in front of him.
"No, I was getting up to leave." Zoe said as she dusted herself off and got ready to go. Ethan was doing the same as he got up in a hurry, moving from her.
"Also, don't leave your dumb action figures in my room again, weirdo; it's annoying." She pointed her finger at him.
"What do you mean?" He gave her a sly, sarcastic smirk.
"Uh, you're so irritating; that thing almost killed me last night." She groaned, flickering his forehead with her finger.
"Yea–yea Zoe." He laughed, hugging her. "I see you meant Ethan. My new roommate, isn't he sweet?" Chad changed the subject as he slung him in a hug as well.
"Mmm. I have to go; my mom needs me at her apartment in like 20 minutes, and I can't be late. Text me later, Chad." She spoke as she grabbed her clutch, wrapping it around her as she put her coat on.
"We don't want Mother, dearest, hunting you down, now do we?" Chad laughed as she playfully hit him. He wasn't kidding though, Gale did track her every move after the incidents she would watch her like a hawk.
"It was nice meeting you, Ethan. I'll be seeing you around, right?" She told him as she gave him a kiss on the cheek.
"Uh ye-yes!" He beamed with excitement as he stared at her as she went to leave, waving back at him.
After Zoe left, Ethan just stood there for about a minute, holding his cheek, where she left a big red lipstick stain. Chad brought him back to reality as he slapped his hands on his shoulders. He just watched as the boy was in a daydream, it was funny.
"I have a question, and please tell me you won't get mad."
"Why would I get mad?" Chad sneered and turned his eyes to him as he stopped from turning the tv volume down.
"Is Zoe your girlfriend?" He stated.
Big sounds of laughter filled the living room as Chad wouldn't stop. Ethan wondered why he was laughing; this was serious, and he wanted to know. After he stopped laughing, he looked at Ethan to realize he wasn't joking.
"Ew no, Zoe's more of a sister to me. We've been friends since elementary school, and I just like to look after her, that's all."
"Oh ok." He smiled as he felt a weight lifting off his shoulders.
"Why? You like her?" Chad teased him.
"What! No no. I don't like her; I-I barely know her." He rambled on and on getting defensive.
"Hey, it's ok. It's ok. I won't tell her...but if you do I most certainly will." He smirked.
Ethan just glared back at him, throwing pillows at him as Chad laughed at his attempts to hit him.
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