|| incandescent || Chase Davenport fanfic

~12~

"Guys, you will never believe what just happened." Bree said excitedly as she walked up to Adam, Chase, and I. "Jake Chambers asked me to go to the winter dance." She told us without letting us guess. A smile broke out onto my face.

"Jake Chambers?" Chase asked, earning a nod from Bree. "The Jake Chambers?" He asked again.

"Yes." She replied happily.

"Who's Jake Chambers?" I glared at him before turning back to Bree.

"The only guy who's even talked to me since people found out we were bionic. Apparently no one wants to date a girl who they think was unveiled at this year's auto show." She shrugged.

"I'm so happy for you. We gotta go dress shopping soon." I smiled before following Adam and Chase to the other side of the hall as Jake approached.

"Where are you going?" I asked Adam when he started walking into Principal Perry's office.

"None ya business." He replied before vanishing behind the door.

"So who are you going to the dance with?" I asked Chase, a smile on my face.

"Stassie, I'm going with you." He replied, a confused grin plastered on his face.

"Oh, I didn't know since you never asked." I snarked with a shrug. He rolled his eyes at me but grabbed my hands.

"Anastasia, will you please do me the greatest honor and come to the dance with me?" He asked, his huge smile matching mine. I swore I'd never smiled as much before Chase.

"I guess." I shrugged nonchalantly, earning a scoff from Chase.

"Attention students: This is your principal, Principal Perry. Please report to the hallway where Bree Davenport is making a fool out of herself in front of the boy she has a crush on." Adam announced through the intercom, interrupting Chase and I.

"Oh, he's dead." I told Chase when a crowd formed to laugh at Bree. I frowned. I felt so bad for her. She had a hard enough time dating lately, she didn't need Adam screwing things up.

"Why would you do that?" Bree asked as she stormed over to Adam. I slapped Chase in the stomach when I caught him laughing.

"Hey. If Perry were alive, she'd want me to do this." Adam told her seriously.

"She's not dead. She's home with a cold." Bree replied, eyebrows furrowed.

"You don't know that. She could be dead by now and this is how I choose to honor her." Adam shrugged as Bree crossed her arms.

"Well, can't you embarrass someone else besides me?" Bree asked and I took three huge steps away from Adam.

"I could." He shrugged again before turning around to where Chase was and pantsing him. I slapped a palm over my mouth to try and keep the laugh that threatened to bubble up. Bree and I gave each other wide eyed looks as a few people laughed at Chase. Adam turned back towards us with a smile after Chase began buttoning his pants, a horrified look on his face. "But I'm better than that."

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"Ugh! Adam is such a jerk!" Bree gritted out loudly as she stormed into the lab. Chase and I had been... hanging out in the lab after school. He was sitting on a barstool in front of me as I sat on the counter. Bree sat her stuff down at the other counter before walking over to Chase and I."I cannot believe that he embarrassed me in front of of Jake." She added.