Chloe, single beds

“Oh, goody!” Heather exclaims. “So, here’s what we’re going to do. Vicky, Chloe and Gavin will write their names on these slips of paper and then Kurt, Zack and I will pick one of them from the bowl. Ok?”

Zack nods with his stomach doing somersaults as names were written and put in the hat that Heather brought. He was relieved that he couldn’t draw Kurt, actually any of the available options would be fine, be it one of his two best friends or his crush.

Heather then shakes the hat and reaches inside it to pick up a name. She unfolds it and reads.

"Vicky...!" She announces, looking slightly confused for a very brief moment. Apparently she didn't quite realize that she put herself on the same team as two of the guys, thus making it possible for same-sex combinations. Which kinda proves that making pairs was her plan all along.

She makes a quick come back however, and she's all smiles again when turning to her new room mate. "Well, we'll take the room over there then!"

"Why's that?" Asks Kurt with a frown, as if he knows something that most of the others obviously doesn't. It's also very easy to see the way he's glancing at Vicky, and that he's really annoyed about missing out on the chance to share a room with her.

"Because I say so, cousin!" Heather talks right back to him, and suddenly Zack is feeling really lucky that she's the one to share a room with Vicky. She more than anyone should be able and protect the innocent blonde from her lecherous cousin.

"Now let's keep going!" She commands, and point her cousin to draw another note from the bowl.

He does so reluctantly, and his scowl couldn't get any worse as he's reading it out loud. "Gavin..."

"Ah, shit." Zack emotes to his friend, as he sees the miserable look on Gavin's face. None of them says anything out loud though, and they hope that Kurt doesn't realize just how bad they're already feeling about his company.

"Well, that means Zack and Chloe then!" Heather announces, breaking him out of his thoughts, and making him throw a quick glance at his other good friend. Just one look at her makes him realize she's just as happy as himself not to be sharing a room with Kurt at least, and suddenly it feels like this might well be the best outcome for all of them.

Except for Gavin, and Kurt of course...

"Which room then?" Asks Chloe, turning her question to Heather as much as to Zack. "Is there any difference?"

"None really." The head cheerleader is quick to reply, but then gives them a knowing wink. "Except mine is the only one with a double bed. Rest of you got single."

"Double...?" Asks Victoria, who's overheard the conversation, with a look of confusion crossing her pretty face.

"Would you rather let one of the guys share a double with Chloe?" She replies, while lowering her voice ever so slightly, and giving a quick nod towards Kurt and then to Zack.

"Well, perhaps not..." The blonde agrees with an uncertain little smile and a glance towards Zack and Chloe. Unlike Heather she's not picking up on the various relations at all...

"Well, that's all I guess...." Says Zack to his new room mate a bit later, when he's finished packing his stuff into their room. "Feels a bit like the old sleepovers we had when we were kids, don't you think?"

"Yeah, a bit..." She agrees with a smile and a fond look on her face. "We used to have a blast back then! Why did we ever stop with that...?"

"Guess we grew up..." He replies, and then feel a bit awkward about the answer. "You know... getting older, and getting more friends and all that..."

"Yeah, I guess." She nods, followed by a long silence between the two of them as they're both lost in thought for a moment. It was suddenly difficult to put in words, but growing up had quite an impact on their relationship to eachother.

Both meeting other friends for starters. Friends like Victoria for example...

"Well, let's just make the best of it, ok?" Chloe suddenly turned to him again with that gentle smile on her lips, and proving that she too had exactly the same kind of thoughts as himself. "I really hope it works out for you and Vicky one day...!"

"Well, thanks...!" He managed a weak smile back at her, while wondering for the first time in quite a while if Chloe had ever been jealous about his interest in the lovely blonde. She'd never shown it before, and always supported him on the matter, but it still got him wondering if she truly didn't have any such feeling for him at all.

He sure couldn't be so sure of himself not having any feeling for her...