Hey peeps!!

Here is the fourteenth chapter…hope it's good. And you guys hardly reviewed for the last chapter... :( ... Please do review this chapter...I know this chappie's a bit short, but the next chapp will be much longer, I promise. If you review. Ha ha ha ha

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laurenereads7: Well honestly…I thought of the whole Suze-&-Jesse-helping-them-to-fight-off-Andrea thing before you even suggested it (it was one of the first ideas to pop into my mind), but in the end, the idea of just Olivia and Jason taking care of it sounded more appealing. Anyway, thanks for the idea & support! And do keep the ideas comin'…I might just use one of them!! ;)

grapesandoats: In answer to your question…well, all I'll say is – "chuckle chuckle chuckle"…MWAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!! ;D

Angel.by.day-Devil.by.night: Heheh…I knowww!!! It was especially sadder coz they had just said the L word for the first time! Anyway…read on...

FOURTEEN

WHY IS LIFE SUCH A BITCH?

Olivia's POV

Monday morning…on the way to school

"Hey," I said. "What's up?"

"Nothing much."

Strangely enough, Jason's weird behavior had returned after our little game near the taillights of his BMW. He barely spoke, only gave two to three word replies when spoken to. I was beginning to suspect there was something seriously wrong.

When we got off at school, Jason said he'd see me after school.

After school, in Jason's car, parked outside the de Silvas'

Jason sighed.

"Is everything okay?" I asked, still concerned.

"About that…" said Jason. "Olivia, we need to talk."

I went stiff for reasons unknown to me. "Yeah?"

"Look…I don't know how to break this to you, but…this isn't working out."

I was confused. "What do you mean?" Then suddenly, understanding dawned on me. "Are…are you breaking up with me?"

Jason opened his mouth to say something, but I cut him off by holding up my palm, tears already stinging my eyes. I opened the door of the car and hurried away.

"Olivia!" Jason cried after me, getting out of the car and running behind me. But I ran into the house before he could catch up with me, and banged the door shut behind me. Then I sank down to the floor and cried.

Mom came rushing out into the living room from inside. One look at me, and she charged towards me.

"Olivia! What's wrong?!"

I could only shake my head and cry harder. I buried my face into my palms.

"Honey!" said Mom. "Get up."

She held me up as I hiccupped, unable to stop myself from bursting into a fresh set of sobs. She gave me a big hug.

"Sshh," she said, gently. "Calm down, baby."

I nodded to show I was trying. Finally, after a good deal of time – which Mom patiently waited out for me – I managed to speak. Or rather squeak. "Mommy," I said, feeling like a little child again. "Mommy!"

"Yes, baby," Mom said, patiently. "Tell me. What's the matter?"

"H-he…"

"Yes?"

"H-he…b-b-broke up…with me!" This caused me to start weeping all over again.

"What?" said Mom, looking totally taken aback. "What do you mean, Ollie? Do you mean…Jason?"

In reply, I buried my face into my palms again and sobbed harder. Mom seemed to understand that this meant yes.

"But…" said Mom. "He seemed so affectionate towards you!"

I looked up at her with red eyes. "M-Mom…that's what I d-don't und-understand! He kissed me just yesterday!"

"Well," sighed Mom. "Males were never understandable, were they?"

I couldn't reply. I collapsed into my mother's arms. Hugging her tightly, I mumbled, "I hate Jason."

Jason's POV

"What happened?" said Andrea, fake-sweetly, appearing in front of me. I had called on her.

"Are you happy now?" I said gruffly. "I broke up with her."

"Ah." Andrea beamed. "Of course."

"But I'm telling you now, you witch," I hissed. "Don't you dare expect me to stay completely away from her. I will never let her friendship go for the world."

Andrea laughed spitefully. "Ha. If there is any friendship left between you two, that is."

"Shut up," I snarled. "And get lost."

"About that." Andrea said. "You seem to be forgetting the latter half of our little…deal."

"What?!"

"Let me remind you of the details of our agreement. You had agreed that in exchange for your girlfriend's welfare, you would dump her. Which you did. And after that, you were supposed to go out with me."

I looked at her bitterly. She cracked another a spiteful smile.

"I got the DVD of Shawshank Redemption. Wanna watch it?"

"And where did you get it? Oh. Shoplifting, I suppose."

"Spot on right, lover-boy."

I'm so totally enjoying penning an über-bitch like Andrea!! Hope I'm doing a good job making her the most hateful person ever!!

And well…I haven't ever experienced a heartbreak (I've never had a boyfriend to begin with…), so I was writing Olivia's reaction to The Breakup purely out of movie-reference (nooo!!…I haven't seen the movie starring Jennifer Aniston & Vince Vaughn!), and guesswork. I hope I made it believable enough…I mean a girl would wail like she did if the love of her life dumped her, right?

Anywho…please review…I'd really really REALLY REALLY love you guys if I could touch the 60-mark within the next 2-3 chapters. And by the end of the story – well – I'm aspiring to touch the Century, at least. SO PLEASE HELP MEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!! Love you guys!! )

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