passage of time w/o starting a new chapter

You'll want to let the readers know that time has passed, but I wouldn't just say "two hours later ..." i'd find a more subtle way of dropping it in. Maybe a character looks at his watch or something. I'm sure you can think of better ways.

Becky Writes said:

I know I have to do some sort of scene break (I'm using just 2 double spaces) but when the new scene starts, do I have to mention that it's several hours later or that time has passed? Or will the scene brak be enough of a clue that something new is happening?

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You don't even have to use a scene break, unless you want to. Look at short story techniques. The work just as well in novels.

One paragraph may end ". . .John fell to his death."

The very next paragraph may begin. "Six years passed before I saw John junior again, and by that time he was no longer a child."