Chase, for the second time that day, found himself in front of Alicia's house. His friends looked at him hesitantly.
Fine, I'll ring the stupid doorbell.
Chase rang the bell, and to his surprise, Eliana popped out of the door.
"We just finished setting up." she said as soon as she saw them, "You didn't need to come."
Chase gaped at her, while his friends chuckled in the background.
Was this a set up...
"The party doesn't start until another hour, so..." Eliana started.
"Okayhavefun!" Michael shoved Chase into the house.
"Bye Byeeeeeeeeeeeee!" hollered Ethan as he slowly closed the door.
"What??? NOOO!!!" wailed Chase as he fell on his knees.
"Ohh!!! So that they meant they would bring a present for Alicia." muttered Eliana, "Time for phase II?"
"WHAT!"
Chase found himself being dragged by a surprisingly strong Reina up the stairs, and into Alicia's room. Chase hit his head on the doorway.
"OWWW!"
Chase rubbed his head as Reina dropped him on to the floor.
"Happy Birthday, Alicia!" sang Jay as she threw a confetti grenade in the air.
Confetti flew around, as Jay's homemade grenade exploded with a flash of light. Jay and Reina sprinted for the door, but Chase dove for it as well. Jay closed the door, and it shut on Chase's hand
"OWWWW!!!!"
Chase cradled his fingers, and rolled on the floor.
Click.
"Can you explain what happened right now?" inquired Alicia as she calmly looked up from her desk, covered in confetti.
"I think they locked us in the room..."
"THEY WHAT?!"
"They locked us in."
"Don't worry, there is no way they could lock the door from the outside."
Chase jiggled the door open.
PEEEEEWWW!
Chase dove as a plastic knife flew through the air.
"There is no way out. Ren is going to kill us!"
Alicia walked over to the door, and opened it.
"She would never-"
Alicia was cut off when a plastic knife nearly impaled her.
"I guess she would." muttered Chase as he slammed the door shut.
"You guys open it again, and I'll get Jay to actually lock it from the outside." Ren threatened.
Chase and Alicia obeyed. They sat in the room for a few minutes.
"I'm not to fond of staying in my room with you for a couple of hours. You want to try to escape?"
"Same here. Let's do it."
Awkward silence fell as neither could figure out how to escape.
"So..."
"Yah... This isn't getting anywhere..."
Chase rubbed his chin, and looked at the window, and a tree that was conveniently next to it.
"Hey you want to climb a tree?"
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The Duet
RomanceChase is starting middle school with a bang. or should I say with a painful Ouch! Chase's life could never be the same as a new person barges into his life, making life both agonizing and exciting Join Chase as he pushes through middle school, with...
