Limelight

Chaz and Mackenzie: Overthinking

(Finally, finally, we're back to the pair that started it all! I've been meaning to write some more Chanzie but tbh this one doesn't have much more progress with them but Chaz is adorable and awkward and I love him~ I have 3 other Limelights in the words atm, and that super angsty Zephzo fic is certainly... happening... I guess the TV series will stay on hold until I can find the time to figure out the next episode plot properly, sorry about that :/ I now have voice headcanons for most of the BGZ and more should be coming soon! Check my BG zombies Tumblr tag for the post. Anyway, here's a little bit of Chaz and his Big Dumb Crush ^^

Btw, it's 8:30am here. I almost finished this last night but I was falling asleep again so I decided to quickly finish it when I woke up~ I might get another Limelight out later today!)
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The problem was that she was always around people. He wasn't surprised – Mackenzie was an all-around nice person, not to mention funny, an amazing dancer and really, really pretty. Mitzi was almost always at her side but sometimes Azure and Inez, or Rizzo and Zane might be with them, too. And now with the way things were going, she was hanging out with humans as well. Well, they all were, really. Even Hazen had been warming up to them, and Chaz himself had made a few human friends. But he couldn't help wishing he could get a moment alone with her.

Then again, what exactly was he supposed to do once he did? With how much effort Chaz put into trying to be all cool and suave (way too much), you'd think he could at least say more than two words to his crush. Literally two words. Like, he actually got the opportunity to talk to her that morning in the hallway but he should have known it was too good to last.

"Hey, Kenzie!" he had grinned and waved at her as he passed by with Cortez.

Mackenzie had smiled back, twirling a lock of her hair, "Hi, Chaz!"

Hair-twirling. That was, like, flirting 101, right? And that smile seemed just the slightest bit shy. Definitely flirting. Possibly. Wait, she just looked down... wait for it... and back up. Right at him. Still smiling. Still shy. (She was being shy, wasn't she?) Was he reading too far into it? He was totally reading too far into it.

"Aaaand, you missed your shot again."

Chaz whipped round to see Cortez shaking his head disappointedly.

"What?" he turned back and Mackenzie was suddenly talking to Mitzi and a couple of humans who had just appeared. He'd zoned out again, "Oh, come on!"

"You're never gonna get anywhere like this."

"Are you kidding me?" he instinctively broke out the (painfully cringe-worthy) cool-guy act, "Did you even see her just now? I've got her wrapped around my little finger."

Then he turned and started down the hall. Cortez followed with a sigh, only for Chaz to retreat a little and peak back around the corner he had just turned to get another glimpse of Mackenzie. He looked at Cortez with his eyebrows furrowed, and Cortez stared blankly at him.

"Is it too late to go back?"

"Not at all."

Chaz paused, taking another glance at Mackenzie talking and laughing with her friends. He couldn't. Could he? ... Should he? He didn't know when he would get another chance. But maybe it would be easier to wait till they were back in Zombie Town rather than here. Although, it could be just as easy to wait for her by the door after school. Or even-

Cortez's hand came down on his shoulder and pushed him forward. Chaz realised what he was doing and jumped back.

"Don't...!" he shouted, quickly calming himself before continuing, "... rush me. I've got this."

"Uh-huh."

Ignoring Cortez, Chaz stood for a moment with his eyes still on Mackenzie. And another moment. Several moments.

"You waiting for an invitation or something?"

"I'm going! I'm going..." Chaz snapped and finally began to walk over to her.

Only for the bell to ring. Mackenzie and Mitzi said goodbye to their human friends and headed down the hall together in the opposite direction while Chaz stood there in a shock for a second.

"If you had just gone when I pushed you," Cortez threw up his arms in mock anger and Chaz narrowed his eyes when he smirked, "But no, you had to waste your time arguing!"

"Hey, this is all according to plan! I know what I'm doing."

Cortez slumped his shoulders and tipped his head forward, "You have never had a plan when it comes to Mackenzie. And let's be real, if you did, you'd forget it the moment you saw her."

Chaz just pouted and started walking again, "C'mon, we're gonna be late."